We are back in The PIT Powered by Nusenda for the New Mexico Lobos (2-0) as they host the Trojans from Little Rock (0-2). This will be the first meeting between the two programs, but this isn’t the first trip to The PIT for the Little Rock program, they were here during the 2002-2003 season as they were here for a Lobo Tournament (not sure which one it was named) and played against Portland State and Pepperdine. The most important thing about that game against Pepperdine, the Pepperdine Waves had a great water boy that week (it was me). The Lobos have looked really good the first two games of the season with a 100-60 win over Utah Tech and a 94-65 win over Northern Arizona in which they only had two turnovers (in about a 35 second span). Little Rock has started the season with an 82-72 loss at VCU and an 83-79 loss to Southeastern Louisiana at home. Little Rock has played both Kentucky (Exhibition Game) and VCU to 10 point games so far this season, so this is a team that the Lobos can’t take lightly. The first 10 minutes will tell a lot about how this game is going to turn out. As always with home games I will be updating this throughout the game, as well as keeping updates going on both Twitter and Bluesky.
Starters for the game tonight:
Lobos: Uriah Tenette, Jake Hall, Hudson Mayes, Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi, and Federico Grani.
Little Rock: JK King, Jalen Lyn, Aaron Clark, Bradyn Hubbard, and Papa Amadou Kante.
Rytis Petraitis is available for the Lobos tonight after missing the first two regular season games and a pair of Exhibitions.
15:57 1H: Lobos 7 Little Rock 2. Tenette with two 3s to lead the way for the Lobos. Lobos are on a 7-0 run.
14:24 1H: Lobos 11 Little Rock 2. Active Kill Shot for the Lobos 11-0 run. Mayes with a dunk and Dax Hall with a floater to force a TO by Little Rock.
10:56 1H: Lobos 19 Little Rock 10. Petraitis will go to the line for 2 FTs after the TO. Tenette with 12 points to lead the way. Tenette is 4 for 4 from 3 to get the Lobos offense going.
7:58 1H: Lobos 28 Little Rock 15. Jake Hall has entered the chat with two 3s of his own.
3:43 1H: Lobos 38 Little Rock 27.
Halftime: Lobos 47 Little Rock 34. Lobos are led by Jake Hall 16 points and Uriah Tenette 12 points. Lobos with only 3 turnovers, but a really bad turnover to end the half. Big first five minutes coming up for the Lobos in the second half. Get it to 20 and it should be easy sailing.
15:31 2H: Lobos 56 Little Rock 39. Mayes will have a FT after the TO. Tenette hits his fifth 3 of the game before missing his sixth attempt. Jake Hall with 18, and Tenette with 15 to lead the way for the Lobos.
It has turned into the Jake Hall show, back-2-back-2-back 3s with the last one being an and1. He’s up to 28 on the game.
11:37 2H: Lobos 68 Little Rock 48.
10:25 2H: Lobos 70 Little Rock 48.
7:31 2H: Lobos 74 Little Rock 53. Jake Hall has 32 points tonight to lead the way once again for the Lobos.
4:16 2H: Lobos 80 Little Rock 58. This game is taking way too long. Way too many reviews. Not a surprise with this crew.
Looks like Jake Hall’s night is over with 39 points.
When this game goes final the Lobos will be 3-0 and have their first road test coming up against Santa Clara.
Final: Lobos 94 Little Rock 69. Lobos move to 3-0 on the season with 3 blow outs. Jake Hall with 39. Lobos will travel to Santa Clara on Saturday.