Overview
- UNM forced 23 turnovers and limited UTA to 35.3% shooting, including 3-for-25 from three-point range.
- A first-half sequence featuring Antonio Chol’s steal-and-dunk and a Deyton Albury swipe pushed the lead into double digits for good.
- Freshman Tomislav Buljan scored a team-high 17 points in 19 minutes with 13 after halftime, and Albury added 15 points, three steals and an 8-for-8 night at the line.
- The Lobos recorded 14 steals after posting 11 in their opener, the best two-game start in steals for the program since 2017, per Sports-Reference.
- An announced 11,513 filled the Pit for the largest crowd of the Eric Olen era, while UTA still outrebounded UNM 38-30 behind Raysean Seamster’s 17 points and nine boards.