Feb. 27, 2010
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Team
New Mexico wins its 13th straight game with an 83-81 victory at BYU…the Lobos, who started 0-2 in the Mountain West Conference and were picked to finish 5th in the preseason poll, are 27-3 overall and 13-2 in the MWC
The Lobos have clinched at least a share of their 2nd straight MWC regular-season championship…the last time New Mexico won back-to-back conference titles was 1944-45 when it was in the Border Conference…the Lobos’ last outright league title was in 1994 in the Western Athletic Conference
UNM closes the regular season Wednesday at home against TCU
The Lobos will be the No. 1 seed in next month’s MWC Tournament in Las Vegas
New Mexico ends BYU’s 21-game home court winning streak and wins at BYU for the first time since 2000, stopping a 9-game losing streak in Provo
The Lobos are 6-0 against ranked teams in 2009-10
New Mexico is tied with Utah State for the nation’s 2nd-longest current winning streak at 13 games…Butler has won 18 in a row
UNM sets MWC records with 13 straight conference wins and 7 conference road wins
The 13-game winning streak is the 3rd longest in school history…UNM started the current season 12-0…the school record is 17 in a row in 1967-68 followed by 14 straight in 1977-78
The 27 wins tie for the 2nd-most in school history…the school record is 28 set in 1995-96 (28-5)
The Lobos extend school records with their: 7th straight conference road win, 10th road win of the season and 11th win away from Albuquerque (road and neutral sites) in 2009-10
The Lobos are 24-15 on the road in 3 seasons under head coach Steve Alford, 16-8 in the MWC
The Lobos are 7-0 in games decided by 3 points or less and 10-0 when the differential is 6 points or less
New Mexico is 22-0 when leading at halftime this season…UNM led 43-35 at the break today
UNM has won 31 straight games (22-0 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 30 games this season
UNM has made at least one 3-pointer in 618 straight games…the last time it didn’t was Jan. 3, 1991, missing on 8 attempts against Colorado State
Individual
Junior G Darington Hobson
20 points and 14 rebounds for his 11th double-double of the season and 6th in the past 7 games
had a game-saving block in the final seconds to preserve the win
still 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
15 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals in 37 minutes
3 of 8 from 3-point
Lobos are 38-6 in Martinez’s career when he plays more than 30 minutes
passed Ike Williams (1,086 points) for 22nd place on UNM’s career scoring list…Martinez has 1,091 points
passed David Chiotti for 12th place all-time at UNM with 614 career rebounds
tied Rob Robbins (1988-89) for 9th place with 83 3-pointers in 2009-10
Junior G Dairese Gary
started his 92nd straight game
23 points for the 2nd straight game
6 assists, passing Charles Smith (1994-97) for 8th all-time at UNM with 364
107 points the past 7 games, 15.3 a game