New Mexico St. beats Texas Rio Grande Valley 79-72

LAS VEGAS -- Terrell Brown registered 19 points as New Mexico State beat Texas Rio Grande Valley 79-72 in the Western Athletic Conference Tourney semifinals on Friday night.

AJ Harris had 15 points for New Mexico State (29-4). Clayton Henry added 12 points. Eli Chuha had seven rebounds for New Mexico State.

Tyson Smith scored a career-high 23 points for the Vaqueros (19-16). Lesley Varner II added 15 points. Javon Levi had 12 points.

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