A&T at New Mexico

[Maxell]

Halftime

A&T 37
New Mexico 34

Team is playing well, forcing turnovers. Shooting 48% from the field, 38% from 3-pt range, 6-8 from FT. We're getting killed on the boards, but playing well in other areas.

[Maxell]

A&T 52
New Mexico 59

11:24 to go

[Maxell]

A&T 78
New Mexico 86

FINAL

Steven Rush - 28 points
Jason Wills - 19 points

[AggieGroove]

sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/recaps/2006/12/16/39609_recap.html

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Chad Toppert had career highs with 20 points and six 3-pointers Saturday and New Mexico, with its leading scorer on the bench in the first half, beat North Carolina A&T 86-78.

New Mexico (6-2) never could shake the pesky Aggies (3-6). The difference was the outside shooting of Toppert and the drives to the basket for points by Tony Danridge , who added career highs of 17 points and 6 rebounds.

Steven Rush led North Carolina A&T with 28 points. Rush had 6 of the Aggies' 9 3-pointers and hit 9 of 17 shots overall.

[TOPPDOGG]

The Pitt is a difficult, if not nearly impossible, place to win for visiting teams. Despite the loss, I think this is another sign of this team's movement in the right direction.

[Maxell]

Official Basketball Box Score
North Carolina A&T vs New Mexico
12/16/06 1:05 P.M. at Albuquerque, N.M. (The Pit)

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VISITORS: North Carolina A&T 3-6
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
24 CHAPLIN,Trahern..... f 3-5 1-2 0-0 2 0 2 2 7 1 1 1 0 19
31 ROBERTS,Greg........ f 2-3 0-0 1-3 2 2 4 5 5 2 1 0 0 19
03 EWING, Austin....... g 2-5 2-4 1-2 0 1 1 1 7 2 3 0 1 27
21 BOOTH, Walter....... g 1-6 0-3 4-6 1 3 4 3 6 6 2 0 2 33
22 HERNANDEZ, Angelo... g 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 5 4 3 3 0 1 19
01 RUSH, Steven........ 9-17 6-12 4-4 0 2 2 1 28 2 2 0 2 32
02 NELSON, Glenn....... 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 15
15 CRUMPTON,Derek...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
34 WILLS, Jason........ 6-12 0-0 7-9 1 6 7 4 19 3 5 0 6 31
52 PORTER,James........ 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3
TEAM................ 1 3 4
Totals.............. 26-56 9-23 17-24 9 22 31 26 78 20 20 1 12 201

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-27 48.1% 2nd Half: 13-29 44.8% Game: 46.4% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-13 38.5% 2nd Half: 4-10 40.0% Game: 39.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 11-16 68.8% Game: 70.8% 4


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HOME TEAM: New Mexico 6-2
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
00 Johnson, Aaron...... f 1-4 0-0 1-8 4 2 6 0 3 1 0 0 2 16
30 Martinez, Roman..... f 3-6 0-1 1-3 3 2 5 3 7 2 5 0 1 22
32 Danridge, Tony...... f 6-11 0-1 5-6 1 5 6 2 17 0 1 0 1 30
10 Smith, Jamaal....... g 3-7 2-6 7-8 1 0 1 4 15 1 3 0 1 24
21 Kersten, Ryan....... g 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 11
03 Kanyinda, David..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
11 Henfield, Jeffrey... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 8
15 Giddens, J.R........ 2-6 0-1 4-6 1 5 6 1 8 6 3 1 0 20
24 Prentice, Darren.... 0-7 0-5 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 1 17
33 Toppert, Chad....... 7-11 6-10 0-0 1 4 5 1 20 3 0 0 2 28
41 Walter, Kellen...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
53 Faris, Daniel....... 4-7 0-0 3-4 6 2 8 5 11 2 1 0 1 21
TEAM................ 1 1
Totals.............. 27-62 9-27 23-38 18 24 42 18 86 20 19 1 9 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-32 37.5% 2nd Half: 15-30 50.0% Game: 43.5% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-16 25.0% 2nd Half: 5-11 45.5% Game: 33.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-14 35.7% 2nd Half: 18-24 75.0% Game: 60.5% 10


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Officials: Greg Burks, Mike Giarratano, Roosevelt Brown
Technical fouls: North Carolina A&T-NELSON, Glenn. New Mexico-FARIS, Daniel.
Attendance: 12271
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
North Carolina A&T............ 37 41 - 78
New Mexico.................... 33 53 - 86

[Maxell]

Eaves' comments after the game: (Check out the last sentence of his quote)

North Carolina A&T Head Coach Jerry Eaves
"I think it was an excellent game. They did a good job in the second half to pick up the intensity. We turned it over a little bit against their 1-3-1 half court trap, which was disappointing to me because we know what to do with that. We're an excellent passing and perimeter shooting team. That should have been to our advantage and it wasn't."

On J.R. Giddens entering the second half: "It affected us a little bit. I mean, he's a good player but truly it wasn't really a factor. He's a good player but he's not the team. I still believe that if we played them at a neutral court we could beat them."