Feb. 23, 2010
Team
New Mexico wins its 12th straight game with a 72-66 victory at Colorado State…the Lobos, who started 0-2 in the Mountain West Conference and were picked to finish 5th in the preseason poll, improve to 26-3 overall and 12-2 in the MWC…UNM maintains its lead over BYU for 1st place in the league
The Lobos set school records with their: 6th straight conference road win, 9th road win of the season (9-2) and 10th win away (10-2) from Albuquerque (road and neutral sites) in 2009-10
The 12-game winning streak ties for the 3rd longest in school history…UNM also started the current season 12-0…the school record is 17 in a row in 1967-68
The 26 wins ties for 2nd-most in school history…UNM was 26-7 in 2004-05…the school record is 28 in 1995-96 (28-5)
UNM has tied an MWC record with 12 straight conference wins; Utah won 12 in 2004-05
New Mexico has won 6 straight over Colorado State in Fort Collins
Roman Martinez (17/12) and Darington Hobson (15/10) each had a double-double…it’s the 2nd time this season the duo has done that…it also happened against Texas Tech
The Lobos are 23-15 on the road in 3 seasons under head coach Steve Alford, 15-8 in the MWC
UNM out-rebounded CSU 44-32, and 92-62 in the 2 games against the Rams this season
The Lobos are 6-0 in games decided by 3 points or less and 10-0 when the differential is 6 points or less
New Mexico came into the game leading the MWC in fewest turnovers at 11.1 a game…the Lobos had 12 in the 1st half, but just 4 after halftime
The Lobos trailed at halftime (32-29) for the 1st time in 11 games, since being down 29-28 at Wyoming on Jan. 16
UNM has won 30 straight games (21-0 this season) when scoring 70 or more points…the last loss was 81-76 last year at San Diego State
UNM has used the same starting lineup in all 29 games this season
UNM has made at least one 3-pointer in 617 straight games…the last time it didn’t was Jan. 3, 1991, missing on 8 attempts against Colorado State
Individual
Junior G Darington Hobson
15 points and 10 rebounds for his 10th double-double of the season and 5th in the past 6 games
on track to become the 1st player in Lobo history to lead the team in scoring, rebounding and assists in a season
Senior F Roman Martinez
17 points and a career-high-tying 12 rebounds in 36 minutes
4 of 8 from 3-point
Lobos are 37-6 in Martinez’s career when he plays more than 30 minutes
passed former teammate Chad Toppert (1,067 points) for 23rd place on UNM’s career scoring list…Martinez has 1,076 points
became the 13th Lobo to get 600 career rebounds…he has 607
Junior G Dairese Gary
started his 91st straight game
23 points, including 7-7 FTs in the 2nd half and 4-4 in the final 29 seconds
2 assists, tying Charles Smith (1994-97) for 8th all-time at UNM with 358
84 points the past 6 games, 59 coming after halftime