Feb. 4, 2012
New Mexico Basketball Postgame Notes
Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012
UNM at Boise State *** Boise, Idaho
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- the 5-9 point guard was credited with his first career block in his 89th game as a Lobo