Nevada women's basketball preview box

NEVADA (18-8, 9-4) AT NEW MEXICO STATE (19-6, 9-3)

When: Today, 6 p.m.

Where: Pan American Center, Las Cruces, N.M.

TV/Radio: None/1450 AM, pregame at 5:45 p.m.

Coaches: Kim Gervasoni (Nevada); Darrin Spence (New Mexico State)

Projected starters: NEVADA - F Cherlanda Franklin (7.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg), Brandi Fitzgerald (8.5, 4.9); C Sabrina Keys (3.6, 2.2); G Dellena Criner (16.2, 3.2), Mikail Price (9.8, 2.6); NMSU - F Sherell Neal (14.4, 9.9), Anika Jawara (12.6, 6.6); G Madison Spence (10.0, 2.8), Irma Kmitaite-Smith (5.7, 1.4), Tyshae Walton (6.0, 1.8)

About Nevada: Fitzgerald scored a team-high 15 points while Franklin added 10 in an upset loss at Utah State. Fitzgerald also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds... Criner moved into sixth on Nevada's all-time scoring list with 1,098 career points...With three regular season games remaining, Nevada is two wins away from the first 20-win season in program history and is one win away from tying the program record for wins in a season (19). Nevada's win over Idaho on Feb. 16 gave Nevada its most overall wins under fifth-year head coach Kim Gervasoni (18)...Tonight's ga,e is a battle for third place in the conference behind Fresno State and Boise State.

About NMSU: The Aggies forced 26 turnovers in a win over San Jose State on Thursday ... The Aggies lost the first meeting between the teams in overtime ... The Aggies have a lot of firepower up front in Sherell Neal and Anika Jawara, who are arg uably the most potent 1-2 punch in the conference. They combine to average 27 points and 16 rebounds a game.