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GAMEDAY: MBB at NM State

Seattle University men's basketball continues a three-game Western Athletic Conference road swing this week, beginning Thursday, Feb. 13 at New Mexico State. The Redhawks (12-12, 5-4 WAC) and Aggies (19-6, 10-0 WAC) will tip off from the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, N.M., at 7 p.m. local time, 6 p.m. Pacific.

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GAMEDAY: MBB at NM StateGAMEDAY: MBB at NM State
Sarah Finney
SEATTLE – Seattle University men's basketball continues a three-game Western Athletic Conference road swing this week, beginning Thursday, Feb. 13 at New Mexico State. The Redhawks (12-12, 5-4 WAC) and Aggies (19-6, 10-0 WAC) will tip off from the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, N.M., at 7 p.m. local time, 6 p.m. Pacific. The game will stream live on the WAC Digital Network at wacdigitalnetwork.com, as well as Fox Sports Arizona Plus, Fox Sports Southwest Plus, Fox College Sports Pacific, the Fox Sports Go app and Comcast New Mexico. Fans can also tune in to KTTH 770 AM in Seattle or online at mynorthwest.com.

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ABOUT THE SERIES VS NM STATE
This will be the 21st meeting all-time between Seattle U and NM State. The Aggies hold a 17-3 advantage over the Redhawks in the all-time series, including a 75-67 final in Seattle on Jan. 18, 2020. The Redhawks nearly pulled off a huge upset in the teams' last meeting at the Pan American Center. In front of nearly 12,000 fans at the Pan American Center on Feb. 17, 2019, Seattle U led the Aggies for nearly 32 minutes, but the lead would slip away late against the home team, which had lost just four conference games at home over the past decade. NM State would prevail, 59-53. The Aggies also won that season's first meeting, 87-60, on Jan. 17, 2019 at the Redhawk Center. The teams split the regular-season home-and-home series in 2017-18, each winning on their home court. The Aggies won 75-62 on Jan. 18, 2018 at the Pan American Center as the Redhawks could not overcome a 15-point half-time deficit. In the season's rematch at KeyArena on Feb. 17 for Senior Day, Jordan Hill poured in 24 points and Josh Hearlihy added 19 as Seattle U snapped a seven-game skid against the Aggies with a 73-63 OT victory. New Mexico State won the last meeting between the two sides, an 84-79 final in the 2018 WAC Tournament semifinals.

QUICK HITS

  • The Redhawks won a thrilling 87-85 overtime game at Utah Valley on Feb. 1.
  • Morgan Means drained two free throwsd to force overtime and later scored the game-winning bucket in the extra frame.
  • The Redhawks now sit at 5-4 in WAC play, which puts them in a tie for third place with Grand Canyon, and trailing just NM State in first (10-0) and California Baptist in second (7-2).
  • The OT win at UVU moves the team to 5-2 in overtime games under Head Coach Jim Hayford.
  • Terrell Brown led all scorers with 28 points, marking his 13th 20+ point game this season.
  • Morgan Means finished with 19 points while RIley Grigsby (11) and Mattia Da Campo (10) also scored in double figures.
  • Continuing their strong performance at the free-throw line, the Redhawks went 25-35 (71.4%) in the game. That marks the seventh game this season they have made 20 or more free throws.

WAC STATS
The Redhawks' statistical numbers have steadily risen during WAC play. In WAC only games, SU ranks 1st in scoring (80.9 ppg), t-1st in FT% (77.7) 1st in FG% defense (.405), 1st in turnover margin (+6.11), 2nd in 3-pt FGs (8.9 per game), 2nd in 3-pt FG defense (.311), 2nd in blocks (4.1 per game) and 2nd in scoring margin (+7.7). In WAC play, the Redhawks have also seen greater offensive balance as three players average double-figures including Terrell Brown (19.2 ppg), Morgan Means (14.4 ppg) and Riley Grigsby (10.1 ppg), while Delante Jones and Mattia Da Campo are close behind (8.7 ppg each).

DISHING HIS WAY INTO THE RECORD BOOK
Terrell Brown dished six assists in the Redhawks last game (Feb. 8 at UVU), bringing his season total to 118 and counting. The redshirt junior totaled 150 assists during his first season with the program in 2018-19. His current career total of 268 breaks him into the Seattle U all-time top-10 list at No. 10. Sitting in ninth is Mike Cheatham (1990-92) with 285 career assists. The all-time record holder is Dave Anderson (1981-85) with 619.

1,000 POINT CLUB
Morgan Means scored seven points on Nov. 26 versus Western Michigan, giving him exactly 1,000 for his career. Most recently, the senior guard scored 19 points (Feb. 8 at UVU), bringing his current career total to 1,218. Means is the third Seattle U player to reach the 1,000-point mark in the modern DI era. Aaron Broussard (2009-12) finished his career with 1,271 while Isiah Umipig (2013-15) scored 1,164 career points.

1,000 POINT CLUB PART II
In just his second season with the Redhawks, Terrell Brown is on pace to hit the 1,000 career point marker. The redshirt junior enters Thursday's game at NM State with 943 career points. With at least eight games remaining on the season schedule, Brown would need to average just 7.1 ppg to achieve the feat. He would follow Morgan Means as just the fourth player in the program's modern-day DI era.

GET YOUR 2019-20 TICKETS!
Single-game tickets for remaining Seattle U men's basketball home games are on sale now! For more information and to reserve your seats today, contact the SU Athletics Ticket Office at 206-398-4678 or visit goseattleu.com/tix.