Courtesy: Vandal Nation

The New Mexico State Aggie women's basketball team fell 75-63 to Idaho in the quarterfinals of the 2010 WAC Basketball Tournament on Wednesday afternoon.

The Aggies jumped out to a quick 9-2 lead over the Vandals but a 7-0 run by Idaho knotted things up at nine. Jasmine Lowe drained a three pointer to put the Aggies back up 12-9 but five quick points from Idaho's Yinka Olorunnife off of assists from Rachele Kloke put the Vandals on top 14-12. Jasmine Lowe buried another three pointer to give the Aggies a 15-14 lead with 11:15 left to play. The Aggies would extend their lead to 22-19 after a Crystal Boyd layup. However, Idaho's Rachele Kloke would answer with a short jumper to pull the Vandals to within one at 22-21. The Aggies would push their lead out to four points at 25-21 after a pair of Kelsie Rozendaal free throws but Idaho would go on a 10-1 run capped off by a Rachele Kloke jumper with 2:10 left to play in the half as the Aggies found themselves down 31-26.   Continue Reading This Post >>

A second half Aggie rally fell just short as New Mexico State was stunned by a buzzer beater by Nevada's Shavon Moore who hit a three pointer to win the game 61-59. New Mexico State scored the first six points of the game but trailed by 12 at halftime 35-23. The Aggies opened the second half by outscoring Nevada 14-2 over the first eight minutes to draw even with the Wolf Pack.

The Wolf Pack would score on a three pointer from Tahnee Robinson to retake the lead at 40-37 but the Aggies would take their first lead of the second half at 43-42 and with 5:35 left to play would take their largest lead of the second half as they led 51-47. The Wolf Pack would go on an 8-0 run to retake the lead at 55-51 over the Aggies with 3:15 left to play.  Continue Reading This Post >>

Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State women's basketball team outscored Utah State by 17 in the second half to put away Utah State 73-54 at the Pan American Center Tuesday evening.

Senior guard Crystal Boyd led all scorers with 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Freshman Camila Rosen scored a career-high 10 points in the game as did junior guards Madison Spence and Jasmine Lowe.

With the win, NM State improves to 17-11 overall and 7-7 in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Utah State falls to 12-14 on the year and 4-9 in the WAC after the loss.

Spence opened the scoring with a three-point basket to give the Aggies an early 3-0 lead. A bucket by Kelsie Rozendaal kept the NM State lead at three after the first media timeout.  Continue Reading This Post >>

Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.

MOSCOW, ID - The New Mexico State women's basketball team lost a heartbreaker on the road as Idaho came from behind in the final minute to win 60-59 at the Cowan Spectrum Saturday afternoon.

The Aggies led throughout the game until surrendering the lead in the final stages of the game when Vandal sophomore guard Shaena-Lyn Kuehu scored her first bucket of the second half to give UI a 54-53 lead with 53 seconds remaining.

The lead exchanged hands four times over the next 40 seconds. Trailing 58-57, NM State junior guard Jasmine Lowe was whistled for a charge with 13.7 seconds left in regulation. Returning to the floor after a pair of timeouts, the Aggies fouled to send UI junior forward Yinka Olorunnife to the line with 8.6 seconds on the clock. The Vandal drained both from the stripe to make it 60-57.  Continue Reading This Post >>

Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico State sophomore forward Tabytha Wampler posted her first career double-double with a career high 18 points and 10 boards in the Aggies' 62-55 loss to Louisiana Tech at the Pan American Center Wednesday evening.

Wampler scored the first eight points of the game for NM State who fall to 16-10 overall and 6-6 in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Louisiana Tech improves to 17-6 this season with an 8-3 WAC record. The Lady Techsters have won five straight in the series after sweeping the regular season matchups with the Aggies this year.

Wampler led the team in the scorebook. Junior guard Madison Spence added a dozen points and senior guard Crystal Boyd was a force on the boards pulling down 14 rebounds to go along with six points.  Continue Reading This Post >>