There wasn’t a tougher backcourt duo to guard in the Mountain West Conference a season ago than the starting one-two punch for the UNM Lobos.
Between shooting guard Jamal Mashburn Jr. (18.2 points per game) and point guard Jaelen House (16.9 points per game), the Lobos’ 35-plus points a night returning this season is the highest total for any team’s starting guards in the league heading into the 2022-23 season.
But the Lobos, despite the prolific offense of House and Mashburn, won just 13 games and finished 9th in the 11-team league.
Putting up points was one thing, both told the Journal recently in an interview on the latests episode of the Talking Grammer Podcast.