By Meena Kar
Washington, March 20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) On Friday, New Mexico State University was defeated by the Michigan State University team at the first round of the NCAA tournament. It was a tough call from both the sides as the #12 placed New Mexico State University went on to prove its worth but lost only by three points at the end to #5 placed Michigan State University. The Michigan State University won over New Mexico State University team with scores reading 70-67.

The Michigan State university took the lead from the very beginning of the game. The first half seemed all set for them as the team got a lead over the opponent with some amazing show from Kalin Lucas who scored 25 points. The score is as of yet the career high for the Michigan State University player. The Michigan State University created a huge margin at the first half of the game. At the halftime, the score of the Michigan State university team was 42-29. The lead was huge but in the second half it seemed that the New Mexico University team was in no mood to give up the 1st round game and fought back. Towards the end of the game the scores were almost equal and it seemed that the game will turn in the favor of the New Mexico State University. Just twenty-two seconds left for the game, the score-board read 68-67.

However, the fairy-tale come back of the New Mexico State University team in the second half came to a halt at the end when Raymar Morgan of Michigan State snatched the victory points from New Mexico with his two free throws. Jonathan Gibson disappointed New Mexico University team with his three pointer miss.