Nov. 11, 2011
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New Mexico Basketball Postgame Notes
Nov. 11, 2011
UNM vs. New Orleans
* New Mexico opens its 109th season with a 92-40 victory over the University of New Orleans…attendance was 14,011
* The 52-point victory margin is UNM’s largest since a 95-42 win over Ole Miss on Nov. 19, 2005
* UNM allowed its fewest points since defeating Weber State 62-32 on Dec. 23, 2007
* The Lobos held UNO to 25.5% (14-55) shooting from the floor…the last time a UNM opponent shot less than 30% from the field was San Diego (15-55, 27.3%) on Dec. 18, 2008
* Six Lobos scored in double figures: 3 starters in Drew Gordon (14), A.J. Hardeman (13) and Kendall Williams (12) and 3 off the bench in Cameron Bairstow (13), Phillip McDonald (12) and Demetrius Walker (12)
* UNM jumped out to a 9-0 lead tonight…UNO missed its first 5 FGs and committed 5 turnovers before scoring a FG at the 15:16 mark
* The Lobos led 52-15 at halftime, making 64.7% (18-26) of their FGs while holding UNO to just 19.2% (5-26)
* New Mexico logged 26 assists on 33 FGs made
* UNM is 646-148 all-time in The Pit, 381-67 in non-conference games
* New Mexico is 78-26 all-time in home openers, 42-4 in The Pit and has won 9 in a row
* The Lobos have won 21 straight non-conference home games…the last loss was 73-60 to UTEP on Jan. 6, 2009
* UNM has won 51 consecutive games when allowing less than 60 points…the last loss was 51-46 to Air Force on Feb. 22, 2006…New Mexico is 44-0 under Steve Alford when allowing less than 60 points
* UNM has made a 3-point FG in 659 consecutive games…the last game without a 3 was Jan. 3, 1991 at Colorado State (0-for-8)
Head coach Steve Alford
* 407-222 in his 21st season as a head coach
* 99-38 in his 5th year at New Mexico
* 64-8 in The Pit
* 38-2 in The Pit vs. non-conference competition
Senior Drew Gordon
* 14 points and 13 rebounds in 26 minutes for his 15th career double-double
Senior A.J. Hardeman
* 13 points and 7 rebounds
* Tied a career high with 7 FTs made
Senior Phillip McDonald
* 12 points off the bench on 4-4 shooting from 3-point
* 966 career points in 101 games
* 164 career 3-pointers, 7 from equaling Marlow White for 10th place at UNM
Sophomore Cameron Bairstow
* Came off the bench to set career highs with 13 points and 8 rebounds in 22 minutes