March 3, 2010
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Team
New Mexico closes the regular season by winning its 14th straight game with a 73-66 victory over TCU…the Lobos, who started 0-2 in the Mountain West Conference and were picked to finish 5th in the preseason poll, are 28-3 overall and 14-2 in the MWC
The Lobos claim their 2nd straight MWC regular-season championship and first outright title since 1994 when they were in the Western Athletic Conference
New Mexico is tied with Utah State for the nation’s 2nd-longest current winning streak at 14 games…Butler has won 18 in a row
The 28 wins ties for the most in school history…UNM also won 28 in 1995-96 (28-5)
The 14-game winning streak ties for the 2nd longest in school history, also accomplished in 1977-78…the school record is 17 in a row in 1967-68
UNM extends its MWC record with 14 straight conference wins
UNM’s 5th straight sellout (14,586) of the season was on hand…it’s the 9th sellout in 18 home games this season…average attendance in 2009-10 was 13,595, which is 93% of capacity in a renovated Pit
Tonight’s crowd pushed UNM past the 12-million mark all-time at The Pit…total attendance is now 12,010,173 for 776 games since the arena opened on Dec. 1, 1966
The Lobos are 631-145 all-time in The Pit, 49-5 under current head coach Steve Alford
New Mexico is 23-0 when leading at halftime this season…UNM led 31-29 at the break today
UNM has won 32 straight games (23-0 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 31 games this season
UNM has made at least one 3-pointer in 619 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 the 2nd straight game (and 7 assists) for his 12th double-double of the season and 7th in the past 8 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
19 points on 5-10 attempts from 3-point in his final appearance in The Pit…also 5 rebounds and 2 steals in 34 minutes
made his 100th career start tonight
Lobos are 39-6 in Martinez’s career when he plays more than 30 minutes
moved into 7th place on UNM’s single-season list with 88 3-pointers
Junior G Dairese Gary
started his 93rd straight game
16 points, 4 assists and 1 turnover in 33 minutes
123 points the past 8 games, 15.4 a game