Jan. 25, 2012
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New Mexico Basketball Postgame Notes
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012
UNM vs. Colorado State *** Albuquerque, N.M.
* New Mexico (16-4, 2-2 MW) ends a 2-game losing streak with an 85-52 victory over Colorado State (13-6, 2-2 MW)
* The Lobos’ next game is Saturday at home against TCU…tipoff is 4 p.m. Mountain on The Mtn.
* UNM dealt CSU its worst loss of the season…the previous worst was 87-64 at Duke…the 52 points ties for the fewest by the Rams this year…they lost 64-52 at Stanford
* UNM is 45-12 all-time against Colorado State in Albuquerque, 40-5 in The Pit
* UNM is 30-4 against Colorado State since Feb. 12, 1994
* The Lobos have won 5 straight against CSU in The Pit and
16 of the past 17
* UNM held CSU to 37.2% shooting overall and 21.4% (3-14) from 3-point…the Rams came into the game shooting 49.3% from the floor and 42.8% from 3-point
* Colorado State committed a season-high 20 turnovers…the previous high was 18 in a double-overtime win over TCU
* UNM shot 52.2% for the game and 43% (9-21) from 3-point…the Lobos are 13-0 this season when shooting 40% or better from the floor
* After getting just 9 points from their bench last Saturday at UNLV, the Lobos’ reserves notched 42 tonight…that ties for the most this season; also 42 vs.
UMKC and Houston Baptist
* The 7 Lobo reserves also had 10 assists, 4 steals and just 1 turnover in a combined 79 minutes
* UNM had a 28-6 scoring advantage in Points off Turnovers, 25-4 in Fast Break Points and 42-5 in Bench Scoring
* UNM used 10 players in the 1st half and all 10 combined to score the Lobos’ first 31 points
* New Mexico has won 57 straight games – 51-0 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 37 straight games and are 49-1 overall…the only loss was 82-80 in overtime to Utah in the 2008 Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas
* UNM has made a 3-point FG in 678 consecutive games…the last game without a 3 was Jan. 3, 1991 at Colorado State
(0-for-8)
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Head coach Steve Alford
* 422-226 in his 21st season as a head coach, 114-43 in his 5th year at New Mexico
* 43-8 at home in his Div. I career following a home loss
* 47-21 in all Mountain West games at UNM
* 72-10 in all UNM home games, 27-7 in Mountain West home games
* 9-1 in his career against Colorado State, 5-0 in The Pit
* 51-0 when UNM allows less than 60 points
* 49-1 with 37 straight wins when UNM scores 80 points or more
* 13 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks, 2 steals and he drew 3 charges
* 11th double-double of the season and 24th of his career
* had 11 rebounds in 16 second-half minutes
* 24 double-doubles ranks 8th all-time in Mountain West history
* 12 points on 2 of 5 FGs from 3-point
* 27 points the past 2 games after 10 points in his first 2 MW games when he made 2-9 FGs and 1-8 from 3-point
* 10 points, 6 assists, 2 steals and 0 turnovers in 18 minutes off the bench
* 12 points off the bench in 12 minutes
* passed Chad Toppert for 25th place all-time at UNM with 1,077 career points
* 21-40 (52%) from 3-point the past 9 games
* still No. 8 all-time at UNM with 190 career 3s
* shooting 49% (30-61) from 3-point this season