Men's Basketball | 12/12/2014 2:07:00 AM
DEC. 12 - WOMEN'S BASKETBALL at WESTERN STATE: LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO
DEC. 12 - MEN'S BASKETBALL at WESTERN STATE: LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO
DEC. 13 - WOMEN'S BASKETBALL at COLORADO MESA: LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO
DEC. 13 - MEN'S BASKETBALL at COLORADO MESA: LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO
LAS VEGAS, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands men's (0-5, 0-2 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) and women's (3-3) basketball teams return to action this weekend against Western State Friday (Dec. 12) and Colorado Mesa (Dec. 13).
We Have a Winner Just like in football, we have a $10,000 challenge winner. While football's winner was Charlie Carney, his brother, punter
Patrick Carney, claimed the win by hitting a layup, free throw, three-pointer and halfcourt shot at halftime of the men's basketball game against Colorado Christian last Friday (Dec. 5).
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here. We Want You We want to pack the Wilson Complex for the final home games of the calendar 2014 year next weekend against UC-Colorado Springs and CSU-Pueblo. The men's and women's basketball teams, who boast seven combined players from New Mexico, have three players Las Vegas. Representing the Robertson Cardinals is sophomore
Justin Bustos for the men's basketball team. On the women's side are former West Las Vegas Lady Dons, junior
Miranda Martinez and freshman
Michelle Tapia. While tickets will not be free, those fans from Las Vegas, New Mexico, and surrounding areas who have never experienced a basketball game or cannot afford it are encouraged to email Athletic Director
Jeff Falkner or
Matthew Lofton or tweet at @NMHUcowboys for free tickets so fans can experience Cowboys and Cowgirls basketball!
Visit JC's,
Get Some Food, Watch Some Basketball JC's New York Pizza Department, who graciously sponsored the $10,000 challenge in football and basketball, will broadcast all away basketball games on the big screen television throughout the basketball season.
Wear your Highlands gear on game day and receive a discount on the final bill and watch all the Cowboys and Cowgirl action!
Women's Basketball The Cowgirls, who started the season with three losses and are on a three-game winning streak, looks to move above .500 and continue to sit atop the RMAC standings. Highlands will kick off the weekend against the Mountaineers of Western State (1-5, 0-2 RMAC) on Friday night before battling Colorado Mesa (4-2, 1-1 RMAC) on Saturday. Both games tip off at 5:30 p.m.
The Cowgirls are coming off a 3-0 week and are led in scoring for the season by senior
Anngelina Sanchez with 15.3 points per game. For her first 25 games of her Highlands career, dating back to last season, Sanchez reached double-digits in scoring only twice. However, she has scored double-figures in the last four games, including all three contests last week to be named the initial RMAC Offensive Player of the Week during conference play. Teammate and former West Las Vegas Lady Don
Miranda Martinez was named the Subway Athlete of the Week.
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here. The Cowgirls are coming off a week where they knocked off a pair of regionally ranked teams and sit atop the RMAC standings, despite being picked to finish last.
To read more about the win against Texas Permian-Basin, click
here.
To read more about the win against Colorado Christian, click
here. To read more about the win against Colorado School of Mines, click
here. Men's Basketball The Cowboys men's basketball team looks for their first win of the 2014 season when they take on Western Colorado (1-5, 0-2 RMAC) and regionally-ranked Colorado Mesa (6-2, 1-1 RMAC).
Junior
Kendrick Nichols leads the conference and is 12th in the nation with 3.6 three-pointers per game while he is fifth in the conference and 31st in the nation with 21.0 points per game. Nichols has scored at least 15 points in every game this season.
Junior
Kaylen Shane leads the team with 7.6 rebounds per game while classmate
Charles George is third in the conference and 76th in the nation with a 2.4 assist-to-turnover ratio.
To read more about the game with Colorado Christian, click
here.To read more about the game with Colorado School of Mines, click
here. Scouting Western State Men It will be the battle of teams looking for the first RMAC win of the season when the Cowboys take on Western State in Gunnison, Colorado.
Three players for Western State average double-digit scoring, led by Mason Biddle, who is the go-to player for the Mountaineers.
He leads the team in points (18.2), rebounds (5.8), assists (4.5) and steals (1.5) per game.
The lone win for the Mountaineers came against West Texas A&M, 97-88, on Nov. 15.
Scouting Colorado Mesa Men Colorado Mesa looks to move up in the D2Sida Regional Poll against the "Land of Enchantment" schools this weekend. Colorado Mesa leads the RMAC in both 3-pointers (9.4) and 3-point field goal percentage (41.9). Jerry Duckworth leads the team with 24 3-pointers, while Ryan Stephan has 13.
Ryan Stephan leads the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and ranks second in Div. II with 24.6 points per game and ranks second in the league in field goal percentage at .615 (75-122). The Lakewood, Colorado native has 197 total points this season, fifth most of any Div. II player. Stephan has shown great range making 13 3-pointers this year, second most by a Maverick. He tied his career-high with 35 points at Chadron State.
Scouting Western State Women Like the men, the Western State women have one win and are looking for their first conference victory. The Mountaineers knocked off McMurry 70-67 Dec. 28.
Jade McIntosh leads the team in points (11.7), rebounds (7.5) and assists (1.3) per game.
Scouting Colorado Mesa Women With a split weekend last week, Colorado Mesa dropped from the WBCA National poll for the first time since December 4, 2012. The Mavericks had been ranked for 32 consecutive weeks. However, the Mavericks were the lone team in the RMAC to secure a win on the road in the opening weekend. They defeated Chadron State 79-65 in Nebraska last Friday.
Sophomore guard Erin Reichle has scored more points through six games this season then she did all of last year. Reichle has 110 points right now while only garnering 104 last year. Reichle is fourth in the conference and 49th in the nation with 18.3 points per game.
Next Up The Cowboys and Cowgirls will close out 2014 with contests against both UC-Colorado Springs Friday (Dec. 19) and CSU-Pueblo Saturday (Dec. 20). Both women's games tips off at 5 p.m. while the men's games will tip off at 7 p.m.
