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Seeking ‘normalcy” after shooting tragedy, New Mexico State basketball team departs for Las Vegas

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Wednesday afternoon, the New Mexico State University men’s basketball Twitter account posted a message to fans.

Accompanying pictures of the team walking out of the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, travel bags over their shoulders, the post read: “Aggies, roll out. #AggieUp.”

The team was embarking on its road trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, where it will play the University of San Diego on Friday, the first of a two-day Las Vegas Invitational event.

Every Aggie player made the trip, other than Mike Peake, who is still recovering from being shot Saturday morning on the campus of the University of New Mexico, where police say he returned fire on a 19-year-old UNM student, who died on the scene.