LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The New Mexico State men's basketball team hits the road one last time in Western Athletic Conference play this weekend for a 6 p.m. (MT) tilt at UT Rio Grande Valley on Saturday, Feb. 18.

Aggie fans in the Lone Star State with Spectrum (formerly Time Warner Cable) can catch Saturday's game on Spectrum Sports channel 323. Jonah Goldberg will have the call while Bryan Smith serves as the analyst.

UPCOMING PROMOTIONS
When the Aggies return home for their last three games of the regular-season, fans will get their final opportunity to take advantage of the 4-For-$40 ticket promotion for the Utah Valley game on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. Fans get four tickets, four soft drinks and four hot dogs for the price of $40. Two days later, the Aggies will honor its 2017 US Bank/NM State Hall of Fame class at halftime of the Seattle U game on Saturday, Feb. 25.
 
GET CONNECTED
Get up to the minute information and news about the NM State men's basketball team all season on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by following @AggieArmy.
 
LISTEN UP!
Aggie fans that can't make it to the game can listen to NM State Athletics/US Bank Hall of Famer Jack Nixon Saturday night on 99.5 Zia Country and affiliate stations. Fans can also listen to the game live with their mobile or tablet device on the TuneIn app for free. The game will be available on following affiliate stations as well:
 
Alamogordo      103.7 FM KNMZ
Albuquerque     101.7 FM KQTM
Carlsbad              1240 AM KAMQ
Gallup                   1230 AM, 94.9 FM KYVA
Las Vegas            107.1 FM KMDS
 
WHERE TO WATCH
Saturday's game at UTRGV can be seen on YouTube by searching GoUTRGV or by going to www.NMStateSports.com and click on the "Watch" link on the men's basketball schedule page. Aggie fans with AppleTV, Chomecast or a smart TV can watch the game directly on their TV set.
 
DOUBLE-DOUBLES FACTORY
Through Wednesday night's game, New Mexico State is tied with Seton Hall for sixth in the country amongst Division I teams with 24 double-doubles as a team. Memphis (27), Purdue (26), LIU Brooklyn (25), UCLA (25) and Seton Hall (24) have double-doubles split amongst three players while NM State's 24 is split between Eli Chuha (12), Jemerrio Jones (9), Ian Baker (2) and Jalyn Pennie (1). Chuha's 12 double-doubles is also tied for the 10th-most in the country.
 
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION DINNER
The New Mexico State Athletics Department will formally enshrine Jackie Choi Parker, Gwladys Nocera, James Moore and Billy Joe Price into the US Bank/NM State Hall of Fame on Friday, Feb. 20, in the Pan American Center.
 
Tickets are $40 per person for the special event, which is set to begin with a social hour at 6 p.m. (MT) followed by dinner at 7 p.m. and dessert.
 
To attend the event or for more information, please contact coordinator for special events and community engagement, Nicole Gomez, at 575-646-8050 or by email at nicolemg@nmsu.edu.
 
AGGIES AND VAQUEROS MEET
Saturday's contest against NM State and UT Rio Grande Valley will be the first time the two have squared off since the Aggies left UTRGV Field House with an 83-44 victory on March 5. The Vaqueros are now under the direction of first-year head coach Lew Hill, who has UTRGV entering the game 10-17 overall on the year – which is two more wins that last season with at least four games remaining on its schedule.
 
UTRGV is 7-4 on the year at home and 2-8 in WAC play so far. The Vaqueros two wins in conference play came against Chicago State, but needed overtime in the second meeting to get the victory. The Aggie defense will need to limit the number of 3-point attempts against UTRGV with the Vaqueros averaging 8.7 triples per game – 3.2 more than the average that NM State has allowed.
 
Nick Dixon leads all scorers for UTRGV with 18.6 points per game and also paces the team in the rebounding department with 5.2 boards per game. Antonio Green, the Vaqueros lead returning scorer, is second on the team with 16.8 points per game. Lew Stallworth is third on the team in scoring (8.3), but leads the team in assists with 103 while Dixon trails him with 91 dimes on the year.
 
Dixon is also shooting at a high-rate in conference play, averaging 21.5 points while posting a 5.10 shooting clip. Green, again, is the next best scorer for the Vaqueros – averaging 14.2 points while splashing in 26 shots from downtown.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Despite heading into halftime down 38-36, the NM State men's basketball team battled back to take a 62-52 lead with 11:45 left to play in the game. However, a scoring drought in the final 8:33 minutes saw Grand Canyon outscore the Aggies 24-6 and hand New Mexico State its second-straight loss. The last time NM State lost back-to-back games was at the end of last season when the Aggies fell in the WAC Championship game and in the first-round of the NIT.
 
UP NEXT
New Mexico State now wraps up its remaining three games at home, beginning with Utah Valley on Thursday, Feb. 23. The Aggies then finished off the weekend with Seattle U on Saturday, Feb. 25, before hosting UTRGV in a 7 p.m. tilt on Saturday, March 4, to conclude the regular-season.