Feb. 17, 2010
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Team
New Mexico wins its 10th straight game with an 83-61 victory over Wyoming…the Lobos, who started 0-2 in the Mountain West, improve to 24-3 overall and 10-2 in the MWC…the Lobos remain one-half game ahead of BYU for 1st place…UNM was picked to finish 5th in the MWC preseason poll
Steve Alford picks up his 300th career win in 15 seasons as an NCAA Div. I head coach (Southwest Missouri, Iowa, New Mexico)…he is 300-178…his overall record, including four seasons at Manchester (Ind.) College is 378-207 in his 19th season
The Lobos have won 24 of their first 27 games for only the 2nd time in school history…the 1977-78 team was also 24-3
New Mexico has tied a school record by winning 10 straight conference games…the 1977-78 Western Athletic Conference champs started 10-0
New Mexico had its 3rd straight sellout of 14,586 and its 7th capacity crowd of the season
UNM has won 6 of the past 7 games against Wyoming, and 7 straight over the Cowboys in Albuquerque
The Lobos are 24-1 in their last 25 home games, and 47-5 under head coach Steve Alford
Head coach Steve Alford is 70-24 in his 3rd year at New Mexico
The Lobos have won 29 consecutive games (20-0 this season) when scoring 70 or more points…the last loss was 81-76 at San Diego State a year ago
UNM is 20-0 this season when leading at halftime
UNM has used the same starting lineup in all 27 games this season
UNM has made at least one 3-pointer in 615 straight games…the last time it didn’t was Jan. 3, 1991, missing on 8 attempts against Colorado State
New Mexico is 73-173 (42%) from 3-point the past 8 games, an average of 9.1 treys a game…that comes after making just 27% the previous 8 games when it averaged 4.6 3s a game
Individual
Junior G Darington Hobson
4th straight double-double and 9th of the season with 20 points and 10 rebounds…also 6 assists
92 points (32-58 FGs, 7-11 3s, 21-27 FTs), 53 rebounds, 33 assists and 11 steals the past 5 games, averages of 18.4 ppg, 10.6 rpg, 6.6 apg and 2.2 sgp
Senior F Roman Martinez
13 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks and 3 steals in 26 minutes
tied a career-high with 3 blocks
Sophomore G Phillip McDonald
14 points on 3-9 FGs from 3-point
shooting 47% (31-66) from 3-point in MWC games
Junior G Dairese Gary
started his 89th straight game
Freshman G Jamal Fenton
6 points, 3 rebounds and a career-high 6 assists