UNM Men’s Basketball Opens Season With 40 Point Victory Over Utah Tech

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In their season opener Monday night, the UNM Lobos kicked off their 2026-27 campaign with a rip roaring start defeating Utah Tech 100-60 to improve to 1-0.

The Lobos led from start to finish. It was a dominant second half from the Lobos scoring 62 points.

Jake Hall led all scorers with 30 points in the win. Uriah Tenette finished with 19 while Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi scored 17 and Hudson Mayes had 14.

As aa team, the Lobos shot 58% from the field and 44% from three-point range. The Lobos had 8 three-pointers in the win. Vahlberg Fasasi went 4-for-8 from three-point range.

UNM scored 42 points in the paint and scored 23 points off turnovers.

Head Coach Eric Olen spoke after the game on his team’s performance and what he liked from his guys involving the offense and ball movement.

“19 assists on 35 baskets. I think we probably had a little higher percentage than some of those other ones, but I thought it was more about what they were and I thought Uriah and Jake for the most part found advantageous matchups. Hudson was aggressive. I think our guys really understanding how we want to play against different defenses and it’s good to see another variation tonight and we’ll get better from here”, said Olen.

The Lobos will be back at The Pit- Powered by Nusenda on Saturday Nov. 7 when they host Northern Arizona University with tip-off set for 4:00 p.m.

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