ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATION Men’s Basketball Contact - John Vu O: 575-646-4120 | C: 714-728-9163 1815 Wells St. | Stan Fulton Center | Las Cruces,AGGIE New Mexico 88003 | @AggieArmy | Facebook.com/AggieArmy ARMY | NMStateSports.com Email: [email protected] | @JohnVuNMSU 2016-17 Schedule weekly game notes Date Opponent TV Time (MT) Nov. 11 Arizona Christian W, 100-52 at Chicago State Nov. 13 at Colorado State ROOT Sports L, 64-61 January 7, 2017 • 1:30 p.m. (MT) | Chicago, Ill. Nov. 16 Samford^ W, 58-48 Game Jones Convocation Center | Capacity: 7,000 Nov. 18 at New Mexico ESPN3 L, 72-59 Television | None Nov. 20 Bethune-Cookman^ W, 89-73 Nov. 22 Nicholls State^ W, 86-74 #17 Live Stats | Live Audio (TuneIn) | 99.5 FM Zia Country | PxP: Jack Nixon Nov. 26 at San Diego TheW.tv W, 56-51 Nov. 30 Air Force W, 78-70 THe Match-Up NM State Chicago State Dec. 3 Long Beach State AggieVision W, 93-85 2016-17 Record 14-2, 0-0 WAC 4-13, 0-1 WAC Dec. 10 New Mexico AggieVision W, 84-71 Coach Paul Weir Tracy Dildy Dec. 13 at UTEP W, 79-68 Career Record (Season) 14-2 (1st) 50-158 (7th) Dec. 17 at Arizona State Pac-12 Networks W, 81-70 Record at School (Season) Same Same Dec. 19 UC Irvine W, 85-79 (OT) Top Returner in Scoring (2016-17) Ian Baker (15.1) Fred Sims, Jr. (17.8) Dec. 27 Eastern New Mexico W, 84-50 Top Returner in 3FG Made Ian Baker (29) Fred Sims, Jr. (40) Dec. 30 UTEP AggieVision W, 79-70 Top Returner in FT Percentage Braxton Huggins (.833) Clemmye Owens V (.839) Top Returner in Rebounds Tanveer Bhullar (23) Trayvon Palmer (161) Jan. 5 at UMKC* American Sports Network W, 77-64 Top Returner in Assists Ian Baker (53) Joshua Batson (16) Jan. 7 at Chicago State* 1:05 PM Top Returner in Blocks Matt Taylor (13) Trayvon Palmer (13) Jan. 12 Grand Canyon* AggieVision 7 PM Top Returner in Steals Ian Baker (25) Trayvon Palmer (18) Jan. 14 CSU Bakersfield* 7 PM Jan. 21 UMKC* AggieVision 7 PM Aggie Roster Jan. 26 at Seattle U* 8 PM Projected Starters (2016-17 Stats) Jan. 28 at Utah Valley* 7 PM No. Player Pos. PPG RPG APG Notable Jan. 30 Northern New Mexico$ 7 PM 4 Ian Baker G 15.1 4.0 3.5 2nd-career double-double w/ 12pts & 10asts at UMKC 2 Braxton Huggins G 15.0 3.3 1.3 Career-high 31 points (10-18 FG, 6-11 3FG) at UMKC Feb. 4 Chicago State* 7 PM 22 Eli Chuha F 11.3 8.1 1.1 Career-high 20 points with 10 rebounds at UMKC Feb. 9 at CSU Bakersfield* 7 PM 11 Johnathon Wilkins F 3.8 2.6 1.1 Ties career-high in blocks with 2 at UMKC Feb. 11 at Grand Canyon* 2 PM 1 Jermaine Haley G 2.7 2.2 1.1 Tallied 5pts, 5rebs, an assists and steal vs UCI Feb. 18 at UT Rio Grande Valley* 2 PM Feb 23 Utah Valley* AggieVision 7 PM Off The Bench Feb. 25 Seattle U* 5 PM No. Player Pos. PPG RPG APG Notable 13 Sidy N’Dir G 13.7 2.7 2.1 Scored 18pts (4-9 FG) and 8-10 FT against LBSU Mar. 4 UT Rio Grande Valley* 6 PM 10 Jemerrio Jones F 10.8 7.9 2.7 Sixth double-double with 17pts and 11rebs vs. UTEP 23 Marlon Jones F 5.7 3.0 0.2 Scored 5 points and 2 rebounds against Samford WAC Tournament 24 Matt Taylor G 5.2 2.6 1.6 Put up 12pts on 4-5 shooting with 3rebs vs. ENMU Mar. 9 WAC Quarterfinals WDN TBD 21 Tanveer Bhullar C 3.1 2.6 0.2 Scored 6pts with 7rebs against Bethune-Cookman Mar. 10 WAC Semifinals WDN TBD 15 Joe Garza G 2.6 0.5 0.7 Season-high 11pts on 3-4 from 3FG vs Air Force Mar. 11 WAC Championships ESPNU 9 p.m. 35 Jalyn Pennie G 2.7 2.4 0.2 Scored 5pts with 3rebs and 2 blks at San Diego Mar. 12 Selection Sunday CBS 4-5 PM 3 Chacellor Ellis G 1.7 0.7 0.2 Scored six points in his Aggie debut vs. ACU 34 Bollo Gnahore C -- -- -- Out for season (Knee) NCAA Tournament 12 AJ Harris G -- -- -- Transfer from Ohio State, Redshirting 2016-17 season March 16-19 1st & 2nd Round TBD 33 Johnny McCants F -- -- -- Redshirting - MaxPreps #1 player in NM at Oñate HS March 23-26 Regional Rounds TBD April 1 Semifinals TBD By the Numbers... April 3 Championships TBD All home games in listed in BOLD Category ^Denotes University of San Diego Classic Scoring Offense ........................................................................................................78.1 ....................................................................67.0................................. $Denotes Game Played at Santa Ana Star Center Scoring Defense ......................................................................................................66.3 ...................................................................79.6 ................................. #Denotes WAC Digital Network Game Scoring Margin ........................................................................................................ +11.9 ...................................................................-12.6 ................................ *Denotes WAC Game Field Goal Pct..............................................................................................................470 ....................................................................402 ................................. Field Goal Pct. Defense .......................................................................................... .406 .....................................................................471 ................................. 3-Point FG Pct. ......................................................................................................... ..361 ....................................................................333 ................................ Follow Along With the Aggies on... 3-Point FG Pct. Defense .........................................................................................396 ....................................................................379 ................................. Free Throw Pct. .........................................................................................................714 .....................................................................656 ................................ Rebounds per game.................................................................................................38.1 ....................................................................34.4 ................................. Rebound Margin ........................................................................................................+4.1 .....................................................................-5.2 ................................. Steals per game ........................................................................................................5.0 ......................................................................6.7 .................................. Blocks per Game .......................................................................................................4.4 .......................................................................2.4 .................................. Assists per game .....................................................................................................14.2 ..................................................................... 11.5 .................................. @AggieArmy Turnover per game ..................................................................................................14.8 .....................................................................13.4 ................................. Turnover margin ..................................................................................................... +0.4 ...................................................................+0.0 ................................ #AggieUp Assist/turnover ratio ..............................................................................................1.0 ......................................................................0.9 .................................. Game Notes #17 - at Chicago State STATISTICAL LEADERS TIP-OFF (2016-17) The New Mexico State men’s basketball team lays its 12-consecutive win-streak on the line Saturday, Jan. 7, when it battles Chicago State in Points Per Game G Pts PPG a matinee showdown at 1:05 p.m. (MT). Ian Baker 15 227 15.1 Braxton Huggins 16 240 15.0 The 12-game winning-streak for NM State is currently tied with Oregon for the nation’s fourth-longest winning-streak through Thursday Sidy N’Dir 9 123 13.7 night’s games and trails just Gonzaga (15), Baylor (14) and Kansas (13). FG Pct. (Min. 40) Made Att FG% GET CONNECTED Eli Chuha 68 115 .591 Get up to the minute information and news about the NM State men’s basketball team all season on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by Matt Taylor 33 62 .532 following @AggieArmy. Johnathon Wilkins 25 47 .532 LISTEN UP! FT Pct. (Min 40) Made Att FG% Aggie fans that can’t make it to the game can listen to NM State Athletics/US Bank Hall of Famer Jack Nixon Saturday night on 99.5 Zia Ian Baker 60 71 .845 Country and affiliate stations. Fans can also listen to the game live with their mobile or tablet device on the TuneIn app for free. The game Braxton Huggins 60 72 .833 will be available on following affiliate stations as well: Sidy N’Dir 34 45 .756 Rebs Per Game G Rebs RPG Alamogordo 103.7 FM KNMZ Eli Chuha 16 130 8.1 Albuquerque 101.7 FM KQTM Jemerrio Jones 16 127 7.9 Carlsbad 1240 AM KAMQ Ian Baker 15 60 4.0 Gallup 1230 AM, 94.9 FM KYVA Las Vegas 107.1 FM KMDS Assists Per Game G Asts APG Ian Baker 15 53 3.5 COUGARS AWAIT AGGIES IN MATINEE MATCH-UP Jemerrio Jones 16 43 2.7 NM State and Chicago State is set to square off at 1:05 p.m. (MT) on Saturday, Jan. 7. The Aggies won their WAC opener at UMKC, while the Sidy N’Dir 9 19 2.1 Cougars dropped their opener to UT Rio Grande Valley