LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Daniel Mullings scored 23 points, and New Mexico State won 78-60 on Thursday night to snap Louisiana Tech's 18-game winning streak.
The Bulldogs (26-4, 16-1 Western Athletic) now must win at Denver on Saturday to clinch the WAC regular-season title. If Denver wins, the teams will be tied and RPI will determine which team gets the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.
Mullings was 7 of 14 from the floor and added eight rebounds for the Aggies (20-10, 13-4). Tyrone Watson had 12 points and 11 rebounds. NMSU shot 55 percent from the floor en route to clinching the No. 3 tournament seed.
Raheem Appleby led Louisiana Tech with 13 points. The Bulldogs' streak had been the longest active winning streak in Division I.
NMSU took the lead for good, 25-23, on Watson's layup 7:06 before halftime. The Aggies led by as many as 19 in the second half.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Louisiana Tech (26-4) | 34 | 26 | 60 |
| New Mexico State (20-10) « | 43 | 35 | 78 |
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| Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Kyser, F | 15 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| R. Appleby, G | 25 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| K. Smith, G | 23 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| B. Gibson, G | 19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Johnson, G | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Johnson | 26 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| A. Hamilton | 17 | 3-11 | 5-7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| K. McNeail | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Lewis | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| I. Massey | 11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| C. Anderson | 10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| S. Gjuroski | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Talbot | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-60 | 6-9 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 60 | |
| 40% | 66.7% | ||||||
| New Mexico State Aggies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Sy, F | 34 | 4-12 | 4-5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| T. Watson, F | 31 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| S. Bhullar, C | 32 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| D. Mullings, G | 39 | 7-14 | 8-10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| K. Ross-Miller, G | 27 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. de Rouen | 13 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| K. Aronis | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| R. Dixon | 10 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| R. Barry | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-53 | 16-24 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 78 | |
| 54.7% | 66.7% | ||||||
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