Albuquerque Journal

Men: Seattle at NMSU

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Today, 7 p.m., Pan American Center, Las Cruces: TV: Aggie Vision, Fox Sports Arizona Plus, Eleven Sports. Radio: 99.5 FM (Las Cruces), 1150 AM (ABQ)

RECORDS: Seattle is 13-11, 1-8 in the Western Athletic Conference. New Mexico State is 21-4, 10-1. PROMOTION: It’s Pack the Pan Am night, and a banner commemorat­ing title teams from the 1960s will debut.

BOTTOM LINE: New Mexico State looks for its 11th straight conference win against Seattle. New Mexico State’s last WAC loss came against the California Baptist Lancers 82-76 on Jan. 3. Seattle fell 59-44 at Texas Rio Grande Valley in its last outing.

SUPER SENIORS: New Mexico State’s Eli Chuha, AJ Harris and Jo Jo Zamora have combined to score 34 percent of the team’s points this season and have accounted for 32 percent of all Aggies scoring over the last five games.

BROWN AND BROWN: Both teams in today’s game have a guard named Terrell Brown. Seattle’s Brown has made or assisted on 50 percent of all Seattle field goals over the last three games. The junior has 19 field goals and 10 assists in those games.

NMSU’s Terrell Brown leads his team in scoring (12.0 ppg) and is second in the WAC with 2.3 3s per contest.

WINLESS WHEN: Seattle is 0-7 when scoring fewer than 64 points and 13-4 when scoring at least 64.

STREAK SCORING: New Mexico State has scored 81.4 points per game and allowed 61.9 over its 10-game home winning streak.

DID YOU KNOW: New Mexico State is ranked ninth among Division I teams with an offensive rebound percentage of 37.3 percent. The Aggies have averaged 13.2 offensive boards per game.

QUOTE: “Anybody is capable of beating anybody so you can’t ever relax.” — Chuha after the Aggies’ 84-77 home win Thursday over Utah Valley.

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