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The Scorer's Table: Feb. 21 Edition |
| 0 | Air Force had zero offensive rebounds in last Wednesday's win at Wyoming, the first time the Falcons have gone without an offensive board since Feb. 15, 2003 (an 80-75 win over Colorado State). |
| 1 | With its victories over then-No. 15 San Diego State and No. 11 UNLV last week, New Mexico is the only team in the country this season to win back-to-back outings as an unranked squad against opponents ranked in the top 15 of the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' poll. The victories vaulted the Lobos into both national polls for the first time this season. |
| 1 | With just two weeks left to play in the regular season, the Mountain West is the only league in the nation where every team has an overall winning record. |
| 8 | New Mexico's Drew Gordon is the eighth player nationally to record a 20-point, 20-rebound game against a top-25 opponent in the last decade, and only the fifth to do so in regulation. Gordon posted a career-high 27 points and 20 rebounds in Saturday's 65-45 win over then-No. 11/11 UNLV. |
| 2 | New Mexico's Drew Gordon and UNLV's Mike Moser are the only two players nationally to record two 20-rebound performances this season. Gordon grabbed 20 boards against both Oklahoma State (Dec. 17) and UNLV (Feb. 18), while Moser pulled down 20 rebounds vs. Grand Canyon (Nov. 11) and 21 against Boise State (Jan. 25). |
| 3 | Air Force's Michael Lyons has topped the 20-point mark in three straight games, averaging 25.0 ppg during that span. Lyons' trio of games (24 vs. Boise State and Wyoming, 27 vs. San Diego State) is the best three-game scoring stretch by a MW player in league play this season. |
| 4 | New Mexico ranks fourth nationally with a +16.1 scoring margin this season. During their current seven-game win streak, the Lobos have outscored their opponents by an average of 20.7 points. |
| 5 | Wyoming has won five road games this season, the most since the 2002-03 squad racked up six while playing its way into an NIT berth. |
| 100 | With TCU's 102-97 overtime win against UNLV on Tuesday, the Horned Frogs and Runnin' Rebels became the first Mountain West teams to score 100 points against each other in separate games in the same season. UNLV defeated TCU, 101-78, on Jan. 18, 2012 in Las Vegas. |
| 20 | Drew Gordon's 27 points and 20 rebounds against UNLV on Saturday was the first 20/20 outing by a MW player since Colorado State's Jason Smith had 27 points and 22 rebounds in an 86-68 win vs. Wyoming on Feb. 24, 2007. It was the first by a Lobo since Jimmy Allen had 21 points and 20 boards in a 112-103 loss at New Mexico State on Dec.1, 1976. |
| 39 | Boise State freshmen have combined for a school-record 39 starts this season, surpassing the previous mark of 38, set by freshmen on the 1989-90 and 1993-94 squads. |
| 22 | New Mexico's Steve Alford is the only coach in Lobo history to win at least 22 games in each of his first five seasons. The Lobos have 120 victories overall under Alford, matching the best five-year stretch in school history. |
| 14 | TCU's win over No. 11 UNLV last week broke a 15-game losing streak against ranked teams. The last time the Frogs defeated a higher-ranked opponent was a 71-46 home win over No. 10 Louisville on Feb. 24, 2007. |
| 1 | Air Force's 58-56 win over then-No. 13/15 San Diego State on Saturday was the Falcons' first against a top-20 opponent and second vs. ranked competition overall (Feb. 15, 1992 vs. UTEP, 75-72). The win snapped an eight-game losing streak to the Aztecs. |
Mick McGrane has covered the Mountain West since the league's inception in 1999. He spent 12 years at the San Diego Union-Tribune, where he served as the beat writer for San Diego State football and men's basketball. He currently represents the MW as a member of the Football Writers Association of America All-America Committee and is a member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. McGrane serves as senior writer to the Mountain West, providing readers with exclusive, in-depth information about the Conference by highlighting its eight member institutions and contributing feature stories on student-athletes that participate in the league's 18 sponsored sports.
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