LAS CRUCES, N.M. – NM State (10-9, 3-6 CUSA) once again battled back to erase a big deficit; however, FIU (10-10, 3-6 CUSA) managed to close out the game on a 6-0 run to hand the Aggies an 81-78 loss inside the Pan American Center on Saturday afternoon.
NM State quickly found success as Elijah Elliott found Julius Mims for an alley-oop dunk on the game's opening possession. Later, a 7-0 Aggie run, highlighted by a 3-pointer from Elliott gave the Aggies a five-point advantage less than three minutes into the contest.