New Mexico vs. UNLV: Recap, Stats, and Box Score

(15) New Mexico 55

(20-4, 6-3 away)

UNLV 64

(18-6, 14-1 home)

Venue: Thomas & Mack Center

9:00PM ET / 6:00PM PT, February 09, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
New Mexico	23	32	55
UNLV	37	27	64

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
New Mexico	A Kirk 17	A Kirk 16	K Williams 5
UNLV	A Bennett 17	A Bennett 12	A Marshall 6

On Saturday, February 9th, No. 15 New Mexico took on UNLV and lost in a stunner to the Rebels 64-55 in conference play. The Lobos drop to 3-0 versus AP-Ranked teams this season with the loss. Alex Kirk secured a double-double for the Lobos including a game-high 17 points and 16 rebounds. Cameron Bairstow also had a decent outing, scoring 13 points and adding six rebounds. Anthony Bennett registered a double-double for the Rebels with a team-high 17 points and 12 rebounds. New Mexico (20-4, 7-2 MWC) goes to Fresno State (8-14, 2-7 MWC) on Wednesday, February 13th.

New Mexico Game Notes

New Mexico started 20-4 during the 2011 and 1996 seasons (since 1996).
New Mexico has lost 75 percent of the time this season (1-3) after recording 55 or fewer total points.
The Lobos have lost 75 percent of the time this season (1-3) after having a field goal percentage of 33.9 percent or worse.
Alex Kirk recorded a team season high in rebounds with 16.
Alex Kirk accounted for 30.9 percent of the team's points.
Alex Kirk accounted for 36.3 percent of the team's rebounds.
Alex Kirk has led the team in scoring eight times and in rebounding 14 times in 24 games this season.
Alex Kirk recorded the seventh double-digit rebound game of his career.
Alex Kirk recorded a double-double. It was his fifth this season and sixth of his career.
Alex Kirk had a career high with 16 rebounds.

UNLV Game Notes

The top two scorers (Anthony Bennett and Katin Reinhardt) accounted for 51.5 percent of the points.
The top two rebounders (Anthony Bennett and Bryce Dejean-Jones) accounted for 47.7 percent of the rebounds.
Anthony Bennett has led the team in scoring 18 times and in rebounding 12 times in 24 games this season.
Bryce Dejean-Jones set career highs with three three-pointers and nine rebounds.
Anthony Marshall has three straight double-digit point games.
Anthony Bennett recorded the ninth double-digit rebound game of his career.
Anthony Bennett has five straight double-digit point games.
Anthony Bennett recorded a double-double. It was the ninth of his career.

Lobos Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Alex Kirk	31	17	16	0	1	2	3
B+	C. Bairstow	28	13	6	2	2	0	1
B-	Hugh Greenwood	27	7	3	2	3	0	1
B-	D. Walker	17	6	2	0	0	0	0
C+	Tony Snell	29	6	6	1	1	0	0
C	Nick Banyard	9	1	4	0	0	0	1
C	K. Williams	35	5	2	5	0	0	5
D+	Jamal Fenton	13	0	1	2	0	0	0
F	Chad Adams	11	0	1	0	0	0	2

UNLV Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Anthony Bennett	31	17	12	2	2	3	2
A	B. Dejean-Jones	37	16	9	2	0	2	1
A	A. Marshall	35	11	4	6	3	0	2
B+	C. Lopez-Sosa	15	2	5	2	2	0	0
B+	Katin Reinhardt	34	16	4	3	0	0	3
C	Khem Birch	29	2	5	1	1	2	2
-	Justin Hawkins	6	0	1	0	0	0	0
-	Daquan Cook	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	Q. Thomas	3	0	0	0	0	0	0