Aggies Come Up Short in El Paso

EL PASO, TEXAS – NM State made the trip down Interstate 10 to take on its long-time rival UTEP at GECU Arena at the Don Haskins Center. Behind strong performances from

Mark Lavrenov and

Jermaine Washington, the Aggies battled back from an eight-point second-half deficit, but came up just short, falling 60-58. This marks the first of two meetings between the Aggies and Miners as they will see each other again in exactly one week in Las Cruces.

Washington hit four 3-pointers on his way to scoring a team-high 16 points to go along with eight rebounds. Meanwhile, Lavrenov finished the night with 14 points with 10 coming in the second half.

With eight of the 10 players on the court yet to experience…