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ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATION Men’s Basketball Contact - John Vu O: 575-646-4120 | C: 714-728-9163 1815 Wells St. | Stan Fulton Center | Las Cruces,AGGIE New Mexico 88003 | @AggieArmy | Facebook.com/AggieArmy ARMY | NMStateSports.com Email: [email protected] | @JohnVuNMSU 2016-17 Schedule weekly game notes Date Opponent TV Time (MT) Nov. 11 Arizona Christian W, 100-52 vs. Air Force Nov. 13 at Colorado State ROOT Sports L, 64-61 November 30, 2016 • 7:30 p.m. (MT) | Las Cruces, N.M. Nov. 16 Samford^ W, 58-48 Game Pan American Center | Capacity: 12,572 Nov. 18 at New Mexico ESPN3 L, 72-59 Play-by-Play: Jack Nixon Nov. 20 Bethune-Cookman^ W, 89-73 Nov. 22 Nicholls State^ W, 86-74 #8 Live Stats | Live Audio (TuneIn) | 99.5 FM Zia Country Nov. 26 at San Diego TheW.tv W, 56-51 Nov. 30 Air Force 7:30 PM THe Match-Up NM State Air Force Dec. 3 Long Beach State AggieVision 7 PM 2016-17 Record 5-2, 0-0 WAC 5-2, 0-0 MWC Dec. 10 New Mexico AggieVision 7:30 PM Coach Paul Weir Lamont Smith Dec. 13 at UTEP 7 PM Career Record (Season) 5-2 (1st) 65-75 (5th) Dec. 17 at Arizona State Pac-12 Networks 6 PM Record at School (Season) Same Same Dec. 19 UC Irvine 7 PM Top Returner in Scoring Ian Baker (13.8) Hayden Graham (13.8) Dec. 27 Eastern New Mexico 7 PM Top Returner in 3FG Made Ian Baker (69) Zach kocur (57) Dec. 30 UTEP AggieVision 7 PM Top Returner in FT Percentage Braxton Huggins (85.4) Jacob Van (76.7) Top Returner in Rebounds Tanveer Bhullar (179) Hayden Graham (6.3) Jan. 5 at UMKC* American Sports Network 5:30 PM Top Returner in Assists Ian Baker (127) Graham/Siples (69) Jan. 7 at Chicago State* 1:05 PM Top Returner in Blocks Matt Taylor (19) Hayden Graham (10) Jan. 12 Grand Canyon* AggieVision 7 PM Top Returner in Steals Ian Baker (37) Zach Kocur (37) Jan. 14 CSU Bakersfield* 7 PM Jan. 21 UMKC* AggieVision 7 PM Aggie Roster Jan. 26 at Seattle U* 8 PM Projected Starters (2016-17 Stats) Jan. 28 at Utah Valley* 7 PM No. Player Pos. PPG RPG APG Notable Jan. 30 Northern New Mexico$ 7 PM 13 Sidy N’Dir G 12.9 2.9 2.1 Scored fivepts with 3rebs (3-4 FT) at San Diego 4 Ian Baker G 13.3 3.3 1.3 Had team-high 15pts with 5rebs at San Diego Feb. 4 Chicago State* 7 PM 2 Braxton Huggins G 12.4 3.6 1.4 Had 11pts and tied career-high 9rebs at San Diego Feb. 9 at CSU Bakersfield* 7 PM 22 Eli Chuha F 8.1 6.6 0.6 Pulled down 9rebs with 2pts and an assists at USD Feb. 11 at Grand Canyon* 2 PM 35 Jalyn Pennie G 4.4 3.9 0.3 Scored 5pts with 3rebs and 2 blks at San Diego Feb. 18 at UT Rio Grande Valley* 2 PM Feb 23 Utah Valley* AggieVision 7 PM Off The Bench Feb. 25 Seattle U* 5 PM No. Player Pos. PPG RPG APG Notable 10 Jemerrio Jones F 8.4 5.3 2.1 Scored 14pts in the 2nd half with 3rebs at San Diego Mar. 4 UT Rio Grande Valley* 6 PM 23 Marlon Jones F 5.7 3.0 0.2 Scored 5 points and 2 rebounds against Samford 24 Matt Taylor G 5.1 3.3 1.9 Had 4 crucial points down the stretch in win at USD WAC Tournament 21 Tanveer Bhullar C 4.5 4.8 0.5 Scored 6pts with 7rebs against Bethune-Cookman Mar. 9 WAC Quarterfinals WDN TBD 15 Joe Garza G 2.6 0.6 1.2 Had 4pts, an ast and steal vs. Nicholls State Mar. 10 WAC Semifinals WDN TBD 3 Chacellor Ellis G 1.8 0.4 0.2 Scored six points in his Aggie debut vs. ACU Mar. 11 WAC Championships ESPNU 9 p.m. 11 Johnathon Wilkins F 1.3 1.7 1.1 Had 2 points, 2 assists and 2 blocks vs Samford Mar. 12 Selection Sunday CBS 4-5 PM 1 Jermaine Haley G 0.8 2.5 0.3 Scored first-career pts & finished with 3pts vs. BCU 34 Bollo Gnahore C -- -- -- Did Not Play - Injury NCAA Tournament 12 AJ Harris G -- -- -- Transfer from Ohio State, Redshirting 2016-17 season March 16-19 1st & 2nd Round TBD 33 Johnny McCants F N/A N/A N/A MaxPreps #1-ranked player in New Mexico at Oñate March 23-26 Regional Rounds TBD April 1 Semifinals TBD By the Numbers... April 3 Championships TBD All home games in listed in BOLD Category (2015-16) ^Denotes University of San Diego Classic Scoring Offense ........................................................................................................72.7 .....................................................................84.1 ................................. $Denotes Game Played at Santa Ana Star Center Scoring Defense ...................................................................................................... 62.0 ...................................................................69.9 ................................ #Denotes WAC Digital Network Game Scoring Margin ........................................................................................................+10.7 ...................................................................+14.3 ................................ *Denotes WAC Game Field Goal Pct..............................................................................................................448 ................................................................... .473 ................................. Field Goal Pct. Defense .......................................................................................... .382 .....................................................................419 ................................. 3-Point FG Pct. ...........................................................................................................324 ....................................................................405................................. Follow Along With the Aggies on... 3-Point FG Pct. Defense ........................................................................................ .269 ....................................................................331.................................. Free Throw Pct. ........................................................................................................696 .....................................................................751 ................................. Rebounds per game................................................................................................38.0 ...................................................................39.0 ................................ Rebound Margin .......................................................................................................+3.6 ...................................................................+5.3 ................................ Steals per game ........................................................................................................5.4 .......................................................................5.4 .................................. Blocks per Game .......................................................................................................4.7 .......................................................................1.4 .................................. Assists per game .....................................................................................................12.3 .....................................................................16.7 ................................. @AggieArmy Turnover per game ..................................................................................................15.0 ..................................................................... 9.9 .................................. Turnover margin ..................................................................................................... +0.7 ...................................................................+2.9................................. #AggieUp Assist/turnover ratio ..............................................................................................0.8 ......................................................................1.7................................... Game Notes #8 - Air Force STATISTICAL LEADERS TIP-OFF (2016-17) The New Mexico State men’s basketball team opens a three-game homestand beginning this Wednesday, Nov. 30, against Air Force at 7:30 Points Per Game G Pts PPG p.m. (MT) and will conclude with Battle of I-25 rival New Mexico on Saturday, Dec. 10. Ian Baker 6 80 13.3 Sidy N’Dir 7 90 12.9 DOUBLE UP! Braxton Huggins 7 87 12.4 Wednesday’s game will also serve as a doubleheader with women’s basketball as they look to even the series up with New Mexico at 5:30 p.m. prior to the men’s game. FG Pct. (Min. 10) Made Att FG% Eli Chuha 23 40 .575 GET CONNECTED Braxton Huggins 22 41 .537 Get up to the minute information and news about the NM State men’s basketball team all season on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by Matt Taylor 16 30 .533 following @AggieArmy. FT Pct. (Min 10) Made Att FG% LISTEN UP! Braxton Huggins 27 32 .844 Aggie fans that can’t make it to the game can listen to NM State Athletics/US Bank Hall of Famer Jack Nixon on 99.5 Zia Country or listen to Ian Baker 24 29 .828 the game live with their mobile or tablet device on the TuneIn app for free. In addition, fans can listen to the game on the following affiliate Sidy N’Dir 26 35 .743 stations: Rebs Per Game G Rebs RPG Eli Chuha 7 46 6.6 Alamagordo 103.7 FM KNMZ Jemerrio Jones 7 37 5.3 Albuquerque 101.7 FM KQTM Tanveer Bhullar 4 19 4.8 Carlsbad 1240 AM KAMQ Gallup 1230 AM, 94.9 FM KYVA Assists Per Game G Asts APG Las Vegas 107.1 FM KMDS Jemerrio Jones 7 15 2.1 Sidy N’Dir 7 15 2.1 GAMEDAY PROMOTIONS Matt Taylor 7 13 1.9 vs. Air Force The World-Famous Red Panda act will be coming to Pan American Center this Wednesday and will perform at halftime for BOTH the men’s Steals Per Game G Steals SPG and women’s games. Ian Baker 6 10 1.7 Jemerrio Jones 7 11 1.6 Matt Taylor 7 6 0.9 vs. Long Beach State Three days later, the first 1,000 fans