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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The University of New Mexico men’s basketball team (4-1) will host the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (6-1) Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. in the WisePies Arena.
The Lobos enter the game fresh off a 75-63 win over Nicholls State on Wednesday. The Lobos were led by an 18 point, nine rebound effort from Elijah Brown, who was New Mexico’s leading scorer for the second time this season.
The Lobos enter a stretch of tough games that will bring new challenges to the young team. Oral Roberts will be followed by No. 11 Purdue on the road Saturday and a home game against Northern Iowa the following week. After that, New Mexico State comes to Albuquerque on Dec. 16 to attempt to avenge their loss earlier this year in the Rio Grande Rivalry. Already having received three points in last week’s coaches poll, the Lobos have a chance to make more noise on a national level.
The Golden Eagles are off to a hot start at 6-1. On Saturday, Oral Roberts took down Detroit at home, 100-95. The Golden Eagles have scored 100 points in back-to-back games, previously defeating Tabor, 112-80.
Toys for Tots:
On Tuesday, the University of New Mexico will hold its annual Toys for Tots game. Fans will receive a $10 ticket in Bench Rows 1-25 while supplies last in exchange for an unused toy at time of purchase at the Lobo Ticket Office in WisePies Arena.
The Coaches:
Head coach Craig Neal has led his team to a 4-1 start for the second time in his three-year tenure. A win on Tuesday would give the Lobos five wins in their first six games for the sixth time since Neal joined the Lobos staff as an associate head coach in the fall of 2007. Scott Sutton is in his 17th season as head coach of Oral Roberts. His 312 wins are the most in program history. Since the start of the 2001-02 season, Sutton’s teams have finished either first or second in the Summit League nine times.
Series History:
New Mexico and Oral Roberts will face off Tuesday in WisePies Arena for the third time ever, in a series that dates back to December of 2008. In the first, and only, meeting between the two teams in WisePies Arena, the Lobos defeated the Golden Eagles, 66-63, on Dec. 17, 2008. Tony Danridge hit 20 points and Daniel Faris had 16 to lead New Mexico to its fourth straight win at the time. In the most recent meeting in Tulsa on Dec. 23, 2009, the Golden Eagles evened the score with a 75-66 victory. It was the first loss of the 2009-10 season after the Lobos started 12-0. The Lobos shot 37 percent from the floor and 26.8 percent from behind the 3-point line. The Golden Eagles shot 46.9 percent from the floor.
Broadcast Information:
The game will be televised on ROOTS SPORTS. The broadcast will begin at 7 p.m. MT and air exclusively on ROOT SPORTS in most areas of New Mexico, as well as Colorado, Eastern Wyoming, and portions of South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas. The game may also be available in additional markets, so please check your local listings.
For fans tuning in on the radio, Robert Portnoy will give the play-by-play action alongside analyst and Lobo great Hunter Greene on 770 KKOB, the flagship station of the New Mexico Lobos. This feed will also be available via the TuneIn Radio App.