Feb. 6, 2010

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Team

• New Mexico wins its 7th straight game with an 88-86 overtime victory over San Diego State...the Lobos improve to 21-3 overall and 7-2 in the Mountain West Conference, tied with BYU and UNLV for 1st place

• The Lobos are 21-3 for the first time since 1997-98

• San Diego State had won an NCAA-leading 9 straight overtime games...its last loss before tonight was Feb. of 2005

• The winning team in the UNM-SDSU series has reached 70 points in each of the past 16 games

• New Mexico has won 7 straight conference games for the first time since an 8-game run in 1997-98

• The Lobos are 23-1 in their last 24 home games and 46-5 in Ther Pit under 3rd-year head coach Steve Alford

• Alford is 67-24 in his UNM tenure

• The Lobos shot 50% or better (29-58, 50%) for only the 4th time this season and just the 2nd time at home...UNM shot a season-high 55.7% (34-61) against Northern Arizona in The Pit on Dec. 16

• New Mexico had its 6th sellout of the season at 14,586...that's the most sellouts since 7 in 1993-94 when capacity was 17,964

• The Lobos committed just 8 turnovers, the fewest since 5 against Creighton on Dec. 19

• San Diego State made 12 (of 27) shots from 3-point, the most against the Lobos this season

• UNM has used the same starting lineup in all 24 games this season

• The Lobos have won 27 consecutive games (18-0 this season) when scoring 70 or more points

• UNM has made at least one 3-pointer in 612 straight games...the last time it didn't was Jan. 3, 1991, missing on 8 attempts against Colorado State

• New Mexico is 43-106 (40.6%) from 3-point the past 5 games, an average of 8.6 treys a game...that comes after making just 27% the previous 8 games when it averaged 4.6 3s a game

Individual

Junior Darington Hobson
• 29 points, including 8 of UNM's 10 points in overtime
• canned a 55-footer at the end of the 1st half that gave UNM a 42-37 lead at the break
• 6th double-double of the season with 12 rebounds, and 6 assists, 3 steals and 0 turnovers in a career-best 43 minutes
• made a career-high four 3-pointers
• 48 points (15-25 FGs, 5-6 3s, 13-16 FTs), 20 rebounds, 12 assists and 8 steals the past 2 games

Sophomore A.J. Hardeman
• 15 points with five FGs coming on dunks...had 2 follow slams in the 2nd half that gave UNM leads of 62-55 and 66-56
• 7 rebounds, 6 on the offensive end, and a career-best 3 steals in a career-high 36 minutes
• 69 of his 129 total rebounds on the season are offensive

Senior Roman Martinez
•11 points to join Charles Smith (1994-97) and Clayton Shields (1995-98) as the only Lobos to surpass 1,000 points (1,005), 500 rebounds (568) and 150 3-pointers (168) in a career
• Lobos are 33-6 all-time when he plays more than 30 minutes
• 568 career rebounds, 17th all-time at UNM

Junior Dairese Gary
• 15 points, 11 coming in the 2nd half...was 11 of 14 at the FT line
• 64 of 80 (80%) from the FT line in 9 MWC games
• started his 86th straight game
• UNM is 18-2 all-time when he has 5 or more assists...he had 5 today