Box Score SILVER CITY, N.M. – No. 18 Metro State was just too much Friday night as the Roadrunners defeated the Western New Mexico University men's basketball team, 90-65, in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference action at Drag's Court.


MSCD (20-5, 15-5 RMAC) came out on fire early, racing out to an 8-0 lead nearly three minutes in. The lead would reach 12 at the 15:16 mark before WNMU (8-16, 8-12 RMAC) began to chip away.


Brelan Berry (Chandler, AZ/Basha High School) started the run with a dunk off a pass from Ryan Crane (Anthem, AZ/Boulder Creek High School), he then added another to follow-up a dunk from Chad Carter (Tucson, AZ/Ironwood Ridge High School) that had the Mustangs within eight. They would get to within seven on a trey from Carter at the 13:14 mark, 18-11, but the 'Runners had an answer pushing the lead back to 13 over the next few minutes thanks to a 6-0 run.


WNMU would get back to within 10, 28-18, on a jumper by Daryl Littleton (Tucson, AZ/Palo Verde High School), but that would be as close as they would get the rest of the way.


TJ Riley (Tyler, TX/Chapel Hill High School) led the Mustangs with 21 points, with Carter adding 19. Littleton came off the bench to add 10 points in 12 minutes.
The Roadrunners were led by 21 from Reggie Evans and 20 from Brandon Jefferson.


WNMU will conclude their home slate of the 2011-12 season on Saturday night when they host Regis University with tipoff set for 7:30 p.m. The Mustangs' only senior, Riley will be honored in-between games.
 

Metro State vs Western New Mexico
02/17/12 7:35 pm at Silver City, NM (Drag's Court)
At Silver City, NM (Drag's Court)
METRO STATE 90, WESTERN NEW MEXICO 65
METRO STATE (20-5, 15-5 RMAC)
Reggie Evans 9-18 3-3 21; Brandon Jefferson 5-14 8-9 20; Jonathan Morse 6-13
5-6 17; Demetrius Miller 4-11 5-6 14; Paul Brotherson 3-5 0-0 7; Nicholas
Kay 3-6 0-0 6; Tyler Cooper 1-4 0-0 3; Derrick January 1-1 0-0 2; Sam Porter
0-0 0-0 0; DeShawn Phenix 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-72 21-24 90.
WESTERN NEW MEXICO (8-16, 8-12 RMAC)
TJ Riley (Tyler, TX/Chapel Hill High School) 6-9 9-13 21; Chad Carter (Tucson, AZ/Ironwood Ridge High School) 7-16 4-5 19; Daryl Littleton (Tucson, AZ/Palo Verde High School) 4-4 2-2 10;
Brelan Berry (Chandler, AZ/Basha High School) 4-7 0-0 8; Lucio Luttrell (Las Cruces, NM/Las Cruces High School) 2-6 0-0 5; Merle Branch (Sierra Vista, AZ/Buena High School) 0-4 2-4 2;
Everett Duis (El Paso, TX/El Dorado High School) 0-1 0-0 0; Chris Mason (Phoenix, AZ/St. Mary's High School) 0-5 0-0 0; Ryan Crane (Anthem, AZ/Boulder Creek High School) 0-1 0-0 0; Juan
Suarez 0-1 0-0 0; Edward Estavillo (Willcox, AZ/Willcox High School) 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-55 17-24 65.
Metro State...................   46   44  -   90
Western New Mexico............   30   35  -   65
3-point goals--Metro State 5-17 (Brandon Jefferson 2-7; Paul Brotherson 1-2;
Tyler Cooper 1-3; Demetrius Miller 1-4; Reggie Evans 0-1), Western New
Mexico 2-17 (Chad Carter (Tucson, AZ/Ironwood Ridge High School) 1-5; Lucio Luttrell (Las Cruces, NM/Las Cruces High School) 1-4; Merle Branch (Sierra Vista, AZ/Buena High School) 0-1; Chris
Mason 0-2; Ryan Crane (Anthem, AZ/Boulder Creek High School) 0-1; Juan Suarez (Nogales, AZ/Nogales High School) 0-1; Edward Estavillo (Willcox, AZ/Willcox High School) 0-1; TJ Riley (Tyler, TX/Chapel Hill High School)
0-2). Fouled out--Metro State-None, Western New Mexico-None. Rebounds--Metro
State 51 (Jonathan Morse 16), Western New Mexico 26 (Chad Carter (Tucson, AZ/Ironwood Ridge High School) 4).
Assists--Metro State 11 (Reggie Evans 3), Western New Mexico 12 (TJ Riley (Tyler, TX/Chapel Hill High School)
4). Total fouls--Metro State 22, Western New Mexico 17. Technical
fouls--Metro State-None, Western New Mexico-None. A-957
Metro State ranked No. 18 in NABCD Poll