Feb. 4, 2012
* New Mexico improves to 19-4 overall and 5-2 in the Mountain West with a
65-49 victory at Boise State (10-12,
0-7 MW).UNM has won 4 in a row by an average margin of
26.3 points
* The Lobos’ next game is Saturday, Feb. 11, at home against Wyoming.tipoff
is 1:30 p.m. Mountain on The Mtn.
* UNM is 6-1 on the road this season.including neutral sites, the Lobos are
9-2 away from The Pit in 2011-12
* UNM’s five Mountain West wins have come by an average of
21 points
* After beating Air Force 81-42 on Tuesday, UNM has held consecutive
opponents to less than 50 points for the first time since 2005-06 when it
beat Wyoming 47-45 and TCU
53-42
* New Mexico has held opponents under 50 points 6 times this season
* The Lobos held Boise State to 31.1% (19-61) shooting overall and 21.4%
(6-28) from 3-point.the 31.1% is the Broncos’ 2nd-lowest of the season.they
shot 29.8% against LSU
* Boise State came into today’s game averaging 71.7 points
* In the 2-game road sweep of Air Force and Boise State this week, UNM held
the Falcons and Broncos to 91 points and a combined 30.4% (34-112) FG
shooting and 19.6%
(11-56) from 3-point
* For the season, Lobo opponents are averaging just 58.2 points and shooting
37.6% from the floor
* The Lobos are 16-0 this season when shooting 40% or better from the
floor.they shot 44.4% today
* New Mexico has won 60 straight games – 54-0 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 681 consecutive games…the last game without
a 3 was Jan. 3, 1991 at Colorado State
(0-for-8)
Head coach Steve Alford
* 425-226 in his 21st season as a head coach, 117-43 in his 5th year at New
Mexico
* 50-21 in all Mountain West games at UNM
* 36-24 in all UNM road games, 22-14 in Mountain West road games
* 54-0 when UNM allows less than 60 points
* 38 straight wins and 50-1 overall when UNM scores 80 points or more
G Kendall Williams
* scored an MWC season-high 18 points on 7-10 FGs.scored
14 points in the 2nd half
* 31 points in 2 games this week on 12-15 FGs
G Hugh Greenwood
* 1st career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.also
3 assists and 0 turnovers in
27 minutes
* came into the game averaging 2.8 rebounds a game
* the 2nd Lobo with a double-double this year.Drew Gordon has 11 for
points-rebounds
* 10 points is his high in an MW game this season
* 29 points the past 4 games after 0 points against San Diego State and UNLV
G Tony Snell
* 13 points, but just 2 of 8 from 3-point
* 64 points the past 5 games (12.8 ppg) after just 10 points in his first 2
MWC games
* made a 3-pointer in 20 of 23 games this year
F Drew Gordon
* 5 points and 6 rebounds.5 points is his 2nd-lowest this season (2 vs. New
Mexico State)
* 511 career rebounds in 50 games as a Lobo
G Phillip McDonald
* 6 points off the bench on 2-5 from 3-point
* 24th place all-time at UNM with 1,103 career points
* still No. 8 at UNM with 196 career 3s; Kevin Henry
(1997-00) is 7th with 197
* shooting 48% (36-75) from 3-point in all games and 48.6%
(17-35) in MWC contests
* 6th at UNM with 516 career 3-point attempts
G Jamal Fenton
* the 5-9 point guard was credited with his first career block in his 89th
game as a Lobo