Don't know what to make of this

Stressing we don't know who it was, a strange happening -- one worth mentioning -- took place Monday night during halftime of the New Mexico State win over San Jose State.

That being a New Mexico State player -- one of the 'bigs -- didn't immediately go to the locker room during the intermission. He had a basketball and was shooting during the break. Then with just a few minutes remaining in the half, he finally headed towards the locker room.

We know it wasn't Hamidu Rahman or Wendell McKines -- that much is still imbedded in our consciousness but we didn't play much attention to such an unusual occurrence for some inexplicable reason.

Did anyone else also note this or does someone have an explanation? Or did we just have a vision caused by over-imbibing/a carbohydrate overload/a sugar rush?

Also, here's a nice feature on Aggie Wendell McKines, who is moving to the fore as the top New Mexico State player:

Former Richmond basketball star McKines on solid ground
Jeff Faraudo
Contra Costa Times
1/07/2009

AMONG THE barely 1,000 fans at San Jose State's Event Center on Monday night, there was no mistaking the loud throng of 30 or so who were there for Wendell McKines' homecoming.

"Oh, I could hear them," McKines said after scoring a career-high 21 points to help New Mexico State beat the Spartans 75-73. "They were right behind our bench."

His mom was there. So were his grandparents, siblings, friends. All the people whose love and support prompted the Richmond High grad to return home last spring after his freshman season in Las Cruces, N.M.

"It was hard for him," said Stephanie Drake, his mother. "He had a hard time adjusting. He likes to be around family..."

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Plus, here's Jason Groves with a Hamidu Rahman feature:

Rahman rounding into form for NMSU men's basketball team
Jason Groves
Las Cruces Sun-News
1/07/2009

LAS CRUCES -—Hamidu Rahman finds the basketball in crucial situations.

On Monday in San Jose, Calif., the New Mexico State redshirt freshman center trailed a 2-on-2 fastbreak in the waning seconds against San Jose State, grabbing an offensive rebound on a Jahmar Young miss with five seconds left and getting fouled on the put back with three seconds remaining. Rahman calmly stepped to the foul line, where he is a 58 percent shooter, and knocked down the first free throw.

San Jose State called timeout.

No matter. Rahman dropped the second shot to give the Aggies a 75-73 win to move to 2-0 in the Western Athletic Conference.

"Jahmar just told me to relax and if you miss the first one, just relax and shoot the second one," said Rahman, who finished with 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting, seven rebounds and was 3-of-6 from the foul line. "Even if I missed them, we were going into overtime...

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