Bulldogs host Lobos in home finale

Game 28: New Mexico (12-17, 4-11 MW) at Fresno State (17-10, 7-7 MW)
Feb. 28, 2022 • 7 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif. • Save Mart Center
TV/ONLINE: FS1 (Daron Sutton & Doug Gottlieb)
RADIO: Bulldog Sports Network (Paul Loeffler & Marc Q. Jones)
SERIES HISTORY: Fresno State leads 19-17 (overall) & 13-4 (in Fresno)
LAST MEETING: Fresno State 65, New Mexico 60 [1/25/22 • The Pit]
NEXT UP: at San Diego State (3/3); at Wyoming (3/5)

THE BREAKDOWN

Fresno State Athletics is celebrating its centennial year and the 2021-22 men's basketball season is the 100th season of competition in program history.
Fresno State head coach Justin Hutson is now in his fourth season back home in the San Joaquin Valley.
Fresno State (17-10, 7-7 MW) and New Mexico (12-17, 4-11MW) will meet on Monday at the Save Mart Center.
Fresno State is in sixth place in the Mountain West standings (top five earn first round byes in MW Tourney).
Monday's game will be the 300th Fresno State men's basketball game played at the Save Mart Center.

OPENING TIP

Fresno State is second in the MW and ranks third in the nation in scoring defense (57.44 ppg allowed).
Fresno State leads the MW in rebounding defense (29.15/avg).
As of Feb. 27, Fresno State ranked 33rd in the nation in turnovers committed per game (10.7).
Fresno State has limited its opponents to fewer than 70 points in 25 of its 27 games this season.
Fresno State has limited five of its opponents to 43 points or less this season.
This is the first of three games in six days for the 'Dogs, who also play at SDSU and Wyoming later this week.

ROBINSON'S PRODUCTION COMPARES TO THE BEST IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Through games played on Feb. 27, Fresno State junior forward Orlando Robinson was ranked sixth in KenPom's 2022 Player of the Year Standings with a 1.386 kPOY rating (T-2nd nationally in Game MVPs: 15).
With 1,211 career points, Orlando Robinson (18.4 ppg/8.0 rpg) enters the game ranked 23rd on the Bulldogs' all-time scoring list - one point away from climbing into a tie for 22nd with Ja'Vance Coleman (2004-07).
Robinson was named to the Mid-Season Watch List for the 2021-22 Lute Olson National Player of the Year.

Fresno State junior forward Orlando Robinson has never been shy about his ambitions and goals. And before the start of the 2021-22 season, Robinson shared that one of those is to earn Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year honors. While his offense continues to shine, Robinson has also elevated his defensive production. Robinson, a Las Vegas native, is a 2021-22 preseason All-MW selection and earned 2020-21 second-team All-MW and NABC All-District honors, along with 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District and MW Scholar Athlete honors.

NOTHING BUT NET & KENPOM

Through games played on Feb. 27, Fresno State was No. 58 in the 2022 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings.
Through games played on Feb. 27, Fresno State was No. 61 in the NCAA's NET rankings.
Fresno State entered conference play as high as No. 50 in the NET (through games played on Dec. 27) and has been as high as No. 48 overall (through games played on Jan. 14).
Fresno State checked in at No. 93 in the NCAA's first NET rankings release of the 2021-22 season on Dec. 5.
Fresno State has three Quad 2 wins: SCU (59-52, N); at UNLV (73-68, A); vs. USU (61-54, H)
Six Mountain West teams are currently in the Top 70 of the NCAA's NET rankings.

OPPONENT PREVIEW & SERIES OVERVIEW

Fresno State leads the all-time series with New Mexico, 19-17 (overall), which includes a 13-4 record against the Lobos in Fresno (7-3 at the Save Mart Center, including six straight wins over UNM in those home games).
Fresno State has won its last five games played against New Mexico (seven of its last eight and 10 of 12).
Since joining the MW in 2012, Fresno State is 12-9 versus UNM (7-1 in head coach Justin Hutson's tenure).

THE 40's & 30's

Fresno State's swarming defense has limited six opponents to fewer than 50 points this season.
In those games, Fresno State is 6-0 while holding Air Force to 40 points (Feb. 22), four different teams to exactly 43 points (San Diego, CSUN, Weber State and San Jose State) and Cal Poly to 48 points (Dec. 17).
In Fresno State's first six seasons in the MW, the Bulldogs had limited six opponents to fewer than 50 points.
Fresno State has won 33 consecutive games when holding an opponent to fewer than 50 points, with the last loss coming back when the 'Dogs were edged 49-48 at San Jose State on Feb. 23, 1987.

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