ALBUQUERQUE — History was made at least twice in The Pit on Tuesday.

Not only did Chad Toppert reach 1,000 points for his University of New Mexico men's basketball career in a 76-62 Mountain West Conference victory over TCU in front of a crowd of 14,777, but teammate and fellow senior Daniel Faris matched the highest shooting percentage in program history.

And while the word "prolific" maybe a word someday associated with Toppert's shooting abilities beyond the 3-point line, the same word will never be applied to Faris' free-throw shooting.

Faris entered the game as a 67 percent free-throw shooter for the season. For his career, Faris is just 61 percent, and was a gut-wrenching 53 percent shooter his junior year.

"That's what I love about college athletics," UNM head coach Steve Alford said, tongue in cheek. "Daniel Faris will go down in the UNM record book for foul shooting. That's something that just doesn't happen outside of college athletics."

Which was more impressive?

"Oh, 1,000 points," Faris, who was the sixth Lobo to go 12 of 12 or better from the free throw line, said. "Twelve free throws, anyone can make that on a lucky night. A 1,000 points, you got to work to get that. It takes time."

Toppert was legit.

The sixth-man and sharpshooter entered the game seven points short of 1,000, and was 1 of 4 from the field in the first half as the Lobos led 32-30 at the break.

"He's outstanding," Alford said. "He's going to be a 1,000-point scorer at UNM and he's going to go down as maybe the best 3-point shooter of alltime. This is somebody that just makes shot, after shot, after shot. And he made some really key shots for us tonight."

Toppert's trey at 12:49 gave the Lobos their final push as they led 47-38 during an 11-2 run.

Toppert's final basket put him over 1,000 and by then UNM was up 54-42 and on its way to winning its fifth game in the last six.

"It's pretty awesome," Toppert said. "I never thought when I first came here as a freshman that I would score 1,000 points in my career. I bet a lot of people didn't think I was capable of that. So, that just shows how far I've come as a player.

"I'm just thankful for it."

The Lobos (18-10 overall, 9-4 MWC) are tied for second place in the Mountain West with three games left to play. UNM visits Colorado State on Saturday.

Faris finished with a season-high 20 points, 16 of those were scored in the second half. Tony Danridge had 17 points and Toppert finished with 12.

TCU (14-14, 5-9) was led by Keion Mitchem and Zvonko Buljan, who each scored 16 points. Horned Frogs leading scorer Kevin Langford scored 13 points, but all came from the free-throw line. He only attempted one shot from the field and was 13 of 14 from the line.

The Frogs have lost eight of their last nine, with their only win during that stretch coming against Air Force, which hasn't won a league game.

MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE

Brigham Young 69, San Diego State 59

In San Diego, Jimmer Fredette tied his career high with 28 points and keyed a late 15-0 run as the Cougars rebounded for the win over the Aztecs.

Fredette scored 20 of his points in the second half as BYU (21-6, 9-4 Mountain West) overcame a 14-point deficit early in the half.

With the Cougars still trailing 55-49 with seven minutes left, Jackson Emery hit a
3-pointer to start the 15-0 run.

Lorrenzo Wade led San Diego State with 19 points and Kyle Spain and Tim Shelton added 13 each.