DENVER – New Mexico State men's basketball senior Ian Baker was named this week's Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week after dropping a career-high 36 points this past Saturday at UT Rio Grande Valley.
 
This is the third WAC Player of the Week honor for Baker and the fourth for the Aggies in 2016-17. Baker had won it in back-to-back weeks back in December.
 
The Washington, D.C., native went 11-for-18 from the floor against the Vaqueros, including three from beyond the arc while hitting 11-of-13 shots from the line to guide NM State to a 107-101 victory and stay within one game of CSU Bakersfield in the standings.
 
Saturday's 36 points against UTRGV was the first time Baker has broken the 30-point threshold in his collegiate career and the second time an Aggie has reached that mark this season.
 
New Mexico State concludes the remaining three regular-season games at home the next two weeks, beginning with Utah Valley at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23.