Jan. 31, 2012
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New Mexico Basketball Postgame Notes
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012
UNM at Air Force *** USAFA, Colo.
- New Mexico improves to 18-4 overall and 4-2 in the Mountain West with a 81-42 win at Air Force (11-9, 1-5 MW)…UNM has won 3 in a row
- The Lobos’ next game is Saturday, Feb. 4, at Boise State…tipoff is 2 p.m. Mountain on the NBC Sports Network
- After a losing to San Diego State and UNLV, New Mexico has won its last 3 games by 33, 17 and 39 points, an average winning margin of 29.7 points
- The 39-point margin ranks as Air Force’s worst home loss…previously, the Lobos’ biggest win over Air Force at the Academy was 26 points (80-54) in 1994
- The 39-point victory margin is UNM’s 3rd-largest in a road game and the 2nd-widest in a conference road game…the Lobos beat BYU by 42 (90-48) at Provo on Feb. 27, 1997
- The 42 points are the fewest allowed by New Mexico in a conference game since beating BYU 74-32 in The Pit on Feb. 3, 1997
- The 42 points are the fewest allowed by New Mexico in a conference ROAD game since beating Wyoming 40-38 in Laramie on Jan. 23, 1984
- The Lobos scored the most points against Air Force this year (76 by Colorado), while holding the Falcons to a season-low…AFA also scored 42 in a win over Eastern Michigan
- UNM shot 59.3% (32-54) from the floor, just the second Air Force opponent this season to hit 50%…Wyoming made 20 of 40 on Jan. 18
- The Lobos are 15-0 this season when shooting 40% or better from the floor
- The Lobo bench tied a season high for the 2nd time in the past 3 games by scoring 42 points…it’s the 6th time this season the UNM reserves have combined to score at least 40
- UNM is 5-1 on the road this season…including neutral sites, the Lobos are 8-2 away from The Pit in 2011-12
- UNM is 51-18 all-time against Air Force and has won 10 in a row, all under current head coach Steve Alford…the Lobos have won 5 straight against the Falcons at the Academy
- When scoring 80 or more points under head coach Steve Alford, the Lobos have won 38 straight games and are 50-1 overall…the only loss was 82-80 in overtime to Utah in the 2008 Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas
- New Mexico has won 59 straight games – 53-0 under Steve Alford – when allowing less than 60 points…the last loss was Feb. 22, 2006, a 51-46 setback against Air Force
- UNM has made a 3-point FG in 680 consecutive games…the last game without a 3 was Jan. 3, 1991 at Colorado State (0-for-8)
Head coach Steve Alford
- 424-226 in his 21st season as a head coach, 116-43 in his 5th year at New Mexico
- 49-21 in all Mountain West games at UNM
- 35-24 in all UNM road games, 21-14 in Mountain West road games
- 11-0 in his career against Air Force, 5-0 at the Academy
- 53-0 when UNM allows less than 60 points
- 50-1 with 38 straight wins when UNM scores 80 points or more
- 13 points on a perfect 5-5 FGs and 2-2 FTs…also tied a career high with 7 rebounds, plus 4 assists and just 1 turnover in 23 minutes
- 13 points and 8 rebounds
- reached 500 career rebounds in his 48th game at UNM…has 505 rebounds
- 11 points and a career-high 8 rebounds off the bench
- 11 points off the bench on 4-7 FGs and 3-5 from 3-point
- passed Ike Williams (1990-93) for 24th place all-time at UNM with 1,097 career points
- still No. 8 all-time at UNM with 194 career 3s; Kevin Henry (1997-00) is 7th with 197
- shooting 48.6% (34-70) from 3-point in all games and 50% (15-30) in MWC contests
- 7th at UNM with 511 career 3-point attempts
- 7 points, 5 assists and just 1 turnover in 21 minutes off the bench
- 43 assists against just 10 turnovers the past 11 games
- set a career scoring high in MW games with 7 points
- 6 points on 2 of 4 from 3-point
- 51 points the past 4 games after just 10 points in his first 2 MWC games
- 12-24 from 3-point the past 4 games after 1-8 the first 2 MWC games
- made a 3-pointer in 19 of 22 games this year