Tony Danridge and Roman Martinez had The Pit rocking early and often Saturday against the San Diego State Aztecs.
The duo made a statement in the first half, combining for 30 of the Lobos' 40 first-half points in Saturday's 75-49 win at The Pit.
At the 13:21 mark, Danridge threw down a monster dunk, and with 9:10 remaining in the first half, Danridge lit up SDSU with a two-handed alley-oop dunk compliments of Dairese Gary's assist.
"It's always energizing to me to get a couple of dunks in," Danridge said.
"And they just (started) looking for me in the fast breaks. It was pretty easy, actually."
Martinez scored UNM's first eight points. His first six came off back-to-back 3-pointers.
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To cap the first half and a 9-0 Lobo run, Martinez hit a trey ball as the clock hit zero in the first half. It gave the Lobos a 40-29 advantage.
Danridge dropped 16 points in the first half. Danridge was also 6-of-7 from the field and 4-of-5 from the free-throw line at the midway point.
"Guarding Tony is a load, and Tony proved his worth again tonight," head coach Steve Alford said. "Tony is having a great conference season, and he went up against (Lorrenzo) Wade, who I think is really good. Tony gave him lots of problems."
Wade, the Aztecs' second-leading scorer, came into The Pit averaging 14.2 points per game. He was coming off a game where he had 17 points, five rebounds and three assists against Wyoming, but the Lobos held him to eight points on Saturday.
Martinez scored 14 in the first half on 5-of-7 field goals and was 4-of-6 from beyond the arc.
"Ro was active, but you didn't see him post up one time. Ro got back to doing what Ro does," Alford said. "At BYU, all of the sudden, Ro became a post player. When you get out of who you are, bad things can happen. And when we're who we are, we're pretty good. Talking about individuals, Ro's really good when he is who he is."
Martinez finished with 17 points, while Danridge concluded the afternoon against SDSU with 25 points, one shy of tying his career-high. He also had three rebounds and four assists.
"This was a big win, and San Diego State is one of the top teams in this league," Martinez said. "I think it was huge for us to come out and win this game."
