New Mexico 66 Utah State 64

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New Mexico (18-13, 7-11 Mountain West) losers of five straight and 10 of 12 heading into this one was able to come from 14 down late, to end their losing streak and break the six game winning streak that Utah State (23-8, 12-6 Conf) had. Utah State deserves the invite to the Big Dance but will be lucky to get it, if they do not have a good showing in the M.W. tourney. Leading the Lobos was Vance Jackson (Pasadena, CA) with 17 points and 4 boards. Corey Manigault (Suitland, MD) added 16 points. For Utah State Sam Merrill (Bountiful, UT) and Neemias Queta (Barreiro, Portugal) each had 18. Queta also had 14 boards.