LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Finishing a two-game home stint on Tuesday night, NM State (3-7) makes its final road trip of 2025, heading to Moraga, Calif., for a Saturday, Dec. 20, matchup against St. Mary's. Tip-off is set for 3 p.m. MT, streaming live on ESPN+, with live stats available
here.
NM State leads the all-time series 1-0, winning the lone meeting between the Aggies and Gaels by a score of 81-64, coming Dec. 3, 1989, in the Pan American Center.
OPENING TIP
Who: NM State (3-7) vs. Saint Mary's (8-4)
Where: Pan American Center (3,500) | Moraga, Calif.
When: Saturday, Dec. 20, 3 p.m. MT
Live Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats: SidearmStats
LAST TIME OUT
- NM State fell by a score of 83-66 against UC Irvine, snapping the Aggies' two game win streak.
- Lucía Yenes finished with 22 points in the loss (19 in the first half), her third 20-plus performance of the season.
- Imani Warren (13 points) and Anna Csenyi (12 pts, career-high four 3-pointers made) also finished in double digits on Tuesday night.
- The Aggies tied a season-high with six triples, though allowed the Anteaters to pour in 13 – a season high for the visitors.
- The Crimson & White finished with 14 made free throws on the night (73.7%), the most since a Nov. 11 contest with New Mexico Highlands.
IMANI'S IMPACT
- Junior guard Imani Warren has tallied a standout season for the Crimson & White, recently setting a new career-high with 20 points against San Diego (Nov. 24).
- Also against the Toreros, Warren tallied a new career high with seven made free throws – the most by an Aggie in a game this season.
- This became the third time during the 2025-26 campaign that Warren has tied or set a career high in points, while making her the 21st player in Conference USA to notch 20 or more points this season.
- Against Utah Tech, Warren put in the go-ahead basket to secure the victory, finishing with 13 points and four rebounds for her fifth performance of 10-plus points this season.
- Notching three blocks against Fresno State (Nov. 28), this is the most by an Aggie in a single game this season, while six assists tied a season best for NM State – equaling the total she set against New Mexico Highlands (Nov. 11).
- Her three blocks against Fresno State (Nov. 28) were the most by an Aggie this season
- In the matchup against the Bulldogs, she also tied a team high with six assists, matching a mark she previously set against New Mexico Highlands.
- Against New Mexico Highlands (Nov. 11), the Milwaukee, Wis., native posted her first career double-double (15 points, 11 rebounds). Her performance still stands as the lone double-double for the Aggies this season.
- Warren currently leads the Aggies in steals (2.0 per game; 13th in CUSA) and free throws made (26), while ranking second on the team in made field goals (40), blocks (7), assists (2.6 per game; 15th in CUSA) and scoring (10.9 points per game; 20th in CUSA). She is also third on the team in both total rebounds (44) and rebounds per game (4.4).
LUCIA LA REINA
- Senior forward Lucía Yenes showed out in the Aggies' season-opening contest against No. 18 USC (Nov. 4), tallying her first collegiate start en route to pouring in a career-high 27 points.
- Her point production was the most by an Aggie against power conference competition since NM State Hall of Famer and three-time All-American Anita Maxwell tallied 27 against No. 20 Ole Miss in 1996.
- Against UC Irvine, the senior forward notched her third 20-point performance of the season, tallying 22 against the Anteaters.
- Through the nonconference portion of the 2025-26 season, she holds the second-highest single-game scoring output in CUSA, while ranking seventh in the league in scoring (14.9 points per game). The Spaniard leads the league in field goals made (60), while also ranking second in total points (149) and fifth in the league in field-goal percentage (45.8).
- With a team-high nine blocks on the season, Yenes is 12th in the conference in blocks per game (0.9), making her one of just 13 players in Conference USA to reach that mark.
- In the Aggies' home opener against New Mexico Highlands, the senior from Madrid notched a game-high 23 points, adding five rebounds and a trio of steals.
- Tallying back-to-back 20-plus point scoring performances to open the season, Yenes became the first Aggie to do so since Aaliyah Prince in the 2019-20 campaign.
LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR…
- This season, the Aggies currently rank third among Conference USA members in total assists (135) and assists per game (13.5).
- On Dec. 14 against Western New Mexico, NM State notched 25 helpers, a season-high and the most in a game for the Crimson & White since Dec. 20, 2022, against Northern New Mexico (25).
- Las Cruces native Emma Christiano leads the team with 30 total assists, averaging 3.0 per contest. Her average ranks eighth in the league, while her assist-to-turnover ratio (1.9) ranks third.
- Against WNMU, Christiano tied her career best with six assists, reaching that mark for the second consecutive game after also doing so against Utah Tech on Dec. 6.
MO REBOUNDS
- Junior forward Morane Dossou tallied her best performance in the Crimson & White against the College of Charleston (Nov. 27), finishing with 14 rebounds (five offensive) in 24 minutes off the bench.
- Her total still stands as the single-game high for rebounds by an Aggie this season.
- This year, Dossou ranks 15th in Conference USA with 6.8 rebounds per contest.
- Earning her first start with the Crimson & White against Southern Utah (Dec. 4), Dossou would again finish with double-digit rebounds, pulling down 11 in just over 16 minutes of action.
- In the comeback victory over Utah Tech, Dossou again tallied the start, finishing with two points and 11 rebounds.
- The junior from France holds three of the five 10-plus rebound performances for NM State this season, with Lucia Lara (Nov. 11) and Imani Warren (Nov. 11) recording the others.
HEATING UP
- Posting six 3-pointers made against UC Irvine on Tuesday night, the team tied a season-high in makes from deep (Dec. 4, at Southern Utah).
- In the Aggies' first five contests of the season, the squad combined to make 11 triples while shooting 21% from beyond the arc. Over their previous five contests, the Crimson & White have made 22 3-pointers, doing so at a 32% clip.
- Senior guard Anna Csenyi leads the team over that stretch, recording eight of her 10 makes on the season at a 33.3% clip.
SPECIAL K
- First-year Aggie Keira Hudson notched her best performance of the season against Utah Tech on Dec. 6, posting a career-best 16 points to lead the team's comeback road victory.
- In the preceding game against Southern Utah, Hudson tallied a then-career-high of nine points.
- With five 3-pointers on the season, Hudson is tied for third on the team with Lucía Yenes in makes from beyond the arc.
- With 10 made free throws, the Central Coast, Australia, native ranks third on the team, while leading in percentage (83.3%, min. 10 attempts).
SCOUTING THE GAELS
- Saint Mary's plays under the direction of Head Coach Jeff Cammon, in his third season at the helm in Moraga. Sporting a 35-39 record with the Gaels, six seasons in charge at Long Beach State brings his career record to 119-129.
- This season, Saint Mary's is 8-4, in the midst of a three-game winning streak after knocking off Fresno State 60-57 on Dec. 10.
- Redshirt junior guard Addi Wedin paces the Gaels in the scoring column, averaging 9.0 points per game. A balanced offense defines Saint Mary's, with seven players averaging at least five points a contest.
- Sophomore forward Edie Clark leads in multiple different categories including field goal percentage (60.9), as well as rebounds (5.4), blocks (1.2) and steals (2.7) per game.
- The Gales present a strong defense, holding opponents to 56.3 points per contest, the 49th-best mark in Division I.
- Conversely, their offense (58.3 points per game) ranks 298th.
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