Nevada vs. New Mexico State
College Basketball Pick: New Mexico State -4 (January 26th 2012)
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We’ve successfully backed New Mexico St. a few times this season as this team has been playing very well for the majority of the tear. The Aggies are coming off a loss at Hawaii in their most recent game, which was their first conference loss of the season after a 4-0 start. They now trail Nevada by a game in the WAC and we should see a big bounce back effort on their home floor here. New Mexico St. had won six straight games prior to the disappointing loss against the Warriors.

Nevada meanwhile is red hot as it has won 13 consecutive games and the preseason pick to win the WAC is so far holding true to form. Maybe even more impressive is the fact that the Wolf Pack have only dropped one game against the number over this stretch in the 11 lined games. This is a very tough team no doubt but because of the winning streak, we are getting value going the other way and this is easily their toughest road game since facing UNLV way back in November.

Things are back in place for another run at the WAC title as four starters are back for the Aggies following a disappointing 16-17 record last year that was mostly due to injuries. New Mexico St. is loaded down low as Wendell McKines and Hamidu Rahman are averaging 17 rebounds combined and as a team, the Aggies are +7.4 in rebounding margin, which is 10th in the nation. Nevada normally has an edge in this category but that won’t be the case on Thursday.

New Mexico St. is ranked first in the nation in free-throw attempts per game with 33.5, five more than any other team and that aggressiveness will be big once again tonight. The Aggies are 8-1 ATS in their last nine home games in the second half of the season against teams with a winning record while also going 8-1 ATS in their last nine home games after playing a game on the road. The favorite have covered five of the last six meetings and Nevada will be out for revenge here, it won’t happen tonight. 3* (572) New Mexico St. Aggies. Get more college basketball picks for January 26th 2012 from Matt Fargo at Touthouse.com.