BRONCS HOST NEW MEXICO STATE

EDINBURG, TX–At this stage in the season, every game is an important one for The University of Texas-Pan American men’s basketball team. The Broncs will take on one of the best teams they have played this season when they host New Mexico State Monday night in their next-to-last home game of the 2001-2002 season. Game time Monday night is 7:30 at the UTPA Fieldhouse.

UTPA takes an 18-8 record into Monday night’s game. The Broncs broke a losing streak with Saturday night’s 110-105 win at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. In that game, senior guard Mire Chatman (Garland, TX/South Garland HS/Southwestern Christian JC) scored 46 points, tying him for the seventh highest single-game total ever by a UTPA men’s basketball player. The Broncs’ total of 110 points equaled their highest total ever for a road game. 

NMSU is 17-8, 9-3 in the Sun Belt. The Aggies have won six games in a row and seven of their last eight, and are coming off a 98-67 victory Saturday against Western New Mexico at which the court at their home arena, the Pan American center, was renamed for longtime Head Coach Lou Henson. Henson has 739 victories, ranking tenth all-time among NCAA Division I head coaches, and fifth all-time on the active Division I coaching list.

“New Mexico State is very athletic, they’ll be one of the most athletic teams we’ll see,” said UTPA Head Coach Bob Hoffman. “It’s going to be a very tough game. We’ll have to execute our offense, do a good job of containing them on defense, and rebound as well as we can. It would be nice to have a full house Monday night.”

Following the NMSU game, the Broncs will hit the road to play Lipscomb and Gardner-Webb this weekend.

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