New Mexico at TCU - Postgame Notes
Feb. 26, 2011
New Mexico stops a 4-game losing streak with an 80-70 victory at TCU…UNM is 18-11 overall, 6-8 in the Mountain West Conference and tied with Utah for 5th place
The Lobos have beaten TCU seven straight times
UNM trailed 50-46 in the 2nd half, then made 11 of its next 12 shots to take a 73-58 lead (a 27-8 burst)…senior Dairese Gary had 14 points during that run
Gary registered a career scoring high for the second straight game with 32 points, the most by a Lobo since J.R. Giddens had 36 against Wyoming on Feb. 9, 2008
Gary, who had 26 points Wednesday against UNLV, is the first Lobo to record consecutive games of 25-plus points since Tony Danridge had 29 in games against Utah and Wyoming in 2009
Gary scored 23 points in the 2nd half and 20 of the team’s final 29 over the last 9:33
The Lobos shot an MWC-best 54.7% (29-53) from the floor, including 58.3% (14-24) in the 2nd half…it’s the highest FG% since making 56.7% against Cal State Bakersfield on Jan. 5
New Mexico is now 29-22 on the road under 4th-year head coach Steve Alford…UNM was 28-77 on the road in the 10 seasons before Alford came to UNM
UNM has won 29 straight games when scoring 80 or more points…under head coach Steve Alford, the Lobos are 40-1 when scoring 80 or more, 12-0 in MWC games
UNM has made a 3-pointer in 652 consecutive games…the last time it didn’t was Jan. 3, 1991, going 0-8 against Colorado State
Head coach Steve Alford
Coached his 622nd career game
402-220 in his 20-year coaching career
94-37 in his 4th season at New Mexico
22-7 in February games while at UNM
24-6 in the 2nd half of MWC regular season while at UNM
45-24 in his coaching career against MWC teams
43-19 in regular season MWC games while at UNM
29-22 in all road games at UNM, 18-13 in MWC road games
7-3 in his career against TCU, 3-1 in Fort Worth
Senior G Dairese Gary
Made an MWC record 126th career start (all consecutively), which is also the longest current streak in the nation
Career-high 32 points on 11-14 FGs, 3-4 from 3-point and 7-8 FTs; also 9 assists while playing all 40 minutes
Averaging 24.3 points the past 4 games, making 65.3% (32-49) of his FGs and 60% (9-15) of his 3-pointers
Played all but 5 minutes of the last 5 games
Passed Kenny Page and Willie Banks for 13th place all-time at UNM with 1,412 career points
Tied Charles Smith (1994-97) for 2nd place at UNM with 126 career starts and he is 6th in career games played with 131
UNM Career Rankings: 3rd with 512 FTs made, 3rd with 681 FTs attempted, 5th with 542 assists and 8th with 160 steals
Junior F A.J. Hardeman
2nd career double-double with 14 points and a season-high 10 rebounds
1st career double-double was 10 and 10 last year at Hawai’i
25 points and 13 rebounds in his past 2 games…11-12 from the FT line
28 minutes is the most in an MWC game this season
Started for the first time since Jan. 19 at Utah; 18th start of the season, but just his 3rd in the MWC
Junior G Phillip McDonald
12 points, giving him 23 in the past 2 games
Consecutive games scoring in double figures since 4 in a row from Jan. 19-29
Freshman G Kendall Williams
8 points
318 points ranks No. 4 by a Lobo freshman
Sophomore G Jamal Fenton
Tied a season-high with 5 assists in 18 minutes off the bench