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2019-20 Schedule #1 NEW MEXICO STATEAGGIES25-6 #8 chicago statecougarS4-25 GAME thirty-two Date Opponent TV Time (MT) Nov. 5 Western New Mexico WDN W | 92-46 NEW MEXICO STATE vs. chicago state Nov. 12 at UTEP L | 65-50 vs Las Vegas, Nev. | Orleans Arena Nov. 14 Southern& AggieVision W| 79-63 Thursday, March 11 | 1:00 p.m. Nov. 17 at #17/19 Arizona P12N L | 83-53 Nov. 21 New Mexico AggieVision L | 78-77 THE JOURNEY Nov. 25 Colorado State^ FloHoops W | 78-70 (OT) OVERALL RECORD | 25-6 OVERALL RECORD | 4-25 Nov. 26 USF^ FloHoops W | 65-45 713 WAC RECORD | 16-0 WAC RECORD | 0-14 | CBU Events Center to Pan Am Center mileage | Nov. 27 George Mason^ FloHoops L | 68-64 HOME RECORD | 13-1 HOME RECORD | 3-11 Dec. 3 UTEP W | 59-56 AWAY RECORD | 9-3 AWAY RECORD | 1-12 FOLLOW THE ACTION Dec. 7 vs. Washington State% P12N L | 63-54 NEUTRAL RECORD | 3-2 NEUTRAL RECORD | 0-2 WATCH | ESPN+/ESPN app 2018-19 RECORD | 16-15, 7-9 WAC Dec. 10 at Denver# Altitude 2 W | 72-67 2018-19 RECORD | 30-5, 15-1 WAC Pxp | Mychal Clanton, Sed Bonner, Rachel Vigil Dec. 14 at New Mexico AT&T SportsNet L | 69-62 RANKING (AP/COACHES) | rv/-- RANKING (AP/COACHES) | --/-- Dec. 18 Arkansas-Pine Bluff WDN W | 65-40 NET/BPI/KenPom | 105/71/91 NET/BPI/KenPom | 353/353/353 LISTEN | TuneIn + NMStateSports.com STREAK | L19 Dec. 22 vs. Mississippi State! SEC Network W | 58-52 STREAK | W19 LAST 5 GAMES | 5-0 (1.000) LAST 5 GAMES | 0-5 (.000) Pxp | Jack Nixon Dec. 29 Northern New Mexico WDN W | 104-30 LAST 10 GAMES | 10-0 (1.000) LAST 10 GAMES | 0-10 (.000) Jan. 4 at California Baptist* ESPN+ W | 86-71 LAST GAME | CBU 50, at NM State 83 (3/5/20) LAST GAME | CSU 58, at KC 80 (2/29/20) STATS | WACSports.com Jan. 9 Chicago State* WDN W | 93-54 HEAD COACH | Chris Jans HEAD COACH | Lance Irvin Jan. 11 Kansas City* ESPN+ W | 74-71 ALMA MATER | Loras College, ‘91 ALMA MATER | Idaho, ‘92 Jan. 16 at Utah Valley* ESPN+ W | 70-56 NM STATE RECORD/YEAR | 83-17 (.830)/Third CSU RECORD/YEAR | 7-54 (.115)/Second THE SERIES | NEW MEXICO STATE vs. cHICAGO STATE CAREER RECORD/YEAR | Same Jan. 18 at Seattle U* WDN W | 75-67 CAREER RECORD/YEAR | 104-29 (.782)/Fourth Overall vs. Chicago State 20-1 (.667) Jan. 25 at UTRGV* WDN W | 67-62 LEADING SCORER | Trevelin Queen (13.2 ppg) LEADING SCORER | Xavier Johnson (15.4 ppg) LEADING REBOUNDER | Ke’Sean Davis (4.7 rpg) In Las Cruces, N.M. 9-0 (1.000) Jan. 30 CSU Bakersfield* FOX Sports Arizona+ W | 61-57 LEADING REBOUNDER | Johnny McCants (6.2 rpg) ASSISTS LEADER | Evan Gilyard II (2.8 apg) ASSISTS LEADER | Xavier Johnson (2.7 apg) At the Pan Am Center 9-0 (1.000) Feb. 1 Grand Canyon* FOX Sports Arizona+ W | 72-52 STEALS LEADER | Trevelin Queen (1.7 spg) STEALS LEADER | Xavier Johnson (1.4 spg) In Chicago, Ill. 7-1 (.875) Feb. 6 at Chicago State* WDN W | 71-49 BLOCKS LEADER | Johnny McCants (0.5 bpg) BLOCKS LEADER | Solomon Hunt (0.6 bpg) At the Jones Convocation Center 6-1 (.857) Feb. 8 at Kansas City* WDN W | 67-61 At neutral sites 4-0 (.000) Feb. 13 Seattle U* FOX Sports Arizona+ W | 72-64 HEAD TO HEAD Last meeting NM State 71, at CSU 49 | 2.6.20 Feb. 15 Utah Valley* FOX Sports Arizona W | 84-82 Last NMSU win 2.6.20 | 71-49 Feb. 22 UTRGV* FOX Sports Arizona+ W | 78-62 NM STATE ADV. CATEGORY ADV. cSU Last NMSU home win 1.9.20 | 93-54 Feb. 27 at Grand Canyon* ESPN3/ESPN app W | 67-53 31 √ GAMES PLAYED 29 Last NMSU road win 2.6.20 | 71-49 Feb. 29 at CSU Bakersfield* ESPN3/ESPN app W | 62-46 2,214 √ POINTS 1,781 Last CSU win 1.16.14 | 86-81 March 5 California Baptist* FOX Sports Arizona W | 83-50 71.4 √ POINTS/GAME 61.4 Last CSU home win 1.16.14 | 86-81 59.7 √ OPP. POINTS/GAME 81.8 Last CSU road win none WAC Tournament +11.7 √ SCORING MARGIN -20.4 Largest margin of victory (NMSU) 44 | 83-39 on 2.2.19 March 12 #8 Chicago State ESPN+ 1 p.m. 774-1700 √ FG-A 596-1446 Largest margin of defeat (NMSU) 5 | 86-81 on 1.16.14 March 13 WAC Semifinals ESPN+ TBD .455 √ FIELD GOAL PCT. .412 Current Streak NMSU won 15 March 14 WAC Championship ESPNU 8 p.m. .423 √ FIELD GOAL PET. DEF. .481 Last five games 5-0 (1.000) 283-798 √ 3FG-A 162-507 Last five home games 5-0 (1.000) NCAA Tournament .355 √ 3FG PCT. .320 Last five away games 5-0 (1.000) March 19-22 1st & 2nd Round TBD TBD .323 √ 3FG PCT. DEF. .397 Last 10 games 10-0 (1.000) March 26-29 Regional Rounds TBD TBD 9.1 √ 3FG/GAME 5.6 Last 10 home games 9-0 (1.000) April 4 Final Four TBD TBD 6.1 √ OPP. 3FG/GAME 9.1 Last 10 away games 7-1 (.875) April 6 Championships TBD TBD 383-534 FT-A √ 427-592 NM State points | average 1,715 | 81.7 .717 FT PCT. √ .721 CSU points | average 1,272 | 60.6 All times MOUNTAIN & subject to change 12.4 FTM/GAME √ 14.7 NMSU scoring margin +21.1 All home games in listed in BOLD 345-746-1091 √ REBOUNDS (O-D-T) 207-641-848 Jans vs. CSU 9-0 (1.000) # Summit League/WAC Challenge 35.2 √ REBOUNDS/GAME 29.2 At the Pan Am Center 3-0 (1.000) & Cayman Islands Classic (Las Cruces, N.M.) +8.0 √ REBOUNDING MARGIN -5.3 At the Jones Convocation Center 3-0 (1.000) ^ Cayman Islands Classic (John Gray Stadium) 447 | 14.4 √ ASSISTS | PER GAME 300 | 10.3 Jans vs. Irvin 5-0 (1.000) % Spokane Arena (Spokane, Wash.) 1.1 √ ASSIST-TO RATIO 0.6 Irvin vs. NM State 0-5 (.333) ! Mississippi Coliseum (Jackson, Miss.) 55 | 1.8 BLOCKS | PER GAME √ 73 | 2.5 Jans on 3.11 0-1 (.000) *Denotes WAC Game 191 | 6.2 √ STEALS | PER GAME 144 | 5.0 NMSU all-time on 3.11 5-6 (.455) PROJECTED NM STATE STARTERS THIS DATE IN NM STATE HISTORY Follow Along With the Aggies on... PPG RPG APG 3FG% 7.5 1.9 2.8 .397 • All of the Aggies’ games on March 11 in Jr. | G program history have been of the postsea- 11 | evan gilyard ii Chicago, Ill. son variety. NM State is 3-1 in lts last four PPG RPG FG% 3FG% games on this date with each of those three 12.8 5.1 .466 .385 R-So. | G wins coming in WAC Tournament action. #AggieUp 10 | JABARI RICE Houston, Texas • Head coach Chris Jans is 0-1 in his DI head PPG RPG FG% 3fg% coaching career in games played on this 9.3 6.2 .580 .403 date. In 2015, he fell to eight-seed Eastern ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Jr. | F MBB Contact - Charlie Hurley 35 | Johnny mccants Las Cruces, N.M. Michigan in the second round of the MAC O: 575-646-4120 | C: 218-341-5113 PPG RPG FG% FT% Tournament at Quicken Loans Arena in [email protected] | @CP_Hurley 11.4 5.6 .579 .650 Cleveland, Ohio. 15 | IVAN AURRECOECHEA Sr. | F • With a win the Aggies can get back to the Madrid, Spain .500 mark on this date. NM State’s most PPG RPG FG% 3FG% recent game on this date came in 2017 and 13.2 5.2 .471 .387 Sr. | G resulted in an 80-70 win over CSU Bakers- 21 | Trevelin queen Glen Burnie, Md. field in the WAC Tournament title game. rv/--NM STATE25-6 | --/--chicago state4-25

2019-20 NUMERICAL ROSTER ROSTER BREAKDOWN No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Shunn Buchanan G 6-0 170 Sr. Durant, Miss. (Northeast Mississippi CC) By Class 2 Tennessee Owens G 5-10 165 RSo. Las Cruces, N.M. (Alabama-Huntsville) Seniors (8) 3 Terrell Brown G 6-1 170 Sr. Hayward, Calif. (City College of San Francisco) Ivan Aurrecoechea, C.J. Bobbitt, Terrell Brown, 5 Clayton Henry G 6-4 200 Sr. Calgary, Canada (Palm Beach State) Shunn Buchanan, AJ Harris, Clayton Henry 10 Jabari Rice G 6-4 180 RSo. Houston, Texas (Thurgood Marshall HS) Trevelin Queen, Bryce Rewalt

0/11 Evan Gilyard II G 5-10 170 Jr. Chicago, Ill. (UTEP) Juniors (5) 12 AJ Harris G 5-9 170 RSr. Dayton, Ohio (Ohio State) Dajour Joseph, Wilfried Likayi, Johnny McCants 13 C.J. Bobbitt F 6-7 220 RSr. Killeen, Texas (Denver) Shawn Williams, Evan Gilyard II 15 Ivan Aurrecoechea F 6-8 235 Sr. Madrid, Spain (Indian Hills CC) 20 Dajour Joseph G 6-6 205 Jr. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (South Plains) Sophomores (2) 21 Trevelin Queen G 6-6 190 Sr. Glen Burnie, Ma. (NMMI) Tennesee Owens, Jabari Rice 22 Wilfried Likayi F 6-9 210 Jr. Portland, Ore. (Casper College) 24 Will McNair F 6-10 265 RFr. Philadelphia, Pa. (Martin Luther King HS) Freshmen (1) 32 Bryce Rewalt G 5-11 165 Sr. Las Cruces, N.M. (Centennial HS) Will McNair 35 Johnny McCants F 6-7 235 RJr. Las Cruces, N.M. (Oñate HS) 55 Shawn Williams G 6-1 175 Jr. Little Rock, Ark. (East Carolina) Redshirting (1) Raswhaun Agee F 6-7 210 Fr. Chicago, Ill. (Simeon HS) Rashaun Agee 2019-20 Alphabetical Roster By Position Guards (10) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Terrell Brown, Shunn Buchanan, AJ Harris, Rashaun Agee F 6-7 210 Fr. Chicago, Ill. (Simeon HS) Evan Gilyard, Clayton Henry, Dajour Joseph 15 Ivan Aurrecoechea F 6-8 235 Sr. Madrid, Spain (Indian Hills CC) Tennessee Owens, Trevelin Queen, Jabari Rice, 13 C.J. Bobbitt F 6-7 220 RSr. Killeen, Texas (Denver) Shawn Williams 3 Terrell Brown G 6-1 170 Sr. Hayward, Calif. (City College of San Francisco) 1 Shunn Buchanan G 6-0 170 Sr. Durant, Miss. (Northeast Mississippi CC) Forwards (6) 0/11 Evan Gilyard II G 6-0 170 Jr. Chicago, Ill. (UTEP) Rashaun Agee, Ivan Aurrecoechea, C.J. Bobbitt, 12 AJ Harris G 5-9 170 RSr. Dayton, Ohio (Ohio State) Wilfried Likayi, Johnny McCants, William McNair 5 Clayton Henry G 6-4 200 Sr. Calgary, Canada (Palm Beach State) 20 Dajour Joseph G 6-6 205 Jr. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (South Plains) By Home Country 22 Wilfried Likayi F 6-9 210 Jr. Portland, Ore. (Casper College) USA (15) 35 Johnny McCants F 6-7 235 RJr. Las Cruces, N.M. (Oñate HS) Canada (1) 24 Will McNair F 6-10 265 RFr. Philadelphia, Pa. (Martin Luther King HS) Spain (1) 2 Tennessee Owens G 5-10 165 RSo. Las Cruces, N.M. (Alabama-Huntsville) 21 Trevelin Queen G 6-6 190 Sr. Glen Burnie, Ma. (NMMI) 32 Bryce Rewalt G 5-11 165 Sr. Las Cruces, N.M. (Centennial HS) Pronunciation Guide 10 Jabari Rice G 6-4 180 RSo. Houston, Texas (Thurgood Marshall HS) Rashaun Agee...... rih-shawn AYE-gee 55 Shawn Williams G 6-1 175 Jr. Little Rock, Ark. (East Carolina) David Anwar...... ann-waar Ivan Aurrecoechea...... EE-von ah-oh-ray-coe-uh-chay-ah Terrell Brown...... TUH-rell Coaching and Support Staff Shunn Buchanan...... Shawn Name Position Experience Alma Mater Evan Gilyard...... gill-yerd Chris Jans Head Coach Third Season Loras College (1991) Dajour Joseph...... day-zhor James Miller Associate Head Coach Second Season Colorado State (2005) Wilfried Likayi...... luh-kai David Anwar Assistant Coach Third Season Fitchburg State (1998) Trevelin Queen...... trev-vuh-lin Corey Barker Assistant Coach First Season Prairie View A&M (2003) Bryce Rewalt...... Ree-walt Casey Owens Director of Basketball Operations Second Season NM State (1994) Jabari Rice...... juh-bar-ree Sean McClurg Video Coordinator Second Season Virginia Tech (2017) Becky Veitch Program Coordinator Eighth Season Chico State (2005) Charlie Hurley Media Relations First Season Michigan Tech (2010) Mike Anderson Athletic Trainer First Season Chico State (2005) Zach Witherspoon Strength & Conditioning Fourth Season Carson-Newman (2014) Keith Roberts Special Assistant to Head Coach Fourth Season NM State (2016) Paul Bernstein Student Manager Third Season Kameron Kennon Student Manager Second Season Devin Bermudez Student Manager Second Season Cesar Lujan-Flores Student Manager First Season Jose Gomez Student Manager First Season

No. 1 NM State

Game 1 Quarterfinal #1 Winner, Game 1 Thursday, March 12 Noon (ESPN+) Game 5 No. 8 Chicago State Semifinal #1 Friday, March 13 Winner, Game 5 No. 4 Grand Canyon 6 p.m. (ESPN+)

Game 2 Quarterfinal #2 Winner, Game 2 Thursday, March 12 2:30 p.m. (ESPN+) No. 5 Kansas City Game 7 Championship Saturday, March 14 Winner, Game 7 No. 2 UTRGV 7 p.m. WAC Champion (ESPNU) (NCAA Automatic Qualifier)

Game 3 Quarterfinal #3 Thursday, March 12 Winner, Game 3 6 p.m. (ESPN+)

No. 7 CSU Bakersfield Game 6 Semifinal #2 Friday, March 13 Winner, Game 6 No. 3 Seattle U 8:30 p.m. (ESPN+) Game 4 Quarterfinal #4 Thursday, March 12 Winner, Game 4 8:30 p.m. (ESPN+) No. 6 Utah Valley 3

AGGIES IN THE WAC Tournament and 1997). • 10 | Thursday afternoon at the Orleans Arena • 11 | NM State owns the two longest winning streak in Las Vegas, Nev., the Aggies commence their in the history of WAC Tournament play. From 2012- quest for a 10th WAC Tournament crown. The 16, the Aggies reeled off 12 consecutive victories in Aggies have captured the league’s champion- the WAC Tournament. Currently, NM State has won in the ship tournament trophy and automatic bid to nine consecutive WAC Tournament games - the WAC TOURNAMENT the NCAA Tournament on nine occasions in the second-longest streak in the history of the league. 2006 #5 Seed program’s history - 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, Should the Aggies run the table at the Orleans QF | vs. No. 4 Hawaii | W, 58-57 | Reno, Nev. 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Arena this season, they’d match their own program • 2006 | Since joining the WAC prior to the start of record for consecutive WAC Tournament wins. SF | vs. No. 1 Nevada | L, 70-59 | Reno, Nev. the 2005-06 season, NM State has qualified for • RECORDS | NM State possess WAC Tournament 2007 #2 Seed the league’s postseason tournament every sea- records in no fewer than 10 statistical categories. QF | vs. No. 7 Louisiana Tech | W, 77-70 | Las Cruces, N.M. son. NM State picked up its first win in the league Jemerrio Jones owns the record for most rebounds SF | vs. No. 6 Boise State | W, 88-69 | Las Cruces, N.M. tournament in 2006 by taking down fourth-seed- in a WAC Tournament game (22 in 2018) and in a F | vs. No. 4 Utah State | W, 72-70 | Las Cruces, N.M. ed Hawaii in the quarterfinals by a 58-57 score. WAC Tournament (55 in 2018) while the Aggies as a 2008 #3 Seed Reggie Theus was the first NM State head coach team own the WAC Tournament records for winning QF | vs. No. 6 Idaho | W, 73-53 | Las Cruces, N.M. to secure a WAC Tournament victory. margin in a game (37 against Chicago State in 2019), • 2007 SF | vs. No. 2 Nevada | W, 83-75 | Las Cruces, N.M. | Just one year after posting its first win most field goal attempts in a game (83 against Boise in the WAC Tournament, the Aggies punched State in 2008), most three-pointers made in a game F | vs. No. 4 Boise State | L, 107-102 (3OT) | Las Cruces, N.M. their first ticket to the NCAA Tournament as WAC (17 against GCU in 2019) and in a tournament (39 2009 #5 Seed members. In 2007, when the tournament was in 2019), most three-pointers attempted in a game QF | vs. No. 4 Boise State | W, 80-70 | Reno, Nev. hosted inside the Pan Am Center in Las Cruces, (39 against GCU in 2019) and in a tournament (102 SF | vs. No. 1 Utah State | L, 71-70 | Reno, Nev. N.M., the second-seeded Aggies took down Loui- in 2019), best three-point field goal percentage in a 2010 #3 Seed siana Tech, Boise State and Utah State to grab the game (76.9-percent, 10-of-13 against Boise State in QF | vs. No. 6 San Jose State | W, 90-69 | Reno, Nev. WAC Tournament title for the first time . 2007) and in a tournament (58.8-percent, 20-of-34 SF | vs. No. 2 Nevada | W, 80-79 | Reno, Nev. • 0 | At no point through their time in the WAC in 2007) and most steals in a game (14 against Boise F | vs. No. 1 Utah State | W, 69-63 | Reno, Nev. has NM State ever failed to advance to the State in 2008). semifinal round of the league’s postseason 2011 #3 Seed tournament. QF | vs. No. 6 Nevada | W, 66-60 | Las Vegas, Nev. • 9 | Dating back to the 2012 season, the Aggies nm state wac all-tournament team picks SF | vs. No. 2 Boise State | L, 81-63 | Las Vegas, Nev. have made nine consecutive appearances in the 2007 Justin Hawkins (MVP) 2012 #2 Seed WAC Tournament championship game. NM State Elijah Ingram QF | vs. No. 7 Fresno State | W, 65-49 | Las Vegas, Nev. is also riding a nine-game winning streak in the 2008 Justin Hawkins WAC Tournament which dates back to March of SF | vs. No. 6 Hawaii | W, 92-81 | Las Vegas, Nev. 2010 Jahmar Young (MVP) F | vs. No. 4 Louisiana Tech | W, 82-57 | Las Vegas, Nev. 2017. • Eight Troy Gillenwater 2013 #3 Seed | Thursday afternoon’s showdown between the Aggies and Cougars represents NM State’s 2012 Wendell McKines (MVP) QF | vs. No. 6 Idaho | W, 65-49 | Las Vegas, Nev. third matchup against an eight seed in the WAC Hernst Laroche SF | vs. No. 7 Texas State | W, 74-65 | Las Vegas, Nev. Tournament. Each of the Aggies’ previous two Tyrone Watson F | vs. No. 4 UT-Arlington | W, 64-55 | Las Vegas, Nev. meetings against eight seeds resulted in wins for 2013 Sim Bhullar (MVP) 2014 #2 Seed NM State with the most recent of those triumph Daniel Mullings QF | vs. No. 7 Seattle U | W, 70-68 | Las Vegas, Nev. coming in 2019 against Chicago State by an 2014 Sim Bhullar (MVP) SF | vs. No. 6 CSU Bakersfield | W, 69-63 | Las Vegas, Nev. 86-49 tally. NM State’s average margin of victory over eight seeds in the WAC Tournament is 32.0 Daniel Mullings F | vs. No. 5 Idaho | W, 77-55 | Las Vegas, Nev. 2015 Tshilidzi Nephawe (MVP) 2015 #1 Seed points. • Chris Jans | All the Aggies’ third-year bench boss Remi Barry SF | vs. No. 4 CSU Bakersfield | W, 57-53 | Las Vegas, Nev. knows how to do in WAC Tournament play is win. 2016 Ian Baker F | vs. No. 3 Seattle U | W, 80-61 | Las Vegas, Nev. Jans is the owner of a perfect 6-0 (1.000) record Pasal Siakam 2016 #1 Seed in WAC Tournament games and each of the 2017 Ian Baker (MVP) SF | vs. No. 5 Kansas City | W, 78-64 | Las Vegas, Nev. Aggies’ four head coaches during their tenure in Eli Chuha F | vs. No. 2 CSU Bakersfield | L, 57-54 | Las Vegas, Nev. the WAC succeeded in winning their first game in Braxton Huggins 2017 #2 Seed the tournament. Jans’ six wins in the WAC Tour- nament are the second-most in program history 2018 Jemerrio Jones (MVP) QF | vs. No. 7 Chicago State | W, 67-53 | Las Vegas, Nev. Zach Lofton SF | vs. No. 3 Kansas City | W, 78-60 | Las Vegas, Nev. behind oly Marvin Menzies won came up with 19 of them through his time in Las Cruces. 2019 Trevelin Queen (MVP) F | vs. No. 1 CSU Bakersfield | W, 70-60 | Las Vegas, Nev. • MVP | Eight different Aggies have earned WAC Terrell Brown 2018 #1 Seed Tournament MVP honors in their careers, but just QF | vs. No. 8 Chicago State | W, 97-70 | Las Vegas, Nev. one has been named MVP on multiple occasions. SF | vs. No. 4 Seattle U | W, 84-79 | Las Vegas, Nev. Sim Bhullar grabbed the away in both 2013 NM State in the WAc tournament and 2014 and this season senior guard Trevelin F | vs. No. 3 Grand Canyon | W, 72-58 | Las Vegas, Nev. By Seed By Opponent 2019 #1 Seed Queen has an opportunity to join Bhullar in that As #1 Seed | 9-1 vs. Hawaii | 2-0 QF | vs. No. 8 Chicago State | W, 86-49 | Las Vegas, Nev. exclusive club. In the history of the WAC Tour- As #2 Seed | 12-0 vs. Nevada | 3-1 SF | vs. No. 4 UTRGV | W, 79-72 | Las Vegas, Nev. nament, just four players have been crowned WAC Tournament MVP multiple times. That list As #3 Seed | 9-2 vs. Louisiana Tech | 2-0 F | vs. No. 3 Grand Canyon | W, 89-57 | Las Vegas, Nev. includes Bhullar, Kenny Thomas (New Mexico, As #5 Seed | 2-2 vs. Utah State | 2-1 2020 #1 Seed 1996 and 1998), Eric Leckner (Wyoming, 1986, By Round vs. Boise State | 2-2 QF | vs. No. 8 Chicago State | Thurs., March 11 | 1:00 p.m. 1987 and 1988) and Keith Van Horn (Utah, 1995 Quarterfinals | 12-0 vs. Idaho | 3-0 Semifinals | 11-3 vs. San Jose State | 1-0 CURRENT NM STATE PLAYERS in the WAC Tournament Finals | 9-2 vs. Fresno State | 1-0 No. Player GP-GS Min. Avg. FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. O-D-R Avg. PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts. Avg. By Head Coach vs. Louisiana Tech | 2-0 1 Shunn Buchanan 6-0 92 15.3 1-14 .071 1-6 .167 7-10 .700 3-13-16 2.7 16 -- 16 5 0 3 10 1.7 Chris Jans | 6-0 (1.000) vs. Texas State | 1-0 3 Terrell Brown 3-3 76 25.3 12-22 .545 9-14 .643 8-8 1.000 1-3-4 1.3 1 -- 3 1 0 0 41 13.7 Marvin Menzies | 19-4 (.826) vs. UT-Arlington | 1-0 5 Clayton Henry 3-3 58 19.3 13-26 .500 8-20 .400 2-2 1.000 4-6-10 3.3 3 -- 2 2 0 1 36 12.0 Reggie Theus | 4-1 (.800) vs. Seattle U | 3-0 10 Jabari Rice 2-0 12 6.0 0-4 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-3-4 2.0 3 -- 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 Paul Weir | 3-0 (1.000) vs. CSU Bakersfield | 3-1 12 A.J. Harris 6-6 150 25.0 24-47 .511 12-26 .462 11-20 .550 4-13-17 2.8 14 -- 20 8 4 9 71 11.8 vs. Kansas City | 2-0 13 C.J. Bobbitt 3-3 43 14.3 7-13 .538 3-9 .333 0-2 .000 1-4-5 1.7 6 -- 3 4 0 0 17 5.7 vs. Chicago State | 3-0 15 Ivan Aurrecoechea 3-0 41 13.7 11-15 .733 0-0 .000 3-5 .600 4-9-13 4.3 5 -- 0 3 1 0 25 8.3 vs. UTRGV | 1-0 21 Trevelin Queen 3-0 56 18.7 14-26 .538 8-18 .444 3-3 1.000 2-7-9 3.0 3 -- 6 5 2 2 39 13.0 vs. Grand Canyon | 2-0 35 Johnny McCants 6-0 97 16.2 10-13 .769 1-2 .500 5-10 .500 11-22-33 5.5 10 -- 2 4 4 4 26 4.3

WAC HARDWARE run included three of his five performances of 20 a terror on defense as well. Queen’s 1.73 steals per • Fresh off a history-making run through Western or points and was highlighted with a banked-in game stands as the second-best average in the WAC Athletic Conference (WAC) regular season play, the three-pointer with 0.6 seconds to go that lifted NM as well as the 90th-best average in the nation. rv/— NM State men’s basketball team found itself State to a wild 84-82 win over Utah Valley on Feb. • With Queen on their side, NM State has put forth on the receiving end of a multitude of honors as 15. That triple pushed his point total to 29 - a career another excellent season thus far. Currently the Ag- the league announced its major award winners and high. gies’ 19-game winning streak is the second-longest All-Conference Teams Tuesday morning. • Trevelin Queen | All-WAC Second Team in the nation and the third-lengthiest in the history • For the third-straight season, Chris Jans took home Though he was limited to just 11 of his team’s 16 of the program. Included in that 19-game unbeaten the title of Don Haskins Coach of the Year while WAC games due to a torn lateral meniscus suffered run is a perfect 16-0 record in WAC play, making the senior forward Ivan Aurrecoechea and sophomore in mid-January, Queen was unquestionably one of Aggies the first team in WAC history to go 16-0 in guard Jabari Rice earned spots on the All-WAC First the league’s best players on both side of the ball league action and the third team in league lore to Team. Senior guard Trevelin Queen was placed on when healthy. After bursting onto the scene in last not suffer a WAC loss through regular season play. the All-WAC Second Team and appearing on the year’s WAC Tournament, Queen became a larger WAC’s All-Defensive Team was senior guard Terrell focal point of the Aggies’ lineup in this, his final Brown. Finally, junior guard Evan Gilyard II played seasons in a NM State uniform. his way onto the WAC’s All-Newcomer Team. • Through the regular season, the Glen Burnie, Md., • Chris Jans | Don Haskins Coach of the Year product served as his team’s leading scorer, putting With injuries threatening to derail the Aggies’ in points at a clip of 13.2 per game. Defensively, his season before it got started, Jans made sure to get 1.7 steals per game represented the second-highest the most out of his healthy personal and, as a result, average in the WAC and helped NM State embark on went on to make WAC history. In his third season in a 19-game winning streak beginning in the middle charge in Las Cruces, Jans has directed the Aggies of December. Despite playing in just 11 WAC games, to 19 consecutive wins since Dec. 18, 2019 - the Queen still managed to lead his squad in steals (17) second-longest active winning streak in the nation through league action while pumping in 11.5 points and the third-longest in program history. With a per game on .524/.447/.850 shooting splits. win over California Baptist last Thursday night, NM • Terrell Brown | WAC All-Defensive Team State became the first team in WAC history to go a A linchpin of one of the nation’s best scoring de- perfect 16-0 in league play. Jans is now just the third fenses, Brown played in 27 of the Aggies’ 31 games coach in the history of the league to be named the during his final campaign in NM State colors while Don Haskins Coach of the Year for three consecutive averaging 25.9 minutes per game - the third-high- seasons, joining Mark Fox (Nevada, 2005-07) and est average on the team. Making sure to put his Stew Morrill (Utah State, 2009-11) fingerprints on the game on more ways than just • For his part, Jans is now the third head coach in his three-point shooting - a mark that stood at a the history of the league - joining Billy Tubbs (TCU team-best 48.6-percent (34-of-70) in league action in 1997-98) and Rick Majerus (Utah in 1998-99) to - Brown locked up more than his fair share of oppos- post a perfect run in regular season WAC play. With ing guards through regular season action. an 84-82 victory over Utah Valley on Feb. 15, Jans • Thanks to Brown’s efforts, the Aggies currently reached the 100-win mark for his NCAA Division I rank fifth in the nation in scoring defense (59.7 head coaching career. Needing just 129 games to opponent points per game) and seventh in the land get to that mark, Jans is the 27th-fastest head coach in rebounding margin (+8.0). Through WAC play, in the history of NCAA Division I men’s basketball opponents managed to eclipse the 70-point mark to reach 100 wins. Currently, NM State has won just three times this season. 31-straight WAC regular season games (a league • Evan GIlyard II | WAC All-Newcomer Team record) and 34 consecutive games against WAC foes Ever since he became eligible to play on the morn- which is the longest active streak of wins against ing of Dec. 18, 2019, Gilyard II has not experienced a conference opponents in the nation. Thanks to last loss in a NM State uniform. In his inaugural season in Thursday night’s win, NM State hit the 25-win mark Las Cruces, N.M., after playing his first two seasons for the third-straight season. That made Jans one at C-USA program UTEP, Gilyard II shored up the of just six active NCAA Division I head coaches who Aggies’ backcourt after injuries to AJ Harris and have won 25+ games in each of their first three Clayton Henry. seasons at an institution. • NM State’s leader in assists per game (2.8), Gilyard • Ivan Aurrecoechea | All-WAC First Team averaged 7.5 points and 1.9 rebounds as well One of the anchors of the Aggies’ defense, Aurrecoe- through the 19 regular season games he was eligi- chea proved he could score with the best of them in ble for. One of six players on the Aggies’ roster who order to become one of the best bigs in the league played in all 16 regular season WAC contests, Gilyard through his final season in an Aggie uniform. Put- II shot .368/.364/.706 in league action and his 46 as- ting in 11.4 points and grabbing 5.6 rebounds per sists in WAC games were the most by any Aggie. His game, the Madrid, Spain, native ranked as the team’s assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.86 represents the best in third-leading scorer in the regular season, but it was three seasons as a college basketball player. in WAC play where he moved to he forefront of the Aggies’ game plan. QUEEN PICKS UP USBWA ALL-DISTRICT HONOR • After Queen went down with a knee injury in • Wait an hour, get more awards. Roughly 60 mid-January, Aurrecoechea helped shoulder the minutes after he learned about his selection to the load for the Aggies with Queen’s absence. Through 2019-20 All-WAC Second Team, NM State men’s the five-game stretch without Queen, Aurrecoechea basketball senior guard Trevelin Queen also found matched his career-high by putting in 23 points on out he has been named to the 10-man USBWA two occasions - to help his team remain unbeaten in All-District VIII First Team. league action. In WAC play he averaged 13.6 points • The only WAC player to see his name appear and 6.3 rebounds per game and came up with each among the 79 All-District honorees from around of his three 20+ point outings. Aurrecoechea led the the nation, Queen served as one of the Aggies’ best league in field goal percentage (.579) and ranked players through the regular season. Hailing from among the top five in the WAC in terms of offensive Glen Burnie, Md., the high-flying guard has helped rebounding (2.0 per game, fifth). NM State claim a third-straight WAC regular season • Jabari Rice | All-WAC First Team title so far this year and heads to Las Vegas, Nev., Rice produced one of the best transitions from a hoping to make a second-straight trip to the NCAA freshman to sophomore season of any player in Tournament. the nation. After netting just 3.4 points and 2.2 re- • The Aggies’ leading scorer, Queen has put in bounds per game as a redshirt freshman one season points at a rate of 13.2 per game so far in 2019-20 ago, the Houston, Texas, product turned into one of while also being one of four NM State players who the Aggies’ stars in his second season of competi- average at lead 5.1 rebounds per game. Though a tion. This year Rice started 19 of the 30 games he torn lateral meniscus caused him to miss five of the played in and averaged 12.8 points, 5.1 rebounds Aggies’ 31 regular season games, that didn’t deter and 1.9 assists per game through NM State’s regular him from generating a trio of 20+ point performanc- season schedule. es through the year. • In WAC action, Rice put forth splendid shooting • In WAC play, Queen put up 11.5 points and 4.5 re- 5 splits of .438/.400/.852 en route to 12.9 points and bounds per game while posting fine shooting splits 5.5 rebounds per game. During an eight-game of .524/.447/.850 in the 11 league games he was stretch that spanned from Jan. 30 through Feb. 27, able to take part in. Not only has Queen been one the guard put in at least 10 or more points. That of the Aggies’ best threats on offense, he has been

LAST TIME OUT vs. chicago state | thursday, february 6, 2020 NEW MEXICO STATE (18-6, 9-0) • Back in his home town for the first time in his collegiate ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS 0 Gilyard,Evan * 25 2-5 1-4 7-9 0-3-3 2 0 1 0 0 12 career, junior guard Evan Gilyard II kick-started a game- 10 Rice,Jabari * 23 5-10 1-5 1-2 3-3-6 1 1 1 0 1 12 changing 20-4 run by the Aggies to close out the first half as 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 26 2-4 0-0 2-2 1-5-6 3 2 4 0 0 6

GAME NM State coasted to a 71-49 win at Chicago State. 24 3 Brown,Terrell * 25 1-3 1-2 2-3 2-2-4 1 1 0 0 1 5 35 McCants,Johnny * 17 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 1 1 1 0 2 0 • The Chicago, Ill., product scored seven consecutive points 55 Williams,Shawn 21 4-9 3-7 4-4 1-0-1 0 2 1 0 0 15 during that massive surge that turned a one-point NM State 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 18 3-5 0-2 0-0 1-3-4 4 2 3 0 0 6 1 Buchanan,Shunn 18 2-5 1-3 0-0 0-3-3 1 4 0 0 1 5 advantage with 8:21 left into a 34-17 lead at the halftime horn. 24 McNair,William 16 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 • Shawn Williams came off the bench and scored a game-high 32 Rewalt,Bryce 7 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 3 15 points in NM State’s victory. The Little Rock, Ark., product at 2 Owens,Tennessee 4 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 71 49 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 nailed three of the Aggies’ nine three-pointers in the win while | 18-6, 9-0 | | 4-20, 0-9 | TOTALS - 200 23-50 9-28 16-20 10-23-33 14 13 11 0 5 71 Gilyard II and Jabari Rice added 12 points apiece. thursday, february 6 46.0 % 32.1 % 80.0 % jones convocation center • chicago, ill. • Though it was a road game for the Aggies, the Jones Attendance: 381 chicago state (4-20, 0-9) ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Convocation Center was decidedly pro-NM State as over 100 NEW MEXICO STATE | 34 | 37 | 71 1 Lewis,Andrew * 38 4-11 1-2 3-4 0-3-3 4 1 2 0 2 12 chicago state | 17 | 32 | 49 of Gilyard II’s family members and friends were in attendance 31 Marble,Carlo * 36 4-4 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 4 1 1 0 0 9 to witness the Aggies’ victory. NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 35 Hunt,Solomon * 34 3-6 0-0 0-2 1-5-6 2 3 2 1 1 6 1st 11-24 4-12 8-9 5 Johnson,Xavier * 18 1-6 1-4 0-1 0-1-1 5 1 6 0 0 3 • Due to foul trouble, Chicago State was forced to play with HALF 45.8% 33.3% 88.9% 0 Jones,Rajeir * 11 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 5 1 1 0 0 2 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A just five available players throughout the majority of the NMSU 11 Whitehead,Kalil 26 3-5 0-1 4-5 0-2-2 1 1 1 0 1 10 2nd 12-26 5-16 8-11 second half. HALF 46.2% 31.3% 72.7% 10 Gholizadeh,Amir 37 2-5 1-3 2-2 0-1-1 1 0 2 0 0 7 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-5-5 0 0 1 0 0 0 • Jabari Rice scored the game’s first five points, but after that csu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TOTALS - 200 18-39 4-11 9-14 1-18-19 22 8 16 1 4 49 NM State’s offense sputtered a bit after that. The Aggies, at 1st 6-16 1-4 4-5 46.2 % 36.4 % 64.3 % HALF 37.5% 25% 80% one point, trailed the Cougars but a C.J. Bobbitt layup with csu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 12:28 left in the opening frame put the visiting team on top 2nd 12-23 3-7 5-9 HALF 52.2% 42.9% 55.6% for good. • Both Tennessee Owens and Bryce Rewalt came and in nailed three-pointers in the second half. No Aggie played more than 26 minutes and at the end of the night NM State owned a 33- CURRENT NM STATE PLAYERS vs. chicago state 19 edge on the glass against the Cougars. No. Player GP-GS Min. Avg. FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. O-D-R Avg. PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts. Avg. 1 Shunn Buchanan 8-1 158 19.8 7-32 .219 5-16 .313 8-10 .800 6-16-22 2.8 8 -- 38 6 0 5 27 3.4 2019-20 SCORING BREAKDOWN | NM STATE 2 Tennessee Owens 2-0 7 3.5 3-4 .750 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0-0-0 0.0 1 -- 0 0 0 0 9 4.5 TOTAL POINTS | 2,214 • 100% 3 Terrell Brown 4-3 83 20.8 13-25 .520 10-19 .526 9-10 .900 3-6-9 2.3 3 -- 6 2 0 1 45 11.3 5 Clayton Henry 3-3 55 18.3 9-24 .375 7-20 .350 2-4 .500 5-6-11 3.7 4 -- 3 2 0 1 27 9.0 FROM TWO-POINTERS | 982 • 44.4% 10 Jabari Rice 5-2 83 16.6 13-34 .382 2-15 .133 14-16 .875 5-12-17 3.4 6 -- 2 6 0 4 30 6.0 FROM THREE-POINTERS | 849 • 38.3% 11 Evan Gilyard II 2-2 43 21.5 4-11 .364 2-7 .285 8-11 .727 0-5-5 2.5 5 -- 5 2 0 0 18 9.0 FROM FREE THROWS | 383 • 17.3% 12 A.J. Harris 6-6 116 19.3 16-41 .390 4-20 .200 3-6 .500 2-9-11 1.8 11 -- 20 5 0 11 39 6.5 POINTS IN THE PAINT | 892 • 40.3% 13 C.J. Bobbitt 4-3 64 16.0 9-16 .563 3-9 .333 0-2 .000 4-11-15 3.8 5 -- 8 6 0 0 21 5.3 POINTS OFF TO | 508 • 22.9% 15 Ivan Aurrecoechea 4-3 77 19.3 17-26 .654 1-1 1.000 9-13 .692 6-15-21 5.3 7 -- 3 10 1 3 44 11.0 21 Trevelin Queen 4-1 63 15.8 11-25 .440 6-16 .375 5-7 .714 2-10-12 3.0 6 -- 6 4 3 7 33 8.3 SECOND-CHANCE PTS. | 403 • 18.2% 24 Will McNair 2-0 28 14.0 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-6-6 3.0 4 -- 1 2 0 1 4 2.0 FAST BREAK PTS. | 294 • 13.3% 32 Bryce Rewalt 2-0 10 5.0 2-4 .500 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-1-1 0.5 1 -- 0 1 0 0 6 3.0 BENCH PTS. | 726 • 32.8% 35 Johnny McCants 8-2 126 15.8 18-26 .692 1-5 .200 4-6 .667 14-27-41 5.1 8 -- 8 5 7 6 41 5.1 55 Shawn Williams 2-0 40 20.0 7-13 .538 6-11 .545 6-6 1.000 1-0-1 0.5 0 -- 2 1 0 0 26 13.0 THAT’S JUST PERFECT • In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Neil McCarthy led the Aggies • Thanks to their win over California Baptist last Thursday night in to four 25+ win seasons to produce the most 25+ win seasons the Pan Am Center, NM State became just the third team in the by a NM State head coach. history of the WAC to make a pefect run through regular season • Third-year bench boss Chris Jans hit the 25-win mark in each of league play. his first three seasons in charge in Las Cruces, making him the • Former WAC members TCU (14-0 in 1997-98) and Utah (14-0 in first coach in program history to get to 25 wins in theree straight 1998-99) managed to go through their regular season league seasons. schedules in the late 1990s without a setback. NM State’s win • If the Aggies get to the 25-win mark, they’d become one of over the Lancers means the Aggies are the first team in league three teams who have won 25+ games in each of the last three history to go 16-0 in regular season action. seasons. Other teams on that list include Kansas and Gonzaga • With their history-making victory, NM State became the 17th with more likely to join that group as the regular season winds team this decade and the 38th team in the 21st century to down in the coming week. run through regular season league play without a loss. The • Thanks to Thursday night’s win, Jans is now one of just eight NCAA Division I men’s basketball team to post a perfect record active NCAA Division I head coaches who has posted 25+ wins in conference play was Wofford in 2018-19 who went 18-0 in in each of his first three seasons at an institution. Other coaches SoCON play. who have done that include John Calipari, Mark Few, Bill Self and Bruce Weber. LET’S TALK 25 • Since NM State’s basketball program began in 1905, the Aggies POLL POSITION 6 have reached the 25-win mark in just 12 seasons. • In Monday’s edition of the AP Top 25 Poll, the Aggies received • Of those 12 seasons of 25 or more wins, seven have come in the four of votes, putting them 42nd in the land of the 46 teams either 21st century. With one, the Aggies would hit the 25-win mark for the fourth-consecutive season, extending the program’s longest run of 25+ win seasons. 2019-20AGGIE BASKETBALL | GAMEthirty-two | thursdAY | 3|11 | 1:00 p.m. | las vegas, nev. | #AGGIEUP rv/--NM STATE25-6 | --/--chicago state4-25

LAST TIME OUT | NEW MEXICO STATE vs. california baptist | march 5, 2020 NM STATE IN THE NCAA STATS | INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY #/PLAYER NCAA RANK WAC RANK NEW MEXICO STATE (25-6, 16-0) • With WAC history Free throw percentage .827/Rice 95 6 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS in their grasp, the Off. reb. per game 2.06/McCants 246 2 21 Queen,Trevelin * 27 7-11 4-6 1-2 0-4-4 0 3 0 0 2 19 Steals per game 1.73/Queen 90 2 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 15 5-6 0-0 3-5 3-5-8 3 0 2 0 0 13 Aggies started 3FG per game 2.04/Queen 219 3 3 Brown,Terrell * 23 3-5 3-4 2-3 0-1-1 2 0 1 0 0 11 the game with Total steals 45/Queen 181 5 GAME 31 13 Bobbitt,C.J. * 23 3-9 1-6 3-4 1-4-5 1 1 0 0 0 10 a 23-3 run and 1 Buchanan,Shunn * 23 0-3 0-3 0-0 0-1-1 2 3 3 1 4 0 NM STATE IN THE NCAA STAT RANKINGS | TEAM 35 McCants,Johnny 28 4-5 1-2 4-4 3-6-9 2 1 0 0 1 13 never looked CATEGORY # NCAA WAC 11 Gilyard,Evan 19 3-5 2-4 0-0 0-0-0 2 4 1 0 0 8 back, becoming 3-Point FG Attempts 798 49 1 55 Williams,Shawn 12 2-5 1-3 2-2 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 7 Assist/turnover ratio 1.10 94 2 32 Rewalt,Bryce 2 1-2 0-1 0-1 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 the first team in Assists/game 14.4 71 2 10 Rice,Jabari 14 0-4 0-1 0-0 1-2-3 2 3 0 2 0 0 league history to Blocked shots/game 1.8 341 7 vs 24 McNair,William 11 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 0 1 0 0 go 16-0 in league Def. rebounds/game 24.06 283 5 83 50 2 Owens,Tennessee 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fewest fouls 491 58 2 | 25-6, 16-0 | | 21-9, 10-5 | TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 play with an Fewest turnovers 406 156 5 thursday, march 5 TOTALS - 200 28-56 12-30 15-21 10-25-35 16 15 7 4 7 83 83-50 romp over Field-goal percentage 45.5 81 2 pan am center • las cruces, n.m. 50.0 % 40.0 % 71.4 % Field-goal pct. defense 42.3 144 1 Attendance: .7,015 California Baptist. california baptist (21-9, 10-5) Free throw attempts 534 251 7 NEW MEXICO STATE | 46 | 37 | 83 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS • NM State never Free throws made 383 237 7 california baptist | 20 | 30 | 50 0 Acquaah,Milan * 23 5-16 1-5 4-4 1-3-4 2 0 3 0 0 15 trailed and Free throw percentage 71.7 143 4 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 15 Boyd,Brandon * 33 4-9 1-3 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 2 0 0 9 opened up a lead Off. rebounds/game 11.13 81 2 1st 15-29 9-16 7-9 31 Flavors Jr.,Ferron * 26 1-9 1-7 2-4 0-0-0 2 1 1 0 0 5 Personal fouls/game 15.8 60 1 HALF 51.7% 56.3% 77.8% 35 Davis,Dejon * 22 1-4 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 1 0 3 0 0 2 of as many as 41 Rebounding margin +8.0 7 1 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A NMSU 33 Pirog,Zach * 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring defense 59.7 5 1 2nd 13-27 3-14 8-12 points late in the 11 Kuol,Bul 16 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 0 0 1 6 Scoring margin +11.7 12 1 HALF 48.2% 21.4% 66.7% second half. 32 Robinson,Micah 8 1-3 1-3 3-3 0-2-2 0 1 0 0 0 6 Scoring offense 71.4 166 3 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 5 Nottage,Reed 13 1-1 0-0 2-2 2-2-4 3 0 0 0 0 4 • Coming in Steals per game 6.2 196 4 cbu 3-Point FG Defense 32.3 132 4 1st 6-26 2-10 6-8 12 Morison,Glenn 19 0-2 0-0 3-4 1-1-2 2 1 0 0 2 3 averaging 80.7 HALF 23.1% 20% 75% 3 Armstrong,Tre 26 0-5 0-3 0-0 1-3-4 2 2 1 0 0 0 3-Point FG per game 9.1 31 1 cbu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 4 Lo,Omar 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 1 0 1 0 points per game, 3-Point FG Percentage 35.5 70 2 2nd 9-26 4-13 8-9 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 the Lancers Total 3-Point FG made 283 33 1 HALF 34.6% 30.8% 88.9% TOTALS - 200 15-52 6-23 14-17 7-19-26 18 5 11 0 4 50 saw their high- Total assists 447 83 2 28.8 % 26.1 % 82.4 % Total blocked shots 55 340 7 powered offense Total rebounds 1091 205 2 stall thanks to an inspired defensive effort by the Aggies. NM State, meanwhile, was fueled by its Total rebounds/game 35.19 182 4 Total steals 191 199 4 seniors who were playing their final game inside the Pan Am Center. Turnover margin +0.7 133 4 • Trevelin Queen put on one hell of a show for his curtain call inside the building, finishing with Turnovers forced/game 13.81 137 3 19 points 7-of-11 shooting. After Johnny McCants came in with a ferocious put-back slam in the Turnovers/game 13.1 177 5 Won/Lost percentage 80.6 10 1 late stages of the second half, Queen followed up with back-to-back fast-break jams of his own to demoralize the Lancers even further. AGGIES IN THE WAC STATS | ALL GAMES • Five Aggies came up with 10 or more points in their second-most lopsided WAC win of the year. CATEGORY PLAYER # RANK Points per game Trevelin Queen 13.2 9 • It’s the fourth time this season that NM State secured votes in the weekly poll. For the Jabari Rice 12.8 T10 Ivan Aurrecoechea 11.4 18 previous three weeks, NM State received two votes in the poll. Johnny McCants 9.2 28 • Last season, NM State appeared in the receiving votes section of the AP Top 25 poll on Rebounds per game Johnny McCants 6.2 T4 Ivan Aurrecoechea 5.6 8 four occasions - February 25, March 4, March 11 and March 18. Trevelin Queen 5.2 11 • This marks the Aggies’ 18th appearance in the receiving votes section of the AP Top 25 Jabari Rice 5.1 T12 poll under third-year head coach Chris Jans. In Jans’ inaugural season (2017-18) in Las Field goal pct. Ivan Aurrecoechea .579 1 Johnny McCants .578 2 Cruces, the Aggies piled up 66 votes in the February 12 edition of the poll - the most by Trevelin Queen .471 9 the team in the 21st century. Jabari Rice .468 10 Assists per game Shunn Buchanan 2.7 12 Trevelin Queen 2.4 13 LET’S TALK TITLES Free throw pct. Jabari Rice .827 8 • Thanks to their win over UTRGV on Saturday, Feb. 22 in Las Cruces, NM State locked up Steals per game Trevelin Queen 1.7 2 Buchanan/McCants 1.0 T14 its third consecutive WAC regular season title. 3FG percentage Jabari Rice .388 7 • NM State has now won three consecutive WAC regular season crowns and five of the Trevelin Queen .387 8 last six. 3FG per game Trevelin Queen 2.0 T4 Jabari Rice 1.7 T7 • In all, the Aggies have won six WAC regular season titles since joining the league in Terrell Brown 1.7 T7 2005-06. All of NM State’s WAC regular season crowns have been won since 2007-08. Off. rebounds/game Johnny McCants 2.0 T4 • Since the program was initiated in 1905, NM State has won a total of 19 regular season Ivan Aurrecoechea 2.0 T4 Trevelin Queen 2.0 T4 conference championships. Jabari Rice 1.6 15 • Prior to this season, Presley Askew and Jerry Hines were the only NM State head Def. rebounds/game Johnny McCants 4.2 T8 coaches who had won three consecutive regular season titles. Askew led the Aggies to LONGEST ACTIVE WIN STREAKS | DI MBB three straight Border Conference regular season from 1959-61 while Hines helped the streak program started next game Aggies claim three in a row in the Border Conference in 1937-39. 20 Dayton 12.23.19 3.13 vs. TBA • By wrapping up the 2019-20 WAC title last Saturday, current NM State head coach 19 NM State 12.18.19 3.12 vs. Chicago State Chris Jans has won three consecutive WAC regular season crowns. 16 Kansas 1.11.20 3.12 vs. TBA • That puts Jans in rarified air as he is one of only seven current NCAA Division I head 15 SFA 1.15.20 3.15 vs. TBA men’s basketball coaches who have won league titles in each of their first three seasons LONGEST win streaks | nm state history at an institution. He’s joined on that list by Nathan Davis (Bucknell, 2016-18), Mark streak season head coach postseason 7 Gottfried (Murray State, 1996-98), Anthony Grant (VCU, 2007-09), Kevin Keatts (UNC 21 1937-38 Jerry Hines NIT 20 2016-17 Paul Weir NCAA Wilmington, 2015-17), Steve Prohm (Murray State, 2012-14) and Brad Underwood (SFA, 19 2019-20 Chris Jans unknown 2014-16). 18 2018-19 Chris Jans NCAA • In the history of New Mexico State men’s basketball, just eight players have won three- 17 1967-69 Lou Henson NCAA

COLLEGE INSIDER MID-MAJOR straight league titles. That list includes current Aggies Shunn Buchanan, AJ Harris March 2, 2020 and Johnny McCants as well as Pecos Finley (1937-39), Frank Kozeliski (1937-39), Kiko Martinez (1937-39), Billy Joe Price (1959-61) and Morris Wood (1937-39). RK. TEAM RECORD PTS PREV. 1. Gonzaga (31) 29-2 775 1 2. ETSU 27-4 717 2 THE CENTURY MARK 3. BYU 24-7 715 3 • NM State’s 84-82 win over Utah Valley on Saturday, Feb. 15 was a significant one 4. Yale 22-6 649 4 for NM State head coach Chris Jans as it was his 100th as an NCAA Division I head 5. Northern Iowa 25-5 635 7 coach. 6. SFA 26-3 618 8 • In his fourth season as an NCAA Division I head coach, it took Jans just 129 games 7. Saint Mary’s 24-7 585 6 to secure win number 100. That makes him the 27th-fastest bench boss in the 8. Liberty 27-4 546 5 9. Furman 25-6 545 11 history of NCAA Division I men’s basketball to get to the 100-win mark. 10. New Mexico State 24-6 509 10 11. Wright State 25-6 414 14 THREE IN A ROW 12. Vermont 23-7 404 15 • At this juncture in the season, NM State is one of eight NCAA Division I men’s 13. Belmont 24-7 356 16 basketball teams who have either won three consecutive conference regular season 14. Hofstra 23-8 321 13 titles. 15. Little Rock 21-9 290 18 • NM State joins Gonzaga (WCC), Montana (Big Sky), Northern Kentucky (Horizon 16. Murray State 22-8 279 19 17. Bowling Green 21-8 261 17 League), Harvard (Ivy League), Loyola-Chicago (Missouri Valley Conference), Murray 18. Akron 22-7 245 12 State (Ohio Valley Conference) and South Dakota State (Summit League) as the 19. Loyola Chicago 21-10 252 23 teams around college basketball who have won or are gunning for a third-straight 20. UNCG 23-8 187 9 regular season conference crown. 21. Harvard 20-7 142 24 22. Texas State 20-10 81 NR FIVE OUT OF SIX 23. Colgate 23-8 73 22 • The number of NCAA Division I men’s basketball programs who have won regular 24. Indiana State 18-11 59 NR 25. UC Irvine 21-10 58 NR season titles in five of the last six seasons is quite small, but NM State is among that OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Austin Peay 53, Pacific 51, exclusive group. North Dakota State 44, South Dakota State 33, Eastern • With at least a share of the 2019-20 WAC regular season title, the Aggies are one Washington 29, William & Mary 23, San Francisco 22, of four teams who have captured five or more regular season titles in the last six Winthrop 22, Northern Colorado 17, Kent State 12, seasons. Along with the Aggies, the group also includes Bucknell (Patriot League), Merrimack 11, Montana 11, South Dakota 8, Bradley 7, Gonzaga (WCC) and South Dakota State (Summit League) currently. Two other Towson 5, Abilene Christian 4, Northern Kentucky 4, programs - Kansas (Big 12) and Villanova (Big East) have a change to join that Siena 4, Stony Brook 4, Georgia State 2, North Florida 2, Prairie View A&M 1, Radford 1. exclusive club as well with the regular season winding down in the coming days.

WAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK SCOUTING CHICAGO STATE • By not traveling to both Seattle U and Utah Valley over fears of the coronavirus, the Nov. 11...... Xavier Johnson | Chicago State Nov. 18...... Myles Carter | Seattle U Cougars vacated their last two games of the regular season. Thursday afternoon’s Nov. 25...... TJ Washington | Utah Valley game will be Chicago State’s first since an 80-58 loss at Kansas City back on Dec. 2...... Milan Acquaah | Cal Baptist Saturday, Feb. 29 - almost two weeks ago. Dec. 9...... Milan Acquaah | Cal Baptist • Xavier Johnson continues to serve as the Cougars’ leading scorer, putting in points Dec. 16...... Trevelin Queen | New Mexico State at a rate of 15.4 per game. The only other Chicago State player to average double- Dec. 23...... Alessandro Lever | Grand Canyon digits in scoring is Andrew Lewis who scores it at 12.2 points per outing. Dec. 30...... Terrell Brown | Seattle U • Both Lewis and Johnson are among the top 40 players in the nation when it comes Jan. 6...... Jahshire Hardnett | Kansas City Jan. 13...... Jabari Rice | New Mexico State to free throw percentage. Lewis’ mark of 86.6-percent is the third-highest in the Jan. 20...... Alessandro Lever | Grand Canyon WAC and the 35th-best nationally while Johnson’ s accuracy rate of 86.4-percent Jan. 27...... Terrell Brown | Seattle U represents the fourth-highest in the WAC and the 37th-best in the land. Feb. 3...... De’Jon Davis | California Baptist • Chicago State heads into Thursday’s WAC quarterfinal game hoping to snap a 19- Feb. 10...... Carlos Johnson | Grand Canyon game losing skid that dates back to Dec. 6, 2019. Feb. 17...... Lesley Varner II | UTRGV • The Cougars have lost their last 32 games against WAC opposition - the longest Feb. 24...... Terrell Brown | Seattle U in-conference losing skid in the nation. March 2...... De’Jon Davis | California Baptist March 9...... Carlos Johnson | Grand Canyon • Chicago State is taking on the Aggies in the quarterfinal round of the WAC Tournament for the third-consecutive year. • The Cougars’ lone win over NM State came in Chicago, Ill., back in 2014.

WAC FACTS • New Mexico State is the only squad in the nine-team WAC who has not suffered a league loss in 2019-20. • With a 16-0 mark in WAC action, the Aggies are one of just two teams from around the nation who did not fall in league action this year. The only other squad who can make that claim is third-ranked Dayton (A-10). • The Aggies’ 25 total wins are the most in the league - four more than California Baptist’s total of 21 on the season - and the 13rg-most in the nation. 8 • New Mexico State is tops in the WAC in NET Ranking (105), the ESPN BPI (71) and the KenPom rankings (91). • More often than not, the Aggies have started WAC play on the right foot. New Mexico State is 15-2 (.882) all-time in WAC openers. Now in his third season in

2019-20AGGIE BASKETBALL | GAMEthirty-two | thursdAY | 3|11 | 1:00 p.m. | las vegas, nev. | #AGGIEUP rv/--NM STATE25-6 | --/--chicago state4-25 charge in Las Cruces, head coach Chris Jans owns a 2-1 (.667) showing in WAC openers AGGIES IN THE WAC STATS | WAC GAMES and is 3-1 (.750) all-time in league lid-lifters as an NCAA Division I bench boss. CATEGORY PLAYER # RANK Points per game Ivan Aurrecoechea 13.6 8 LET’S GO STREAKING Jabari Rice 12.9 11 Johnny McCants 10.1 25 • The Aggies’ dominance in the WAC as of late has resulted in any number of impressive Terrell Brown 9.9 26 winning streaks for the squad. Rebounds per game Johnny McCants 7.2 3 Ivan Aurrecoechea 6.3 T6 • NM State’s current 19-game winning streak is the second-longest among all NCAA Jabari Rice 5.5 12 Division I squads at the moment and the third-longest in the history of the program. Field goal pct. Johnny McCants .588 1 Ivan Aurrecoechea .572 2 • Dating back to last season, the Aggies have won 34 consecutive games against WAC Terrell Brown .474 11 opposition - the nation’s longest active run against league foes. Jabari Rice .441 14 Assists per game Evan Gilyard II 2.9 9 • In regular season WAC tilts, NM State has reeled off 31 consecutive triumphs - the Shunn Buchanan 2.8 T10 longest streak in the history of the league and the longest active run in the nation. Johnny McCants 2.7 13 Jabari Rice 2.5 15 • NM State has won each of their last eight road games - a streak that’s the sixth-longest Free throw pct. Jabari Rice .852 8 in the nation at the moment. Steals per game Johnny McCants 1.0 T12 Jabari Rice 0.9 15 • Inside their home venue of the Pan Am Center, the Aggies have racked up 25-straight 3FG percentage Terrell Brown .486 2 triumphs over WAC opposition. That’s the nation’s second-longest winning streak in Jabari Rice .406 9 Evan Gilyard .364 14 conference home games bettered only by South Dakota State’s 27 consecutive home 3FG per game Terrell Brown 2.3 3 victories over Summit League adversaries. Jabari Rice 1.8 T4 Off. rebounds/game Johnny McCants 2.5 2 • NM State has won its last 16 WAC road games. Thanks to BYU taking down second- Ivan Aurrecoechea 2.1 5 ranked Gonzaga in Provo, Utah, earlier this year, the Aggies’ streak of conference road Def. rebounds/game Johnny McCants 4.7 6 Ivan Aurrecoechea 4.1 T10 wins is the longest in the nation at the moment. Jabari Rice 4.0 15 • The Aggies’ run of 31-straight regular season conference wins is the fifth-longest in the 21st century. NM State’s current run of consecutive regular season conference wins WAC PRESEASON COACHES POLL this century has been surpassed only by Davidson (43 from 2007-09), Gonzaga (40 from Rk. Team (First-Place Votes) Points 2018-20), Memphis (33 from 2006-10) and SFA (32 from 2013-15). 1. NM State (8) 64 2. Grand Canyon (1) 57 3. Seattle U 43 SOPHOMORE SLUMP 4. UT Rio Grande Valley 39 • Something that second-year players across the nation hope to dodge, the sophomore 5. California Baptist 34 slump has not been noticeable in Jabari Rice’s game this season. T-6. CSU Bakersfield 30 • After averaging just 3.4 points last season as a freshman, Rice is putting in 13.2 points T-6. Utah Valley 30 per game this season to become the Aggies’ leading scorer. 8. Kansas City 16 • Through the longest double-digit scoring stretch of his collegiate career (eight games 9. Chicago State 11 earlier this season), Rice put up shooting splits of .480/.421/.829. First Team Milan Acquaah, California Baptist | Terrell • Just a handful of players in the nation have increased their scoring load by nearly 10 Brown, NM State | Terrell Brown, Seattle U | Carlos or more points per game from their freshman year to their sophomore year and Rice is Johnson, Grand Canyon | Alessandro Lever, Grand among that group. The full listing is below. Canyon Ben Stanley | Hampton | 4.4 to 22.4 | +18.0 Second Team Bryce Hamilton | UNLV | 4.3 to 15.7 | +10.4 Ivan Aurrecoechea, NM State | Myles Carter, Jabari Rice | NM State | 3.4 to 13.2 | +9.8 Seattle U | AJ Harris, NM State | Javon Levi, UT Rio Grande Valley | Trevelin Queen, NM State JANS THE MAN WAC PRESEASON MEDIA POLL • With the Aggies’ win over CSU Bakersfield on Thursday, Jan. 30, NM State has produced Rk. Team (First-Place Votes) Points winning streak of 10 or more games in each of the last four seasons. Third-year head 1. NM State (28) 252 coach Chris Jans has reeled off 10 or more consecutive in each of his seasons in Las 2. Grand Canyon 220 Cruces, making him the first NM State head coach to produce double-digit winning 3. Seattle U 158 streaks in three consecutive seasons. 4. UT Rio Grande Valley 155 • January in Las Cruces goes by a different name: Jans-uary. Since he took over at 5. California Baptist 134 New Mexico State, third-year head coach Chris Jans is 20-1 (.952) as the Aggies’ bench 6. Utah Valley 133 boss in the month. For his career, Jans owns a 26-4 (.867) record in the month. That’s 7. CSU Bakersfield 109 8. Kansas City 67 the second-highest winning percentage in the month of January by an active NCAA 9. Chicago State 32 Division I head coach and only Gonzaga’s Mark Few (.896) possesses a better winning First Team percentage in the month. Milan Acquaah, California Baptist, Terrell Brown, • In games decided by five or fewer points, Jans is 18-7 (.720) in his tenure at New NM State, Carlos Johnson, Grand Canyon, Javon Mexico State. Overall, his record in games of that configuration stands at 25-12 (.676) as Levi, UTRGV, Trevelin Queen, NM State an NCAA Division I head coach. Second Team • In games decided by 10 or fewer points, Jans is 31-13 (.705) in his tenure at New Brandon Averette, Utah Valley, Ivan Aurrecoe- chea, NM State, Terrell Brown, Seattle U, Jaylen Mexico State. Overall, his record in games of that configuration stands at 42-20 (.677) as Fisher, Grand Canyon, Alessandro Lever, Grand an NCAA Division I head coach. Canyon • Jans possesses an impressive 43-3 (.935) record in games played inside the Pan Am Center as the Aggies’ head coach. • Dating back to the 2017-18 season, Jans has won 17 consecutive games in the month of February. In his head coaching career at the NCAA Division I level, Jans has gone 26-4 9 (.867) in that month.

HOME SWEET ROAD UP THE WIN CHARTS • Since they arrived in Las Cruces, N.M., prior to the start • After picking up his 82nd win as New Mexico State’s head of the 2017-18 season, head coach Chris Jans and his staff coach on Saturday, Feb. 29, at CSU Bakersfield, Chris Jans have captured true road wins with more frequency - and in has moved up to sixth in program history in terms of career greater numbers - than nearly any other NCAA Division I men’s coaching victories. basketball program in the land. • Thanks to the victory, Jans tied Weldon Drew (82 wins from • Jans and company have gone 27-7 (.794) in true road games 1979-85) for the sixth-most coaching wins as an Aggie bench since he started his tenure at New Mexico State, giving the boss. To move up to fourth, he’ll need to get to 136 wins to tie Aggies the third-best winning percentage in true road games Presley Askew who led the Aggies from 1953-65. since the start of 2017-18. Only Gonzaga (29-3, .906 winning percentage) and Virginia (24-6, .800 winning percentage) own THE LATEST TRENDS better winning percentages in true road tilts than the Aggies • Two of the Aggies’ three biggest come-from-behind wins over that span. have come in the month of February. On Saturday, Feb. 22, • Top seven true road records since 2017-18 | as of 2.12.20 against UTRGV, NM State overcame a seven-point deficit and 29-3 | .906 | Gonzaga on Saturday, Feb. 8 it climbed out of an eight-point hole to post 26-6 | .813 | Virginia a WAC win at Kansas City 27-7 | .788 | NM State • After missing five games due to a torn lateral meniscus, 35-12 | .745 | Vermont senior guard Trevelin Queen returned to the Aggies’ lineup on 22-9 | .710 | Michigan State Thursday, Feb. 13, against Seattle U. 26-11 | .703 | Murray State • Ever since junior guard Evan Gilyard II became eligible on 22-11 | .667 | Houston December 19, 2019, the Aggies have not lost a game. Since • The Aggies’ 27 true road wins since 2017-18 are the fifth-most then, NM State has reeled off 18 consecutive wins - good for in the nation behind only Vermont (35), Belmont (32), East the nation’s longest active winning streak. Tennessee State (30) and Gonzaga (29). • Numbers across the board have improved vastly with Gilyard II • Dating back to last season, the Aggies have won their last 15 in the lineup: WAC regular season road games. That’s the nation’s longest Category | With Gilyard II | Without Gilyard II | Difference winning streak in regular season conference road games. PPG | 73.7 | 67.1 | +6.6 Opp. PPG | 57.2 | 64.4 | -7.2 MARCHING ON FG% | .472 | .428 | +4.4 • Dating back to 2016-17, NM State has won its last 14 games in 3FG% | .386 | .303 | +8.3 the month of March against WAC opposition. • Forced into a larger role due to injuries across the Aggies’ • The Aggies haven’t lost to a WAC opponent in March since lineup, senior guard Shunn Buchanan has been a do-it-all kind 2016 when CSU Bakersfield emerged with a 57-54 win in the of guy. Able to play the one, two and three, Buchanan gives the WAC Tournament Championship game. Aggies a degree of versatility and when he grabs three or more • Head coach Chris Jans is 10-0 against WAC teams and 10-2 rebounds NM State is 11-1 this season. overall in the month of March as the Aggies head coach. • Since WAC play got going, the Aggies have been substantially • As an NCAA Division I head coach, Jans is 12-6 all-time in the more pass-happy. NM State has assisted on 61.4-percent (229 month of March. out of 373) of its field goals made in WAC play. • Since the 2011-12 season, the Aggies have put up an awe- inspiring 129-13 (.908) record inside the Pan Am Center. • NM State currently ranks among the top 50 teams in all of NCAA Division I men’s basketball in a multitude of statistical categories including scoring defense (7th | 60.1 opp. ppg), rebound margin (7th | +7.9), winning percentage (14th | .800), scoring margin (22nd | +11.0), three-point FGs made (31st | 271), three-point FG attempts (44th | 768) and three-point FGs per game (34th | 9.0). • NM State has won the battle of the boards in 26 of its 30 games so far in 2019-20. Through those 25 games, the Aggies possess a record of 22-4 (.846). • Including last Saturday night at CSU Bakersfield, the Aggies have trailed in WAC play for a span of only 77:00 out of a possible 600 minutes. By the numbers, New Mexico State has led for all but 12.8-percent of the time in its 15 WAC games this season. • NM State is one of just four teams from around the NCAA Division I men’s basketball landscape to boast the top two field goal percentage leaders in its conference. Johnny McCants (.574) leads the WAC in field goal percentage while Ivan Aurrecoechea (.572) ranks second in the league in that category. In addition to NM State, South Alabama (Sun Belt), 10 UC Santa Barbara (Big West) and South Dakota State (Summit League).

AGGIES IN THE kenpom | all GAMES win over Seattle U on Saturday, Jan. 18, Queen AGGIES IN THE kenpom | WAC GAMES came through with 10 points and six rebounds in 14 minutes of action. • In all, Queen sat out five games while recovering from his injury.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH-QUALITY PERCENTAGE • Head coach Chris Jans has posted a 5-0 record against programs from the state of Colorado during his time in charge at New Mexico State.

THE NON-CON JOB • Thanks to their win over Mississippi State in Jackson, Miss., on Sunday, Dec. 22, the Aggies solidified their fifth-consecutive winning record in regular season non-conference action. • The last time New Mexico State failed to post a winning record headed into league action came in the 2014-15 year when the Aggies were 8-9 prior to the start of WAC play. • Third-year Aggie bench boss Chris Jans has succeeded in posting above .500 showings in non-conference play in each of his seasons in charge in Las Cruces, N.M. He went 9-6 in non- con action this year, 11-4 in 2018-19 and 12-3 in 2017-18.

PICK YOUR POISON • While Trevelin Queen represented the Aggies’ best scoring threat earlier in the year, the team has diversified its offensive options in a big way since then. • A total of seven different players have led the Aggies in scoring in at least one game this season. Queen, Jabari Rice, Shawn Williams, C.J. Bobbitt, Ivan Aurrecoechea, Terrell Brown and Johnny McCants have each put in the most points for the Aggies in a game this year. RICE REELS IN WAC PLAYER OF THE • Queen (three), Rice (five) and Aurrecoechea WEEK HONOR BITTEN BY THE BUG (three) have accounted for all 11 of the team’s • Redshirt sophomore guard Jabari • A program that has been defined by 20+ point outings so far this season. Rice reeled in the first WAC Men’s its depth ever since head coach Chris Basketball Player of the Week award Jans set foot in Las Cruces, N.M., that MTE SUCCESS of his career it was announced by the depth has been texted to the max this • Since Chris Jans took over as the Aggies’ league office via a press release on Jan. year. bench boss prior to the start of the 2017-18 13. • Heading into Thursday’s game, Terrell season, the team has enjoyed a great deal of • Rice is the second Aggie to secure Brown, A.J. Harris, Clayton Henry, success at MTE engagements. a WAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Dajour Joseph, Wilfried Likayi, Trevelin • New Mexico State is 7-3 (.700) under Jans in Week citation this season, joining Queen and Jabari Rice have missed a games that are part of MTEs and included in senior guard Trevelin Queen who laid combined 112 games due to various that victory total are two wins over power five claim to the honor on Monday, Dec. injuries. Harris, Henry and Likayi will programs including one over #6/7 Miami in the 16, 2019. be sidelined for the remainder of 2017 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic. • Through the course of the past week, the season and, unfortunately, the the Aggies extended their streak of Aggies received more bad news on INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS victories over WAC opponents to 21 Wednesday, Jan. 22 regarding Queen. • Both redshirt sophomore Jabari Rice and games and Rice was a big reason why. • A senior from Glen Burnie, Md., senior Trevelin Queen earned spots on the Thursday night in New Mexico State’s Queen - the team’s leading scorer and 2019 Cayman Classic All-Tournament Team as 93-54 victory over Chicago State, the rebounder - missed three weeks while a result of their performances in the three-day Houston, Texas, product went for 14 recovering from successful surgery to Classic. points which included a 7-of-8 effort at repair a torn lateral meniscus. Queen • Rice averaged 16 points per game through the foul line. Saturday in a showdown 11 went down awkwardly while contesting the three-game stretch while Queen poured in against Kansas City, it was Rice’s all- a shot in the Aggies’ win at Utah Valley an average of 14.3 points per game. around game that was on display. on Thurday, Jan. 16, but returned to • In the Aggies’ 74-71 triumph over the the game minutes later. In his team’s

Roos, Rice became the first NM State NM STATE’S RECORD WHEN | 2019-20 THE LAST TIME NM STATE... NM STATE ALL WAC Won at home...... 3/5/20 vs. California Baptist (83-50) player this season to turn in a double- Leading at halftime 22-3 13-0 Lost at home...... 11/21/19 vs. New Mexico (78-77) double by spring for 13 points and a Tied at halftime 1-0 1-0 Won away...... 2/29/20 at CSU Bakersfield (62-46) career-high 10 rebounds. Along with Trailing at halftime 2-3 2-0 Lost away...... 12/14/19 at New Mexico (69-62) that Rice also dished out a career-high Leading at half | home 12-1 7-0 Won neutral...... 12/22/19 vs. Mississippi State (58-52) Tied at half | home 0-0 0-0 Lost neutral...... 12/7/19 vs. Washington State (63-54) six assists, amassed three steals and Trailing at half | home 0-0 0-0 Won in OT...... 11/25/19 vs. Colorado State (78-70, OT) registered a blocked shot. For the week, Leading at half | neutral 3-1 0-0 Lost in OT...... 2/17/18 at Seattle U (73-63 OT) Rice averaged 13.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, Tied at half | neutral 0-0 0-0 Won vs. ranked opp...... 12/23/17 vs. #6/7 Miami$ (63-54) Lost vs. ranked opp...... 11/17/19 at #17/19 Arizona (83-53) 3.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game. The Trailing at half | neutral 0-1 0-0 Leading at half | road 6-1 5-0 7 players with 10+ points...... 11/11/16 vs. Arizona Christian guard drilled 50-percent (8-of-16) of his Tied at half | road 1-0 1-0 field goals through the Aggies’ two wins. 6 players with 10+ points...... 1/12/17 vs. Grand Canyon Trailing at half | road 2-2 2-0 5 players with 10+ points...... 3/5/20 vs. California Baptist Leading with 5:00 to go 24-1 15-0 4 players with 10+ points...... 2/15/20 vs. Utah Valley QUEEN CROWNED WAC PLAYER OF THE Leading with 2:00 to go 24-0 15-0 3 players with 10+ points...... 2/8/20 at Kansas City WEEK Scoring ≤ 60 points 2-3 0-0 Player with 20+ points...... 2/22/20 vs. UTRGV Opp. Scores ≤ 60 points 14-0 8-0 ...... Jabari Rice (20) • After a two-game stretch that saw him Scoring 61-69 points 7-2 5-0 2 players with 20+ points...... 1/30/20 vs. CSU Bakersfield help lead the New Mexico State men’s Opp. Scores 61-69 pts 7-4 5-0 ...... Jabari Rice (20) & Ivan Aurrecoechea (23) basketball team to its first true road win Scoring 70-79 pts 10-1 7-0 Opp. Scores 70-79 pts 3-1 2-0 Won by 20-29 points...... 2/6/20 at Chicago State (71-49) of the year, senior guard Trevelin Queen Scoring 80-89 pts 3-0 3-0 Won by 30-39 points...... 3/5/20 vs. California Baptist (83-50) took home the title of Western Athletic Opp. Scores 80-89 pts 1-1 1-0 Won by 40-49 points...... 11/5/19 vs. WNMU (92-46) Conference (WAC) Men’s Basketball Player Scoring 90-99 pts 2-0 1-0 Won by 50+ points...... 12/29/19 vs. Northern N.M. (104-30) of the Week. The league office made Opp. Scores 90-99 pts 0-0 0-0 Scoring 100+ pts 1-0 0-0 Lost by 20-29 points...... 12/11/13 at #1 Arizona (74-48) the announcement via a press release Opp. Scores 100+ pts 0-0 0-0 Lost by 30-39 points...... 11/17/19 at #17/19 Arizona (83-53) 2 or fewer players w/ 10+ pts. 7-3 5-0 Lost by 40-49 points...... 12/17/04 at Louisiana (91-49) PAN AMERICAN CENTER TEAM RECORDS Lost by 50+ points...... 2/22/66 - at Hardin Simmons (105-49) Most Points...... 133, vs. New Mexico Highlands (12/11/82) 3 players w/ 10+ points 11-1 6-0 Most FG Attempts...... 122, vs. UT-Arlington (12/1/70) 4 players w/ 10+ points 4-2 3-0 5 players w/ 10+ points 3-0 2-0 Scored 90-99 points...... 1/9/20 vs. Chicago State (93) Most 3FGs Made...... 20, 2x, last by NM State (12/29/19) Scored 100+ points...... 12/29/19 vs. Northern N.M. (104) Most 3FG Attempts...... 39, vs. CSU Bakersfield (2/8/18) 6 players w/ 10+ points 0-0 0-0 Most FTs Made...... 35,vs. New Mexico Highlands (11/25/78) 1 player w/ 20+ points 7-2 4-0 Made 30+ field goals...... 2/15/20 vs. Utah Valley (30) ...... 35, vs. Seattle U (1/9/14) 2 players w/ 20+ points 1-0 1-0 Made 35+ field goals...... 12/30/18 at Colorado State (35) Most FT Attempts...... 53, 2x, Last vs. UMKC (1/31/19) Shooting below 30% 0-0 0-0 Made 40+ field goals...... 12/29/19 vs. Northern N.M. (41) Most Rebounds...... 85, vs. UT-Arlington (12/1/70) Opp. shoots below 30% 3-0 1-0 Shot 55%+ in FGs...... 2/15/20 vs. Utah Valley (.577) Most Fouls...... 38, vs. West Texas State (2/15/74) Shooting 30-39% 2-4 1-0 Shot 60%+ in FGs...... 11/22/16 vs. Nicholls (.620) Fewest Fouls...... 8, 6x, Last vs. Chicago State (3/7/15) Opp. shoots 30-39% 7-1 4-0 Most Turnovers...... 47, by San José State (12/19/70) Shooting 40-49% 15-2 10-0 Made 10-15 3-pointers...... 3/5/20 vs. California Baptist (12) Fewest Turnovers...... 3, vs. Indiana State (2/6/78) Opp. shoots 40-49% 12-3 8-0 Made 15+ 3-pointers...... 1/9/20 vs. Chicago State (16) Margin of Victory...... 74, vs. Northern N.M. (104-30 on 12/29/19) Shooting 50% or higher 8-0 5-0 Made 25+ free throws...... 1/18/20 at Seattle U (26) Highest FG %...... 686, vs. UTSA (1/3/13) Opp. shoots 50% or higher 3-2 3-0 Had 50+ rebounds...... 12/4/18 vs. New Mexico (52) Highest FT % (Min. 20)...... 955 vs. South Alabama (2/8/03) More rebounds 23-4 14-0 Had 15+ assists...... 3/5/20 vs. California Baptist (15) Fewer rebounds 1-2 1-0 Had 20+ assists...... 1/25/20 at UTRGV (20) PAN AMERICAN CENTER INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Same rebounds 1-0 1-0 Had 25+ assists...... 12/29/19 vs. Northern N.M. (30) Most Points...... 43, Willie Humes More turnovers 9-4 8-0 Had 15+ steals...... 12/29/19 vs. Northern N.M. (15) ...... Idaho State vs. San Jose State (12/27/69) Had 10+ steals...... 2/7/19 at CSUB (12) Rebounds...... 25, Sam Lacey vs. Idaho State (1/4/69) Fewer turnovers 14-2 6-0 Same turnovers 1-0 1-0 Had less than 10 TOs...... 2/27/20 at Grand Canyon (8) FGs Made...... 19, Jimmy Collins vs. Air Force (1/14/70) Had 20+ TOs...... 12/14/19 at New Mexico (20) 3FG Made...... 10, Jaycee Carroll More pts. in the paint 19-2 12-0 Fewer pts. in the paint 6-4 4-0 Forced 20+ TOs...... 12/29/19 vs. Northern N.M. (22) ...... Utah State vs. NM State (2/2/06) Had 10+ blocked shots...... 1/16/16 vs. Chicago State (10) FTs Made...... 17, James Moore Same pts. in the paint 0-0 0-0 More bench points 20-4 12-0 ...... vs. Arkansas State (2/28/04) THE LAST TIME AN AGGIE... Fewer bench points 5-1 4-0 Assists...... 20, Sam Crawford Scored 30-34 points...... 31, AJ Harris at New Mexico (11/17/18) ...... vs. Sam Houston State (12/21/92) Same bench pts. 0-1 0-0 Scored 35-39 points...... 36, Ian Baker at UTRGV (2/18/17) FG Percentage (Min. 10)...... 1.000 (13-13), Reggie Ramey More 2nd chance pts. 20-5 13-0 Had 20+ rebounds...... 22, Jemerrio Jones vs. Seattle U^ (3/9/18) ...... West Texas A&M vs. NM State (2/13/75) Fewer 2nd chance pts. 2-1 1-0 Had 25+ rebounds...... 27, Sam Lacey at Hardin Simmons (12/19/69) FT Percentage...... 1.000 - Many Same 2nd chance pts. 3-0 2-0 Had 10+ assists...... 11, Jemerrio Jones vs. ENMU (12/12/17) More pts. off turnovers 15-1 12-0 Had 5+ steals...... 7, Trevelin Queen vs. Northern N.M. (12/29/19) LONGEST STREAK of wac reg. season titles Fewer pts. off turnovers 8-4 4-0 Had 10+ steals...... 11, Jemerrio Jones vs. ENMU (12/12/17) Same pts. off turnovers 2-1 0-0 streak team first last Had 5+ blocks...... 6, Trevelin Queen vs. Seattle U (2/16/19) More fast break points 18-2 12-0 Had 10+ blocks...... 10, Sim Bhullar vs. Prairie View A&M (11/27/13) 5 Nevada 2004 2008 Fewer fast break points 6-4 3-0 Made 10+ FGs...... 10, Ivan Aurrecoechea vs. GCU (1/10/19) 5 Utah 1995 1999 Same fast break points 1-0 1-0 Made 10+ FTs...... 11, Terrell Brown at CBU (1/3/19) 5 UTEP 1983 1987 On Monday 1-0 0-0 Made 5+ 3FGs...... 5, JoJo Zamora vs. Utah Valley (2/14/19) 4 Utah State 2008 2011 On Tuesday 4-1 0-0 Had a triple-double...... vs. Eastern New Mexico (12/12/17) 3 NM State 2018 2020 On Wednesday 1-1 0-0 ...... Jemerrio Jones (10 Points, 11 Rebounds, 11 Assists) THIS WEEK IN THE WAC On Thursday 8-1 7-0 Had a double-double...... vs. Grand Canyon (2/13/20) On Friday 0-1 0-0 ...... Johnny McCants (14 points, 18 rebounds) thursday, march 11 On Saturday 9-1 9-0 2+ players with a double-double...... Seattle U (1/18/20) #1 NM State vs. #8 Chicago State | 1:00 p.m. On Sunday 2-1 0-0 ...... Ivan Aurrecoechea (19 Points, 11 Rebounds) #4 Grand Canyon vs. #5 Kansas City | 3:30 p.m. In November 4-4 0-0 ...... Jabari Rice (17 Points, 11 Rebounds) #2 UTRGV vs. #7 CSU Bakersfield | 7:00 p.m. In December 5-2 0-0 ^Denotes WAC Tournament game (Las Vegas, Nev.) In January 7-0 7-0 *Denotes NCAA Tournament game #3 Seattle U vs. #6 Utah Valley | 9:30 p.m. $Game played at the Stan Sheriff Center (Honolulu, Hawaii) In February 8-0 8-0 FRIDAY, March 12 !Game played at the Sprint Center (Kansas City, Mo.) WAC Tournament Semifinals | 7:00 p.m. In March 1-0 1-0 #Game played at Orleans Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) 12 WAC Tournament Semifinals | 9:30 p.m. White uniforms 13-1 7-0 SaturDAY, March 13 Black uniforms 7-3 6-0 Crimson uniforms 2-1 1-0 WAC Tournament Championship | 8:00 p.m. Throwback uniforms 3-1 2-0

Monday, Dec. 16. superstar Fred VanVleet, that the Raptors ended one of the NBA’s dynasties by • It marked the first time in Queen’s collegiate knocking off the Golden State Warrior in six games for the franchise’s first NBA career that he collected the title of WAC Player of title. the Week and Monday was also the first time an Aggie players took home a weekly honor since LET’S TALK TWENTY Jan. 21, 2019, when Eli Chuha laid claim to the • With their 72-64 victory over irascible Seattle U on Thursday, Feb. 13, NM State honor. hit the 20-win mark for the ninth-straight season. That stands as the longest • Hailing from Glen Burnie, Md., Queen showed streak of 20-win seasons in the history of the program. off his versatility in each of the Aggies’ non-con- • NM State has won 20 or more games in a season 33 times in the history of the ference tilts last week, beginning at Magness program. Arena where he finished with 15 points on 5-of-9 • Third-year head coach Chris Jans became the first coach in NM State history to shooting to go along with five rebounds, three win 20 or more games in each of his first three seasons in charge. steals and a career-best seven assists. Thanks to • Jans is one of just five NM State head coaches who have led the Aggies to the Queen’s efforts against Denver, the Aggies multiple 20 win seasons. The full list is below. picked up their first true road victory of the year Lou Henson | 8 and secured their second-straight victory in a Marvin Menzies | 7 Summit League/WAC Challenge tilt. Neil McCarthy | 7 • Saturday in Albuquerque, Queen flirted with Jerry Hines | 3 a triple-double by striking for a team-high 19 Chris Jans | 3 points. Queen complimented his scoring load Presley Askew | 1 with a seven rebounds while passing out a Ken Hayes | 1 career-best eight assists in his squad’s 69-62 setback to at New Mexico. FIRST THINGS FIRST • For the week, Queen averaged 17 points, six • Following the win over Western New Mexico in the season-opener on Nov. 5, rebounds, 7.5 assists, two steals and 0.5 blocked here’s how the Aggies have fared throughout the years in their first game: shots per game to cement his status as one of Season-Openers: 69-42-1 the most well-rounded players in the league - Home-Openers: 83-27-1 and the nation. Season/Home Opener as Same Game: 57-18-1 • The Aggie men have now won six-straight home-openers and nine of their SIAKAM SECURES SPOT IN 2020 NBA ALL-STAR last ten. Only loss during that stretch came against Western Michigan in 2013. GAME The only year NM State didn’t have a home-opener was during the 1907-08 • The 2020 NBA All-Star Game just got a little campaign. spicier. Thursday evening, Former New Mexico State men’s basketball star Pascal Siakam, now a AGGIE comeback win tracker member of the defending NBA champion Toron- DEFICIT vs. FINAL DATE to Raptors, was named one of the five members 11 at Seattle U W | 75-67 1/18 of the Eastern Conference’s starting lineup for 8 at Kansas City W | 67-61 2/8 the 2020 NBA All-Star Game. 7 UTRGV W | 78-62 2/22 • Finishing second among all Eastern Conference 6 at UTRGV W | 67-62 1/25 players in the fan voting portion, Siakam was 6 vs. USF W | 65-45 11/26 5 vs. Utah Valley W | 84-82 2/15 also ranked third by his fellow players and fourth 5 UTEP W | 59-56 12/3 by the media en route to his first appearance as 4 vs. Mississippi St. W | 58-52 12/22 an NBA All-Star. 3 at CSU Bakersfield W | 62-46 2/29 • A three-year member of the Aggies from 3 at CBU W | 86-71 1/4 2013-16, Siakam laid claim to the title of WAC 3 Southern W | 79-63 11/13 Freshman of the Year in the 2014-15 season 2 Grand Canyon W | 72-52 2/1 before earning WAC Player of the Year honors 2 at Utah Valley W | 70-56 1/16 2 Northern N.M. W | 104-30 12/29 the following season. As a sophomore in 2015- 1 at Chicago State W | 71-49 2/6 16, Siakam put up numbers nearly unrivaled in 1 CSU Bakersfield W | 61-57 1/30 college basketball by averaging 20.2 points, 11.6 rebounds and 2.2 blocks through the Aggies’ 34- game schedule. • Choosing the NBA Draft in lieu of the final two years of his collegiate career, Siakam was chosen by the Raptors as the 27th overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft. Before hitting the court with the Raptors, Siakam spent a part of the 2017 season with the team’s D-League affiliate for Raptors 905 after leading the squad to the D-League title. • As the years progressed, Siakam became an integral part of the Raptors’ success, getting named the NBA’s Most Improved Player in 2019. 13 It was that year, while playing alongside the likes of Kawhi Leonard and fellow former mid-major

www.NMSTATESPORTS.com @NMStateMBB | orleans arena | espn+ | 2019-20AGGIE BASKETBALL | rv/--NM STATE25-6 | --/--chicago state4-25 AGGIES IN THE ASSOCIATION AGGIE IN THE NBA HISTORY #43 • PASCAL SIAKAM Round / 6-9 | 230 | Toronto Raptors | NM State 2014-16 Year Player Overall Team 2018-19 PPG RPG APG BPG FG% 3P% FT% 16.4 6.9 3.0 0.7 .540 .350 .777 1952 Bob Priddy 29th Baltimore Bullers 1961 Billy Joe Price 6th / 55th Syracuse Nationals CAREER PPG RPG APG BPG FG% 3P% FT% 1966 Mike Babich 7th / 60th New York Knicks 9.5 5.0 1.9 0.6 .524 .291 .734 1968 Bill Allen Free Agent Anaheim Amigos 1970 Jimmy Collins 1st / 11th Chicago Bulls 1970 Jimmy Collins Utah Stars (ABA) 1970 Sam Lacey 1st / 5th Cincinnati Royals 1970 Sam Lacey Memphis Pros (ABA) 1971 Jeff Smith 5th / 74th Seattle Supersonics 1971 Jeff Smith Indiana Pacers (ABA) 1973 John Williamson 6th / 96th Atlanta Hawks 1974 Rolland Grant 3rd / 51st Detroit Pistons 1975 Jim Bostic 8th / 139th Kansas City Kings 1977 Richard Robinson 7th / 145th San Antonio Spurs 1978 Charlie Criss Free Agent Atlanta Hawks #9 • JEMERRIO JONES 1980 Albert Slab Jones 5th / 106 Houston Rockets 6-5 | 175 | Wisconsin Herd | NM State 2016-18 1982 Jaime Pena 6th / 133rd San Antonio Spurs 2018-19 PPG RPG APG BPG FG% 3P% FT% 1983 Ernest Patterson 5th / 121st Chicago Bulls (LA Lakers) 9.0 9.5 3.2 0.9 .547 .308 .480 1984 Steve Colter 2nd / 33rd Portland Trailblazers CAREER PPG RPG APG BPG FG% 3P% FT% 1986 Gilbert Wilburn 6th / 119th Cleveland Cavaliers 9.0 9.5 3.2 0.9 .547 .308 .480 1987 Kenny Travis 6th / 115th Los Angeles Lakers 1991 Randy Brown 2nd / 31st Sacramento Kings 1994 Reggie Jordan Free Agent Los Angeles Lakers 2014 Sim Bhullar Free Agent Sacramento Kings 2016 Johnathan Gibson Free Agent Dallas Mavericks 2016 Pascal Siakam 1st / 27th Toronto Raptors 2018 Zach Lofton Free Agent Detroit Pistons 2019 Jemerrio Jones Free Agent Los Angeles Lakers

AP POLL 2019-20 Preseason Quick Facts Week 19 (March 9) UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Name...... New Mexico State University PROGRAM HISTORY RK. TEAM RECORD PTS. TREND Location...... Las Cruces, N.M. First Season...... 1904-05 Founded...... 1888 First Season at Pan American Center...... 1968-69 1. Kansas (65) 28-3 1625 - Nickname...... Aggies Pan American Center Record...... 647-155 (.805) 2. Gonzaga 29-2 1546 - Colors...... Crimson & White WAC Record at Pan American Center...... 105-10 (.908) 3. Dayton 29-2 1507 - Enrollment...... 14,289 All-Time Record...... 1605-1119-2 (.587) 4. Florida State 26-5 1384 +3 Chancellor...... Dr. Dan Arvizu (@dan_arvizu) All-Time WAC Record...... 179-57 (.743) 5. Baylor 26-4 1322 -1 Athletics Director...... Mario Moccia (@MarioMocciaNMSU) WAC Championships (Last)...... 6 (2019-20) 6. San Diego State 30-2 1261 -1 Senior Women’s Administrator...... Dr. Renay Scott WAC Tournament Championships (Last)...... 9 (2018-19) 7. Creighton 24-7 1157 +4 WAC Tournament Record...... 32-5 (.865) Faculty Athletics Representative...... Dr. Kevin Melendrez 8. Kentucky 25-6 1118 -2 Overall Postseason Record...... 17-35 (.327) Arena...... Pan American Center NCAA Appearances (Record)...... 22 (7-24)* 9. Michigan State 22-9 995 +7 Capacity...... 12,572 NIT Apperances (Record)...... 6 (5-6) 10. Duke 25-6 990 +2 Press Row Phone...... 575-646-3400 NAIA Appearances (Record)...... 4 (5-4) 11. Villanova 24-7 989 +3 Radio...... KXPZ 99.5 FM (Flagship Station) 12. Maryland 24-7 912 -3 ...... TuneIn (New Mexico St. Aggies) TEAM INFORMATION 13. Oregon 24-7 904 - ...... KNMZ 103.7 FM (Alamogordo) 2018-19 Overall Record...... 30-5 14. BYU 24-7 762 +1 ...... KNMM 1150 AM (Albuquerque) 2018-19 Home Record...... 16-1 15. Louisville 24-7 755 -5 ...... KAMQ 1240 AM (Carlsbad) 2018-19 Road Record...... 10-1 ...... KHEY 1380 AM (El Paso) 16. Seton Hall 21-9 722 -8 2018-19 Neutral Site Record...... 4-3 17. Virginia 23-7 560 +5 ...... KYVA 1230 AM, 94.9 FM (Gallup) 2018-19 WAC Record/Finish...... 15-1/First ...... KMDS 107.1 FM (Las Vegas) 2018-19 Postseason...... NCAA First Round 18. Wisconsin 21-10 495 +6 Website...... www.NMStateSports.com 2018-19 Final Ranking...... RV (#30)/NR 19. Ohio State 21-10 443 - Starters Returning/Lost...... 4/1 20. Auburn 25-6 436 -3 COACHING STAFF Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 9/4 21. Illinois 21-10 241 +2 Head Coach...... Chris Jans (Third Season) Redshirts Returning/Lost...... 2/1 T22. West Virginia 21-10 167 +4 E-Mail...... [email protected] Newcomers...... 7 T22. Houston 23-8 167 -1 Office Phone...... 575-646-1447 24. Butler 22-9 161 +2 NM State Career...... 3rd Season (83-17) SOCIAL MEDIA 25. Iowa 20-11 111 -7 Collegiate Career...... 4th Season (104-29) Twitter...... @NMStateMBB Others Receiving Votes: SFA 75, Providence 66, East Associate Head Coach...... James Miller (Second Season) Chris Jans...... @coachchrisjans Tennessee State 59, Michigan 53, Penn State 42, Utah James Miller...... @JMiller_Coach E-Mail...... [email protected] State 40, Saint Mary’s 9, Arizona 7, Liberty 6, USC 6, Office Phone...... 575-646-5252 Dave Anwar...... @AnwarDave Assistant Coach...... David Anwar (Third Season) Corey Barker...... @cbOreece Richmond 5, Northern Iowa 4, UCLA 4, New Mexico State E-Mail...... [email protected] Sean McClurg...... @Sean_McClurg 4, Rutgers 4, Texas Tech 3, Vermont 2, LSU 2, Purdue 1, Office Phone...... 575-646-4989 Keith Roberts...... @Keethus_J Belmont 1, Mississippi State 1, Florida 1 Assistant Coach...... Corey Barker (First Season) Instagram...... @NMStateMBB E-Mail...... [email protected] Facebook...... /NMStateMBB USA TODAY COACHES POLL Office Phone...... 575-646-4989 Week 19 (March 9) STARTERS RETURNING SUPPORT STAFF Name Pos. MPG PPG RPG APG RK. TEAM RECORD PTS. TREND Director of Basketball Operations...... Casey Owens Terrell Brown G 24.3 11.3 2.6 1.3 1. Kansas (32) 28-3 800 - Video Coordinator...... Sean McClurg AJ Harris G 25.6 9.4 1.8 3.3 2. Gonzaga 29-2 755 - Program Coordinator...... Becky Veitch Clayton Henry G 15.1 5.4 3.2 0.8 C.J. Bobbitt F 14.8 4.6 2.5 0.9 3. Dayton 29-2 743 - Special Assistant to Head Coach...... Keith Roberts 4. Florida State 26-5 659 +4 Athletic Trainer...... Mike Anderson LETTERWINNERS RETURNING 5. Baylor 26-4 656 -1 Strength & Conditioning...... Zach Witherspoon Name Pos. MPG PPG RPG APG 6. San Diego State 30-2 584 -1 Team Managers...... Devin Bermudez, Paul Bernstein, Terrell Brown G 24.3 11.3 2.6 1.3 ...... Kameron Kennon, Cesar Lujan-Flroes, Jose Gomez 7. Kentucky 25-6 570 -1 Ivan Aurrecoechea F 16.9 9.6 5.3 0.7 8. Villanova 24-7 524 +4 AJ Harris G 25.6 9.4 1.8 3.3 ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS 9. Creighton 24-7 513 +5 Trevelin Queen G 15.2 7.8 2.9 1.7 10. Duke 25-6 508 +1 Men’s Basketball Contact...... Charlie Hurley Johnny McCants F 18.1 6.2 4.8 0.6 Office Phone...... 575-646-4120 Clayton Henry G 15.1 5.4 3.2 0.8 11. Maryland 24-7 487 -2 Cell Phone...... 218-341-5113 C.J. Bobbitt F 14.8 4.6 2.5 0.9 12. Michigan State 22-9 431 +5 E-Mail...... [email protected] Jabari Rice G 10.9 3.4 2.2 0.8 13. Oregon 24-7 425 - Twitter...... @CP_Hurley Shunn Buchanan G 16.5 2.1 1.6 2.5 14. Louisville 24-7 421 -4 Assistant AD - Media Relations...... Charlie Hurley 15. Seton Hall 21-9 383 -8 Assistant Director...... Oliver Grigg LETTERWINNERS LOST 16. BYU 24-7 340 -1 Assistant Director...... Ty Stevers Name Pos. MPG PPG RPG APG 17. Auburn 25-6 228 -2 Intern...... TBD Eli Chuha F 20.8 9.7 6.6 1.5 18. Virginia 23-7 227 +4 Fax...... 575-646-4579 JoJo Zamora G 15.5 7.5 1.6 0.9 Mohamed Thiam F 11.6 4.5 3.8 0.2 19. Wisconsin 21-10 225 +5 Mailing Address...... Athletic Media Relations 20. Ohio State 21-10 193 -1 ...... 1815 Wells Street, Stan Fulton Center ...... Las Cruces, NM 88003 *NCAA vacated 3 appearances from 1991-94 (3-3). 21. Butler 22-9 145 +4 22. Illinois 21-10 131 - 23. West Virginia 21-10 105 +3 24. Houston 23-8 92 -3 25. Iowa 20-11 79 -7 Others receiving votes: Penn State 33, East Tennessee State 26, Michigan 25, Stephen F. Austin 16, Saint Mary’s ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD (2019-20 OPPONENTS ONLY) 12, Providence 11, Utah State 8, Texas Tech 8, Colorado Opponent Home Away Neau Overall Last Opponent Home Away Neau Overall Last 7, UCLA 6, LSU 5, Rutgers 5, Arizona 4, USC 3, Stanford 2, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7-0 0-0 0-0 7-0 2019 Seattle U 9-0 6-3 3-0 18-3 2020 Northern Iowa 2, Richmond 2, Oklahoma 1 Arizona 28-25 12-36 0-1 40-62 2019 Southern 2-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 2019 CSU Bakersfield 10-0 6-1 3-1 19-2 2020 South Florida 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 2019 California Baptist 2-0 1-1 -- 3-1 2020 Kansas City 7-0 6-1 2-0 15-1 2020 Chicago State 9-0 7-1 4-0 20-1 2020 Utah Valley 6-1 5-2 0-0 11-3 2020 Colorado State 2-1 1-4 1-0 4-5 2019 UTEP 61-42 54-60 1-0 116-102 2019 Denver 6-3 6-3 1-0 13-6 2013 UTRGV 11-1 8-2 2-0 21-3 2020 George Mason 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 2019 Washington State 1-0 -- 1-1 2-1 2019 15 Grand Canyon 8-0 5-2 2-0 15-2 2020 Western NM 42-13-1 19-10 2-0 63-23-1 2019 Mississippi State 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 2019 TOTAL 276-133-1 175-201 24-6 475-340-1 New Mexico 61-47 40-74 0-2 101-123 2019 -2019-20 games included Northern NM 6-0 0-0 2-0 8-0 2019

New Mexico State Director of Athletics Mario Moccia handed the reigns to the coveted Aggie men’s basketball program to Chris Jans on Monday, April 17, naming the Fairbank, Iowa, native the 26th head men’s basketball coach at NM State.

The 25-year veteran took the helm of an Aggie team that won a program record 28 games and won 28 games himself in his first year. Since his arrival, New Mexico State has beaten its first AP top-10 opponent in 17 season as well as take down a pair of Power 5 teams in Illinois and then #6/7 Miami. His tenure started off with a bang, sweeping both UNM and UTEP before winning 11-straight.

Jans was named the WAC Coach the Year after leading the Aggies to a 12-2 conference finish to claim the regular-season title and added a WAC Tournament title to his name when the Aggies defeated Grand Canyon 72-58 – which gave NM State its sixth NCAA Tournament berth in seven seasons.

Under his direction, Jemerrio Jones was named the WAC Player of Year while Zach Lofton was named First-Team All-WAC. Jones was also named to the all-defensive team while AJ Harris joined Lofton on the all-newcomer list. In addition, Jones and Lofton were named to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association’s All-District VIII team as well as the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ first-team and second-team for district six, respectively.

Jans didn’t disappoint the following year in 2018-19, guiding the Aggies to a program-best 30-5 record after leading NM State to its 22nd NCAA Tournament appearance. New Mexico State also tallied the third-longest winning-streak in program history with 19-consecutive wins.

The veteran coach was once again voted on by his peers as the 2019 Don Haskins Coach of the Year after going 15-1 in league play with 10 new players and only one starter returning. Prior to the WAC Tournament Championship game, Jans was named a finalist for the Hugh Durham Award – which is given out to the nation’s top mid-major coach. He was also selected by his coaching peers as the CHRIS JANS 2019 NABC All-District Coach (District 6) while Terrell Brown was named to the NABC All-District Second-Team (District 6). EXPERIENCE NM State Experience 3rd Season In addition, the Aggies also claimed their second-straight regular-season title under Jans while also NM State Record 83-17 putting on a dominating 89-57 win over Grand Canyon in the WAC Tournament title game – which NM State WAC Record 43-3 was the highest margin of victory in the tournament championship. The win represented NM State’s Collegiate Experience (4th as HC) 28 Seasons ninth WAC Tournament title overall and third-straight, including the last two under Jans. Collegiate Record 104-29 Alma Mater Loras College ‘91 He began his second-stint at Wichita State prior to the start of the 2016-17 season under head coach Greg Marshall. At the conclusion of that season, Jans was elevated to associate head coach before taking the NM State head coaching job.

Prior to returning to WSU, Jans coordinated one of the nation’s best turnarounds in 2014-15 in his first year as the head coach at Bowling Green. In just one season, he took a BGSU team that lost 20 games in 2013-14 and guided it to a record-setting 21-12 overall mark in 2014-15 – which was the most wins in a single-season for Bowling Green since 2001-02 (24).

With the 21 wins, Jans became the first head coach in Falcons history to lead the team to 20 wins or more in his first year at the helm. His record-setting 21 wins eclipsed the 18 wins set previously by hall of famers Harold Anderson and Bill Fitch.

The 2014-15 campaign also saw Jans lead BGSU to its first national postseason tournament victory since 1975 when the Falcons defeated Saint Francis (Pa.) in the 2015 Collegeinsider.com Tournament (CIT).

In that same year, Bowling Green finished Mid-American Conference play 11-7 – which was the most wins in MAC play for BGSU since going 11-5 during the 2008-09 season. In addition, the Falcons also reeled off 11 road victories for the first time since the 1947-48 season. With the historic year for Falcon men’s basketball, Jans was chosen by his peers as the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ top first-year head coach with the 2015 Joe B. Hall National Coach of the Year award.

Before taking the helm at BGSU, Jans spent seven years alongside Marshall at Wichita State (2007-14). He was a member of the inaugural staff with Marshall at WSU and turned the program around to become the staple of the NCAA Tournament it is now. After just one season, the Shockers earned a CBI bid in 2009 followed by an NIT bid at home in 2010 with the help of future NBA guard Toure’ Murry and center Garrett Stutz.

The Shockers began to break through in the 2010-11 campaign when they recorded 24 wins and a runner-up finish in conference play. Despite missing the Big Dance, WSU gave Shocker fans some hope when it reeled off five-consecutive wins and won the program’s first NIT Championship.

Wichita State claimed the Missouri Valley Conference title the following year and made its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2006 as the No. 5 seed before falling to the 12th-seeded Cinderella VCU Rams.

Jans was instrumental in landing Ron Baker, a future All-American and NBA player, who helped guide WSU to its deep run in the NCAA Tournament in 2013. The Shockers broke a lot of brackets that season, taking down Pittsburgh and the overall No. 1 seed Gonzaga to reach the Sweet 16 before taking down a hot La Salle and Ohio State team to earn Wichita State its first Final Four appearance since 1965. 16 In the final season of his first stint with the Shockers, Jans helped Wichita State set an NCAA record with a 35-0 start to the season. During that stretch, WSU ran the gamut in the Valley and became the first program to go undefeated in nearly 30 years. That season also saw Fred VanVleet, Cleanthony Early and Baker earn first- team all-conference selections while Early and VanVleet notched All-America honors on top of VanVleet adding MVC Player of the Year to his mantle of awards.

Jans’ All-Time Record Mississippi State 1 0 He began his coaching career as an assistant coach at NCAA Division III Elmhurst Opponent W L New Mexico 4 2 College in 1992 before taking a similar role at NAIA Grande View College in 1994. Akron 0 2 North Dakota State 1 0 Jans earned his first head coaching opportunity when he took over at NJCAA Alabama A&M 1 0 Northern Colorado 1 0 Division II Kirkwood Community College in 1996. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1 0 Northern Illinois 2 0 Arizona 0 1 Northern New Mexico 2 0 Jans was named the Region XI Coach of the Year after guiding the Eagles to a 25- Auburn 0 1 Ohio 2 0 10 season, which included a conference title and the program’s first-ever national Ball State 3 0 Prairie View A&M 1 0 tournament appearance. He followed up his rookie season with a 31-6 campaign Buffalo 0 2 Saint Francis (Pa.) 1 0 highlighted by Kirkwood capturing the NJCAA Division II National Championship and California Baptist 3 1 Saint Mary’s (CA) 0 2 Jans being named the National Coach of the Year. Canisius 0 1 San Diego 0 1 Sandwiched in between his time at Independence Community College (1998-99) Central Michigan 1 0 Seattle U 6 1 and Howard College (2001-03), Jans got his first taste of the Division I level as an Chicago State 9 0 Southern 1 0 assistant coach at Idaho (1999-01) under David Farrar. Clemson 0 1 Southeast Missouri State 1 0 Cleveland State 1 0 Texas A&M - Int’l 1 0 After Howard, he took over at Chipola Junior College and joined forces with Greg Colorado State 3 0 Toledo 0 1 Heiar – who played for Jans in his rookie season as a head coach at Kirkwood CC CSU Bakersfield 6 0 UA Pine Bluff 0 0 and was a fellow assistant coach at WSU. Success continued to follow Jans as he CSUN 1 0 UC Irvine 1 0 led Chipola JC to its first conference title in a decade while finishing sixth at the Dayton 0 1 USC 0 1 NJCAA Division I National Tournament and finished 32-5 overall. Davidson 1 0 USF 2 0 Denver 1 0 Utah Valley 5 1 Jans then made his second appearance at the Division I level, this time as an Detroit 1 0 UTEP 5 1 assistant coach at Illinois State (2004-07) on Porter Moser’s staff before joining Drake 1 1 UTRGV 7 0 Marshall at Wichita State. East Central University 1 0 Washington State 2 1 Eastern Michigan 1 1 Western Kentucky 0 1 Jans was a three-year starter at Loras College (1987-91) and was named a captain Eastern New Mexico 2 0 Western Michigan 1 0 as a senior. During his time in Dubuque, Iowa, he helped the Duhawks break 16 Ferris State 0 1 Western New Mexico 1 0 scoring records and two NCAA Division III records for three-point shooting. George Mason 0 1 Wright State 1 0 Grand Canyon 8 0 Total 104 29 A graduate of Loras College in 1991, Jans earned his bachelor degrees in Illinois 1 0 *2019-20 Games Included marketing and finance. He and his wife Sheri have two kids, Nick and Maddie Kansas 0 1 Gazda. Kansas City 6 0 Kent State 1 1 Miami (FL) 1 0 Miami (OH) 1 1 THE JANS FILE Conference Year School Position Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. Tournament Postseason 1991-92 Elmhurst Assistant Coach ------1992-93 Elmhurst Assistant Coach ------1993-94 Elmhurst Assistant Coach ------1994-95 Grand View College Assistant Coach ------1995-96 Grand View College Assistant Coach ------1996-97 Kirkwood CC Head Coach ------1997-98 Kirkwood CC Head Coach ------1998-99 Independence CC Head Coach ------1999-00 Idaho Assistant Coach ------2000-01 Idaho Assistant Coach ------2001-02 Howard JC Head Coach ------2002-03 Howard JC Head Coach ------2003-04 Chipola Head Coach ------2004-05 Illinois State Assistant Coach ------2005-06 Illinois State Assistant Coach ------2006-07 Illinois State Assistant Coach ------2007-08 Wichita State Assistant Coach ------2008-09 Wichita State Assistant Coach ------2009-10 Wichita State Assistant Coach ------2010-11 Wichita State Assistant Coach ------2011-12 Wichita State Associate Head Coach ------2012-13 Wichita State Associate Head Coach ------2013-14 Wichita State Associate Head Coach ------2014-15 Bowling Green Head Coach 21-12 .636 11-7 .611 1-1 1-1 (CIT) 2015-16 Wichita State Consultant ------2016-17 Wichita State Special Assistant ------2017-18 New Mexico State Head Coach 28-6 .824 12-2 .857 3-0 0-1 (NCAA) 17 2018-19 New Mexico State Head Coach 30-5 .857 15-1 .938 3-0 0-1 (NCAA) 2019-20 New Mexico State Head Coach 25-6 .800 16-0 1.000 -- -- Total -- -- 104-29 .782 54-10 .844 7-1 3 Appearances

2019-20 overall Statistics | new mexico state No. Player GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-3FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A A/G TO Stl Blk Pts Avg 21 Queen, Trevelin 26-25 716 27.5 128-272 .471 53-137 .387 35-43 .814 51 84 135 5.2 61 63 2.4 48 45 7 344 13.2 10 Rice, Jabari 30-19 790 26.3 124-266 .466 50-130 .385 86-104 .827 49 104 153 5.1 57 58 1.9 51 25 6 384 12.8 15 Aurrecoechea, Ivan 31-31 750 24.2 136-235 .579 3-9 .333 78-120 .650 62 113 175 5.6 68 29 0.9 61 10 6 353 11.4 35 McCants, Johnny 31-18 797 25.7 112-193 .580 29-72 .403 35-65 .538 64 129 193 6.2 54 59 1.9 38 32 14 288 9.3 05 Henry, Clayton 1-0 23 23.0 3-6 .500 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 2 2 4 4.0 0 2 2.0 0 0 0 8 8.0 11 Gilyard II, Evan 19-14 435 22.9 44-113 .389 27-68 .397 28-40 .700 3 34 37 1.9 39 54 2.8 29 11 1 143 7.5 03 Brown, Terrell 27-16 699 25.9 61-176 .347 45-135 .333 33-45 .733 11 42 53 2.0 29 34 1.3 29 16 1 200 7.4 12 Harris, AJ 3-2 45 15.0 8-19 .421 4-10 .400 0-0 .000 0 2 2 0.7 3 11 3.7 2 4 0 20 6.7 55 Williams, Shawn 28-2 416 14.9 44-131 .336 31-97 .320 25-29 .862 15 25 40 1.4 12 15 0.5 25 2 1 144 5.1 13 Bobbitt, C.J. 31-13 580 18.7 49-134 .366 17-73 .233 29-39 .744 21 68 89 2.9 69 34 1.1 27 10 4 144 4.6 02 Owens, Tennessee 8-0 38 4.8 6-13 .462 5-10 .500 5-8 .625 0 3 3 0.4 4 1 0.1 1 1 0 22 2.8 01 Buchanan, Shunn 31-15 632 20.4 28-83 .337 11-42 .262 18-25 .720 12 69 81 2.6 61 83 2.7 57 32 3 85 2.7 32 Rewalt, Bryce 9-0 31 3.4 7-13 .538 6-10 .600 0-1 .000 1 3 4 0.4 3 0 0.0 1 0 0 20 2.2 24 McNair, William 28-0 229 8.2 21-36 .583 0-0 .000 7-11 .636 13 32 45 1.6 25 3 0.1 11 2 12 49 1.8 20 Joseph, Dajour 3-0 6 2.0 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Total 31-31 6225 200.8 774-1700 .455 283-798 .355 383-534 .717 345 746 1091 35.2 491 447 14.4 406 191 55 2214 71.4 Opponents 31-31 6225 200.8 658-1554 .423 189-585 .323 347-475 .731 202 642 844 27.2 568 311 10.0 428 188 61 1852 59.7

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total NM State 1036 1077 18 2,131 Opponents 798 994 10 1,802 2019-20 WAC Statistics | new mexico state No. Player GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-3FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A A/G TO Stl Blk Pts Avg 15 Aurrecoechea, Ivan 16-16 419 26.2 83-145 .572 2-7 .286 50-68 .735 34 66 100 6.3 39 18 1.1 29 2 3 218 13.6 10 Rice, Jabari 16-15 440 27.5 63-144 .438 28-70 .400 52-61 .852 24 64 88 5.5 30 40 2.5 28 15 5 206 12.9 21 Queen, Trevelin 11-10 247 22.5 44-84 .524 21-47 .447 17-20 .850 17 32 49 4.5 24 11 1.0 14 17 4 126 11.5 35 McCants, Johnny 16-15 467 29.2 61-103 .592 15-40 .375 27-40 .675 41 75 116 7.3 26 43 2.7 16 16 6 164 10.3 03 Brown, Terrell 15-7 409 27.3 45-95 .474 34-70 .486 25-33 .758 6 19 25 1.7 16 18 1.2 7 8 1 149 9.9 12 Harris, AJ 1-1 8 8.0 4-7 .571 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 2.0 0 3 0 9 9.0 11 Gilyard II, Evan 16-14 381 23.8 35-95 .368 20-55 .364 24-34 .706 3 30 33 2.1 35 46 2.9 25 9 1 114 7.1 55 Williams, Shawn 14-0 143 10.2 18-51 .353 12-39 .308 15-15 1.000 6 6 12 0.9 3 2 0.1 4 1 0 63 4.5 13 Bobbitt, C.J. 16-1 254 15.9 21-60 .350 8-36 .222 6-8 .750 4 32 36 2.3 33 18 1.1 14 3 1 56 3.5 01 Buchanan, Shunn 16-1 304 19.0 15-44 .341 6-25 .240 8-11 .727 7 34 41 2.6 29 44 2.8 28 14 2 44 2.8 02 Owens, Tennessee 4-0 11 2.8 3-4 .750 3-4 .750 1-3 .333 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 10 2.5 32 Rewalt, Bryce 5-0 14 2.8 3-7 .429 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 1 2 3 0.6 1 0 0.0 1 0 0 8 1.6 24 McNair, William 13-0 103 7.9 6-15 .400 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 3 12 15 1.2 15 2 0.2 6 1 5 15 1.2 Total 16-16 3200 200.0 401-854 .470 152-401 .379 228-298 .765 164 390 554 34.6 253 244 15.3 184 89 28 1182 73.9 Opponents 16-16 3200 200.0 343-795 .431 106-326 .325 165-237 .696 94 317 411 25.7 299 174 10.9 197 81 27 957 59.8

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total NM State 538 561 1099 Opponents 417 490 907 nm state | wins TEAM GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-3FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A A/G TO Stl Blk Pts Avg NM State 25-25 5025 201.0 637-1345 .474 238-624 .381 342-460 .743 261 614 875 35.0 378 371 14.8 306 156 41 1854 74.2 Opponents 25-25 5025 201.0 514-1247 .412 155-484 .320 243-345 .704 152 492 644 25.8 475 251 10.0 346 142 42 1426 57.0 nm state | losses TEAM GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-3FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A A/G TO Stl Blk Pts Avg NM State 6-6 1200 200.0 137-355 .386 45-174 .259 41-74 .554 84 132 216 36.0 113 76 12.7 100 35 14 360 60.0 Opponents 6-6 1200 200.0 144-307 .469 34-101 .337 104-130 .800 50 150 200 33.3 93 60 10.0 82 46 19 426 71.0 nm state | home TEAM GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-3FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A A/G TO Stl Blk Pts Avg NM State 14 -14 2800 200.0 371-760 .488 140-366 .383 211-290 .728 143 359 502 35.9 212 229 16.4 163 97 25 1093 78.1 Opponents 14-14 2800 200.0 284-715 .397 98-297 .330 139-190 .732 81 280 361 25.8 280 136 9.7 189 79 13 805 57.5 nm state | away TEAM GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-3FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A A/G TO Stl Blk Pts Avg NM State 13-13 2600 200.0 306-716 .427 107-332 .322 137-197 .695 157 304 461 35.5 219 172 13.2 187 69 24 856 65.8 Opponents 13-13 2600 200.0 288-641 .449 71-225 .316 165-224 .737 85 277 362 27.8 228 141 10.8 173 81 36 812 62.5 nm state | neutral 18 TEAM GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-3FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A A/G TO Stl Blk Pts Avg NM State 4-4 825 206.3 97-224 .433 36-100 .360 35-47 .745 45 83 128 32.0 60 46 11.5 56 25 6 265 66.3 Opponents 4-4 825 206.3 86-198 .434 20-63 .317 43-61 .705 36 85 121 30.3 60 34 8.5 66 28 12 235 58.8

2019-20 OVERALL Statistics | chicago state No. Player GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-3FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A A/G TO Stl Blk Pts Avg 05 Johnson, Xavier 23-19 691 30.0 107-260 .412 51-130 .392 89-103 .864 4 57 61 2.7 67 64 2.8 97 33 1 354 15.4 01 Lewis, Andrew 26-18 767 29.5 100-250 .400 20-68 .294 97-112 .866 22 83 105 4.0 70 41 1.6 60 25 5 317 12.2 03 Lewis, Isaiah 6-5 174 29.0 18-47 .383 11-29 .379 9-13 .692 0 11 11 1.8 17 12 2.0 14 3 0 56 9.3 23 Colley, Jace 16-16 457 28.6 58-119 .487 2-10 .200 28-52 .538 24 61 85 5.3 46 14 0.9 28 13 17 146 9.1 04 Davis, Ke’Sean 23-12 550 23.9 55-117 .470 10-30 .333 46-64 .719 19 89 108 4.7 53 23 1.0 52 4 15 166 7.2 10 Gholizadeh, Amir 29-11 659 22.7 67-170 .394 33-105 .314 31-44 .705 12 65 77 2.7 57 22 0.8 55 14 4 198 6.8 00 Jones, Rajeir 27-27 723 26.8 55-166 .331 18-59 .305 36-54 .667 15 59 74 2.7 73 39 1.4 49 17 2 164 6.1 35 Hunt, Solomon 29-23 621 21.4 69-131 .527 0-0 .000 37-74 .500 43 86 129 4.4 95 37 1.3 66 12 16 175 6.0 13 Jacob, Christian 2-0 20 10.0 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 3 2 5 2.5 2 0 0.0 3 0 1 10 5.0 12 Marble, Carlo 16-7 304 19.0 16-43 .372 8-23 .348 9-11 .818 7 30 37 2.3 26 15 0.9 18 4 4 49 3.1 22 Johnson, Michael 22-7 280 12.7 15-63 .238 7-33 .212 16-26 .615 1 20 21 1.0 16 13 0.6 17 9 0 53 2.4 11 Whitehead, Kalil 24-0 229 9.5 18-35 .514 0-9 .000 9-13 .692 12 13 25 1.0 8 9 0.4 12 6 3 45 1.9 15 Bigirumwami, Noah 26-0 324 12.5 15-37 .405 2-11 .182 16-20 .800 16 28 44 1.7 63 11 0.4 25 4 5 48 1.8 02 Townsen, Leondre 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 29-29 5800 200.0 596-1446 .412 162-507 .320 427-592 .721 207 641 848 29.2 593 300 10.3 513 144 73 1781 61.4 Opponents 29-29 5800 200.0 805-1674 .481 264-665 .397 498-673 .740 292 709 1001 34.5 544 484 16.7 341 243 57 2372 81.8

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total Chicago State 795 986 1,781 Opponents 1175 1197 2,372 2019-20 wac Statistics | Chicago state No. Player GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-3FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A A/G TO Stl Blk Pts Avg 23 Colley, Jace 1-1 31 31.0 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 6-10 .600 3 4 7 7.0 4 0 0.0 1 0 2 14 14.0 05 Johnson, Xavier 9-6 231 25.7 32-81 .395 14-46 .304 28-34 .824 2 13 15 1.7 29 20 2.2 29 7 0 106 11.8 01 Lewis, Andrew 13-9 402 30.9 50-115 .435 11-36 .306 41-48 .854 9 40 49 3.8 34 16 1.2 31 13 3 152 11.7 10 Gholizadeh, Amir 14-8 340 24.3 35-81 .432 18-50 .360 21-27 .778 4 29 33 2.4 31 9 0.6 22 7 3 109 7.8 00 Jones, Rajeir 14-14 409 29.2 34-98 .347 13-36 .361 24-39 .615 6 33 39 2.8 39 22 1.6 33 8 2 105 7.5 04 Davis, Ke’Sean 12-6 313 26.1 25-67 .373 2-14 .143 35-44 .795 6 46 52 4.3 33 17 1.4 31 1 7 87 7.3 35 Hunt, Solomon 14-14 337 24.1 35-71 .493 0-0 .000 22-44 .500 15 43 58 4.1 46 21 1.5 35 6 8 92 6.6 12 Marble, Carlo 14-7 283 20.2 15-38 .395 8-19 .421 9-11 .818 6 30 36 2.6 24 15 1.1 17 4 4 47 3.4 22 Johnson, Michael 10-5 147 14.7 9-33 .273 3-15 .200 8-12 .667 1 11 12 1.2 7 8 0.8 9 4 0 29 2.9 11 Whitehead, Kalil 14-0 163 11.6 10-21 .476 0-5 .000 8-12 .667 7 11 18 1.3 7 7 0.5 9 4 1 28 2.0 15 Bigirumwami, Noah 12-0 144 12.0 6-16 .375 1-5 .200 9-11 .818 5 15 20 1.7 30 6 0.5 10 0 1 22 1.8 Total 14-14 2800 200.0 255-627 .407 70-226 .310 211-292 .723 75 296 371 26.5 284 141 10.1 239 54 31 791 56.5 Opponents 14-14 2800 200.0 376-762 .493 131-306 .428 237-323 .734 129 334 463 33.1 270 222 15.9 141 109 19 1120 80.0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total Chicago State 351 440 791 Opponents 541 579 1120 2019-20 WAC STANDINGS WAC PCT H A ALL PCT H A N STREAK NM State 16-0 1.000 8-0 8-0 25-6 0.806 13-1 9-3 3-2 Won 19 California Baptist 10-6 0.625 5-3 5-3 21-10 0.677 15-5 6-5 0-0 Lost 2 UTRGV 9-7 0.563 6-2 3-5 14-16 0.467 11-4 3-12 0-0 Won 2 Kansas City 8-7 0.533 4-4 4-3 16-14 0.533 9-4 5-9 2-1 Won 4 Seattle U 7-7 0.500 4-2 3-5 14-15 0.483 11-4 3-11 0-0 Lost 1 Grand Canyon 8-8 0.500 4-4 4-4 13-17 0.433 8-9 4-6 1-2 Won 1 CSU Bakersfield 6-10 0.375 4-4 2-6 12-19 0.387 9-7 3-12 0-0 Lost 2 Utah Valley 5-10 0.333 3-4 2-6 11-19 0.367 6-7 5-12 0-0 Lost 2 Chicago State 0-14 0.000 0-8 0-6 4-25 0.138 3-11 1-12 0-2 Lost 19 2019-20 ALL-WAC teams 2017-18 ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE TEAMS FIRST TEAM ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR Milan Acquaah | Jr. | G | California Baptist Terrell Brown | Sr. | G | NM State Milan Acquaan | Jr. | G | California Baptist Ivan Aurrecoechea | Sr. | F | NM State De’jon Davis | California Baptist DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Terrell Brown | Jr. | G | Seattle U Javon Levi | Sr. | G | UTRGV Javon Levi | Sr. | G | UTRGV Jabari Rice | So. | G | NM State Brandon McKissic | Kansas City FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Lesley Varner II | Jr. | F | UTRGV Taze Moore | CSU Bakersfield Jovan Blacksher | Fe. | G | Grand Canyon SECOND TEAM ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR De’jon Davis | California Baptist Cam Allen | CSU Bakersfield Brandon Boyd | Jr. | F | California Baptist Carlos Johnson | Grand Canyon Brandon Averette | Utah Valley DON HASKINS COACH OF THE YEAR Alessandro Lever | Grand Canyon Brandon Boyd | California Baptist Chris Jans | NM State Javon Levi | Sr. | G | UTRGV Mikey Dixon | Grand Canyon Trevelin Queen | Sr. | G | NM State Evan Gilyard II | NM State 19

2019-20 Team Game-by-GamE COMPARISON GAME RESULT FG-A PCT 3FG-A PCT FT-A PCT O-D-TOTAL PF | +/- PTS | +/- A | +/- TO | +/- BLK | +/- STL | +/- MIN HALF Western N.M. | 11/5 16-56 .286 10-27 .370 4-6 .667 5-13-18 27 46 8 14 0 7 200 16 at NM State W | 92-46 30-55 .545 9-25 .360 23-28 .821 11-29-40 11 | -16 92 | +46 14 | +6 13 | -1 0 | = 5 | -2 200 52 | +36 at UTEP | 11/12 23-49 .469 3-13 .231 16-21 .762 6-27-33 16 65 11 12 3 8 200 28 NM State L | 65-50 21-57 .368 6-26 .231 2-11 .182 14-25-39 17 | +1 50 | -15 9 | -2 16 | +4 0 | -3 5 | -3 200 25 | -3 Southern | 11/14 22-50 .440 7-12 .583 12-16 .750 7-16-23 34 63 4 16 1 7 200 25 at NM State W | 79-63 30-55 .545 9-25 .360 23-28 .821 11-29-40 11 | -23 79 | +16 14 | +10 13 | -3 0 | -1 5 | -2 200 30 | +5 at #17/19 Arizona | 11/17 30-57 .526 10-21 .476 13-15 .867 7-26-33 17 83 13 12 6 6 200 43 NM State L | 83-53 18-55 .327 9-30 .300 8-13 .615 13-19-32 17 | = 53 | -30 9 | -4 20 | +8 1 | -5 2 | +4 200 21 | -22 rv/rv New Mexico | 11/21 28-52 .538 4-15 .267 18-24 .750 8-21-29 16 78 10 16 1 7 200 37 at NM State L | 78-77 28-64 .438 7-33 .212 14-18 .778 15-22-37 21 | +5 77 | -1 17 | +7 14 | -2 0 | -1 7 | = 200 39 | +2 vs. Colorado State | 11/25 24-49 .490 7-16 .438 15-23 .652 4-24-28 16 70 13 20 0 9 200 29 NM State W | 78-70 (OT) 28-61 .459 8-27 .296 14-16 .875 9-23-32 19 | +3 78 | +8 13 | = 16 | -4 1 | +1 6 | -3 200 34 | +5 vs. USF | 11/26 16-47 .340 5-16 .313 8-11 .727 8-18-26 14 45 7 16 4 5 200 20 NM State W | 65-45 24-50 .480 11-21 .524 6-10 .600 9-23-32 12 | -2 65 | +20 12 | +5 13 | -3 2 | -2 7 | +2 200 32 | +12 vs. George Mason | 11/27 25-51 .490 5-15 .333 13-16 .813 12-23-35 12 68 4 13 5 4 200 23 NM State L | 68-64 25-63 .397 8-29 .276 6-8 .750 15-16-31 15 | +3 64 | -4 11 | +7 11 | -2 1 | -4 6 | +2 200 35 | +8 UTEP | 12/3 18-46 .391 6-23 .261 14-15 .933 3-25-28 18 56 10 15 2 5 200 23 at NM State W | 59-56 21-54 .389 5-19 .263 12-17 .706 11-25-36 13 | -5 59 | +3 10 | = 14 | -1 3 | +1 7 | +2 200 27 | +4 vs. Washington State | 12/7 17-48 .354 8-21 .381 21-26 .808 7-30-37 20 63 11 13 2 7 200 30 NM State L | 63-54 21-61 .344 5-28 .179 7-14 .500 15-27-42 22 | +2 54 | -9 13 | +2 17 | +4 7 | -5 5 | -2 200 21 | -9 at Denver | 12/10 26-57 .456 5-13 .385 10-15 .667 6-21-27 19 67 12 15 2 8 200 28 NM State W | 72-67 28-56 .500 8-22 .364 8-14 .571 9-29-38 17 | -2 72 | +5 12 | = 19 | +4 1 | -1 9 | +1 200 37 | +9 at New Mexico | 12/14 21-50 .420 4-16 .250 23-28 .821 10-23-33 12 69 11 16 2 14 200 31 NM State L | 69-62 24-55 .436 10-28 .357 4-10 .400 12-23-35 21 | +9 62 | -7 17 | +6 22 | +6 5 | +3 10 | -4 200 33 | +2 Ark.-Pine Bluff | 12/18 16-46 .348 3-12 .250 5-6 .833 6-20-26 21 40 6 14 1 6 200 15 at NM State W | 65-40 22-49 .449 8-25 .320 13-21 .619 12-24-36 11 | -10 65 | +25 12 | +6 11 | -3 2 | +1 6 | = 200 29 | +14 vs. Mississippi State | 12/22 21-51 .412 3-16 .188 7-11 .636 12-20-32 18 52 10 17 3 10 200 21 NM State W | 58-52 20-50 .400 9-23 .391 9-13 .692 12-21-33 14 | -4 58 | +6 10 | = 16 | -1 2 | -1 6 | -4 200 23 | +2 Northern N.M. | 12/29 12-50 .240 3-23 .130 3-5 .600 7-18-25 9 30 7 22 2 4 200 12 at NM State W | 104-30 41-70 .586 20-39 .513 2-4 .500 12-31-43 10 | +1 104 | +74 30 | +23 7 | -15 1 | -1 15 | +11 200 60 | +48 at California Baptist | 1/4 22-46 .478 8-26 .308 19-24 .792 8-18-26 15 71 14 17 2 5 200 37 NM State* W | 86-71 34-69 .493 10-31 .323 8-9 .889 17-19-36 20 | +5 86 | +15 16 | +2 9 | -8 3 | +1 7 | +2 200 36 | -1 Chicago State | 1/9 16-50 .320 5-19 .263 17-21 .810 6-25-31 21 54 11 19 0 4 200 24 at NM State* W | 93-54 29-59 .492 16-34 .471 19-25 .760 8-31-39 19 | -2 93 | +39 24 | +13 10 | -9 1 | +1 12 | +8 200 46 | +22 Kansas City | 1/11 26-57 .456 13-24 .542 6-14 .429 7-19-26 22 71 15 11 0 9 200 33 at NM State* W | 74-71 29-47 .617 8-18 .444 8-14 .571 3-30-33 18 | -4 74 | +3 20 | +5 18 | +7 4 | +4 4 | -5 200 42 | +9 at Utah Valley | 1/16 21-52 .404 5-19 .263 9-14 .643 6-22-28 18 56 15 14 2 6 200 27 NM State* W | 70-56 22-49 .449 11-29 .379 15-17 .882 6-29-35 16 | -2 70 | +14 16 | +1 15 | +1 3 | +1 7 | +1 200 34 | +7 at Seattle U | 1/18 23-54 .426 6-22 .273 15-18 .833 7-16-23 24 67 8 9 3 3 200 29 NM State* W | 75-67 20-50 .400 9-21 .429 26-31 .839 9-26-35 19 | -5 75 | +8 10 | +2 11 | +2 1 | -2 2 | -1 200 29 | = at UTRGV | 1/25 24-48 .500 5-15 .333 9-10 .900 6-17-23 19 62 12 15 4 6 200 29 NM State* W | 67-62 25-45 .556 8-20 .400 9-16 .563 7-19-26 | +3 15 | -4 67 | +5 20 | +8 17 | +2 0 | -4 5 | -1 200 36 | +7 CSU Bakersfield | 1/20 24-51 .471 7-21 .333 2-5 .400 6-24-30 23 57 13 10 1 5 200 30 at NM State* W | 61-57 18-42 .429 6-17 .353 19-25 .760 5-23-28 | -2 11 | -12 61 | +4 10 | -3 9 | -1 3 | +2 2 | -3 200 35 | +5 Grand Canyon | 2/1 18-49 .367 7-27 .259 9-15 .600 5-22-27 11 52 7 8 0 2 200 25 at NM State* W | 72-52 27-58 .466 12-30 .400 6-8 .750 9-28-37 | +10 14 | +3 72 | +20 17 | +10 8 | = 0 | = 6 | +4 200 34 | +9 at Chicago State | 2/6 18-39 .462 4-11 .364 9-14 .643 1-18-19 22 49 8 16 1 4 200 17 NM State* W | 71-49 23-50 .460 9-28 .321 16-20 .800 10-23-33 | +14 14 | -8 71 | +22 13 | +5 11 | -5 0 | -1 5 | +1 200 34 | +17 at Kansas City | 2/8 24-48 .500 6-18 .333 7-11 .636 5-18-23 20 61 7 11 5 5 200 30 NM State* W | 67-61 24-48 .500 4-12 .333 15-21 .714 10-21-31 | +8 13 | -7 67 | +6 10 | +3 10 | -1 1 | -4 4 | -1 200 27 | -3 Seattle U 21-56 .375 10-27 .370 12-17 .706 4-25-29 21 64 10 7 1 6 200 30 at NM State* W | 72-64 22-55 .400 7-25 .280 21-25 .840 8-33-41 | +12 17 | -4 72 | -8 10 | = 9 | +2 2 | -1 6 | = 200 37 | -7 Utah Valley 30-52 .577 7-20 .350 15-18 .833 6-16-22 17 82 16 9 1 7 200 34 at NM State* W | 84-82 30-52 .577 10-20 .500 14-21 .667 10-16-26 | +4 17 | = 84 | +2 17 | +1 12 | +3 1 | = 7 | = 200 40 | +6 UTRGV 22-48 .458 10-24 .417 8-11 .727 4-17-21 22 62 14 17 3 6 200 25 at NM State* W | 78-62 24-53 .453 12-29 .414 18-24 .750 17-23-40 | +19 16 | -6 78 | +16 19 | +5 18 | +1 3 | = 7 | +1 200 39 | +14 at Grand Canyon 20-45 .444 3-15 .200 10-17 .588 6-20-26 11 53 7 12 1 5 200 25 NM State* W | 67-53 26-71 .366 5-28 .179 10-10 1.000 25-23-48 | +22 14 | +3 67 | +14 12 | +5 8 | -4 1 | = 2 | -3 200 37 | +12 at CSU Bakersfield 19-48 .396 4-15 .267 4-11 .364 10-21-31 15 46 12 11 3 4 200 22 NM State* W | 62-46 20-50 .400 13-29 .448 9-11 .818 10-21-31 | = 14 | -1 62 | +16 15 | +3 12 | +1 1 | -2 6 | +2 200 32 | +10 California Baptist 15-52 .288 6-23 .261 14-17 .824 7-19-26 18 5 11 0 4 50 200 20 at NM State* W | 83-50 28-56 .500 12-30 .400 15-21 .714 10-25-35 | +9 16 | -2 15 | +10 7 | -4 4 | +4 7 | +3 83 | +33 200 46 | +26

2019-20 Points-Rebounds-Assists 1 2 3 5 10 11 12 13 15 20 21 24 25 32 35 55 OPPONENT W/L SCORE BUCHANAN OWENS T. BROWN HENRY RICE GILYARD II HARRIS BOBBITT AURRECOECHEA JOSEPH QUEEN McNAIR R. BROWN REWALT McCANTS WILLIAMS WESTERN N.M. W 92-46 4-6-2 7-1-0 DNP DNP 21-1-3 DNP DNP 6-5-0 10-2-0 DNP 14-3-4 11-7-0 4-3-1 0-1-0 5-8-1 10-3-3 at UTEP L 65-50 1-1-3 DNP 10-7-1 DNP 3-1-0 DNP DNP 2-6-0 4-5-0 DNP 21-7-4 0-3-0 DNP DNP 9-3-1 0-3-0 SOUTHERN W 79-63 4-3-7 DNP 5-5-2 DNP 2-3-0 DNP DNP 7-4-2 19-6-1 0-0-0 20-5-2 1-1-0 2-1-0 DNP 2-2-0 17-1-0 at #17/19 Arizona L 83-53 0-2-3 DNP 6-2-0 DNP 14-3-0 DNP DNP 6-1-1 4-2-1 0-0-0 12-7-1 2-2-0 0-1-0 DNP 2-5-1 7-2-2 rv/--NEW MEXICO L 78-77 2-2-3 DNP 10-1-5 DNP 13-3-1 DNP DNP 8-6-0 12-6-2 DNP 23-9-4 0-0-0 DNP DNP 4-4-1 5-2-1 vs. Colorado State W(OT) 78-70 4-8-3 DNP 0-1-2 DNP 21-8-1 DNP DNP 9-2-2 6-0-2 DNP 19-3-2 2-2-0 DNP DNP 9-5-1 8-2-0 vs. USF W 64-45 5-2-5 0-0-0 3-1-2 DNP 8-4-1 DNP DNP 7-5-1 5-7-1 0-0-0 10-1-0 2-1-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 10-7-1 13-2-1 vs. George Mason L 68-64 4-1-5 DNP 6-3-2 DNP 19-7-1 DNP DNP 3-3-1 2-2-1 DNP 14-7-1 2-1-0 DNP DNP 11-8-0 3-1-0 UTEP W 59-56 6-3-1 DNP 3-3-1 DNP 10-5-1 DNP DNP 14-2-1 9-7-0 DNP 2-6-4 2-2-0 DNP DNP 13-6-2 0-1-0 vs. Washington State L 63-54 3-4-4 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 14-9-2 DNP DNP 6-4-2 8-5-0 DNP 14-7-2 0-3-3 2-0-0 DNP 4-3-1 3-4-2 at Denver W 72-67 5-2-2 DNP DNP DNP 18-8-2 DNP DNP 2-5-1 14-7-0 DNP 15-5-7 2-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 12-7-0 4-2-0 at New Mexico L 69-62 0-0-0 DNP 8-2-1 DNP 10-4-3 DNP DNP 1-3-0 12-5-1 DNP 19-7-8 2-0-0 DNP DNP 10-9-4 0-0-0 ARK.-PINE BLUFF W 65-40 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-0 DNP 17-3-1 3-2-2 DNP 5-4-2 19-9-0 DNP 12-6-3 0-5-0 DNP 3-0-0 3-3-1 3-0-2 vs. Mississippi State W 58-52 0-0-0 DNP 0-2-0 DNP 8-6-2 14-1-3 3-0-2 6-1-0 3-6-0 DNP 6-10-2 0-0-0 DNP DNP 18-3-1 DNP NORTHERN NEW MEXICO W 104-30 3-5-0 5-2-1 DNP 8-4-2 DNP 12-1-3 8-2-7 6-4-3 8-6-2 DNP 17-3-8 8-3-1 DNP 9-0-0 12-4-1 8-5-2 at California Baptist* W 86-71 2-1-0 DNP 11-4-1 DNP 6-2-0 5-3-4 9-0-2 0-0-3 20-8-1 DNP 16-5-1 0-0-0 DNP DNP 17-7-4 0-0-0 CHICAGO STATE* W 93-54 0-6-9 6-0-0 8-1-0 DNP 14-3-1 6-2-5 DNP 7-3-3 14-8-0 DNP 17-6-1 0-4-1 DNP 3-0-0 7-5-4 11-0-0 KANSAS CITY* W 74-71 1-2-2 DNP 18-1-2 DNP 13-10-6 4-0-5 DNP 2-1-0 9-3-3 DNP 16-6-0 0-1-0 DNP DNP 9-7-2 2-0-0 at Utah Valley* W 70-56 0-3-2 DNP 17-1-1 DNP 6-1-2 3-5-3 DNP 5-4-2 4-4-1 DNP 17-4-1 0-1-1 DNP DNP 13-8-3 5-1-0 at Seattle U* W 75-67 7-0-3 DNP 7-1-2 DNP 17-11-2 3-1-1 DNP 3-1-0 19-11-0 DNP 10-6-0 DNP DNP DNP 9-4-2 DNP at UTRGV* W 67-62 2-6-3 DNP 9-1-2 DNP 8-4-4 9-0-3 DNP 6-2-3 19-4-2 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 12-7-3 2-0-0 CSU BAKERSFIELD* W 61-57 3-3-1 DNP 3-3-1 DNP 20-4-2 6-3-3 DNP 3-2-0 23-8-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 3-2-2 0-0-0 GRAND CANYON* W 72-52 6-2-2 1-0-0 5-1-0 DNP 18-6-3 6-1-5 DNP 0-3-1 14-5-1 DNP DNP 2-1-0 DNP 0-1-0 17-12-5 3-2-0 at Chicago State* W 71-49 5-3-4 3-0-0 5-4-1 DNP 12-6-1 12-3-0 DNP 6-4-2 6-6-2 DNP DNP 4-2-0 DNP 3-1-0 0-2-1 15-1-2 at Kansas City* W 67-61 4-2-1 DNP 10-1-3 DNP 13-5-2 6-1-1 DNP 0-3-0 23-4-1 DNP DNP 2-1-0 DNP DNP 9-9-2 0-1-0 SEATTLE U* W 74-62 5-2-1 DNP 9-1-1 DNP 10-5-3 10-3-1 DNP 0-2-0 11-5-1 DNP 2-2-0 0-1-0 DNP DNP 14-18-3 11-2-0 UTAH VALLEY* W 84-82 0-2-6 DNP DNP DNP 29-8-2 13-1-1 DNP 3-0-1 18-5-1 DNP 2-3-1 0-0-0 DNP DNP 11-6-5 5-1-0 UTRGV* W 78-62 1-4-3 DNP 18-2-1 DNP 20-6-5 8-2-2 DNP 6-1-1 9-10-2 DNP 8-3-2 0-0-0 DNP DNP 8-6-3 0-1-0 at Grand Canyon* W 67-53 5-2-4 DNP 6-2-0 DNP 16-9-3 6-2-2 DNP 0-1-1 8-7-0 DNP 14-8-1 2-2-0 DNP 0-0-0 8-8-1 2-2-0 at CSU Bakersfield* W 62-46 3-2-0 DNP 12-1-3 DNP 4-5-1 9-6-6 DNP 3-2-0 8-4-2 DNP 5-2-1 2-0-0 DNP DNP 14-6-2 DNP CALIFORNIA BAPTIST* W 83-50 0-1-3 0-0-0 11-1-0 DNP 0-3-3 8-0-4 DNP 10-5-1 13-8-0 DNP 19-4-3 0-2-0 DNP 2-1-0 13-9-1 7-1-0

INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-GAME HIGHS | NM STATE INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-GAME HIGHS | OPPONENTS CATEGORY TOTAL NMSU PLAYER OPPONENT DATE CATEGORY TOTAL PLAYER TEAM DATE POINTS 29 Jabari Rice Utah Valley 2/15 POINTS 29 Jase Townsend Denver 12/10 FIELD GOALS MADE 9 Ivan Aurrecoechea at Kansas City 2/8 FIELD GOALS MADE 11 Terrell Brown Seattle U 1/18 Ivan Aurrecoechea at California Baptist 1/4 FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 21 Terrell Brown Seattle U 1/18 Trevelin Queen at UTEP 11/12 FIELD GOAL PCT. (Min 5 att.) 1.000 (7-7) Zeke Nnaji #17/19 Arizona 11/17 FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 19 Trevelin Queen New Mexico 11/21 1.000 (6-6) Justin Kier George Mason 11/27 Trevelin Queen vs. Wash. State 12/7 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE 5 Jase Townsend Denver 12/10 FIELD GOAL PCT. (Min 5 att.) 1.000 (7-7) Johnny McCants Grand Canyon 2/1 3-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 8 Justin Edler-Davis CSU Bakersfield 1/30 1.000 (5-5) Ivan Aurrecoechea New Mexico 12/14 Ferron Flavors, Jr. California Baptist 1/4 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE 4 Trevelin Queen California Baptist 3/5 Jamal Hartwell II George Mason 11/27 Terrell Brown at CSU Bakersfield 2/29 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PCT. 1.000 (4-4) Rob Whitfield Kansas City 1/11 Johnny McCants at CSU Bakersfield 2/29 1.000 (2-2) Bul Kuol California Baptist 3/5 Terrell Brown UTRGV 2/22 Mattia de Campo Seattle U 1/18 Jabari Rice Utah Valley 2/15 Jabari Rice Grand Canyon 2/1 Micah Bradford Southern 11/14 Jabari Rice at Seattle U 1/18 Montese Blake Southern 11/14 Terrell Brown Utah Valley 1/16 FREE THROWS MADE 10 CJ Elleby Wash. State 12/7 Trevelin Queen Chicago State 1/9 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED 13 CJ Elleby Wash. State 12/7 Evan Gilyard II Northern N.M. 12/29 FREE THROW PCT. (min. 3 att.) 1.000 (6-6) Andrew Lewis Chicago State 1/9 Trevelin Queen at New Mexico 12/14 Souley Boum UTEP 12/3 Trevelin Queen New Mexico 11/21 1.000 (5-5) Zeke Nnaji #17/19 Arizona 11/17 Jabari Rice at #17/19 Arizona 11/17 Souley Boum UTEP 11/12 Shawn Williams Southern 11/4 1.000 (4-4) Milan Acquaah California Baptist 3/5 3-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 11 Jabari Rice Grand Canyon 2/1 Isaiah White Utah Valley 2/15 Terrell Brown George Mason 11/27 Mattia Da Campo Seattle U 2/13 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PCT. 1.000 (4-4) Johnny McCants at CSU Bakersfield 2/29 TJ Washington Utah Valley 1/16 1.000 (3-3) Johnny McCants Grand Canyon 2/1 Dequan Morris Ark.-Pine Bluff 12/18 Bryce Rewalt Northern N.M. 12/29 Jase Townsend Denver 1/19 1.000 (2-2) Jabari Rice at Kansas City 2/8 Marvin Cannon Wash. State 11/13 Tennessee Owens Chicago State 1/9 Jamal Hartwell II George Mason 11/6 Johnny McCants Northern N.M. 12/29 Jordan Miller George Mason 2/16 Shunn Buchanan UTEP 12/3 Carlton Bragg New Mexico 11/6 FREE THROWS MADE 9 Jabari Rice Utah Valley 2/15 Damiree Burns Southern 2/6 Ivan Aurrecoechea Ark.-Pine Bluff 12/18 1.000 (3-3) Micah Robinson California Baptist 3/5 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED 13 Ivan Aurrecoechea Ark.-Pine Bluff 12/18 Morgan Means Seattle U 1/18 FREE THROW PCT. (min. 3 att.) 1.000 (3-3) Evan Gilyard II Grand Canyon 2/1 Trey Woodbury Utah Valley 1/16 Jabari Rice at Seattle U 1/18 Josh Green #17/19 Arizona 11/17 Terrell Brown at Utah Valley 1/16 REBOUNDS | TOTAL 17 Carlton Bragg New Mexico 12/14 Jabari Rice Ark.-Pine Bluff 12/18 REBOUNDS | OFFENSIVE 5 Carlton Bragg New Mexico 12/14 Terrell Brown New Mexico 11/21 REBOUNDS | DEFENSIVE 12 Carlton Bragg New Mexico 12/14 Trevelin Queen Southern 11/13 ASSISTS 11 Javon Levi UTRGV 2/22 1.000 (4-4) Johnny McCants California Baptist 3/5 BLOCKS 4 AJ Wilson George Mason 11/27 Jabari Rice at CSU Bakersfield 2/29 Michael Dunn USF 11/26 Shawn Williams at Chicago State 2/6 Johnny McCants at Seattle U 1/18 STEALS 4, 5x last T. Brown Seattle U 2/13 Evan Gilyard II Mississippi State 12/22 MINUTES 39 Morgan Means Seattle U 1/18 C.J. Bobbitt UTEP 12/3 JaQuan Lyle New Mexico 12/14 Jabari Rice v. George Mason11/27 Jabari Rice v. Colorado State11/25 SINGLE-GAME SEASON HIGHS | OPPONENTS Trevelin Queen v.Colorado State 11/25 CATEGORY TOTAL DATE OPPONENT Shunn Buchanan Southern 11/14 POINTS 83 11/17 #17/19 Arizona C.J. Bobbitt Western N.M. 11/5 1.000 (7-7) Ivan Aurrecoechea Seattle U 2/13 FIRST-HALF POINTS 43 11/17 #17/19 Arizona REBOUNDS | TOTAL 18 Johnny McCants Seattle U 2/13 SECOND-HALF POINTS 48 2/15 Utah Valley REBOUNDS | OFFENSIVE 6 Ivan Aurrecoechea UTRGV 2/22 OVERTIME POINTS 10 11/25 Colorado State REBOUNDS | DEFENSIVE 14 Johnny McCants Seattle U 2/13 FIELD GOALS MADE 30 2/15 Utah Valley ASSISTS 9 Shunn Buchanan Chicago State 1/9 11/17 #17/19 Arizona BLOCKS 3 Johnny McCants CSU Bakersfield 1/30 STEALS 7 Trevelin Queen Northern N.M. 12/29 FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 57 1/11 Kansas City MINUTES 41 Trevelin Queen Colorado State 11/25 11/17 #17/19 Arizona 12/10 Denver SINGLE-GAME SEASON HIGHS | NM STATE FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .577 2/15 Utah Valley CATEGORY TOTAL DATE OPPONENT 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE 13 1/11 Kansas City POINTS 104 12/29 Northern New Mexico 3-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 27 2/13 Seattle U FIRST-HALF POINTS 60 12/29 Northern New Mexico 11/5 Western New Mexico SECOND-HALF POINTS 50 1/4 at California Baptist 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .583 11/14 Southern OVERTIME POINTS 18 11/25 vs. Colorado State FREE THROWS MADE 23 12/14 New Mexico FIELD GOALS MADE 41 12/29 Northern New Mexico FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED 28 12/14 New Mexico FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 71 2/27 at Grand Canyon FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .617 1/11 Kansas City FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .933 12/3 UTEP 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE 20 12/29 Northern New Mexico OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS 12 12/22 Mississippi State 3-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 39 12/29 Northern New Mexico 11/27 George Mason 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .524 11/26 vs. USF DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS 30 12/7 Washington State FREE THROWS MADE 27 11/14 Southern TOTAL REBOUNDS 37 12/7 Washington State FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED 39 11/14 Southern REBOUNDING MARGIN +4 11/27 George Mason FREE THROW PERCENTAGE 1.000 2/27 at Grand Canyon OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS 25 2/27 at Grand Canyon PERSONAL FOULS 34 11/14 Southern DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS 33 2/13 Seattle U ASSISTS 16 2/15 Utah Valley TOTAL REBOUNDS 43 12/29 Northern New Mexico TURNOVERS 22 12/29 Northern New Mexico REBOUNDING MARGIN +22 2/27 at Grand Canyon BLOCKS 6 11/17 #17/19 Arizona 11/5 Western New Mexico STEALS 14 12/14 New Mexico PERSONAL FOULS 22 12/7 vs. Washington State ASSISTS 30 12/29 Northern New Mexico SINGLE-GAME SEASON LOWS | OPPONENTS TURNOVERS 22 12/14 at New Mexico BLOCKS 7 12/7 vs. Washington State CATEGORY TOTAL DATE OPPONENT STEALS 15 12/29 Northern New Mexico POINTS 30 12/29 Northern New Mexico FIRST-HALF POINTS 12 12/29 Northern New Mexico SINGLE-GAME SEASON LOWS | NM STATE SECOND-HALF POINTS 18 12/29 Northern New Mexico CATEGORY TOTAL DATE OPPONENT FIELD GOALS MADE 12 12/29 Northern New Mexico POINTS 50 11/12 at UTEP FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 39 2/6 Chicago State FIRST-HALF POINTS 21 11/17 at #17/19 Arizona 12/7 vs. Washington State FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .240 12/29 Northern New Mexico SECOND-HALF POINTS 25 11/12 at UTEP 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE 3 2/27 Grand Canyon FIELD GOALS MADE 18 1/30 CSU Bakersfield 12/29 Northern New Mexico 11/17 at #17/19 Arizona 12/22 Mississippi State FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 42 1/30 CSU Bakersfield FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .327 11/17 at #17/19 Arizona 11/12 UTEP 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE 4 2/8 at Kansas City 12/18 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 3-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 12 2/8 at Kansas City 3-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 11 2/6 Chicago State 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .179 2/27 at Grand Canyon 12/7 vs. Washington State 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .130 12/29 Northern New Mexico FREE THROWS MADE 2 12/29 Northern New Mexico FREE THROWS MADE 2 1/30 CSU Bakersfield 11/12 at UTEP FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED 5 1/30 CSU Bakersfield FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED 4 12/29 Northern New Mexico 12/29 Northern New Mexico FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .182 11/12 at UTEP OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS 3 1/11 Kansas City FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .364 2/29 CSU Bakersfield DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS 16 2/15 Utah Valley OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS 1 2/6 Chicago State 11/27 vs. George Mason DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS 13 11/5 Western New Mexico TOTAL REBOUNDS 26 2/15 Utah Valley TOTAL REBOUNDS 18 11/5 Western New Mexico 1/25 at UTRGV REBOUNDING MARGIN -4 11/27 vs. George Mason REBOUNDING MARGIN -22 2/27 Grand Canyon PERSONAL FOULS 10 12/29 Northern New Mexico 11/5 Western New Mexico ASSISTS 9 11/12 at UTEP PERSONAL FOULS 9 12/29 Northern New Mexico 22 11/17 at #17/19 Arizona TURNOVERS 7 3/5/20 California Baptist ASSISTS 4 11/14 Southern 12/29 Northern New Mexico 11/27 George Mason BLOCKS 0, 6x last 2/6 at Chicago State TURNOVERS 7 2/13 Seattle U STEALS 2 2/27 at Grand Canyon BLOCKS 0, 6x last 3/5 California Baptist 1/30 CSU Bakersfield 1/18 at Seattle U STEALS 2 2/1 Grand Canyon 11/17 at #17/19 Arizona 2019-20AGGIE BASKETBALL | GAMEthirty-two | thursdAY | 3|11 | 1:00 p.m. | las vegas, nev. | #AGGIEUP rv/--NM STATE25-6 | --/--chicago state4-25

NM STATE SPECIALTY STATS LARGEST TIME SPENT PAINT PTS. PTS. OFF T/O 2nd CHANCE PTS. FAST BREAK BENCH PTS. DATE OPPONENT SCORE LEAD DEFICIT TIES LC LEADING TRAILING TIED NMSU OPP NMSU OPP NMSU OPP NMSU OPP NMSU OPP 11/6 WESTERN NEW MEXICO W | 83-71 52 ------39:40 -- 0:20 26 | +24 2 11 | +7 4 17 | +12 5 4 | +4 0 48 | +37 11 11/8 at UTEP L | 65-50 3 15 2 4 2:55 33:20 3:45 28 | -6 34 9 | -13 22 15 | +5 10 4 | +2 2 12 | +1 11 11/13 SOUTHERN W | 79-63 19 3 1 3 31:59 5:29 2:32 28 | -2 30 18 | +7 11 11 | = 11 10 | +8 2 24 | -14 38 11/17 at #17/19 Arizona L | 83-53 -- 33 ------38:43 1:17 16 | -14 30 12 | -13 25 5 | -14 19 4 | -7 11 25 | -7 32 11/21 rv/-- NEW MEXICO L | 78-77 9 4 7 12 30:19 6:31 3:10 40 | -2 42 17 | +2 15 20 | +10 10 7 | -5 12 22 | +9 13 11/25 vs. Colorado State W | 78-70 (OT) 16 -- 2 -- 41:28 -- 3:32 34 | +4 30 19 | = 19 10 | +5 5 9 | -1 10 40 | +22 18 11/26 vs. South Florida W | 65-45 27 6 1 5 31:40 8:12 1:08 20 | +2 18 17 | -1 18 8 | +3 5 10 | +8 2 35 | +23 12 11/27 vs. George Mason L | 68-64 15 7 3 5 33:40 3:06 3:14 34 | +4 30 15 | -3 18 23 | +13 10 3 | -9 12 35 | +16 19 12/3 UTEP W | 59-56 7 5 6 4 26:56 7:00 6:04 32 | +10 22 14 | = 14 8 | +2 6 3 | -3 6 25 | +21 4 12/7 vs. Washington State L | 63-54 3 14 2 3 3:56 32:51 2:13 30 | +12 18 10 | -7 17 16 | +9 7 12 | +10 2 23 | = 23 12/10 at Denver W | 72-67 18 ------39:19 -- 0:41 40 | +10 30 20 | -2 22 11 | +9 2 14 | -6 20 18 | +10 8 12/14 at New Mexico L | 69-62 7 9 3 8 16:48 19:42 3:30 28 | -4 32 18 | = 18 15 | +6 9 6 | -11 17 20 | +2 18 12/18 ARK.-PINE BLUFF W | 65-40 25 -- 1 -- 38:34 -- 1:26 28 | +12 16 12 | -2 14 12 | +10 2 8 | +3 5 14 | +3 11 12/22 vs. Mississippi State W | 58-52 14 4 2 4 32:57 3:10 3:53 20 | -10 30 12 | -4 16 11 | -4 15 10 | +5 5 23 | +20 3 12/29 NORTHERN N.M. W | 104-30 74 2 -- 1 38:56 0:17 0:47 42 | +36 6 31 | +24 8 16 | +16 0 22 | +19 3 51 | +40 11 1/4 at California Baptist* W | 86-71 17 3 4 8 34:52 4:03 1:05 46 | +24 22 21 | +11 10 25 | +22 3 12 | +1 11 18 | +10 8 1/9 CHICAGO STATE* W | 93-54 41 ------39:42 -- 0:18 24 | +6 18 25 | +14 11 11 | +8 3 21 | +16 5 35 | +19 16 1/11 KANSAS CITY* W | 74-71 12 -- 1 -- 39:05 -- 0:55 40 | +18 22 16 | -5 21 5 | -4 9 10 | +2 8 23 | +14 9 1/16 at Utah Valley* W | 70-56 19 2 4 2 35:53 0:31 3:36 20 | -6 26 17 | +1 16 8 | = 8 16 | +6 10 27 | +18 9 1/18 at Seattle U* W | 75-67 8 11 8 11 17:26 19:02 3:32 22 | -6 28 10 | -3 13 15 | +8 7 4 | -3 7 17 | -7 24 1/25 at UTRGV* W | 67-62 12 6 0 3 31:17 8:13 0:30 30 | +14 16 21 | +2 19 10 | +4 6 5 | -6 11 10 | +6 4 1/30 CSU BAKERSFIELD* W | 61-57 10 1 4 4 35:16 0:59 3:45 22 | +6 16 8 | +1 7 6 | = 6 6 | = 6 6 | -16 22 2/1 GRAND CANYON* W | 72-52 27 2 3 1 38:03 1:13 0:44 30 | +16 14 19 | +13 6 12 | +9 3 2 | +2 0 12 | +7 5 2/6 at Chicago State* W | 71-49 28 1 1 2 36:31 0:49 2:40 14 | -8 22 29 | +22 7 13 | +13 0 6 | +4 2 36 | +19 17 2/8 at Kansas City* W | 67-61 16 8 4 3 18:01 20:45 1:14 34 | +8 26 17 | +6 11 11 | +8 3 6 | +1 5 6 | -8 14 2/13 SEATTLE U* W | 74-62 11 0 1 0 39:11 -- 0:49 26 | +4 22 5 | -2 7 12 | +8 4 13 | +5 8 18 | +5 13 2/15 UTAH VALLEY* W | 84-82 10 5 7 11 25:30 10:01 4:29 40 | +2 38 12 | -5 17 13 | +10 3 15 | +6 9 11 | -8 19 2/22 UTRGV* W | 78-62 18 7 -- 3 28:25 10:41 0:54 22 | +12 10 22 | +3 19 13 | +11 2 20 | +15 5 25 | +15 10 2/27 at Grand Canyon* W | 67-53 26 ------39:29 -- 0:31 40 | +12 28 17 | +5 12 22 | +14 8 8 | +4 4 15 | +1 14 2/29 at CSU-Bakersfield* W | 62-46 19 3 1 1 38:23 0:43 0:54 14 | -8 22 17 | +5 12 13 | +4 9 7 | -4 11 22 | +11 11 3/5 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST* W | 83-50 41 ------39:30 -- 0:30 32 | +18 14 16 | +12 4 16 | +13 3 17 | +16 1 30 | +11 19 NM STATE MISCELLANEOUS STATS OPENING TIPOFF OPENING RUN FIRST NMSU... FIRST OPP... FIRST NMSU SUB NMSU TIMEOUTS NMSU DUNKS RESULT OPPONENT | DATE PLAYER RESULT BY SCORE POINTS FG POINTS FG TIME--PLAYER # FIRST CALLED # | PLAYERS W | 92-46 WESTERN N.M. | 11/5 Queen W NMSU 16-0 19:40 19:40 14:30 14:30 15:04--Rice 0 -- | -- 4 | R. Brown (x2), McNair, Rice L | 65-50 at UTEP | 11/12 Queen L UTEP 4-0 17:04 17:04 18:49 18:49 15:59--McCants 1 2H | 1:53 2 | Queen (x2) W | 79-63 SOUTHERN | 11/14 Queen L SU 3-0 15:14 15:14 18:09 18:09 17:42--McCants 1 2H | 14:57 4 | Aurrecoechea (x2), Queen (x2) L | 83-53 at #17/19 Arizona | 11/17 Queen W UA 10-0 14:41 14:41 18:43 18:43 16:41--McCants 0 -- | -- 2 | McCants, Queen L | 78-77 rv/-- NEW MEXICO | 11/21 Queen L UNM 4-0 18:59 18:59 19:48 19:48 16:45--McCants 2 1H | 1:14 4 | Aurrecoecha, McCants, Queen (x2) W | 78-70 (OT) vs. Colorado State | 11/25 Queen W NMSU 5-0 19:29 19:29 17:50 17:50 16:08--Williams 3 2H | 17:15 2 | McCants, Queen W | 65-45 vs. South Florida | 11/26 Queen L USF 2-0 18:48 18:48 19:53 19:53 15:59--Rice 2 1H | 0:33 0 | -- L | 68-64 vs. George Mason | 11/27 Queen W NMSU 2-0 19:16 19:16 18:53 17:01 16:22--Rice 3 1H | 0:22 1 | Queen W | 59-56 UTEP | 12/3 Queen W NMSU 4-0 18:55 18:55 17:25 17:25 16:28--McCants 2 2H | 0:56 1 | McNair L | 63-54 vs. Washington State | 12/7 Aurrecoechea W NMSU 2-0 19:30 19:30 18:32 18:32 18:48--McCants 1 2H | 1:16 1 | Queen W | 72-67 at Denver | 12/10 Aurrecoechea W NMSU 5-0 19:19 19:19 16:59 16:59 17:36--McCants 3 1H | 0:52 5 | McCants (x2), Rice, Queen (x2) L | 69-62 at New Mexico | 12/14 Aurrecoechea L UNM 2-0 18:33 17:41 18:42 18:16 18:42--T. Brown 4 1H | 1:24 2 | Queen (x2) W | 65-40 ARK.-PINE BLUFF | 12/18 Aurrecoechea W NMSU 3-0 18:56 18:56 17:27 17:27 16:14--T. Brown 0 -- | -- 4 | McCants, Queen (x3) W | 58-52 vs. Miss. State | 12/22 Aurrecoechea L NMSU 3-0 18:14 18:14 17:03 16:13 16:29--Harris 3 1H | 0:31 3 | McCants (x2), Queen W | 104-30 NORTHERN N.M. | 12/29 Aurrecoechea L NNMC 2-0 18:56 18:56 19:13 19:13 17:56--Henry 3 1H | 9:58 5 | Aurrecoechea, McCants, McNair, Queen (x2) W | 86-71 at California Baptist | 1/4 Aurrecoechea L NMSU 2-0 19:19 19:19 19:03 19:03 16:17--Gilyard 1 1H | 0:32 1 | McCants W | 93-54 CHICAGO STATE | 1/9 Aurrecoechea W NMSU 8-0 19:42 19:42 16:28 16:28 15:00--Buchanan 0 -- | -- 4 | McCants (x2), Rice (x2) W | 74-71 KANSAS CITY | 1/11 Aurrecoechea W NMSU 8-0 19:35 19:35 19:03 19:03 15:06--Brown 1 2H | 1:30 6 | Aurrecoechea, McCants (x3), Queen (x2) W | 70-56 at Utah Valley | 1/16 Aurrecoechea W NMSU 3-0 19:51 19:51 19:29 19:29 14:50--Brown 2 1H | 12:26 3 | McCants (x2), Queen W | 75-67 at Seattle U | 1/18 Aurrecoechea W SU 2-0 18:24 18:24 19:29 17:20 15:56--Brown 2 1H | 13:22 2 | Aurrecoechea, McCants W | 67-62 at UTRGV | 1/25 Aurrecoechea W UTRGV 4-0 18:17 18:17 19:30 19:30 17:16--Buchanan 1 2H | 10:10 0 | -- W | 61-57 CSU BAKERSFIELD | 1/30 Aurrecoechea W NMSU 6-0 19:26 19:26 18:14 18:14 14:52--Buchanan 4 1H | 0:30 0 | -- W | 72-52 GRAND CANYON | 2/1 Aurrecoechea L GCU 2-0 19:13 19:13 19:36 19:36 15:09--Buchanan 1 1H | 1:29 3 | McCants (x2), Rice W | 71-49 at Chicago State | 2/6 Aurrecoechea W NMSU 5-0 17:20 17:20 14:31 14:31 16:36--McNair 0 -- | -- 0 | -- W | 67-61 at Kansas City | 2/8 McCants L KC 4-0 16:05 16:05 19:41 19:41 15:36--Bobbitt 1 1H | 0:37 1 | McCants W | 72-64 SEATTLE U | 2/13 Aurrecoechea W NMSU 5-0 19:28 19:28 18:33 18:33 16:50--Buchanan 1 2H | 1:09 2 | McCants (x2) W | 84-82 UTAH VALLEY | 2/15 Aurrecoechea L UVU 2-0 18:05 18:05 19:00 19:00 16:04--Buchanan 4 1H | 1:53 4 | Aurrecoechea (x2), McCants, Rice W | 78-62 UTRGV | 2/22 Aurrecoechea L UTRGV 1-0 19:00 19:00 19:06 18:43 17:59--Brown 2 2H | 17:14 2 | Aurrecoechea, McCants W | 67-53 at Grand Canyon | 2/27 Aurrecoechea W NMSU 10-0 19:29 19:29 15:53 15:53 14:46--Brown 0 -- | -- 3 | McCants, Queen (x2) W | 62-46 at CSU Bakersfield | 2/29 Aurrecoechea L CSU-B 3-0 18:57 18:57 19:40 19:40 16:01--Bobbitt 0 -- | -- 1 | Aurrecoechea W | 83-50 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST | 3/5 Aurrecoechea W NMSU 10-0 19:30 19:30 17:17 13:40 15:49--Brown 1 2H | 3:05 8 | Aurrecoechea, McCants (x3), Queen (x4) 24

2019-20 Box Scores NEW MEXICO STATE (1-0) ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS GAME ONE | NEW MEXICO STATE 92, WESTERN NEW MEXICO 46 21 Queen,Trevelin * 22 5-8 2-3 2-2 2-1-3 0 4 2 0 2 14 The New Mexico State men’s basketball team opened up its 2019-20 55 Williams,Shawn * 33 4-10 2-7 0-0 0-3-3 0 3 2 0 1 10 campaign inside the Pan American Center versus Western New Mexico 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 12 4-5 0-0 2-2 1-1-2 0 0 1 0 0 10 GAME 1 13 Bobbitt,C.J. * 18 1-3 0-2 4-4 1-4-5 5 0 1 0 0 6 on Tuesday night. After scoring the first 16 points of the game, the 1 Buchanan,Shunn * 23 1-2 1-1 1-2 1-5-6 3 2 4 0 1 4 Aggies never looked back en route to a decisive 92-46 win over the 10 Rice,Jabari 20 6-9 2-5 7-9 0-1-1 1 3 1 0 0 21 Mustangs at home. 24 McNair,William 17 4-5 0-0 3-4 3-4-7 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 Owens,Tennessee 15 1-3 1-3 4-5 0-1-1 2 0 0 0 0 7 35 McCants,Johnny 17 2-4 1-3 0-0 3-5-8 0 1 1 0 1 5 Following the lopsided season-opening victory head coach Chris Jans 25 Brown,Robert 17 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 said, “Obviously they were outmanned and we anticipated that as vs. 32 Rewalt,Bryce 6 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 coaches, but we kept telling the guys to play against the game and 92 46 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1-0 | | 0-0 | play to get better. We didn’t want them to get caught up in the score TOTALS - 200 30-55 9-25 23-2811-29-40 11 14 13 0 5 92 TUESDay, NOVEMBER 5 54.5% 36.0% 82.1% and that’s probably the brightest spot for me that they handled that in PAN AM CENTER • LAS CRUCES, N.M. a mature way.” Attendance: 5,066 NEW MEXICO STATE (0-0) ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS NEW MEXICO STATE | 52 | 40 | 92 15 Leonard ,Andrew * 21 5-9 4-7 0-0 0-1-1 3 1 0 0 1 14 WESTERN NEW MEXICO | 16 | 30 | 46 NM State entered the contest against Western New Mexico missing 23 Barnes ,Rajan * 21 4-16 3-7 0-0 0-3-3 2 1 4 0 2 11 NMS FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 4 McDougal ,Michael * 31 3-10 2-5 2-2 0-0-0 4 5 5 0 0 10 three key starters, but that did not seem to hold back the Aggies one 1st 15-26 6-15 16-19 14 Vanbeekum,CJ * 25 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 4 0 0 0 2 0 bit on opening night. After 2019 WAC Tournament MVP Trevelin Queen HALF 57.7% 40% 84% 34 Simon ,Rodney * 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A put up the first points of the new season, the Aggies then jumped out NMS 20 Dunnell ,Cyree 20 2-4 1-1 2-4 0-0-0 2 0 2 0 0 7 2nd 15-29 3-10 7-9 to a quick 16-0 lead in the first 5:30 of action. HALF 51.7% 30% 77.8% 12 Holifield,Elijah 11 2-6 0-3 0-0 1-3-4 1 0 0 0 1 4 5 Cash,Amarion 12 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 WNM FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 32 Giron,Eddie 12 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Western New Mexico was able to get on the board at the 14:30 mark 1st 5-24 4-11 2-4 42 Rodriguez,Alfredo 11 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 with their first basket of the night, but momentum clearly remained HALF 20.8% 36.4% 50% 30 Hohenstein,Ian 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 in favor of the Crimson & White who went on a 13-0 run before the WNM FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 35 Sanders ,Malik 9 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0-1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2nd 11-32 6-16 2-2 21 Mosialos,George 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 1 0 Mustangs could muster up their next basket at the 7:52 mark of the HALF 34.4% 37.5% 100% 24 Manzano ,Ben 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 first half. TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS - 200 16-56 10-27 4-6 5-13-18 27 8 14 0 7 46 Play in the first half continued to be paced by the Aggies who closed 28.6 % 37.0 % 66.7 % out the final seven minutes outscoring the opposition, 23-10, to head into the locker room ahead of the Mustangs 52-16. Play at the half was led by Jabari Rice who had already surpassed his career-high putting up 14 points, followed by Queen who added 10 of his own.

At the start of the second half, WNMU looked to have some new life trying to get back into the game scoring two of the first three baskets. However, NM State quickly put an end to that rattling off a 13-2 run to put the home teams lead at 67-23 when a media timeout was called with 12:00 remaining.

After the break the sides looked to trade baskets before the Mustangs went on a 7-0 run, which was their largest of the contest. To close out the game just as coach Jans’ Aggies were able to do throughout the historic 2018-19 season, the team used its depth with 11 players seeing action that helped the team secure the opening night win over Western New Mexico, 92-46.

When the night came to a close five NM State players posted double-digit scoring, led by Rice who put up a personal best 21 points, followed by Queen with 14, William McNair added 11 in his first career game in the Crimson & White, while Shawn Williams also put up 10 points in his first game as an Aggie and Ivan Aurrecoechea added 10 as well. Another first-time scorer for NM State was Las Cruces native Tennessee Owens who scored seven points with the first basket for the hometown player coming from beyond the arc to get him on the board.

NM State was 30-of-55 (54.5%) from the field and outrebounded WNMU 40-18. At the line, the Aggies were 23-for-28 (82.1%) and forced 14 turnover, including five steals.

NEW MEXICO STATE (1-1) GAME TWO | NEW MEXICO STATE 50, UTEP 65 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS The New Mexico State men’s basketball team traveled to the Don 21 Trevelin Queen * 30 9-16 3-6 0-1 4-3-7 5 4 1 0 3 21 Haskins Center to take on Battle of I-10 rival UTEP on Tuesday night 3 Terrell Brown * 34 4-11 2-6 0-2 2-5-7 0 1 6 0 0 10 15 Ivan Aurrecoechea * 17 2-5 0-0 0-0 1-4-5 2 0 1 0 0 4 in El Paso, Texas. A tough night shooting from the field and the line GAME 2 13 C.J. Bobbitt * 24 1-7 0-3 0-0 1-5-6 1 0 2 0 0 2 hampered NM State as they fell to UTEP, 65-50. 1 Shunn Buchanan * 21 0-3 0-2 1-2 1-0-1 3 3 3 0 0 1 35 Johnny McCants 25 4-5 1-2 0-3 0-3-3 2 1 2 0 1 9 To open the rivalry contest, the Aggies struggled to knock down shots 10 Jabari Rice 20 1-6 0-4 1-2 1-0-1 4 0 0 0 0 3 55 Shawn Williams 22 0-4 0-3 0-0 2-1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 and it was not until 2:58 into the game that the Crimson & White got 24 William McNair 7 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-2-3 0 0 0 0 1 0 on the board. Trailing by four early, Trevelin Queen hit a three that was TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 0 0 1 0 0 0 at followed by another triple by Terrell Brown to give NM State it’s first TOTALS - 200 21-57 6-26 2-11 14-25-39 17 9 16 0 5 50 lead of the night, 8-7. 50 65 36.8 % 23.1 % 18.2 % | 1-1 | | 2-0 | UTEP (2-0) TUESDay, NOVEMBER 12 Following the lead change the teams then traded baskets all the way DON HASKINS CENTER • EL PASO, TEXAS ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Attendance: 8,993 11 Bryson Williams * 17 7-11 0-0 5-6 1-7-8 4 0 2 0 0 19 until a media timeout at the 8:08 mark where NM State trailed by 2 Jordan Lathon * 34 6-13 1-3 0-1 1-3-4 4 2 2 1 3 13 NEW MEXICO STATE | 25 | 25 | 50 just one, 16-15. Each team rattled off a small run before the Aggies 24 Daryl Edwards * 37 3-5 1-3 1-2 0-3-3 1 2 3 1 0 8 UTEP | 28 | 37 | 65 knocked down the final two baskets and only trailed the Miners, 28-25, 0 Souley Boum * 38 1-8 0-4 5-5 2-2-4 1 0 1 0 2 7 NMS FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 4 Eric Vila * 36 2-4 1-3 2-2 0-6-6 0 3 2 0 1 7 after the first 20 minutes of action. 1st 11-33 3-13 0-3 32 Efe Odigie 20 1-3 0-0 3-4 0-3-3 4 3 1 0 1 5 HALF 33.3% 23.1% 0% 23 Nigel Hawkins 11 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 1 4 NMS FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Through one half of play Queen led the Aggies in scoring with nine 2nd 10-24 3-13 2-8 1 Tydus Verhoeven 7 1-1 0-0 0-1 1-2-3 2 0 0 0 0 2 points and Brown followed with seven. The first half also saw NM State HALF 41.7% 23.1% 25% TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTALS - 200 23-49 3-13 16-21 6-27-33 16 10 12 3 8 65 all over the boards reeling in 24 to just 15 for UTEP. UTEP FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 46.9 % 23.1 % 76.2 % 1st 10-23 3-7 5-9 Opening the second half, the Aggies knocked down the first basket HALF 43.5% 42.9% 55.6% UTEP FG-A 3FG-A FT-A to get things rolling, but the Miners countered with a 10-3 run as the 2nd 13-26 0-6 11-12 deficit grew for the Crimson & White. Trailing by six at the media time- HALF 50% 0% 91.7% out with 11:52 remaining, the Aggies then allowed the Miners to rattle off 11 of the game’s next 13 points and NM State trailed by 13, 49-36.

Looking to get back in to the game, NM State battled back to cut the UTEP lead to eight with just over four minutes left. Unfortunately, that would be the closest the Aggies would get as they fell on the road to the Miners, 65-50.

Scoring for the Crimson & White was led by Queen who totaled 21 points, but fouled out late in the second half. Brown added 10 points as the only other Aggie to reach double digits. The Aggies were able to outrebound the Miners 40-33, but only able to shoot 21-57 (36.8%) from the field and 2-11 (18.2%) from the line.

NEW MEXICO STATE (2-1) GAME THREE | NEW MEXICO STATE 79, SOUTHERN 63 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS The New Mexico State men’s basketball team played host to Southern 21 Queen,Trevelin * 37 7-13 3-7 3-3 1-4-5 2 2 1 0 1 20 for its second home game of the season and third overall on Thursday 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 22 8-11 0-0 3-8 5-1-6 3 1 2 0 0 19 13 Bobbitt,C.J. * 22 0-2 0-1 7-10 2-2-4 2 2 1 0 0 7 night inside the Pan American Center. After taking a three-point edge GAME 3 3 Brown,Terrell * 20 1-6 1-6 2-2 0-5-5 0 2 1 0 0 5 at the 9:49 mark of the first half, the Aggies never looked back holding 1 Buchanan,Shunn * 29 0-2 0-1 4-4 0-3-3 2 7 2 0 2 4 a lead until the final buzzer to defeat the Jaguars, 79-63. 55 Williams,Shawn 28 4-8 4-6 5-6 0-1-1 0 0 4 0 0 17 35 McCants,Johnny 23 1-1 0-0 0-2 1-1-2 2 0 1 0 3 2 10 Rice,Jabari 5 1-2 0-1 0-0 2-1-3 2 0 0 0 0 2 After the victory at home head coach Chris Jans said, “The goal was 25 Brown,Robert 5 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-1-1 3 0 1 0 0 2 to win the game and after our last outing we certainly weren’t very 24 McNair,William 8 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-0-1 2 0 0 1 0 1 vs pleased. We had a quick turnaround with a one-day prep which isn’t 20 Joseph,Dajour 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 too common this early in the season, so we were happy to get a win.” 79 63 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2-1 | | 1-2 | TOTALS - 200 22-46 8-22 27-39 12-19-31 18 14 13 1 6 79 THURSDay, NOVEMBER 14 47.8 % 36.4 % 69.2 % NM State (2-1) started slow in the Thursday night clash, allowing PAN AM CENTER • LAS CRUCES, N.M. Attendance: 5,066 SOUTHERN (1-2) Southern (1-2) to get the first points on the board and the Aggies ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS NEW MEXICO STATE | 30 | 49 | 79 remained scoreless for the first 4:47 of play. Jabari Rice then got thigs 1 Shivers,Ahsante * 24 3-8 1-2 1-2 0-1-1 5 1 1 0 1 8 SOUTHERN | 25 | 38 | 63 going offensively and an inbound alley-oop to Trevelin Queen gave 20 Lee,Lamarcus * 20 3-6 1-1 0-0 1-1-2 4 1 2 0 0 7 NMS FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 12 Williams,Darius * 30 2-3 0-0 1-2 1-5-6 5 0 1 0 0 5 the Aggies their first lead early in the contest. 1st 8-20 1-10 13-18 40 Kuljuhovic,Amel * 15 1-5 1-3 2-2 1-3-4 2 0 1 0 0 5 HALF 40% 10% 72.2% 5 Burns,Damiree * 18 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 5 0 2 0 1 0 NMS FG-A 3FG-A FT-A The Jaguars countered this play with an 8-0 run that then put the 2nd 14-26 7-12 14-21 13 Bradford,Micah 21 4-7 2-2 3-4 0-1-1 5 2 3 0 1 13 Crimson & White behind 11-8. This would be the final lead the opposi- HALF 53.9% 58.3% 66.7% 11 Blake,Montese 11 5-8 2-2 0-0 1-0-1 2 0 2 0 0 12 2 Burns,Damiree 20 2-4 0-1 4-4 1-2-3 5 0 1 0 3 8 tion would get, however, as NM State went on a run of their own with SU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 10 Johnson,Delor 15 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 1 1 1 4 11 straight points to carry a 19-11 advantage into the media timeout 1st 7-21 4-5 7-10 24 Wilson,Osa 5 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 with 8:00 left to go in the first half. HALF 33.3% 80% 70% 3 Baggs,Skyler 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 SU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 25 Brook,Brendon 9 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2nd 15-29 3-7 5-6 21 Mack,Samuel 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Southern hoped to climb back into the contest with a couple of quick 51.7% 42.9% 83.3% HALF 4 Rollins,Isaiah 0+ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 baskets, including one three-pointer, but NM State continued to apply TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 pressure on both ends of the floor. This led to the Jaguars getting into TOTALS - 200 22-50 7-12 12-16 7-16-23 34 4 16 1 7 63 foul trouble to reach the bonus that sent the Aggies to the line. After 44.0 % 58.3 % 75.0 % knocking down four-straight free throws, NM State finished the half with a pair of baskets to carry a 30-25 lead into the locker rooms at the end of the first 20 minutes of action.

In the opening of the second half the Aggies continued to take it to the Jaguars scoring the first eight points to increase the team’s lead. After Southern knocked down its first basket 3:04 into the half, NM State continued to stifle the opposition and increase the team’s advantage to 46-31 at the media timeout with 11:48 left in the game.

Play by the opposition picked up with under seven minutes to go, cutting the lead for the Crimson & White to just six points with 3:10 left in the contest. Shawn Williams then knocked down his fourth triple of the game and the Aggies closed out the night on a 15-5 run to defeat the Jaguars, 79-63.

At the end of the night, NM State saw three players hit double figures in scoring, led by Queen who had 20 points, followed by Ivan Aur- recoechea with 19 and Williams finished with 17. The Aggies outscored the Jaguars on fast breaks, 10-2, and also saw turnovers by the opposition turn into 18 points for the home team in the victory.

NEW MEXICO STATE (2-2) GAME FOUR | NEW MEXICO STATE 53, #17/19 Arizona 83 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS 21 Queen,Trevelin * 32 5-15 2-7 0-0 5-2-7 4 1 3 1 0 12 Staring a 10-point deficit squarely in the face after the game’s first 3:45, 13 Bobbitt,C.J. * 23 1-5 1-4 3-4 1-0-1 2 1 0 0 0 6 the New Mexico State men’s basketball team used a 12-5 run powered 3 Brown,Terrell * 20 1-8 1-5 3-4 0-2-2 0 0 5 0 1 6 by the play of senior Trevelin Queen to cut #17/19 Arizona’s lead down GAME 4 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 22 2-5 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 2 1 2 0 0 4 to three, but the Wildcats answered with a 28-9 run to end the first 1 Buchanan,Shunn * 21 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 3 3 0 0 0 10 Rice,Jabari 20 4-6 4-5 2-4 1-2-3 3 0 2 0 1 14 half and walked away with an 83-53 victory Sunday afternoon at the 55 Williams,Shawn 24 3-10 1-7 0-0 0-2-2 2 2 2 0 0 7 McKale Center. 35 McCants,Johnny 19 1-2 0-1 0-1 0-5-5 1 1 0 0 0 2 24 McNair,William 7 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 0 0 0 2 Size and shooting were the Wildcats’ biggest advantages as freshman 25 Brown,Robert 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 at 20 Joseph,Dajour 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Zeke Nnaji finished with a game-high 19 points on 7-of-7 shooting to 53 83 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-2-5 0 0 2 0 0 0 lead the Wildcats. Arizona shot 52.6-percent (30-of-57) from the field | 2-2 | | 4-0 | TOTALS - 200 18-55 9-30 8-13 13-19-32 17 9 20 1 2 53 compared to a 32.7-percent (18-of-55) clip by the Aggies. SUNDay, NOVEMBER 17 32.7 % 30.0 % 61.5 % McKALE CENTER • TUSCON, ARIZ. Attendance: 13,161 #17/19 ARIZONA (4-0) FIRST HALF ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS NEW MEXICO STATE | 21 | 32 | 53 • Smacked with a 10-0 Arizona run through the game’s first 3:45, the ARIZONA | 43 | 40 | 83 22 Nnaji,Zeke * 29 7-7 0-0 5-5 1-3-4 2 0 3 2 1 19 1 Mannion,Nico * 21 5-7 3-5 2-2 0-1-1 4 2 2 0 1 15 Aggies turned to Queen to power their comeback bid. The senior put NMS FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 0 Green,Josh * 27 2-7 0-1 3-3 1-4-5 2 3 3 1 0 7 in the first of his four first-half buckets on an acrobatic layup in traffic 1st 8-26 3-11 2-3 3 Smith,Dylan * 20 2-6 2-4 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 1 0 6 HALF 30.8% 27.3% 66.7% to get the visitors on the board with 14:41 to go in the frame. 4 Jeter,Chase * 17 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-7-8 3 1 2 0 0 4 NMS FG-A 3FG-A FT-A • Queen’s score served as a rallying cry to his compatriots as New Mex- 2nd 10-29 6-19 6-10 10 Baker Jr.,Jemarl 16 6-9 4-6 0-0 0-3-3 0 1 0 0 2 16 HALF 34.5% 31.6% 60% 13 Gettings,Stone 16 2-6 0-0 1-1 2-0-2 1 0 1 2 2 5 ico State took off on a 12-3 run over a span of 3:08 to cut the Wildcats’ 14 Doutrive,Devonaire 16 2-4 0-1 1-2 1-0-1 0 2 1 0 0 5 double-digit lead down to just three. ARIZ FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 5 Hazzard,Max 19 1-4 1-4 0-0 0-2-2 2 4 0 0 0 3 • A pair of triples courtesy of Queen bookended a powerful flush by 1st 18-31 4-7 3-3 11 Lee,Ira 16 1-4 0-0 1-2 0-3-3 3 0 0 0 0 3 HALF 58.1% 57.1% 100% 35 Koloko,Christian 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny McCants at the 12:05 mark, and Queen’s second long-range hit ARIZ FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 pulled his squad within 15-12 with 11:33 left. 2nd 12-26 6-14 10-12 TOTALS - 200 30-57 10-21 13-15 7-26-33 17 13 12 6 6 83 • Regrettably, that was as close as the Aggies would come to grabbing HALF 46.2% 42.9% 83.3% 52.6 % 47.6 % 86.7 % the lead. Using a deadly combination of speed, shooting and inside play, Arizona closed out the half on a 28-9 run to take a 43-21 lead into the locker room at the break. • Shawn Williams canned a corner three to cap a 5-0 run during the Wildcats’ big-time surge to end the half. That triple pulled New Mexico State within 11, 32-21, but Arizona answered by scoring the final 11 points of the half to open up a 21-point lead. • Arizona scorched the nets in the first 20 minutes of action, putting up shooting splits of .581/.571/1.000 compared to the Aggies’ percentages of .308/.273/.667. Arizona leaned heavily on the play of star freshman Nnaji who poured in 15 points on 7-of-7 shooting through the frame. Jemari Baker, Jr., added 10 while Queen countered with 10 for the Aggies.

SECOND HALF • Hoping to start the second half strong, the Aggies did just that as Ivan Aurrecoechea converted a layup 30 seconds in that cut the Wild- cats’ edge down to 20. The senior’s inside score started a 3-0 surge for the visitors, but again Arizona answered. • Nico Mannion canned a pair of downtown buckets on back-to-back Wildcat possessions to put the finishing touches on a 13-3 run by the hosts that left New Mexico State at a 56-27 disadvantage with 16:09 left. • The Wildcats’ lead grew to 30 when Mannion struck for a mid-range jumper that made matters 58-28 with 14:42 remaining. Arizona’s edge fluctuated between 33 and 27 points for the remainder of the tilt. • A second-half outburst by Rice helped the Aggies try to keep pace with Arizona. All 14 of the guard’s points came through the final 13 minutes of action.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Rice led all Aggie scorers, putting in a team-high 14 points on 4-of-6 shooting. The redshirt sophomore drilled a career-high four three-pointers in the setback, putting fourth his second multi-three outing of the season in the process. • Queen finished with 12 and a team-high seven rebounds for the Aggies who dropped their sixth in a row to Arizona. • A trio of players finished with 15 or more points to pace the Wildcats. That group was led by Nnaji and his game-high 19. Baker, Jr., put in 16 while Mannion finished with 15 to round out the Wildcats’ top three scorers. • For the game, the Wildcats shot .526/.476/.867 and finished with a 28 +12 edge in shots made over the Aggies.

NEW MEXICO STATE (2-3) GAME FIVE | NEW MEXICO STATE 77, rv/-- NEW MEXICO 78 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS 21 Queen,Trevelin * 39 8-19 4-10 3-4 4-5-9 0 4 2 0 1 23 The Battle of I-25 was just that - a battle - as host New Mexico State owned a four-point lead 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 35 5-8 0-0 2-2 1-5-6 2 2 4 0 1 12 with 2:22 to go, but Carlton Bragg capped a game-ending 7-2 run by New Mexico with a pair of 3 Brown,Terrell * 31 3-10 1-8 3-3 0-1-1 2 5 1 0 1 10 makes at the foul line with 49 ticks left and Shunn Buchanan’s game-winning three-point try at GAME 5 13 Bobbitt,C.J. * 21 3-7 1-4 1-2 3-3-6 4 0 3 0 1 8 the horn was off the mark as the Lobos exited the Pan Am Center with a 78-77 victory Thursday 1 Buchanan,Shunn * 18 1-4 0-2 0-1 1-1-2 4 3 1 0 1 2 10 Rice,Jabari 21 4-7 0-3 5-6 1-2-3 2 1 1 0 1 13 night. 55 Williams,Shawn 23 2-7 1-6 0-0 0-2-2 2 1 1 0 0 5 35 McCants,Johnny 11 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 5 1 0 0 1 4 The 223rd meeting between the pair of age-old in-state rivals featured its fair share of punches 24 McNair,William 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 and counterpunches, but the 12th and final lead change of the game with less than one minute TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-0-4 0 0 1 0 0 0 vs TOTALS - 200 28-64 7-33 14-18 15-22-37 21 17 14 0 7 77 remaining snapped the Aggies’ five-game winning streak over their hated adversaries. The last 77 78 43.8 % 21.2 % 77.8 % 30 seconds, however, was one that left fans on both sides with frayed nerves. Each team com- | 2-3 | | 5-1 | rv/-- new mexico (5-1) mitted a pair of throwaways that proved the Battle of I-25 in infrequently without drama. THURSDay, NOVEMBER 21 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Pan am centeR • LAS CRUCES, N.m. 5 Lyle,Jaquan * 38 9-14 2-5 4-5 0-0-0 3 2 5 0 3 24 Attendance: 7,286 FIRST HALF 15 Bragg,Carlton * 30 5-6 0-0 4-4 3-3-6 4 1 3 1 4 14 NEW MEXICO STATE | 39 | 38 | 77 11 Caldwell,JJ * 37 3-4 0-0 3-5 0-3-3 0 7 1 0 0 9 • Hoping to quiet a raucous pro-Aggie congregation, New Mexico threw the first punch with new mexico | 37 | 41 | 78 2 Jackson,Vance * 26 2-8 1-4 4-6 1-6-7 0 0 1 0 0 9 a 6-2 run through the first 1:43. From there, however, the hosts began to give their crowd NMS FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 10 Maluach,Makuach * 22 4-10 0-4 1-2 1-2-3 4 0 2 0 0 9 something to cheer about. 1st 14-32 3-17 8-10 1 Manigault,Corey 21 3-5 0-0 0-0 3-3-6 3 0 1 0 0 6 • Over the course of 6:26, New Mexico State embarked on a 20-7 scoring spree that turned the HALF 43.8% 17.7% 80% 0 Martin,Zane 10 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 4 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A NMS 3 McGee,Keith 16 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 2 0 0 3 tide in favor of the home squad. Shawn Williams and Trevelin Queen each laced three-pointers 2nd 14-32 4-16 6-8 HALF 43.8% 25% 75% TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 through that surge while the latter threw down a crowd-pleasing dunk to ignite the Aggie TOTALS - 200 28-52 4-15 18-24 8-21-29 16 10 16 1 7 78 faithful. UNM FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 53.8 % 26.7 % 75.0 % • Jabari Rice split a pair at the foul line with 11:21 left in the frame to hike the hosts’ edge to 22- 1st 11-24 3-10 12-15 HALF 45.8% 30% 80% 13, but the Aggies lead would get no larger than that. UNM FG-A 3FG-A FT-A • Though New Mexico State took a lead into the locker room at the break, their teal-clad rivals 2nd 17-28 1-5 6-9 made sure it wasn’t a large one. The main culprit behind the Lobos’ comeback was Jaquan Lyle HALF 60.7% 20% 66.7% who scored 10 of the Lobos’ final 14 points through the last 5:32 of the frame. • The high-scoring guard’s scoring outburst was countered by four points apiece from Ivan Aur- recoechea and Rice to make sure the home team didn’t fall behind, but Zane Martinez made it a one-possession game headed into the break with a one-handed runner in the lane. That bucket made matters 39-37 at the half in favor of the Aggies. • The three-point line was a friend to nobody in the opening 20 minutes as the teams combined to go 6-of-27 (.222) from long range. Each squad, however, countered that by shooting 80-percent at the foul line and north of 43-percent from the field as a whole.

SECOND HALF • A five-point burst by C.J. Bobbitt culminated with a downtown splashdown which handed the hosts a 44-39 edge through the first 1:39 of the frame. That long-range make was one of the rare ones for the home teams in half number two, though, as New Mexico State went only 4-of-16 from beyond the arc. • Makuach Maluach pushed the visitors in front for the first time since the opening half with a fast-break layup that made matters 47-46 with 16:21 left, but Queen put the finishing touches on a 5-0 Aggie run with a massive jam to give the hosts the momentum once again. • Queen’s throw down made it a four-point edge for New Mexico State, but the Aggies could never extend their lead beyond that. New Mexico relied on an 18-10 run which was capped by a Corey Manigault layup with 6:58 left to give the visitors a 67-63 edge. • The lead changed hands three times over the next 1:41, including when Buchanan fed Rice for an uncontested layup on an inbounds play that pushed the Aggies in front 70-69. • Coming up huge with a pair of impressive hustle plays, Johnny McCants broke a 71-71 deadlock by tossing down a put-back jam with 3:12 to go. His steal on the ensuing New Mexico possession put the ball back in the Aggies hands, and Queen drilled a pair of free throws with 2:22 to go to hand the hosts a 75-71 lead. • A three-point play by JJ Caldwall was countered with a baseline jumper by Terrell Brown to keep the Aggies ahead, 77-76, with 1:17 to go, but a loose ball foul with 49 seconds left send Bragg to the foul line where he converted his two tries to put the Lobos on top the rest of the way. • Aurrecochea and Buchanan each registered steals in the final 26 seconds to give the Aggies multiple chances, but those trips ended with a turnover and a missed three-pointer. Caldwell bricked a free throw try with four seconds to go, and Terrell Brown grabbed the rebound and fed Buchanan, but his desperation shot was off the mark.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • In his first showdown against the Lobos, Queen poured in a team-high 23 points on 8-of-19 shooting and finished one rebound shy of a double-double after he snared a game-high nine. • Queen was joined in double-digits by Rice (13), Aurrecochea (12) and Terrell Brown (10), but the Lobos used 38 combined points from Lyle (24) and Bragg (14) to get the job done. • Neither team shot the ball particularly well from three-point land, but the Aggies converted just 21.2-percent (7-of-33) of their tries. • The Aggies saw their five-game winning streak over the Lobos come to an end. That was tied 29 for the third-longest winning streak by New Mexico State in the all-time series. Additionally, head coach Chris Jans suffered his first setback to New Mexico during his tenure as the Aggies’ head man.

NEW MEXICO STATE (2-3) GAME SIX | NEW MEXICO STATE 78, COLORADO STATE 70 (ot) ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS thursday night inside the Pan Am Center, redshirt sophomore Jabari Rice missed a potential game-winning corner three in the 21 Queen,Trevelin * 41 7-17 1-7 4-4 0-3-3 4 2 6 0 3 19 waning seconds against New Mexico which would have put his team in a great position to win. 13 Bobbitt,C.J. * 37 4-8 0-2 1-1 2-0-2 1 2 3 0 0 9 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 19 1-3 1-1 3-4 0-0-0 3 2 2 0 0 6 GAME 6 1 Buchanan,Shunn * 34 2-5 0-1 0-0 0-8-8 3 3 0 0 0 4 With his team headed to overtime on international soil, Rice seized the moment and proceeded to get the job done. 3 Brown,Terrell * 19 0-6 0-6 0-0 0-1-1 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 Rice,Jabari 25 7-10 3-4 4-4 3-5-8 2 1 0 0 0 21 Colorado State forced overtime when David Roddy drilled a pair of free throws with three seconds to go, but once the extra 35 McCants,Johnny 26 4-7 1-3 0-1 2-3-5 5 1 2 1 3 9 55 Williams,Shawn 19 2-4 2-3 2-2 1-1-2 0 0 1 0 0 8 session started Rice simply took over and scored 12 of his game-high 21 points to lead the Aggies to a hard-fought 78-70 win 24 McNair,William 5 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 0 0 0 2 over the Rams in the opening game of the 2019 Cayman Classic Monday afternoon inside John Gray Gymnasium. TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 vs TOTALS - 225 28-61 8-27 14-16 9-23-32 19 13 16 1 6 78 A scorching hot shooting start allowed the Aggies to open up a 16-point lead (32-16) with 6:55 remaining in the opening stanza, 78 70 45.9 % 29.6 % 87.5 % | 3-3 | | 3-3 | but the Rams chipped away for the remainder of regulation and tied things up on two occasions through the second half. colorado state (3-3) MONDay, NOVEMBER 25 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS john gray gym • George town, grand cayman Attendance: 736 32 Carvacho,Nico * 36 6-10 0-0 6-12 1-5-6 2 2 2 0 1 18 FIRST HALF 4 Stevens,Isaiah * 25 6-12 4-7 1-1 0-3-3 1 4 6 0 2 17 • Given the directive to impose their will on the Rams, the Aggies did just that through the early stages of the opening frame. NEW MEXICO STATE | 34 | 26 | 18 | 78 1 Martin,Kris * 38 2-7 1-3 4-5 0-3-3 2 2 3 0 0 9 COLOrado state | 29 | 31 | 10 | 70 3 Moore,Kendle * 35 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 3 3 2 0 3 4 Trevelin Queen started the game with a fast-break dunk and added his lone three-pointer on the Aggies’ ensuing possession to NMS FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 31 Thistlewood,Adam * 31 2-5 0-3 0-0 0-5-5 2 1 2 0 0 4 set the tone. 1st 13-26 5-14 3-4 21 Roddy,David 25 3-7 1-2 4-5 1-6-7 5 0 4 0 2 11 • Queen’s single-handed scoring outburst was the start of something good for New Mexico State. The senior poured in nine of HALF 50% 35.7% 75% 0 Edwards,Hyron 29 3-3 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 1 0 1 7 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A the Aggies’ first 13 points of the game before giving way to his teammates. Through New Mexico State’s sizable surge to start the NMS 11 Thomas,Dischon 6 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 11-27 1-9 3-4 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 game, Ivan Aurrecoechea, Johnny McCants and Shawn Williams each hit long-range shots. HALF 40.7% 11.1% 75% • Aurrecoechea’s downtown swish hiked the home team’s lead to 15, 29-14, with 8:10 left in the half. On the Aggies’ next posses- NMS FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TOTALS - 225 24-49 7-16 15-23 4-24-28 16 13 20 0 9 70 OVER 4-8 2-4 8-8 49.0 % 43.8 % 65.2 % sion, the senior sank the second of his two free throw tries to put his squad up 30-14. TIME 50% 50% 100% • Shunn Buchanan kept it a 16-point edge for New Mexico State by hitting a runner in the lane with 6:55 to go in the stanza, but

CSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A from there the Rams began their comeback. 1st 11-21 4-7 3-4 • A pair of old-fashioned three-point plays as well as four points from Adam Thistlewood helped Colorado State close the half HALF 52.4% 57.1% 75% on a 13-2 run. Kendle Moore closed the scoring in the first half by converting a fast-break layup that shrank the Aggies’ lead to CSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 2nd 11-21 2-6 7-10 34-29 at the break. HALF 52.4% 33.3% 70% • After hitting five of their first 10 tries from long range, the Aggies missed their last seven to close out the half. New Mexico State CSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A put up shooting splits of .500/.357/.750 in the frame compared to figures of .524/.571/.750 by the comeback-driven Rams. OVER 2-7 1-3 5-9 TIME 28.6% 33.3% 55.6% SECOND HALF • With one of the nation’s premier interior scorers at their disposal, the Rams elected to get the rock to him early and often in order to try and grab the win. Colorado State turned to Nico Carvacho frequently in the second half and the senior managed to score five points during the Rams’ 10-6 run through the first 5:03 of the second stanza. • A free throw make by Carvacho cut the Aggies’ lead down to 40-39, but the combination of Queen and Rice kept New Mexico State afloat. That pair combined to score 12 of the Aggies’ first 14 points of the half and Queen hiked his point total to 17 with a jumper in the lane that extended New Mexico State’s lead to 48-43. • Queen’s mid-range job turned out to be the last points the Aggies would put in for almost three minutes. Carvacho put the finishing touches on a 5-0 Colorado State run with a two-handed jam the knotted the game at 48-all with 9:06 left. • C.J. Bobbitt took his turn in the spotlight after Carvacho’s rim-rocker, scoring five in a row for the Aggies to power a 10-2 run that hiked the hosts’ edge to 58-50 with 5:12 left in regulation. Rice canned a corner three during that spurt while McCants converted an off-balance second-chance layup to extend the Aggies’ lead to 58-50. • McCants flushed in a dunk with three minutes left to put the Aggies ahead 60-53, but seven Colorado State points in the last 2:43 of regulation forced overtime.

OVERTIME • Following 92 seconds of scoreless action, Rice handed the Aggies the lead for good by splashing a pair of shots at the foul line. That started a run where the sophomore slung in 12 of 14 points for New Mexico State. • Rice ended his personal scoring surge with a straightaway three-pointer as time expired on the shot clock that put the Aggies up 72-63 with 47 seconds left. • Letting their defense shine in the extra period, the Aggies didn’t allow Colorado State to put in a field goal through the first 4:34 of overtime. Colorado State shot just .286/.333/.556 in overtime.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Rice’s scoring outburst represented the majority of the points generated by an offensive-minded New Mexico State bench unit. In all, 40 of the Aggies’ 78 points (51.3-percent) came from their reserves and for the game New Mexico State’s bench outscored the Rams’ by a 40-18 margin. • For just the second time this season, the Aggies never trailed in the game. The only other time so far this season New Mexico State never fell behind was in its season-opening victory over Western New Mexico. • Rice (3-for-4) and Williams (2-for-3) combined to go 5-for-7 (.714) from long range in the Aggies’ win. The rest of the team went 3-for-20 (.150). • Joining Rice in double-digits was Queen who added 19 on 7-of-17 shooting. Bobbitt and McCants added nine points apiece in the win. Rice and Shunn Buchanan tied for game-highs in the rebounding department by totaling eight each. • The Rams were led by Carvacho (18 points) and Stevens (17) points in their second-straight loss. • With the win, New Mexico State pushed its winning streak over Colorado State to three games. The Aggies’ all-time record against the Rams now stands at 4-5.(.444). • New Mexico State head coach Chris Jans hiked his all-time record in overtime games to 3-1. That includes a 2-1 showing in OT 30 tilts as the Aggies’ head coach. Jans also moved to 6-2 (.750) in MTE games through his two-plus season in charge of New Mexico State. • The win represented New Mexico State’s first in a regular season game played in international territory in the history of the program.

NEW MEXICO STATE (4-3) GAME SEVEN | NEW MEXICO STATE 65, USF 45 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Losing is a word that has almost no association with New Mexico State basketball. That’s why it was so alarming to 21 Queen,Trevelin * 15 4-7 2-4 0-0 1-0-1 3 0 0 0 0 10 coaches, players and fans to see the Aggies go through their early-season struggles. 13 Bobbitt,C.J. * 19 3-5 1-2 0-0 2-3-5 0 1 0 0 2 7 1 Buchanan,Shunn * 28 2-4 0-0 1-1 0-2-2 2 5 3 0 2 5 GAME 7 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 23 1-5 0-0 3-6 1-6-7 1 1 0 2 1 5 Finally, after a few weeks that seemed much longer than they actually were, the Aggies started to make the right moves. 3 Brown,Terrell * 25 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1-1 1 2 2 0 0 3 Do the things they had done in the past. Look how they were supposed to look. That was especially true Tuesday. 55 Williams,Shawn 21 4-7 3-6 2-3 0-2-2 2 1 3 0 0 13 35 McCants,Johnny 22 4-7 2-3 0-0 1-6-7 0 1 0 0 1 10 10 Rice,Jabari 30 3-8 2-4 0-0 2-2-4 2 1 3 0 1 8 For New Mexico State head coach Chris Jans, he witnessed 40 minutes of familiarity. Forty minutes that were long 24 McNair,William 10 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 awaited and forty minutes that reminded onlookers what Aggie basketball stands for. 25 Brown,Robert 3 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 vs 2 Owens,Tennessee 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 In a performance reminiscent of what Aggie hoops has looked like at its best, Shawn Williams led a well-balanced 65 45 32 Rewalt,Bryce 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4-3 | | 3-3 | 20 Joseph,Dajour 0+ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 scoring effort with a game-high 13 points, Johnny McCants and Trevelin Queen put in 10 apiece and New Mexico State TuesDay, NOVEMBER 26 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 0 0 2 0 0 0 made life exceptionally difficult for USF on the offensive end to claim a 65-45 win in the Cayman Classic. john gray gym • George town, grand cayman TOTALS - 200 24-50 11-21 6-10 9-23-32 12 12 13 2 7 65 Attendance: 755 48.0 % 52.4 % 60.0 % Using an offense that hit 48-percent (24-of-50) of its shots as well as a defense that held the Bulls to a shooting clip of NEW MEXICO STATE | 32 | 33 | 65 USF (3-3) USF | 20 | 25 | 45 34-percent (16-of-47), the Aggies registered their most lopsided victory of the season over an NCAA Division I opponent ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS NMS FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 3 Rideau,Laquincy * 21 4-7 2-3 1-3 1-2-3 4 2 3 0 0 11 and will have the opportunity to play for the Cayman Classic title Wednesday. 1st 12-26 6-13 2-4 2 Dawson,Ezacuras * 32 1-3 1-1 5-6 1-3-4 0 1 1 0 0 8 HALF 46.2% 46.2% 50% 0 Collins,David * 30 3-10 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 2 0 1 6 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A FIRST HALF NMS 4 Durr,Michael * 27 3-6 0-0 0-0 3-3-6 2 0 3 4 0 6 2nd 12-24 5-8 4-6 • Wanting to exclude the Aggies from the Cayman Classic championship game, USF came out as the aggressors early on HALF 50% 62.5% 66.7% 13 Brown,Justin * 20 1-8 0-4 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 33 Mack,B.J. 5 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 and started the game on a 12-6 run through the first 6:32. USF FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 5 Williams,Rashun 17 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 0 1 3 • Through that surge, the Bulls got dunks from Michael Durr and David Collins to energize their crowd. Collins’ rim-rocker 1st 8-25 2-10 2-2 1 Castaneda,Xavier 24 1-6 0-2 0-0 0-3-3 1 4 2 0 1 2 came on a fast break and put the Aggies in a 12-6 hole that they soon began to climb out of. HALF 32% 20% 100% 22 Akec,Madut 4 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 • Over the next 5:28, New Mexico State took off on a 14-2 run to take control of the game for good. Five different players USF FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 34 Maricevic,Antun 13 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2nd 8-22 3-6 6-9 24 Chaplin,Jamir 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 put in points for the Aggies through that surge and Terrell Brown, McCants and Williams each hit three-pointers during HALF 36.4% 50% 66.7% TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 it. Shunn Buchanan handed his team the lead the rest of the way by putting the finishing touches on an old-fashioned TOTALS - 200 16-47 5-16 8-11 8-18-26 14 7 16 4 5 45 three-point play with a make at the foul line that made matters 15-14 Aggies with 9:53 left in the half. 34.0 % 31.3 % 72.7 % • With their offense humming, the Aggies also turned their defense up a notch or two to extend their lead. Through the last 6:53 of the half, New Mexico State did not allow USF to put in a single field goal. • Ezacuras Dawson drained two free throws with 6:06 left to cut the Aggies’ lead to 22-20, but New Mexico State ended the half on a 10-0 run featuring five points from McCants, a jumper from Williams and a step-back triple by Jabari Rice that helped it take a 32-20 lead into the locker room at the half. • The Bulls shot just .320/.200/1.000 in the half while New Mexico State operated at a clip of .462/.462/.500 through the opening 20 minutes.

SECOND HALF • Hoping to cut into the Aggies’ lead, the Bulls went to Laquincy Rideau right off the bat in the second half and the guard converted a jumper in the lane to pull USF within 10, but the Aggies made sure that wouldn’t lead to anything more from their American Athletic Conference foes. • Rice swirled in a put-back layup to begin an 8-0 Aggie run that pushed their lead from 10 to 18, 40-22, with 16:14 to go in the game. • The Bulls answered with a 10-2 run of their own, which concluded with a three-pointer off the mitts of Rideau that shrank the Aggies’ lead to 42-32 with 12:25 remaining. From there, Shawn Williams got going and led a game-clinching run that all but sewed things up for the Aggies. • Fouled on a three-point try on the possession right after Rideau’s long ball, Williams converted all three of his free throw tries and followed up those makes from the stripe with a pair of long-range hits that hiked New Mexico State’s lead to 17, 50-33. • Williams’ personal 9-1 run was the starting points of the Aggies’ massive 21-4 surge that spanned 8:26 of the deciding frame. Through that sizable surge, New Mexico State watched Rice and Queen add to its downtown barrage. After putting in 21 a little over 24 hours prior, Rice swished a triple while Queen added two more through the spurt. Queen’s final long ball extended the Aggies’ already massive lead to 27, 63-36, with 3:59 left. • New Mexico State held the Bulls without a field goal for a stretch of 4:15 through the deciding half. • The Aggies were lights out from the field in the second half, putting up shooting splits of .500/.625/.667 in the half while holding the Bulls to a line of .364/.500/.667.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • After going through their fair share of troubles from long range earlier in the year, the Aggies discovered their downtown touch in their beatdown of the Bulls. New Mexico State shot a season-best 52.4-percent (11-of-21) from three- point range which is the third-highest single-game three-point field goal percentage in Jans’ tenure as head coach. • Ten of the 13 Aggies who saw the court in the blowout netted points, none more than Williams who finished with a game-high 13 on 4-of-7 shooting. McCants put in 10 and grabbed a game-best seven rebounds as well. Hampered by foul trouble in the first half Queen put in all 10 of his points in the second half • Shunn Buchanan dished out a game-high five assists and the Aggies registered 12 assists on their 24 made field goals. • For the Bulls, they were held to their lowest point total since netting just 40 points in a 63-40 American Athletic Confer- ence setback at Houston on Jan. 28, 2018. • Rideau was the only USF player who did anything of consequence, finishing with 11 points, three rebounds and two of the Bulls’ seven assists. Rideau was responsible for hitting two of his team’s three-pointers, but outside of him USF shot only 3-of-13 (.231) from long range. 31 • Jans moved to 2-0 all-time against USF in his coaching career and pushed his record in MTE events as the Aggies’ bench boss to 7-2 (.778). Additionally, Jans moved to 3-0 as New Mexico State’s head coach when playing teams from the state of Florida.

GAME EIGHT | NEW MEXICO STATE 64, GEORGE MASON 68 NEW MEXICO STATE (4-4) ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS A classic tale of two halves scenario played itself out Wednesday night inside 21 Queen,Trevelin * 35 6-15 1-6 1-1 5-2-7 2 1 0 0 1 14 John Gray Gymnasium during the title tilt of the 2019 Cayman Classic, and 3 Brown,Terrell * 30 2-11 2-11 0-0 0-3-3 3 2 2 0 2 6 unfortunately for the New Mexico State men’s basketball team they found 1 Buchanan,Shunn * 29 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 3 5 1 0 3 4

GAME themselves on the wrong end of that story. 8 13 Bobbitt,C.J. * 12 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1-1 2 1 0 1 0 3 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 23 1-4 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 10 Rice,Jabari 30 6-11 3-7 4-4 2-5-7 1 1 2 0 0 19 After opening up a 15-point lead in the late stages of the first half, the Aggies 35 McCants,Johnny 23 5-10 0-1 1-3 4-4-8 4 0 1 0 0 11 were outscored 51-32 over the final 23:57 and dropped a 68-64 decision to 55 Williams,Shawn 14 1-4 1-2 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 2 0 0 3 George Mason in the first meeting between the two programs. The setback 24 McNair,William 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 means the Aggies were forced to settle for a runner-up finish at the 2019 vs TOTALS - 200 25-63 8-29 6-8 15-16-31 15 11 11 1 6 64 Cayman Classic while the Patriots won their first MTE title since 1993-94. 64 68 39.7 % 27.6 % 75.0 % | 4-4 | | 8-1 | WEDNESDay, NOVEMBER 27 george mason (8-1) FIRST HALF john gray gym • George town, grand cayman ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS • Jabari Rice starred for the Aggies through the opening 20 minutes of Attendance: 1492 10 Hartwell II,Jamal * 37 5-14 3-8 4-4 0-0-0 1 1 2 0 0 17 play as the super sophomore put the squad on his back. The Patriots never 12 Wilson,AJ * 34 5-8 0-0 2-4 3-11-14 2 0 2 4 1 12 NEW MEXICO STATE | 35 | 29 | 64 grabbed the lead in the opening frame as Rice concluded a 12-4 Aggie run GEORGE MASON | 23 | 45 | 68 23 Greene,Javon * 28 3-7 1-4 2-2 2-4-6 3 0 1 0 0 9 11 Miller,Jordan * 20 2-4 0-0 4-4 2-1-3 4 0 1 0 2 8 through the game’s first 4:38 with a a put-back layup and a three-pointer on NMS FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 13 Oduro,Josh * 22 1-1 0-0 1-2 3-1-4 1 0 2 1 1 3 1st 14-31 3-12 4-4 back-to-back possessions. 1 Kier,Justin 16 6-6 1-1 0-0 0-3-3 1 0 2 0 0 13 HALF 45.2% 25% 100% • Justin Kier - who would go on to be the Patriots’ hero later in the game - cut 0 Mar,Goanar 21 3-7 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 2 0 0 6 NMS FG-A 3FG-A FT-A the Aggies’ lead down to 21-17 with a fast break jumper in the lane with 6:46 2nd 11-32 5-17 2-4 2 Johnson,Xavier 22 0-4 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 0 3 1 0 0 0 HALF 34.4% 29.4% 50% TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 to go in the half before New Mexico State really started to open things up. TOTALS - 200 25-51 5-15 13-16 12-23-35 12 4 13 5 4 68 • Rice teamed up with Johnny McCants and together that tandem poured GMU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 49.0 % 33.3 % 81.3 % 1st 10-24 1-5 2-4 in all of the Aggies’ point during their 14-6 run through the final 6:13 of the HALF 41.7% 20% 50% frame. McCants’ score down low at the 3:58 mark of the half hiked the Aggies’ GMU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A edge to 32-17, but the Patriots’ AJ Wilson gave his team a glimmer of hope 2nd 15-27 4-10 11-12 HALF 55.6% 40% 91.7% before the half ended by throwing down an uncontested two-hand dunk after receiving a full-court pass with one second remaining in the frame. • A little less than half of the Aggies’ 35 first-half points were put in by Rice. The sophomore poured in 16 through the frame and helped his team enjoy a 35-23 lead at the break. • Two of the three long-range shots the Aggies hit in the half came courtesy of Rice and New Mexico State shot .452/.250/1.000 during the frame.

SECOND HALF • Switching to a full-court press once the second half got going paid almost immediate dividends for the Patriots as Jamal Hartwell II drained a three to begin the frame before a steal and a layup mere seconds later cut the Aggies’ edge to 35-28 just 33 seconds into things. • Still, the Aggies managed to push their lead back to double-digits. McCants’ free throw make to conclude an old-fashioned three-point play made matters 49-39 in favor of New Mexico State with 13:01 to go, but the Patriots continued to fight back. • Four different players put in points for George Mason on its game-changing 15-3 run following McCants’ three-point play. The Patriots opened up their first lead when Hartwell II splashed a wing three that put the Aggies at a 54- 52 disadvantage with 6:48 left. • Terrell Brown answered with his lone long range make of the game on the Aggies’ following possession before Trevelin Queen went on a personal 4-0 run to counter a layup by Wilson. Following Queen’s single-handed scoring outburst, the Aggies led 59-56 with 4:20 left. • Unfortunately, that’s when the Patriots really got to work. Harewell II knotted matters at 59-all with another three-pointer that started a game-clinching 10-0 run by George Mason. Kier completed a perfect 6-for-6 night from the field with a tough driving jumper that made the Patriots’ lead a two-possession one, 64-59, with 29 ticks left. • George Mason went 5-of-6 at the foul line through the final 2:07 to wrap up the win. For the half, the Aggies shot just .344/.294/.500 compared to a blistering .556/.400/.917 figure by the Patriots. • The Aggies were at a disadvantage in free throws, too, going 6-for-8 at the line compared to a 13-for-16 showing by their A-10 rivals.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Rice wrapped up the game with a game-high 19 points while Queen totaled 14 on 6-of-15 shooting. After scoring 16 in the first half, Rice was limited to just three over the final 20 minutes while McCants added 11 on 5-of-10 shooting. • Hartwell II poured in 17 for George Mason while Kier (13) and Wilson (12) 32 starred as well. Wilson completed a double-double with a game-best 14 rebounds as well. • For their efforts through the three-day event, both Rice and Queen earned spots on the 2019 Cayman Classic All-Tournament Team.

GAME NINE | NEW MEXICO STATE 59, UTEP 56 NEW MEXICO STATE (5-4) ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS The year was 2015-16. That’s the last time - prior to this season, of course - that a UTEP men’s 13 Bobbitt,C.J. * 21 4-8 2-4 4-4 1-1-2 4 1 0 1 1 14 basketball team had opened up a season with five or more consecutive wins. 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 22 3-5 0-0 3-4 2-5-7 2 0 1 0 1 9 1 Buchanan,Shunn * 22 2-3 2-2 0-0 0-3-3 1 1 4 0 0 6

GAME Much like they did almost a half-decade ago, the Miners rolled into the Pan Am Center Tuesday 9 3 Brown,Terrell * 31 1-5 1-3 0-1 1-2-3 3 1 0 0 1 3 21 Queen,Trevelin * 33 1-8 0-3 0-1 2-4-6 1 4 4 0 1 2 night hoping to remain perfect and continue one of their program’s best starts to a season. 35 McCants,Johnny 26 5-11 0-3 3-4 2-4-6 1 2 2 0 1 13 10 Rice,Jabari 27 4-11 0-3 2-3 1-4-5 1 1 1 0 2 10 Just like what transpired in 2015-16, however, New Mexico State made sure their longtime rivals’ 24 McNair,William 10 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 unbeaten run would come to an end in one of college basketball’s most hostile environments. 55 Williams,Shawn 8 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 2 0 0 0 vs TOTALS - 200 21-54 5-19 12-17 11-25-36 13 10 14 3 7 59 C.J. Bobbitt capped off a season-high 14-point performance by hitting four important free 59 56 38.9 % 26.3 % 70.6 % | 5-4 | | 5-1 | throws in the final 55 seconds, UTEP missed a pair of game-tying tries from long range in the TUESDay, DECEMBER 3 UTEP (5-1) game’s final six seconds and the Aggies earned a measure of revenge against the Miners with a pan am center • LAS cruces, N.m. ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS 59-56 victory in latest edition of the Battle of I-10 Tuesday night inside the Pan Am Center. Attendance: 7048 11 Williams,Bryson * 35 9-13 4-6 5-6 0-9-9 2 1 2 1 0 27 0 Boum,Souley * 37 2-10 1-6 6-6 0-2-2 1 3 1 0 2 11 NEW MEXICO STATE | 34 | 26 | 59 FIRST HALF UTEP | 20 | 25 | 56 24 Edwards,Daryl * 38 3-8 1-5 2-2 0-1-1 4 0 3 0 0 9 2 Lathon,Jordan * 36 2-6 0-4 1-1 2-3-5 1 2 2 1 1 5 • Trailing by five, 13-8, with 9:47 remaining in the opening frame, the Aggies hit their age-old El NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 4 Vila,Eric * 33 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-6-6 4 2 2 0 1 0 1st 11-30 2-12 3-5 Paso adversaries with a 17-5 run through the ensuing 7:31 to take control. 32 Odigie,Efe 12 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 4 1 2 0 0 2 HALF 36.7% 16.7% 60% • William McNair put a charge into the pro-Aggie congregation for the first time by punching NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 23 Hawkins,Nigel 7 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2nd 10-24 3-7 9-12 15 Archie,Kaden 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 down a powerful driving dunk over a pair of UTEP defenders. That dunk was countered with a HALF 41.7% 42.9% 75% 1 Verhoeven,Tydus 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-0 run by the Miners that put them ahead 11-6. TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Ivan Aurrecoechea broke an 18-18 deadlock with a pair of makes at the foul line with 3:18 to go. UTEP FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TOTALS - 200 18-46 6-23 14-15 3-25-28 18 10 15 2 5 56 Those free throws were followed up with a Terrell Brown three-pointer as well as a driving layup 1st 9-22 3-9 2-2 39.1 % 26.1 % 93.3 % HALF 40.9% 33.3% 100% by Bobbitt that hiked the Aggies’ lead to 25-18 - their largest of the half - with 2:16 remaining. UTEP FG-A 3FG-A FT-A • Jabari Rice poured in seven points for New Mexico State in the first half as the Aggies held the 2nd 9-24 3-14 12-13 HALF 37.5% 21.4% 92.3% Miners to only five points over the last 3:42 of the stanza.

SECOND HALF • Though the Miners came close to grabbing the lead on a number of occasions in the deciding frame, they never did. Seven of the Aggies’ first nine points in the frame came courtesy of Mc- Cants who delivered down low time and time again to keep his team in front. • Bryson Williams converted a UTEP layup with 15:43 to go that knotted matters for the final time (34-34) before Ivan Aurrecoechea pushed the Aggies ahead for good with a driving layup at the 15:13 mark. • Twice before the 10-minute mark the Miners managed to pull within one point but each time Bobbitt delivered the goods to up the Aggies’ lead. A Williams free throw make trimmed New Mexico State’s lead to 38-37, but Bobbitt buried a corner three-pointer on the Aggies’ ensuing possession. Following a long ball by Souley Boum to cut the Aggies’ lead to one once again, Bobbitt called swish on another long-range try. • Shunn Buchanan delivered his second - and final - three-pointer of the night that countered a driving score by Williams and made matters 47-42 in favor of the home team with 11 minutes to go. • In order to build their lead up even further, the Aggies held UTEP scoreless for a stretch of 3:11. Rice put the finishing touches on a 5-0 Aggie run by drilling a tip-in layup following a missed triple by Terrell Brown. • McCants found Bobbitt cutting to the rim and the junior’s feed to the senior was on the money. Bobbitt’s uncontested layup upped the Aggies’ lead to 54-47 with 6:03 left and the home team would need each point of that lead to hang on. • Bobbitt’s layup was the final field goal of the game for the Aggies, but the Miners couldn’t hit anything either. UTEP converted just one field goal through the last 5:12 before Bobbitt stepped to the foul line to end it. • The senior went 4-for-4 at the foul stripe through the last 55 seconds and missed three-pointers by Williams and Jordan Lathon in the waning seconds sealed the Aggies’ victory.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Six of the last seven points scored by the Aggies came courtesy of Bobbitt who pumped in a team and season-high 14 points in the win. Another reason why the Aggies secured the win was because of their play on the interior. New Mexico State owned a 32-22 (+10) edge in points in the paint. • Powered by the play of McCants (13 points) and Rice (10 points), the Aggies enjoyed a 25-4 edge in bench scoring that helped them win the night. • Though it came in his team’s first loss of the season, the Miners’ Williams conjured up the latest in a long line of big-time performances. Williams poured in a game-high 27 points and finished one rebound shy of a double-double by grabbing nine. Discovering his long range touch, Wil- liams went 4-for-6 from three-point land and 9-of-13 from the field as a whole. • Boum contributed 11 points on 2-of-10 shooting and without Williams’ 9-of-13 mark from the field the Miners shot just 9-of-33 (27.3-percent) from the field in their first setback of 2019-20. • New Mexico State has won 10 of the last 11 games against their longtime rivals and handed 33 UTEP their first loss of the season for the second time since the 2015-16 campaign. That year, the Miners sported a 6-0 record before the Aggies put the clamps on their rival’s perfect start with a 73-59 victory in Las Cruces.

GAME TEN | NEW MEXICO STATE 54, WASHINGTON STATE 63 NEW MEXICO STATE (5-5) ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Down by 14 points early in the second half, the New Mexico State men’s basketball 21 Queen,Trevelin * 38 6-19 2-8 0-0 3-4-7 3 2 1 1 3 14 team battled back and cut Washington State’s lead down to two points, but the 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 13 4-7 0-1 0-1 2-3-5 2 0 5 1 1 8 Aggies were unable to complete their comeback and dropped a 63-54 decision to 13 Bobbitt,C.J. * 25 2-3 1-2 1-2 1-3-4 4 2 1 0 0 6

GAME the Cougars Saturday afternoon inside the Spokane Arena. 10 1 Buchanan,Shunn * 26 1-5 1-3 0-0 0-4-4 3 4 2 0 0 3 3 Brown,Terrell * 21 0-6 0-5 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 Rice,Jabari 26 6-12 0-4 2-3 4-5-9 3 2 2 0 0 14 FIRST HALF 35 McCants,Johnny 20 1-4 0-2 2-6 1-2-3 4 1 4 2 0 4 • A second-chance layup by Trevelin Queen started the game, but Washington 55 Williams,Shawn 18 1-5 1-3 0-0 2-2-4 2 2 1 1 0 3 State scored the next eight to jump ahead by six Aljaz Kunc sank a pair of corner 25 Brown,Robert 4 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 24 McNair,William 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 1 0 1 2 0 0 threes for the Cougars to answer Queen’s put-back score. vs TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Over the next three minutes, the Aggies went on a 9-0 run to take their largest 54 63 TOTALS - 200 21-61 5-28 7-14 15-27-42 22 13 17 7 5 54 | 5-5 | | 5-4 | lead of the game. Shunn Buchanan started that run with a three-pointer and 34.4 % 17.9 % 50.0 % Queen finished it with a breakaway dunk that put his team up 11-8 with 12:32 SATURDay, DECEMBER 7 WASHINGTON STATE (5-4) SPOKANE ARENA • SPOKANE, Wash. remaining in the frame. Isaac Bonton answered Queen’s throwdown with an equal- Attendance: 1,222 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS 2 Elleby,CJ * 36 4-8 2-6 10-13 0-7-7 2 3 0 0 2 20 izing three-pointer to pull Washington State even. NEW MEXICO STATE | 21 | 33 | 54 13 Pollard,Jeff * 30 4-10 0-1 1-3 3-7-10 2 2 1 0 1 9 • C.J. Bobbitt buried a corner three-pointer that pushed the Aggies back on top, washington state | 30 | 33 | 63 4 Kunc,Aljaz * 17 2-5 2-4 0-0 1-1-2 2 0 0 1 2 6 14-11, with 9:42 to go in the frame, but that was one of just two field goals New NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 23 Shead,Jaylen * 31 1-4 1-2 2-2 0-5-5 4 1 7 0 1 5 Mexico State put in through the final 10 minutes of the half. 1st 8-22 2-10 3-6 1 Robinson,Jervae * 24 0-5 0-1 0-0 1-0-1 1 4 2 0 0 0 HALF 36.4% 20% 50% 32 Miller,Tony 15 3-4 1-1 2-2 2-3-5 2 0 1 0 0 9 • New Mexico State converted just two of their six shots through that span and FG-A 3FG-A FT-A NMSU 5 Cannon,Marvin 16 1-3 1-2 4-4 0-2-2 2 0 0 1 1 7 committed four of its 11 turnovers in the frame through that span. Washington 2nd 13-39 3-18 4-8 HALF 33.3% 16.7% 50% 24 Williams,Noah 15 1-4 0-1 2-2 0-2-2 3 0 1 0 0 4 State, however, did not suffer from the same offensive outage. 10 Bonton,Isaac 16 1-5 1-3 0-0 0-1-1 2 1 1 0 0 3 • The Cougars turned a 14-11 deficit into a 27-16 lead by taking off on a 16-3 run UTEP FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 10-31 7-17 3-5 TOTALS - 200 17-48 8-21 21-26 7-30-37 20 11 13 2 7 63 which featured three-pointers by CJ Elleby, Tony Miller and Marvin Cannon. Can- HALF 32.7% 41.2% 60% 35.4 % 38.1 % 80.8 % non’s long ball with 2:26 to go in the half hiked the Cougars’ lead to 27-16. UTEP FG-A 3FG-A FT-A • Bobbitt trimmed the Cougars’ lead to single-digits by sinking a layup with 47 2nd 7-17 1-4 18-21 HALF 41.2% 25% 85.7% seconds left. That left the Aggies at a 30-21 disadvantage at the break.

SECOND HALF • Saddled with a pair of quick fouls in the first half, Ivan Aurrecoechea was a non-factor for the opening 20 minutes of action. Once the second half started, however, the senior went right to work to help his team get back in the game. • The senior shined down in the post, scoring eight of the Aggies’ first 10 points of the frame. Forced to cut away at a deficit that stood at 14 points, Aurrecoechea made it a single-digit game with 13:57 to go when his put-back layup cut the Cougars’ lead to 39-31. • That put-back score was part of an 11-0 run by the Aggies who pulled within three when Trevelin Queen splashed a fast-break three-pointer from the far wing with 13:01 left. • Crashing the offensive glass again paid dividends for the Aggies when Shawn Williams yanked down an offensive board and fed Jabari Rice who connected on a mid-range jumper near the Aggies’ bench. Out of a media timeout, Rice completed his three-point play with a make at the foul line that cut the Cougars’ lead to 41-39. • After that free throw make, however, the Aggies ceded a 6-0 run to Washington State. The Cougars got a bucket and four free throw makes to hike their lead to 47- 39 at the midway point of the half. • Washington State completed its 12-2 run with a Tony Miller layup that put the Aggies at a 53-41 disadvantage with 5:57 left. New Mexico State had one more run left in the tank, though. • Queen helmed an 8-0 spurt by the Aggies by sinking a wide-open triple on the wing and scoring on a put-back layup. Rice split a pair at the foul line to make matters 53-49 with 3:19 remaining but Washington State scored the next four to move back ahead by eight with 1:41 left. • Williams connected on a downtown shot from the corner that pulled the Aggies within five, 57-52, with 1:18 left, but the Cougars went 6-of-6 from the free throw line in the last 1:06 to secure the win.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • It was a difficult shooting night for the Aggies, who put up a shooting split of .354/.179/.500 for the game. Though the Cougars didn’t fare much better (.354/.381/.808), they took advantage of their opportunities at the foul line. • Washington State went 21-of-26 from the stripe while the Aggies converted just seven of their 14 tries from that distance. • Queen and Rice each put in 14 points while the latter finished one rebound shy of a double-double after snaring a team-high nine of them. • For the Cougars, Elleby put in a game-high 20 points on 4-of-8 shooting. The sophomore also went 10-of-13 at the foul line. Jeff Pollard added nine points and a game-high 10 rebounds in Washington State’s second-straight victory. 34 • Washington State netted 17 points off of 17 New Mexico State turnovers and put in 18 of its 21 tries from the foul line in the second half to pull away. • The Aggies fell to 2-1 all-time against Washington State with the setback. • New Mexico State is 0-5 all-time in games played in the city of Spokane, Wash.

NEW MEXICO STATE (6-5) GAME 11 | NEW MEXICO STATE 72, DENVER 67 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS It wasn’t without its fair share of dramatic moments - far from it, in fact - but at the end of the night the 10 Rice,Jabari * 33 7-11 2-5 2-3 4-4-8 1 2 2 0 0 18 New Mexico State men’s basketball team did just enough to put its first road victory of the season in the 21 Queen,Trevelin * 33 5-9 3-5 2-2 0-5-5 3 7 4 0 3 15 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 24 7-10 0-0 0-3 3-4-7 4 0 3 0 0 14 books. GAME 11 1 Buchanan,Shunn * 30 1-3 0-2 3-4 0-2-2 3 2 2 0 4 5 13 Bobbitt,C.J. * 15 1-6 0-3 0-0 0-5-5 2 1 0 0 0 2 Senior guard Shunn Buchanan drilled a pair of clutch free throws with nine seconds remaining which 35 McCants,Johnny 27 5-8 2-3 0-0 0-7-7 2 0 4 1 1 12 allowed the Aggies to make it a two-possession game, Trevelin Queen came up with a game-clinching 55 Williams,Shawn 23 1-6 1-4 1-2 1-1-2 1 0 3 0 0 4 24 McNair,William 13 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 steal on the Pioneers’ final possession and New Mexico State hung on to secure a 72-67 victory over 25 Brown,Robert 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Denver Tuesday night at Magness Arena. The win was the second-straight for the Aggies in the Summit TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 League/WAC Challenge after defeating North Dakota State in their season-opener one season ago. at TOTALS - 200 28-56 8-22 8-14 9-29-38 17 12 19 1 9 72 72 67 50.0 % 36.4 % 57.1 % | 6-5 | | 4-7 | denver (4-7) Playing the Pioneers for the first time since 2013, the Aggies came out of the gates scorching hot and TuesDay, DECEMBER 10 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS constructed a formidable-looking 18-point lead in the opening stanza. Time and time again, however, magness arena • denver, Colo. 3 Townsend,Jase * 35 10-17 5-7 4-4 0-4-4 3 2 2 0 1 29 Attendance: 910 Denver chipped away as they hoped to remain perfect at home. 0 Murkey,Ade * 34 8-16 0-2 6-11 0-4-4 4 3 2 1 4 22 NEW MEXICO STATE | 37 | 35 | 72 21 Jones,Robert * 21 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 3 1 1 1 0 4 denver | 28 | 39 | 67 12 Kurnaz,Alperen * 24 1-3 0-1 0-0 2-5-7 1 2 0 0 1 2 FIRST HALF NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 4 Gatlin,Taelyr * 18 1-5 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 • Apparent to all onlookers inside Magness Arena was the Aggies’ sense of urgency - especially on the 1st 15-31 7-16 0-0 1 Nzekwesi,David 24 1-5 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 2 0 1 0 0 2 offensive end - out of the gates. Starting its offensive onslaught early, New Mexico State pummeled the HALF 48.4% 43.8% 0% 2 Eastmond,Roscoe 24 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 5 3 6 0 2 2 Pioneers with a 23-8 scoring flurry through the game’s first nine minutes which forced the hosts to play NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 10 Lanzi,Joseph 17 1-4 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2nd 13-25 1-6 8-14 22 Green,Tristan 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 2 catch-up for the rest of the night. HALF 52% 16.7% 57.1% TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Eight different Aggies put in points during that surge to start the game including McCants who scored du FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TOTALS - 200 26-57 5-13 10-15 6-21-27 19 12 15 2 8 67 five in a row for his squad with a powerful fast-break slam followed up with a corner three-pointer. 1st 13-29 2-6 0-0 45.6 % 38.5 % 66.7 % • Ivan Aurrecoechea put the finishing touches on the Aggies’ massive scoring spurt by displacing his HALF 44.8% 33.3% 0% defender down low and converting an uncontested layup that hiked the visitors’ edge to 23-8 with du FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 2nd 13-28 3-7 10-15 11:01 left. HALF 46.4% 42.9% 66.7% • New Mexico State’s lead continued to grow, reaching 19 when Queen’s second three-pointer of the tilt made matters 32-14 with 6:47 to go. That’s when the Pioneers decided to make it a game. • Denver outscored New Mexico State 14-5 through the last 6:26 of the half, with Ade Murkey and Jase Townsend serving as the individuals who powered the Pioneers’ offense. Townsend connected on long- range hits on consecutive Denver possessions following Queen’s triple while Murkey got loose for a pair of easy layups. Murkey’s final close-range banker pulled Denver within nine, 37-28, at the half. • The Aggies sank seven of their eight three-pointers in the opening 20 minutes of action and shot 43.8-percent (7-of-16) from long range in that same span. That helped the visitors wrap up the frame with a 48.4-percent (15-of-31) success rate from the field.

SECOND HALF • Wanting to push their lead back to double digits as quick as possible once the second half started, the Aggies did that by watching Aurrecoechea start a 6-0 run by going to work on the block. Jabari Rice continued to make his presence known, too, netting back-to-back baskets after the Spaniard’s hook shot. • Rice’s baskets caused the Pioneers to call time, and out of the stoppage they went on a 6-0 run to make it a single-digit game once again. • Powering a 7-0 Aggie run, Queen drove baseline for a two-handed flush before dropping a defender and drilling a straightaway three-pointer. On the very next possession, Buchanan picked off an errant pass and fed Rice for a fast-break jam which pushed the Aggies’ edge back to 15, 54-39, with 8:50 left. • Still the Pioneers would not roll over. A 6-0 run capped by a Robert Jones put-back layup off of a missed free throw by Murkey pulled Denver within 54-46 with 5:39 left. Aurrecoechea kept the Aggies alive, though, scoring the next six points for the visitors with a strong array of moves down on the block. • Queen calmly sank a pair of shots at the charity stripe to push his team’s lead back to double-digits, 65-55, with 2:21 remaining. Denver, however, continued to rely on the high-scoring duo of Murkey and Townsend to give it a chance at victory. • A three-pointer by Townsend gave the Pioneers hope with 24 ticks left and made matters 69-65. After Shawn Williams went 1-for-2 at the stripe, Murkey was fouled with 18 seconds to go and connected on both of his tries from the foul line to cut the Aggies’ lead to 70-67. • Fortunately, Buchanan converted his two shots from the line to help lock up the win.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Rice led a quartet of Aggies who finished with double-digit points by pouring in 18 on 7-of-11 shooting. Joining with 10 or more points were Queen (15), Aurrecoechea, (14) and McCants (12). • Queen neared a double-double, too, by passing out a game-high and career-high seven assists. Rice was close to a double-double, too, after he grabbed a game-best eight rebounds. Together, Aurrecoe- chea, McCants, Queen and Rice combined to shoot 24-for-38 (63.2-percent) from the field in the win. • Buchanan’s game-changing efforts were not solely limited to the offensive side of the court. The senior came up with a game-high four steals and dished out two of the Aggies’ 12 assists in the team’s first true road victory since a 92-58 romp over Chicago State in the Windy City on March 2, 2019. • Outside of Murkey and Townsend, the Pioneers’ couldn’t match the Aggies’ offense punch man-to-man. Townsend amassed a game-high 29 while Murkey chipped in 22, but Denver received just 16 points from the remaining seven players who took part in Tuesday’s matchup. 35 • The Aggies improved to 2-0 all-time in Summit League/WAC Challenge games while Chris Jans moves to 5-0 all-time against opponents from the state of Colorado while serving as New Mexico State’s head coach.

NEW MEXICO STATE (6-6) GAME 12 | NEW MEXICO 69, NEW MEXICO STATE 62 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Trevelin Queen put in a team-high 19 points and hit a pair of three-pointers to help 21 Queen,Trevelin * 37 7-16 4-9 1-2 4-3-7 3 8 4 1 1 19 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 30 5-5 0-0 2-5 1-4-5 4 1 3 0 2 12 the New Mexico State men’s basketball team overcome a seven-point deficit midway 10 Rice,Jabari * 35 4-11 2-6 0-0 1-3-4 2 3 6 1 1 10 through the second half, but New Mexico limited the Aggies to just six field goal makes GAME 12 13 Bobbitt,C.J. * 19 0-3 0-2 1-2 0-3-3 3 0 0 1 0 1 in the last 11:45 in order to claim a 69-62 victory Saturday evening at The Pit. 1 Buchanan,Shunn * 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 1 0 2 0 35 McCants,Johnny 26 4-9 2-3 0-1 3-6-9 1 4 3 2 2 10 3 Brown,Terrell 31 3-8 2-6 0-0 0-2-2 3 1 4 0 2 8 New Mexico State opened up a lead of seven points in the first half as they went on a 24 McNair,William 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 search for revenge against the Lobos after a home loss to their in-state rivals in Novem- 55 Williams,Shawn 8 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ber. Unfortunately, a 12-0 Lobo run that spanned the first and seconds halves as well as TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 at a 16-for-20 effort from the free throw line during the second half for the hosts were the TOTALS - 200 24-55 10-28 4-10 12-23-35 21 17 22 5 10 62 biggest factors going against the Aggies in their second-straight loss to New Mexico. 62 69 43.6 % 35.7 % 40.0 % | 6-6 | | 10-2 | new mexico (10-2) saturDay, DECEMBER 14 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS FIRST HALF the pit • albuquerque, n.m. 15 Bragg,Carlton * 34 4-5 0-0 9-10 5-12-17 0 1 1 1 4 17 • Four of the game’s first five points went to the Lobos, but the Aggies answered the Attendance: 14,488 5 Lyle,Jaquan * 39 5-13 1-3 5-6 0-2-2 2 5 5 1 2 16 NEW MEXICO STATE | 33 | 29 | 62 11 Caldwell,JJ * 29 1-6 0-1 5-6 1-2-3 3 3 4 0 2 7 hosts’ early scoring spree with an 11-2 run of their own. A quartet of New Mexico State new mexico | 31 | 38 | 69 10 Maluach,Makuach * 19 2-5 0-2 2-2 1-1-2 1 0 0 0 0 6 players put in points with William McNair ending the run with a layup that pushed the NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 2 Jackson,Vance * 23 2-7 1-5 0-0 1-1-2 1 1 3 0 3 5 Aggies’ lead to 12-6 with 13:35 left in the frame. 1st 12-27 5-14 4-8 3 McGee,Keith 14 3-5 2-4 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 8 • The Lobos responded with a 15-6 run to regain control, but after Carlton Bragg’s two HALF 44.4% 35.7% 50% 0 Martin,Zane 19 3-6 0-1 1-2 0-1-1 3 0 2 0 2 7 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 1 Manigault,Corey 23 1-3 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 1 1 1 0 1 3 makes at the foul line put the hosts ahead 21-18 with 7:14 left, Johnny McCants and 2nd 12-28 5-14 0-2 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jabari Rice joined forces in order to both quiet the surly congregation of Lobo backers HALF 42.9% 35.7% 0% TOTALS - 200 21-50 4-16 23-28 10-23-33 12 11 16 2 14 69 in The Pit and push the visitors’ lead to its largest of the night. 42.0 % 25.0 % 82.1 % unm FG-A 3FG-A FT-A • McCants drilled three-pointers on back-to-back possessions - and in the exact same 1st 11-24 2-7 7-8 spot - to turn a three-point Aggie deficit into a three-point edge for the visitors. HALF 45.8% 28.6% 87.5% unm FG-A 3FG-A FT-A • Staked to a 24-21 lead after McCants’ downtown outburst, the Aggies turned to Rice 2nd 10-26 2-9 16-20 from there to lead even further. The redshirt sophomore followed up a free throw make HALF 38.5% 22.2% 80% by Trevelin Queen with downtown makes on back-to-back Aggie possessions to push the visitors’ lead to 31-35. • A pump fake by Rice led to the end of his personal run of eight straight New Mexico State points as a layup hiked the Aggies’ lead to 33-26 with 2:10 to go in the frame. • That layup was the last bucket the Aggies would score for the remainder of the first half, however, as New Mexico closed out the half on a 5-0 run to cut the visitors’ lead to 33-31 at the break.

SECOND HALF • The momentum the home team gathered up at the end of the first half carried over to the deciding frame as Vance Jackson capped a 7-0 New Mexico run to start the half with a three-pointer and a layup. • On their heels after the Lobos’ 12-0 run that spanned the two frames, New Mexico State countered with a layup from Aurrecoechea. That score, however, was followed with back-to-back two-handed dunks by Carlton Bragg that hiked the hosts’ lead to 42-35 with 15:38 left. • Unfazed by The Pit’s noise following those dunks, the Aggies responded by going on an 11-2 run to retake the lead. Queen splashed two three-pointers to close out that surge and his second downtown make handed the visitors a 47-44 edge with 11:47 to go. • Once again, the Lobos responded. Four different players put in points during the home team’s 9-0 run over the next 2:22 to take the lead for good. JaQuan Lyle ended the run with a pair of makes at the foul stripe. • Terrell Brown finished off a 7-1 New Mexico State run with a corner three-pointer that cut the Lobos’ lead to 55-54 with 5:11 left, but that was the last field goal the Aggies would hit for a stretch of over four minutes. • Six of the next eight points on the Lobos’ 8-0 run came at the foul line, helping the home team up its edge to a game-high nine (63-54) with 54 seconds to go. • Aurrecoechea ended the 8-0 run with an uncontested layup, but the Lobos closed out the game by going 6-for-8 at the free throw line.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • New Mexico State did manage to win the battle of the boards, out-rebounding the Lobos by a 35-33 margin, but over half of the home team’s rebounds went into the hands of Bragg. The forward finished with a 17-point, 17-rebound double-double and totaled four of the team’s 14 steals, too. • Queen came close to a triple double in the loss, generating a team-high 19 points to go along with seven rebounds and a career-high eight assists. The Aggies’ senior was one of four players who finished with double-digit points and joining him with 10 or more was Aurrecoechea, Rice (10) and McCants (10). • Aurrecoechea went a perfect 5-for-5 from the field while McCants hauled in a team- high nine rebounds to finish one shy of a double-double. 36 • The free throw line benefitted the Lobos much more than the Aggies. New Mexico went 23-of-28 (82.1-percent) from the foul line while the Aggies converted just four of their 10 tries from that distance. By himself, Bragg went 9-of-10 (90-percent) from the stripe for the Lobos.

NEW MEXICO STATE (7-6) GAME 13 | NEW MEXICO STATE 65, ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 40 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Between the interior play of senior Ivan Aurrecoechea, the inaugural appearance of 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 29 5-6 0-0 9-13 4-5-9 0 0 2 0 1 19 10 Rice,Jabari * 22 6-10 2-5 3-3 1-2-3 1 1 1 0 1 17 Evan Gilyard II in a New Mexico State uniform and a shot by Bryce Rewalt that sent 21 Queen,Trevelin * 28 5-10 2-7 0-0 1-5-6 3 3 3 0 1 12 the Aggies - and their fans - into hysterics - there were not too many things to feel GAME 13 35 McCants,Johnny * 15 1-4 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 1 1 1 0 1 3 bad about in the Pan Am Center Wednesday night. 1 Buchanan,Shunn * 17 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 1 1 0 2 0 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 26 2-5 1-2 0-0 2-2-4 3 2 0 0 0 5 11 Gilyard,Evan 17 1-4 1-3 0-2 0-2-2 1 2 1 0 0 3 Getting a win merely represented putting a bow on the entire package. 55 Williams,Shawn 14 1-3 1-2 0-1 0-0-0 0 2 1 0 0 3 32 Rewalt,Bryce 2 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Back on their home floor after a tough game up in Albuquerque, the Aggies got 3 Brown,Terrell 17 0-5 0-5 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 vs back in the win column by receiving 19 points and nine rebounds from Aurrecoe- 24 McNair,William 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-4-5 0 0 1 2 0 0 chea and outscored Arkansas-Pine Bluff 25-9 through the last 10 minutes to pick up 65 40 2 Owens,Tennessee 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 7-6 | | 1-9 | TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 65-40 victory over the Golden Lions. wednesDay, DECEMBER 18 TOTALS - 200 22-49 8-25 13-21 12-24-36 11 12 11 2 6 65 pan am center • las cruces, n.m. 44.9 % 32.0 % 61.9 % After receiving word earlier in the morning that Gilyard II - a former UTEP star - was Attendance: 4,288 arkansas-pine bluff (1-9) NEW MEXICO STATE | 29 | 36 | 65 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS eligible for the remainder of the season and beyond, the Aggies received a shot in arkansas-pine bluff | 15 | 25 | 40 2 Carter,Marquell * 30 3-7 2-5 0-0 0-6-6 4 0 3 0 1 8 the arm without even needing to step on the court. Once they did, though, they NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 23 Morris,Dequan * 30 2-7 0-1 4-4 1-2-3 2 2 1 0 2 8 held the Lions to just 40 points - the lowest point total by an Aggie opponent this 1st 11-24 2-11 5-9 3 Bell,Markedric * 25 4-11 0-1 0-0 2-4-6 3 0 1 1 0 8 season and the second-lowest total by a New Mexico State adversary in Chris Jans’ HALF 45.8% 18.2% 55.6% 4 Mcnair,Jordan * 25 2-7 0-2 0-0 1-1-2 3 0 1 0 0 4 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 12 Banyard,Terrance * 15 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-0-0 3 0 1 0 0 1 tenure as head coach. 2nd 11-25 6-14 8-12 10 Wilson ,Jamil 13 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 4 HALF 44% 42.9% 66.7% 14 Wallace,Marcus 2 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 3 FIRST HALF 24 McDyess,Artavious 22 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 1 0 1 2 uapb FG-A 3FG-A FT-A • At no point did the Aggies find themselves trailing as Aurrecoechea started a 13-5 33 Bassey ,Isaac 12 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 2 0 2 0 1 2 1st 6-23 1-6 2-2 New Mexico State run with a hook shot 1:04 into the tilt. The senior put in seven of HALF 26.1% 16.7% 100% 30 Posey,Cameron 10 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 1 0 uapb FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 1 Jackson ,Zavian 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 the Aggies’ 13 points during that run to start the tilt and Shawn Williams finished it 2nd 10-23 2-6 3-4 25 Haralson,Isaiah 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 by canning a straightaway three-pointer off of an assist from Gilyard II. HALF 43.5% 33.3% 75% 15 Stredic Jr,Alvin 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 • DeQuan Morris pulled Arkansas-Pine Bluff within five, 16-11, by splashing a long TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-4-5 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTALS - 200 16-46 3-12 5-6 6-20-26 21 6 14 1 6 40 two-pointer with 7:44 left in the half, but the Aggies answered with a 13-4 run to 34.8 % 25.0 % 83.3 % close out the half. • Six different Aggies generated points through that run including Gilyard II who laced a three-pointer at the end of the shot clock to put his team ahead 25-13 with 2:42 left in the frame. Four of the Aggies’ six buckets through that stretch came off of assists including Johnny McCants’ two-handed flush he threw down after latching on to a pass from Trevelin Queen.

SECOND HALF • Hoping to spring the upset, the Golden Lions hit six of their first nine field goal attempts of the second half. Despite that hot start, the Aggies were never threat- ened as they answered each bucket Arkansas-Pine Bluff conjured up with one of their own. Jabari Rice finished off a three-point play with a make at the foul line with 14:28 to go, but after that the Aggies were held scoreless for a stretch of 4:22. • It was after Jordan McNair converted a runner in the lane that trimmed the Aggies’ lead to 40-31 that the home team cast aside doubt as to which squad was superior. • Queen started the home team’s game-ending 25-9 run with a three-pointer from the near wing and the Aggies’ lead never dipped below 10 points for the rest of the night. Queen swished another triple during that backbreaking surge while C.J. Bobbitt and Jabari Rice each cashed in on corner threes as well. • Before all was said and done, one other Aggies dialed long distance. With 1:02 left, Rewalt took a pass on the near wing from Gilyard II and swirled in a downtown make that sent the Aggie bench into hysterics. The walk-on - and Las Cruces native - accounted for the game’s final points with that make from three-point land. • Rewalt’s three-pointer capped a second-half shooting effort that saw the hosts put up shooting splits of .440/.429/.667 in order to secure the win.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Unquestionably the focal point of the Aggies’ offense, Aurrecoechea matched his season high with 19 points. The senior did so on an extremely efficient 5-of-6 night from the field while putting up season-highs in both free throws made (nine) and free throw attempts (13). • Rice added 17 points of his own on a 6-of-10 showing from the field while Queen chipped in 12 - eight of which came in the second half. The senior threw down three of the Aggies’ four dunks on the night as well. • All told, Gilyard II played 17 minutes in his first game in a New Mexico State uniform. In that time, the junior finished with three points, two rebounds and two assists while giving his squad another ball handler as its disposal. • With the win, New Mexico State improved to 7-0 all-time against Arkansas-Pine Bluff and 29-0 all-time against opponents from the SWAC. Personally, Jans now owns a 4-0 head coaching record against foes from the SWAC. • No Arkansas-Pine Bluff player finished with more than eight points and the visitors 37 wrapped up their night with a 25-percent (3-of-12) clip from long range. The Golden Lions also attempted just six free throws, converting five of their tries.

NEW MEXICO STATE (8-6) GAME 14 | NEW MEXICO STATE 58, MISSISSIPPI STATE 52 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Nearly a quarter-century had elapsed since the New Mexico State men’s basketball team’s last victory over a foe 35 McCants,Johnny * 32 7-10 3-6 1-2 2-1-3 0 1 1 2 1 18 10 Rice,Jabari * 36 2-8 2-4 2-2 2-4-6 2 2 2 0 3 8 from the SEC. Heading into Sunday’s tilt with Mississippi State, it was clear that in order to beat the Bulldogs New 21 Queen,Trevelin * 33 3-7 0-2 0-1 2-8-10 3 2 2 0 1 6 Mexico State would need to be better than it had been in order to capitalize on its last chance for a marquee GAME 14 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 21 1-4 0-0 1-2 1-5-6 4 0 4 0 0 3 non-conference victory. 1 Buchanan,Shunn * 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 Gilyard,Evan 20 4-7 2-4 4-4 0-1-1 2 3 3 0 0 14 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 20 2-4 1-2 1-2 1-0-1 2 0 2 0 1 6 Thanks largely to a kid from Las Cruces, an Aggie newbie from the Windy City and a well-timed return by one of 12 Harris,AJ 17 1-6 1-3 0-0 0-0-0 1 2 0 0 0 3 their on-court leaders, New Mexico State sent a clear message to the rest of the WAC - and the nation, for that 3 Brown,Terrell 11 0-3 0-2 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 matter. 24 McNair,William 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 vs TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 We are back. 58 52 TOTALS - 200 20-50 9-23 9-13 12-21-33 14 10 16 2 6 58 | 8-6 | | 8-3 | 40.0 % 39.1 % 69.2 % sunDay, DECEMBER 22 mississippi state (8-3) Johnny McCants scored 10 of his career-high 18 points during the Aggies’ 12-2 run to open the second half and mississippi coliseum • jackson, miss. Attendance: 2,761 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS answered a go-ahead layup by the Bulldogs’ Isaiah Perry by drilling a deep step-back two-pointer with 2:02 to 1 Perry,Reggie * 34 8-15 0-3 1-2 3-7-10 1 1 1 0 2 17 put his team back on top for good as New Mexico State locked down a hard-fought 58-52 victory over Mississippi NEW MEXICO STATE | 23 | 35 | 58 23 Carter,Tyson * 33 4-11 1-5 2-3 1-1-2 1 3 2 0 1 11 mississippi state | 21 | 31 | 52 12 Woodard II,Robert * 36 3-6 2-4 1-2 1-4-5 0 1 3 2 4 9 State Sunday afternoon inside Mississippi Coliseum. NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 0 Weatherspoon,Nick * 18 4-8 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 5 0 3 1 2 8 1st 7-28 3-12 6-9 24 Ado,Abdul * 27 2-3 0-0 0-0 4-3-7 4 0 3 0 0 4 After opening up a 14-point lead with 11:18 left in the game, New Mexico State withstood a furious comeback bid HALF 25% 25% 66.7% 5 Molinar,Iverson 6 0-0 0-0 3-4 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 3 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A by the Bulldogs who took off on a 21-6 run over the next 8:39 to take their first lead of the second half. That’s when NMSU 3 Stewart Jr.,D.J. 31 0-6 0-2 0-0 0-0-0 4 4 2 0 1 0 2nd 13-22 6-11 3-4 the Aggies’ defense showed up and forced four Mississippi State turnovers through the last 1:26 of the game. HALF 59.1% 54.6% 75% 22 Feazell,KeyShawn 12 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 1 1 0 0 0 15 Oduro,Prince 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 msu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Complimenting that late-game defensive effort was a game-clinching 7-0 run that started with McCants jumper. 1st 8-23 2-8 3-6 TOTALS - 200 21-51 3-16 7-11 12-20-32 18 10 17 3 10 52 Those two factors allowed the Aggies to claim victory over an SEC program for the first time since taking down HALF 34.8% 25% 50% 41.2 % 18.8 % 63.6 % msu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Alabama in the Pan Am Center on Dec. 29, 1994. Pairing well with McCants, Evan Gilyard II contributed 14 points 2nd 13-28 1-8 4-5 on 4-of-7 shooting to go along with a rebound and a team-high three assists. HALF 46.4% 12.5% 80% FIRST HALF • The shooting percentages for both sides weren’t overly gaudy through the opening 20 minutes of action, but the Aggies made up for that with a greater degree of aggression and toughness on the glass that allowed them to gain the upper hand. • Through the first 8:42 of the frame, Johnny McCants had accounted for all four of the Aggies’ points, but a 5-0 run by the Bulldogs left the Aggies at an 8-4 disadvantage with 11:19 to go in the half. • After hitting just one of their first 12 field goals, the Aggies were able to end that drought when Gilyard II -em barked on a personal 5-0 run that concluded with his team’s first three-pointer of the afternoon. • Following Gilyard II’s personal outburst, the Aggies never trailed for the remainder of the half. Those five points off the mitts of Gilyard II represented the starting point of a 14-2 run by the visitors over a span of 5:06. Putting the finishing touches on that surge was Trevelin Queen who drove baseline for a two-handed jam that hiked his team’s lead to 18-10 with 6:12 left in the half. • Queen’s slam enraged the Bulldogs who took off on a 7-0 run capped by Robert Woodard II’s long two-pointer with 3:39 left. With their lead down to one, the Aggies turned to one of their seniors to extend it once again. • Back in action for the first time this season, guard AJ Harris connected on a wide-open three-pointer from the top of the arc to stop the Bulldogs’ run. Gilyard II struck for two more free throws with 44 seconds to go which helped the Aggies take a 23-21 lead into the half. • Though the Aggies shot just .250/.250/.667 in the half, they used a 24-16 edge on the glass to maintain the upper hand.

SECOND HALF • McCants came out of the break with bad intentions, stealing the Bulldogs’ inbounds pass and hammering home a two-handed dunk to start the final 20 minutes of action. From there McCants ventured out beyond the arc and drilled a three-pointer to keep the Aggies on the attack. • The Aggies’ big man finished his team’s 12-2 run to start the half by canning another three-pointer that hiked his team’s lead to 35-23 with 16:58 left. New Mexico State kept its foot on the gas and opened up a 45-31 lead after C.J. Bobbitt connected on a driving jumper with 11:18 left. After that, though, the Bulldogs bit back. • Reggie Perry threw down dunks on back-to-back possessions and that helped the Bulldogs score the next nine points and make it a dingle-digit game with 8:36 to go. Three-pointers by Bobbitt and Jabari Rice kept the Aggies afloat, but still Mississippi State kept coming. The home team answered Bobbitt’s downtown hit at the 6:41 mark with a 9-0 run to take their only lead of the second half. • From there, McCants’ long two-pointer handed the Aggies the lead once again. Gilyard II finished off a dazzling outing by somehow getting a one-handed runner over Perry and Abdul Ado to rattle in that pushed that Aggies’ lead to 55-52 with 1:26 left. Three Mississippi State turnovers and three Aggie free throw makes later, New Mexico State was able to walk away with the win.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • After owning the glass in the first half, the Aggies lost the battle of the board in the final 20 minutes by a 16-9 margin. Overall, however, New Mexico State finished with a 33-32 edge in that department over the Bulldogs. Leading the way on the boards was Queen who corralled a game and career-high 10. • Thanks to Gilyard II’s best outing in an Aggie uniform, New Mexico State walked away with a 23-3 edge in bench 38 scoring. Back in action for the first time in 2019-20, Harris gave the Aggies 17 productive minutes off the bench. In that time, the senior notched three points and a pair of the Aggies’ 10 assists. • The Bulldogs were paced by Perry who generated a 17-point, 10-rebound double-double. Carter concluded the night with 11 points for Mississippi State who dropped its third game of the season.

NEW MEXICO STATE (9-6) GAME 15 | NEW MEXICO STATE 104, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO 30 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Up through the first 13 games of its 2019-20 season, the New Mexico 21 Queen,Trevelin * 16 6-9 3-6 2-2 0-3-3 1 8 1 0 7 17 State men’s basketball team had sometimes been judged by what could 35 McCants,Johnny * 18 5-6 2-2 0-0 2-2-4 0 1 0 0 0 12 12 Harris,AJ * 20 3-6 2-4 0-0 0-2-2 1 7 2 0 1 8 have been rather than what was. GAME 15 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 19 4-7 0-0 0-2 3-3-6 0 2 1 0 1 8 55 Williams,Shawn * 18 3-8 2-6 0-0 1-4-5 0 2 0 0 0 8 After seeing two of its expected key contributors miss a combined 27 11 Gilyard,Evan 17 4-7 4-6 0-0 0-1-1 1 3 0 0 2 12 games due to injury, New Mexico State was - for the first time this season 32 Rewalt,Bryce 7 3-3 3-3 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 0 9 5 Henry,Clayton 23 3-6 2-4 0-0 2-2-4 0 2 0 0 0 8 - fully healthy and operating with a complete contingent of players 24 McNair,William 14 4-4 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 2 1 1 0 0 8 headed into their non-conference finale. With everyone in uniform, the 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 24 3-6 0-2 0-0 0-4-4 1 3 0 0 2 6 vs Aggies showed their fans in Pan Am Center Sunday a glimpse of just how 2 Owens,Tennessee 8 2-5 1-3 0-0 0-2-2 1 1 1 0 1 5 potent the they can be when operating at full strength. 104 30 1 Buchanan,Shunn 16 1-3 1-3 0-0 1-4-5 1 0 1 1 1 3 | 9-6 | | 3-13 | TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 sunDay, DECEMBER 29 TOTALS - 200 41-70 20-39 2-4 12-31-43 10 30 7 1 15 104 Trevelin Queen netted a game-high 17 points, all 12 Aggies who took the Pan am center • las cruces, n.m. 58.6% 51.3% 50.0% floor registered points and New Mexico State put the finishing touches Attendance: 4,490 northern new mexico (3-13) on its regular season non-conference schedule by eviscerating Northern NEW MEXICO STATE | 60 | 44 | 104 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS northern new mexico | 12 | 18 | 30 New Mexico, 104-30, Sunday afternoon inside the Pan Am Center. 30 Thomas,Damione * 31 4-11 2-7 0-0 2-4-6 0 0 3 1 0 10 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 33 Guedes,Bruno * 31 2-6 0-3 1-2 0-1-1 4 1 6 0 0 5 1st 23-37 12-22 2-4 3 Anaya,Jeremy * 27 2-5 0-1 0-0 0-4-4 0 2 4 0 2 4 FIRST HALF HALF 62.2% 54.6% 50% 14 Faria,Victor * 24 0-4 0-2 0-0 0-3-3 1 0 3 0 1 0 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A • One of the lone bright spots for Northern New Mexico came when Jere- NMSU 23 Rodriguez,Thomas * 21 0-9 0-5 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2nd 18-33 8-17 0-0 my Anaya drilled a mid-range jumper 47 seconds into the game to hand HALF 54.6% 47.1% 0% 42 Zambrano,Ricardo 27 2-7 0-3 0-0 3-1-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 22 Herrera,Reyes 24 1-5 1-2 1-2 1-4-5 2 3 0 0 0 4 the Eagles a 2-0 lead. After that, though, the Aggies quickly took control. nmmc FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 25 Perez,Jared 15 1-3 0-0 1-1 0-0-0 1 0 4 1 1 3 • Back in action for the first time in 2019-20, senior guard Clayton Henry 1st 5-20 1-8 1-2 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 contributed five points to a 17-0 New Mexico State run over the next HALF 25% 12.5% 50% TOTALS - 200 12-50 3-23 3-5 7-18-25 9 7 22 2 4 30 3:36. In all, five different Aggies generated scores through that surge and nmmc FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 24.0% 13.0% 60.0% 2nd 7-30 2-15 2-3 as a result the home team never saw its lead dip below 11 points the rest HALF 23.3% 13.3% 66.7% of the way. • Through the opening 20 minutes, the Aggies put up a blistering shooting split of .622/.545/.500. In that span, New Mexico State connected on 12 of its 22 tries from long range and 23 of its 37 field goal attempts overall.

SECOND HALF • Trevelin Queen laced a pair of three-pointers during the Aggies’ 12-0 run to start the final frame. C.J. Bobbitt concluded that surge with a driving layup that handed the hosts a 72-12 edge with 15:44 left. • Hoping to reset the program’s single-game record for three-pointers, the Aggies inched closer and closer to doing just that as the final frame wore on. Senior guard Bryce Rewalt canned New Mexico State’s 19th long-range hit with 5:00 to go and slung in the record-breaking downtown make with 3:52 left. • William McNair capped off the Aggies’ lopsided with with a two-handed flush off of a Tennessee Owens assist with 1:01 remaining.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Each and every one of the 12 Aggies who saw minutes in Sunday’s win put in points. Leading the way was Queen who netted a game-high 17 on 6-of-9 shooting. The senior again neared triple-double territory by finishing with a game-best eight assists (one more than Northern New Mexico) and a career-high seven steals. • Gilyard II and McCants chipped in 12 points apiece and went a combined 6-of-8 from three-point range in the laugher. In seven second-half minutes off of the bench Rewalt contributed a career-high nine points to the cause on a 3-of-3 showing from long range. • In his season debut, Henry wrapped up his outing with eight points, four rebounds and a pair of assists. He was one of five Aggies who amassed exactly eight points and joining Henry on that list were Aurrecoechea, Harris, McNair and Williams. • During the win, the Aggies established a program record for three-pointers in a single game. By splashing 20, they surpassed the previous record of 19 set on Dec. 29, 1990 in a home win over Morgan State. • Northern New Mexico’s 30 points represented the lowest point total by an Aggie opponent since Western New Mexico recorded the same amount in a 34-30 New Mexico State win on Feb. 12, 1946. • The Aggies’ 74-point margin of victory was their largest in the history of the program. For the game, New Mexico State shot .586/.513/.500 while limiting the Eagles to shooting splits of .240/.130/.600. • Northern New Mexico was playing without its two leading scorers and suited up only eight players. The Aggies improved to 8-0 all-time against 39 the Eagles.

NEW MEXICO STATE (10-6, 1-0) GAME 16 | NEW MEXICO STATE 86, CALIFORNIA BAPTIST 71 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS One of the only low points of the New Mexico State’s 2018-19 season came when California Baptist - one of 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 35 9-14 1-2 1-2 4-4-8 2 1 2 0 0 20 the nation’s newest NCAA Division I squads - shocked the basketball fans around the WAC (and the nation) 35 McCants,Johnny * 29 7-14 2-6 1-1 3-4-7 0 4 0 1 2 17 21 Queen,Trevelin * 33 6-12 2-6 2-2 3-2-5 3 1 2 0 1 16 by handing their Aggies what would wind up being their lone league loss of the season inside the CBU GAME 16 12 Harris,AJ * 8 4-7 1-3 0-0 0-0-0 1 2 0 0 3 9 Events Center. 10 Rice,Jabari * 19 2-3 0-1 2-2 1-1-2 3 0 0 1 0 6 3 Brown,Terrell 29 4-6 3-5 0-0 1-3-4 1 1 2 1 1 11 A little over one year later - with that disappointing setback fresh in their minds - the Aggies made sure to 0 Gilyard,Evan 20 2-7 1-3 0-0 0-3-3 4 4 2 0 0 5 1 Buchanan,Shunn 9 0-3 0-3 2-2 1-0-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 show the Lancers who the class of the league is. 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 12 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0-0 4 3 0 0 0 0 55 Williams,Shawn 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Ivan Aurrecoecha turned in his best single-game performance of the season so far by racking up a team-high 24 McNair,William 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 points, Jonny McCants and Trevelin Queen combined for 28 of the Aggies’ 50 second-half points and New 86 71 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 10-6, 1-0 | | 10-5, 1-1 | TOTALS - 200 34-69 10-31 8-9 17-19-36 20 16 9 3 7 86 Mexico State started WAC play by avenging its only league setback of last season by hammering California saturday, january 4 49.3 % 32.3 % 88.9 % Baptist, 86-71 Saturday night. cbu events center • riverside, calif. Attendance: 4,754 california baptist (10-5, 1-1) ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS FIRST HALF NEW MEXICO STATE | 36 | 50 | 86 0 Acquaah,Milan * 34 6-14 3-7 9-10 0-2-2 1 8 4 0 1 24 california baptist | 37 | 34 | 71 • With the exception of three buckets, all of the Aggies’ first-half damage was done either inside or at the foul 31 Flavors Jr.,Ferron * 33 6-11 3-8 2-2 0-2-2 0 1 1 0 1 17 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 15 Boyd,Brandon * 29 2-9 1-6 6-7 0-0-0 3 2 6 0 1 11 line. Looking to avenge their lone WAC regular season loss of the 2018-19 season, New Mexico State come 1st 15-35 3-16 3-4 35 Davis,Dejon * 29 3-3 0-0 0-0 3-6-9 3 2 2 0 0 6 out looking to drive the ball inside and with back-to-back layups by AJ Harris it was able to jump out to a 6-3 HALF 42.9% 18.8% 75% 33 Pirog,Zach * 21 2-2 0-0 1-1 1-2-3 3 0 1 2 1 5 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A lead 2:03 into the tilt. NMSU 12 Morison,Glenn 18 2-2 0-0 0-2 2-0-2 1 0 0 0 0 4 2nd 19-34 7-15 5-5 • Following a pair of free throw makes by Jabari Rice (two of the three foul shots the Aggies drilled in the HALF 55.9% 46.7% 100% 11 Kuol,Bul 11 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-0-1 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 Armstrong,Tre 17 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-2-2 2 1 1 0 1 0 opening frame), the Lancers opened up their largest lead of the half on the strength of a 6-0 run. Preseason cbu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 5 Nottage,Reed 7 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-1-2 2 0 1 0 0 0 WAC Player of the Year Milan Acquaah put the finishing touches on CBU’s surge with a mid-range pull-up 1st 12-26 4-13 9-11 32 Robinson,Micah 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 jumper that handed his squad a 13-10 lead five minutes into the half. HALF 46.2% 30.8% 81.8% TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Not willing to let Acquaah get hot, the Aggies answered the Lancers’ run with an 18-1 offensive haymaker cbu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TOTALS - 200 22-46 8-26 19-24 8-18-26 15 14 17 2 5 71 2nd 10-20 4-13 10-13 47.8% 30.8% 79.2% over the next 5:30 to put the home team on its heels. Leading the charge was Aurrecoechea who manhan- HALF 50% 30.8% 76.9% dled anyone the Lancers threw on him down on the block. The Spaniard registered nine of the visitors’ 18 points during that surge and even connected on a straightaway three-pointer. • Back in his home state for the first time this season, senior guard Terrell Brown put an end to the Aggies’ scoring spree by drilling a fast-break long range right next to the Lancers’ bench. That hit from downtown hiked the Aggies’ edge to 29-14. • Harris banked in a corner three-pointer with 7:20 left in the half to put the Aggies back up by 14 (31-17), but exited the game after suffering an ankle sprain. With Harris out of the picture, the Lancers made their move. • California Baptist ended the half on a 20-5 run and took a 37-36 lead into their locker room at the break when Ferron Flavors, Jr., banked home a wild three-pointer at the horn. Acquaah pumped in eight points during the Lancers’ run. • Aurrecoecha amassed 14 points for the Aggies in the frame, but Acquaah countered with 17 on 5-of-9 shooting to give the Lancers a slim edge.

SECOND HALF • Acquaah made it a point to get to the foul line four times in the first 3:02 of the half. The guard hit all four freebies to keep the Lancers in front, 43-42, but McCants and Queen took over from there. • A steal and fast-break score by Queen ignited an 8-0 New Mexico State run that culminated with a powerful fast-break jam by McCants to push the Aggies in front 50-43. That 8-0 run ensured the Aggies wouldn’t trail again, but New Mexico State wasn’t out of the woods yet. • Five times through the last 14:30 of the game, CBU cut the Aggies’ lead down to five points. All five times, however, New Mexico State came up with an answer. Two of those answers came in the form of three-pointers by Brown who generated 11 points. • Two things happened for the Aggies late - their offense came to life and their defense made things miserable for the Lancers. California Baptist hit only four field goals through the final 8:16 of the game and Aurrecoecha handed the visitors their first double-digit lead of the half with another strong move down low that made matters 71-61 with 6:12 left. • Flavors Jr., kept it a single-digit game by splashing a jumper to cut the Aggies’ lead to 78-69 with 2:58 left, but Queen called game after that. The senior hit a mid-range jumper and followed with a cold-blooded fast- break three on the Aggies’ next possession to push the visitors’ lead to 83-69 with 2:25 left. • Acquaah was a non-factor in the second half, generating only seven points on 1-of-5 shooting. Queen, meanwhile, was 5-of-5 from the field with 14 points while McCants added 13 more for the Aggies who committed just three turnovers in the final 20 minutes.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Aurrecoechea’s 20 points represented a season-high for the senior and he finished two rebounds shy of a double-double by corralling a team-high eight rebounds. • McCants and Queen finished with 17 and 16 respectively for the Aggies who shot .559/.467/1.000 in the second half. • Another big reason why the Aggies emerged as the victors was their rebounding prowess. New Mexico State held a 36-26 edge on the boards including a 17-8 edge on the offensive glass. The Aggies turned that advantage into a 25-3 (+22) advantage in second-chance points. • The Aggies extended their winning streak over WAC programs to 19 games - the longest in-conference 40 winning streak in the nation. • CBU got a game-high 24 points from Acquaah and 17 more from Flavors, Jr., in their first WAC setback of the year. Though they went 19-of-24 from the foul line, the Lancers couldn’t keep up with the Aggies’ second-half firepower.

NEW MEXICO STATE (11-6, 2-0) GAME 17 | NEW MEXICO STATE 93, CHICAGO STATE 54 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Not even one week into Western Athletic Conference play, just one team in the confer- 21 Queen,Trevelin * 21 4-8 4-6 5-6 0-6-6 2 1 1 1 4 17 ence is without a loss in league action. 10 Rice,Jabari * 23 3-8 1-4 7-8 0-3-3 1 1 2 0 2 14 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 20 6-9 1-1 1-3 3-5-8 0 0 2 0 0 14 GAME 17 35 McCants,Johnny * 20 3-6 0-2 1-2 3-2-5 0 4 0 0 1 7 Yes, to the surprise of few, New Mexico State is that team. 11 Gilyard,Evan * 18 2-6 1-3 1-2 0-2-2 3 5 1 0 0 6 55 Williams,Shawn 19 3-4 3-4 2-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Trevelin Queen led a quartet of double-digit home team scorers by netting a 3 Brown,Terrell 20 2-8 2-6 2-2 0-1-1 2 0 0 0 0 8 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 24 3-7 1-5 0-0 0-3-3 2 3 1 0 1 7 game-high 17 points, the Aggies drilled 47.1-percent (16-of-34) of their shots from 2 Owens,Tennessee 3 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 6 three-point land and at the end of the night found themselves atop the WAC standings 32 Rewalt,Bryce 3 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 3 thanks to a 93-54 blowout win over Chicago State. vs 1 Buchanan,Shunn 17 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-5-6 4 9 0 0 3 0 93 54 24 McNair,William 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-4-4 4 1 2 0 1 0 | 11-6, 2-0 | | 4-14, 0-3 | TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 With a loss by CSU Bakersfield Tuesday night as well as Kansas City’s first WAC setback thursday, january 9 TOTALS - 200 29-59 16-34 19-25 8-31-39 19 24 10 1 12 93 of the year over in the Lone Star State minutes after the Aggies put the finishing touch- pan am center • las cruces, n.m. 49.2 % 47.1 % 76.0 % Attendance: 4,367 es on the Cougars, New Mexico State sits as the league’s only team without a setback in chicago state (4-14, 0-3) conference tilts. NEW MEXICO STATE | 46 | 47 | 93 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS chicago state | 24 | 30 | 54 5 Johnson,Xavier * 26 5-14 3-7 1-2 0-3-3 4 2 4 0 0 14 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 35 Hunt,Solomon * 26 3-6 0-0 3-4 2-6-8 5 1 2 0 1 9 FIRST HALF 1st 16-33 7-18 7-9 4 Davis,Ke’Sean * 29 2-8 1-4 2-2 1-1-2 3 3 2 0 1 7 • Intent on dispatching the Cougars as quickly as possible, the Aggies did just that by HALF 48.5% 38.9% 77.8% 22 Johnson,Michael * 20 1-6 0-1 3-4 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 1 5 showing no mercy during their opening barrage. Lethal offense was the home team’s NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 0 Jones,Rajeir * 13 1-3 1-2 0-1 0-3-3 3 1 3 0 0 3 2nd 13-26 9-16 12-16 1 Lewis,Andrew 27 2-6 0-1 6-6 1-5-6 2 0 2 0 1 10 recipe for success as New Mexico State started their first home game of 2020 on a 22-2 HALF 50% 56.3% 75% 12 Marble,Carlo 25 1-4 0-2 2-2 1-2-3 2 4 1 0 0 4 run over the first 5:54. csu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 10 Gholizadeh,Amir 12 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 2 • Queen connected on two of the Aggies’ four downtown makes through that run while 1st 8-26 1-9 7-7 30 Whitehead,Kalil 15 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jabari Rice and Terrell Brown each hit one from long range, too. In all, Queen generated HALF 30.8% 11.1% 100% 15 Bigirumwami,Noah 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 10 of the Aggies’ 22 points during the initial surge. csu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2nd 8-24 4-10 10-14 TOTALS - 200 16-50 5-19 17-21 6-25-31 21 11 19 0 4 54 • After Brown’s first downtown splashdown of the night hiked the hosts’ lead to 20, HALF 33.3% 40% 71.4% 32.0 % 26.3 % 81.0 % Chicago State managed to whittle its deficit down to 15 points thanks to a 5-0 spurt. Ke’Sean Davis concluded that run with a three-pointer that trimmed the Aggies’ edge down to 22-7. • From there, though, the Cougars would draw no closer for the remainder of the frame. Junior guard Shawn Williams drained the first of his three long balls at the 10:36 mark of the frame to hike the hosts’ lead back up to 20, 29-9. • Rarely did the Aggies let their foot off the gas pedal and as a result their lead bal- looned to as many as 22 points before the opening frame was in the books. Rice threw down a savage one-jam with 1:09 left to give the hosts a 44-22 lead and Evan Gilyard II ended the half by spotting Johnny McCants under the basket. The junior out of Las Cruces, N.M., concluded the frame by tossing down a two-handed jam of his own to put NM State up 46-24 at the break. • The Aggies could seemingly do no wrong as they shot .485/.389/.778 in the first frame.

SECOND HALF • A bit of a lull took over for the home team in the early stages of final frame and as a result Chicago State creeped back into the thick of things. An 8-1 run bookended by three-pointers from Rajier Jones and Xavier Johnson shrank New Mexico State’s lead to 56-41 with 14:20 left, but after that brief span of offensive clarity from the Cougars the Aggies reasserted themselves. • Rice ignited a 11-1 run with another fast-break rim-rocker and generated all but five of the Aggies’ points during that run. The redshirt sophomore wrapped up the run with a pair of makes at the foul line that made matters 69-42. • Chicago State got no closer than 24 points closer the rest of the way and McCants pushed the hosts’ lead to 30 or more points for the first time with a fast break jam at the 6:28 mark. • Much to the delight of everyone in attendance, it was the combination of hometown heroes Tennessee Owens and Bryce Rewalt that put the final nail in the Cougars’ coffin. Owens called buckets on back-to-back Aggie three-pointers before Shunn Buchanan fed Rewalt for a long-range hit of his own which made the score 93-52 with 49 ticks left.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • In addition to Queen’s double-digit scoring performance, Ivan Aurrecoechea (14), Rice (14) and Williams (11) each went for 10 or more points in the Aggies’ 15th-consecutive win over the Cougars. • Though he didn’t score a point, Buchanan’s impact was felt in a big was in the passing game. The senior dished out a game and career-high nine assists in his team’s blowout win and helped his team rack up 24 assists on 29 made field goals. • Making his first start in an Aggie uniform, Gilyard II finished with six points, two rebounds and five assists against his hometown team. The junior committed just one turnover, too, and as a squad the Aggies finished with only 10 throwaways. • The win was New Mexico State’s 17th-consecutive regular season WAC victory and its 20th-consecutive triumph against a WAC foe. 41 • For Chicago State, they dropped their eighth game in a row. Xavier Johnson topped the team’s scoring charge by putting in 14 on 5-of-14 shooting.

NEW MEXICO STATE (12-6, 3-0) GAME 18 | NEW MEXICO STATE 74, KANSAS CITY 71 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS No matter how slim the margin, how hard-fought it was or how unattractive it may have looked at times, a win is a win. 21 Queen,Trevelin * 31 7-10 2-4 0-0 1-5-6 2 0 2 1 1 16 10 Rice,Jabari * 33 5-8 2-3 1-2 1-9-10 2 6 2 1 3 13 35 McCants,Johnny * 26 4-5 1-2 0-1 0-7-7 2 2 3 0 0 9 That’s that mindset of the New Mexico State men’s basketball team after surviving their first of what will surely be many GAME 18 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 21 4-7 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 3 3 2 1 0 9 WAC nail-biters Saturday evening inside the Pan Am Center. 11 Gilyard,Evan * 22 1-3 0-1 2-3 0-0-0 5 5 2 0 0 4 3 Brown,Terrell 27 7-11 3-7 1-2 0-1-1 1 2 1 0 0 18 Terrell Brown looked like the Terrell Brown of old by pouring in a game and season-high 18 points, Jabari Rice posted 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 18 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 2 0 0 2 55 Williams,Shawn 3 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 New Mexico State’s first double-double of the season by going for 13 points and a career-high 10 rebounds as the 1 Buchanan,Shunn 15 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-2-2 1 2 4 0 0 1 Aggies held off a late charge by Kansas City to secure a 74-71 victory over the Roos. 24 McNair,William 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 vs TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Things looked well in hand for the Aggies after Brown culminated a 7-of-11 night from the field by splashing a wide- 74 71 TOTALS - 200 29-47 8-18 8-14 3-30-33 18 20 18 4 4 74 | 12-6, 3-0 | | 9-9, 2-2 | 61.7 % 44.4 % 57.1 % open three-pointer which pushed the home team’s lead to 69-57 with 2:44 to go, but the Roos connected on three of saturday, january 11 kansas city (9-9, 2-2) their 13 three-pointers in the last 2:27 to make things much more interesting than anyone in the Aggies’ corner wanted. pan am center • las cruces, n.m. Attendance: 4,517 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS 5 Giles,Jordan * 29 5-11 4-7 2-2 0-1-1 5 2 2 0 1 16 FIRST HALF NEW MEXICO STATE | 42 | 32 | 74 2 Whitfield,Rob * 28 5-7 4-4 0-0 0-2-2 4 1 2 0 1 14 kansas city | 33 | 38 | 71 • New Mexico State never fell behind for the second-straight game and Johnny McCants made sure of that by starting 4 Hardnett,Jahshire * 30 5-13 1-2 2-5 2-0-2 1 4 0 0 2 13 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 33 Nesbitt Jr.,Marvin * 27 5-9 3-4 0-2 0-7-7 2 1 0 0 2 13 the Aggies’ 8-2 run out of the gates with a three-pointer from the near wing. 1st 17-22 4-9 4-8 3 McKissic,Brandon * 23 3-6 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 4 5 4 0 1 6 • Though the Aggies looked primed for a runaway win early on, the Roos would have none of it. Forced to put a HALF 77.3% 44.4% 50% 0 Williams,Zion 13 2-4 0-0 2-3 2-0-2 1 1 0 0 0 6 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A guard-centric lineup on the floor all night with the absence of senior forward Javan White (injury), the Roos stayed NMSU 12 Klanjscek,Maks 26 1-5 1-4 0-0 1-3-4 1 1 2 0 1 3 2nd 12-25 4-9 4-6 within 10 points of the Aggies for the majority of the frame. HALF 48% 44.4% 66.7% 20 Allick,Josiah 15 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 4 0 1 0 1 0 11 Kamgain,Franck 9 0-1 0-1 0-2 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 • By connecting on the second of two free throws, Brown pushed the Aggies’ lead to its largest of the half - 25-14 - with kc FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9:55 remaining. Just as it appeared New Mexico State had gained the separation it needed, Kansas City answered with a 1st 12-25 6-13 3-6 TOTALS - 200 26-57 13-24 6-14 7-19-26 22 15 11 0 9 71 three-point barrage to pull within one possession. HALF 48% 46.2% 50% 45.6 % 54.2 % 42.9 % • Through the next 6:01, Jordan Giles, Marvin Nesbitt, Jr. and Maks Klanjscek combined to put in four triples to fuel a kc FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 2nd 14-32 7-11 3-8 16-5 surge by Kansas City. With their lead down to just two, 32-30, following the Roos’ outburst from downtown, the HALF 43.8% 63.7% 37.5% Aggies did something about it. • Shawn Williams commenced a 10-3 New Mexico State run to conclude the half with two makes at the charity stripe and Trevelin Queen provided a substantial punctuation mark to the surge by gilding in for a fast-break dunk that brought the Aggies’ crowd into it with 1:17 left in the frame. • Brown wrapped up the Aggies’ run to end the frame with a baseline jumper to end a sterling shooting performance for the home team in the half. • The Aggies sizzled from the field, shooting 77.3-percent (17-of-22) in the frame. That included a 44.4-percent (4-of-9) accuracy rate from long range to help hold off a Roos squad that connected on 48-percent (12-of-25) of their tries in the first 20 minutes.

SECOND HALF • Instead of venturing out beyond the arc, McCants worked inside and started half number two with a ferocious dunk to put his team up 44-33 ten second into the deciding frame. New Mexico State maintained a lead between eight and ten points through the first 5:19 before Kansas City started another comeback. • Giles netted five of the Roos’ points during their 7-0 run that cut the Aggies’ lead down to 50-47 with 11:10 to go. A driving score by Brown followed up with another jam by McCants put the Roos’ run on hold momentarily, but Giles capped another 7-0 Kansas City surge that brought the Roos even at 54-54 at the 7:09 mark. • Following Giles’ equalizing score, it was the Aggies turn to go on a run. Ivan Aurrecoechea collected his own miss and initialized a 15-3 New Mexico State run over the next 3:55 with a layup. • Kansas City’s lone basket through that stretch was a long ball by Jahshire Hardnett, but his triple was answered by a downtown swish by Queen as well as another by Brown that pushed the Aggies ahead 69-57 with 2:44 left. • The Aggies’ lead still stood at double-digits, 72-61, after Rice connected on a shot from beyond the arc with 1:33 left, but the Aggies scored just two points the rest of the way and committed three of their 18 turnovers during the final stages to give the Roos a fighting chance. • Rob Whitfield put in two trifectas for the Roos to pull them within four, 73-69, with 18 seconds to go. After an Aggie turnover, Hardnett appeared to be headed to the rim for an easy layup but Queen had other ideas. A block by the senior gave the ball back to the home team and Shunn Buchanan went 1-of-two at the line to put the Aggies up five with seven seconds left. • Kansas City’s last gasp came in the form of a Whitfield jumper in the paint and the Roos had a chance to equalize things after a New Mexico State turnovers with two second left, but instead took a two-pointer that was off the mark as the horn sounded.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Queen joined Brown and Rice in double-digits by netting 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting to go along with six rebounds, a blocked shot and a steal. • As a squad, the Aggies shot a Chris Jans coaching era record 61.7-percent (29-of-47) from the field in their 18th-consecutive WAC regular season victory. Additionally, the Aggies stretched their winning streak against WAC foes to 21 with their three-point victory over the Roos. • After committing 10 or fewer turnovers in each of their last three games, the Aggies coughed the ball up 18 times and the Roos were only too happy to turn those throwaways into 21 points - 29.6-percent of their point total on the night. • Fine ball movement helped the Aggies cause, too, as they finished with 20 assists on 29 made baskets. Evan Gilyard II passed out five of them to go along with four points. 42 • The Roos, quite simply, thrived from three-point land. Kansas City shot 54.2-percent (13-of-24) from distance and 45.6-percent from the field in their second-straight WAC setback. • Giles concluded his night with a team-high 16 points for Kansas City while Whitfield (14), Hardnett (13) and Nesbitt, Jr. (13) also put in at least 13.

NEW MEXICO STATE (13-6, 4-0) GAME 19 | NEW MEXICO STATE 70, UTAH VALLEY 56 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Utah Valley’s Emmanuel Olojakpoke had just answered a fast-break dunk by New 21 Queen,Trevelin * 25 6-11 3-7 2-2 1-3-4 2 1 1 1 3 17 Mexico State’s Trevelin Queen with a two-handed jam of his own that whittled the 35 McCants,Johnny * 32 4-7 0-2 5-6 3-5-8 0 3 1 0 3 13 10 Rice,Jabari * 16 2-6 2-3 0-0 0-1-1 3 2 1 0 0 6 Aggies’ lead down to two, 40-38, by connecting on a runner in the lane with 15:25 to GAME 19 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 17 1-3 0-1 2-2 0-4-4 4 1 2 0 0 4 go. 0 Gilyard,Evan * 27 1-4 0-1 1-2 0-5-5 1 3 2 0 1 3 3 Brown,Terrell 28 5-9 4-8 3-3 1-0-1 0 1 1 0 0 17 Two-hundred-and-fifteen seconds later, Johnny McCants emphatically ended a 15-1 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 22 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-4-4 2 2 1 1 0 5 55 Williams,Shawn 10 1-3 1-3 2-2 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 5 Aggie run by tossing down a monstrous one-handed slam that hiked the visitors’ 1 Buchanan,Shunn 14 0-3 0-2 0-0 1-2-3 3 2 4 0 0 0 lead to 54-39. 24 McNair,William 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 1 1 1 0 0 at TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 As they say, life comes at you fast. 70 56 TOTALS - 200 22-49 11-29 15-17 6-29-35 16 16 15 3 7 70 | 13-6, 4-0 | | 7-12, 1-3 | 44.9 % 37.9 % 88.2 % thursday, january 16 utah valley (7-12, 1-3) Showing off the spurtability of their offense, the Aggies’ 15-1 scoring spree represent- uccu center • orem, utah Attendance: 2,119 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS ed just a part of their larger 28-11 surge over a span of 9:36 that allowed the WAC’s 0 White,Isaiah * 36 6-13 2-6 2-4 2-9-11 1 0 3 0 1 16 lone squad without a league loss to claim a 70-56 win over the Wolverines Thursday NEW MEXICO STATE | 34 | 36 | 70 22 Jardine,Casdon * 25 4-7 2-3 0-1 1-3-4 3 0 1 0 0 10 utah valley | 27 | 29 | 56 night inside the UCCU Center. 3 Washington,TJ * 23 2-7 0-2 4-4 1-0-1 4 4 5 0 2 8 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 11 Averette,Brandon * 31 3-12 1-4 0-0 0-0-0 1 4 1 0 1 7 1st 9-22 6-14 10-12 4 Olojakpoke,Emmanuel * 17 3-3 0-0 0-1 1-3-4 3 1 0 2 1 6 Recovering from 10 first-half turnovers, New Mexico State committed only five HALF 40.9% 42.9% 83.3% 24 Woodbury,Trey 20 1-3 0-2 3-3 0-1-1 3 4 1 0 1 5 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A throwaways in the final 20 minutes of action. That, as well as a 48.2-percent (13-of-27) NMSU 2 Overton,Jamison 17 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 1 2 1 0 0 2 2nd 13-27 5-15 5-5 showing from the field in the second half, allowed the visitors to extend their streak HALF 48.2% 33.3% 100% 5 Havsa,Cavit Ege 9 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 Morley,Brandon 22 0-2 0-0 0-1 1-2-3 2 0 0 0 0 0 of regular season WAC triumphs to 19 - one shy of matching the league’s record of 20 uvu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 20 Kitchen,Bradley 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 set by Utah in the late 1990s. 1st 10-26 3-11 4-7 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 HALF 38.5% 27.3% 57.1% TOTALS - 200 21-52 5-19 9-14 6-22-28 18 15 14 2 6 56 FIRST HALF uvu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 40.4 % 26.3 % 64.3 % 2nd 11-26 2-8 5-7 • Reigning WAC Player of the Week Jabari Rice required just 10 seconds to get on the HALF 42.3% 25% 71.4% scoreboard, canning a wide-open triple on the far wing on the game’s first possession. Despite Rice’s early strike, the trifecta proved to be the Aggies’ lone field goal through the first four minutes and change. • Emmanuel Olojakpoke put a charge into the home crowd by throwing down an alley-oop dunk that handed the home team its lone lead of the tilt, 7-5, with 16:29 to go in the frame. From there one of the themes of the first half - New Mexico State free throw shooting - took form to make sure the visitors never trailed again. • Johnny McCants entered the game shooting just 34.5-percent (10-of-29) from the foul line, but those in attendance wouldn’t have believed it as the junior bookended a 9-0 Aggie run with three free throw makes. In all, McCants went 5-of-6 from the stripe in the game. • Also included in that New Mexico State surge were a pair of triples in quick succes- sion from Trevelin Queen which helped the hosts take a 14-7 lead at the 14:03 mark of the frame. • Isaiah White managed to pull the Wolverines even for the final time when his three-pointer made matters 16-16, but the Aggies used another 7-0 run - one capped by two more McCants free throw makes - to retake the lead. • Queen caught fire in the late stages of the frame, too, scoring seven in a row for the Aggies to help keep the Wolverines at bay. • Evan Gilyard II capped a 10-of-12 showing from the free throw line in the half by sinking one of two, but the Aggies were never able to pull away due in part to 10 turnovers. • Helping to offset those 10 Aggie throwaways were some sublime shooting numbers through the first 20 minutes of action. Powered by 13 first-half markers from Queen, the Aggies put up shooting splits of .409/.429/.833 in the frame while the Wolverines slung the rock in at a clip of .385/.273/.571.

SECOND HALF • Queen quieted off in the second half, netting only four points, but Brown took over through the final 20 minutes by netting 11 of his 17. • It was Brown who started thee Aggies’ aforementioned 15-1 run with a pair of makes at the foul line. Willing to dish the rock, too, Brown hit C.J. Bobbitt for a corner three during the surge before pushing the Aggies’ lead to double-digits, 49-39, with a hard-driving fast-break layup at the 12:56 mark. • Following McCants’ dunk that put New Mexico State up 54-39 with 11:50 left, the visitors’ lead never went below double-digits. Brown pushed that edge to as high as 19 points, 69-49, when he splashed his fourth and final triple of the game with 5:28 left. • Casdon Jardine scored five of the Wolverines’ last seven points and New Mexico State didn’t hit a field goal for the last 5:27, but it mattered not.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Brown and Queen each went for 17 points to propel the Aggies to their sixth-con- 43 secutive triumph. Chipping in 13 points and team-highs in rebounds (eight), assists (three) and steals (three) was McCants. • Putting forth one of their best free throw shooting nights this season, New Mexico

NEW MEXICO STATE (14-6, 5-0) GAME 20 | NEW MEXICO STATE 75, SEATTLE U 67 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Perception was reality in the Redhawk Center Saturday night. 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 34 5-10 0-0 9-12 2-9-11 3 0 1 1 0 19 10 Rice,Jabari * 34 5-12 4-8 3-3 1-10-11 2 2 3 0 0 17 21 Queen,Trevelin * 14 3-5 1-2 3-4 4-2-6 4 0 3 0 0 10 Fans in attendance saw a New Mexico State team that was facing extreme difficulty getting its shots to fall. A GAME 20 35 McCants,Johnny * 34 2-5 1-2 4-4 2-2-4 3 2 0 0 1 9 team that was on the ropes after going own by 11 points early. Then, the perception of the Aggies changed. 0 Gilyard,Evan * 26 1-8 1-4 0-0 0-1-1 3 1 2 0 1 3 They became a team that fought and clawed their way back into things until the reality was this at the end of 3 Brown,Terrell 32 0-1 0-0 7-8 0-1-1 2 2 0 0 0 7 the night: the Aggies are still the team to beat in the WAC. 1 Buchanan,Shunn 15 3-6 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 1 3 1 0 0 7 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 11 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 3 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Ivan Aurrecoechea made a mockery of the Redhawks’ interior defense, shredding it to ribbons to the tune of TOTALS - 200 20-50 9-21 26-31 9-26-35 19 10 11 1 2 75 19 points and 11 rebounds, Jabari Rice joined his senior teammate in double-double territory with 17 points at 40.0 % 42.9 % 83.9 % and a career-high 11 boards and the Aggies overcame an 11-point first-half deficit to claim a hard-fought 75-67 75 67 seattle U (10-10, 3-2) | 14-6, 5-0 | | 10-10, 3-2 | triumph at Seattle U. ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS saturday, january 18 23 Brown,Terrell * 37 11-21 0-1 3-4 3-2-5 2 5 3 0 2 25 redhawk center • seattle, wash. 13 Means,Morgan * 39 3-12 1-7 3-3 0-3-3 4 2 3 0 0 10 The victory not only extended the Aggies’ winning streak to eight consecutive games, but it established a new Attendance: 999 1 Carter,Myles * 19 1-1 0-0 4-5 0-2-2 5 0 0 0 1 6 WAC record for consecutive regular season league victories. Dating back to last season, NM State has reeled off NEW MEXICO STATE | 29 | 46 | 75 11 Grigsby,Riley * 32 0-5 0-3 2-2 0-4-4 1 1 0 3 0 2 20-straight WAC regular season victories, surpassing the previous record of 19 which was set by Utah in the last seattle U | 29 | 38 | 67 10 Nettles,Aaron * 13 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 24 Jones,Delante 22 4-7 2-4 1-2 1-1-2 2 0 0 0 0 11 1990s. 1st 6-21 5-10 12-16 21 Dallas,Jordan 11 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-2-2 5 0 0 0 0 6 HALF 28.6% 50% 75% 12 Da Campo,Mattia 21 1-3 0-2 2-2 2-2-4 2 0 3 0 0 4 FIRST HALF NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 34 Hundal,Anand 5 1-2 1-2 0-0 1-0-1 3 0 0 0 0 3 2nd 14-29 4-11 14-15 • Things, to put it mildly, did not go the Aggies’ way through the game’s opening 10 minutes. Rice managed to 0 Economou,Rip 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HALF 48.3% 36.4% 93.3% TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 put the visitors on the scoreboard by drilling a triple 1:36 into the tilt, but the sophomore’s downtown hit would su FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TOTALS - 200 23-54 6-22 15-18 7-16-23 24 8 9 3 3 67 represent New Mexico State’s lone field goal make through the opening 10:22 1st 11-28 3-11 4-4 42.6 % 27.3 % 83.3 % • Salivating at the opportunity to get the jump on the Aggies in front of their home crowd, the Redhawks were HALF 39.3% 27.3% 100% able to do just that. Seattle U’s Terrell Brown fueled an 18-8 run by the home team with six points while Morgan su FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 2nd 12-26 3-11 11-14 Means added five more to put the Aggies in a double-digit hole for the first time in WAC play. HALF 46.2% 27.3% 78.6% • Despite their poor shooting numbers in the first half, the Aggies used the free throw line to survive their cold spell. Six of the visitors’ first 12 points on the night - and 12 of their 29 in the half - came at the foul line as the Redhawks were piling up personal fouls at an incredible pace. Both Myles Carter and Anand Hundal had amassed three by the time the first frame came to a close. • At last, the shots started falling from the field for the Aggies. Two of the visitors’ six field goals in the opening frame came in the final two minutes as Shunn Buchanan and Rice canned three-pointers that knotted the score at 29-all. • The Aggies shot just 28.6-percent (6-of-21) from the field in the opening half, but used a 12-4 edge in free throws made to make sure the Redhawks’ lead never got too large to overcome.

SECOND HALF • Netting only three points on three free throw makes in the first half, Trevelin Queen came on exceptionally strong to start the final 20 minutes of action. The senior struck for all seven points during the Aggies’ 7-2 run to begin the second stanza with his three-pointer at the 17:43 mark giving the visitors a 36-31 lead. • That lead, however, was short-lived as the Redhawks answered with a 7-0 spurt capped off by a three-point play courtesy of Means to move ahead 38-36. New Mexico State wouldn’t regain the lead until Rice tumbled his way to the tin and drained a driving layup while getting fouled. Following his free throw make with 12:10 left, the Aggies were up 45-42. • Rice’s three-point play was just a part of the Aggies’ 8-0 run which was capped by a well-timed triple off the mitts of C.J. Bobbitt. After Johnny McCants kept the Aggies’ edge at six, 53-47, with a trifecta at the 9:19 mark, the Redhawks charged back again. Jordan Dallas finished off a 10-3 Seattle U surge with a three-pointer that put the home team on top 57-56 with 7:03 left. • Down by one, the Aggies stayed true to their game plan of getting to the stripe. McCants drained a pair of freebies with 6:46 left that put the visitors on top for good. Seattle U’s Terrell Brown knotted things at 59-all with a layup at the 4:48 mark, but McCants put a powerful finishing touch on a 5-0 Aggie spurt with a two-handed baseline jam that hiked the Aggies’ lead to 64-59. • Seattle U managed to cut the Aggies’ lead down to two points, but Rice provided the final nail in the Redhawks’ coffin after that. The redshirt sophomore buried a cold-blooded triple with 2:05 left to push the visitors’ edge to 69-64. New Mexico State closed out the game by going 6-of-6 from the foul line over the final 1:25 of play.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • By both posting double-doubles, Aurrecoechea and Rice became the first pair of Aggie teammates to post double-doubles in a game since Dec. 4, 2018, when Aurrecoechea (23 points, 11 rebounds) and Eli Chuha (13 points, 10 rebounds) did so in a win over in-state rival New Mexico. • After turning the ball five times in the first 6:22, the Aggies committed only six throwaways for the remainder of the game. • The Aggies finished at a disadvantage in every special scoring category except for one - second-chance points. New Mexico State owned a 15-7 edge in that department by using a 35-23 edge on the glass. • Free throw shooting was a boon for the Aggies once again. New Mexico State finished with a 26-of-31 (83.9-percent) showing from the stripe, finishing +11 in points from free throws as Seattle U shot 15-of-18 from that distance. • For the second-straight game against the Aggies, the Redhawks’ Terrell Brown put in a game-high 25 points 44 on 11-of-21 shooting. Joining Brown in double-digits was Jones (11) and Means (10) who rounded out the Redhawks’ top three scorers. • Head coach Chris Jans moved to 18-1 (.947) in his tenure as New Mexico State’s bench boss in the month of January. Against WAC foes, Jans improved to 35-3 (.921) in his New Mexico State coaching career.

NEW MEXICO STATE (15-6, 6-0) GAME 21 | NEW MEXICO STATE 67, UTRGV 62 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Dealt another dose of devastating news Wednesday morning when it was announced senior Trevelin Queen would miss four-to-six 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 33 7-9 0-0 5-7 2-2-4 2 2 2 0 0 19 weeks while recovering from a lateral meniscus tear, the same old questions popped up regarding the New Mexico State men’s 35 McCants,Johnny * 30 5-6 0-1 2-5 2-5-7 0 3 2 0 1 12 11 Gilyard,Evan * 31 3-7 3-6 0-2 0-0-0 2 3 4 0 0 9 basketball team. GAME 21 3 Brown,Terrell * 30 3-6 3-4 0-0 0-1-1 4 2 1 0 3 9 10 Rice,Jabari * 24 3-6 2-4 0-0 1-3-4 4 4 4 0 1 8 How would they recover? What happens now? Is all hope lost? 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 14 3-5 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 3 3 0 0 0 6 1 Buchanan,Shunn 26 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-4-6 0 3 0 0 0 2 55 Williams,Shawn 12 0-4 0-4 2-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Saturday night, the Aggies answered each and every one of those questions - and probably a few more - by doing the one thing they TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 4 0 0 0 have done in league action on a more consistent basis than almost any other team in the nation over the past two-plus years. TOTALS - 200 25-45 8-20 9-16 7-19-26 15 20 17 0 5 67 at 55.6 % 40.0 % 56.3 % They won. 67 62 utrgv (6-13, 2-4) | 15-6, 6-0 | | 6-13, 2-4 | ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS saturday, january 25 22 Jackson,Jordan * 35 10-14 1-2 5-6 1-2-3 2 3 4 0 3 26 Ivan Aurrecoechea could not be stopped on the block and the Spaniard finished with a game-high 19 points - including a pair of utrgv fieldhouse • edinburg, texas 11 Varner II,Lesley * 30 6-16 1-3 0-0 1-4-5 1 1 2 0 1 13 Attendance: 2,618 big-time free throws with 24 seconds to go - and the Aggies held off a late charge by UTRGV to earn a 67-62 triumph inside the UTRGV 2 Johnson II,Quinton * 28 4-7 1-4 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 1 0 0 9 Fieldhouse. NEW MEXICO STATE | 36 | 31 | 67 0 Freeman,Chris * 28 2-4 2-4 2-2 1-2-3 4 3 0 0 0 8 utrgv | 29 | 33 | 62 1 Rhea,Sean * 28 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-0-1 3 2 2 3 0 2 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 12 McClain Jr.,Rob 14 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 1 2 0 1 1 2 The win helped the Aggies remain atop the WAC standings with a perfect 6-0 record in league action, but it required a comeback after 1st 14-22 4-9 4-6 3 Raines,Connor 13 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 2 0 1 2 the Vaqueros got off to a hot start. HALF 63.6% 44.4% 66.7% 15 Dibiamaka,Uche 12 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 4 0 3 0 0 0 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 23 Bratton,Anthony 12 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 1 1 1 0 0 0 2nd 11-23 4-11 5-10 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-5-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 FIRST HALF HALF 47.8% 36.4% 50% TOTALS - 200 24-48 5-15 9-10 6-17-23 19 12 15 4 6 62 • Early turnover troubles by the Aggies allowed the Vaqueros to get the jump on the WAC leaders early on. UTRGV capitalized time after utrgv FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 50.0 % 33.3 % 90.0 % time as New Mexico State turned the ball over on four of its first five possessions. It was Jordan Jackson who did most of the damage 1st 12-21 3-9 2-2 during the Vaqueros’ 8-2 run to start the game as he netted six points - two of which came on a fast-break dunk to start the game. HALF 57.1% 33.3% 100% • UTRGV’s lead remained six after Quinton Johnson II sank a mid-range jumper, but a 9-0 Aggie run wrested control of the game from utrgv FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 2nd 12-27 2-6 7-8 the Vaqueros. Coming off the bench to help fuel that surge was C.J. Bobbitt who put in four of his six points during that span. HALF 44.4% 33.3% 87.5% • Bobbitt’s score with 12:18 left in the frame pushed the visitors up 15-12, but Jackson countered with four straight points for the Vaqueros to give them the lead for the final time. • Jabari Rice and Shawn Williams drained back-to-back three-pointers following Jackson’s one-man scoring outburst. Those two downtown makes kick-started a 10-2 Aggie run which culminated with a fast break layup by Johnny McCants to make the score 25-18 with 6:09 left in the frame. • Terrell Brown handed the visitors their first double-digit lead of the game when his first of three three-pointers went through with 2:42 left in the half. That made the Aggies’ lead 34-23 and Williams closed out the half with two free throw makes which answered back-to- back triples by the Vaqueros and helped the Aggies head into the locker room with a 36-29 edge. • Neither team suffered from an inability to put the ball in the basket through the frame. The Aggies’ captured their seven-point lead at the break thanks to shooting splits of .636/.444/.667, but the Vaqueros weren’t too far behind as they shot .571/.333/1.000 through the stanza.

SECOND HALF • Trading buckets with the home team to start the final 20 minutes of action, the Aggies kept their lead at eight (46-38) after Aurrecoe- chea accepted a pass from C.J. Bobbitt and sank a layup with 13:35 left. • That field goal would prove to be the last one for the Aggies for a stretch of 4:28, however, and in that time Lesley Varner II netted a pair of field goals for UTRGV which cut the Aggies’ lead down to 46-42. • With the Vaqueros creeping closer possession by possession, the Aggies went on a much-needed run to put double-digit distance between themselves and their Lone Star State adversaries. Aurrecoechea started an 11-4 Aggie surge by connecting on the second of two free throws at the 9:28 mark. • Evan Gilyard II and Terrell Brown continued the NM State scoring spree with three-pointers on back-to-back Aggie possessions and wrapping up the run was Shunn Buchanan. The senior guard corralled an offensive rebound after Aurrecoechea was denied at the rim by Sean Rhea and flipped in a layup that hiked the visitors’ edge to 57-46 with 6:52 left. • Aurrecoechea hit a smooth turnaround hook shot right before the shot clock expired, pushing NM State’s advantage to 62-50 and seemingly putting things out of reach for the Vaqueros with 5:52 left. • Another big play from Aurrecoechea, this one a three-point play that increased the visitors’ lead to double-digits (65-55), appeared to be the final nail in the coffin for the Vaqueros, but the home team made a bid to steal the win down the stretch. • Jackson put in four points during a 7-0 UTRGV run, including a mid-range jumper that whittled the Aggies’ lead down to 65-62 with 32 seconds to go. After Gilyard II missed a pair of free throws prior to Jackson’s mid-range job, Aurrecoechea stepped to the foul line and put the game on ice for the Aggies. The senior sank two free throws with 24 seconds left and the Vaqueros missed their last two shots.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Aurrecoechea and McCants were unquestionably the difference makers for the Aggies as that tandem combined to generate 31 of NM State’s 67 points on a combined 12-of-15 shooting performance from the field. • Solid ball movement helped the Aggies get the job done, too, as NM State racked up 20 assists on its 25 made field goals. Gilyard II and Rice each passed out four, tying for the game high. McCants totaled three helpers to go along with his 12 points and game-high seven rebounds. • For the Vaqueros, Jackson shouldered the majority of the scoring load by going off for a game-high 26 on 10-of-14 shooting. The spring guard also came up with three rebounds, three assists and a game-high three steals in the setback. • Varner II added 13 on a 6-of-16 outing from the field. • Both teams shot extremely well on the night with the Aggies drilling 55.6-percent (25-of-45) of their shots and the Vaqueros connecting on 50-percent (24-of-48) of their field goal tries. 45 • New Mexico State’s win was its 16th in a row over UTRGV and extended the Aggies’ winning streak to nine games. The Aggies’ WAC-record winning streak in regular season league games got extended to 21, too.

NEW MEXICO STATE (16-6, 7-0) GAME 22 | NEW MEXICO STATE 61, CSU BAKERSFIELD 57 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS It’s no secret that the NM State men’s basketball team has made use of an exceptionally potent 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 35 8-13 0-1 7-8 0-8-8 3 1 2 0 0 23 shooting touch to fuel its latest winning streak. 10 Rice,Jabari * 38 5-10 2-4 8-9 1-3-4 0 2 0 0 0 20 11 Gilyard,Evan * 25 2-7 2-4 0-1 0-3-3 2 3 0 0 1 6 GAME 22 3 Brown,Terrell * 33 1-4 1-3 0-2 0-3-3 0 1 0 0 0 3 What hasn’t exactly received as much press is the Aggies’ defense - something that was as the 35 McCants,Johnny * 32 1-2 0-1 1-1 1-1-2 2 2 2 3 0 3 center of them generating a 10th-consecutive win. 1 Buchanan,Shunn 19 0-2 0-1 3-4 0-3-3 1 1 3 0 1 3 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 13 1-4 1-3 0-0 2-0-2 3 0 2 0 0 3 55 Williams,Shawn 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clinging to a one-point lead with 1:35 to go, senior Shunn Buchanan came up with a TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 game-changing steal on the defensive end to put the ball back in the Aggies hands, Ivan Aur- TOTALS - 200 18-42 6-17 19-25 5-23-28 11 10 9 3 2 61 vs. recoechea tied his career high with 23 points, Jabari Rice added 20 more and NM State survived 42.9 % 35.3 % 76.0 % for a gritty 61-57 victory over CSU Bakersfield Thursday night inside the Pan Am Center. 61 57 csu bakersfield (10-12, 4-3) | 16-6, 7-0 | | 10-12, 4-3 | ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS thursday, january 30 5 Perry,Czar * 37 5-8 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 3 5 3 0 3 10 FIRST HALF pan am center • las cruces, n.m. 4 Moore,Taze * 19 4-6 2-4 0-0 0-1-1 3 0 0 0 1 10 Attendance: 5,126 • Intent on putting on a high-scoring show for a home crowd they hadn’t seen in three weeks, 13 Buckingham,De’Monte * 28 4-9 1-4 0-0 0-5-5 3 2 0 0 0 9 the Aggies came out like gangbusters and opened up a 19-9 lead just 5:08 into the showdown. NEW MEXICO STATE | 35 | 26 | 61 32 Stith,Shawn * 22 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 4 0 2 0 0 6 csu bakersfield | 30 | 27 | 57 21 Lee,Greg * 7 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Through that surge, Evan Gilyard II knocked down a pair of threes, Terrell Brown added another NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 3 Allen,Cam 31 5-9 1-4 0-1 0-2-2 2 3 1 0 1 11 and Aurrecoechea put in four points. 1st 12-22 5-11 6-9 10 Edler-Davis,Justin 30 3-10 3-8 2-2 3-2-5 3 2 1 0 0 11 • NM State’s lead remained one of the double-digit variety, 21-11, after Aurrecoechea operated HALF 54.6% 45.5% 66.7% 25 Person Jr.,Darrin 18 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-6-6 4 0 3 1 0 0 down low for another layup, but the Roadrunners started making things interesting after that. NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 22 McCall,Justin 6 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 6-20 1-6 13-16 0 Readus,Ronne 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Cam Allen led an 8-0 surge by the visitors with a layup and a three-pointer that cut NM State’s HALF 30% 16.7% 81.3% 11 Schoemann,Jack 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 lead down to three, but Rice ended the Roadrunners’ scoring spree with a triple of his own with csu-b FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9:15 left in the half. 1st 13-24 4-10 0-2 TOTALS - 200 24-51 7-21 2-5 6-24-30 23 13 10 1 5 57 • Try as they might, however, the Aggies never could push their lead back to double-digits. HALF 54.2% 40% 0% 47.1 % 33.3 % 40.0 % Aurrecoechea made it an eight-point advantage for the home team with another fine post move csu-b FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 2nd 11-27 3-11 2-3 that resulted in a bucket with 6:44 left in the frame, but CSU-B never went away. HALF 40.7% 27.3% 66.7% • Allen struck again, this time for back-to-back pull-up jumpers from mid-range to pull the Road- runners within two, 32-30, with 2:36 left in the frame. • Aurrecoechea closed out the half by scoring the final three points on a free throw make and a layup to give NM State at 35-30 edge at the break. • Both teams shot the lights out in the first 20 minutes with NM State putting 54.5-percent (12-of- 22) of their shots and the Roadrunners connecting on 54.2-percent (13-of-24) of their tries.

SECOND HALF • Rice responded to a mid-range swish by De’Vonte Buckingham that shrank the Aggies’ lead to three, 37-34, with a personal 5-0 run that culminated with a three-pointer to push the home team’s edge back to eight, 42-34, with 16:51 remaining. • Little did Rice know that his downtown bucket would be the last NM State field goal for a stretch of 8:35. The Aggies couldn’t get shots to fall but, thanks to some tenacious defense, they didn’t let the Roadrunners do much of anything, either. • Justin Edler-Davis connected on two trifectas through an 8-0 CSU Bakersfield run that tied the game at 42 with 14:57 to go, but the Aggies used a pair of free throw makes by Aurrecoechea and another two from Rice to remain in front, 46-44, at the midway point of the half. • Taze Moore knotted matters at 50-all with a fast-break dunk with 4:25 left and Edler-Da- vid handed the visitors their first lead of the night when he answered a Rice layup with a three-pointer from the far corner that put the home team at a 53-52 disadvantage with 3:36 left. • Czar Perry put the Roadrunners up for the final time by drilling a jumper with 2:29 left. After that, however, it was winning time for the Aggies. • Aurrecoechea cooked his defender on the ensuing NM State possession and dropped in a layup that put the Aggies ahead 55-54. The senior then hit a pair of big free throws after Buchanan came up with the game’s biggest play. Buchanan took the ball right away from Perry with 1:35 left which led to Aurrecoechea’s two free throw makes. • Buchanan iced the game from there by hitting three of four free throws in the final 15 seconds.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Aurrecoechea and Rice became the first pair of Aggie teammates to go for 20 or more points in the same game since Dec. 4, 2018, when Aurrecoechea (23) and JoJo Zamora (27) combined for 50 in a win over New Mexico. • Four different players came up with 10 or more points for CSU Bakersfield who suffered its first WAC road loss of the year. Cam Allen and Justin Edler-Davis led the way with 11 apiece. • The free throw line played a huge part in the Aggies’ victory. NM State went 19-of-25 from the stripe while the Roadrunners were only 2-of-5. The Aggies finished with a +17 edge in free throws made. • For the second time in three seasons as the Aggies’ bench boss, Chris Jans has successfully completed a run through the month of January without suffering a loss. He’s 20-1 (.952) in his tenure in the month of January as the Aggies’ head coach. • For the fourth consecutive season, the Aggies have generated a winning streak of 10 or more games. That’s the first time in program history that NM State has reeled off 10 or more victories in 46 four consecutive seasons. Additionally, Jans is now the first Aggie head coach in program history to have produced a double-digit winning streak in three-straight seasons. • Dating back to 2016-17, NM State has amassed 20 consecutive WAC victories inside the Pan Am Center.

NEW MEXICO STATE (17-6, 8-0) GAME 23 | NEW MEXICO STATE 72, GRAND CANYON 52 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS It’s a well-known fact that the last time Grand Canyon stepped foot inside the 10 Rice,Jabari * 32 7-16 4-11 0-0 0-6-6 3 3 1 0 1 18 Pan Am Center, it took a miracle for New Mexico State to get by their biggest 35 McCants,Johnny * 31 7-7 3-3 0-0 5-7-12 2 5 2 0 0 17 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 22 6-10 0-1 2-2 2-3-5 2 1 1 0 0 14 WAC rivals. GAME 23 20 Gilyard,Evan * 25 1-5 1-4 3-3 0-1-1 2 5 0 0 2 6 3 Brown,Terrell * 27 2-4 1-3 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 1 5 The only thing miraculous about the latest showdown between the Aggies and 1 Buchanan,Shunn 22 2-4 2-4 0-0 0-2-2 3 2 2 0 2 6 Lopes was the fact that the former only won by 20. 55 Williams,Shawn 12 1-4 1-3 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 24 McNair,William 11 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 Owens,Tennessee 1 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Johnny McCants submitted the first double-double of his career by finish- 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 16 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 1 1 1 0 0 0 vs. ing with 17 points on a perfect 7-of-7 night from the field and grabbing 12 32 Rewalt,Bryce 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 rebounds, Jabari Rice put in a game-high 18, and the Aggies continued their 72 52 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 17-6, 8-0 | | 9-13, 4-4 | TOTALS - 200 27-58 12-30 6-8 9-28-37 14 17 8 0 6 72 all-time dominance over Grand Canyon by blasting the Lopes, 72-52, in front of Saturday, february 1 46.6 % 40.0 % 75.0 % the second-largest crowd to ever witness a men’s basketball game inside the pan am center • las cruces, n.m. grand canyon (9-13, 4-4) Pan Am Center. Attendance: 13,690 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS NEW MEXICO STATE | 34 | 38 | 72 23 Johnson,Carlos * 30 6-12 2-5 1-2 0-4-4 2 0 1 0 1 15 grand canyon | 25 | 27 | 52 3 Dixon,Mikey * 34 4-10 2-6 4-5 0-3-3 1 1 2 0 0 14 At no point throughout the rout did the Lopes present any sort of threat and NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 10 Blacksher Jr.,Jovan * 32 4-8 1-4 4-6 0-2-2 1 1 2 0 0 13 bolstered 13,960 of their most voracious backers, the WAC leaders pushed their 1st 13-27 8-20 0-0 25 Lever,Alessandro * 35 2-8 1-5 0-0 3-2-5 3 4 1 0 0 5 winning streak to 11 games. HALF 48.2% 40% 0% 24 Okpoh,Bryce * 20 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-5-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 13 Jenkins,Lorenzo 17 1-4 1-3 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 2 0 0 3 2nd 14-31 4-10 6-8 1 Brown,Isiah 18 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-3-3 2 1 0 0 1 2 FIRST HALF HALF 45.2% 40% 75% 15 Gerdes,Raef 8 0-1 0-1 0-2 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Relying heavily on the play of Carlos Johnson, the Lopes managed to jump out gcu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 5 Bangai,Louis 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 to a 6-5 lead through the first 2:39 of action. Johnson put in all six points for the 1st 8-27 3-13 6-8 31 Spry,Ethan 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 visitors during that surge, but he was one of the lone bright spots for the Lopes HALF 29.6% 23.1% 75% TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 on the night. gcu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TOTALS - 200 18-49 7-27 9-15 5-22-27 11 7 8 0 2 52 2nd 10-22 4-14 3-7 36.7 % 25.9 % 60.0 % • McCants quickly put the Aggies on top the rest of the way by drilling the sec- HALF 45.5% 28.6% 42.9% ond of NM State’s seven first-half three-pointers which started an 8-0 Aggie run. • Three consecutive points by the Lopes trimmed NM State’s lead to 13-9 with 14:30 left int he frame, but that was as close as the visitors would get for the rest of the night. • Rice and Shunn Buchanan fueled the ensuing 14-0 NM State run by draining two three-pointers apiece and Ivan Aurrecoechea concluded that backbreaking surge by torching GCU star Alessandro Lever for a put-back layup that pushed the Aggies’ edge to 27-9 with 9:45 left in the frame. • NM State’s lead remained at 18 points after McCants connected on his second three-pointer of the half that made matters 32-14 with 3:45 left, but GCU had one final run left in them. Five different Lopes put in points during an 11-0 run by the visitors through the last 2:08 and as a result the Aggies’ lead stood only at nine points, 34-25, at the break. • NM State was ruthless from the field through the first 20 minutes, hitting 48.1-percent (13-of-27) of its shots and 40-percent (8-of-20) of its tries from long range. The Lopes, conversely, had a great deal of difficulty getting anything to fall and put in only 29.6-percent (8-of-27) of their shots.

SECOND HALF • Using a heavy dose of McCants from everywhere on the floor, the Aggies quickly put any fears of a GCU comeback behind them through the early stages of the second half. The junior conjured up a pair of layups and hit a third triple through the Aggies’ 10-2 run that spanned the first 2:45 of the frame. • After that run, NM State’s lead stood at 17, 44-27, with 17:15 left and the deject- ed Lopes never got closer than 16 points away for the remainder of the night. • The Aggies’ massive lead continued to grow until it hit a game-high 27, 61-34, with 7:53 remaining. Terrell Brown capped a 9-0 Aggie run with a layup in traffic that pushed his squad’s lead to its highest point of the night.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • After taking center stage for the Aggies over their last two games, Aurrecoe- chea faced his fair share of double teams which allowed his teammates to pros- per. Still, the senior out of Madrid, Spain, finished with 14 points, five rebounds and an assist. • Again taking advantage of some wide-open three-point tries, the Aggies feast- ed from downtown. NM State went 12-of-30 from long range and had drilled 29 triples in its last two matchups with GCU. • Passing was again a boon for the Aggies who finished with 17 assists on 27 made field goals. McCants and Evan Gilyard II each dished out a game-high five assists. • Johnson managed to finish with a team-high 15 for the Lopes while Mikey Dix- on added 14. Jovan Blacksher, Jr., put in 13 as his team dropped to 0-8 all-time inside the Pan Am Center. 47 • NM State pushed its overall winning streak to 11 games and extended its unbeaten run in WAC regular season games to 23 games. Against WAC foes, the Aggies have won 26 in a row.

NEW MEXICO STATE (18-6, 9-0) GAME 24 | NEW MEXICO STATE 71, CHICAGO STATE 49 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS On paper it looked like it would result in a blowout from start to finish. 0 Gilyard,Evan * 25 2-5 1-4 7-9 0-3-3 2 0 1 0 0 12 10 Rice,Jabari * 23 5-10 1-5 1-2 3-3-6 1 1 1 0 1 12 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 26 2-4 0-0 2-2 1-5-6 3 2 4 0 0 6 Early on it didn’t quite work out that way for the New Mexico State men’s basketball GAME 24 3 Brown,Terrell * 25 1-3 1-2 2-3 2-2-4 1 1 0 0 1 5 team Thursday night in the Windy City. That is until one of Chicago’s favorite sons - 35 McCants,Johnny * 17 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 1 1 1 0 2 0 playing in front of nearly 100 family members who made the journey to the Jones 55 Williams,Shawn 21 4-9 3-7 4-4 1-0-1 0 2 1 0 0 15 Convocation Center - stepped to the forefront of the action to make sure no doubts 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 18 3-5 0-2 0-0 1-3-4 4 2 3 0 0 6 1 Buchanan,Shunn 18 2-5 1-3 0-0 0-3-3 1 4 0 0 1 5 remain on what team remained the favorites in the WAC. 24 McNair,William 16 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 32 Rewalt,Bryce 7 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 3 at Playing in his home town for the first time in his collegiate career, Evan Gilyard II 2 Owens,Tennessee 4 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 sparked a 20-4 New Mexico State run over that last 7:24 of the opening half by scoring 71 49 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 18-6, 9-0 | | 4-20, 0-9 | TOTALS - 200 23-50 9-28 16-20 10-23-33 14 13 11 0 5 71 seven-straight points and the Aggies rode that surge to a 71-49 triumph over Chicago thursday, february 6 46.0 % 32.1 % 80.0 % State. jones convocation center • chicago, ill. Attendance: 381 chicago state (4-20, 0-9) ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS A fifth-straight road victory helped the Aggies maintain a two-game lead for the top NEW MEXICO STATE | 34 | 37 | 71 1 Lewis,Andrew * 38 4-11 1-2 3-4 0-3-3 4 1 2 0 2 12 chicago state | 17 | 32 | 49 spot in the WAC standings. 31 Marble,Carlo * 36 4-4 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 4 1 1 0 0 9 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 35 Hunt,Solomon * 34 3-6 0-0 0-2 1-5-6 2 3 2 1 1 6 1st 11-24 4-12 8-9 5 Johnson,Xavier * 18 1-6 1-4 0-1 0-1-1 5 1 6 0 0 3 FIRST HALF HALF 45.8% 33.3% 88.9% 0 Jones,Rajeir * 11 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 5 1 1 0 0 2 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A • A sluggish start limited the effectiveness of the Aggies’ normally potent offensive NMSU 11 Whitehead,Kalil 26 3-5 0-1 4-5 0-2-2 1 1 1 0 1 10 2nd 12-26 5-16 8-11 attack. After Jabari Rice scored the first five points of the game, NM State found itself HALF 46.2% 31.3% 72.7% 10 Gholizadeh,Amir 37 2-5 1-3 2-2 0-1-1 1 0 2 0 0 7 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-5-5 0 0 1 0 0 0 embroiled in a hotly contested affair with a Chicago State team that was hungry for an csu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TOTALS - 200 18-39 4-11 9-14 1-18-19 22 8 16 1 4 49 upset. 1st 6-16 1-4 4-5 46.2 % 36.4 % 64.3 % • A pair of free throw makes by Amir Gholizadeh put the Cougars on top, 6-5, with 13:17 HALF 37.5% 25% 80% left in the frame and Chicago State remained within striking distance when Solmon csu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 2nd 12-23 3-7 5-9 Hunt converted a layup that trimmed the Aggies’ lead to 14-13. HALF 52.2% 42.9% 55.6% • Following that layup at the 8:21 mark of the frame, Gilyard II changed the complexion of the game. A pair of free throw makes by the junior signaled the start of the Aggies’ game-changing run and after the Cougars responded with two freebies of their own Gilyard II nailed a three-pointer and followed up with a finish at the tin off of a nifty spin move to put the visitors ahead 21-15 with 4:41 left in the frame. • Terrell Brown followed Gilyard II’s personal scoring surge with five consecutive points while Shawn Williams got in on the action, too. The guard concluded his seven-point first half by canning a mid-range jumper and connecting on a pair of free throws late in the half. • As good as the Aggies’ offense looked though the last 7:24 of the half, their defense was even better. NM State allowed Chicago State to hit just one field goal through the last 8:20 of the stanza and as a result the Aggies coasted into their locker room with a 34-17 lead at the break.

SECOND HALF • Hoping to put the Cougars away for good, the Aggies were able to do just that once the second half started. NM State embarked on an 11-4 run through the first 5:30 of the frame and fueling that surge was the duo of Gilyard II and Rice. The former hit a trio of free throws in that span while the latter contributed five points to put the Aggies up 45-21 with 14:30 left. • NM State’s massive lead increased to as many as 28 points when Bryce Rewalt waltzed off the bench and drained a corner three to make matters 59-31 with 10:17 to go. • The Aggies never let their lead dip below 15 points the rest of the way and Tennessee Owens ended the game by splashing a corner triple with three-tenths of a second remaining to account for the 22-point margin of victory.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Williams led the way for the Aggies by pouring in a game-high 15 points on 4-of-9 shooting. He was one of three NM State players who put in double-digit points as Gilyard II and Rice each contributed 12 to the winning effort. • Two things in particular helped the Aggies win the night: defense and rebounding. NM State posted a 33-19 edge on the glass against the Cougars and generated 29 points (40.8-percent of its total) off of Chicago State turnovers. • Ivan Aurrecoechea came up with six points and a game-high six rebounds in the victory while Shunn Buchanan passed out a game-high four of the Aggies’ 13 assists. • Chicago State, who played the vast majority of the second half with only five available players due to foul trouble, was paced by Andrew Lewis’ 12 points • The Aggies stretched their winning streak to 12 games with the win and are now one of only eight NCAA Division I men’s basketball teams from around the nation who haven’t lost a conference game this season. • NM State improved to 20-1 all-time against Chicago State with its 15th consecutive victory over the Cougars. 48 • Aggie head coach Chris Jans is now 12-0 in his NCAA Division I head coaching career against teams from the state of Illinois. • The Aggies extended their winning streak against WAC opponents to 27 games. That includs a WAC record 24 consecutive victories in regular season WAC contests.

NEW MEXICO STATE (19-6, 10-0) GAME 25 | NEW MEXICO STATE 67, KANSAS CITY 61 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Beset by more bad news on the injury front when it learned in late Janaury leading scorer Trevelin Queen was to miss 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 30 9-15 0-0 5-7 2-2-4 2 1 0 0 1 23 two weeks with a knee injury, the New Mexico State men’s basketball team has done one thing on a consistent basis: 10 Rice,Jabari * 34 3-6 2-2 5-6 1-4-5 1 2 2 0 1 13 3 Brown,Terrell * 33 4-8 1-2 1-1 1-0-1 0 3 1 0 0 10 pound the ball inside. GAME 25 35 McCants,Johnny * 30 4-9 1-3 0-2 3-6-9 2 2 1 1 1 9 0 Gilyard,Evan * 25 1-1 0-0 4-5 0-1-1 4 1 3 0 0 6 Because it’s there that senior Ivan Aurrecoechea does his best work and over the last five games he has gone from a 1 Buchanan,Shunn 26 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 2 1 2 0 1 4 run-of-the-mill Spaniard to the WAC’s most feared conquistador. 24 McNair,William 5 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 11 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-3-3 2 0 0 0 0 0 55 Williams,Shawn 6 0-3 0-3 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 The Spaniard sparkled once again, matching his career with 23 points, helped the Aggies build up a 16-point second TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 0 0 1 0 0 0 at half lead and NM State held off a hard charge by Kansas City in the game’s final 3:10 to claim a 67-61 triumph over the TOTALS - 200 24-48 4-12 15-21 10-21-31 13 10 10 1 4 67 Roos Saturday night in the Swinney Recreation Center. 67 61 50.0 % 33.3 % 71.4 % | 19-6, 10-0 | | 12-13, 4-6 | kansas city (12-13, 4-6) saturday, february 8 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS FIRST HALF swinney recreation center • kansas city, mo. Attendance: 1,513 5 Giles,Jordan * 37 9-15 1-3 1-1 0-7-7 2 0 3 3 0 20 • Spurred onward with the hopes of knocking off the WAC’s top team, the Roos came out as the clear aggressors in the 2 Whitfield,Rob * 36 3-9 2-7 1-1 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 2 9 showdown and jumped out to a 4-0 lead courtesy of a pair of scores by Jordan Giles in the first 1:13. NEW MEXICO STATE | 27 | 40 | 67 4 Hardnett,Jahshire * 29 3-9 1-4 2-2 0-0-0 3 1 2 0 1 9 kansas city | 30 | 31 | 61 • NM State answered with back-to-back buckets by Aurrecoechea and though the Aggies never grabbed the lead 0 Williams,Zion * 32 1-2 1-2 2-4 1-1-2 4 2 0 1 0 5 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 20 Allick,Josiah * 18 2-4 0-0 0-2 2-4-6 3 0 2 0 2 4 through the opening frame the Spaniard made sure his squad never fell out of contention. 1st 10-24 1-6 6-8 33 Nesbitt Jr.,Marvin 14 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-2-2 2 0 1 0 0 5 • Little by little, the Aggies were forced to chip away at a Kansas City lead that increased to as many as eight points. NM HALF 41.7% 16.7% 75% 25 White,Javan 10 2-3 0-0 1-1 0-1-1 3 1 0 1 0 5 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A State was up to the task, however, as Shunn Buchanan pulled the visitors within two by driving in for an easy layup. NMSU 11 Kamgain,Franck 24 2-4 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 3 3 2 0 0 4 2nd 14-24 3-6 9-13 • Right after Buchanan’s uncontested layup that pulled the Aggies within two, 20-18, the Roos opened up their biggest HALF 58.3% 50% 69.2% TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS - 200 24-48 6-18 7-11 5-18-23 20 7 11 5 5 61 lead of the game. Fueled partially by Giles and partly by a three-pointer off the mitts of Marvin Nesbitt., Jr., Kansas City kc FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 50.0 % 33.3 % 63.6 % scored seven of the next nine points to take a 27-20 lead with 3:16 left in the frame. 1st 12-20 3-7 3-4 • The Aggies, however, punched back with a 7-0 run of their own. Jabari Rice started the surge with a pair of free throw HALF 60% 42.9% 75% makes, Buchanan converted another driving layup and Terrell Brown evened the game up for the first time since the kc FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 2nd 12-28 3-11 4-7 15:11 mark by swishing a straight-line triple after William McNair took to the sky to corral an important offensive board. HALF 42.9% 27.3% 57.1% • Giles concluded the half with a three-pointer of his own, however, to put the Roos on top at the break 30-27. • Kansas City put up some scorching hot shooting numbers in the first frame, converting 60-percent (12-of-20) of their shots. Giles was the primary source of offense by striking for 10 on 4-of-6 shooting in the frame. • For the Aggies, Aurrecoechea’s nine on 4-of-7 shooting paced the team while Brown came up with six.

SECOND HALF • Once the Aggies made their halftime adjustments - especially on the defensive end - the Roos were at a loss for the majority of the second half. Brown capped a 9-2 Aggies surge through the first 2:51 with a pull-up jumper that handed the visitors a 36-32 edge. • Kansas City countered with a 5-0 run culminating with a three-pointer off the mitts of Rob Whitfield to regain the lead, but Aurrecoechea knocked down a pair of free throws on the other end to spark another 7-2 surge by the visitors. Those free throw makes put the Aggies ahead 38-37 with 15:37 left and from there the visitors never fell behind again. • Things were still nip-and-tuck for the Aggies after Giles pulled the Roos within two, 45-43, with a mid-range jumper at the 11:39 mark, but that’s when the Aggies turned up the defensive head considerably. • Over the course of the next 8:12, NM State made life miserable for the Roos on their end of the court by limiting the home team to only three points and on field goal make. Fortunately, thanks to the play of Aurrecoechea, the Aggies suffered from no such deficiencies on their end of the floor. • Through the visitors’ 17-3 run over that span, the Spaniard either scored or assisted on a stretch of 10 consecutive points for NM State. Aurrecoechea, faced with numerous one-on-one situations down on the block, cooked whatever defender the Roos threw at him with a dazzling array of post moves before giving way to Rice. • After Johnny McCants hammered home a two-handed put-back jam, Rice canned a three-pointer at the end of the shot clock with 4:15 left and followed that up with a driving layup on the Aggies’ ensuing possession that pushed the visitors’ lead to 62-46 with 3:27 to go. • From there, however, NM State had to hold on as the Roos made a last gasp comeback bid. Hardnett and Whitfield each hit three-pointers and the latter added an old-fashioned three-point play that capped an 11-0 run by the home team. That play cut the Aggies’ lead down to 62-57 with 51 second to go, but that’s when Shunn Buchanan channeled his inner Patrick Mahomes in the city of the reigning Super Bowl champions. • After Rice and Hardnett swapped free throw makes to keep the Roos within five, 64-59, Buchanan launched a full court pass to a sprinting McCants who laid it in while getting hammered in the process to hike the Aggies’ lead back up to seven, 66-59, with 25 seconds to go. • That effectively sealed the game and Rice split a pair of free throw attempts with eight seconds to go to account for the final score.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Aurrecoechea absolutely shined, matching his career-high while corralling four rebounds. The Spaniard had his fair share of help, however, as Rice added 13 and five rebounds. Brown concluded an effective night with 10 points and a game-high three assists. • McCants finished just shy of his second double-double, generating nine points and nine rebounds. • Giles put in a team-high 20 for the Roos, but no other Kansas City player came up with more than nine points in the team’s second-straight loss. • With the win, NM State remained perfect in WAC play and extended its winning streak - the nation’s fifth-longest - to 12 games. NM State also added another win to its winning streak over WAC opponents (28 games) and its run of consecutive regular season WAC wins (25). 49 • Head coach Chris Jans has now won 13 consecutive games in the month of February dating back to the 2017-18 season. • Jans is also two wins away from reaching 100 victories as an NCAA Division I head coach.

NEW MEXICO STATE (20-6, 11-0) GAME 26 | NEW MEXICO STATE 72, SEATTLE U 64 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS By his own admission, junior forward Johnny McCants had been dealing with some difficulty getting off to a good start as 35 McCants,Johnny * 36 6-14 1-6 1-2 4-14-18 2 3 0 1 1 14 of late for the New Mexico State men’s basketball team. 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 22 2-6 0-0 7-7 1-4-5 3 1 2 0 1 11 11 Gilyard,Evan * 27 3-5 1-2 3-4 0-3-3 0 1 2 0 2 10 GAME 26 10 Rice,Jabari * 25 3-8 0-3 4-5 2-3-5 3 3 2 0 1 10 Thursday night inside the Pan Am Center, McCants started well and never let up. That spelled trouble for Seattle U. 3 Brown,Terrell * 21 2-5 2-4 3-4 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 0 9 55 Williams,Shawn 17 4-9 2-5 1-1 1-1-2 0 0 1 0 1 11 In one of the most dominant nights of his collegiate career, McCants generated a team-high 14 points and completed 1 Buchanan,Shunn 19 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-2-2 3 1 2 0 0 5 21 Queen,Trevelin 14 0-2 0-2 2-2 0-2-2 3 0 0 0 0 2 a monstrous double-double effort by hauling in a career-high 18 rebounds to help lead the Aggies to a scrappy 72-64 24 McNair,William 12 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 1 0 0 victory over the Redhawks. 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 vs TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 With the win NM State hit the 20-win mark for the ninth-consecutive season and maintained a three-game lead for the 72 64 TOTALS - 200 22-55 7-25 21-25 8-33-41 17 10 9 2 6 72 | 20-6, 11-0 | | 12-13, 5-5 | 40.0 % 28.0 % 84.0 % top spot in the WAC standings with five regular season games to go. thursday, february 13 seattle u (12-13, 5-5) pan am center • las cruces, n.m. Attendance: 4,794 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS FIRST HALF 23 Brown,Terrell * 29 6-18 0-3 4-6 2-3-5 4 4 1 0 4 16 • It was McCants who had a major hand in the Aggies’ 10-2 run to begin the game. The junior put in the game’s first five NEW MEXICO STATE | 37 | 35 | 72 13 Means,Morgan * 38 3-13 2-7 2-2 0-4-4 3 3 3 0 1 10 seattle u | 30 | 34 | 64 points before NM State’s Terrell Brown capped his team’s surge to start the tilt with one of his two three-pointers. 12 Da Campo,Mattia * 34 2-7 2-5 4-4 0-3-3 3 2 0 0 1 10 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 11 Grigsby,Riley * 18 3-7 2-5 1-2 1-2-3 4 1 0 0 0 9 • NM State continued to keep the Redhawks at arms length through the early stages of the first half. Junior guard Shawn 1st 12-28 5-16 8-10 21 Dallas,Jordan * 23 2-4 2-3 0-0 0-3-3 3 0 1 1 0 6 Williams came off the bench and provided an immediate scoring punch for the Aggies, hitting a mid-range floater before HALF 42.9% 31.3% 80% 10 Nettles,Aaron 19 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 0 0 6 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A heading to the free throw line and completing a three-point play to keep his team in front, 18-13, with 11:22 to go. NMSU 24 Jones,Delante 16 2-3 0-1 1-1 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2nd 10-27 2-9 13-15 • Coming in averaging close to 80 points per game in WAC action, however, the Redhawks fought. Aaron Nettles capped HALF 37.0% 22.2% 86.7% 1 Carter,Myles 23 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-8-8 2 0 1 0 0 2 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 5-0 Seattle U run with a three-pointer that knotted matters at 18-all, but the Aggies answered with a 7-0 surge to regain su FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TOTALS - 200 21-56 10-27 12-17 4-25-29 21 10 7 1 6 64 the lead. 1st 8-22 6-12 8-10 37.5 % 37.0 % 70.6 % • Evan Gilyard II hit Williams for another three before the Chicago, Ill., product made good on a pair of free throw attempts HALF 36.4% 50% 80% with 9:21 left that pushed NM State’s lead to 25-18. su FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 2nd 13-34 4-15 4-7 • A dunk from McCants and another long ball from Williams handed the Aggies a 36-25 lead with 3:14 left in the frame, but HALF 38.2% 26.7% 57.1% Mattia Da Campo pulled the trigger from deep to start a 5 -1 run to end the break for the Redhawks. That surge allowed Seattle U to cut the Aggies’ lead to 37-30 at the break. • One of the main reasons the Redhawks’ offense struggled to get much going was due to the absence of Terrell Brown. The WAC’s leading scorer was held to just 10 minutes in the opening half after picking up a trio of personal fouls. • Brown’s offensive game didn’t help the Redhawks’ cause, either, as he went 0-for-4 from the field. Seattle U made up for his absence by slinging in 50-percent (6-of-12) of its three-pointers in the half.

SECOND HALF • Though the Aggies never lost their grip on the lead, Seattle U remained within striking distance for the remainder of the night. A 7-2 run by the Redhawks to start the second half cut the Aggies’ lead to 39-37, and though that was as close as Seattle U would get NM State was never able to fully pull away. • Four of the six points NM State put in during its 6-2 run to answer came courtesy of Gilyard II. His free throw make with 14:10 left pushed the Aggies’ lead back out to 45-39. • For each bucket the Redhawks had, NM State had an answer. Whether it was Shunn Buchanan’s wing three-pointer at the shot clock buzzer to put the Aggies up 50-44 with 10:50 left or Jabari Rice’ put-back layup that kept NM State in front 56-49 with 6:52 left, the Aggies always responded. • Down the home stretch, though, it was Ivan Aurrecoechea, McCants and Rice who pulled NM State across the finish line. Eleven of the Aggies’ final 16 points over the last 6:10 were put in by Aurrecoechea who started a 10-4 NM State run with a pair of free throw makes. The Spaniard was just too strong down on the block and powered a 10-4 run that pushed his team’s lead to double-digits, 66-55, with 3:41 left. • Nettles and Dallas Jordan put a scare into the NM State faithful by connecting on three-pointers that cut the Aggies’ lead down to 68-64 with 1:41 left, but the Redhawks wouldn’t score again from there. McCants came up with a huge blocked shot on one of Seattle U’s last three possessions and two free throws apiece by Aurrecoechea and Rice sealed the deal for the WAC leaders.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • McCants led what was a balanced scoring attack for the Aggies as five NM State players finished with 10 or more points in the team’s fifth-consecutive victory over the Redhawks. Aurrecoechea put in all 11 of his points in the second half while Gilyard and Rice chipped in 10 apiece. • Of particular note was Williams who turned in nine of his 11 points in the opening frame. His bench production helped the Aggies finished with an 18-11 edge in bench scoring. • Brown finished with nine points in 21 minutes of action and drilled two of the Aggies’ seven three-pointers in the win. • Making his return to the NM State lineup was senior Trevelin Queen who had missed the previous five games after undergoing surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus. The senior, who was out of action for three weeks, finishd with two points in the win. • Once again the Aggies enjoyed a substantial edge in free throws attempted and free throws made. NM State went 21- of-25 (84-percent) from the stripe while the Redhawks converted 12 of their 17 attempts (70.6-percent) from that distance. • The Redhawks’ Brown finished with a game-high 16 points and totaled four of his team’s 10 assists as well as a game-high four steals. Means (10) and Da Campo (10) also finished with double-digit points in Seattle U’s first road loss in the last three games. • NM State remained perfect in WAC play with the win and pushed the nation’s fourth-longest active winning streak to 14 games. 50 • Head coach Chris Jans is one of five NM State head coaches who have led the Aggies to multiple 20-win seasons. In each of his three seasons in Las Cruces the Aggies have hit or exceeded the 20-win mark. Only Neil McCarthy (seven), Marvin Menzies (seven) and Lou Henson (eight) have posted more 20-win seasons in the history of the program than Jans.

NEW MEXICO STATE (21-6, 12-0) GAME 27 | NEW MEXICO STATE 84, UTAH VALLEY 82 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS The only thought running through Jabari Rice’s mind over the course of the final 6.5 seconds Saturday 10 Rice,Jabari * 39 8-12 4-5 9-11 5-3-8 2 2 5 0 2 29 evening was his last shot against New Mexico back on Nov. 21, 2019. 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 28 8-14 0-1 2-5 1-4-5 1 1 1 1 0 18 11 Gilyard,Evan * 22 5-6 3-4 0-0 0-1-1 2 1 2 0 0 13 GAME 27 35 McCants,Johnny * 30 4-5 1-1 2-3 1-5-6 3 5 1 0 2 11 A three-pointer that rimmed out at the end. One that would have given the Aggies a win over their biggest 21 Queen,Trevelin * 13 1-4 0-2 0-0 1-2-3 3 1 1 0 2 2 rivals. 55 Williams,Shawn 16 2-5 1-4 0-0 1-0-1 2 0 0 0 0 5 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 13 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 2 1 1 0 0 3 24 McNair,William 9 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Given another chance in a similar situation nearly three months later, Rice knew failure wasn’t an option a 1 Buchanan,Shunn 30 0-3 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 2 6 1 0 1 0 second time. TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 vs TOTALS - 200 30-52 10-20 14-21 10-16-26 17 17 12 1 7 84 Playing in front of the team that put New Mexico State on the map a half-century ago with its run to the 84 82 57.7 % 50.0 % 66.7 % | 21-6, 12-0 | | 9-17, 3-8 | utah valley (9-17, 3-8) Final Four, Rice banked home a game-winning three-pointer with 0.6 seconds to go to cap a wild 84-82 saturday, february 15 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS come-from-behind victory for the Aggies over WAC foe Utah Valley inside the Pan Am Center. pan am center • las cruces, n.m. 0 White,Isaiah * 28 7-12 3-6 4-4 0-3-3 4 1 0 0 1 21 Attendance: 5,492 22 Jardine,Casdon * 30 3-8 2-6 6-8 2-4-6 3 1 1 0 0 14 Already special enough with the members of NM State’s 1969-70 Final Four team in attendance, the NEW MEXICO STATE | 40 | 44 | 84 11 Averette,Brandon * 35 5-7 1-2 2-2 1-0-1 1 4 2 0 0 13 utah valley | 34 | 48 | 82 3 Washington,TJ * 31 4-12 1-5 2-2 0-2-2 3 8 3 0 2 11 moment was made even more so as Aggie head coach Chris Jans secured his 100th career NCAA Division I NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 4 Olojakpoke,Emmanuel * 27 2-2 0-0 0-1 1-1-2 4 0 0 1 0 4 head coaching victory thanks to Rice’s last-second game-winner. 1st 16-29 5-13 3-4 2 Overton,Jamison 17 6-8 0-1 1-1 1-1-2 1 1 1 0 2 13 HALF 55.2% 38.5% 75% 13 Morley,Brandon 13 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 1 6 FIRST HALF NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 24 Woodbury,Trey 15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 0 1 1 0 1 0 2nd 14-23 5-7 11-17 5 Havsa,Cavit Ege 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 • A sluggish start hindered the Aggies’ ability to get their crowd into things as Utah Valley opened up a HALF 60.9% 71.4% 64.7% TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 pair of five-point leads before the midway point of the half. Brandon Averette’s jumper with 11:39 to go uvu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TOTALS - 200 30-52 7-20 15-18 6-16-22 17 16 9 1 7 82 increased the Wolverines’ edge to 15-10 and Jamison Overton’s made matters 17-12 with 11:01 to go. 1st 12-25 3-10 7-8 57.7 % 35.0 % 83.3 % • The start of a 9-4 NM State run came from Philly’s finest. Will McNair hit one of his two free throws to start HALF 48% 30% 87.5% a surge that culminated with a three-pointer by Rice that knotted matters at 21 with 8:15 to go in the half. uvu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 2nd 18-27 4-10 8-10 • NM State regained the lead when Ivan Aurrecoechea threw down a powerful two-handed jam which was HALF 66.7% 40% 80% part of a 9-0 Aggie surge to put the home team ahead 30-25 with 5:05 left. • The Aggies lead bulged to eight points before the half came to a close. Aurrecoechea operated down low once again and converted a jumper with 27 ticks left that put the home team on top 40-32. Casdon Jardine’s layup right before the halftime horn, however, cut NM State’s lead to 40-34 at the half. • Rice (12) and Aurrecoechea (eight) combined for 20 points in the opening frame while Isaiah White generated 10 for the Wolverines.

SECOND HALF • Eager to open things up in the deciding frame, the Aggies pushed their lead to double-digits for the first time when Aurrecoechea corralled an offensive rebound and converted a put-back layup to make matters 54-44 with 14:04 left. • That layup capped a 6-0 run by the home team, and things still remained fine for the Aggies after Shawn Williams’ three pushed their lead back to nine, 59-50, with 11:39 to go. That’s when things turned interesting, though. • TJ Washington’s long ball just inside the midway point of the frame finished a 7-2 surge by the Wolverines that trimmed the Aggies’ lead to four, 61-57. NM State, however, answered with an 8-4 spurt featuring five points from Rice to make their lead 69-61 with 8:02 to go. • That run proved to be the last time the Aggies’ side of the scoreboard lit up for quite some time. Utah Valley retaliated with a 12-0 run through the next 3:24 to open up a 73-69 edge with 4:09 left. • Jamison Overton capped the crowd-quieting surge with a fast-break jam but it was the long-range ways of Casdon Jardine that really fueled things. The sharpshooter nailed a pair of triples through the surge to help power the Wolverines’ upset bid. • Finally it was McCants who ended a scoreless stretch of nearly four minutes by the home team. The junior started a 7-0 Aggie run with a pair of free throw makes and Rice swirled in a wing three-pointer with 2:40 remaining that pushed the home team’s edge to 76-73. • Through the Wolverines clawed back to tie things after a dunk and a free throw, two more free throw makes from Rice followed up with a driving layup by Aurrecoechea pushed the home team’s lead to 80-76 with 1:53 left. • Utah Valley continued its assault on the tin, though, using two free throw makes by Isaiah White and a seemingly backbreaking three-point play by Washington with 6.5 seconds left put the Aggies at an 82-81 disadvantage. The rest, as they say, is history.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Rice closed out his unforgettable night with a game and career-high 29 points while Aurrecoechea (18), Evan Gilyard II (13) and McCants (11) each finished with double-digits, too. • White put in a team-high 21 for Utah Valley and was one of five Wolverines in double figures. • The teams shot an identical 30-of-52 (57.7-percent) from the floor, but the Aggies held an edge from downtown. NM State put in 50-percent (10-of-20) of its three-point tries compared to a Utah Valley squad that operated at a 35-percent (7-of-20) efficiency rate from that distance. • With four regular season games to go, NM State maintained its three-game lead for the top spot in the WAC standings. • Jans became the 27th-fastest NCAA Division I head coach in the history of the sport to get to the 100-win mark with Saturday’s night’s thrilling victory. 51 • All nine of the remaining living members of the Aggies’ 1969-70 Final Four team were in attendance. Also at the Pan Am Center were former assistant coaches Rob Evans and Keith Colson as well as Lori Henson - daughter of legendary Aggie coach Lou Henson.

NEW MEXICO STATE (22-6, 13-0) GAME 28 | NEW MEXICO STATE 78, UTRGV 62 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Death. Texas. NM State winning WAC titles. 10 Rice,Jabari * 29 5-13 3-8 7-8 2-4-6 2 5 3 1 1 20 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 35 4-9 0-0 1-2 6-4-10 2 2 2 0 0 9 35 McCants,Johnny * 29 2-4 0-2 4-5 2-4-6 2 3 2 0 1 8 Those have been life’s certainties in Las Cruces in recent memory and it was still the case GAME 28 21 Queen,Trevelin * 24 3-5 2-4 0-0 1-2-3 2 2 4 1 2 8 Saturday night. 11 Gilyard,Evan * 20 3-10 2-7 0-0 1-1-2 1 2 0 0 1 8 3 Brown,Terrell 25 5-9 4-7 4-5 0-2-2 1 1 0 0 1 18 On pace to score just 40 points midway through the opening stanza, the rv/— Aggies finally 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 14 2-3 1-1 1-2 0-1-1 3 1 0 0 0 6 1 Buchanan,Shunn 21 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-4-4 2 3 2 1 1 1 managed to shake off their exceptionally slow start on offense by using an 11-0 run to take 24 McNair,William 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 the lead for good and NM State hoisted its third WAC regular season championship trophy in 55 Williams,Shawn 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 as many seasons with a 78-62 come-from-behind triumph over UTRGV. vs TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-1-5 0 0 3 0 0 0 78 62 TOTALS - 200 24-53 12-29 18-24 17-23-40 16 19 18 3 7 78 | 22-6, 13-0 | | 12-15, 7-6 | 45.3 % 41.4 % 75.0 % Jabari Rice came through with a team-high 20 points and Terrell Brown added 18 more off saturday, february 22 utrgv (12-15, 7-6) the bench for the Aggies who now own the nation’s longest active winning streak at 16 pan am center • las cruces, n.m. ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Attendance: 11,680 games. 11 Varner II,Lesley * 28 9-11 2-3 3-4 0-6-6 2 2 1 0 2 23 NEW MEXICO STATE | 39 | 39 | 78 14 Levi,Javon * 37 4-14 2-6 3-4 2-1-3 3 11 4 0 3 13 utrgv | 25 | 37 | 62 2 Johnson II,Quinton * 28 3-8 3-5 0-0 0-3-3 2 0 3 0 0 9 FIRST HALF NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 22 Jackson,Jordan * 17 3-4 1-2 0-0 1-1-2 4 0 5 2 0 7 • Rolling into Las Cruces with their longest winning streak in 12 years, the Vaqueros were 1st 10-27 6-17 13-16 23 Bratton,Anthony * 23 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-2-2 3 0 1 1 0 0 gunning to hand the Aggies their first WAC setback of the year and they looked primed to do HALF 37% 35.3% 81.3% 0 Freeman,Chris 20 2-5 1-4 0-0 0-1-1 2 1 0 0 1 5 so in the early stages of the game. NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 15 Dibiamaka,Uche 13 1-2 1-2 2-2 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2nd 14-26 6-12 5-8 12 McClain Jr.,Rob 12 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-2-3 2 0 2 0 0 0 • Through the first 8:15, UTRGV scored 14 of the first 21 points to open up a 14-7 lead on the HALF 53.89% 50% 62.5% 21 Fontaine,Isaiah 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WAC leaders. Jordan Jackson punctuated that opening surge by the Vaqueros in a big way by utrgv FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 5 Gaines,Jamal 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 driving down the land and tossing down an uncontested one-handed rim-rocker. 1st 8-23 4-14 5-7 3 Raines,Connor 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 • Jackson’s dunk would prove to be the last points the Vaqueros would score for four minutes HALF 34.8% 28.6% 71.4% TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 as the Aggies finally found their groove on offense. Evan Gilyard II started an 11-0 Aggie run utrgv FG-A 3FG-A FT-A TOTALS - 200 22-48 10-24 8-11 4-17-21 22 14 17 3 6 62 2nd 14-25 6-10 3-4 45.8 % 41.7 % 72.7 % with a three-pointer that finally got NM State’s sizable crowd into it. From there, Rice’s mid- HALF 56% 60% 75% range jumper with 8:08 left pushed the hosts in front for good. • NM State’s run concluded when Gilyard II connected on another triple - this one coming after Trevelin Queen rejected a runner by UTRGV’s Javon Levi on the defensive end - to make matters 18-14 with 7:45 left. • Continuing to press the attack, NM State pushed its lead to double-digits with an 8-0 run in a span of 58 seconds. After Quinton Johnson II fired in a three-pointer that trimmed NM State’s edge to 25-21 with 3:37 left, Queen and Brown drained downtown shots of their own on back-to-back possessions before Ivan Aurrecoechea caught a lob from Johnny McCants and threw down a two-handed jam which forced the Vaqueros to call time • NM State’s considerable lead continued to build, increasing to 18 after another triple by Brown made matters 39-21 with 1:07 to go. • UTRGV managed to score the last four points of the half to make the Aggies’ lead 39-25 but the hosts remained in control. NM State managed to stay in it by heading to the free throw stripe early and often in the half as the Aggies went 13-of-16 from the line. • Things got chippy when a trio of technical fouls were handed out with 4:50 left in the half.

SECOND HALF • McCants kept the Aggies in front, 44-27, after he hit two free throws 57 seconds in to the final frame, but the Vaqueros still had a considerable amount of fight left in them. After those freebies, Levi, Johnson II, and Lesley Varner II swished three-pointers on three-straight possessions to pull UTRGV within eight, 44-36, with 17:25 left. • UTRGV got to within four points, 52-48, when Varner II pulled up for a mid-range jumper with 11:19 to go, but another quick flurry of offense by the Aggies helped them pull away again. • Rice drilled a pair of three-pointers during a 10-0 Aggie surge that used up 1:44. The second of those downtown splashes made the home team’s lead grow to 62-48 with 8:56 left. • Brown put in the second of his two three-pointers in the half with 6:47 left and that shot pushed the Aggies’ lead to 68-50. UTRGV never got closer than 12 points away the rest of the night.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • NM State has now won five WAC regular season titles in the previous six seasons and three in a row. • In a wild day of college basketball, top-ranked Baylor, second-ranked Gonzaga and previously undefeated San Diego State all lost, making the Aggies one of just two NCAA Division I men’s basketball teams without a loss in conference play this season. • Aurrecoechea finished with a game-high 10 rebounds and was one point shy of a double-double after getting nine points to go along with two assists. Gilyard II, McCants and Queen each came up with eight points while CJ Bobbitt contributed six off the bench. • The Aggies destroyed UTRGV on the glass, out-rebounding their foes 40-21. Rice grabbed six of those boards and came up with a team-high five assists. • Varner II poured in a game-high 23 points for the Vaqueros who saw their longest winning 52 streak in over a decade come to an end. Levi added 13 more and completed a double-double effort with a game-high 11 assists. • The Aggies’ third-consecutive WAC regular season title made head coach Chris Jans just the third head coach in program history to capture three-straight regular season league crowns.

NEW MEXICO STATE (23-6, 14-0) GAME 29 | NEW MEXICO STATE 67, GRAND CANYON 53 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS They say it’s not how you start, but how you finish. 10 Rice,Jabari * 28 7-14 1-6 1-1 4-5-9 0 3 2 0 0 16 21 Queen,Trevelin * 22 5-10 2-5 2-2 5-3-8 1 1 0 0 1 14 35 McCants,Johnny * 30 3-6 0-2 2-2 5-3-8 4 1 0 0 0 8 “They” didn’t catch the rv/— Aggies in action Thursday night at the GCU GAME 29 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 26 4-11 0-0 0-0 4-3-7 2 0 3 0 0 8 Arena. 0 Gilyard,Evan * 23 2-8 0-2 2-2 0-2-2 1 2 0 0 0 6 3 Brown,Terrell 24 2-7 2-6 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 0 0 1 6 In what was perhaps their best start to a game this season, the Aggies came 1 Buchanan,Shunn 17 2-4 0-1 1-1 1-1-2 2 4 1 0 0 5 24 McNair,William 5 0-2 0-0 2-2 0-2-2 2 0 1 1 0 2 out firing and hit Grand Canyon with a 10-0 run to start the game and by ham- 55 Williams,Shawn 5 1-5 0-3 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 mering the Lopes both on the glass and on the scoreboard exited GCU Arena 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 19 0-4 0-3 0-0 0-1-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 with a 67-53 victory. vs 32 Rewalt,Bryce 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 53 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-1-5 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 23-6, 14-0 | | 12-16, 7-7 | TOTALS - 200 26-71 5-28 10-10 25-23-48 14 12 8 1 2 67 The Lopes never led and though they managed to whittle the Aggies’ lead thursday, february 27 44.4 % 20.0 % 58.8 % down to three points on one occasion that was as close as they could get. gcu arena • phoenix, ariz. grand canyon (12-16, 7-7) Attendance: 7,155 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS FIRST HALF NEW MEXICO STATE | 37 | 30 | 67 25 Lever,Alessandro * 35 8-11 1-2 0-0 0-2-2 2 0 1 0 1 17 grand canyon | 25 | 28 | 53 24 Okpoh,Bryce * 24 2-3 0-0 4-6 1-5-6 1 1 0 0 2 8 • Intent on shutting down whatever advantage the Lopes crowd could give, NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 3 Dixon,Mikey * 23 2-4 1-3 2-2 1-3-4 1 0 1 0 0 7 the Aggies wasted no time in landing their first haymaker of the night. Fueled 1st 15-33 3-15 4-4 23 Johnson,Carlos * 24 2-9 1-5 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 2 0 1 5 by the speed of Evan Gilyard II who scored the first six of the game, NM State HALF 45.5% 20% 100% 10 Blacksher Jr.,Jovan * 32 1-4 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 1 2 2 0 0 2 put in the game’s first 10 points over a span of 3:45. NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 1 Brown,Isiah 31 4-11 0-4 4-6 0-3-3 2 3 2 0 1 12 2nd 11-38 2-13 6-6 13 Jenkins,Lorenzo 14 1-2 0-1 0-1 1-1-2 2 0 0 0 0 2 • That forced Grand Canyon to call time in order to try and regroup. To their HALF 29.0% 154% 100% 5 Bangai,Louis 9 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 credit, the Lopes did just that by taking off on a 9-2 run of their own to makes gcu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 15 Gerdes,Raef 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 things momentarily interesting. Alessandro Lever drilled a triple during that 1st 10-24 2-9 3-4 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-3-5 0 0 2 0 0 0 surge and ended the run with an uncontested layup to shrink NM State’s lead HALF 41.7% 22.2% 75% TOTALS - 200 20-45 3-15 10-17 6-20-26 11 7 12 1 5 53 to 12-9 with 11:59 left in the frame. gcu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 44.4 % 20.0 % 58.8 % 2nd 10-21 1-6 7-13 • It was about that time when the Aggies started to flex their muscles in the re- HALF 47.6% 16.7% 53.9% bounding department. A 9-0 surge by the visitors included a pair of put-back dunks - one from Johnny McCants and another from Trevelin Queen - to push NM State’s lead back to double-digits, 21-9, with 9:22 remaining in the stanza. • Lever continued to lead the Lopes back into the thick of things, putting in two more layups before giving way to Carlos Johnson who drilled a downtown shot that pulled the home team back within six, 27-21, with 5:13 on the clock. • Through the rest of the half, though, the Aggies outscored their WAC adversaries 10-4 to take a 12-point lead (37-25) into the halftime break. During that final surge of the frame, Terrell Brown and Queen each nailed a three-pointer while Ivan Aurrecoechea glided in for a fast-break layup.

SECOND HALF • The game was won for the Aggies in the first seven minutes of the deciding frame. Through that span, NM State did not allow the Lopes to score a single point and - charged up by three-point plays by Shunn Buchanan and Jabari Rice - took off on an 11-0 run to make matters 48-25 with 13:22 to go. • NM State’s lead grew to as high as 26, 56-30, after a pair of free throw makes by William McNair with 10:25 left. • A 10-0 run by Grand Canyon through that last 3:17 made the final score closer than it had been since the start of the second half.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Domination on the glass and a spread out offensive attack allowed the Ag- gies to run away with the win. NM State out-rebounded the Lopes 48-26 and had just one fewer offensive rebound (25) than GCU’s rebounding total. • Rice continued to shine, generating a team-high 16 points to do along with a game-high nine rebounds. It was the sophomore’s eighth-straight game with 10 or more points and he was helped along by Queen who netted 14 while grabbing eight boards. Queen and Rice combined to shoot 50-percent (12-of- 24) from the field in the Aggies’ eighth-straight win over Grand Canyon. • Aurrecoechea and McCants came up with eight points each and both neared double-double territory as the former grabbed seven rebounds and the latter eight. • Lever put in a game-high 17 for Grand Canyon while Isiah Brown chipped in 12 of his own for a Lopes squad that did manage to shoot 44.4-percent (20-of- 45) from the field. That was better than the Aggies’ 36.6-percent (26-of-71) clip. • With the victory, NM State extended the nation’s longest active winning streak to 17 consecutive games. That’s tied for the fourth-longest winning streak in the history of the program and the Aggies also added to their WAC record by collecting their 28th-straight regular season league victory. • Each of Grand Canyon’s three lowest point totals in a WAC game have come against New Mexico State. The Lopes scored 53 tonight, 52 in an Aggie win on Feb. 1, 2020 in Las Cruces and 50 on Feb. 4, 2016 against NM State. 53

NEW MEXICO STATE (24-6, 15-0) GAME 30 | NEW MEXICO STATE 62, CSU BAKERSFIELD 46 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS The last time the rv/— NM State men’s basketball team set foot inside the Icardo Center, it took 35 McCants,Johnny * 33 5-7 4-4 0-2 3-3-6 1 2 1 0 0 14 nothing short of a miracle for it to exit with a victory. 0 Gilyard,Evan * 26 3-8 2-6 1-1 2-4-6 1 6 3 1 1 9 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 20 3-5 0-0 2-2 2-2-4 4 2 1 0 0 8 GAME 30 21 Queen,Trevelin * 23 2-6 1-3 0-0 1-1-2 2 1 0 0 1 5 Saturday night, in the final WAC tilt to be played inside the facility, nobody needed to play the role 10 Rice,Jabari * 29 0-8 0-2 4-4 1-4-5 1 1 0 0 2 4 of hero for the Aggies. Their defensive effort made sure of that. 3 Brown,Terrell 32 4-9 4-9 0-0 0-1-1 1 3 0 0 0 12 13 Bobbitt,C.J. 19 1-4 1-3 2-2 0-4-4 1 0 3 0 2 5 1 Buchanan,Shunn 13 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 2 0 0 3 Johnny McCants piled up 14 points, Terrell Brown added 12 more and the Aggies showed off just 24 McNair,William 5 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 how potent one of the nation’s best scoring defenses can by when operating at peak efficiency by TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 2 0 0 0 at holding CSU Bakersfield to its lowest scoring output in two years during a 62-46 suffocation of the TOTALS - 200 20-50 13-29 9-11 10-21-31 14 15 12 1 6 62 Roadrunners. 62 46 40.0 % 44.8 % 81.8 % | 24-6, 15-0 | | 12-18, 6-9 | csu bakersfield (12-18, 6-9) saturday, february 29 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS FIRST HALF icardo center • bakersfield, calif. Attendance: 2,947 4 Moore,Taze * 32 8-14 1-3 1-3 1-2-3 0 0 3 0 1 18 • De’Monte Buckingham handed the home team their lone lead of the game with a three-pointer 10 Edler-Davis,Justin * 34 4-8 2-5 0-0 4-4-8 4 1 1 1 0 10 on the opening possession of the game. From there, the Aggies started to show off their long-dis- NEW MEXICO STATE | 32 | 30 | 62 13 Buckingham,De’Monte * 28 1-6 1-4 2-2 0-3-3 1 2 0 1 1 5 csu bakersfield | 22 | 24 | 46 tance shooting prowess by getting a pair of downtown hits by McCants and another from Evan 5 Perry,Czar * 29 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 5 4 0 1 2 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 0 Readus,Ronne * 21 0-1 0-0 0-2 3-3-6 1 0 0 1 0 0 Gilyard II to fuel a 9-0 run that put the visitors ahead for good. 1st 10-24 5-11 7-9 22 McCall,Justin 22 3-8 0-1 0-0 1-5-6 3 1 1 0 1 6 • The Roadrunners managed to stay within striking distance by working the ball inside. That yielded HALF 41.7% 45.5% 77.8% 32 Stith,Shawn 25 2-5 0-1 1-4 1-3-4 3 0 1 0 0 5 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A a number of layups and made free throws and Taze Moore’s long two with 10:40 left cut the Aggies’ NMSU 3 Allen,Cam 9 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 3 1 0 0 0 2nd 10-26 8-18 2-2 edge to 16-13. HALF 38.5% 44.4% 100% TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS - 200 19-48 4-15 4-11 10-21-31 15 12 11 3 4 46 • Following that jumper, NM State reeled off seven consecutive points in the span of 1:32 to move csu-b FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 39.6 % 26.7 % 36.4 % ahead by double-digits. Shunn Buchanan connected on a long ball before McCants was awarded a 1st 9-27 2-11 2-7 bucket as a result of a goaltending call on the Roadrunners to hike the Aggies’ advantage to 23-13 HALF 33.3% 18.2% 28.6% with 8:45 left in the stanza. csu-b FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 2nd 10-21 2-4 2-4 • Justin Edler-Davis helped the Roadrunners stage their last comeback bid of the game by scoring HALF 47.6% 50% 50% seven straight points for the home team that helped it pull within 25-20 at the 6:32 mark. After that, a three-point play by Gilyard II kick-started a 5-0 Aggie surge that put the visitors back up by double-digits. • NM State took a 32-22 lead to the locker room after Jabari Rice knocked down a pair of free throws with two ticks left in the half. CSU Bakersfield shot a dismal 2-of-11 (18.2-percent) from long range in the half while NM State connected on 41.7-percent (10-of-24) of its shots in that same span.

SECOND HALF • Hoping to put the Roadrunners away early on in the deciding frame, the Aggies were able to do just that as McCants began an 8-2 NM State run with his third three-pointer of the night just 60 seconds into the stanza. • Ivan Aurrecoechea put a massive exclamation point on that run by driving baseline for a one-handed slam that forced the Roadrunners to call time as they trailed 40-24 with 16:49 left. • NM State’s lead never dipped below 12 points the rest of the way and it increased to as much as 19 when Trevelin Queen hit a runner in the lane to make matters 45-26 with 13:11 to go. • A 9-2 Roadrunner surge capped off by a Justin McCall jumper managed to get the home team within 12, 47-35, with 8:35 remaining, but the Aggies used the long ball to put CSU Bakersfield away. • Brown cashed in on a pair of threes, McCants hit one more, Queen drained another and Gilyard II called buckets on one of his own to represent the last five NM State field goals of the night. All of those three-pointers came through the final 7:51 of the game and the Aggies held the Roadrunners scoreless for a stretch of nearly four minutes down the stretch to help put the game on ice.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • McCants’ hot start helped the junior continue to cook for the rest of the night. The Las Cruces, N.M., product finished with a team-high 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting which included a 4-of-4 clip from three-point range. • Back in his home state, Brown chipped in 12 points on 4-of-9 shooting from long distance. Elsewhere in the box score, Gilyard II flirted with a triple-double by finishing with nine points, six rebounds and a game-high six assists. • Three-point shooting was a big key to NM State’s success Saturday night. NM State drilled 44.8-percent (13-of-29) of their tries from long distance while the Roadrunners were successful on just 26.7-percent (4-of-15) of their attempts. • CSU Bakersfield was paced by Moore who pumped in a game-best 18 points on 8-of-14 shooting. Edler-Davis added 12 and together he and Moore went 12-of-22 (54.5-percent) from the field. The rest of the Roadrunners, however, didn’t fare too well and shot only 26.9-percent (7-of-26) for the game. • NM State moved back into a tie with fourth-ranked Dayton for the nation’s longest winning streak. Both teams have won 18-straight and the Aggies’ victory was also their 30th-consecutive WAC regular season win and the team’s 33rd in a row against WAC foes. • The win was also the Aggies’ 15th consecutive road win in WAC play. That’s the longest active streak in the nation. 54 • CSU Bakersfield’s 46 points were the fewest allowed to a WAC opponent this season by the Aggies. They’re also the third-fewest given up in a WAC game in Chris Jans’ tenure as NM State’s head coach. • Speaking of Jans, the win marked his 82nd at New Mexico State which moved him up into a tie for sixth place with Weldon Drew on the list of all-time coaching victories in the history of the program.

NEW MEXICO STATE (25-6, 16-0) GAME 31 | NEW MEXICO STATE 83, CALIFORNIA BAPTIST 50 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Back in the early 1970s, country musician Jerry Reed put pen to paper and came up with a 21 Queen,Trevelin * 27 7-11 4-6 1-2 0-4-4 0 3 0 0 2 19 ditty entitled, When You’re Hot, You’re Hot. The hit single served as Reed’s account of a dice 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 15 5-6 0-0 3-5 3-5-8 3 0 2 0 0 13 3 Brown,Terrell * 23 3-5 3-4 2-3 0-1-1 2 0 1 0 0 11 game (and the events that transpired as a result of it) in a back alley with two of his closest GAME 31 13 Bobbitt,C.J. * 23 3-9 1-6 3-4 1-4-5 1 1 0 0 0 10 friends - a game in which Reed couldn’t stop rollin’ sevens and winning. 1 Buchanan,Shunn * 23 0-3 0-3 0-0 0-1-1 2 3 3 1 4 0 35 McCants,Johnny 28 4-5 1-2 4-4 3-6-9 2 1 0 0 1 13 Incredulous at the luck of Reed, his pals simply threw up their hands and said, “when you’re 11 Gilyard,Evan 19 3-5 2-4 0-0 0-0-0 2 4 1 0 0 8 55 Williams,Shawn 12 2-5 1-3 2-2 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 7 hot, you’re hot,” resigning themselves to the fact that it just wasn’t their day. 32 Rewalt,Bryce 2 1-2 0-1 0-1 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 Rice,Jabari 14 0-4 0-1 0-0 1-2-3 2 3 0 2 0 0 vs A tale much like the one Reed crooned about years ago played out inside the Pan Am Center 24 McNair,William 11 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Thursday night. The NM State men’s basketball team was hot. California Baptist was, well, not. 83 50 2 Owens,Tennessee 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 25-6, 16-0 | | 21-9, 10-5 | TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 thursday, march 5 TOTALS - 200 28-56 12-30 15-21 10-25-35 16 15 7 4 7 83 One blowout win later - a victory that the Aggies’ senior class will likely never forget - rv/— pan am center • las cruces, n.m. 50.0 % 40.0 % 71.4 % Attendance: .7,015 NM State found itself with a win for the history books. california baptist (21-9, 10-5) NEW MEXICO STATE | 46 | 37 | 83 ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS california baptist | 20 | 30 | 50 Putting on a show of epic proportions, Trevelin Queen came alive for game-high 19 points 0 Acquaah,Milan * 23 5-16 1-5 4-4 1-3-4 2 0 3 0 0 15 NMSU FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 15 Boyd,Brandon * 33 4-9 1-3 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 2 0 0 9 and was one of five Aggies in double-digits as NM State eviscerated California Baptist, 83-50, 1st 15-29 9-16 7-9 31 Flavors Jr.,Ferron * 26 1-9 1-7 2-4 0-0-0 2 1 1 0 0 5 to put the finishing touches on the first perfect run through WAC regular season play in two HALF 51.7% 56.3% 77.8% 35 Davis,Dejon * 22 1-4 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 1 0 3 0 0 2 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A decades. NMSU 33 Pirog,Zach * 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 13-27 3-14 8-12 HALF 48.2% 21.4% 66.7% 11 Kuol,Bul 16 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 0 0 1 6 32 Robinson,Micah 8 1-3 1-3 3-3 0-2-2 0 1 0 0 0 6 NM State became the first WAC team to generate a perfect 16-0 record in league play with cbu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 5 Nottage,Reed 13 1-1 0-0 2-2 2-2-4 3 0 0 0 0 4 the victory. The Aggies join 1997-98 TCU (14-0) and 1998-99 Utah (14-0) as the only three 1st 6-26 2-10 6-8 12 Morison,Glenn 19 0-2 0-0 3-4 1-1-2 2 1 0 0 2 3 teams in WAC history to post an unblemished run through regular season league play. HALF 23.1% 20% 75% 3 Armstrong,Tre 26 0-5 0-3 0-0 1-3-4 2 2 1 0 0 0 cbu FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 4 Lo,Omar 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2nd 9-26 4-13 8-9 TM TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FIRST HALF HALF 34.6% 30.8% 88.9% TOTALS - 200 15-52 6-23 14-17 7-19-26 18 5 11 0 4 50 • Ivan Aurrecoechea got things started with a driving layup before Trevelin Queen took cen- 28.8 % 26.1 % 82.4 % ter stage and drained the first of his four three-pointers to hike the Aggies’ lead to 5-0. • Hoping to put the Lancers in an inescapable hole early, the Aggies were able to do just that. Those buckets from two of the six Aggie seniors honored postgame represented the start of a 15-1 run by the home team to start the game. From there, the Aggies never looked back. • Unrelenting in their pursuit of victory, the Aggies pushed their lead to 30, 46-16, before the opening frame was in the books. Queen hammered home a roar-inducing one-handed jam on the break to hand the home team its largest margin of the half. • NM State scorched the nets in the frame, shooting .517/.563/.778 while holding California Baptist to woeful shooting splits of .231/.200/.750 in the first 20 minutes of action.

SECOND HALF • Milan Acquaah scored the Lancers’ first four points of the deciding frame to cut the Aggies’ lead down to 49-24 with 15:52 to go, but that was as close as the visitors would get. • A three-point play courtesy of C.J. Bobbitt was followed up with an authoritative throwdown by Aurrecoechea at the 14:15 mark that extended the Aggies’ lead to 30 once again (54-24). • With the game well in hand, NM State started to put on a show for its home crowd. the Aggies’ lead never dipped below 30 points for the rest of the night and reached 41 after a ludicrous series of rim-rockers in the late stages of the game. • Johnny McCants soared in for a savage put-back slam on the dome of California Baptist’s Glenn Morrison before Shunn Buchanan found hit Queen with a fine pass to help the latter toss down an alley-oop dunk. • Queen wasn’t done, however. On the very next play, the last of his two steals led the senior into wide-open space where he flipped a pass to himself off the backboard and hammered home another slam which made matters 76-35 with 6:04 to go.

KEY PERFORMERS/STATISTICS OF NOTE • Coming out like gangbusters, NM State’s energy and intensity was never matched by the Lancers in their penultimate game of the regular season. Queen drilled four three-pointers, Terrell Brown added three more and the Aggies shot .500/.400/.714 for the game. • Along with Queen, Aurrecoechea (13), McCants (13), Brown (11) and Bobbitt (10) each came up with at least 10 points for the Aggies. Acquaah (15) was the only Lancer in double-digits as California Baptist shot just .288/.261/.824 for the game. • Acquaah went just 5-of-16 from the field, thanks to the defense of Buchanan who made things miserable for the Lancers’ star all night. Aurrecoechea finished with a game-high eight rebounds to help the Aggies post a 35-26 edge on the glass over their foes from California. • For the Aggies, they extended their nation-leading winning streak to 19 games with the win. Additionally, NM State hit the 25-win mark for the fourth-straight year while pushing their streak of victories over WAC foes to 34 games. NM State has also emerged as the victors in 31-straight regular season WAC games - a league record. • Head coach Chris Jans is one of just six active NCAA Division I head coaches who have amassed 25 or more wins in each of their first three years at an institution. Other individuals 55 on that list include John Calipari, Mark Few and Bill Self. • Aurrecoechea, Bobbit, Brown, Buchanan, AJ Harris and Queen were all honored for their contributions to Aggie basketball in a postgame ceremony.

Stat 2019-20 Season High Career High Points 7, at Seattle U, 1/18/20 12, vs CSU Bakersfield, 1/12/19 Rebounds 8, vs. Colorado State, 11/25/19 8, vs. Colorado State, 11/25/19 Assists 9, vs. Chicago State, 1/9/20 9, vs. Chicago State, 1/9/20 shunn 1 Blocks 1, 3x last vs. California Baptist, 3/5/20 1, 6x last vs. California Baptist, 3/5/20 Steals 4, twice, last vs. California Baptist, 3/5/20 4, twice, last vs. California Baptist, 3/5/20 buchanan FGs Made 3, at Seattle U, 1/18/20 3, 4x, last at Seattle U, 1/18/20 FGs Attempted 6, at Seattle U, 1/18/20 7, 2x, last vs. CSU Bakersfield, 1/12/19 3FGs Made 2, vs. Grand Canyon, 2/1/20 3, vs. Eastern New Mexico, 12/12/18 Senior 3FGs Attempted 4, vs. Grand Canyon, 2/1/20 5, 2x, last vs. CSU Bakersfield, 1/12/19 FTs Made 4, vs. Southern, 11/14/19 5, vs. UTEP, 11/25/17 guard • 6-0 • 170 FTs Attempted 4, 3x, last vs. CSU Bakersfield, 1/30/20 8, vs. UTEP, 11/25/17 Durant, Miss. | NE Mississippi

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Came up with a career-high four steals in the Aggies’ first road win of the season (at • Played 23 minutes in his start in the seaosn opener Denver on 12/10) • Reeled in six rebounds versus WNMU • Dished out a career-high nine assists in the Aggies’ WAC win over Chicago State (1/9) • Grabbed a career-high eight rebounds in an overtime victory over Colorado State in the • Netted a season-high seven points in 15 minutes off the bench in the Aggies’ WAC win at opening game of the 2019 Cayman Classic Seattle U (1/18) where he also hit his first field goal and three-pointer in the 2020 calendar • Passed out three or more assists for a stretch of seven consecutive games from 11/12/19- year. 11/27/19. 2019-20 game-by-game Statistics

BUCHANAN’S Career Statistics | all games

56 BUCHANAN’S Career Statistics | WAC games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2017-18 14-1 199/14.2 10-35 .286 3-13 .231 1-1 1.000 1-23-24 1.7 22-0 25 11 1 7 24/1.7 2018-19 16-1 267/16.7 8-35 .229 6-22 .273 16-25 .640 3-24-27 1.7 20-0 39 21 2 6 38/2.4 2019-20 16-1 304/19.0 15-44 .341 6-25 .240 8-11 .727 7-34-41 2.6 29-0 44 28 2 14 44/2.8 TOTAL 46-3 770/16.7 33-114 .289 15-60 .250 25-37 .676 11-81-92 2.0 71-0 108 60 5 27 106/2.3 2019-20AGGIE BASKETBALL | GAMEthirty-two | thursdAY | 3|11 | 1:00 p.m. | las vegas, nev. | #AGGIEUP rv/--NM STATE25-6 | --/--chicago state4-25

Stat 2019-20 Season High Career High Points 7, Western New Mexico, 11/5/19 Same Rebounds 2, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 Same 2 tennessee Assists 1, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 -- Blocks -- -- owens Steals 1, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 -- FGs Made 2, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 Same FGs Attempted 5, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 Same Redshirt Sophomore 3FGs Made 2, vs. Chicago State, 1/9/20 Same 3FGs Attempted 2, 2x, last at Chicago State, 2/6/20 Same guard • 5-10 • 165 FTs Made 4, Western New Mexico, 11/5/19 Same Las Cruces, NM | Huntsville FTs Attempted 5, Western New Mexico, 11/5/19 Same

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS and Johnny McCants. • Made his Aggie debut playing 15 minutes in the season opener vs. WNMU. • Big-time Dallas Cowboys fan, but upon seeing MLB Jaylon Smith at the El Paso airport • Scored his first career points in the opener totaling seven with a three-pointer and four did not ask him for an autograph free throws • Came in for his first taste of action against an NCAA Division I opponent in a 20-point win over USF (11/26) • Is one of three players from Las Cruces, N.M., on the Aggies roster, joining Bryce Rewalt 2019-20 game-by-game Statistics

owens’ Career Statistics | all games

owens’ Career Statistics | WAC games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2019-20 4-0 11/2.8 3-4 .750 3-4 .750 1-3 .333 0-0-0 0.0 1-0 0 0 0 0 10/2.5 TOTAL 4-0 11/2.8 3-4 .750 3-4 .750 1-3 .333 0-0-0 0.0 1-0 0 0 0 0 10/2.5

Stat 2019-20 Season High Career High Points 18, twice, last vs. UTRGV, 2/22/20 22, at California Baptist, 1/3/19 Rebounds 7, at UTEP, 11/12/19 8, vs. CSU Bakersfield, 1/12/19 Assists 5, vs. rv/-- New Mexico, 11/21/19 5, 2x, last vs. rv/-- New Mexico, 11/21/19 terrell 3 Blocks 1, 2x, last vs. Kansas City, 1/11/20 1, 4x, last vs. Kansas City, 1/11/20 Steals 3, at UTRGV, 1/25/20 6, vs. Drake, 12/22/18 brown FGs Made 7, vs. Kansas City, 1/11/20 7, 3x, last vs. Kansas City, 1/11/20 FGs Attempted 11, 3x, last vs. Kansas City, 1/11/20 14, at California Baptist, 1/3/19 3FGs Made 4, 3x, last at CSU Bakersfield, 2/29/20 4, 8x, last at CSU Bakersfield, 2/29/20 Senior 3FGs Attempted 11, vs. George Mason, 11/27/19 11, vs. George Mason, 11/27/19 FTs Made 7, at Seattle U, 1/18/20 11, at California Baptist, 1/3/19 guard • 6-1 • 170 FTs Attempted 8, at Seattle U, 1/18/20 14, at CSU Bakersfield, 2/7/19 Hayward, Calif. | City College of SF

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Netted a season-high 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting in the Aggies’ WAC home win over • Made his season debut on the road against rival UTEP. Kansas City (1/11) • Second on team in scoring with 10 points against the Miners. • Sat out of the Aggies’ 84-82 win over Utah Valley on Feb. 15 after turning his ankle late in • Drilled a pair of free throws during SFA’s home victory over Southern (11/14) NM State’s win over Seattle U on Feb. 13. • Dealing with a nagging hip/groin injury that has limited production this year • Matched his season-high by putting in 18 points in NM State’s win over UTRGV on Feb. • Held out of the Denver game (12/10) as a precaution 22. Four of his six double-digit scoring outings this season have come when he comes off • Three of his five games with 10+ points have come in WAC play the bench. 2019-20 game-by-game Statistics

brown’s Career Statistics | all games

brown’S Career Statistics | WAC games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2018-19 15-11 389/25.9 53-117 .453 32-66 .485 55-71 .775 10-35-45 3.0 18-0 22 26 1 7 193/12.9 2019-20 15-7 409/27.3 45-95 .474 34-70 .486 25-33 .758 6-19-25 1.7 16-0 18 7 1 8 149/9.9 TOTAL 30-18 798/26.6 98-212 .462 66-136 .485 80-104 .769 16-54-70 2.3 34-0 40 33 2 15 342/11.4 58 brown’S Career Statistics | conference games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2016-17 14-8 362/25.9 37-107 .346 12-36 .333 38-51 .745 1-24-25 1.8 34-2 30 18 0 11 124/8.9 2018-19 15-11 389/25.9 53-117 .453 32-66 .485 55-71 .775 10-35-45 3.0 18-0 22 26 1 7 193/12.9 2019-20 15-7 409/27.3 45-95 .474 34-70 .486 25-33 .758 6-19-25 1.7 16-0 18 7 1 8 149/9.9 TOTAL 44-26 1160/26.4 135-319 .423 78-172 .453 118-155 .761 17-78-95 2.2 68-2 70 51 2 26 466/10.6 2019-20AGGIE BASKETBALL | GAMEthirty-two | thursdAY | 3|11 | 1:00 p.m. | las vegas, nev. | #AGGIEUP rv/--NM STATE25-6 | --/--chicago state4-25

Stat 2018-19 Season High Career High Points 8, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 14, 2x, Last vs. GCU, 3/16/19 Rebounds 4, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 9, 2x, Last vs. Utah Valley, 2/14/19 5 clayton Assists 2, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 2, 8x, last vs. Northern N.M., 12/29/19 Blocks -- 1, 2x, Last vs. #14/18 Auburn, 3/21/19 henry Steals -- 3, at UMKC, 2/28/19 FGs Made 3, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 5, 3x, Last vs. GCU, 3/16/19 FGs Attempted 6, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 9, 6x, Last vs. GCU, 3/16/19 Senior 3FGs Made 2, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 4, 3x, Last vs. GCU, 3/16/19 3FGs Attempted 4, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 8, vs. Chicago State, 3/14/19 Guard • 6-4 • 200 FTs Made -- 4, Seattle U, 2/16/19 Calgary, Canada | Palm beach state FTs Attempted -- 4, 2x, Last vs. Seattle U, 2/16/19

2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Missed the Aggies’ first 14 games of the season while recovering from a torn tendon in his hand. • Made his 2019-20 season debut in the Aggies’ non-conference win over Northern New Mexico and generated eight points, four rebounds and two assists in 23 minutes of action (12/29). • Suffered a season-ending injury during the Aggies’ practice on Dec. 31, 2019. 2018-19 game-by-game Statistics

henry’s Career Statistics | all games

henry’S Career Statistics | WAC games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2018-19 16-12 243/15.2 28-69 .406 17-52 .327 8-13 .615 18-37-55 3.4 16-0 13 9 3 2 81/5.1 2019-20 ------TOTAL 16-12 243/15.2 28-69 .406 17-52 .327 8-13 .615 18-37-55 3.4 16-0 13 9 3 2 81/5.1

Stat 2019-20 Season High Career High Points 29, vs. Utah Valley, 2/15/20 29, vs. Utah Valley, 2/15/20 Rebounds 11, at Seattle U, 1/18/20 11, at Seattle U, 1/18/20 Assists 6, vs. Kansas City, 1/11/20 6, vs. Kansas City, 1/11/20 jabari10 Blocks 2, vs. California Baptist, 3/5/20 2, vs. California Baptist, 3/5/20 Steals 3, 2x, last vs. Kansas City, 1/11/20 3, 2x, last vs. Kansas City, 1/11/20 rice FGs Made 8, vs. Utah Valley, 2/15/20 8, vs. Utah Valley, 2/15/20 FGs Attempted 16, vs. Grand Canyon, 2/1/20 16, vs. Grand Canyon, 2/1/20 3FGs Made 4, 4x, last vs. Utah Valley, 2/15/20 4, 4x, last vs. Utah Valley, 2/15/20 redshirt Sophomore 3FGs Attempted 11, vs. Grand Canyon, 2/1/20 11, vs. Grand Canyon, 2/1/20 FTs Made 9, vs. Utah Valley, 2/15/20 9, vs. Utah Valley, 2/15/20 guard • 6-4 • 180 FTs Attempted 11, vs. Utah Valley, 2/15/20 11, vs. Utah Valley, 2/15/20 dallas, texas | Fort bend marshall

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Made his first start of the year at Denver (12/10) and amassed a game-high 18 points • Scored a career-high 21 points and tied a career-high with three assists in the opener • Has put in at least 10 points in each of his last six games - his second stretch of six dou- versus WNMU. ble-digit scoring outings this season. • Was a career-best 6-of-9 from the field and 7-of-9 from the line against WNMU. • Generated career highs in points (29), FGs made (eight), FTs made (nine) and FT attempts • Grabbed a season-high three rebounds in a home win over Southern (11) in NM State’s 84-82 win over Utah Valley (2/15) • Posted his second 20+ point effort of the year by matching his career high with 21 points • An eight-game streak of 10+ point performance came to an end last Saturday night at in an overtime win over Colorado State in the opening game of the 2019 Cayman Classic CSU Bakersfield as Rice was held to just four points on 0-of-8 shooting. 2019-20 game-by-game Statistics

rice’s Career Statistics | all games

rice’S Career Statistics | WAC games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2018-19 14-1 103/7.4 9-29 .310 0-11 .000 13-22 .591 9-12-21 1.5 14-0 9 5 0 3 31/2.2 60 2019-20 16-15 440/27.5 63-144 .438 28-70 .400 52-61 .852 24-64-88 5.5 30-0 40 28 5 15 206/12.9 TOTAL 30-16 543/18.1 72-173 .416 28-81 .346 65-83 .783 34-76-109 3.6 44-0 49 33 5 18 237/7.9

Stat 2019-20 Season High Career High Points 14, vs. Mississippi State, 12/22/19 29, 2x, last vs. Eastern N.M. (11/19/18) Rebounds 6, at CSU Bakersfield, 2/29/20 11, vs. Eastern N.M. (11/19/18) 11evan Assists 6, at CSU Bakersfield, 2/29/20 6, 2x, last at CSU Bakersfield, 2/29/20 Blocks 1, at CSU Bakersfield, 2/29/20 1, 2x, last at CSU Bakersfield, 2/29/20 gilyard ii Steals 2, 3x, last vs. Seattle U, 2/13/20 3, 5x, last vs. UTSA (3/7/18) FGs Made 5, vs. Utah Valley, 2/15/20 11, vs. Eastern N.M. (11/19/18) FGs Attempted 10, vs. UTRGV, 2/22/20 25, vs. UTSA (3/7/18) junior 3FGs Made 4, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 6, 2x, last vs. Wyoming (12/22/18) 3FGs Attempted 7, vs. UTRGV, 2/22/20 11, 2x, last vs. UTSA (1/5/19) guard • 5-10 • 170 FTs Made 7, at Chicago State, 2/6/20 9, vs. Florida International (1/13/18) chicago, ill. | utep FTs Attempted 9, at Chicago State, 2/6/20 11, vs. UT-Permian Basin (11/6/18)

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Generated season-highs in rebounds (three) and assists (four) in the Aggies’ WAC victory • Made his Aggie debut playing 16 minutes in a non-conference home win over Arkan- at California Baptist (1/4). sas-Pine Bluff. • Since becoming eligible, NM State has not lost a game and is riding a 15-game winning • Gained eligibility for the season on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2019. streak. • Poured in a season-high 14 points in a neutral-site win over Mississippi State (12/22). • Has put in 10 or more points in three of his last four outings and is shooting • Drained a season-high four three-pointers in the Aggies’ regular season non-conference .647/.500/.778 through that span. finale against Northern New Mexico (12/29). 2019-20 game-by-game Statistics

gilyard ii’s Career Statistics | all games

gilyard ii’S Career Statistics | WAC games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2019-20 16-14 381/23.8 35-95 .368 20-55 .364 24-34 .706 3-30-33 2.1 35-1 46 25 1 9 114/7.1 TOTAL 16-14 381/23.8 35-95 .368 20-55 .364 24-34 .706 3-30-33 2.1 35-1 46 25 1 9 114/7.1 gilyard ii’S Career Statistics | conference games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2017-18 18-7 388/21.6 58-146 .397 18-51 .353 57-70 .814 7-28-35 1.9 45-0 28 41 1 16 191/10.6 2018-19 18-12 564/31.3 60-187 .321 26-91 .286 51-61 .836 8-37-45 2.5 39-0 24 37 0 12 197/10.9 2019-20 16-14 381/23.8 35-95 .368 20-55 .364 24-34 .706 3-30-33 2.1 35-1 46 25 1 9 114/7.1 TOTAL 52-33 1333/25.6 153-428 .357 64-197 .325 132-165 .800 18-95-113 2.2 119-1 98 103 2 37 502/9.7

Stat 2019-20 Season High Career High Points 9, at California Baptist, 1/4/20 31, at New Mexico, 11/17/18 Rebounds 2, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 6, at Grand Canyon, 1/11/18 12aj Assists 7, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 8, at Chicago State, 1/6/17 Blocks -- 3, vs. Seattle U, 3/9/18 harris Steals 3, at California Baptist, 1/4/20 4, 2x, Last at CSUB, 2/7/19 FGs Made 4, at California Baptist, 1/4/20 9, at New Mexico, 11/17/18 FGs Attempted 7, at California Baptist, 1/4/20 17, at New Mexico, 12/9/17 Redshirt Senior 3FGs Made 2, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 6, at New Mexico, 11/17/18 3FGs Attempted 4, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 8, at UT Rio Grande Valley, 3/3/18 Guard • 5-9 • 170 FTs Made -- 8, vs. Grand Canyon, 2/10/18 Dayton, Ohio | Ohio State FTs Attempted -- 10, 2x, Last at New Mexico, 11/17/18

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Suffered an ankle injury in the first half of the Aggies WAC opener at California Baptist • Missed the first 14 games of the season while recovering from a broken finger suffered in (1/4) that will keep him sidelined indefinitely. preseason practice. • Made his 2019-20 debut in a neutral-site win against Mississippi State where he finished with three points and two assists in 17 minutes (12/22). • Netted a season-high nine points to go along with a season-best three steals in the Aggies’ WAC opener at California Baptist (1/4). 2018-19 game-by-game Statistics

HARRIS’ Career Statistics | all games

harris’ Career Statistics | WAC games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2017-18 14-14 385/27.5 44-130 .338 15-58 .259 14-24 .583 6-30-36 2.6 33-0 46 27 3 12 117/8.4 2018-19 15-15 396/26.4 48-118 .407 23-57 .404 16-19 .842 5-22-27 1.8 26-0 54 26 1 20 135/9.0 2019-20 1-1 8/8.0 4-7 .571 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0-0 0.0 1-0 2 0 0 3 9/9.0 TOTAL 30-30 789/26.3 96-255 .376 39-118 .331 30-43 .698 11-52-63 2.1 60-0 102 53 4 35 261/8.7 harris’ Career Statistics | conference games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2015-16 18-4 240/13.3 17-55 .309 9-26 .346 10-13 .769 2-21-23 1.3 17-0 32 16 0 7 53/2.9 2017-18 14-14 385/27.5 44-130 .338 15-58 .259 14-24 .583 6-30-36 2.6 33-0 46 27 3 12 117/8.4 2018-19 15-15 396/26.4 48-118 .407 23-57 .404 16-19 .842 5-22-27 1.8 26-0 54 26 1 20 135/9.0 2019-20 1-1 8/8.0 4-7 .571 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0-0 0.0 1-0 2 0 0 3 9/9.0 TOTAL 48-34 1,029/21.4 113-310 .365 49-144 .340 40-56 .714 13-73-86 1.8 77-0 134 69 4 42 314/6.5

Stat 2019-20 Season High Career High Points 14, vs. UTEP, 12/3/19 22, at Colorado State, 12/30/18 Rebounds 6, 2x, last vs. rv/-- New Mexico, 11/21/19 12, at Weber State, 12/3/16 Assists 3, 4x, last at UTRGV, 1/25/20 6, at IPFW, 2/13/16 c.j.13 Blocks 1, 4x, last at Utah Valley, 1/16/20 2, vs. North Dakota State, 11/6/18 Steals 2, 3x, last at CSU Bakersfield, 2/29/20 4, vs. South Dakota State, 3/7/16 bobbitt FGs Made 4, 2x, last vs. UTEP, 12/3/19 8, 2x, last at Colorado State, 12/30/18 FGs Attempted 9, vs. California Baptist, 3/5/20 17, at Eastern Washington, 11/26/16 3FGs Made 2, vs. UTEP, 12/3/19 4, 2x, last vs. California Baptist, 3/9/19 Redshirt Senior 3FGs Attempted 6, vs. California Baptist, 3/5/20 8, vs. California Baptist, 3/9/19 FTs Made 7, vs. Southern, 11/14/19 7, 2x, last vs. Southern, 11/14/19 Forward • 6-7 • 220 FTs Attempted 10, vs. Southern, 11/14/19 15, vs. Idaho State, 11/25/15 killeen, texas | denver

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Started in the opener against WNMU and was 4-for-4 from the line. • Played 24 minutes in a start at rival UTEP • Scored a team and season-high 14 points in the Aggies’ three-point win over UTEP (12/3)

2019-20 game-by-game Statistics

BOBBITT’s Career Statistics | all games

bobbitt’S Career Statistics | WAC games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2018-19 15-12 194/12.9 19-52 .365 11-35 .314 11-17 .647 14-22-36 2.4 23-0 10 9 0 3 60/4.0 2019-20 16-1 254/15.9 21-60 .350 8-36 .222 6-8 .750 4-32-36 2.3 33-0 18 14 1 3 56/3.5 TOTAL 31-13 448/14.5 40-112 .357 19-71 .268 17-25 .680 18-54-72 2.3 56-0 28 23 1 6 116/3.7 bobbitt’s Career Statistics | conference games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 63 2015-16 16-14 348/21.8 49-101 .485 6-20 .300 25-39 .641 13-43-56 3.5 45-3 26 31 4 11 129/8.1 2016-17 16-16 420/26.3 64-122 .525 13-32 .406 24-34 .706 22-54-76 4.8 51-0 14 27 3 8 165/10.3 2018-19 15-12 194/12.9 19-52 .365 11-35 .314 11-17 .647 14-22-36 2.4 23-0 10 9 0 3 60/4.0 2019-20 16-1 254/15.9 21-60 .350 8-36 .222 6-8 .750 4-32-36 2.3 33-0 18 14 1 3 56/3.5 TOTAL 63-43 1216/19.3 153-335 .457 38-123 .309 66-98 .673 53-151-204 3.2 152-3 68 81 8 25 410/6.5 www.NMSTATESPORTS.com @NMStateMBB | orleans arena | espn+ | 2019-20AGGIE BASKETBALL | rv/--NM STATE25-6 | --/--chicago state4-25

Stat 2019-20 Season High Career High Points 23, 2x, at Kansas City, 2/8/20 23, 3x, last at Kansas City, 2/8/20 Rebounds 11, at Seattle U, 1/18/20 11, 3x, last at Seattle U, 1/18/20 15ivan Assists 3, vs. Kansas City, 1/11/20 6, at #2 Kansas, 12/8/18 Blocks 2, vs. South Florida, 11/26/19 2, vs. USF, 11/26/19 aurrecoechea Steals 2, at New Mexico, 12/14/19 3, at Chicago State, 3/2/19 FGs Made 9, 2x, last at Kansas City, 2/8/20 10, vs Grand Canyon, 1/10/19 FGs Attempted 15, at Kansas City, 2/8/20 15, at Kansas City, 2/8/20 senior 3FGs Made 1, 3x, last vs. Chicago State, 1/9/20 1, 3x, last vs. Chicago State, 1/9/20 3FGs Attempted 2, at California Baptist, 1/4/20 2, at California Baptist, 1/4/20 forward • 6-8 • 235 FTs Made 9, 2x, last at Seattle U, 1/18/20 11, New Mexico, 12/4/18 Madrid, Spain | Indian Hills CC FTs Attempted 13, vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff, 12/18/19 15, New Mexico, 12/4/18

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Hit his first three-pointer of the season in an overtime win over Colorado State in the • Started in the season opener vs. WNMU and scores 10 points. opening game of the 2019 Cayman Classic • Reeled in five rebounds in a start at rival UTEP. • Put in a season-high 20 points in the Aggies’ WAC opener at California Baptist (1/4). • Came up with season highs in scoring, rebounding, FG made and FT made in a home win • Matched his career-high in scoring twice - first with a 23-point outing in a WAC home win over Southern over CSU Bakersfield (1/30) and the second time in a WAC road win at Kansas City (2/8). • Is shooting 14-of-22 (63.6-percent) from the field through his last three games • Has scored 14+ points in seven of his last eight games. • Matched his season high with seven rebounds in the Aggies’ first road win of the season •All-WAC First Teama = (at Denver on 12/10) 2019-20 game-by-game Statistics

aurrecoechea’s Career Statistics | all games

aurrecoechea’S Career Statistics | WAC games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 64 2018-19 13-5 198/15.2 37-76 .487 0-1 .000 21-33 .636 23-32-55 4.2 13-0 6 14 3 8 95/7.3 2019-20 16-16 419/26.2 83-145 .572 2-7 .286 50-68 .735 34-66-100 6.3 39-0 18 29 3 2 218/13.6 TOTAL 29-21 617/21.3 120-221 .543 2-8 .250 71-101 .703 57-98-155 5.3 52-0 24 43 6 10 313/10.8

Stat 2019-20 Season High Career High Points -- -- Rebounds -- -- Assists -- -- dajour20 Blocks -- -- Steals -- -- joseph FGs Made -- -- FGs Attempted 1, 2x, last vs. South Florida, 11/26/19 Same 3FGs Made -- -- junior 3FGs Attempted 1, at #17/19 Arizona, 11/17/19 Same FTs Made -- -- Guard • 6-6 • 205 FTs Attempted -- -- Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. | South Plains CC

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Made his Aggie debut in a home non-conference win over Southern (11/14) • Played a season-high five minutes in a non-conference setback at #17/19 Arizona (11/17) • Suffered a pair of injuries that will keep him out for the remainder of the season.

2019-20 game-by-game Statistics

Joseph’s Career Statistics | all games

joseph’s Career Statistics | WAC games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2019-20 ------TOTAL ------

Stat 2019-20 Season High Career High Points 23, vs. rv/-- New Mexico, 11/21/19 27, vs. Grand Canyon, 3/16/19 Rebounds 10, vs. Mississippi State, 12/22/19 10, vs. Mississippi State, 12/22/19 21trevelin Assists 8, 2x, last vs. Northern N.M., 12/29/19 8, 2x, last vs. Northern N.M., 12/29/19 Blocks 1, 6x, last at Utah Valley, 1/16/20 6, vs. Seattle U, 2/16/19 Steals 7, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 7, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 queen FGs Made 9, at UTEP, 11/12/19 9, 2x, last at UTEP, 11/12/19 FGs Attempted 19, 2x, last vs. Washington State, 12/7/19 19, 2x, last vs. Washington State, 12/7/19 senior 3FGs Made 4, 4x, last vs. California Baptist, 3/5/20 6, vs. Grand Canyon, 3/16/19 3FGs Attempted 10, vs. rv/-- New Mexico, 11/21/19 11, vs. Grand Canyon, 3/16/19 Guard • 6-6 • 190 FTs Made 5, vs. Chicago State, 1/9/20 5, vs. Chicago State, 1/9/20 glen burnie, md. | nmmi FTs Attempted 6, vs. Chicago State, 1/9/20 6, vs. Chicago State, 1/9/20

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Dished out a career-high seven assists in a road victory at Denver (12/10) • Started in the season opener and put up 14 points withs four assists vs. WNMU. • Corralled a career-high nine rebounds in the Aggies’ home setback to rv/-- New Mexico (11/21) • Recorded a team-high 21 points in his first start at UTEP. • Put in a season-high 23 in NM State’s setback at New Mexico (11/21) • Added seven rebounds and three steals in the rivalry game at UTEP. • Generated 10+ points in each of the team’s first six WAC outings before sitting out for five • Splashed a trio of three-pointers in a home victory over Southern games while recovering from a torn lateral meniscus. •Scored 10 or more points in his first eight games of the season • Returned to NM State’s lineup on 2/13 against Seattle U and put in two points. • Has notched three of the Aggies’ five 20+ point outings this year • All-WAC Second Team and USBWA All-Region VIII choice 2019-20 game-by-game Statistics

QUEEN’s Career Statistics | all games

queen’S Career Statistics | WAC games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2018-19 16-0 257/16.1 46-99 .465 14-46 .304 10-18 .556 26-25-51 3.2 25-0 28 12 17 15 116/7.3 2019-20 11-10 247/22.5 44-84 .524 21-47 .447 17-20 .850 17-32-49 4.5 24-0 11 14 4 17 126/11.5 TOTAL 27-10 504/18.7 90-183 .492 35-93 .376 27-38 .711 43-57-100 3.7 49-0 39 26 21 32 242/9.0

Stat 2019-20 Season High Career High Points -- -- Rebounds -- -- Assists -- -- wilfried22 Blocks -- -- Steals -- -- likayi FGs Made -- -- FGs Attempted -- -- 3FGs Made -- -- junior 3FGs Attempted -- -- FTs Made -- -- Forward • 6-9 • 210 FTs Attempted -- -- Portland, Ore. | Casper College

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS •Transferred from Casper College. • Will miss the entire 2019-20 season after tearing his ACL in preseason practice

2019-20 game-by-game Statistics LIKAYi’s Career Statistics | all games

likayi’s Career Statistics | WAC games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2019-20 ------TOTAL ------

Stat 2019-20 Season High Career High Points 11, Western New Mexico, 11/5/19 Same Rebounds 7, Western New Mexico, 11/5/19 Same 24 will Assists 1, 3x, last at Utah Valley, 1/16/20 Same Blocks 2, 2x, last vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff, 12/18/19 Same Mcnair Steals 1, 2x, last vs. Chicago State, 1/9/20 Same FGs Made 4, 2x, last vs. Northern N.M., 12/29/19 Same FGs Attempted 5, Western New Mexico, 11/5/19 Same redshirt Freshman 3FGs Made -- Same 3FGs Attempted -- Same Forward • 6-10 • 265 FTs Made 3, Western New Mexico, 11/5/19 Same Philadelphia, Pa. | MLK HS FTs Attempted 4, Western New Mexico, 11/5/19 Same

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Made his first appearance as an Aggie in the opener vs.WNMU • Tallied 11 points and seven rebounds in his first game • Posted the first blocked shot of his career in a home win over Southern • Blocked two shots twice, most recently in a home win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff that kicked off NM State’s 18-game winning streak. 2019-20 game-by-game Statistics

mcnair’s Career Statistics | all games

mcnair’s Career Statistics | WAC games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2019-20 13-0 103/7.9 6-15 .400 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 3-12-15 1.2 15-0 2 6 5 1 15/1.2 TOTAL 13-0 103/7.9 6-15 .400 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 3-12-15 1.2 15-0 2 6 5 1 15/1.2 68

Stat 2019-20 Season High Career High Points 9, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 Same Rebounds 1, 3x, last at Chicago State, 2/6/20 Same 32bryce Assists -- Same Blocks -- Same Steals -- Same rewalt FGs Made 3, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 Same FGs Attempted 3, 2x, last at Chicago State, 2/6/20 Same senior 3FGs Made 3, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 Same 3FGs Attempted 3, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 Same Guard • 5-11 • 165 FTs Made -- Same LAS CRUCES, N.M. | CENTENNIAL HS FTs Attempted -- Same

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • A walk-on - and high school teammate of current Aggie Tennessee Owens - made his collegiate debut in the home opener against Western New Mexico where he snared his first rebound • Put in a season-high nine points on 3-of-3 shooting from three-point range against Northern New Mexico (12/29) • Doubles as a marketing intern for NM State athletics. 2019-20 game-by-game Statistics

REWALT’s Career Statistics | all games

rewalt’s Career Statistics | WAC games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2019-20 5-0 14/2.8 3-7 .429 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 1-2-3 0.6 1-0 0 1 0 0 8/1.6 TOTAL 5-0 14/2.8 3-7 .429 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 1-2-3 0.6 1-0 0 1 0 0 8/1.6

Stat 2019-20 Season High Career High Points 18, vs. Mississippi State, 12/22/19 18, vs. Mississippi State, 12/22/19 Rebounds 18, vs. Seattle U, 2/13/20 18, vs. Seattle U, 2/13/20 35johnny Assists 5, 2x, last vs. Utah Valley, 2/15/20 5, 2x, last vs. Utah Valley, 2/15/20 Blocks 3, vs. CSU Bakersfield, 1/30/20 3, 3x, last vs. CSU Bakersfield, 1/30/20 mccants Steals 3, 3x, last at Utah Valley, 1/16/20 3, 3x, last at Utah Valley, 1/16/20 FGs Made 7, 3x, last vs. Grand Canyon, 2/1/20 7, 4x, last vs. Grand Canyon, 2/1/20 FGs Attempted 14, 2x, last vs. Seattle U, 2/13/20 14, 2x, last vs. Seattle U, 2/13/20 junior 3FGs Made 3, 2x, last vs. Grand Canyon, 2/1/20 3, 2x, last vs. Grand Canyon, 2/1/20 3FGs Attempted 6, 3x, last vs. Seattle U, 2/13/20 6, 3x, last vs. Seattle U, 2/13/20 forward • 6-7 • 225 FTs Made 5, at Utah Valley, 1/16/20 6, at CSUB, 2/7/19 Las Cruces, N.m. | onate hs FTs Attempted 6, 2x, last at Utah Valley, 1/16/20 10, at CSUB, 2/7/19

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Corralled a career-high 18 rebounds to go along with 14 points in NM State’s home WAC • Played 17 minutes in the season opener and grabbed eight boards. victory over Seattle U (2/13) • TIed his career-high in three-pointers attempted vs. WNMU with three. • Scored nine points of 4-of-5 shooting at UTEP • NM State is 15-0 since McCants became a member of the starting lineup • Posted the first double-double of his collegiate career with 17 points and 12 rebounds in a 20-point home WAC win over Grand Canyon (2/1) 2019-20 game-by-game Statistics

mccants’ Career Statistics | all games

70 Mccants’ Career Statistics | WAC games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2017-18 14-1 200/14.3 29-50 .580 0-2 .000 3-13 .231 22-36-58 4.1 19-0 6 5 12 4 61/4.4 2018-19 16-3 301/18.8 46-65 .708 6-14 .429 19-39 .487 31-45-76 4.8 39-0 8 20 9 5 117/7.3 2019-20 16-15 467/29.2 61-103 .592 15-40 .375 27-40 .675 41-75-116 7.3 26-0 43 16 6 16 164/10.3 TOTAL 46-19 968/21.0 136-218 .624 21-56 .375 49-92 .533 94-156-250 5.4 84-0 57 41 27 25 342/7.4 2019-20AGGIE BASKETBALL | GAMEthirty-two | thursdAY | 3|11 | 1:00 p.m. | las vegas, nev. | #AGGIEUP rv/--NM STATE25-6 | --/--chicago state4-25

Stat 2019-20 Season High Career High Points 17, vs. Southern, 11/14/19 30, Memphis, 2/3/18 Rebounds 5, vs. Northern New Mexico, 12/29/19 5, 2x, last vs. Northern N.M., 12/29/19 Assists 3, Western New Mexico, 11/05/19 5, SMU, 2/22/18 shawn55 Blocks 1, vs. Washington State, 12/7/19 2, North Carolina A&T, 12/28/18 Steals 1, 2x, last vs. Seattle U, 2/13/20 2, 5x, last at Tulane, 2/23/19 williams FGs Made 4, 4x, last vs. Seattle U, 2/13/20 9, at Tulane, 2/14/18 FGs Attempted 10, 2x, last at #17/19 Arizona, 11/17/19 16, 4x, last at Tulsa, 3/3/19 3FGs Made 4, vs. Southern, 11/14/19 8, Tulsa, 2/17/19 junior 3FGs Attempted 7, 3x, last at Chicago State, 2/6/20 14, Tulsa, 2/17/19 FTs Made 5, vs. Southern, 11/14/19 8, 2x, last at Tulane, 2/23/19 Guard • 6-1 • 175 FTs Attempted 6, vs. Southern, 11/14/19 9, 2x, last at Tulane, 2/23/19 Little Rock, Ark. | ECu

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Has generated 11 or more points in two of his last six games. • Transferred from Eastern Carolina. • Scored 10 points in Aggie debut versus WNMU. • Came off of the bench and poured in a season-high 17 points in a home win over Southern • Led the team in scoring for the first time by putting in 13 during a 20-point win over USF in the Aggies’ second game of the 2019 Cayman Classic. 2019-20 game-by-game Statistics

williams’ Career Statistics

williams’ Career Statistics | WAC games YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2019-20 14-0 143/10.2 18-51 .353 12-39 .308 15-15 1.000 6-6-12 0.9 3-0 2 4 0 1 63/4.5 TOTAL 14-0 143/10.2 18-51 .353 12-39 .308 15-15 1.000 6-6-12 0.9 3-0 2 4 0 1 63/4.5

williams’ Career Statistics | conference games 71 YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D-T AVG PF-DQ A TO B S TP/AVG 2017-18 16-12 530/33.1 79-183 .432 54-136 .397 35-38 .921 1-26-27 1.7 25-0 28 22 0 9 247/15.4 2018-19 18-18 624/34.7 69-191 .361 47-131 .359 34-40 .850 4-30-34 1.9 42-0 32 17 0 14 219/12.2 2019-20 14-0 143/10.2 18-51 .353 12-39 .308 15-15 1.000 6-6-12 0.9 3-0 2 4 0 1 63/4.5 TOTAL 48-30 1,297/27.0 166-425 .391 113-306 .369 84-93 .903 11-62-73 1.5 70-0 62 43 0 24 529/11.0

Shunn Buchanan Tennessee Owens Terrell Brown Clayton Henry Jabari Rice Evan Gilyard II Sr• Guard • 6-0 • 170 RSo • Guard • 5-10 • 165 Sr • Guard • 6-1 • 170 Sr • Guard • 6-4 • 200 RSo • Guard • 6-4 • 180 Jr • Guard • 5-10 • 150 12 13 15 20 21 22

AJ Harris C.J. Bobbitt Ivan Aurrecoechea Dajour Joseph Trevelin Queen Wilfried Likayi RSr • Guard • 5-9 • 170 RSr • Forward • 6-7 • 220 Sr • Forward • 6-8 • 235 Jr • Guard • 6-6 • 205 Sr • Guard • 6-6 • 190 Jr • Forward • 6-9 • 210 24 32 35 55 SA

William McNair Bryce Rewalt Johnny McCants Shawn Williams RFr • Forward • 6-10 • 265 Sr • Guard • 5-11 • 165 RJr • Forward • 6-7 • 235 Jr • Guard • 6-1 • 175 Keith Roberts 4th Season

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Chris Jans James Miller David Anwar Corey Barker Casey Owens Sean McClurg 3rd Season 2nd Season 3rd Season 1st Season 2nd Season 2nd Season