Jan. 28, 2012

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* New Mexico improves to 17-4 overall and 3-2 in the Mountain West with a 71-54 win over TCU (12-8, 2-3 MW)

* The Lobos' next game is Tuesday, Jan. 31, at Air Force...tipoff is 8 p.m. Mountain on The Mtn.

* UNM is 16-5 all-time against TCU and has won 8 in a row...the Lobos are 10-0 vs. the Horned Frogs in Albuquerque

* Leading 33-28 with 19:39 left in the 2nd half, the Lobos went on a 12-0 run over the next 4:11 for a 45-28 advantage...Tony Snell had a pair of 3-pointers during the burst

* UNM shot 48.3% for the game, 53.3% (16-30) in the 2nd half...the Lobos are 14-0 this season when shooting 40% or better from the floor

* TCU was guilty of 17 turnovers...UNM has forced 37 turnovers the past 2 games

* New Mexico has won 58 straight games - 52-0 under Steve Alford - when allowing less than 60 points...the last loss was Feb. 22, 2006, a 51-46 setback against Air Force

* UNM has made a 3-point FG in 679 consecutive games...the last game without a 3 was Jan. 3, 1991 at Colorado State (0-for-8)

Head coach Steve Alford
* 423-226 in his 21st season as a head coach, 115-43 in his 5th year at New Mexico
* 48-21 in all Mountain West games at UNM
* 73-10 in all UNM home games, 28-7 in Mountain West home games
* 8-3 in his career against TCU, 5-0 in The Pit
* 52-0 when UNM allows less than 60 points
* 49-1 with 37 straight wins when UNM scores 80 points or more

G Tony Snell
* team-high 18 points on 7 of 12 FGs, including 4 of 8 from 3-point
* 1 point shy of his career high in an MW game; he had 19 last year vs. Wyoming
* 45 points the past 3 games after just 10 points in his first 2 MWC games
* 10-20 from 3-point the past 3 games after 1-8 the first 2 MWC games
* made a 3-pointer in 18 of 21 games this year

G Kendall Williams
* 14 points, 10 in the 2nd half...also 5 assists, 1 turnover and 3 steals in 27 minutes

F Drew Gordon
* 7 points and 11 rebounds
* 497 career rebounds at UNM

G Jamal Fenton
* scored 7 (of his 9 total points) consecutively in a span of 2:47 (11:38 to 8:51) in the 2nd half

F Cameron Bairstow
* tied a career scoring high in MW games with 6 points - all in 9 1st half minutes...he also had 6 last year against TCU in The Pit
* tied a career high with 4 FTs made

G Phillip McDonald
* 9 points off the bench, all in the 1st half
* tied Ike Williams (1990-93) for 24th place all-time at UNM with 1,086 career points
* still No. 8 all-time at UNM with 191 career 3s

Lobos Men's Basketball

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