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The tables turned on the Aggies last night.
Elijah Ingram pulled off a 28 poiint night and put some nice moves on against the Wolfpack defense. PHOTO: Adron Gardner
Just as Utah State couldn't keep pace with the Aggies on Thursday night in the final moments, so did the Aggies run out of steam against the Nevada Wolfpack Saturday night in a 90-81 loss at the Pan American Center.
While the game started with some ti-for-tat scoring, the Nevada Wolfpack would control the scoreboard for most of the game. The would always come back and stay in the game. Elijah Ingram's smooth moves and hard drives to the basket were not enough to overcome the consistency from Nevada.
Though Ingram scored 26 and Tyrone Nelson banked 22, the Wolfpack defense held Aggie shooters like Ted Knauber and Mike Mitchell to five points each. David Fisher scored seven and provided a good boost to the Aggie drive in the second half.
Aggie coach Reggie Theus put both his big men, Trevor Lawrence and Tyrone Nelson out to try and control Fazekas, who is a possible NBA draft candidate. Nevada junior Nick Fazekas uses all of his 235 pounds on the court. He was successful not only in stopping Aggie drives to the basket, in the process he also put down 36 ponts. His dunks silenced the Pan-Am crowd chanting "Lobo reject." A deuce of three pointers from Fazekas shut down the Aggies in the final minutes of regulation.
With a total record of 17-5, Nick Fazekas and the Nevada Wolfpack is a team to be reconded with. The Aggies held close the whole game, but the entire team effort didn't make it to the finish. When the game is that close, every free throw every foul and every inch matters. After awhile, those inches add up.
The NM State Aggies will try and return the favor to the Wolfpack when they head to Nevada on February 9th.
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David Fisher came in for some late game clutch plays, but the team still came up short. PHOTO: Adron Gardner
Nick Fazekas (left) had a dominant night with 36 points. More than once he succeeded in silencing the Pan-Am crowd. PHOTO: Adron Gardner
