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Colorado State 70, New Mexico 59
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.
All posts by Jeff HawkinsUpdated15 Feb 2022
Senior forward J.J. Avila scored 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds, leading Colorado State to a 70-59 victory over New Mexico on Tuesday night at Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colo.
Junior guard Joe De Ciman scored 14 points and senior guard Daniel Bejarano added 12 for Colorado State (21-4, 8-4 Mountain West Conference), which lost two of its previous four games after going 18-2 to start the season.
Senior guard Deshawn Delaney scored 21 points to lead New Mexico (14-10, 6-6), which lost for the fifth time in seven games. Lobos freshman guard Xavier Adams had 11 points.
Colorado State jumped out to a 10-2 lead after De Ciman and Bejarano combined for three 3-pointers in a span of 54 seconds. The Rams extended their lead to 24-10 on a 3-pointer by junior guard Gian Clavell.
Colorado State led 35-19 at the break and maintained control in the second period. The Rams opened the half with a 9-2 run to go up 44-21, their largest lead of the game. The Lobos cut the deficit to eight on a couple of occasions in the final minutes, but they couldn’t get any closer.
