March 3, 2012
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New Mexico Basketball Postgame Notes
Saturday, March 3, 2012
UNM vs. Boise State *** Albuquerque, N.M.
* New Mexico (24-6, 10-4 MW) closes the regular season with a 76-61 victory over Boise State (13-16, 3-11 MW)
* UNM wins an unprecedented 3rd Mountain West regular-season title in the past 4 years…the Lobos share the championship with San Diego State
* New Mexico will be the No. 2 seed in next week’s MW Tournament in Las Vegas
* How impressive is 3 conference titles for UNM in the past 4 years? Before Steve Alford took over, it took New Mexico 35 seasons to win three conference titles: 1973-74 and 1977-78 under Norm Ellenberger and 1993-94 under Dave Bliss
* UNM overcame its largest deficit of the season today, 9 points…the Lobos trailed 19-10 with 10:13 left in the 1st half…the previous largest deficit was 8 points against UNLV on Feb. 18…UNM trailed the Runnin’ Rebels 21-13 before winning 65-45
* The Lobos trailed Boise State 52-48 with 8:20 left in the game, but scored on 13 of their last 15 possessions (a total of 28 points) to win by 15…UNM outscored the Broncos 25-7 over the final 6:39
* Today’s attendance was a sold-out 15,411…average attendance for 16 home games in 2011-12 is 14,454
* New Mexico has won 24 games for the 12th time in school history and the 3rd time in head coach Steve Alford’s 5 seasons at UNM
* Fourth-year seniors A.J. Hardeman and Phillip McDonald are 98-36 in their careers at New Mexico…98 wins ties former teammate Dairese Gary (2007-11) for most wins by a scholarship Lobo player
* In 16 home games this season, UNM’s average winning margin was 21.4 points…opponents shot just 36.3% from the floor and 29.2% from 3-point
* UNM trailed 19-10 and was just 4-12 from the floor, however, the Lobos made 22 of of their last 36 FGs, or 61%
* The Lobos are 20-1 this season when shooting 40% or better from the floor…they shot 54.2% today
* After committing 33 turnovers in its 2 losses last week at Colorado State and TCU, UNM was guilty of a season-low 5 today…the Lobos committed just 12 turnovers the past 2 games
* UNM is 23-1 this season when holding the opponent to less than 70 points, but 1-5 when allowing 70 or more
* UNM has made a 3-point FG in 688 consecutive games…the last game without a 3 was Jan. 3, 1991 at Colorado State (0-for-8)
Head coach Steve Alford
* 430-228 in his 21st season as a head coach, 122-45 in his 5th year at New Mexico
* 3 regular-season conference titles in the past 4 years
* At least 22 wins in all 5 seasons at New Mexico, and an average of 24.4 wins per season
* 55-23 in all Mountain West games at UNM
* 77-10 in all UNM home games, 32-7 in Mountain West home games
* 57-0 when UNM allows less than 60 points
* 39 straight wins and 51-1 overall when UNM scores 80 points or more
Senior F Drew Gordon
* 56 games played and 48 starts in his career at UNM
* Career-high 30 points and 12 rebounds for his 15th double-double of the season and 28th of his career
* Made his 1st collegiate 3-pointer for UNM’s last 3 points of the game…it was his first 3-point attempt as a Lobo…he was 0-2 in his career at UCLA
* Made 11-15 FGs today and has hit 19-24 the past 2 games
* 329 rebounds this season, the 6th best single-season total at UNM…the school record is 375 by Tom King in 1960-61…just 7 rebounds from moving into the No. 3 spot ahead of Luc Longley (330), Ira Harge (331) and Willie Long (335)
* No. 14 all-time at UNM with 602 rebounds in 56 career games, an average of 10.8 a game
Senior F A.J. Hardeman
* 132 games played and 91 starts in his career at UNM
* Tied with Daniel Faris for 6th all-time at UNM with 98 career blocks
* 521 career rebounds ranks 26th all-time at UNM
Senior G Phillip McDonald
* 128 games played and 100 starts in his career at UNM
* 7th all-time at UNM with 202 career 3s…former teammate Roman Martinez is 6th with 205
* No. 24 all-time at UNM with 1,127 career points
G Hugh Greenwood
* 15 points – 9 in the 2nd half – and 37 points the past 2 games
* 8 of 13 from 3-point the past 2 games
G Kendall Williams
* 9 points, 7 assists for the 2nd straight game, and just 1 turnover in 33 minutes
G Tony Snell
* Career-high 7 assists and 12 assists the past 2 games