PUEBLO, Colo. (Feb. 26, 2020) – The Colorado State University-Pueblo men's basketball team closes the season with a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference home game Feb. 28 at Massari Arena against New Mexico Highlands University. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., as the evening features CSU-Pueblo Faculty/Staff Appreciation Night, Dr. Dan Honor Roll Night and Senior Night. 
 
PROMOTIONS
 
CSU-Pueblo Athletics would like to thank the CSU-Pueblo campus community for their support by celebrating Faculty/Staff Appreciation Night with a free general admission ticket to all faculty and staff (with ID), while also providing up to four additional tickets to immediate family members. Tickets can be picked up at the Massari Arena Ticket Office beginning at 4 p.m. Friday. 
 
Pack Athletics will also honor the student-athletes on the Fall Dr. Dan Caprioglio Honor Roll. Student-athletes from all 22 sports who achieved a 3.0 or higher will be recognized. 
 
Prior to the game, men's basketball will honor and celebrate their three seniors, Jason Anderson (F, Colorado Springs, Colo.), Brandon McGhee (G, Oakland, Calif.) and Donovan Oldham (F, Colorado Springs, Colo.) for Senior Night. 
 
VERSUS THE OPPONENT
 
• Before heading out on winter break, the ThunderWolves tangled with the Cowboys in Las Vegas, N.M. and fell 111-105. The Pack shot 53.6 percent from the field and hit 13, 3-pointers, but NMHU finished the game hitting on 55.6 percent from the field and also knocked down 13 from long range. 
 
• The Pack have lost five straight to the Cowboys with the last win coming at home on Feb. 7, 2017 by the score of 97-81.  

LAST WEEKEND
 
• The ThunderWolves (11-16, 9-12 RMAC) went 0-2 in their final road trip of the season with losses to Chadron State College (82-73) and Metropolitan State University of Denver (64-57). The Pack were without two of their top three scorers, as guard David Simental and forward Bryce Sanchious were out due to injury. 
 
• Senior forward Donovan Oldham scored a season-high 26 points and surpassed 1,000 career points Friday in the loss to the Eagles. Oldham became the 24th player in program history to eclipse 1,000 career points. He was 10 shy of the century mark heading into the game and scored 22 of his 26 points in the second half to reach the milestone. He went 9-for-16 (56.3%) from the field, hit 5-of-10 (50%) from long range and went 3-for-4 (75%) from the free throw line. He also added six rebounds, an assist, a steal and a block. He had zero turnovers in 34 minutes of play. 
 
• The ThunderWolves scored the first four points of the game, but after eight unanswered from the Eagles, never led the rest of the contest. The Pack trailed by as many as 12 in the first half before settling on a seven-point deficit. CSU-Pueblo cut the deficit to two during the second half, but couldn't complete the comeback in the nine-point loss.
 
• In Saturday's loss, both teams struggled from the field, as the Pack shot 33.9 percent and held the Roadrunners to 35.9 percent. The Pack shot 25 percent from long range, while MSU Denver hit on 28.6 percent from long range. The home team won the rebounding battle 43-39. CSU-Pueblo had 12 turnovers, which equated into 16 points for the Roadrunners. Forward Jaedon Bowles recorded his first-career double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds. He hit three, 3-pointers and went 10-for-12 (83.3%) from the free throw line. Guard Tyson Gilbert added 19 points and hit three, 3-pointers. 
 
• Trailing 13-10 with 11:14 to go in the first half, the Pack rattled off a 13-2 run to open up a 23-15 lead with 7:36 remaining. The first half lead reached nine before settling on six, 32-26, before the break. In the first 10 minutes of the second half, the ThunderWolves lost the lead, but battled back for a 45-41 advantage. CSU-Pueblo failed to score for the next four minutes and trailed 49-45 and only had two points for a six-minute stretch to fall behind, 57-47, with 4:11 to go. The Pack battled back with a 6-0 run to get within four and 2:17 left in regulation, but that would be as close as the ThunderWolves would get in the seven-point loss.
 
THE PACK
 
• David Simental was named RMAC Offensive Player of the Week Dec. 9 after the first weekend of RMAC play. He averaged 30 points per game, shot 56.1 percent from the field (23-of-41) and 50 percent from long range, as he went 8-for-16. He was 6-for-8 (75%) from the free throw line. The 42 points in an overtime loss at Fort Lewis is the fifth most in program history, the most by an RMAC player this season and is T-30th in NCAA Division II in 2019-20.
 
• Four different players are scoring in double figures and three different players have 4.0 or more rebounds per contest. 

• Redshirt-sophomore guard David Simental leads the team with 15.9 points per game to rank 10th in the RMAC. His 17.2 points per conference game is 8th. He started 24 straight games before suffering an injury that has kept him out of the lineup for the past three games. He is 92-for-104 from the free throw line for an 88.5 percentage that ranks 1st in the RMAC and T-16th in NCAA Division II. His 33.7 minutes per game ranks 3rd in the league. 
 
• Senior guard Brandon McGhee adds 11.7 points per game and is shooting 52.5 percent from the field (8th in the RMAC). He leads the team with 3.9 assists per game that is T-6th in the RMAC. He adds 3.9 rebounds per contest. McGhee's 31 steals is a team-high.
 
• Junior forward Bryce Sanchious owns 11.0 points per game and has pulled down 5.5 rebounds per contest to sit 2nd on the team. The junior leads the team with 23 blocks, as his 0.9 blocks per game average ranks T-6th in the RMAC. He recorded back-to-back double-doubles the first RMAC weekend at Adams State (10 points, 13 rebounds) and Fort Lewis (17 points, 10 rebounds). 

• Sophomore guard Tyson Gilbert has started 13 games and leads the team with 52 3-pointers with a 43.3 percentage from long range. He is averaging 10.9 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. He knocked down six 3-pointers Dec. 18 in a road loss to New Mexico Highlands.
 
• Senior center Jason Anderson owns 8.2 points and a team-high 5.6 rebounds per game. He has a 60.1 percentage from the field this season. Anderson has two double-doubles on the year. 
  
• Freshman forward Jaedon Bowles has produced 8.4 points per game. He is third on the squad with 38 3-pointers. He totaled 21 points and 10 rebounds at MSU Denver to record his first career double-double. 
  
• Senior forward Donovan Oldham adds 7.6 points and 4.1 rebounds with 39 3-pointers that ranks second on the team. 
 
• The Pack average 74.1 points per game to rank 11th in the RMAC and allow 77.7 points per contest for 11th in the conference. 
 
• CSU-Pueblo ranks 5th in the league in blocks with 3.3 swats per game. 

THE COWBOYS

• The Cowboys are 17-9 overall with a 12-9 RMAC record. NMHU is currently seventh in the league standings and will advance to the RMAC Tournament with a win. The Cowboys have won three straight, which includes going on the road and winning at MSU Denver (77-71) and Chadron State (96-76). 
 
• New Mexico Highlands has the top scoring offense in the RMAC with 89.3 points per game (ranks 13th nationally). The team is third to last in the league after allowing 83.8 points per game to their opponent. 
 
• NMHU has the best turnover margin in the RMAC at +4.04, which sits 16th in Division II. The Cowboys rank 4th in steals with 7.2 steals per game. 
 
• The Cowboys have the top two scorers in the league, as Sammy Barnes-Thompkins leads the RMAC with 24.6 points per game to rank 8th in DII. He has 52 steals and is tied for the league lead with 2.1 steals per game. Barnes-Thompkins is second in the league with 2.9 3-pointers per game.
 
• Right behind him is Raquan Mitchell, who owns 23.7 points per contest to sit 13th in Division II. Mitchell hits a league-best 3.1 3-pointers per game. He leads the team with 3.5 assists per game and is second on the squad with 4.7 rebounds per contest. 
 
• Will Johnson adds a team-high 4.8 rebounds per game with 4.3 points per contest. 
 
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, Colorado State University – Pueblo competes in 22 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.