Feb. 29, 2012
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New Mexico Basketball Postgame Notes
Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012
UNM vs. Air Force *** Albuquerque, N.M.
- New Mexico (23-6, 9-4 MW) snaps a 2-game losing skid with a 86-56 victory over Air Force (13-14, 3-10 MW)
- UNM closes the regular season Saturday at home against Boise State…tipoff is 2 p.m. on the NBC Sports Network
- The Lobos have beaten Air Force 11 straight times…in Albuquerque, UNM leads the series 30-3, including 29-2 in The Pit
- In 2 games against Air Force this season, UNM outscored the Falcons 165-98…the Lobos shot 54% (61-113) overall and 42% (21-50) from 3-point…the Falcons converted just 33% (34-103) overall and 26% (13-50) from 3-point
- The Lobos are 19-1 when shooting 40% or better from the floor…they shot 49.2% tonight
- After committing 33 turnovers in its 2 losses last week at Colorado State and TCU, UNM was guilty of just 7 tonight
- UNM is 22-1 this season when holding the opponent to less than 70 points, but 1-5 when allowing 70 or more
- New Mexico has won 63 straight games – 57-0 under Steve Alford – when allowing less than 60 points…the last loss was Feb. 22, 2006, a 51-46 setback against Air Force
- When scoring 80 or more points under head coach Steve Alford, the Lobos have won 39 straight games and are 51-1 overall…the only loss was 82-80 in overtime to Utah in the 2008 Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas
- UNM has made a 3-point FG in 687 consecutive games…the last game without a 3 was Jan. 3, 1991 at Colorado State (0-for-8)
Head coach Steve Alford
- 429-228 in his 21st season as a head coach, 121-45 in his 5th year at New Mexico
- A least 22 wins in all 5 seasons at New Mexico, and an average of 24.2 per season
- 54-23 in all Mountain West games at UNM
- 76-10 in all UNM home games, 31-7 in Mountain West home games
- 12-0 in his career against Air Force, 5-0 in The Pit
- 27-9 in February games while at UNM
- 57-0 when UNM allows less than 60 points
- 39 straight wins and 51-1 overall when UNM scores 80 points or more
- 17 points and 11 rebounds for his 14th double-double of the season and 27th of his career
- 16 points and 6 rebounds in 16 1st-half minutes
- finished making 8-9 FGs in 27 minutes
- 317 rebounds this season, the 8th best single-season total at UNM…the school season record is 375 by Tom King in 1960-61
- No. 14 all-time at UNM with 590 rebounds in 55 career games
- set career-high for points (22) and 3-pointers (5) in just 19 minutes
- scored UNM’s first 14 points of the 2nd half – in a span of 3:02 – on 4 3s and a 2-pointer
- made 7-9 FGs and 5-7 from 3-point
- previous scoring high was 14 against Santa Clara
- 13 points on 4 of 8 from 3-point
- 7th all-time at UNM with 202 career 3s…former teammate Roman Martinez is 6th with 205
- No. 24 all-time at UNM with 1,125 career points