New Mexico Sports

LAS CRUCES, N.M.-The New Mexico State men's basketball team has the first of three WAC home games when the Aggies host Nevada, Thursday, Jan. 8, at 7 p.m., inside the Pan American Center.  The game is carried on the Aggie Sports Network and on KGRT 104 FM in Las Cruces with the ‘Voice of the Aggies' Jack Nixon and in Spanish with Martin Cortez on Vista 98 FM.  Thursday's game is also available on AggieVision with Jeff Matthews and Rus Bradburd.  The contest is shown live on Comcast affiliates in New Mexico, Time Warner in El Paso and ESPN Full Court and taped delayed on Fox Sports Arizona at 10:30 p.m. and in Las Cruces at 11 p.m.  The Aggies also host Utah State, Saturday, Jan. 10, at 7 p.m. 

The New Mexico State women's basketball team will hit the road for their final two roads game of a sixth game road trip this week stopping in Logan, lt;br />Utah to face the Utah State Aggies on Thursday, January 8th.

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Freshman center Hamidu Rahman made two free throws with 2.7 seconds left in regulation to give the New Mexico State men's basketball team a 75-73 win at San Jose State, Monday, Jan.5, at the Event Center in San Jose, Calif. 

LAWRENCE, Kan. - The New Mexico State women's basketball team gave up a season-high in points and had its second lowest output offensively as the Aggies fell, 91-49, to the Kansas Jayhawks Sunday afternoon in Allen Fieldhouse. NMSU's sixth straight loss pushes its record back to 4-10 as they are now done with its non-conference portion of the schedule. KU improved to 10-2 on the year and a perfect 6-0 at home. Sophomore forward Erica Sanchez scored a career-high eight points on a perfect 4-of-4 shooting. Guard Madison Spence led the Aggies with 12 points, as she netted her 24th career game scoring in double figures. Senior guard Tyshae Walton had a season-high six rebounds in the loss and freshmen Tabytha Wampler tied her career-highs with four assists. Fellow freshman Kaitlyn Soto set a new career-high with her six assists in the game and New Mexico State as a team had 13 assists on its 20 made field goals.

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The New Mexico State men's basketball team continues its first WAC road trip of the season at San Jose State, Monday, Jan. 5, at 8 p.m., in San Jose, Calif.  The game is carried on the Aggie Sports Network and on KGRT 104 FM in Las Cruces with the ‘Voice of the Aggies' Jack Nixon.  The Aggies are 7-7 and 1-0 in the league after defeating Fresno State, 79-66, Jan. 3, in Fresno, Calif. 

FRESNO, Calif.-The New Mexico State men's basketball team began WAC play with a 79-66 win at Fresno State, Saturday, Jan. 3, at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif., The victory was the Aggies first road win of the season. 

LAS CRUCES - The New Mexico State women's basketball team travels to Lawrence, Kan., to face the Kansas Jayhawks Sunday, Jan. 4 at 1:00 p.m. in the Allen Fieldhouse. The Aggie Sports Network is carrying the game on KSNM-AM 570 with Kyle Doperalski's call and live stats are available at www.nmstatesports.com. Fans outside of Las Cruces can still listen to the game over the internet under Aggie Access at NMSU's official athletic Web site. The Aggies (4-9) have lost their last five games and are in the midst of a six-game road trip that rounds out one week from Sunday's game at KU (8-2). This contest at Kansas is NMSU's last non-conference game of the year and its first in 2009. In New Mexico State's last game in the Maggie Dixon Surf `N Slam Classic in San Diego, the Aggies pulled down a season-high 21 offensive rebounds that led to 23 second chance points. Sophomore guards Madison Spence and Danisha Corbett

LAS CRUCES, N.M.-The New Mexico State men's basketball team begins WAC play when the Aggies meet Fresno State, Saturday, Jan. 3, at 8 p.m., at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif.  The game is carried on the Aggie Sports Network and on KGRT 104 FM in Las Cruces with the ‘Voice of the Aggies' Jack Nixon.  The conference opener is also available on AggieVision with Jeff Siembieda and Rus Bradburd.  The Aggies are 6-7 after falling to New Mexico, 68-66, Dec. 30. 

Las Cruces, N.M. - NMSU Athletics Director McKinley Boston announced Tuesday that the university has hired DeWayne Walker as the school's 33rd head football coach. "This is a great opportunity for myself and my family," Walker said. "As long as I have coached you always want to see your vision and formula put to work and I'm thankful and grateful to New Mexico State University for giving me this opportunity to put together a good staff and begin to flip this program around." "I would like to thank Chair Danny Villanueva and the members of the search advisory committee for their support and efforts during this very arduous process," Boston said. "The process has yielded a coach that has paid his dues and has worked for and has been mentored by great and successful professional and college coaches. When I started the process I stated I wanted someone with "fire in the belly and excited for this opportunity". DeWayne Walker is excited and has fire in the belly. His

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) -Daniel Faris hit a jumper with 40 seconds left Tuesday night to help New Mexico past New Mexico State 68-66.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Freshman forward Tabytha Wampler led the New Mexico State women's basketball team with 12 points in the programs 1,000th all-time game, but Illinois-Chicago shot 50.7 percent as they defeated the Aggies, 83-63, Tuesday night in the Jenny Craig Pavilion at the University of San Diego. For the Aggies (4-9), who have now lost their last five games, they shot just 29.4 percent in the game. NMSU did do a lot of good things in the loss to UIC (6-4). The Aggies committed a season-low nine turnovers, had 10 steals and had 23 second chance points off a season-high 21 offensive rebounds. In the game, sophomore guard Madison Spence became the sixth faster player in program history to reach 500 career points. She scored six points that all came at the free-throw line in the first half. Wampler scored her 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting and she was the only Aggie to score in double-figures, but all 10 New Mexico

Las Cruces, N.M. – New Mexico State Athletics Director Dr. McKinley Boston has confirmed that Dewayne Walker will be introduced as the Aggies' 33rd head football coach on Wednesday morning. The news conference will be streamed live on the New Mexico State Athletics website, www.nmstatesports.com.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The New Mexico State women's basketball team plays its final game in the Maggie Dixon Surf `N Slam Classic Tuesday, Dec. 30, at 7:00 p.m. MT against Illinois-Chicago in the Jenny Craig Pavilion at the University of San Diego. The Aggie Sports Network is carrying the game live in Las Cruces on KSNM-AM 570 with Kyle Doperalski calling the game, which can also be heard on the web at www.nmstatesports.com. Live stats of this contest are also available at New Mexico State's official Web site. NMSU (4-8) and Flames (5-4) both enter the contest looking to snap four-game losing streaks. Senior guard Tyshae Walton scored a season-high 16 points for the Aggies in the opening game of the Maggie Dixon Classic and sophomore guard Brittany Palmer netted a career-high 15 points in that loss to Long Island.

LAS CRUCES, N.M.-The New Mexico State men's basketball team hosts New Mexico in the second in-state rivalry game of the season, Tuesday, Dec. 30 at 7 p.m., in Las Cruces.  The game is carried on the Aggie Sports Network and on KGRT 104 FM in Las Cruces with the ‘Voice of the Aggies' Jack Nixon and in Spanish with Martin Cortez on Vista 98 FM.  Tuesday's game is also available on AggieVision with Jeff Matthews and Rus Bradburd.  The Aggies are 6-6 after coasting to a 104-62 win over Loyola Marymount, Dec. 28. 

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Senior guard Tyshae Walton scored a season-high 16 points for the New Mexico State women's basketball team that was defeated, 74-52, by Long Island Sunday night in the Maggie Dixon Surf `N Slam Classic at the Jenny Craig Pavilion on the campus of the University of San Diego. The Aggies fall to 4-8 on the year with their fourth-straight loss while the Blackbirds jump up to 5-7. Walton scored her 16 points on 8-of-10 shooting and she added five rebounds, two assists and one steal. The Aggies shot 37.7 percent in the game, but only shot four free throws as the Blackbirds were whistled for just five fouls in the game compared to the 16 fouls NMSU was called for. Long Island had four players score 12 points or more in the contest, as they shot 48.3 percent in the game. Ashley Palmer had a game-high 18 points on 7-of-16 shooting to lead the Blackbirds who forced the Aggies to turn the ball over 16

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) -Sophomore guard Jahmar Young scored a season-high 30 points Sunday to lead New Mexico State past Loyola Marymount 104-62 in the Aggies' highest scoring game this season.

LAS CRUCES, N.M.-The New Mexico State men's basketball team returns to the court to host Loyola Marymount, Sunday, Dec. 28, at 1 p.m., inside the Pan American Center.  The game is carried on the Aggie Sports Network and on KGRT 104 FM in Las Cruces with the ‘Voice of the Aggies' Jack Nixon and in Spanish with Martin Cortez on Vista 98 FM.  The Aggies are 5-6 after falling in the first in-state rivalry game of the season at New Mexico, 76-62, Dec. 23 in Albuquerque, N.M.

After a quick Christmas break, the New Mexico State women's basketball team continues with its road trip in the Maggie Dixon Surf `N Slam Classic in San Diego, Calif., beginning Sunday, Dec. 28 as the Aggies take on Long Island at 9:00 p.m. MT in the Jenny Craig Pavilion. The game is carried on the Aggie Sports Network and KSNM-AM 570 in Las Cruces with Kyle Doperalski.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M-Sophomore guard Jahmar Young led the New Mexico State men's basketball team with 18 points in the first in-state rivalry game of the season at New Mexico, Tuesday, Dec. 23, at The Pit in Albuquerque, N.M.  The Aggies fell to the Lobos, 76-62, in front of UNM's largest crowd of the season, 17,197. 

LONG BEACH, Calif. - The New Mexico State women's basketball team made seven 3-pointers in the second half, but could not overcome a 15-point halftime deficit and fell at Long Beach State, 74-61, Monday in the Walter Pyramid.