Colorado State University Athletics
Wednesday, February 28
Fort Collins, Colo.
7 pm MT
Colorado State
11-20, 4-14MW
87
vs
108
New Mexico
16-14, 11-6MW
1
2
F
New Mexico
58
50
108
Colorado State
32
55
87
Rams Fall In Home Finale to New Mexico, 108-87
2/28/2018 10:04:00 PM | Men's Basketball
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Colorado State couldn't rebound from a slow start and dropped its final regular season game in Moby Arena to New Mexico State, 108-87, Feb. 28. The loss drops the Rams to an 11-20 record overall, including a 4-14 record in Mountain West play, while the Lobos improved to 16-14 overall, and 11-6 in league action.
New Mexico started quick with two straight triples and never trailed in the contest, taking a 21-5 lead with less than six minutes gone in the game. Behind a stellar 71.4 percent field goal percentage (20-of-28) in the opening 20 minutes, the Lobos built as much as a 30-point advantage and entered the break with a 58-32 lead. Colorado State battled back in the second half, eventually outscoring the visitors, 55-50, but could never get the difference under 15 the remainder of the contest.
On the night, Colorado State shot 50.0 percent (31-of-62) from the field but just 31.3 percent (5-of-16) from beyond the three-point line. New Mexico finished with an impressive 60.7 percent (37-of-61) from the floor, with 30 points from beyond the arc on 33.3 percent shooting (10-of-30). The Lobos would hold the rebounding advantage at 37-27 and outscored CSU in bench points, 54-24.
Colorado State had four players reach double-digit scoring figures, led by junior guard Prentiss Nixon's 27 to go along with a career-high five steals. Redshirt-sophomore guard Raquan Mitchell tallied a career-best 21 points off the bench on 7-of-12 field goals and 6-of-7 at the free throw line. Junior forward Deion James chipped in 12 points, while redshirt-sophomore center Nico Carvacho added a game-high 11 boards. New Mexico had seven players reach double-digit points, with forward Joe Furstinger leading the way with 22 points and seven rebounds.
STAT OF THE GAME...
New Mexico started quick with two straight triples and never trailed in the contest, taking a 21-5 lead with less than six minutes gone in the game. Behind a stellar 71.4 percent field goal percentage (20-of-28) in the opening 20 minutes, the Lobos built as much as a 30-point advantage and entered the break with a 58-32 lead. Colorado State battled back in the second half, eventually outscoring the visitors, 55-50, but could never get the difference under 15 the remainder of the contest.
On the night, Colorado State shot 50.0 percent (31-of-62) from the field but just 31.3 percent (5-of-16) from beyond the three-point line. New Mexico finished with an impressive 60.7 percent (37-of-61) from the floor, with 30 points from beyond the arc on 33.3 percent shooting (10-of-30). The Lobos would hold the rebounding advantage at 37-27 and outscored CSU in bench points, 54-24.
Colorado State had four players reach double-digit scoring figures, led by junior guard Prentiss Nixon's 27 to go along with a career-high five steals. Redshirt-sophomore guard Raquan Mitchell tallied a career-best 21 points off the bench on 7-of-12 field goals and 6-of-7 at the free throw line. Junior forward Deion James chipped in 12 points, while redshirt-sophomore center Nico Carvacho added a game-high 11 boards. New Mexico had seven players reach double-digit points, with forward Joe Furstinger leading the way with 22 points and seven rebounds.
STAT OF THE GAME...
- Colorado State gave up a season-high 34 points off turnovers, including 25 points on 13 CSU turnovers in the first half of play.
- New Mexico leads the overall series, 77-46, but Colorado State still has a 32-26 record at home.
- The 108 points for the Lobos were the most that the Rams have given up all season and the most the Lobos have scored in a contest.
- Carvacho moved into second all-time on CSU's single-season offensive rebounds list at 12, following tonight's nine.
- Tonight's contest marked the 15th consecutive game center Nico Carvacho has recorded double-digit rebounds
- Colorado State will enter the upcoming Mountain West Men's Basketball Championship as the No. 10 seed and play in the first round against the No. 7 seed (TBD) on Wed., March 6 at 2:30 p.m. MT at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev.
- The contest between will be televised on the Mountain West Network
- The game will air across the Colorado State Sports Network (along with online at CSURams.com), with Brian Roth and Adam Nigon on the call
- CSU Sports Network Broadcasts can be also accessed on mobile devices through the Tune In app (free app – available on all Apple, Android, Windows, Blackberry and Amazon Kindle devices) – once app has downloaded, then search "Colorado St. Rams Sports Network" in the app for the games and coaches' show broadcasts.
Team Stats
NM
CSU
FG%
.607
.500
3FG%
.333
.313
FT%
.828
.690
RB
37
27
TO
18
19
STL
12
9
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
27
FGM
8
3FGM
1
FTM
10
Pts
21
FGM
7
3FGM
1
FTM
6
Pts
12
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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