ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Men’s Basketball Contact - John Vu MEN’S BASKETBALL O: 575-646-4120 | C: 714-728-9163 1815 Wells St. | Stan Fulton Center | Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003 Email: [email protected] | @JohnVuNMSU @NMStateMBB | Facebook.com/NMStateMBB | NMStateSports.com 2018-19 Schedule 2018-19 NM STATE GAME NOTES Date Opponent TV Time (MT) Nov. 6 North Dakota State AggieVision W, 73-56 vs. #5-seed Auburn • NCAA Tournament First Round Nov. 9 UTEP W, 96-69 March 21, 2019 • 11:30 a.m. (MT) • Salt Lake City, Utah Nov. 14 Saint Mary’s AggieVision L, 73-58 GAME Vivint Smart Home Arena | Capacity: 18,284 Nov. 17 at New Mexico AT&T Sports Network W, 98-94 Radio: 99.5 FM (TuneIn) | Jack Nixon (PxP) Nov. 21 Eastern New Mexico WACDN W, 92-65 TV: TNT | Online Stream Nov. 28 at UTEP W, 62-58 #35 Talent: Andrew Catalon (PxP) | Steve Lappas (Analyst) | Lisa Byington (Reporter) Dec. 1 Washington State WACDN W, 69-63 Westwood One Radio: John Sadak (PxP) | Dan Dickau (Analyst) | Audio Stream Dec. 4 New Mexico AggieVision W, 100-65 Dec. 8 vs. #2/2 Kansas ESPN2 L, 63-60 THE MATCH-UP Dec. 17 Northern Colorado% AggieVision W,74-62 NM State Auburn Dec. 19 CSUN% WACDN W, 92-57 2018-19 Record 30-4, 15-1 WAC 26-9, 11-7 SEC Dec. 22 Drake^ FS2 L, 66-63 Coach Chris Jans Bruce Pearl Dec. 23 Washington St^ FS1 W, 75-72 Career Record (Season) 79-22 (3rd) 558-216 (24th) Dec. 30 at Colorado State AT&T Sports Network W, 88-68 Record at School (Season) 58-10 (2nd) 96-71 (5th) Jan. 3 at California Baptist* WACDN L, 82-76 Leader in Scoring Terrell Brown (11.3) Bryce Brown (15.8) Jan. 10 Grand Canyon* AggieVision W, 77-75 Leader in FG Percentage (min. 50) Eli Chuha (.659) Austin Wiley (.563) Jan. 12 CSU Bakersfield* WACDN W, 73-62 Leader in 3FG Made Terrell Brown (66) Bryce Brown (122) Jan. 17 at Seattle U* ESPN+ W, 87-60 Jan. 19 at Utah Valley* WACDN W, 83-78 Leader in FT Percentage (min. 25) Terrell Brown (.780) Samir doughty (.846) Jan. 26 at UTRGV* WACDN W, 63-61 Leader in Rebounds Eli Chuha (193) Chuma Okeke (239) Jan. 31 Kansas City* AggieVision W, 70-54 Leader in Assists AJ Harris (109) Jared Harper (202) Feb. 2 Chicago State* AggieVision W, 83-39 Leader in Blocks Johnny McCants (23) Chuma Okeke (43) Feb. 7 at CSU Bakersfield* ESPN3 W, 71-70 (OT) Leader in Steals AJ Harris (31) Chuma Okeke (60) Feb. 9 at Grand Canyon* ESPN3 W, 67-64) Feb. 14 Utah Valley* AggieVision W, 84-77 AGGIE ROSTER Feb. 16 Seattle U* AggieVision W, 59-53 PROJECTED STARTERS Feb. 19 Texas A&M International WACDN W, 80-42 No. Player Pos. PPG RPG APG Notable Feb. 23 UTRGV* WACDN W, 88-79 Feb. 28 at Kansas City* ESPN+ W,75-55 3 Terrell Brown G 11.3 2.6 1.3 Had 9pts (3-4 3FG) in championship game March 2 at Chicago State* WACDN W, 92-58 22 Eli Chuha F 9.8 6.7 1.6 Had 9pts, 6rebs in win semifinal win March 9 California Baptist* WACDN W, 75-63 12 AJ Harris G 9.6 1.8 3.4 8pts, 9asts & 6rebs in championship game 5 Clayton Henry G 5.6 3.3 0.7 14pts (4-7 3FG) vs. GCU in WAC title game WAC Tournament 13 C.J. Bobbitt F 4.7 2.6 0.9 Scored 11pts (3-4 3FG) in WAC Quarterfinal March 14 #8 Chicago State ESPN+ W, 86-49 OFF THE BENCH March 15 #4 UTRGV ESPN+ W, 79-72 No. Player Pos. PPG RPG APG Notable March 16 #3 Grand Canyon ESPNU W, 89-57 15 Ivan Aurrecoechea F 9.5 5.1 0.7 16pts (7-9 FG) & 7rebs in WAC title game 4 JoJo Zamora G 7.5 1.7 0.9 Scored 14pts (3-5 3FG) in win over UTRGV NCAA Tournament 20 Trevelin Queen G 7.5 2.8 1.5 27pts (6-11 3FG), 4rebs in title game (MVP) 21 #5 Auburn TNT 11:30 a.m. 35 Johnny McCants F 5.9 4.7 0.7 6pts, 6rebs in semifinal win vs. UTRGV 23 #4 Kansas/#13 Northeastern TBD TBD 23 Mohamed Thiam F 4.5 3.8 0.2 14pts, 7rebs, 2asts in win at Chicago State 29 Sweet 16 (Kansas City) TBD TBD 10 Jabari Rice G 3.4 2.2 0.8 Had 6pts and 4rebs in win over the Cougars 31 Elite 8 (Kansas City) TBD TBD 25 Robert Brown F 3.5 0.8 0.0 Season-high 10pts (4-4 FG) against CSUN 11 Keyon Jones G 3.0 2.3 0.7 Scored 10pts with 5rebs against Chicago St. April 6 Final Four CBS TBD April 8 Championships CBS TBD 0 Berrick JeanLouis G 2.3 0.9 0.3 8pts on 3-of-4 shooting at Chicago State 1 Shunn Buchanan G 2.1 1.6 2.5 Drew 2 critical charges late in semifinal win All times MOUNTAIN & subject to change All home games in listed in BOLD BY THE NUMBERS... *Denotes WAC Game % Continental Tires Las Vegas Classic (Las Cruces, N.M.) ^ Continental Tires Las Vegas Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) Category (Rank) Scoring Offense .........................................................78.1 ...........................................79.6..................... Scoring Defense.........................................................64.1 ...........................................68.1 ..................... Scoring Margin ......................................................... +14.0 ....................................... +11.5 ................... Follow Along With the Aggies on... Field Goal Pct...............................................................459............................................448..................... Field Goal Pct. Defense .............................................418 ............................................433..................... 3-Point FG Pct. .............................................................335............................................376 ..................... 3-Point FG Pct. Defense ............................................331 ............................................353..................... Free Throw Pct. ............................................................675............................................713 ..................... #AggieUp Rebounds per game ..................................................38.4...........................................34.6..................... Rebound Margin .........................................................+9.6........................................... -0.4 ..................... Steals per game ..........................................................5.6 .............................................9.4 ...................... Blocks per Game .........................................................2.6 .............................................4.8 ...................... Assists per game .......................................................14.7 ...........................................14.4 ..................... Turnover per game .....................................................11.9 ...........................................12.1 ..................... Turnover margin .........................................................+1.4...........................................+5.5..................... Assist/turnover ratio .................................................1.2 .............................................1.2 ...................... GAME 35 - #5 Auburn STATISTICAL LEADERS TIP-OFF The 12th-seeded New Mexico State men’s basketball team puts its 19-game winning- Points Per Game G Pts PPG streak on the line as it opens first-round action of the NCAA Tournament against the Terrell Brown 33 372 11.3 fifth-seeded Auburn Tigers this Thursday, March 21, at 11:30 a.m. on TNT inside Vivint Eli Chuha 29 285 9.5 AJ Harris 32 304 9.5 Smart Home Arena to kick off March Madness. Ivan Aurrecoechea 31 294 9.5 Andrew Catalon (@AndrewCatalon) will have call on the national broadcast with Steve FG Pct. (min. 50) Made Att FG% Lappas (@stlappas) serving as the analyst and Lisa Byington (@LisaByington) reporting Eli Chuha 108 164 .659 Johnny McCants 68 104 .654 from the sidelines. Ivan Aurrecoechea 118 204 .578 GET CONNECTED FT Pct. (min. 25) Made Att FT% Terrell Brown 96 123 .780 Get up to the minute information and news about the NM State men’s basketball team JoJo Zamora 30 41 .732 all season long on Twitter and Instagram by following @NMStateMBB and on Facebook AJ Harris 32 46 .696 at FB.com/NMStateMBB. Rebounds Per Game G Rebs RPG Eli Chuha 29 193 6.7 LISTEN UP! Ivan Aurrecoechea 31 159 5.1 Aggie fans that can’t make it to Thursday’s first-round action can catch the game by Johnny McCants 30 141 4.7 listening to NM State Athletics/US Bank Hall of Famer Jack Nixon on 99.5 Zia Country Assists Per Game G Asts APG and affiliate stations on the Aggie Sports Network listed below or via TuneIn. AJ Harris 32 109 3.4 Shunn Buchanan 34 86 2.5 Alamogordo 103.7 FM KNMZ Eli Chuha 29 46 1.6 Albuquerque 1150 AM KNMM Steals Per Game G Steals SPG Carlsbad 1240 AM KAMQ Trevelin Queen 24 23 1.0 El Paso 1380 AM KHEY AJ Harris 32 31 1.0 Gallup 1230 AM, 94.9 FM KYVA Terrell Brown 33 19 0.6 Las Vegas 107.1 FM KMDS Shunn Buchanan 34 21 0.6 PAN AMERICAN CENTER TEAM RECORDS In addition, Sirius Ch. 137 and XM Ch. 203 will have John Sadak (@johnsadak) on the Most Points ...... 133, vs. New Mexico Highlands (12/11/82) national radio call via Westwood One alongside Dan Dickau (@dandickau21). A live Most FG Attempts.............122, vs. UT-Arlington (12/1/70) Most 3FGs Made ......................20, by Utah State (2/2/06) radio-stream of the game by Westwood One of every game from Salt Lake City can be Most 3FG Attempts ........39, vs. CSU Bakersfield (2/8/18) heard by clicking here or by going to www.ncaa.com/marchmadnesslive. Most FTs Made ....35,vs. New Mexico Highlands (11/25/78) .................................................... 35, vs. Seattle U (1/9/14) Most FT Attempts ...........53, 2x, Last vs. UMKC (1/31/19) IN THE NATION Most Rebounds ..................85, vs. UT-Arlington (12/1/70) Through games on March 17, NM State is third in the country in rebounding margin Most Fouls ..................38, vs. West Texas State (2/15/74) (9.6) while its offensive rebounds per game (12.82) checks in at No. 20 in the nation. Fewest Fouls .......... 8, 6x, Last vs. Chicago State (3/7/15) Most Turnovers .............47, by San José State (12/19/70) The 14.0 scoring margin for NM State is also good for 10th best in the NCAA while its Fewest Turnovers ................