Midwestern St. MSUT 10-4,4-4 Lone Star

Western N.M. WNMU 3-10,1-6 Lone Star

Midwestern St. MSUT

10-4,4-4 Lone Star

Final

Jan. 11, 2024

Western N.M. WNMU

3-10,1-6 Lone Star

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Midwestern St. MSUT	53	37	90
Western N.M. WNMU	34	43	77

Summary
Box Score

Dwain Linden

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 1/11/2024 10:52:00 PM | Trey Reed / MSU Athletic Communications

Gibson leads Midwestern State past WNMU

THE LEAD

SILVER CITY, New Mexico -- Sophomore guard Mason Gibson poured in a game-high 22 points to lead Midwestern State to a 90-77 win over Western New Mexico in Lone Star Conference Thursday night at Drag's Court.

The Mustangs took their second consecutive win to improve to 10-4 on the season, while leveling their league mark at 4-4.

Western New Mexico took its third consecutive loss to move to 3-9 and 1-6.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Midwestern State took control of the game by scoring 12-straight points fueled by 3-pointers by Reggie Hill and Mason Gibson to surge to a 36-18 lead with 6:44 to play in the first half.

MSU sophomore Will Shepherd capped another 7-0 run as the Mustangs took a commanding 43-21 lead just over five minutes before halftime.

Western New Mexico opened the second half on a 17-6 run and pulled to within 10 points following a pair of 3-pointers by Jordan Williams to pull WNMU to within 61-51.

But Midwestern State led by as many as 25 points down the stretch.

LEADERS

- Sophomore Mason Gibson scored 20-or-more points for the third time this season, finishing with a game-high 22 points. Gibson knocked won 5-of-11 shots including a pair of 3-pointers while going 10-for-10 from the charity stripe.
- Senior Pierre Sanders scored in double figures for the 10th time this season, going for 17 points, five rebounds and four assists.
- Sophomore Duncan Alevok enjoyed his fifth double-digit effort of the season, going for 10 points and five rebounds, while swatting two shots.
- Redshirt-sophomore Amaechi Chukwu pulled down a season-high 10 rebounds.
- WNMU freshman Donovan Black scored a career-high 15 points and grabbed six rebounds to match Jordan Williams, who connected on three 3-pointers, for team-high honors.

TEAM NOTES

- Midwestern State won its first game in Silver City, since beating WNMU 81-78 on February 14, 2019. MSU leads the all-time series, 15-3.
- The Mustangs are off to their best start through 14 games since the 2016-17 squad also improved to 10-4 with an 80-73 win over UT Permian Basin on January 7 in Wichita Falls.
- Midwestern State claimed its second consecutive double-digit win and seventh of the season.
- Ten different players scored for Midwestern State, as the Mustangs controlled a 28-18 edge in bench points.