MEN’S BASKETBALL 1815 Wells St. | Stan Fulton Center | Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003 @NMStateMBB | Facebook.com/NMStateMBB | NMStateSports.com 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.