March 20, 2010
Team
New Mexico falls to Washington 82-64 in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament…the Lobos end the season 30-5, a school record for wins
New Mexico ties a Mountain West Conference record with 30 wins…UNLV won 30 in 2006-07 and BYU also had 30 going into today’s game against Kansas State
Washington led 44-32 at halftime, the most points allowed by UNM in the 1st half this season
The 18-point loss is UNM’s largest since Feb. 2, 2008, a 79-60 defeat at UNLV
New Mexico is 24-32 all-time in postseason play, 7-13 in 12 NCAA Tournaments and 17-19 in 18 NIT appearances
Head coach Steve Alford is 76-26 in 3 years at New Mexico…he is 4-5 in 5 career NCAA Tournament appearances
New Mexico falls to 20-2 when Darington Hobson leads the team in rebounding…he had 9 tonight
UNM posted a school-record 13 wins (13-3 overall, 10-2 road, 3-2 neutral) away from Albuquerque this season…dating to last year, the Lobos are 15-6 in the past 21 games away from The Pit
New Mexico set a school season record with 909 FT attempts…the 608 FTs made ranks 2nd all-time while the 273 3-pointers ranks as the 4th-highest total in school history
UNM used the same starting lineup in all 35 games this season
UNM has made at least one 3-pointer in 623 straight games…the last time it didn’t was Jan. 3, 1991, missing on 8 attempts against Colorado State
Individual
Junior G Dairese Gary
tied career high with 25 points on 11-20 FGs and 3-5 FTs…he also had 25 against BYU on Jan. 27
25 points ties for the 2nd-highest single-game total by a Lobo in the NCAA Tournament…Clayton Shields had 25 against Kansas State in 1996…Ron Nelson had 26 against New Mexico State in 1968
has played in 102 career games with 97 consecutive starts…UNM is 71-26 when he starts and 76-26 in his career at UNM
averaged a team-high 19.9 ppg over the last 7 games
ranks 8th all-time at UNM in assists (380), 8th in FTs made (374) and 9th in FTs attempted (506)
for a season, Gary ranks 4th in FTs made (195) and 3rd in attempts (260)
8 points from becoming the 28th Lobo to reach 1,000 points in a career
Senior F Roman Martinez
19 points in his 133rd career game at UNM…only Darrell McGee (1986-89) played in more games (137)
had 4 stitches to close a gash above his left eye today…the injury occurred in the 2nd half
finished 20th all-time at UNM with 1,159 career points, 10th with 632 career rebounds, 6th with 206 career 3-pointers and 7th with 510 career 3-point attempts
2nd place on UNM’s single-season list with 99 3-pointers and 1st with 240 3-point attempts in 2009-10
Junior G Darington Hobson
11 points and 9 rebounds
1st player in Lobo history to lead the team in scoring (15.9), rebounding (9.3) and assists (4.6) in a season
14 double-doubles in a season is the most since Kenny Thomas had 16 in 1997-98
325 rebounds in 2009-10, the 6th-highest single-season total by a Lobo