NM State Women's Basketball 2018 NIT Tournament Capsule

NM State Aggies

WAC (18-12, 11-3)

 

 
Big Wins: 12/10 UTEP (76-68), 12/17 at Pepperdine (86-64), 1/13 CS Bakersfield (56-48)
Bad Losses: 11/24 vs Texas Southern (50-66), 12/14 at Arizona (44-83), 2/10 at Grand Canyon (34-50)
Coach: Brooke Atkinson
 
Probable Starters:
Brooke Salas, Junior, Guard, 19.0 ppg, 1.7 apg, 7.7 rpg, 1.8 bpg
Zaire Williams, Senior, Guard, 7.5 ppg, 5.3 apg
Tonishia Childress, Senior, Guard, 3.4 ppg
Jasmine Cooper, Senior, Forward, 5.6 ppg, 4.3 rpg
Gia Pack, Sophomore, Forward, 15.9 ppg, 7.7 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Monique Mills, Junior, Guard/Forward, 7.8 ppg
Jeneva Toilolo, Sophomore, Forward, 3.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 66.6 (138th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 65.6 (192, 5)
Field-Goal Percentage: 42.3 (93, 1)  
Field-Goal Defense: 38.9 (101, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.5 (110, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.7 (94, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 70.1 (171, 6)
Rebound Margin: -2.0 (243, 5)
Assists Per Game: 12.8 (202, 4)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.4 (143, 5)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2017    NCAA Round of 64 loss to Stanford
2016    NCAA Round of 64 loss to Arizona State
2015    NCAA Round of 64 loss to Maryland
2010    NIT     Round of 64 loss to Arizona State
1988    NCAA Second Round loss to Washington
1987    NCAA First Round loss to Washington
 
*all team stats through 3/1