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SPOKANE, WA - Junior guard Daniel Mullings became the 32nd Aggie in program history to score 1,000 points in a career leading the New Mexico State men’s basketball team with 17 points on the night as the Aggies fell 80-68 to No. 19 Gonzaga in McCarthey Athletic Center, Saturday, Dec. 7. NM State is now 7-4 on the season.

Mullings’ 1,000-career point came at the 17:32 mark in the second half when he made two free throws. He finished the evening going 5-of-14 from the field while also making 6-of-9 free throws. He now has 1,011 points during his time in the Crimson & White and surpassed former Aggie guard Billy Keys on the all-time scoring list. Mullings also tallied a team-high five assists.

Junior center Tshilidzi Nephawe added 13 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds, although the Aggies were out-rebounded 45-30 with the Bulldogs scoring 22 second chance points.   Continue Reading This Post >>

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The New Mexico State women’s basketball team dropped its lone meeting with in-state rival New Mexico 65-55 on Saturday, Dec. 7. The Aggies drop to 3-6 on the season, while the Lobos move to 4-4.

NM State was led by sophomore Sasha Weber with 11 points and junior transfer September Offutt was just shy of her first career double-double when she scored 10 points and ended the game with nine rebounds. The Aggies shot 33 percent as a team after going 20-60 from field goal range.

The Aggies struggled from 50 percent from the free throw line and just 21 percent from beyond the arc. The team combined for 34 rebounds and New Mexico managed 43. NM State won the turnover margin 11-16 and scored 10 points off the bench.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The New Mexico State volleyball team fell 3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 25-19) to the Arizona Wildcats in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament, Friday, Dec. 6, in San Diego Calif. The Aggies end the season at 22-11 after losing their first match since Oct. 19.

NM State struggled offensively hitting .102, while Arizona hit .230 on the match. Redshirt sophomore Gwen Murphy led NM State with nine kills, and sophomore Taylor Livoti led with 17 assists on the day. Senior Ciara Brown added 14 assists and three Aggies earned service aces on the match.

“They were tough to handle offensively and we knew that,” head coach Mike Jordan said. “I love the way we dug the volleyball, but Arizona just did a good job of stopping us. We were aggressive and we had opportunities, but we got a little nervous I think.”  Continue Reading This Post >>

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On this week's episode of the podcast, Sam and Teddy talk about the big week in sports in Las Cruces including the men's basketball rivalry game against UNM and the Aggie volleyball team's match in the NCAA Tournament. They also put the wraps on the Aggie football season and talk a little high school football and a certain game happening on Saturday.

The Aggie men's basketball team got a career-high 15 points from forward Renaldo Dixon to go along with 16 points from junior guard Daniel Mullings but it was not enough as poor shooting from their teammates doomed the Aggies on Wednesday night in the first game of the Rio Grande Rivalry with in-state rival New Mexico.

The Lobos hit four three pointers in the first half en-route to a ten point, 39-29 halftime lead. The Aggies shot just 33.3 percent in the first half connecting on just nine field goals while UNM countered with 46.7 percent shooting hitting 14 of their 30 first half shot attempts.  Continue Reading This Post >>

bleedCrimson.net: The championship match you took on Bakersfield and you mentioned that their team was good at everything and that their weakness was that they were just smaller. Your team came out and really took care of business.
Mike Jordan: We got an overpass, Desiree crushed an overpass on the first play of the game and then we stuff blocked straight to the floor three of their first four swings and so I think we just got in their head right away. We did a good job of executing, we were aggressive and we really played like we wanted to win that title as opposed to trying not to lose. I know that’s a cliche but you’ve got to play to win and we did. I was very impressed with what we did.

bc.net:Ciara Brown was one of four Aggies to make the All-Tournament team. What does that honor mean for a player like Brown especially as a senior?
MJ:Obviously she doesn’t get a lot of credit for what she does. She’s not the best athlete in the lineup, in fact she’s probably the worst athlete in our lineup but she tries really hard and she’s passionate about the team and winning and she’s worked hard to get better. I think for her to get some recognition is a great thing and it’s well deserved. Interestingly enough one of her weaknesses since she’s got here is that she just doesn’t serve the ball tough enough. She gets four aces against Idaho and I don’t know how many she got against Bakersfield but she served that first point of the game where they had the overpass and she had a long run. I think she probably got the all-tournament nod because of what she did at the service line more than anything else. For Desiree to hit .400 with Ciara setting her primarily speaks a lot to the things that Ciara can do for us.

bc.net:You drew Arizona in the first round of the NCAA tournament. What were your initial thoughts when you saw their name go up on the board?
MJ:I think it’s a good draw in the sense that we’re familiar with them. They’ve got a great team obviously and they’ve got a Pac-12 schedule under their belt. They’re very, very good and they’re well coached. I think because we have played them a lot in the spring we have a familiarity with them. While I think they’re great athletes, I don’t think they’re out of our class athletically. We’re looking forward to the challenge. Obviously it’s not going to be easy but it’s a winnable match if we play very well. I’m hopeful with a veteran team that we will.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State women’s basketball fell to I-10 rival UTEP on Tuesday night, 80-61. The loss brings the Aggies record to 3-5, while UTEP improves to 7-0 on the season.

Freshman Brianna Freeman led the Aggies in scoring with 12 points, Moriah Mack ended the game with nine points and both freshman Vanessa Garner and junior transfer Tyler Ellis finished with eight.

The Aggies shot 38.0 percent from the field, but allowed UTEP to shoot 42.6 percent. The Aggies did shot 41.2 percent from three-point range (7-17), while holding the Miners to just 15.4 percent (2-13).

“The team did a good job tonight, they competed for the entire game,” head coach Mark Trakh said. “We started three freshmen, a sophomore and a junior tonight so this is a team that is really building for the future.”  Continue Reading This Post >>

On Sunday night the New Mexico State volleyball team learned their first round opponent for the NCAA Tournament. The WAC's regular season and tournament champions will head to San Diego to face regional rival Arizona (20-12) from the Pac-12 on Friday, December 6, 2013 with the match time set for 5:00 p.m. (MT).

With a 22-10 record overall, the Aggies will be making their second consecutive NCAA tournament appearance and the seventh overall in program history. The Aggies have one prior win in the NCAA tournament, a 3-1 victory over St. Mary's (CA) in 2008. The Wildcats are making their first appearance in the NCAA tournament since 2011.

The two teams have faced each on thirteen occasions with Arizona winning all thirteen matchups with the latest coming in the 2010 season, a 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 26-24) sweep by Arizona.

The winner of the match will face the winner of the No. 9 seed San Diego/UC- Santa Barbara match. The Aggies faced UCSB earlier this season in Berkeley, Calif. at the Cal Molten Classic. The Aggies lost the match in five sets, 25-22, 20-25, 19-25, 25-17, 13-15.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico State head football coach Doug Martin announced Sunday afternoon that defensive coordinator David Elson and defensive line coach Romeo Bandison will not return for the 2014 season.

"I am appreciative of Coach Elson’s and Coach Bandison’s efforts and their service to New Mexico State University and the Las Cruces community," Martin said. "We will move quickly and efficiently in order to bring the best coaches possible to our football program. I continue to have great expectations for this program and I will bring in coaches that can help us reach those goals."