On Thursday night New Mexico Military Institute dipped to 11-15 overall with a 94-79 loss to Midland College at the Cahoon Armory Gym. With the loss, the Broncos moved to 3-9 in conference play. With the win Midland College improves to 23-4 overall with a 9-4 mark in conference play.

From the tip-off Midland took control early. The visitors used the first eight minutes to construct a 24-8 run to open the game. Midland continued to control their lead as they maintained a double-digit lead for the next 10 minutes. However, near the 2:15 mark in the first half the Broncos battled their way back to a single-digit deficit as they trailed 45-37. The visitors responded as they took a 50-38 lead into halftime.

For the Broncos both Taye Williams and Mickael Heritiana each scored nine points in the opening half. Kelvin John led all players with 4 first-half rebounds.

Down by 12, the deficit for the Broncos continued to grow. With 10:56 remaining in the game, Midland pushed the lead to 19 – the largest lead of the game. Like they did the first half, Midland maintained a double-digit lead throughout the remainder of the contest as they secured the 94-79 win.

Head Coach Sean Schooley on the game, "not pleased with the result tonight and not happy with the way we started the game. We came out flat and that forced us into an early hole that we had to dig ourselves out of," Schooley said. "We didn't see our normal contributions from the guys we expected to perform and that hurt us on both ends of the court … however, I'm proud of our second-half performance and how we showed no quit even when being down," Schooley said.

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The Broncos return to action on Monday, February 23 when they take on Frank Phillips College on the road at 6 p.m.