Nov. 25, 2012

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• New Mexico (6-0) defeats Portland (2-3) 69-54...the Lobos are 6-0 for the first time since a 12-0 beginning in 2009-10

• Leading just 30-27 at halftime, UNM opened the 2nd half with a 10-0 run over the first 2:01 to take a 40-27 advantage

• UNM hit its first 6 FGs to start the 2nd half

• New Mexico had 11 assists on 11 FGs in the 2nd half

• UNM won despite setting season lows for FG% (33%, 19-57) and 3-point shooting (10.5%, 2-19)...the 3-point accuracy is the lowest for a Steve Alford-coached Lobo team while the 2 3s are the fewest since making 2 last year against St. Louis on Dec. 31, 2011

• The Lobos are now shooting 41.2% from the floor for the season, including 33% (37-112) from 3-point

• New Mexico also won despite its top-2 scorers - Kendall Williams and Tony Snell - combining for only 16 points on 4-12 shooting...the duo came into tonight's game averaging a combined 31 points

• The two teams combined to shoot 3 of 29 from 3-point...Portland was 1 of 10

• New Mexico was 29 of 38 from the FT line...the season numbers are now 143 of 177 (80.8%), an average of 23.8 FTs made and 29.5 FTs attempted per game...opponents are 61 of 85

• With Jamal Fenton starting tonight, the Lobos employed their 4th different starting lineup in the past 5 games

• The Lobo bench outscored Portland's 21-14...the past 3 games, UNM's bench has outscored the opposition's 73-25

• UNM led for all but 14 seconds tonight...it's the first game this year that UNM never trailed or the score was tied

• UNM has made a 3-point FG in 699 consecutive games...the last game without a 3 was Jan. 3, 1991 at Colorado State (0-for-8)

Head coach Steve Alford

• 440-229 in his 22nd season as a head coach
• 132-46 in his 6th year at New Mexico
• 80-10 in The Pit, 48-3 against non-conference opponents
• 60-1 when UNM allows less than 60 points
• 40 straight wins and 52-1 overall when UNM scores 80 points or more

Sophomore C Alex Kirk

• 2nd career double-double with 14 points (ties season high) and a career-high 11 rebounds
• 1st double-double was 10-10 in his 1st collegiate game against Detroit on Nov. 13, 2010
• had 3 dunks tonight

Senior G Jamal Fenton

• made his 9th career start in his 103rd career game
• season-high 12 points and 3 steals, and he drew a charge in a season-high 27 minutes
• 6 steals the past 2 games

Junior F Cameron Bairstow

• 9 points (9-10 FTs) and a career-high 11 rebounds off the bench
• also 2 blocks and he drew 2 charges
• career highs with 9 FTs made and 10 FTs attempted
• 31-36 (86%) from the FT line this season
• 35 points and 25 rebounds the past 4 games

Sophomore G Hugh Greenwood

• 10 points and 6 rebounds
• 2nd on the team in rebounding at 5.3 a game

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