Aggies fall flat in second half, lose to New Mexico in battle for first place | Sports
LOGAN – Spectrum Magic night didn’t quite produce the spell needed to lift Utah State to victory in a first-place clash against New Mexico. The Aggies yielded a nine-point second-half lead and eventually fell 82-63 to the Lobos who claim full possession of first place in the Mountain West standings. After a five-game stretch in which Utah State shot 46.6 percent on 3-pointers, those same shots simply weren’t falling for the Aggies. They went 5 of 31 on the night (16.1 percent), the worst 3-point shooting night for Utah State at home since 2020. Free throws also plagued the team with a 43.5 percent rate on freebies which is also a season-worst. The free throw woes were perhaps somewhat predictable, given the Aggies had shot 60.4 percent over their last six games (though Ian Martinez going 2 for 7 at the line after being a 90 percent free throw shooter as of last week was odd). The 3-point shooting was quite the mystery. “A lot of those are good looks,” USU head coach Jerrod Calhoun said. “So I feel bad for guys in a little bit of a way because they were they were wide open. It wasn’t like we
