RIO RANCHO – “Welcome to Aggie-querque.”
And with that, the New Mexico State men’s basketball team tipped off its game against Northern New Mexico in a most unusual venue in an even more unusual locale.
Nope, not Las Cruces.
Not Española – which might have been even more of a surprise.
And not Albuquerque, as the pre-game public address announcement might suggest.
The Aggies took their home game against the NAIA Eagles to Rio Rancho’s Santa Ana Star Center – one they won by a lopsided 85-54 margin on Monday night – and gave Aggie fans from the Duke City-area a taste of NMSU roundball.