Television: AggieVision with Adam Young (play-by-play) and Patrick Knapp (analyst). Radio: Aggie Sports Network (KWML, 570 AM). NM State Hall of Famer Jack Nixon has the play-by-play. Live Stats: www.NMStateSports.com (click on live stats link). Twitter: @NMStateAggies NEW MEXICO STATE AGGIES 2015-16 Men’s Basketball Game Notes #AggieUp NMStateSports.com @NMState MBB @NMState Aggies SCHEDULE Overall 10-8 | WAC 2-1 | H 8-2 | A 2-6 | N 0-0 GAME CHICAGO STATE (4-15, 0-3) NOVEMBER 2 Western New Mexico (exh) W, 80-39 at NEW MEXICO STATE (10-8, 2-1) 13 Houston Baptist AggieVision W 91-69 Saturday, Jan. 16 • 7:00 p.m. 15 New Mexico AggieVision L, 83-74 Pan American Center • Las Cruces, N.M. 18 Tennessee Tech^ AggieVision W, 76-63 21 Mississippi Valley St.^ AggieVision W, 85-46 Television:19 AggieVision with Adam Young (play-by-play) and Patrick Knapp (analyst). 24 Robert Morris^ AggieVision W, 81-71 ot Radio: Aggie Sports Network (KWML, 570 AM). NM State Hall of Famer Jack Nixon 28 at Air Force^ L, 66-64 ot has the play-by-play. DECEMBER Live Stats: www.NMStateSports.com (click on live stats link). 2 RV/RV UTEP AggieVision W, 73-59 Twitter: @NMStateMBB, @NMStateAggies 5 at Long Beach State L, 67-53 13 Wyoming AggieVision L, 62-59 16 at New Mexico ESPN3 L, 79-61 The defending undisputed Western Athletic Conference Champion and four-consecutive 19 at UTEP W, 73-53 WAC Tournament Champion NM State Aggies (10-8, 2-1) continue their first WAC home- 21 Oral Roberts AggieVision W, 76-61 stand of the year by hosting Chicago State (4-15, 0-3). The Aggies are coming off Thursday’s 23 at 23/22 Baylor FOX Arizona L, 85-70 narrow 65-64 victory over Missouri-Kansas City, while the Cougars lost on the road at UT 29 at Wichita State ESPN3 Postponed Rio Grande Valley 82-72. 30 Arizona Christian W, 81-61 JANUARY Aggie Quick Hits 2 at UC Irvine KDOC-TV L, 54-52 • NM State has won three straight at home with the 65-64 win over Missouri-Kansas City since 7 at Utah Valley* ASN W, 78-66 9 at Grand Canyon* Cox Cable L, 79-75 dropping a second game at home this season with the 62-59 loss to Wyoming. NM State had its 14 Missouri-Kansas City* ASN W, 65-64 11-game winning streak at the Pan American Center was snapped with the 83-74 loss to New 16 Chicago State* AggieVision 7 p.m. Mexico on Nov. 15 and had won four more before the loss to the Cowboys. Still, since the start 21 at Seattle U.* 8 p.m. of the 2012-13 season, the Aggies sport a 52-6 record at the Pan Am (.897). 23 at CSU Bakersfield* WAC DN 8 p.m. 30 UT Rio Grande Valley* AggieVision 7 p.m. • In the last 64 contests played by NM State at the Pan Am, the Aggies are 59-6 (.908). FEBRUARY 4 Grand Canyon* WAC DN 7 p.m. • NM State has won 29 straight Western Athletic Conference games at the Pan American 6 Utah Valley* AggieVision 7 p.m. Center. That doesn’t include a non-conference win over current member Bakersfield prior to 8 Northern NM (at Rio Rancho) 7 p.m. joining the league. 13 at Chicago State* 1 p.m. 18 CSU Bakersfield* AggieVision 7 p.m. 20 Seattle U.* AggieVision 7 p.m. • The Aggies 14-game winning streak against WAC opponents dating back to the 2014-15 cam- 27 at Missouri-Kansas City* AggieVision 1 p.m. paign was snapped with the loss 79-75 loss at Grand Canyon. The streak dated back to an 85-63 MARCH win over GCU on Jan. 22, 2015. 5 at UT Rio Grande Valley* 6 p.m. 10-12 WAC Tournament Las Vegas, Nev. • The Aggies were scheduled to play Wichita State Dec. 28, but due to flight cancellations 10 Quarterfinal WAC DN TBA caused by Winter Storm Goliath, were not able to travel. The game was postponed until a 13 Semifinal WAC DN TBA date to be announced. 14 Championship ESPNU 9 p.m. 20-22 NCAA Tournament TBA • NM State fell behind No. 23/22 Baylor 18-2 in the first six minutes of that game. The *WAC Games ^Air Force Classic MTE Aggies outscored Bears 68-67 over the next 36 minutes of the game. All Times Mountain and subject to change • NM State’s 73-53 win at UTEP was the largest margin of victory over the Miners in El Paso since a 61-38 triumph on Dec. 30, 1974 and was the largest win margin ever at the Don Haskins Center. NM State Contact Aggies Probable Starters Bill Powers Pos No. Name PPG RPG Other Assistant AD for Media Relations PG 4 Ian Baker (6-0, 180, Jr.) 15.3 4.2 3.8 apg, 1.1 spg email [email protected] G 5 Matt Taylor (6-5, 180, So.) 5.2 4.2 3.2 apg, 0.4 bpg office (575) 646-2927 cell (940) 867-8616 F 35 Jalyn Pennie (6-7, 180, So.) 6.0 5.1 1.2 apg, 0.4 bpg F 11 Johnathon Wilkins (6-10, 225, So.) 7.1 3.9 .529 fg%, 0.9 apg F 43 Pascal Siakam (6-9, 230, So.) 22.3 11.8 2.1 bpg, .554 fg% 2015-16 NM State Basketball 2015-16 New Mexico State Aggies Roster No. Name Pos Ht Wt Yr-Exp Hometown (High School/Previous School) 0 Travon Landry G 6-1 176 Jr.-2L San Antonio, Texas/Huntington Prep 1 Harold Givens F 6-7 200 Fr.-RS Norcross, Ga./Faith Baptist Christian HS 2 Braxton Huggins G 6-5 180 So.-1L Bakersfield, Calif./Mira Monte HS 4 Ian Baker G 6-0 180 Jr.-2L Washington, D.C./Arlington Country Day HS 5 Matt Taylor G 6-5 180 So.-1L Toronto, Ont., Canada/Future College Prep 10 Rashawn Browne G 6-1 170 Fr.-RS Toronto, Ont., Canada/Bill Crothers Secondary 11 Johnathon Wilkins F 6-10 225 So.-1L Lille, France/La Lumiere HS 14 Jose Campo F 6-11 207 Fr.-RS Riohacha, Colombia/West Oaks Academy 15 Rene Esparza G 6-3 175 Jr.-TR Ciudad Juarez, Mexico/Faith Christian Academy (New Mexico JC) 20 Sidy Ndir G 6-2 180 Fr.-RS Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, France/West Oaks Academy 21 Tanveer Bhullar C 7-3 335 So.-1L Toronto, Ont., Canada/Father Henry Carr Secondary 22 Eli Chuha F 6-8 217 Fr.-RS Redlands, Calif./Redlands East HS 35 Jalyn Pennie G 6-7 180 So.-1L Toronto, Ont., Canada/Christian Faith Center 43 Pascal Siakam F 6-9 230 So.-1L Douala, Cameroon/God’s Academy Head Coach: Marvin Menzies (UCLA, 1987), Ninth Season Associate Head Coach: Paul Weir (York, 2004), Ninth Season Assistant Coach: Keith Brown (Pacific, 1978), Fifth Season Assistant Coach: Aerick Sanders (San Diego State, 2005), Third Season Pronunciation Guide Coach Marvin Menzies Men-ZEES Assoc. HC Paul Weir WEER Asst. Coach Aerick Sanders like Eric Ian Baker EE-ann Tanveer Bhullar Tan-VEER BOO-lar Rashawn Browne ruh-SHAWN Jose Campo ho-SAY CAHM-poh Eli Chuha EE-leye CHOO-uh Rene Esparza RIHN-ay ess-PAR-zuh Travon Landry Tray-VON Sidy Ndir SIH-dee nuh-DIHR Jalyn Pennie JAY-lihn PEHN-ee Pascal Siakam PAS-kahl see-AHCK-um Game Notes Page 2 2015-16 NM State Basketball • Aggie sophomore Pascal Siakam is one of the 31 players on the Lou Henson Award NM State At A Glance mid-season watch list. The award named after the Aggie coaching legend is presented to the Nickname .......................................... Aggies top player from a mid-major institution by College Insider. Enrollment..........................................15,490 Founded .................................................1888 • Siakam has three 30-point games this season with career-highs of 35 points against Robert Joined WAC ...............................July 1, 2005 Morris and Oral Roberts, and 30 points against Tennessee Tech. He is the first Aggie to post Colors ..............................Crimson & White multiple 30-point games in the same season since Troy Gillenwater had four in 2010-11. Arena .........Pan American Center (12,572) • Siakam tallied the first 20-20 game in 13 seasons for the Aggies with his 24 points and President ................. Dr. Garrey Carruthers 23 rebounds in a win over UTEP on Dec. 2. It’s the most rebounds for an Aggie since Athletics Director ................ Mario Moccia Chris Jackson’s 23 at North Texas on Feb. 1, 2003. Assistant AD/Media Relations & • Siakam was named the WAC Player of the Week the first three weeks of this season and added MBB Contact..............................Bill Powers a fourth this season. He leads the nation in field goals made (160) and double-doubles (16), is Email [email protected] sixth nationally rebounding (11.8 rpg) and 13th in scoring (22.8 ppg). He’s 41st in blocked shots Office Phone ........................(575) 646-2927 (2.11) and 48th in minutes played (35.33). He leads the WAC in all six categories as well. Cell Phone ...........................(940) 867-8616 • Siakam has not double-doubled only twice this season, both times against New Mexico. He TEAM HISTORY had 23 points and eight rebounds on Nov. 15, with 21 points and four boards on Dec. 16. First Year of Basketball...................1904-05 All-Time NCAA Appearances ................22 • Junior Ian Baker bounced back from being clobbered out of the UNM game with a ca- All-Time NCAA Trny Record .........