(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The future is now. Wednesday, NM State head football coach Jerry Kill welcomed the newest group of NM State football players to Las Cruces as a total of 14 student-athletes from around the nation signed their respective National Letters of Intent to join the Aggies for the 2022 season and beyond. Each
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP Miners Football team is heading to Albuquerque Wednesday for its first bowl game in seven years. The Miners will take on Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl. UTEP hasn’t won a bowl game since 1967. UTEP left El Paso around 7:45 a.m. as they get ready for their
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – The UTEP Miners notched another win Sunday afternoon taking down the New Mexico Lobos by a final of 77-69. The win for the Miners snapped a 2-game losing streak and provided some much needed momentum for the team as they prepare for their next game against McNeese State on Thursday. UTEP
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Announced Tuesday by NM State athletics, the NM State men’s basketball team has added a game to its 2021-22 schedule. The Aggies will host UT Permian Basin on Monday, Dec. 20 at 7:00 p.m. inside the Pan American Center. Season ticket holders will be mailed their season ticket seat locations
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – For the second straight game, New Mexico State delivered a last-second dagger on their rival’s home floor. But given the setting, the Aggies’ latest game-winner probably came as more of a shock to the New Mexico Lobos on Tuesday than it did for the UTEP Miners last Friday. Nate Pryor’s buzzer-beating
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — The UTEP Miners are bowl-bound for the first time since 2014 and they will face Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque on Sat., Dec. 18 with kickoff set for 12:15 p.m. “We are proud to accept the invitation to participate in this year’s New Mexico Bowl,” UTEP head football
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners came close, but it still wasn’t enough to take down the New Mexico State Aggies. NMSU defeated UTEP Friday night at the Don Haskins Center by a final score of 72-69. The win for the Aggies completed the 2 game sweep against UTEP this season after NMSU defeated
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UPDATE, Dec. 3: The UTEP women’s basketball team on Friday announced the scrapping of the second game in a row due to a Covid-19 outbreak among the team. After postponing Wednesday’s “Battle of I-10” against New Mexico State, the Miners said Saturday’s game hosting Utah State would be cancelled as a result of the Covid
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Two of the best teams in the Borderland met on the hardwood Tuesday night in Las Cruces. One from Texas, the other from New Mexico. The Chapin Huskies paid a visit to Las Cruces to take on the Las Cruces Bulldawgs in a matchup that certainly lived up to the
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. — — Jaelen House scored 29 points to spark New Mexico to a 101-94 victory over New Mexico State on Tuesday night. Jamal Mashburn Jr. added 19 points for the Lobos (5-3). Jay Allen-Tovar pitched in with 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Javonte Johnson scored 12. Teddy Allen topped the Aggies (5-2) with 31 points, going 12
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State University announced the hiring of Jerry Kill as its next coach on Monday afternoon. Kill will replace Doug Martin, whose contract was not renewed after the Aggies’ season ended Saturday. Kill had been serving as TCU’s interim coach after Gary Patterson’s departure. TCU ended its season Friday
Continue Reading LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – New Mexico State Athletic Director Mario Moccia wants a football coach with winning experience. For that, he’s turning to someone he’s won with before. The Aggies are set to introduce former Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill as their 19th coach in school history, with a press conference scheduled for Monday
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Doug Martin’s time at New Mexico State is officially coming to an end, and the search is on for his replacement. Martin is in the final year of his contract after 9 seasons as NMSU’s head coach. The news came as no surprise as there was no effort made on
Continue Reading LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Juwaun Price ran for 156 yards and scored four touchdowns, leading New Mexico State to a 44-27 season-ending win over UMass. Price scored on runs of 5 and 19 yards to stake New Mexico State to a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter, then added second-half TD runs of
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – What seemed like another run-of-the-mill game day for the NM State men’s basketball team took a turn for the surprising Wednesday afternoon. Approximately two hours prior to tip-off, it was announced that head coach Chris Jans would not be on the sidelines for the first time in his NM State coaching
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — After a lengthy break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino announced Monday that it would resume live horse racing on New Year’s eve. Post time to start the $15 million 62nd racing season at Sunland Park will be 12:25 p.m. on Dec. 31. Officials also announced planning
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By STEVE MCCLAIN LEXINGTON, Ky (AP) — Will Levis overcame an early fumble to throw for four touchdowns and 419 yards as Kentucky cruised past New Mexico State 56-16 in Saturday’s home finale. The Wildcats earned their 14th consecutive non-conference victory behind Levis, who completed 21 of 31 passes to become the first Wildcats quarterback
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CONWAY, South Carolina – The New Mexico State Aggies suffered their first loss of the season Friday in the semi-finals of the Myrtle Beach Invitational. NMSU fell to the other Aggies from Utah State by a final score of 85-58. The only lead for NMSU came in the first minute of the game when NMSU’s
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Souley Boum made his 2021-22 debut after recovering from an injury to tally a game-high 23 points and Jamal Bieniemy (13 points) and Keonte Kennedy (13 points) joined him in double digits, but the UTEP men’s basketball team’s (1-1) frantic rally fell short in a narrow 77-71 setback at New Mexico
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By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Bryce Young passed for 270 yards and five touchdowns, including three to Jameson Williams, and No. 3 Alabama beat New Mexico State 59-3. Young completed 21 of 23 passes in just over a half and the Crimson Tide produced the expected romp after a slow
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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Mid-American Conference announced it will stand pat with its membership, just hours after Middle Tennessee State made known it was sticking with Conference USA. Middle Tennessee and fellow C-USA member Western Kentucky had explored the possibility of joining the MAC as Conference USA had been poached
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Nineteen months ago, the NM State men’s basketball team exited the Pan American Center to the roar of a crowd that knew the Aggies were going to make some noise in the NCAA Tournament. That same roar – one NM State yearned for after turning into one
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State University head basketball coach Chris Jans on Monday fielded media questions ahead of the start of the upcoming basketball season. You can watch the Q&A in the video player above. The Aggies host Cal Irvine in their opener at the Pan Am Center on Tuesday at 7
Continue Reading LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Logan Bonner passed for 359 yards and four touchdowns _ including two to Deven Thompkins _ and Utah State pulled away in the second half to beat New Mexico State 35-13 in nonconference play. After New Mexico State’s Aggies jumped out to a 10-0 lead after one quarter, Bonner and
Continue Reading UPDATE, Nov. 5: In a unanimous 5-0 vote on Friday, the New Mexico State University Regents decided to join Conference USA for all their athletics programs. The move will take place on July 1, 2023. Then, for the first time since the old Border Conference in 1961, NMSU and UTEP will compete in the same
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — Wilson Stadium was evacuated Thursday night after the Albuquerque Public Schools received “credible threats of a possible shooting” to occur at the football game being played there. Albuquerque police spokesman Daren DeAguero said in a statement issued around 8 p.m. that both teams were safe and he described the evacuation as
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LOVINGTON, New Mexico — An incredible moment caught on camera in last Friday night’s high school football game between the Lovington Wildcats and Ruidoso Warriors. Iziah Martinez is a student with Down syndrome who has been with the program at Lovington for four years, ABC affiliate KOAT reports. In the last play of the game,
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UPDATE: Sierra County Sheriff Glenn Hamilton held a news conference Tuesday to provide an update on the criminal investigation into an alleged hazing incident by five Hot Spring High School football players. The sheriff said investigators uncovered Snapchat video of the staged incident in which four football players pinned a younger player down in the
Continue Reading RENO, Nev. (AP) — Carson Strong threw a career-high six touchdown passes — four in the second quarter — and Nevada cruised to a 55-28 win over New Mexico State. Strong hit Cole Turner for two scores and connected for one apiece with Toa Taua, Justin Lockhart, Melquan Stovall and Harry Ballad. BerDale Robins ripped
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By DOUG PADILLA Associated Press CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Greg Bell rushed for 111 yards and a touchdown, quarterback Jordon Brookshire added two scoring runs and No. 25 San Diego State beat New Mexico 31-7 on Saturday night in its first game as a ranked team in two seasons. Bell had a 40-yard carry on
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