Scores

Final

New Mexico St 84

(17-9, 9-3 WAC)

Pacific 78

(17-9, 9-3 Big West)

10:00 PM ET, February 20, 2010

1 2 T
NMSU 29 5584
PAC 33 4578

Top Performers

New Mexico State: T. Gillenwater 18 Pts, 11 Reb, 1 Ast, 2 Blk

Pacific: D. Young 27 Pts, 4 Reb, 5 Ast, 1 Stl

New Mexico St. 84, Pacific 78

Associated Press

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP)Jahmar Young scored 18 of his game-high 22 points in the second half to lead New Mexico State to an 84-78 victory over Pacific in a BracketBusters game Saturday night.

The Aggies scored 55 points in the second half on 63.0 percent shooting from the floor to recover from a four-point halftime deficit.

Trailing 43-37 early in the second half, New Mexico State moved ahead with a 10-2 run and soon followed that with a 14-3 spurt to take command.

Jonathan Gibson and Hernst Laroche made back-to-back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Aggies a 65-53 lead with 5:23 to play, and New Mexico State's lead never fell below four points the rest of the way.

Gibson scored 20 points for New Mexico State (17-9, 9-3 Western Athletic) and Troy Gillenwater had 18 points and a game-high 11 rebounds off the bench for the Aggies.

Demetrece Young scored a career-high 27 points to lead Pacific (17-9, 9-3 Big West), including seven 3-pointers.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
NMSU
PAC
Points 84 78
FG Made-Attempted 29-54 (.537) 31-75 (.413)
3P Made-Attempted 9-20 (.450) 12-33 (.364)
FT Made-Attempted 17-22 (.773) 4-6 (.667)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 11 (0/0) 20 (0/0)
Largest Lead 15 8

Game Leaders

 
NMSU
PAC
PointsJ. Young 22D. Young 27
ReboundsT. Gillenwater 11J. Ford 8
AssistsJ. Young 5D. Young 5
StealsJ. Gibson 1S. Willard 2
BlocksT. Gillenwater 2S. Willard 1
Team Stats: New Mexico State | Pacific

2009-10 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
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Next 5 Games

NMSU
PAC
02/24 IDHO 11:00pm
02/27 BSU 9:05pm
03/04 @NEV 10:05pm
03/06 @USU 9:05pm
03/11 SJSU 11:30pm
 02/25 UCRV 10:00pm
02/27 LBSU 10:00pm
03/04 @CSF 11:00pm
03/06 @CSN 10:05pm
03/12 LBSU 11:30pm
Complete Schedule: New Mexico State | Pacific