Feb. 11, 2012
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New Mexico Basketball Postgame Notes
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012
UNM vs. Wyoming *** Albuquerque, N.M.
* New Mexico improves to 20-4 overall and 6-2 in the Mountain West with a 48-38 victory over Wyoming (18-6, 4-4 MW)…UNM has won 5 in a row by an average of 23 points
* The Lobos’ next game is Wednesday, Feb. 15, at (13/14) San Diego State…tipoff is 8:15 p.m. Mountain on the CBS Sports Network
* The 38 points are the fewest allowed by New Mexico since beating Weber State 62-32 on Dec. 23, 2007
* UNM has won 20 games every season under 5th-year head coach Steve Alford…Alford has 118 victories at New Mexico, an average of 23.6 per season
* New Mexico has won 20 games for the 25th time, all coming since 1963-64…UNM has won 20 games 19 times in the past 26 seasons, since 1986-87
* New Mexico trailed at halftime (23-19) for only the 3rd time this season…the Lobos were 0-2 in the first two games (Santa Clara and UNLV)
* UNM trailed 23-19 at halftime, its fewest points in the 1st half in The Pit since Feb. 1, 1999, when it trailed Utah 34-18
* Wyoming had been 13-0 this season when leading at halftime
* The Lobos outscored Wyoming 29-15 in the 2nd half
* Wyoming shot a season-low 25.9% (14-54) from the floor, including 6-27 (22%) in the 2nd half…the Cowboys were 5 of 16 from 3-point, but just 9-38 (24%) from inside the arc
* UNM has held 3 consecutive opponents to less than 50 points for the first time since the first 3 games of the 2005-06 season…opponents have scored just 129 points the past 3 games (43 avg.)
* The last time UNM allowed less than 129 points in 3 straight games was Dec. 18-29, 1964, when it allowed 126 to Cal State Hayward (36), Howard Payne (32) and TCU (58)
* New Mexico has held an opponent under 50 points 7 times this season
* Averages and percentages during UNM’s 5-game winning streak:
–UNM 70 ppg, 49.3 FG% (135-274) and 37.5% (36-96) from 3-point
–Opponents 47 ppg, 32.3 FG% (81-251) and 25.7% (27-105) from 3-point
* UNM has won its 6 Mountain West games by an average of 19.2 points
* For the season, Lobo opponents are averaging just 57.3 points and shooting 37.1% from the floor
* The Lobos are 16-0 this season when shooting 40% or better from the floor…they shot 39% today
* New Mexico has won 61 straight games – 55-0 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 682 consecutive games…the last game without a 3 was Jan. 3, 1991 at Colorado State (0-for-8)
Head coach Steve Alford
* 426-226 in his 21st season as a head coach, 118-43 in his 5th year at New Mexico
* 20 wins in all 5 seasons at New Mexico, an average of 23.6 per season
* 51-21 in all Mountain West games at UNM
* 74-10 in all UNM home games, 29-7 in Mountain West home games
* 9-2 in his career against Wyoming, 5-0 in Albuquerque
* 55-0 when UNM allows less than 60 points
* 38 straight wins and 50-1 overall when UNM scores 80 points or more
G Kendall Williams
* team-high 10 points and 5 assists…scored 8 points in the 2nd half
G Hugh Greenwood
* 8 points and 7 rebounds…scored 5 points (all FTs) in the last 4:28
* 37 points the past 5 games after 0 points against San Diego State and UNLV
* 17 rebounds the past 2 games
F A.J. Hardeman
* 9 points and a season-high 8 rebounds in a season-high 33 minutes
F Drew Gordon
* 7 points and 13 rebounds
* 524 career rebounds in 50 games as a Lobo, 25th all-time at UNM
G Phillip McDonald
* 3 points off the bench on 1-4 from 3-point
* 24th place all-time at UNM with 1,106 career points
* tied with Kevin Henry for No. 7 all-time at UNM with 197 career 3s