New Mexico St. beats Seattle 75-67, stays undefeated in WAC
SEATTLE -- Ivan Aurrecoechea had 19 points and 11 rebounds and New Mexico State beat Seattle 75-67 on Saturday night to remain undefeated in the Western Athletic Conference.
The game was tied 59-59 with 4:48 to play before Aurrecoechea converted a three-point play and Johnny McCants added a dunk and the Aggies led 64-59. Seattle pulled to 69-67 with 1:50 left but missed its last four shots.
Jabari Rice had four 3-pointers and finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds for New Mexico State (14-6, 5-0), which has won nine of its last 10 games. Trevelin Queen added 10 points for the Aggies.
Terrell Brown scored 25 points on 11-of-21 shooting to lead Seattle (10-10, 3-2). Delante Jones added 11 points and Morgan Means had 10.
New Mexico State plays at Texas-Rio Grande Valley on Saturday. Seattle travels to Grand Canyon on Thursday.
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2020-2021 Western Athletic Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Canyon | 8-2 | - | 14-5 |
Utah Valley | 8-3 | 0.5 | 10-9 |
California Baptist | 5-5 | 3 | 12-8 |
UT Rio Grande Valley | 2-2 | 3 | 9-6 |
Seattle U | 3-4 | 3.5 | 10-9 |
New Mexico State | 4-6 | 4 | 7-7 |
Dixie State | 4-8 | 5 | 8-11 |
Tarleton | 3-7 | 5 | 8-10 |
Chicago State | 0-0 | 3 | 0-9 |