Feb. 23, 2013
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New Mexico improves to 23-4 overall (10-2 MW and 1st place by 2 full games) following a 91-82 at nationally-ranked Colorado State (21-6, 8-4 MW)
The Lobos snapped CSU’s 27-game home winning streak
Lobo junior G Kendall Williams scored a career-high 46 points on 12-16 FGs, 10-13 3s and 12-17 FTs
–Williams set a school and Mountain West record with 10 3-pointers (old UNM record 9 by Ruben Douglas vs. Pacific on Nov. 23, 2001, and 9 by Javin Tindall at UNLV on Jan. 31, 2004
–10 of 13 from 3-point today…came into today’s game shooting 37.3% from 3 for his career, 32.3% (32-99) for the season and 28% (11-39) in his 10 MW games
–the 46 points ties for the 3rd-highest scoring total in school history…the record is 50 by Marvin Johnson vs. Colorado State on March 2, 1978
–46 points is the most by a Lobo since Kenny Page had 47 vs. Illinois Tech on Dec. 21, 1979
–46 points is the 3rd-highest total in NCAA Div. I this season…South Dakota State’s Nate Wolters had 53 vs. IPFW while Oakland’s Travis Bader scored 47 vs. IUPUI
–46 points is the 5th-highest total in Mountain West Conference history
–UNM trailed 70-64 with 6:40 left, but finished the game on a 27-12 run…Williams had 18 of those 27 points, and actually, 18 of the Lobos’ final 22 points over the final 4:45
–Williams scored 26 points in 14 second-half minutes on 6-7 FGs, 5-5 from 3 and 9-11 FTs
–Williams moved from 25th to 20th place on UNM’s career scoring chart with 1,190 points; passed David Chiotti, Phillip McDonald, Johnny Brown, Charlie Thomas and Roman Martinez today
Colorado State made 7 of its first 9 3-pointers, then missed 11 of its last 12 to finish 8 of 21 (38%)
UNM held CSU to 34% shooting (14-41) in the 2nd half and 3-15 (20%) in the final 5 minutes
Opponents FG shooting in the last 5 minutes and overtime this season:
All games 33.3% (69-207)
MWC games 26.8% (26-97)
MWC home games 22.2% (10-45)
The Lobos are 4-1 this year and 8-2 in their last 10 games against ranked opponents
The Lobos are 10-3 away from The Pit this season (7-3 road, 3-0 neutral)…since the start of the 2011-12 season, New Mexico is 24-8 in its last 32 games away from Albuquerque, including a 14-4 record in the past 18
UNM set a season-high for points (91), 3-pointers (12) and FG% in a road game (27-51, 52.9%)
New Mexico is 45-29 in road games under sixth-year head coach Steve Alford…before Alford came to UNM, it took the Lobos 13 seasons and 136 games (43-93 record between 1995-2007) to get 43 road wins
UNM has won 20 straight games – and is 41-2 in its last 43 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
The Lobos have won 42 straight games and are 54-1 overall when scoring 80 or more points under head coach Steve Alford…the only loss was 82-80 in overtime to Utah in the 2008 Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas
New Mexico is now shooting 41.5% for the season, which is the poorest by a Lobo team in 51 years, since the 1961-62 team ended at 37.4%…the 1961-62 Lobos finished with a 6-20 record
The Lobos are 48-2 under Steve Alford when shooting 50% or better from the floor
UNM seniors Chad Adams and Jamal Fenton won their school-record 103rd game as Lobos, eclipsing former teammates A.J. Hardeman and Phillip McDonald (2009-12) mark of 102
UNM is 174-71 all-time when nationally ranked, 119-8 in The Pit, 40-50 on the road and 15-13 neutral
UNM has made a 3-point FG in 720 straight games…the last game without a 3 was Jan. 3, 1991 at Colorado State (0-for-8)
New Mexico has a 103-29 record since the start of the 2009-10 season
Head coach Steve Alford
457-233 in his 22nd season as a head coach
149-50 in his 6th year at New Mexico, 90-11 in The Pit, 45-29 on the road and 14-10 neutral
65-25 in Mountain West regular-season games, 38-7 in The Pit and 27-18 on the road
30-12 when UNM is ranked, 18-2 in The Pit, 9-7 on the road and 3-3 neutral
11-2 in his career against Colorado State, 4-2 in Fort Collins
32-10 in February games at UNM, 17-3 in The Pit and 15-7 on the road
16-7 against ranked opponents while at UNM, 6-2 at home, 7-3 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
Junior G Kendall Williams
46 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in 33 minutes
8th place all-time at UNM with 403 career assists
5th Lobo with 1,000 points, 400 assists and 100 steals
UNM is 33-4 in Williams’ career when he has at least 5 assists in a game
Sophomore C Alex Kirk
6th double-double of the season with 19 points and 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks
made 8-12 FGs and 3-3 FTs
averaging 13.2 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks the past 5 games
Junior G Tony Snell
10 points on 6-6 FTs, 4 rebounds and 5 assists
made his 62nd consecutive start
Sophomore PG Hugh Greenwood
6 points (2 3s), 6 assists and 2 steals in a career-high 35 minutes
New Mexico is 48-8 in his 56 career starts