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New Mexico 97, New Mexico St. 87

Nov. 17, 2009

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) -Phillip McDonald scored a career-high 27 points Tuesday night to lead New Mexico to a 97-87 victory over New Mexico State.

McDonald hit eight of 15 from the field, and teammate Roman Martinez chipped in with 24 points. The Lobos (2-0) were 12-for-26 from 3-point range.

At halftime, UNM had made 64.5 percent from the field and led 52-36, a team record for first-half points under head coach Steve Alford.

The Aggies (0-2) trailed by as much as 18 in the second half before outscoring UNM 30-15 to open the second.

Hernst Laroche gave the Aggies their first lead of the half with a pair of free throws, making it 68-67 with about 10:30 to go. Jahmar Young led NMSU with 26 points, scoring 22 in the second half.

But with about eight minutes left Darington Hobson hit a pair of free throws that made it 75-73 and gave the Lobos the lead for good.

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November 18, 2009 3:28 am

Score: 102

Great win for UNM

UNM came out and dominated the 1st half and showed what potential this very young Lobo squad has.
NMSU came out strong after halftime and erased the 16pt lead and even led by 4 before UNM had enough and talent took over for the 10 pt win.
This is the kind of game the young Lobos can learn from in a hostile environment (though seriously NMSU - how can you not sell out this game?). T ...(more)

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Scoreboard
Final	1	2	T
New Mexico (2-0) «	52	45	97
New Mexico State (0-2)	36	51	87

New Mexico Lobos
	M	FG	FT	TR	A	PF	PTS
D. Hobson, G-F	34	5-10	5-10	7	5	4	17
R. Martinez, F	33	8-15	4-6	9	2	4	24
A. Hardeman, F	8	1-1	0-0	3	1	4	2
D. Gary, G	34	4-9	6-9	4	5	3	14
P. McDonald, G	31	8-15	6-6	2	2	1	27
W. Brown, F	28	3-6	0-0	7	1	3	6
J. Fenton, G	13	1-2	0-0	2	2	1	3
N. Garth, G	12	1-4	0-0	1	2	4	2
C. Adams, G	3	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	2
C. Dennis, G	2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0
M. Staff, F	2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0
Total		32-65	21-31	41	20	25	97
		49.2%	67.7%

New Mexico State Aggies
	M	FG	FT	TR	A	PF	PTS
R. Lumpkins, F	25	3-9	2-3	7	2	3	8
H. Rahman, C	24	5-6	4-10	5	0	4	14
H. Laroche, G	37	5-11	3-3	3	5	2	15
J. Young, G	35	5-12	14-16	5	4	4	26
J. Gibson, G	29	5-10	2-2	4	3	4	17
K. Merker, F	21	1-3	2-2	3	0	4	4
A. Castillo, G	17	1-4	0-0	3	1	4	3
B. Sy, F	7	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	0
D. Gomez, G	3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0
T. Watson, F	2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0
Total		25-56	27-36	33	15	28	87
		44.6%	75.0%

Mountain West
Team	Conf. W-L	Tot. W-L
BYU	7-2	22-3
New Mexico	7-2	21-3
UNLV	7-2	19-4
Colorado St.	6-4	15-9
San Diego St.	5-4	16-7
Utah	3-5	10-12
TCU	3-6	11-13
Wyoming	2-7	9-14
Air Force	1-9	9-14
Expanded Standings

Western Athletic
Team	Conf. W-L	Tot. W-L
Utah St.	8-2	18-6
New Mexico St.	8-2	15-8
Louisiana Tech	7-3	19-5
Nevada	5-4	13-9
Fresno St.	5-5	12-12
San Jose St.	5-6	12-11
Idaho	3-7	10-11
Boise St.	2-8	11-12
Hawaii	2-8	9-14
Expanded Standings

Other games

CLEM	79	Final
LIB	39	Final

TEMP	45	Final
GTWN	46	Final

CHAR	59	Final
DUKE	101	Final

UNCA	49	Final
TENN	124	Final

HOF	67	Final
CONN	76	Final

ARK	66	Final
LOU	96	Final

L-MON	61	Final
OK	72	Final

NIU	61	Final
ILL	80	Final

FAIR	42	Final
MD	71	Final

ZAGS	71	Final
MIST	75	Final

MEMP	55	Final
KAN	57	Final

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