Jaelen House scored 30 points, Jay Allen-Tovar and Gethro Muscadin both scored 18 points to help propel the New Mexico Lobos past the Florida Atlantic Owls, 99-92, in the season opening game for both teams.
“I think Jaelen House took over,” UNM head coach Richard Pitino said following the game. “We kind of scrapped what we were running and kept it very simple and ran side ball screen. And he was really hard to guard.”
House went 10-for-19 from the field, including 3-of-5 from three-point range, and 7-of-10 from the free throw line in the victory.
Both the Lobos and Owls traded the lead multiple times in the first half.