Aggies nearly pull off late rally, but lose to Lobos in New Mexico | Sports
Utah State likely had its Mountain West regular season title hopes slip through its fingers in Albuquerque with a 82-79 loss to New Mexico. Between foul trouble and cold shooting spells in both halves the Aggies allowed the Lobos to take a death grip on the conference title race with just under a month left in the season. Head coach Jerrod Calhoun gave three simple reasons for the loss: Donovan Dent Nelly Junior Joseph Foul discrepancy Dent and Joseph combined for 38 of New Mexico’s points — 23 for the former and 15 from the later — with an additional 25 coming from Tru Washington to lead the Lobos. The Dent/Joseph duo — whom Calhoun called “elite players” — caused problems for essentially the entire game and contributed mightily to the third issue Calhoun brought up. “It’s a great luxury to have the best point guard and the best five man in the league,” Calhoun said, also adding earlier in the post-game press conference that “there’s a reason Donovan Dent will probably be the Player of the Year in the conference. He made big play after big play.” The referees called 29 fouls on Utah State, tied for the most committed