ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Following the events of Friday night in El Paso, Texas, each and every person inside The Pit knew NM State guard Jabari Rice was going to take the last shot with the score tied at 76-all and eight seconds remaining in overtime.
And then he didn't.
Instead of pulling up, Rice drove inside, dished the ball over to Nate Pryor who somehow got his no-look reverse layup to fall at the horn which handed the Aggies a wild 78-76 victory over the Lobos Monday night.
Not only did NM State (7-2) extend its winning streak to two games, it moved to 3-1 in rivalry games (tilts against UTEP and New Mexico) in 2021-22, it put an end to a three-game losing skid to the Lobos (5-4) with the thrilling triumph in enemy territory.