COLLEGE BASKETBALL TONIGHT’S GAMES

* LONG BEACH STATE (13-13,

9-7) vs. NEW MEXICO STATE

(18-8, 12-4) Time--8:30

or 30 minutes after preceding

game. Radio--KPLS (830).

New Mexico State is the conference’s hottest team, having won 11 of 12 and five in a row. New Mexico State beat Long Beach State in January at Las Cruces, N.M., 84-64. The play of Long Beach State guard James Cotton (23.5 scoring average) may be the key.