Evans powers Billikens past NMSU
St. Louis jumped out to a double-digit lead quickly against New Mexico State thanks to Dwayne Evans, and although the Aggies made some runs, they were always at arm's length.
| Final - 3.21.2013 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico St. Aggies | 16 | 28 | 44 |
| Saint Louis Billikens | 29 | 35 | 64 |
St. Louis jumped out to a double-digit lead quickly against New Mexico State thanks to Dwayne Evans, and although the Aggies made some runs, they were always at arm's length.
7'5 Sim Bhullar only had two points in the first half for New Mexico State, but he's the biggest star in the game. Literally.
The Billikens are playing for Rick Majerus this year and will face off against the New Mexico Aggies in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.
Meet New Mexico State's 7'5 355 freshman center, who punched the Aggies ticket to the Big Dance on Saturday night with a dominating 16 point, 15 rebound, 5 block performance.
Sim Bhullar and his 7'5", 355 frame were more than the UTA Mavericks could handle on a Saturday night in Las Vegas.
New Mexico State and Texas-Arlington were helped to the WAC Tournament final by some upsets along the way.
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Tyrone Watson is supposed to return for New Mexico State on Saturday. But his future is murky after being indicted on a felony battery charge by a grand jury Friday.
The UTEP Miners take a break from CUSA play to face their bitter I-10 rivals, the NMSU Aggies. The game is at the Pan Am Center and can be seen on ESPN3 at 7 pm El Paso time.
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New Mexico State basketball player Tyrone Watson could be reinstated soon according to the school's athletic director. That came after he spent part of Wednesday in jail after a formal bond hearing. Your full update.
After losing Tyrone Watson to an indefinite suspension, it looks like a season may be in danger for the Aggies - but if you look closer at the numbers, they may not even skip a beat.
| November | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| @ Oregon St. Beavers | Sunday, November 11 2012 | loss 62 - 71 | coverage |
| SE Louisiana Lions | Thursday, November 15 2012 | win 81 - 56 | coverage |
| @ Bucknell Bison | Saturday, November 17 2012 | loss 49 - 62 | coverage |
| @ Niagara Purple Eagles | Sunday, November 18 2012 | loss 83 - 86 | coverage |
| Northern New Mexico | Wednesday, November 21 2012 | win 67 - 37 | coverage |
| Louisiana Ragin Cajuns | Friday, November 23 2012 | win 79 - 57 | coverage |
| @ UTEP Miners | Wednesday, November 28 2012 | loss 54 - 55 | coverage |
| December | |||
| Southern Miss. Golden Eagles | Saturday, December 01 2012 | win 68 - 60 | coverage |
| @ South Alabama Jaguars | Tuesday, December 04 2012 | win 58 - 52 | coverage |
| @ New Mexico Lobos | Saturday, December 15 2012 | loss 58 - 73 | coverage |
| New Mexico Lobos | Wednesday, December 19 2012 | loss 63 - 68 | coverage |
| Missouri St Bears | Saturday, December 22 2012 | win 71 - 51 | coverage |
| @ Texas-Arlington Mavericks | Saturday, December 29 2012 | loss 47 - 68 | coverage |
| @ Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | Monday, December 31 2012 | loss 72 - 81 | coverage |
| January | |||
| Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners | Thursday, January 03 2013 | win 82 - 62 | coverage |
| Texas State Bobcats | Saturday, January 05 2013 | win 78 - 67 | coverage |
| @ Seattle Redhawks | Thursday, January 10 2013 | win 83 - 82 | coverage |
| @ Idaho Vandals | Saturday, January 12 2013 | win 71 - 70 | coverage |
| Utah State Aggies | Thursday, January 17 2013 | win 64 - 51 | coverage |
| San Jose St. Spartans | Saturday, January 19 2013 | win 70 - 53 | coverage |
| Denver Pioneers | Wednesday, January 23 2013 | win 53 - 42 | coverage |
| @ Texas State Bobcats | Thursday, January 31 2013 | win 86 - 72 | coverage |
| February | |||
| @ Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners | Saturday, February 02 2013 | win 75 - 62 | coverage |
| Idaho Vandals | Thursday, February 07 2013 | win 76 - 74 | coverage |
| Seattle Redhawks | Saturday, February 09 2013 | win 60 - 57 | coverage |
| @ San Jose St. Spartans | Thursday, February 14 2013 | win 67 - 57 | coverage |
| @ Utah State Aggies | Saturday, February 16 2013 | loss 69 - 73 | coverage |
| UTEP Miners | Saturday, February 23 2013 | win 55 - 51 | coverage |
| March | |||
| @ Denver Pioneers | Saturday, March 02 2013 | loss 60 - 66 | coverage |
| Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | Thursday, March 07 2013 | win 78 - 60 | coverage |
| Texas-Arlington Mavericks | Saturday, March 09 2013 | win 69 - 66 | coverage |
| Idaho Vandals | Thursday, March 14 2013 | win 65 - 49 | coverage |
| Texas State Bobcats | Friday, March 15 2013 | win 74 - 65 | coverage |
| Texas-Arlington Mavericks | Saturday, March 16 2013 | win 64 - 55 | coverage |
| @ Saint Louis Billikens | Thursday, March 21 2013 | loss 44 - 64 | coverage |
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Aronis | 5 | GUARD | 185 | 6-3 | junior | |
| Remi Barry | 3 | FORWARD | 210 | 6-7 | sophomore | |
| Sim Bhullar | 2 | CENTER | 360 | 7-5 | freshman | |
| Matej Buovac | 20 | FORWARD | 220 | 6-7 | freshman | |
| Emery Coleman | 21 | GUARD | 180 | 6-3 | freshman | |
| Renaldo Dixon | 25 | FORWARD | 210 | 6-10 | junior | |
| Aaron Kubinski | 34 | FORWARD | 195 | 6-5 | freshman | |
| Daniel Mullings | 23 | GUARD | 170 | 6-2 | sophomore | |
| Tshilidzi Nephawe | 15 | CENTER | 268 | 6-10 | junior | |
| K.C. Ross-Miller | 12 | GUARD | 175 | 6-1 | sophomore | |
| Terrel de Rouen | 14 | GUARD | 165 | 6-1 | sophomore | |
| Bandja Sy | 10 | FORWARD | 214 | 6-8 | senior | |
| Tyrone Watson | 45 | FORWARD | 225 | 6-5 | senior | |
| Eric Weary | 11 | GUARD | 210 | 6-5 | freshman | |
| B.J West | 35 | FORWARD | 240 | 6-11 | junior |
| FG | 3PT | FT | Rebounds | Misc | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | M | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG | |
| Daniel Mullings | 35 | 34.3 | 4.8 | 10.1 | 47.0 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 37.0 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 75.9 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 13.8 |
| Bandja Sy | 35 | 35.3 | 4.3 | 10.4 | 41.3 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 28.6 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 68.0 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 11.9 |
| Tyrone Watson | 24 | 32.5 | 3.5 | 7.3 | 48.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 31.6 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 66.1 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 10.3 |
| Sim Bhullar | 35 | 24.4 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 62.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 46.5 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 6.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 10.1 |
| Tshilidzi Nephawe | 9 | 20.8 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 51.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 61.3 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 7.2 |
| Terrel de Rouen | 32 | 19.6 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 39.9 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 35.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 63.5 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 5.6 |
| Renaldo Dixon | 34 | 18.7 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 50.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 50.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 71.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 5.6 |
| K.C. Ross-Miller | 30 | 23.1 | 1.6 | 4.5 | 34.8 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 20.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 79.7 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 5.3 |
| Remi Barry | 27 | 12.9 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 42.2 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 24.1 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 61.9 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| Kevin Aronis | 35 | 9.6 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 36.0 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 34.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 3.0 |
| B.J West | 12 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 38.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 85.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| Matej Buovac | 12 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 54.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| Eric Weary | 10 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 21.1 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 18.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| Emery Coleman | 3 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |