LAS CRUCES, N.M. – played the hero Thursday night when he drained a half-court shot as time expired and lifted the New Mexico State men's basketball team past Grand Canyon 77-75 in the conference home-opener for the Aggies.
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Aurrecoechea: 20pts (10-14 FG), 11rebs
Brown: 15pts (4-5 3FG)
McCants: 16pts (7-9 FG)
Jones: 12pts, 5rebs
Harris: 9pts, 7asts#AggieUp | #PanAm50 pic.twitter.com/PWQhQgnEQ8 — NM State MBB (@NMStateMBB) January 11, 2019What could've been a catastrophic meltdown with NM State up 74-71 and 1:26 left to go, back-to-back turnovers by led to four-straight points for Damari Milstead – which gave the Lopes a 74-73 lead.