No. 15 New Mexico Beats Colorado State

Kenny Thomas had 23 points and 10 rebounds and Royce Olney had 21 points as No. 15 New Mexico ended Colorado State’s winning streak at 10 games with a 78-64 Western Athletic Conference victory at Fort Collins.

New Mexico, 12-2 overall and 2-1 in the WAC, defeated Colorado State (12-2, 1-1) for the sixth consecutive time. Jameel Mahmud scored 13 points and Bryan Christiansen 12 for the Rams.

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Corey Brewer scored a career-high 36 points as Oklahoma (13-4, 4-0) was a 91-75 winner over Texas (6-9, 0-4) in a Big 12 game at Norman, Okla. There were five technical fouls in the game. Brewer and Michael Johnson had two three-pointers apiece in a 13-3 run that broke a tie at 57. . . . Trez Kilpatrick had 19 points and former Compton Dominguez High standout Kenny Brunner had 13 points and nine assists for Georgetown (9-5, 3-4) in a 67-61 Big East victory over Villanova (7-7, 4-2) at Washington. Howard Brown led Villanova with 19 points. . . . Norman Nolan scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Colin Ducharme made 10 of 11 free throws to lead Virginia (9-7) to a 69-55 nonconference victory over Virginia Tech (6-6) at Roanoke, Va. . . . The Citadel (8-6) overcame a four-point deficit in the final eight seconds of a 64-63 nonconference victory over College of Charleston (10-3) at Charleston, S.C. With The Citadel down, 63-59, Jamie Jenkins made a three-point basket with 2.2 seconds left and Charleston turned it over on an inbounds violation. Virgil Stevens scored the winning basket with a 12-foot shot at the buzzer. It was The Citadel’s third victory on Jan. 12 over Charleston in the last 14 years. The Citadel hadn’t beaten its city rival since Jan. 12, 1989 and its last previous win was Jan. 12, 1984.