Controlled aggression: New Lobos must set physical tone without fouling

Wichita State transfer Morris Udeze, left, and University of Missouri Kansas City transfer Josiah Allick, right, are the new big men for the UNM Lobos men’s basketball team for the 2022-23 season. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal)The Lobos needed size, strength and toughness.

They got a couple of former football players who, without question, have the ability to set a tone in the frontcourt by muscling their way through opponents — be it to score, defend or rebound.

But, as both Josiah Allick, a 6-foot-8, 235-pound forward transfer from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Morris Udeze, a 6-8, 240-pound center transferring from Wichita State, told the Journal, their ability to…