Feb. 14, 2007

Recap |  Box Score

Team Notes

-The 96-83 loss drops UNM to 14-12 overall and 3-8 in the Mountain West Conference...BYU extends the nation's longest current home court winning streak to 29 games...the Cougars are 20-6 overall, 10-2 in the MWC and have won 7 in a row

-BYU sweeps the season series from UNM for the second straight year...the Cougars have won 4 straight over UNM overall and 7 in a row in Provo

-The Lobos allowed their most points in a conference game since 2003 when Wyoming won 103-91 in The Pit

-New Mexico was 14 of 26 from 3-point, the 2nd-most 3s made this season...it's the most 3s in an MWC game since knocking down 14 at BYU in 2004

-All 13 Lobos played in the first half and nine scored

-The Lobos were outrebounded 41-27 and BYU had a 58-22 scoring edge in the paint

J.R. Giddens
-finished with a team-high 19 points on 8 of 13 FGs for his best output in 7 games, since scoring 26 against Utah on Jan. 13...he was scoreless in 13 minutes against BYU in The Pit last month

Ryan Kersten
-scored 13 points off the bench, making 4 of 7 FGs and 4-5 FTs
-has scored in double figures in 3 of the past 4 games, averaging 12 ppg the past 4 games

Jeffrey Henfield
-scored 6 points, which is 1 point shy of his entire total from the first 10 MWC games

Aaron Johnson
-scored 9 points, tying a season-high for an MWC game; he also had 9 against Wyoming in The Pit

Darren Prentice
-had 5 assists, giving him 18 the past 3 games and a team-best 81 in all games and 38 in MWC play

Chad Toppert
-scored 6 points and pulled down a career-high 6 rebounds

Tony Danridge
-scored just 2 points on 0-4 FGs and a pair of FTs
-has scored 10 points the past 2 games, making 4 of 15 FGs
-came into the game leading UNM in scoring in MWC games at 14.2 ppg