ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS MEN’S BASKETBALL Men’s Basketball Contact - Charlie Hurley O: 575-646-4120 | C: 218-341-5113 1815 Wells St. | Stan Fulton Center | Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003 Email: [email protected] | @CP_Hurley @NMStateMBB | Facebook.com/NMStateMBB | NMStateSports.com 2019-20 Schedule NEW MEXICO STATEAGGIES22-6, 13-0 grand canyonlopeS12-15, 7-6 GAME twenTY-nine Date Opponent TV Time (MT) Nov. 5 Western New Mexico WDN W | 92-46 NEW MEXICO STATE at grand canyon Nov. 12 at UTEP L | 65-50 at Phoenix, Ariz. | GCU Arena Nov. 14 Southern& AggieVision W| 79-63 Thursday, February 27 | 7:00 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 | 22-6 OVERALL RECORD | 12-15 Nov. 26 USF^ FloHoops W | 65-45 397 WAC RECORD | 13-0 WAC RECORD | 7-6 | Pan Am Center to GCU Arena mileage | Nov. 27 George Mason^ FloHoops L | 68-64 HOME RECORD | 12-1 HOME RECORD | 7-6 Dec. 3 UTEP W | 59-56 AWAY RECORD | 7-3 AWAY RECORD | 4-6 FOLLOW THE ACTION Dec. 7 vs. Washington State% P12N L | 63-54 NEUTRAL RECORD | 3-2 NEUTRAL RECORD | 1-3 WATCH | ESPN3/ESPN app 2018-19 RECORD | 20-14, 10-6 WAC Dec. 10 at Denver# Altitude 2 W | 72-67 2018-19 RECORD | 30-5, 15-1 WAC Pxp | Barry Buetel, Scott Williams 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 | 122/90/112 NET/BPI/KenPom | 271/260/246 LISTEN | TuneIn + NMStateSports.com STREAK | L2 Dec. 22 vs. Mississippi State! SEC Network W | 58-52 STREAK | W16 LAST 5 GAMES | 5-0 (1.000) LAST 5 GAMES | 3-2 (.600) Pxp | Jack Nixon Dec. 29 Northern New Mexico WDN W | 104-30 LAST 10 GAMES | 10-0 (1.000) LAST 10 GAMES | 6-4 (.600) Jan. 4 at California Baptist* ESPN+ W | 86-71 LAST GAME | UVU 82, at NM State 84 (2/15/20) LAST GAME | GCU 80, at UVU 92 (2/22/20) STATS | GCULopes.com Jan. 9 Chicago State* WDN W | 93-54 HEAD COACH | Chris Jans HEAD COACH | Dan Majerle Jan. 11 Kansas City* ESPN+ W | 74-71 ALMA MATER | Loras College, ‘91 ALMA MATER | Central Michigan, ‘88 Jan. 16 at Utah Valley* ESPN+ W | 70-56 NM STATE RECORD/YEAR | 80-17 (.825)/Third GCU RECORD/YEAR | 135-87 (.608)/Seventh THE SERIES | NEW MEXICO STATE vs. grand canyon CAREER RECORD/YEAR | Same Jan. 18 at Seattle U* WDN W | 75-67 CAREER RECORD/YEAR | 101-29 (.777)/Fourth Overall vs. Grand Canyon 14-2 (.875) Jan. 25 at UTRGV* WDN W | 67-62 LEADING SCORER | Jabari Rice (13.5 ppg) LEADING SCORER | Alessandro Lever (16.0 ppg) LEADING REBOUNDER | Alessandro Lever (6.1 rpg) In Las Cruces, N.M. 8-0 (1.000) Jan. 30 CSU Bakersfield* FOX Sports Arizona+ W | 61-57 LEADING REBOUNDER | Johnny McCants (6.1 rpg) ASSISTS LEADER | Shunn Buchanan (2.7 apg) ASSISTS LEADER | Jovan Blacksher, Jr. (3.6 apg) At the Pan Am Center 8-0 (1.000) Feb. 1 Grand Canyon* FOX Sports Arizona+ W | 72-52 STEALS LEADER | Trevelin Queen (1.8 spg) STEALS LEADER | Jovan Blacksher, Jr. (1.7 spg) In Phoenix, Ariz. 3-2 (.600) Feb. 6 at Chicago State* WDN W | 71-49 BLOCKS LEADER | Johnny McCants (0.5 bpg) BLOCKS LEADER | Carlos Johnson (0.4 bpg) At GCU Arena 3-2 (.600) Feb. 8 at Kansas City* WDN W | 67-61 At neutral sites 2-0 (1.000) Feb. 13 Seattle U* FOX Sports Arizona+ W | 72-64 HEAD TO HEAD Last meeting GCU 52, at NM State 72 | 2.1.20 Feb. 15 Utah Valley* FOX Sports Arizona W | 84-82 Last NMSU win 2.1.20 | 72-52 Feb. 22 UTRGV* FOX Sports Arizona+ W | 78-62 NM STATE ADV. CATEGORY ADV. gcu Last NMSU home win 2.1.20 | 72-52 Feb. 27 at Grand Canyon* ESPN3/ESPN app 7 p.m. 28 √ GAMES PLAYED 27 Last NMSU road win 2.9.19 | 67-64 Feb. 29 at CSU Bakersfield* ESPN3/ESPN app 8 p.m. 2,002 √ POINTS 1,919 Last GCU win 2.11.17 | 83-71 March 5 California Baptist* AggieVision 7 p.m. 71.5 √ POINTS/GAME 71.1 Last GCU home win 2.11.17 | 83-71 60.8 √ OPP. POINTS/GAME 73.1 Last GCU road win none WAC Tournament +10.7 √ SCORING MARGIN -2.0 Largest margin of victory (NMSU) 32 | 89-57 on 3.16.19 March 12 WAC Quarterfinals ESPN+ TBD 700-1523 √ FG-A 689-1489 Largest margin of defeat (NMSU) 12 | 83-71 on 2.11.17 March 13 WAC Semifinals ESPN+ TBD .460 √ FIELD GOAL PCT. .449 Current Streak NMSU won seven March 14 WAC Championship ESPNU 8 p.m. .429 √ FIELD GOAL PET. DEF. .448 Last five games 5-0 (1.000) 253-711 √ 3FG-A 160-485 Last five home games 5-0 (1.000) NCAA Tournament .356 √ 3FG PCT. .330 Last five away games 3-2 (.600) March 19-22 1st & 2nd Round TBD TBD .331 √ 3FG PCT. DEF. .388 Last 10 games 9-1 (.900) March 26-29 Regional Rounds TBD TBD 9.0 √ 3FG/GAME 5.9 Last 10 home games 8-0 (1.000) April 4 Final Four TBD TBD 6.3 √ OPP. 3FG/GAME 8.7 Last 10 away games 3-2 (.600) April 6 Championships TBD TBD 349-492 FT-A √ 421-561 NM State points | average 1,215 | 75.9 .709 FT PCT. √ .750 GCU points | average 1,013 | 63.3 All times MOUNTAIN & subject to change 12.5 FTM/GAME √ 15.6 NMSU scoring margin +12.6 All home games in listed in BOLD 300-677-977 √ REBOUNDS (O-D-T) 207-679-886 Jans vs. GCU 7-0 (1.000) # Summit League/WAC Challenge 34.9 √ REBOUNDS/GAME 32.8 At the Pan Am Center 3-0 (1.000) & Cayman Islands Classic (Las Cruces, N.M.) +7.7 √ REBOUNDING MARGIN -1.8 At GCU Arena 2-0 (1.000) ^ Cayman Islands Classic (John Gray Stadium) 405 | 14.5 √ ASSISTS | PER GAME 326 | 12.1 Jans vs. Majerle 7-0 (1.000) % Spokane Arena (Spokane, Wash.) 1.1 = ASSIST-TO RATIO = 1.1 Majerle vs. NM State 2-13 (.133) ! Mississippi Coliseum (Jackson, Miss.) 49 | 1.8 √ BLOCKS | PER GAME 34 | 1.3 Jans on 2.27 0-0 (.000) *Denotes WAC Game 176 | 6.3 √ STEALS | PER GAME 134 | 5.0 NMSU all-time on 2.27 16-12 (.571) PROJECTED NM STATE STARTERS THIS DATE IN NM STATE HISTORY Follow Along With the Aggies on... PPG RPG APG 3FG% 7.5 1.8 2.6 .411 • NM State lost its first seven games on Jr. | G this date before picking up its first vic- 11 | evan gilyard ii Chicago, Ill. tory on Feb. 27 in 1952 when the Aggies PPG RPG FG% 3FG% claimed a 54-49 victory at Northern 13.5 5.0 .488 .405 R-So. | G Arizona. #AggieUp 10 | JABARI RICE Houston, Texas • The Aggies secured one of their 39 PPG RPG FG% 3fg% wins over Arizona State on this date 9.0 6.1 .571 .375 back in 1960. Jr. | F 35 | Johnny mccants Las Cruces, N.M. • In the 21st century, the Aggies have PPG RPG FG% FT% won three of the four games they have 11.6 5.6 .582 .646 played on this date. NM State’s lone set- 15 | IVAN AURRECOECHEA Sr. | F back came in 2015 when they suffered a Madrid, Spain 66-61 OT loss at Utah Valley. PPG RPG FG% 3FG% • Each of NM State’s last four games on 13.3 5.3 .465 .374 Sr. | G this date have been decided by nine 21 | Trevelin queen Glen Burnie, Md. points or less. rv/--NM STATE22-6, 13-0 | --/--grand canyon12-15, 7-6 LAST TIME OUT vs. grand canyon | saturday, february 1, 2020 NEW MEXICO STATE (17-6, 8-0) • Behind a perfect shooting night from Johnny McCants - who ## PLAYER MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS 10 Rice,Jabari * 32 7-16 4-11 0-0 0-6-6 3 3 1 0 1 18 finished with 17 points and a game-high 12 rebounds for his 35 McCants,Johnny * 31 7-7 3-3 0-0 5-7-12 2 5 2 0 0 17 first collegiate double-double - the Aggies demolished Grand 15 Aurrecoechea,Ivan * 22 6-10 0-1 2-2 2-3-5 2 1 1 0 0 14 GAME Canyon, 72-52, in front of the second-largest crowd in the 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 history of the program. 1 Buchanan,Shunn 22 2-4 2-4 0-0 0-2-2 3 2 2 0 2 6 • McCants also dished out a game-high five assists - as did 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 Evan Gilyard II - to help the Aggies claim their seventh-straight 2 Owens,Tennessee 1 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 victory over the Lopes.