LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NMSU (12-11, 7-4 WAC) couldn’t keep pace with 3rd placed GCU (16-6, 8-3 WAC), falling 64-59 at the Pan American Center Saturday. GCU took an early 10-0 lead within the first five minutes of the contest and while the Aggies made it close on several occasions they couldn’t find
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The losing streak is over. Wednesday night at the Pan American Center, the New Mexico State Aggies ended their 9 game losing skid with a victory over Stephen F. Austin. The final score was 73-67. It was NMSU’s first win in WAC play this season, and the first conference win
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – On Wednesday afternoon, NM State head football coach Jerry Kill announced the full 2022-23 signing class for the Aggies. In November, Kill and his staff signed 28 student-athletes to become an Aggie, including several who have already enrolled in classes at New Mexico State. With 10 additional signings on
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) ARLINGTON, Texas – In a release issued by the Western Athletic Conference Monday afternoon, it was announced that senior guard Soufia Inoussa was named this week’s WAC Women’s Player of the Week after having a career night against Abilene Christian last Thursday when she scored 28 points helping her team to a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Aggies (7-14, 0-9) might still be winless in conference play this season but in their 77-72 loss to Utah Valley (17-6, 8-2) on Saturday they showed fight and determination coming back from 21 points down to take the lead. “To not come unglued and to come together, that’s what
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A fourth quarter rampage from Molly Kaiser saw the Aggies knock off the Redhawks 58-50. The Aggies found themselves up 17 in the first quarter outscoring them 25-10 but the Redhawks battled back getting 24 points to the Aggies 17 in the third and fourth quarter combined. With Seattle
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NMSU are still in search of their first win in conference play under new head coach Greg Heiar after an 89-76 loss to Utah Tech on Saturday at Burns Arena. The Aggies led the contest for just 19 seconds, it’s the fourth time they’ve led a contest for less
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The NMSU Aggies showed out today to celebrate their big bowl win in the quick lane bowl last month. This is the Aggies second bowl game win in five years after questions of whether they were even eligible to go bowling this year after their homecoming game was cancelled due to the tragic
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) CEDAR CITY, Utah – When a team knocks down 20 shots from beyond the arc and shoots nearly 64% from the field, you cannot help but shake their hand and commend them. That is what Head Coach Greg Heiar and the Aggies (7-12, 0-7) did after falling 111-76 to Southern Utah (14-6, 6-1)
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NMSU fell just short with a 67-65 loss to Utah Tech on Saturday. The Aggies trailed the majority of the game but were always within reach. They went on a 5-0 run finished by Molly Kaiser (15 points) shooting 2-2 from the line to tie the game at 65
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Aggies move to 0-6 in conference play after suffering a 66-55 loss to UT Arlington. NMSU found themselves behind by 8 points early but worked their way back into it and looked to be heating up as they went into the half 33-26 thanks to back-to-back threes from
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SEATTLE, Washington – New Mexico State once again came out on the losing end of a conference game. Thursday night in Seattle, WA, the Aggies were upended by the Seattle Redhawks by a final score of 69-66. It was NMSU’s 5th loss in a row. Seattle remained undefeated in WAC play at 4-0. With NMSU
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) A celebration for the ages will take place downtown at the Plaza de Las Cruces on Saturday, January 21, from noon to 1:00 p.m. (MT). The New Mexico State Athletic Department and City of Las Cruces have collaborated to celebrate the Quick Lane Bowl champions, following NM State’s 24-19 victory over Bowling
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – In a season full of new challenges, the Aggies (7-9, 0-4 WAC) find themselves in completely new territory for the first time since joining the WAC – winless through four conference games after falling to California Baptist (10-7, 2-2 WAC) 70-61 Saturday night. Deshawndre Washington recorded his third
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – On December 21, prior to New Mexico State’s departure for the Quick Lane Bowl, Aggie football head coach Jerry Kill inked a six-year contract to lead the Aggies through 2027. Kill became the 35th head coach in New Mexico State history on Monday, November 29, 2021. With
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State lost 75-62 to Sam Houston State, marking their second straight loss in conference play, something that hasn’t happened since 2010. The Bearkats were feeling it from long range early, that saw them jump out to a 33-15 lead with just over 5 minutes left in the first
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Aggies three-game win streak came to a rapid halt Saturday when they fell 61-58 against Southern Utah. NMSU led the Thunderbirds for the majority of the game, but after hitting 50% of their shots in the first half, the Aggies offense struggled to connect with the basket. They hit
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — NMSU fell 79-75 to Southern Utah in their first game of WAC play under new head coach Greg Heiar. The loss becomes just the Aggies 2nd in 35 WAC home openers. “They’re used to winning championships around here, they’re not used to losing WAC games around here,” Heiar said. “To
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DETROIT, Michigan – New Mexico State is once again victorious in a bowl game. NMSU defeated the Bowling Green Falcons at the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit, Michigan by a final score of 24-19. This is NMSU’s 4th bowl game victory in school history. A tremendous achievement for NMSU head coach Jerry Kill in just
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DETROIT, Michigan – New Mexico State is just two quarters away from winning just their 4th bowl game in program history. NMSU is facing the Bowling Green Falcons at the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit, Michigan. At the half the Aggies are leading the Falcons, 14-0. NMSU’s defense would make a strong statement in the
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EL PASO, Texas — The Aggies are officially bound (literally) for their 5th bowl game after flying out of El Paso en route to Detroit, early Thursday morning. NMSU (6-6, 2 wins coming against FCS schools) will play Bowling Green (6-6) at the Quick Lane Bowl at Ford Field on Monday, Dec. 26th at 12:30
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – The NM State (7-5, 0-0 WAC) offense finally came to life when it needed it as the Aggies shot 50% from the field to finish off the WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational with an 85-76 win over North Carolina A&T (5-7, 0-0 CAA) on Thursday night. A pair
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – After a 61-year hiatus, NM State (6-5, 0-0 WAC) made its return to the Sun Bowl Invitational against Kent St. (9-3, 0-0 MAC) on Wednesday evening. Despite leading the Golden Flashes in rebounds and shooting percentage, the Aggies fell 73-63. In terms of scoring, the Aggies were led by
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — After a three game road stretch that saw the Aggies go 1-2, NMSU cruised to a 95-53 victory over NIAI team Northern New Mexico. It was the first game back at home since the school announced they had hired an outside firm to investigate the way coaches and players acted
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MORAGA, California – It’s been a long road trip for the New Mexico State Aggies, and the fatigue certainly showed in Wednesday’s 81-68 loss against the Gaels from Saint Mary’s. It was NMSU’s third straight road game in 7 days, and it was against a tough Saint Mary’s team out of the West Coast Conference.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Miners had won the last seven straight against the Aggies, including a 65-61 win over NMSU just a couple of weeks ago and the winning trend over their Battle of I-10 rivals continued Tuesday with a nail-biting 57-52 win. “That was a heck of a college basketball game,” UTEP
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EL PASO, Texas — The Aggies fall in another close one and split the Rio Grande Rivalry 1-1 for the season. The Rio Grande Rivalry continued Sunday. You’ll remember the UNM and NMSU Men’s basketball games were cancelled for the year after the shooting involving Aggie forward Mike Peake left a UNM student dead last
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EL PASO, Texas — The Aggies continued their three game away stretch against the Duquesne Dukes, as the investigation into players and coaches handling of the shooting involving forward Mike Peake continues. Both Chi Chi Avery and Issa Muhammad picked up minutes after their one game suspension due to their involvement in the aftermath of
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) SANTA CLARA, California – In a game in which the Aggies (4-3, 0-0 WAC) matched their season-high in threes made, they need just one more to fall as they fell 66-65 on the road at Santa Clara (8-2, 0-0 WCC) on Wednesday evening.”We had a point in that game where I looked
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Mike Peake has been suspended indefinitely from the New Mexico State Men’s Basketball team following his involvement in a deadly shooting on the UNM campus. Peake’s suspension was first reported by Jason Groves from the Las Cruces Sun News, and ABC-7 has since confirmed the news with Athletic Director Mario
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