Reggie Theus Basketball Camps Return

Posted on May. 25, 2006 at 2:06 PM - Link

New Mexico State head coach Reggie Theus and his staff are proud to announce the return of the 2006 Reggie Theus Basketball Camp series in June and July on the campus of New Mexico State University.

Four different camps will be offered catering to children grades K-12. Coach Theus and his staff will offer individualized instruction with the help of current Aggie players and other special guest. Participants will receive a camp t-shirt, photo and certificate.

The Little Aggie camp will kick things off May 31-June 3. The camp is for both boys and girls in grades K-8th. The camp will run each day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at various locations on campus. The camp will focus on developing the basket fundamentals of basketball: shooting, dribbling, passing and defense. The cost of the camp is $145 per participant.

The Individual Instruction camp will be held June-5-9 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The camp will focus on individual instruction techniques used by the Aggie coaching staff and player in practices last year. Coach Theus brought individual instruction to Las Cruces from Louisville where he learned under Cardinals' head coach Rick Pitino. The camp is for children in grades 1st-12th and costs $185 per participant.

Coach Theus and his staff will host their first team camp June 9-11 on the NMSU campus. The highly competitive camp is for high school basketball teams from across the southwest. Each school must have a minimum of eight players and a member of the high school basketball coaching staff who will be with the team throughout the camp. The cost for the camp is $600 per team, but if teams register before May 19th it only costs them $500.

The final camp of the summer will be the Aggie Day camp, which runs from June 12-16. The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at various locations on campus. The camp is open to children in grades 1st-12th and costs $185 per participants.

New Mexico St. 66, San Jose St. 61

Posted on Mar. 1, 2006 at 10:41 AM - Link

NMSU (13-12, 8-5 WAC) has won four straight for the first time since the start of the 2003-04 season. San Jose State (6-20, 2-10 WAC) has lost four in a row and 15 of its last 17.

The Spartans were led by Demetrius Brown with 25 points and 8 rebounds. Jared Cozad had 9 points and 8 rebounds. Alex Elam, the Spartans' leading scorer, was sick and didn't make the trip to Las Cruces.

The Aggies won despite 19 turnovers. New Mexico State also missed 40 of 60 shots (33.3 percent) and made just 3 of 17 3-pointers. The Aggies made up for their shooting with 24 offensive rebounds and a 49-35 overall rebounding edge.

Nelson and guard Mike Mitchell, who hit a pair of 3-pointers in the second half, rallied the Aggies from a 39-30 deficit with 17:38 left in the game. Mitchell's first 3-pointer with 11:57 left got the Aggies within 45-43 and David Fisher's two free throws at 9:07 put NMSU up 48-47. That was the Aggies' first lead since Nelson's short jumper in the game's opening minute.

Fisher hit a pair of free throws to give the Aggies a 58-54 lead with 5:46 left but Brown tied it with a 15-foot jumper and a basket off an offensive rebound. Carlton Spencer's free throw with 2:15 left gave the Spartans their final lead (61-60).

Mitchell's two free throws put NMSU ahead for good with 1:53 left. Fisher, who finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds, added two more free throws after a San Jose State turnover with 1:20 left.

Spartans center Lance Holloway threw up an airball on a wide open layup, and Nelson followed with a dunk at the other end.

San Jose State also helped the Aggies' comeback by committing 19 turnovers and shooting just 36 percent.