The New Mexico Lobos men’s basketball team started their regular season last week, and it couldn’t have gone better from the record standpoint.
The Lobos were able to defeat Southern Utah and South Alabama last week to get to 2-0 to open up year number two under Richard Pitino.
In the contest with Southern Utah, Jamal Mashburn Jr. led the way with 24 points, while Jaelen House put up 23 points.
The Lobos were able to overcome the gritty Thunderbirds by forcing 20 turnovers in the 89-81 win.
After being down 78-69 with 3:51 to play, SUU slowly chipped away and got to within 84-81 with 26 seconds to play.