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New Mexico at No. 6 San Diego State – Postgame Notes
Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 * San Diego, Calif.

New Mexico drops a 68-62 decision at No. 6 San Diego
State…the Lobos have lost 2 in a row after posting a
4-game winning streak from Jan. 26 – Feb. 9…UNM is 17-9
overall and 5-6 in the Mountain West Conference

UNM loses 68-62 for the second straight game…it was the
same score last Saturday at Colorado State…additionally,
the Lobos scored 68 in their last win, beating Wyoming
68-57 on Feb. 9

The last time UNM lost consecutive games by the same
score was Feb. 20 and 25, 1971, falling 68-67 at UTEP and
at home to Colorado State

Tonight, UNM shot 41.5% (22-53) from the floor and 41.7%
(5-12) from 3-point…the past 3 games, the Lobos have shot
39.7% (69-174) overall and 27.6% (16-58) from 3-point

The Lobos shot better than San Diego State (41.5% to
40.4%) and also out-rebounded them (37-33)…that usually
spells victory for UNM as it came into the game 14-2 this
season when shooting better than its opponent…the Lobos
also had a 41-6 record in their last 47 games when
grabbing more rebounds

San Diego State has won 10 of the past 13 games in the
series

The 2010-11 Aztecs are just the second team to sweep the
season series from UNM under head coach Steve Alford…BYU
did it in Alford’s first season (2007-08)

The Aztecs only had one FG in the last 10:27 of the game

San Diego State’s D.J. Gay was 3 of 4 from 3-point,
making him 10 of 15 in two games against UNM this season

New Mexico lost for the first time in 13 games this
season when holding its opponents to 5 three-pointers or
less…the Aztecs were 5 of 8 tonight

SDSU is 18 of 33 (54%) from 3-point in 2 games vs. UNM
this season

With freshman Cameron Bairstow getting his 1st career
start tonight, UNM utilized its 8th different starting
lineup of the 2010-11 season…it’s also the 6th different
starting five in 12 MWC games

Three freshmen started tonight in Bairstow, Tony Snell
and Kendall Williams…the last time that happened was Nov.
24, 2008, when Will Brown, A.J. Hardeman and Phillip
McDonald started against Cal State Northridge

For the first time in UNM history, four true freshman
have started a game in a season: Kendall Williams (25),
Alex Kirk (21), Tony Snell (5) and Cameron Bairstow (1)

UNM has made a 3-pointer in 649 consecutive games…the
last time it didn’t was Jan. 3, 1991, going 0-8 against
Colorado State

UNM Associate Head Coach Craig Neal celebrated his 47th
birthday today

Head coach Steve Alford

Coached his 619th career game

401-219 in his 20-year coaching career

93-35 in his 4th season at New Mexico

21-5 in February games while at UNM

23-4 in 2nd half of MWC regular season while at UNM

44-22 in his coaching career against MWC teams

42-17 in regular season MWC games while at UNM

28-22 in all road games at UNM, 17-13 in MWC road games

3-6 in his career against San Diego State, 1-3 at San
Diego

Senior G Dairese Gary

Made his 123rd consecutive start, the longest current
streak in the nation

Team-high 18 points, a season-high 7 rebounds, 4 assists
and 3 steals tonight

Tied Clayton Shields (1995-98) for 8th place all-time at
UNM with 128 career games played and tied Shields for 4th
place with 123 career starts

Passed former Lobo Ruben Douglas (2001-03) for 3rd place
all-time at UNM and in MWC history with 493 career FTs
made

Passed Mark Walters (2003-06) for 8th place at UNM with
155 career steals

Remains in 15th place all-time at UNM with 1,333 career
points, 5th place with 522 career assists

UNM is 8-9 this year when he scores in double figures,
9-0 when he does not

88 points in his last 5 games against San Diego State,
17.6 a game

Freshman G Tony Snell

A road-best 14 points on 4-8 FGs, 3-4 from 3-point and
3-3 FTs, and 5 rebounds in 34 minutes

Made a 3 in 9 straight games, the longest streak by a
Lobo this year

20-38 (52.6%) from 3-point in 11 MWC games and he has
made 14 of his past 23 attempts from beyond the arc, or
61%

Averaging 10.3 points the past 7 games

Junior F Drew Gordon

1 rebound shy of his 8th double-double with 13 points
and 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks

Still averaging a double-double in MWC games at 14.0 ppg
and 10.4 rpg

Junior F A.J. Hardeman

Came off the bench to score 9 points in 21 minutes

Freshman G Kendall Williams

Scoreless for the 1st time this season on 0-6 FGs; also
had a season-high 5 turnovers (all in the 1st half)

3 assists, giving him 115 on the season and tying Marlon
Parmer (1999-00) for the 3rd-highest total by a UNM
freshman