Colorado State physically overmatched by New Mexico in defeat

FORT COLLINS – With a tougher schedule looming, Colorado State could have used one more home win before visiting upper-echelon Mountain West teams in Fresno State and Utah State next week. But the Rams were dominated Saturday afternoon in an 84-71 losing effort to New Mexico.

Junior guard Elijah Brown, a preseason all-conference selection, gave CSU (11-7, 3-2) fits from the start. The 6-4 Brown scored seven points in the game’s opening five minutes. He would only get hotter the rest of the game.

As has often been the case in the first half of games for CSU, Larry Eustachy’s crew settled for outside shots. The green and gold failed to get the ball inside and had to settle for difficult…