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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Christian Cook scored 25 points as New Mexico State beat Sam Houston 75-71 on Thursday night.

Cook shot 8 of 19 from the field, including 2 for 7 from 3-point range, and went 7 for 8 from the free-throw line for the Aggies (8-6, 1-0 Conference USA). Peter Filipovity scored 20 points and added seven rebounds. Dionte Bostick shot 3 of 5 from the field and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line to finish with nine points.

The Bearkats (7-7, 0-1) were led in scoring by Kalifa Sakho, who finished with 16 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks. Cameron Huefner added 15 points for Sam Houston. Lamar Wilkerson also had 14 points.

New Mexico State went into the half ahead of Sam Houston 38-30. Cook put up 12 points in the half. Filipovity’s free throw with 2:29 left in the second half gave New Mexico State the lead for good at 65-64.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Associated Press

New Mexico State Aggies (8-6, 1-0 CUSA) at Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters (8-4, 1-0 CUSA)

Ruston, Louisiana; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: New Mexico State visits Louisiana Tech after Molly Kaiser scored 29 points in New Mexico State’s 79-61 victory against the Sam Houston Bearkats.

The Lady Techsters are 7-1 in home games. Louisiana Tech is fifth in the CUSA at limiting opponent scoring, allowing 61.4 points while holding opponents to 39.2% shooting.

The Aggies are 1-0 in conference games. New Mexico State is eighth in the CUSA with 12.4 assists per game led by Fanta Gassama averaging 2.8.

Louisiana Tech scores 67.2 points per game, 1.7 more points than the 65.5 New Mexico State gives up. New Mexico State averages 5.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.5 more makes per game than Louisiana Tech allows.

The Lady Techsters and Aggies meet Saturday for the first time in CUSA play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Paris Bradley is averaging 9.7 points for the Lady Techsters.

Kaiser is shooting 48.6% from beyond the arc with 1.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Aggies, while averaging 20.9 points and 1.9 steals.

LAST 10 GAMES: Lady Techsters: 6-4, averaging 67.5 points, 35.5 rebounds, 12.6 assists, 8.4 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 41.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 61.6 points per game.

Aggies: 5-5, averaging 64.0 points, 24.1 rebounds, 12.2 assists, 8.8 steals and 1.0 block per game while shooting 44.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.9 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.