Thursday morning sports report

NEW MEXICO STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM PICKED UP THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE YEAR.. FRESHMAN HERB PO...  More »

NEW MEXICO STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM PICKED UP THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE YEAR.. FRESHMAN HERB POPE STILL SITTING OUT BECAUSE OF A CLEARINGHOUSE ISSUE.. AGGIES FACING U-C DAVIS.. THE AGGIES CAME OUT OF THE GATE FIRING.. THEY GO INSIDE TO JUSTIN HAWKINS.. PLUS THE FOUL.. PART OF AN 11-NOTHING AGGIE RUN TO START THE GAME.. HAWKINS FINISHED WITH 15.. FRED PEETE DROPPING IN THE RAINBOW.. AGGIES UP 14 AT HALFTIME.. AGGIES WIN IT 75-65.. 6-11 CENTER CHRIS GABRIEL SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT TO PLAY BASKETBALL WITH THE AGGIES.. GABRIEL AVERAGED A DOUBLE-DOUBLE AS A JUNIOR AT HIGH SCHOOL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA .. UNM'S STEVE ALFORD IS STILL WAITING FOR ALL OF HIS RECRUITS TO SEND IN THEIR PAPERWORK.. BUT HERE'S WHO HE IS 'EXPECTING' TO SIGN.. THE 6-5 MCDONALD IS CONSDIERED BY SOME TO BE THE TOP PLAYER IN TEXAS.. RECRUITING ANALYST BOB GIBBONS RATED NEW MEXICO'S RECRUITING CLASS AS THE NINETH BEST IN THE COUNTRY.. ALFORD SAYS HIS COACHING STAFF WAS ABLE TO PUT A LITTLE MORE TIME INTO THE OH-EIGHT CLASS.. UNM WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH DON FLANAGAN GOT ONE COMMITMENT TODAY.. LAUREN TAYLOR.. A 5-11 GUARD FROM BROWNSBERG INDIANA SIGNED WITH THE LOBOS.. SHE AVERAGED OVER 19 POINTS A GAME AS A HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR.. ARGUABLY THE TOP GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER IN ALBUQUERQUE IS HEADING OUT OF STATE TO PLAY COLLEGE BALL.. HIGHLAND'S DEEVA VAUGHN SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT TO PLAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON.. VAUGHN AVERAGED A DOUBLE-DOUBLE  « Less