Colorado State University Athletics
Wednesday, December 28
Albuquerque, NM
7:00 PM
Colorado State
at
New Mexico
Men’s Basketball Opens Conference Play Wednesday
12/26/2022 12:24:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Colorado State opens Mountain West play at No. 22 New Mexico Wednesday night
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – With the holiday break and non-conference play in the rearview mirror it's on to conference play of Colorado State men's basketball. The Rams open play against undefeated No. 22 New Mexico on Wednesday night inside The Pit at 7 pm on CBS Sports Network.
Opening Tip
- Colorado State was unable to overcome a poor shooting night falling to USC 73-64 in Phoenix.
- CSU shot its second-lowest field goal percentage of the season at 37.7% and lowest 3-point percentage at 18.5% (5-27).
- Patrick Cartier was one of the lone Rams to have a strong shooting night finishing with 22 points on 8-of-10 shooting including 5-for-5 from the charity stripe.
- Isaiah Stevens tried to do all in his power to help CSU earn the win almost recording a double-double, He finished the game with 15 points and nine assists along with a season-high four steals.
- Stevens is now in the program's top 10 for scoring sitting in seventh with 1,419 points.
- Isaiah Rivera reached double figures for the 10th time this season with his 12 points and team-leading five rebounds against USC.
- CSU is 8-15 in Mountain West openers and 2-2 under Coach Medved, winning their last two.
- Colorado State finished the non-conference at 8-5. They are 30-10 in the past four years during non-conference play.
- CSU went 14-4 in conference play last season. The 14 conference wins were the most in program history.
- New Mexico is off to its best start since 2012-13 and the first time they have gone unbeaten in non-conference play since 1995-96.
- The Lobos are ranked No. 22 in the AP poll, the first time they have been ranked since 2014.
- Wednesday will mark the first time CSU has faced a ranked opponent since January 2021 when they won at San Diego State 70-67.
- New Mexico capped off its non-conference season with a 94-63 win over Prairie View A&M. They set a school record for blocks with 14.
- Wednesday's game marks the Mountain West opener for both teams.
Scouting the Lobos
Second year New Mexico coach Richard Pitino has his team undefeated at 12-0 entering Wednesday's Mountain West Opener.
Rebounding and getting the ball out in transition have been a key to the success with UNM who rank 19th in the nation with 40.75 rebounds per game and seventh with 18.17 fast break points. The Lobos are second in the Mountain West and 12th in the nation scoring 84.5 points per game.
Three New Mexico players are scoring over 16 points a game in Udeze Morris (17.5), Jamal Mashburn Jr (16.8) and Jaelen House (16.4).
What's Ahead
Colorado State returns home to ring in the New Year. The Rams host San Jose State and former head coach Tim Miles at 2 pm on New Year's Eve.
Opening Tip
- Colorado State was unable to overcome a poor shooting night falling to USC 73-64 in Phoenix.
- CSU shot its second-lowest field goal percentage of the season at 37.7% and lowest 3-point percentage at 18.5% (5-27).
- Patrick Cartier was one of the lone Rams to have a strong shooting night finishing with 22 points on 8-of-10 shooting including 5-for-5 from the charity stripe.
- Isaiah Stevens tried to do all in his power to help CSU earn the win almost recording a double-double, He finished the game with 15 points and nine assists along with a season-high four steals.
- Stevens is now in the program's top 10 for scoring sitting in seventh with 1,419 points.
- Isaiah Rivera reached double figures for the 10th time this season with his 12 points and team-leading five rebounds against USC.
- CSU is 8-15 in Mountain West openers and 2-2 under Coach Medved, winning their last two.
- Colorado State finished the non-conference at 8-5. They are 30-10 in the past four years during non-conference play.
- CSU went 14-4 in conference play last season. The 14 conference wins were the most in program history.
- New Mexico is off to its best start since 2012-13 and the first time they have gone unbeaten in non-conference play since 1995-96.
- The Lobos are ranked No. 22 in the AP poll, the first time they have been ranked since 2014.
- Wednesday will mark the first time CSU has faced a ranked opponent since January 2021 when they won at San Diego State 70-67.
- New Mexico capped off its non-conference season with a 94-63 win over Prairie View A&M. They set a school record for blocks with 14.
- Wednesday's game marks the Mountain West opener for both teams.
Scouting the Lobos
Second year New Mexico coach Richard Pitino has his team undefeated at 12-0 entering Wednesday's Mountain West Opener.
Rebounding and getting the ball out in transition have been a key to the success with UNM who rank 19th in the nation with 40.75 rebounds per game and seventh with 18.17 fast break points. The Lobos are second in the Mountain West and 12th in the nation scoring 84.5 points per game.
Three New Mexico players are scoring over 16 points a game in Udeze Morris (17.5), Jamal Mashburn Jr (16.8) and Jaelen House (16.4).
What's Ahead
Colorado State returns home to ring in the New Year. The Rams host San Jose State and former head coach Tim Miles at 2 pm on New Year's Eve.
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