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Despite jumping out to an early lead, the Aggies' (7-6, 0-1 WAC) dropped their WAC home opener for the first time since 2008 - falling to league newcomer Southern Utah (9-5, 1-0 WAC) 79-75 on Wednesday night.
NM State was led in scoring by Deshawndre Washington who posted 18 points on the night after finishing with a season-low five points in the win over North Carolina A&T last week. Washington also led the Aggies in rebounding as he pulled down 11 boards to record his third double-double of the season.
Xavier Pinson, Anthony Roy and DaJuan Quaye Gordon also reached double digits against the Thunderbirds – finishing with 16, 11 and 10, respectively.
As a team, NM State shot 44% (24-54) from the floor while also managing to outrebound one of the top rebounding teams in the conference (35-34). The Aggies' struggled to control the ball as they finished the night with 16 turnovers, including 10 in the first half. The Thunderbirds also took advantage of the Aggie mistakes – tallying 25 points off turnovers while NM State was only able to turn Southern Utah's 15 turnovers into just 10 points.
Preseason First Team All-WAC selection Tevian Jones paced SUU in scoring by way of posting 20 points with much of his production coming from beyond the arc (5-7). Even with Jones' performance, the Thunderbirds did put forth a balanced attack as they finished with five scorers in double digits.
