New Mexico vs. (6/6) San Diego State - Postgame Notes
Jan. 15, 2011
New Mexico falls to (6/6) San Diego State 87-77…the Lobos drop to 13-5 overall and 1-2 in the Mountain West Conference
A few Lobo winning streaks came to an end today:
–16 straight wins in The Pit
–8 straight MWC wins in The Pit; last loss 74-62 to UNLV on Jan. 9, 2010
–6 consecutive wins against ranked teams
The Lobos shot a season-low 37.9% (22-58) from the floor, including 29.6% (8-27) in the first half…UNM started the game 3 of 18 from the field
UNM’s 8-point halftime deficit of 37-29 was its largest since 38-27 at Oral Roberts on Dec. 23, 2009
UNM used its 5th different starting lineup of the season
San Diego State’s 3-point percentage of 52% (13-25) is the best against UNM this season
San Diego State also tied a season-opponent best with 13 3-pointers…Dayton also made 13 on Jan. 1…the 13 3s is a season-high for the Aztecs
New Mexico committed a season-low 5 turnovers
Lobo junior Drew Gordon (a career-high 23 points) became the 5th different Lobo to reach 20 points in a game this season…he joined Kendall Williams, Alex Kirk, Dairese Gary and Phillip McDonald to score 20 in 2010-11
Attendance was a sold-out 15,411…average attendance for 10 home games in 2010-11 is 14,746
Head coach Steve Alford
Coached his 611th career game
397-214 in his 20-year coaching career
89-31 in his 4th season at New Mexico
40-18 in his coaching career against MWC teams
39-16 in all MWC games while at UNM
58-6 in The Pit overall, 22-4 against MWC competition
Senior G Dairese Gary
Made his 115th consecutive start, the longest current streak in the nation
10th career 20-point game with 23 points and 7 assists in 39 minutes
478 assists, 2 from becoming the MWC’s career leader (San Diego State’s Richie Williams had 479 from 2006-09)
Tied a career-high with 4 3-pointers
Tied Willie Long (1969-71) for 3rd place all-time at UNM with 618 career FT attempts
10th all-time at UNM with 143 career steals
Junior F Drew Gordon
2nd straight double-double – and 3rd in past 4 games – with a career-high 23 points and 14 rebounds…also 3 blocks and 2 steals in 33 minutes
61 points (15.3 ppg) and 47 rebounds (11.8 rpg) the past 4 games
Season averages are now 11.4 ppg and 8.8 rpg
Freshman G Kendall Williams
11 points, 4 assists and 1 turnover in 33 minutes
Career-high 8 FTs made and he tied a career-best with 11 FTs attempted
Freshman G Tony Snell
6 points in 16 minutes after no points in 17 minutes the past 2 games
Tied a career-high with 2 3-pointers