March 4, 2006
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The Lobos end the regular season 17-12 overall and 8-8 in the MWC...UNM plays UNLV next Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the quarterfinals of the MWC Tournament in Denver
BYU improves to 20-7 overall, 12-4 in the MWC, tying Air Force for 2nd place...the Cougars were picked to finish last in the 9-team league
BYU has won 14 straight at the Marriott Center, while the Lobos have lost 6 straight to BYU in Provo
Ritchie McKay is 0-5 against BYU in Provo in his coaching career, 0-4 while at New Mexico
The Lobos led 62-60 with 4:31 left after Kellen Walter made his second straight 3-pointer, but BYU went on a 14-0 run down the stretch to put it away...10 of those points were free throws...during the drought, UNM committed 4 turnovers and missed 5 shots
New Mexico, which had allowed just 50 points a game the past 5 games, gave up its most scoring since an 80-78 win over Colorado State on Feb. 8
The starting five of Joel Box, David Chiotti, Blake Harden, Jeff Hart and Mark Walters is the Lobos' ninth different lineup this season
New Mexico shot 67% (14-21) in the 1st half to lead 34-33...the Lobos' biggest lead was 21-11, and it was 26-17 before the Cougars ended the half on a 16-8 run
UNM shot 51% (26-51), the first time in 9 games it has shot better than 50%...it's the best percentage in a road game this year
New Mexico shot a season-high 52% (11 of 21) from 3-point...the 11 treys are the second most this year, since
14 against Ole Miss in the 2nd game of the season...all but
1 of the 3s came from current or former walk-ons
Senior G Jeff Hart, making his second straight start, tied a career-high with 15 points...he also had 15 against Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne (IPFW) as a freshman...all of his scoring came on a career-high 5 3-pointers...that's 26 points in his past 2 games after scoring only 13 in his first 11 MWC contests
Hart went 1 of 15 from 3-point in 9 games between Jan. 7 and Feb. 22, but he's 9 of 17 the past 3 games
Hart had only scored 14 points in 9 career games against BYU before tonight
BYU had a 13-7 scoring advantage in 2nd-chance points as it had 12 offensive rebounds to the Lobos' 6...the Cougars also had a 16-8 scoring edge in points off turnovers...UNM committed 14, including a career-high 7 by senior Mark Walters
The Lobos missed 7 of their first 8 free throws and finished 5 of 12...senior David Chiotti was 0 of 5
Walters and Chiotti came into the game averaging a combined 28.2 points and 11 rebounds...they were held to 19 points and 8 boards tonight, 7 of the caroms by Chiotti...Chiotti was 3 of 13 from the floor
Sophomore Tony Danridge entered tonight's game having scored just 22 points in the past 7 games, an average of
3.1 ppg...he
