LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Playing in front of the home crowd for the first time in nearly three weeks, NM State (8-14, 4-6 CUSA) put together a strong performance against one of Conference USA's best, defeating the Sam Houston Bearkats (13-7, 6-3 CUSA) 65-57 on Thursday night.
Following a quick miss from the visiting Bearkats, the Aggies tallied the first points of the contest on a Loes Rozing layup. After falling behind 9-5 (Sam Houston's largest lead of the night), NM State went on a 9-2 run with Rozing, Lucía Yenes and Morane Dossou tallying all 14 points for the Aggies in the opening quarter, taking a 14-11 lead into the second.