Tech Men Lose 18 Game Winning Streak!
The nation's longest winning streak in men's college basketball has come to an end. The Louisiana Tech men lost their first WAC game Thursday night to New Mexico St. 78-60 at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces.
Raheem Appleby led Tech with 13 points. The Bulldogs were out-rebounded 40-26 and had 17 turnovers.
Tech has already clinched a share of the WAC regular season title. They can still win the conference outright with a win against Denver in their season finale on Saturday.
#25 Louisiana Tech vs New Mexico State
3/7/13 7 PM at Las Cruces, N.M. (Pan American Center)
#25 Louisiana Tech 60
| Total | 3-point | Rebounds | ||||||||||||
| ## | Player | p | fgm-fga | fgm-fga | ftm-fta | off-def | tot | pf | tp | a | to | blk | stl | min |
| 01 | Kyser,Michale | f | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 02 | Gibson,Brandon | g | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| 03 | Appleby,Raheem | g | 6-13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| 04 | Smith,Kenneth | g | 3-7 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 15 | Johnson,Cordarius | g | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 00 | Hamilton,Alex | - | 3-11 | 0-2 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 05 | Anderson,Chris | - | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Massey,Isaiah | - | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Gjuroski,Stojan | - | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | McNeail,Kenyon | - | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 23 | Johnson,Jaron | - | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| 25 | Lewis,JL | - | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 40 | Talbot,Gilbert | - | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TM | TEAM | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals.............. | - | 24-60 | 6-15 | 6-9 | 12-14 | 26 | 19 | 60 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 200 | |
| 40.0% | 40.0% | 66.7% | ||||||||||||
| Team summary: | FG | 3FG | FT | |||||||||||
| 1st Half: | 14-32 | 4-7 | 2-3 | |||||||||||
| 43.8% | 57.1% | 66.7% | ||||||||||||
| 2nd Half: | 10-28 | 2-8 | 4-6 | |||||||||||
| 35.7% | 25.0% | 66.7% | ||||||||||||
New Mexico State 78
| Total | 3-point | Rebounds | ||||||||||||
| ## | Player | p | fgm-fga | fgm-fga | ftm-fta | off-def | tot | pf | tp | a | to | blk | stl | min |
| 10 | Sy, Bandja | f | 4-12 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 3-5 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 34 |
| 45 | Watson, Tyrone | f | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4-7 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 02 | Bhullar, Sim | c | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Ross-Miller, K.C. | g | 3-7 | 0-3 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| 23 | Mullings, Daniel | g | 7-14 | 1-3 | 8-10 | 3-5 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 39 |
| 03 | Barry, Remi | - | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 05 | Aronis, Kevin | - | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | de Rouen, Terrel | - | 4-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 25 | Dixon, Renaldo | - | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| TM | TEAM | - | - | - | - | 0-1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals.............. | - | 29-53 | 4-11 | 16-24 | 15-25 | 40 | 8 | 78 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 200 | |
| 54.7% | 36.4% | 66.7% | ||||||||||||
| Team summary: | FG | 3FG | FT | |||||||||||
| 1st Half: | 14-29 | 2-6 | 13-17 | |||||||||||
| 48.3% | 33.3% | 76.5% | ||||||||||||
| 2nd Half: | 15-24 | 2-5 | 3-7 | |||||||||||
| 62.5% | 40.0% | 42.9% | ||||||||||||
| Score by Periods | 1st | 2nd | Total | |
| #25 Louisiana Tech | 34 | 26 | 60 | Record: (26-4, 16-1 WAC) |
| New Mexico State | 43 | 35 | 78 | Record: (20-10, 13-4 WAC) |
| Points in the paint-LATECH 20,NMSTATE 38. Points off turnovers-LATECH 20,NMSTATE 21. |
| 2nd chance points-LATECH 8,NMSTATE 19. Fast break points-LATECH 2,NMSTATE 3. |
| Bench points-LATECH 27,NMSTATE 16. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-3 times. |
| Last FG-LATECH 2nd-01:11, NMSTATE 2nd-00:34. |
| Largest lead-LATECH by 11 1st-12:28, NMSTATE by 19 2nd-04:08. |
| Officials: Randy McCall, Mike Reed, Rick Hartzell Technical fouls: #25 Louisiana Tech-None. New Mexico State-None. Attendance: 6941 |
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