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Lobo fans apparently love a family get-together for the holidays.
The University of New Mexico over Tuesday and Wednesday sold about 1,000 tickets and has eclipsed 11,000 total accounted for – including all 40 suites being sold – for Sunday’s father-son matchup in the Pit between the Rick Pitino-coached Iona Gaels and the Richard Pitino-coached New Mexico Lobos.
It is already guaranteed to be the largest attended game of this season in the 15,411-seat arena. The Nov. 19 rivalry game with New Mexico State had more than 15,000 tickets sold and was on pace to likely be sold out, but was canceled hours before it was to be played.