UC Irvine locked down by New Mexico State in Cancun

CANCUN, Mexico — Two teams that take pride in stingy defense staged a rock fight of a basketball game on Tuesday night, and UC Irvine could never get its offense going in a 57-45 loss to New Mexico State in the second game of the Cancun Challenge at the Hard Rock Riviera Maya.
There were shooting struggles on both sides all night, but the Aggies used a timely run to pull away in the latter stages of the second half.
UCI’s 45 points was a season-worst, and it was the product of s