Feb. 25, 2012
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New Mexico Basketball Postgame Notes
Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012
(18/21) UNM at TCU *** Fort Worth, Texas
* (18/21) New Mexico (22-6, 8-4 MW) suffers its worst loss of the season, 83-64 at TCU (17-11, 7-5 MW)
* UNM is tied with UNLV for 1st place in the Mountain West with 2 games remaining…the Lobos finish the regular season with home games against Air Force Wednesday and Boise State Saturday
* Tonight, the score was tied at 48-all with 13:47 left…TCU then went on a 10-0 run over the next 3-plus minutes for a 58-48 lead…the Horned Frogs increased the margin to 64-51 with 7:23 go, completing a 16-3 burst
* After shooting 51.7% (15-29) in the 1st half and making 2 of their first 3 shots to start the 2nd half, the Lobos ended the game at 41.8% (23-55)…they were 6 of 23 (26%) from the field the final 18:10 of the game
* The Lobos lost for the first time in 19 games this season when shooting 40% or better from the floor
* UNM was 4 of 17 (23.5%) from 3-point and is shooting 25% (14-56) from 3 the past 3 games
* UNM allowed a season-high 83 points…TCU made 11 3s, tying for the most against the Lobos this season…Santa Clara also made 11 in an overtime win on Nov. 24
* The Lobos committed 33 turnovers in their 2 losses this week
* In UNM’s 2 losses this week, Colorado State and TCU combined to make 43% (16-37) of their 3-point attempts
* UNM is 21-1 this season when holding the opponent to less than 70 points, but 1-5 when allowing 70 or more
* UNM is 7-3 on the road this season…including neutral sites, the Lobos are 10-4 away from The Pit in 2011-12
* UNM has made a 3-point FG in 685 consecutive games…the last game without a 3 was Jan. 3, 1991 at Colorado State (0-for-8)
Head coach Steve Alford
* 428-228 in his 21st season as a head coach, 120-45 in his 5th year at New Mexico
* A least 22 wins in all 5 seasons at New Mexico, and an average of 24 per season
* 53-23 in all Mountain West games at UNM
* 37-26 in all UNM road games, 23-16 in Mountain West road games
* 8-4 in his career against TCU
* 26-9 in February games while at UNM
* 56-0 when UNM allows less than 60 points
* 38 straight wins and 50-1 overall when UNM scores 80 points or more
F A.J. Hardeman
* season-high 15 points on 5-7 FGs and 5-8 FTs, and 6 rebounds
F Drew Gordon
* 7 points and 12 rebounds
* the 9th Lobo to reach 300 rebounds in a season…he has 306 this season, the 9th best single-season total at UNM…the school season record is 375 by Tom King in 1960-61
* No. 15 all-time at UNM with 579 rebounds in 54 career games