Men's Hoops Drop Exhibition at NMSU

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Southeastern shot 64 percent from the field and had a pair of 20-point scorers, but were just short of pulling off the upset of Division I New Mexico State, falling 90-83 on Wednesday night in an exhibition contest in Las Cruces, N.M.
 
The Savage Storm will wrap up the exhibition schedule on Nov. 7 when it heads to San Antonio, Texas to take on Texas-San Antonio at 7 p.m.
 
A'Torey Everett and DJ Henderson each posted 21 point scoring efforts, with Henderson doing his work from long range while hitting 4-of-5 three pointers and Everett adding a 9-of-11 effort from the floor almost entirely inside the arc.
 
Bobby Johnson added a 12 point outing with four threes, while Jett Jobe turned in 11.
 
Jobe Also dished out eight of the team's 16 assists While Myles Nesbitt added three.
 
The Storm fired 63.8 percent from the field and was 10-of-17 from behind the arc on the night.
 
Jobe and Ryan Scott-McGuire each pulled down team-bests of five rebounds, and NMSU held a 34-to-25 edge on the glass for the night.
 
SE scored first on a James Donelan bucket on the game's opening possession, and after NMSU hit a three in response the Storm would get a three from Johnson and half a minute later after an Eevrett bucket would hold a 7-4 lead.
 
The teams would trade baskets and SE would again go up by three at the 12:44 mark on a Jose Libanio three.
 
However, a 14-4 run by the home team would erase an SE lead and put NMSU up 31-23 with 7:48 to go in the first half.
 
That lead would expand to 11 points as the Aggies took a 46-35 lead into the locker room at the break.
 
A Johnson three out of the locker room in the second half would make the deficit single digits again and the following 8-0 run would close the gap to 48-46 by the 13:55 mark of the second half.
 
NMSU would answer and run its lead back out to as many as 13 points at the midway point of the half, but a three point play by Henderson, followed by a Henderson three would close it to 72-68 with 6:28 to play.
 
That was as close as it would get though as the Storm were unable to mount a rally, falling 90-83.