New Mexico State Aggies (4-5) at Texas Longhorns (7-2)
Austin, Texas; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST
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BOTTOM LINE: New Mexico State plays Texas after Christian Cook scored 27 points in New Mexico State’s 89-83 overtime win against the New Mexico Lobos.
The Longhorns are 4-1 in home games. Texas scores 79.0 points and has outscored opponents by 16.0 points per game.
The Aggies are 2-2 on the road. New Mexico State ranks second in the CUSA with 12.4 offensive rebounds per game led by Robert Carpenter averaging 2.9.
Texas’ average of 7.3 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.7 fewer made shots on average than the 8.0 per game New Mexico State gives up. New Mexico State scores 10.1 more points per game (73.1) than Texas gives up to opponents (63.0).
TOP PERFORMERS: Tre Johnson is shooting 48.2% and averaging 21.1 points for the Longhorns.
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Carpenter is shooting 44.1% and averaging 13.4 points for the Aggies.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. — An ‘imposter nurse’ in Las Cruces is facing 34 charges after nearly causing the death of a patient and illegally giving medications to patients under 18 years old.
A Doña Ana County grand jury indicted Margarita Gonzalez. She is accused of assuming the identities of nurses in Texas to get hired at four nursing facilities in Las Cruces:
Village at Northrise
Las Cruces Wellness and Rehabilitation
Peak Behavioral Health
Matrix Home Care
The New Mexico Department of Justice’s Medicaid Fraud and Elder Abuse Bureau investigated and discovered instances where Gonzalez illegally gave injections and dispensed prescriptions, including narcotics to eight inpatient residents under 18 years old.
An investigation also found Gonzalez was also about to allegedly give “an incorrect insulin dose” to a patient that they claim could’ve killed the patient if another nurse hadn’t caught the error.
Several facilities fired Gonzalez over patient safety concerns and an observed lack of knowledge.
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“Impersonating a healthcare provider is a reckless and selfish crime that subjects those most vulnerable to risk of serious injury or death,” Attorney General Raúl Torrez said. “I will not tolerate those who risk the safety of patients or cause danger and unnecessary confusion within the healthcare system. These charges should keep anyone attempting to pose as a healthcare provider on notice: we will find you, and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law to protect New Mexicans.”
Gonzalez’s charges include identity theft, nursing without a license, abuse of a resident, distribution of controlled substances to a minor and fraud totaling over $25,000.
If convicted on all counts, Gonzalez could face up to 100 years in prison.
