LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Opening a two-game week from the Pan American Center, NM State (6-11, 2-3 CUSA) showed fight but ultimately could not complete the comeback, falling to FIU (9-6, 2-2 CUSA) by a score of 83-74 in Las Cruces.
Morane Dossou opened the night's scoring, knocking down a fade-away jumper in the post. Trading buckets to begin the quarter, the Aggies tallied a 7-0 run, including five points off the bench from Keira Hudson. Later in the stanza, the Lady Panthers closed on a 10-0 run to take a 25-15 lead at the end of the first.