Jan. 21, 2009
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San Diego State-New Mexico Postgame Notes in PDF Format
Final Score: San Diego State 81, New Mexico 76
Next Game: Saturday, Jan. 24 at Brigham Young | Marriott Center | 7 p.m. MT/6 p.m. PT | The Mtn.
TEAM NOTES
* The Aztecs rallied from an 11-point first-half deficit to win the game, the second-largest deficit overcome for a victory this season. SDSU rallied from 12 down in Alaska to beat Western Carolina.
* San Diego State matched its best record after 17 games in its Division I history.
* SDSU ran its home winning streak to seven games, which matches the 14th-longest streak in school history.
* The Aztecs improve to 22-4 in Mountain West Conference home games since the 2005-06 season.
* San Diego State won its third game in its last four outings vs. New Mexico at home and has won six of the last seven overall meetings.
* SDSU never trailed in the second half, marking the 10th consecutive win in which the Aztecs have not trailed after halftime.
* The Aztecs (3-1) remain a half-game back in the MWC standings behind TCU (4-1).
* San Diego State is now 43-13 in the Steve Fisher era when scoring at least 80 points and have now won 13 straight win reaching the 80-point plateau.
* SDSU scored 81 points, marking just the third time this season a team has scored 80 or more against the Lobos.
PLAYER NOTES
* Kyle Spain reached double figures in scoring for the 14th time this season and 48th time in his career with his personal-best 30... Spain's effort is his first 30-point game of his career... It is the 55th time in school history that a player has scored at least 30 in a game... It is the first time since Brandon Heath scored 30 vs. BYU (Feb. 24, 2007) that an Aztec has reached the 30-point plateau... The 20-plus point game is his fourth of the season and seventh of his career... He has made at least one three-pointer in 16 of 17 games in 2008-09 and multiple shots from beyond the arc 12 times... The senior led the squad in scoring a team-best 10th time this year... Spain made a career-high tying eight field goals. The last time he made eight shots in a game occurred in 2005 against UC Santa Barbara... Spain grabbed a game-high eight rebounds, marking the fourth time he has led the team in the category.
* Medhi Cheriet posted a career high in rebounds with six... His previous personal-best was five rebounds vs. UC San Diego in the season opener... The junior reached double figures for the third time this season and the first time since scoring 14 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff... His point total surpassed his cumulative total from the last three games of six.
* Lorrenzo Wade topped the 10-point mark for the sixth time in just eight games this year with a season-high 21 points... Wade has 52 career double-figure scoring efforts.
* Richie Williams led the team in assists (tied with Kyle Spain) for the second straight game and the 11th time this year with his four... In his last outing, the senior had a game-high nine at Wyoming.