Jan. 18, 2012
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* New Mexico (15-3, 1-1 MW) has its 13-game winning streak end with a 75-70 loss to 16th-ranked San Diego State (16-2, 2-0 MW)…the Lobos had the nation’s 3rd-longest winning streak behind Syracuse and Murray State
* The Lobos’ next game is Saturday at (14/20) UNLV…tipoff is 8 p.m. Mountain on the CBS Sports Network
* UNM has lost 4 straight to San Diego State
* UNM led 48-44, but San Diego State went on a 15-0 run for a 59-48 lead…the Lobos were held scoreless for 5:24 before Drew Gordon made a FT with 7:10 remaining to make it 59-49…UNM also went 7:23 between FGs (12:34 to 5:11) in the 2nd half
* The Lobos actually jumped out to a 10-0 lead at the 17:24 mark of the 1st half…SDSU’s first points came at the 15:23 mark of the 1st half
* San Diego State shot 48.2% (27-56) for the game, the best against UNM this season…the Lobos entered the game allowing 36.8% on the season…the Aztecs converted 55.6% (15-28) of their FGs in the 2nd half, including 5 of 9 from 3-point
* SDSU head coach Steve Fisher is 6-7 against the Lobos in The Pit, 5-2 since 2006….Fisher is 15-12 all-time against UNM
* UNM made a season-high 13 3-pointers on 31 attempts…the 31 attempts ties for the most by a Steve Alford Lobo team
* UNM has made a 3-point FG in 676 consecutive games…the last game without a 3 was Jan. 3, 1991 at Colorado State (0-for-8)
Head coach Steve Alford
* 421-225 in his 21st season as a head coach, 113-42 in his 5th year at New Mexico
* 8-4 vs. ranked teams while at UNM, 4-2 in The Pit with both losses coming to San Diego State
* 46-20 in all Mountain West games at UNM
* 71-10 in all UNM home games, 26-7 in Mountain West home games
* 3-7 in his career against San Diego State, 2-3 in The Pit
* 50-0 when UNM allows less than 60 points
* 48-1 with 36 straight wins when UNM scores 80 points or more
G Phillip McDonald
* team-high 20 points off the bench; remains 26th all-time at UNM with 1,060 career points
* made a season-high 6 3-pointers (6-9)
* The past 7 games: averaging 10.4 ppg on 26-49 FGs (53%) and 18-31 (58%) from 3-point
* still No. 8 all-time at UNM with 187 career 3s
* shooting 52% (27-52) from 3-point this season
F Drew Gordon
* 15 points, 8 rebounds and a career-high 5 assists
G Kendall Williams
* 16 points on 4-7 from 3-point
* 11 of 18 (61%) from 3-point the past 4 games after 9 of 38 (24%) his first 13 games
G Jamal Fenton
* made his 3rd straight start and 7th of his career start, in his 84th career game
* 10 points on 2-5 3s in 29 minutes…7th double figure scoring game in the past 9 games
* averaging 10.4 ppg the past 9 games on 14-28 (50%) from 3-point