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New Mexico Basketball Postgame Notes
(20 AP / 22 Coaches) UNM vs. Nevada
Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 *** The Pit/Bob King Court *** Albuquerque, N.M.
New Mexico improves to 19-3 overall (6-1 MWC, 1st place) with a 75-62 win against Nevada (11-10, 2-5 MW)
Seniors Chad Adams and Jamal Fenton win their 99th game as Lobos…the school record is 102 by A.J. Hardeman and Phillip McDonald from 2009-12
Nevada led 51-50 with 11:17 left in the game, but UNM outscored the Wolf Pack 25-11 the rest of the way
The Lobos set season highs with 56% (28-50) shooting and 22 assists, and equaled a season best with 11 3-pointers…UNM, 52% (11-21) from 3 tonight, was 5-25 from 3-point the previous 2 games and was shooting 31% in MW games
UNM equaled a season high with 32 points from the bench compared to Nevada’s 6…UNM also had 32 vs. Mercer…UNM only had 9 points from its reserves in the past two games against Wyoming and San Diego State
For the first time this year, UNM had 10 players make at least one FG…amazingly, every Lobo had a FG by the 3:59 mark of the 1st half when freshman Nick Banyard scored on a dunk
UNM has won 23 straight games when leading at halftime…the last loss was last year to San Diego State in The Pit…UNM led 31-30 before losing 75-70
UNM has won 18 straight games – and is 39-2 in its last 41 games since 2010-11 – when shooting 40% or better from the field…the most recent loss was last year at TCU when it shot 41.8%, but fell 83-64
UNM is 170-70 all-time when nationally ranked, 117-8 in The Pit, 38-49 on the road and 15-13 neutral
UNM has made a 3-point FG in 715 straight games…the last game without a 3 was Jan. 3, 1991 at Colorado State (0-for-8)
New Mexico has a 99-28 record since the start of the 2009-10 season
Head coach Steve Alford
453-232 in his 22nd season as a head coach
145-49 in his 6th year at New Mexico, 88-11 in The Pit, 43-28 on the road and 14-10 neutral
61-24 in Mountain West regular-season games, 36-7 in The Pit and 25-17 on the road
26-11 when UNM is ranked, 16-2 in The Pit, 7-6 on the road and 3-3 neutral
28-9 in February games at UNM, 15-3 in The Pit and 13-6 on the road
15-7 against ranked opponents while at UNM, 6-2 at home, 6-3 on the road and 3-2 at neutral sites
10-5 in overtime games at UNM, 7-2 in the Mountain West regular season and 7-1 on the road
Sophomore PG Hugh Greenwood
team highs with 15 points (4-5 on 3s), 7 rebounds and 6 assists
Past 2 games: 28 points (10-13 FGs, 5-6 3s, 3-4 FTs), 17 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals and just 1 turnover in 64 minutes
New Mexico is 44-7 in his 51 career starts
Junior G Demetrius Walker
came off the bench to score 12 points (3-6 FGs, 2-4 3s, 4-4 FTs) and get a team-high 2 steals
had missed 15 consecutive FGs before making a 3-pointer in the 1st half tonight
had scored just 14 points on 3-28 FGs in his previous 9 games before tonight
Senior F Chad Adams
came off the bench to score 10 points on 4-5 FGs and 2-2 from 3-point
added 4 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal in 21 minutes
Junior G Kendall Williams
9 points and 5 assists in 28 minutes
25th place all-time at UNM with 1,105 points
9th place all-time at UNM with 378 career assists…Marlon Parmer is 8th with 384
Junior F Nick Banyard
scored a career-high 4 points on 2-2 FGs, plus 1 rebound and 1 block in 7 minutes
Sophomore C Alex Kirk
tied a career high with 5 blocks