Scores

Final

Louisiana Tech 60

(26-4, 16-1 WAC)

New Mexico St 78

(20-10, 13-4 WAC)

Coverage: ESPN3

9:00 PM ET, March 7, 2013

Pan American Center, Las Cruces, NM

1 2 T
LT 34 2660
NMSU 43 3578

Top Performers

Louisiana Tech: R. Appleby 13 Pts, 2 Reb, 1 Stl

New Mexico State: D. Mullings 23 Pts, 8 Reb, 3 Ast, 4 Stl

New Mexico State halts Louisiana Tech's win streak at 18 games

ESPN.com news services

LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Daniel Mullings scored 23 points, and New Mexico State won 78-60 on Thursday night to snap Louisiana Tech's 18-game winning streak.

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The Bulldogs (26-4, 16-1 Western Athletic) now must win at Denver on Saturday to clinch the WAC regular-season title. If Denver wins, the teams will be tied and RPI will determine which team gets the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. According to ESPN's rankings before Thursday's game, Louisiana Tech was ranked 49th in the RPI, while Denver was 71st.

Mullings was 7 of 14 from the floor and added eight rebounds for the Aggies (20-10, 13-4). Tyrone Watson had 12 points and 11 rebounds. NMSU shot 55 percent from the floor en route to clinching the No. 3 tournament seed.

Raheem Appleby led Louisiana Tech with 13 points. The Bulldogs' streak had been the longest active winning streak in Division I.

NMSU took the lead for good, 25-23, on Watson's layup 7:06 before halftime. The Aggies led by as many as 19 in the second half.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
LT
NMSU
Points 60 78
FG Made-Attempted 24-60 (.400) 29-53 (.547)
3P Made-Attempted 6-15 (.400) 4-11 (.364)
FT Made-Attempted 6-9 (.667) 16-24 (.667)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 19 (0/0) 8 (0/0)
Largest Lead 11 19

Game Leaders

 
LT
NMSU
PointsR. Appleby 13D. Mullings 23
ReboundsJ. Johnson 5T. Watson 11
AssistsA. Hamilton 3T. Watson 3
StealsJ. Johnson 2D. Mullings 4
BlocksB. Gibson 1S. Bhullar 5
Team Stats: Louisiana Tech | New Mexico State

2012-13 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
Dec 31, 2012 @LT 81, NMSU 72Recap
» Mar 7, 2013 @NMSU 78, LT 60Recap

Next 5 Games

LT
NMSU
03/09 @DEN 7:00pm
03/14 UTSA 9:00pm
03/19 @FSU 7:15pm
03/25 @USM 10:00pm
 03/09 UTA 9:00pm
03/14 IDHO 3:00pm
03/15 TXST 9:00pm
03/16 UTA 11:00pm
03/21 @SLU 2:10pm
Complete Schedule: Louisiana Tech | New Mexico State

Western Athletic Conference Standings

TEAMCONF W-LTOTAL W-L
Louisiana Tech16-226-6
New Mexico State14-424-10
Denver16-221-9
Utah State11-721-10
Texas-Arlington11-719-13
Idaho7-1112-18
Texas State5-1312-22
San Jose State3-149-20
UTSA3-1410-22
Seattle3-158-22
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