National Basketball Association
New Mexico 91, Colorado St. 82
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 23, 2013
Where: Moby Arena, Fort Collins, Colorado
Officials:
# Verne Harris, # Kipp Kissinger, # Tony Padilla
Attendance:
8745
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No. 16 New Mexico 91, No. 21 Colorado State 82: Kendall Williams scored a career-high 46 points and set a Mountain West record with 10 3-pointers as the Lobos ended the Rams’ 27-game home-court winning streak.
Alex Kirk added 19 points and 10 rebounds for first-place New Mexico (23-4, 10-2 Mountain West), which has a two-game lead over Colorado State in the conference race with four games to play.
Colton Iverson had a career-high 26 points and 15 rebounds, Wes Eikmeier matched a season high with 22 points and Dorian Green added 20 for Colorado State (21-6, 8-4), which grabbed 20 offensive rebounds en route to a 42-33 edge on the boards.
Williams was 10-of-13 from 3-point range and made five 3-pointers in each half. Colorado State led 70-64 with 6:35 to play before Williams capped an 11-0 spurt with back-to-back 3-pointers as New Mexico took a five-point lead with 3:59 to play.
Williams reached 40 with two free throws with 44.5 seconds left to boost the Lobos’ lead to 84-76. He had 20 first-half points but Colorado State led 41-38 at halftime.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Air Force’s Michael Lyons had the previous top Mountain West scoring effort of the season with 45 points, also coming against the Rams. … Williams’ output is third-most in New Mexico history. Marvin Johnson holds the record of 50, set against Colorado State on March 2, 1978. … The Rams had a 26-5 edge in second-chance points.
Top Game Performances
| New Mexico |
|
Colorado St. |
|
Kendall Williams 46 |
Scoring |
Colton Iverson 26 |
|
Hugh Greenwood 6 |
Assists |
Dorian Green 5 |
|
Alex Kirk 10 |
Rebounds |
Colton Iverson 15 |
|
Kendall Williams 12 |
Free Throws Made |
Colton Iverson 6 |
|
Hugh Greenwood 2 |
Steals |
Pierce Hornung 2 |
|
Alex Kirk 3 |
Blocks |
Colton Iverson 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| New Mexico
|
91 |
52.9 |
12-23 |
25-33 |
18 |
33 |
5 |
6 |
9 |
| Colorado St.
|
82 |
41.4 |
8-21 |
16-23 |
15 |
40 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
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