NCAA Tournament: NMSU women fall to Iowa State, 97-61

The NMSU Aggies saw an early exit from the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Saturday afternoon in Ames, Iowa.

The NMSU Aggies knew it would be a tough task to upset the Iowa State Cyclones in their own home court and the Cyclones made it difficult from the very start of the game.

The two teams traded buckets during the first couple minutes of the first quarter, but the Cyclones quickly took control and never looked back.

At Halftime, Iowa State led the game 50-26.

The route would continue in the second half with the Cyclones winning by a final score of 97-61.

It was another first round exit for the NMSU women’s team who ended the season with an overall record of 26-7.

The loss snapped a 17 game win streak for NMSU.

NMSU senior, Brooke Salas led the way in scoring for the Aggies with 18 points.