Feb. 15, 2012
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New Mexico Basketball Postgame Notes
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012
UNM at (13/15) San Diego State *** San Diego, Calif.
- New Mexico (21-4, 7-2 MW) wins its 6th straight and takes over sole possession of 1st place in the Mountain West with a 77-67 victory at (13/15) San Diego State (20-5, 6-3 MW)
- UNM’s average winning margin during the 6-game streak is 20.8 points
- The Lobos’ next game is Saturday in The Pit against No. 11 UNLV…tipoff is 11 a.m. Mountain time for a national broadcast on CBS Sports…the game is sold out
- UNM is 7-1 on the road this season…including neutral sites, the Lobos are 10-2 away from The Pit in 2011-12
- Tied at 38-all, the Lobos ripped off 13 straight points for a 51-38 advantage…UNM hit 3 consecutive 3s during the burst, 1 by Chad Adams and 2 by Kendall Williams…the lead eventually grew to 54-39 with 13:53 to go
- SDSU cut the lead to 70-64 and had the ball with 2 minutes left in the game
- UNM was 10 of 19 (52.6%) from 3-point, which is the 2nd-best accuracy of the season from beyond the arc…the Lobos shot 57% (8-14) at Wyoming
- New Mexico snaps a 4-game losing streak against San Diego State while dealing the Aztecs just their 2nd home loss of the season (15-2)
- The Aztecs had not dropped consecutive games since Jan. 9-13, 2010, a span of 77 games
- San Diego State had won 44 straight home games against unranked opponents
- UNM has won its last 2 games despite leading scorer Tony Snell getting 0 points
- The Lobo bench outscored SDSU’s 33-11
- Averages and percentages during UNM’s 6-game winning streak:
- UNM 71.2 ppg, 49.4 FG% (163-330) and 40% (46-115) from 3-point
- Opponents 50.2 ppg, 34.6 FG% (106-306) and 25.2% (30-119) from 3-point
UNM has won its 7 Mountain West games by an average of 17.9 points
The Lobos are 17-0 this season when shooting 40% or better from the floor…they shot 50% tonight
UNM has made a 3-point FG in 683 consecutive games…the last game without a 3 was Jan. 3, 1991 at Colorado State (0-for-8)
Head coach Steve Alford
- 427-226 in his 21st season as a head coach, 119-43 (73.5%) in his 5th year at New Mexico
- at least 21 wins in all 5 seasons at New Mexico, an average of 23.8 per season
- 52-21 in all Mountain West games at UNM
- 37-24 in all UNM road games, 23-14 in Mountain West road games
- 9-5 vs. ranked teams while at UNM
- 4-7 in his career against San Diego State, 2-3 in San Diego
- 25-7 in February games while at UNM
- 55-0 when UNM allows less than 60 points
- 38 straight wins and 50-1 overall when UNM scores 80 points or more
- tied a career-high with 21 points (also 21 vs. North Dakota this year)…also 4 rebounds and 2 steals
- made a career-high 5 3s (5 of 6) and was 7 of 10 from the floor overall
- shooting 51.5% (17-33) from 3-point in 9 MWC games after just 30% (14-46) in non-conference play
- Mountain West season highs with 17 points and 17 rebounds in 35 minutes
- 12th double-double of the season and 25th of his career
- 541 career rebounds in 51 games as a Lobo…ranks 23rd all-time at UNM
- came off the bench to score 15 points, his best career output in a MW game and 1 shy of his career high set against UMKC earlier this season
- made 5-7 FGs, 1-3 3s and 4-5 FTs, plus 3 assists, 1 steal and 0 turnovers in 22 minutes tonight
- came off the bench to score a MW-high 8 points in just 7 minutes
- made 3-4 FGs and was 2-3 from 3-point
- was scoreless in the past 2 games and had scored just 10 in the previous 5