The five-game winning streak and season came to end for the New Mexico State men's basketball team in an NCAA Tournament second-round game. Atlantic-10 champion and No. 4 seeded Saint Louis proved too much for the WAC Tournament champion and No. 13 seed Aggies, who were saddled with a 64-44 defeat in the Midwest Region contest.
The 44 points was a season-low for NM State as was its 27.9 shooting percentage (17-of-61). Additionally, the Aggies made just 2-of-16 3-point tries.
“We missed a lot of shots,” Menzies said. “And those were shots we usually make. It just wasn't meant to be.”
Still, Bandja Sy was an offensive bright spot for NM State. He finished with a team-high 17 points. Unfortunately for NM State, no other player had more than six in the scoring column.
“Part of it is on us,” Sy said. “Their guards got into us, and they're a good defensive team.”
Above, Partrick Marquez, 4, and his brother, Ivan, 5, play next to a 1930 red fire truck in Klein Park Monday, March 11. In the undated archival photo, below, it was in the center of the city’s fleet of public safety vehicles.
By Todd G. Dickson
Las Cruces Bulletin
She’s seen better days, but residents in the Mesquite Street neighborhood are working to find a way for the City of Las Cruces to preserve an 83-year-old fire truck that has long been a feature at Klein Park.
The 1930 La France fire truck is more than just an non-functioning antique with rust and chipping paint. It is the city’s second fire truck, making it one of the oldest artifacts illustrating the reason Las Crucens incorporated as...
By Todd G. Dickson
Las Cruces Bulletin
Even though a recent trend of decreasing enrollment continues at New Mexico State University, a tuition increase remains a possibility as NMSU officials begin crafting a budget for the next academic year.
At the NMSU regents meeting Monday, March 11, Bernadette Montoya, vice president of student affairs and enrollment management, gave a spring enrollment update that showed a decline of about 1 percent.
Even though there are more...
“Tyrone has improved, but not at a rate we would have liked,” Menzies said. “It was a pretty severe sprain, and for those of you who don’t know, a sprain can be worse than a break at times.”
Menzies said the sprain wasaffecting both sides of the ankle, making recovery even more difficult.
The Aggies have already proven they can win without Watson, however, as the senior served a onemonth suspension during...
By Alta LeCompteLas Cruces Bulletin
East Union Avenue, near the deteriorating South Main Street railroad depot, looks like an unlikely spot to open a nightclub.
Do the owners of Whiskey Dick’s, who are investing in the structure that most recently housed the teen-friendly Club Fusion, know something other businesses don’t?
Perhaps they’ve heard the undercurrent of a movement to realize the potential the Rio Grande Land Co. saw when it began developing the neighborhood in...
By Zak Hansen
Las Cruces Bulletin
Jewelry, painting, sculpture, metalwork, photography, leather, printmaking, woodworking, furniture, glass art, mixed media, world-class ceramics and textiles – all this and more will fill the exhibit halls of the Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E. University Ave., as more than 100 artisans come together for one of the largest collections of art and artists in the Southwest.
The third annual Las Cruces Arts Fair opens at 5 p.m. Friday,...
