Jan. 14, 2012
New Mexico Basketball Postgame Notes
Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012
UNM at Wyoming *** Laramie, Wyo.
* New Mexico (15-2, 1-0 MW) opens Mountain West play with its 13th straight win, a 72-62 decision at Wyoming (14-3, 0-1 MW)…the Lobos have their longest winning streak since taking 15 in a row from Jan. 13-March 11, 2010
* The Lobos’ next game is Wednesday in The Pit against nationally-ranked San Diego State…tipoff is 8 p.m. locally
* It’s the 4th time in program history – and 2nd time under 5th-year head coach Steve Alford – that UNM has won at least 13 consecutive games
* UNM is 15-2 for the first time since the 1998-99 team started 16-2
* UNM’s 13-game winning streak is currently the 4th-longest in NCAA Div. I behind Syracuse, Murray State and Baylor
* UNM dealt Wyoming its first home loss of the season…the Cowboys were 11-0
* UNM improves to 4-0 in true road games in 2011-12, and 7-1 in all contests away from The Pit this season
* The game was tied at 44-44 with 14:37 left before UNM went on a 17-2 run over the next 9:31 for a 61-46 lead…the Lobos held Wyoming scoreless for 7:24 during the spurt
* New Mexico won despite getting just 15 points from its two leading scorers, Tony Snell and Drew Gordon…Snell and Gordon came into the game averaging 26.5 ppg
* UNM’s 72 points are the most against Wyoming this season…the Cowboys were allowing just 52.1 ppg entering today
* The Lobos shot 52% (23-44) from the floor and 57% (8-14) from 3-point…Wyoming was among the nation’s leaders in those two categories coming into the game, allowing just 36.9% FGs overall and 28.2% from 3-point
* The Lobo bench outscored Wyoming’s 22-4
* UNM was 8 of 14 (57%) from 3-point today…the past 7 games, New Mexico has shot 47.3% (62-131) from 3-point…that’s an average of 8.8 made per game…the season accuracy is now 40%
* UNM led at halftime (34-30) for the 16th time in 17 games…the Lobos are 15-1 when leading at the break in 2011-12
* The past 5 games, UNM has limited opponents to 25.6% (23-90) shooting from 3-point
* UNM has made a 3-point FG in 675 consecutive games…the last game without a 3 was Jan. 3, 1991 at Colorado State (0-for-8)
Head coach Steve Alford
* 421-224 in his 21st season as a head coach, 113-41 in his 5th year at New Mexico
* 46-19 in conference games at UNM
* 34-23 in all road games, 20-13 in conference road games
* 8-2 in his career against Wyoming, 4-1 in Laramie
G Kendall Williams
* team-high 14 points on 2-3 from 3-pt., plus 6 rebounds and 5 assists
* 7 of 11 from 3-point the past 3 games after 9 of 38 his first 13 games
G Jamal Fenton
* made his 6th career start in his 83rd career game
* 13 points on 3-4 3s in 22 minutes…6th double figure scoring game in the past 8 games
* averaging 10.5 ppg the past 8 games on 33-53 FGs (62.3%) and 12-23 (52.2%) from 3-point
G Tony Snell
* career-high 7 rebounds, but no 3-pointers (0-2) for only the 3rd time this season
G Demetrius Walker
* 7 points off the bench in a career-high 23 minutes
* 33 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists in 61 minutes the past 3 games
G Phillip McDonald
* 8 points off the bench to remain in 26th place all-time at UNM with 1,040 career points
* still No. 8 all-time at UNM with 181 career 3s…had two 3s today
* UNM at home in 2011-12: The Lobos are 8-1 and averaging 79 points a game while allowing just 54.3 ppg, an average winning margin of 24.7 points…the most points UNM has allowed at home is 62 by New Mexico State and UMKC
* In 9 home games, UNM has led at halftime by almost 19 points a game (42.8 to 23.9 ppg)
* New Mexico has won 56 straight games – 50-0 under Steve Alford – when allowing less than 60 points…the last loss was Feb. 22, 2006, a 51-46 setback against Air Force
* When scoring 80 or more points under head coach Steve Alford, the Lobos have won 36 straight games and are 48-1 overall…the only loss was 82-80 in overtime to Utah in the 2008 Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas