As promised, the Lobos look like a team that can score again.
But if Tuesday night’s 96-84 exhibition win over Division II Colorado State-Pueblo was any indication, UNM is a long way from being able to convince fans it has turned things back around just yet.
A largely new cast of characters in cherry and silver, most of whom were playing their first collegiate game together, looked sloppy most of the night in front of an announced crowd of 11,453 in the Pit, but still did enough defensively to coast down the stretch to a double-digit win despite committing 20 turnovers.