LAS CRUCES – Rare is the occasion when a team is eager to get a win out of its system.
The New Mexico State men (10-8, 2-1) get that chance tonight when they host Chicago State (4-15, 0-3) in Western Athletic Conference basketball.
The Aggies are coming off a 65-64 victory over Missouri-Kansas City on Thursday in which the Aggies blew all of a 24-point lead, only to make stops at the end to avoid one of the worst losses in the Marvin Menzies era.
Menzies, the ninth-year coach, was quick to remind all on Thursday’s postgame that the Aggies, in fact, won, but called the defensive lapses in the second half “horrible.