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New Mexico @ Nebraska Game Overview
UNM vs NEBRecords
Head-To-HeadLast 10
| Date | Home | Result | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, '09 | UNM |
83 - 71
|
UNM -7.5 | o126.0 |
UNM vs NEB Preview
Last Meeting ( Mar 17, 2009 ) Nebraska 71, New Mexico 83
Nebraska and New Mexico will meet for just the second time in men's basketball when the schools square off in the first round of the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City, Mo., on Thursday.
Kansas State and Mississippi State round out the four-team field.
Nebraska (4-0) has the longest active win streak in Division I at eight games, spanning to last season when it won the College Basketball Crown tournament in Las Vegas. The Cornhuskers' win on Saturday saw them rally from down 16 to beat Oklahoma 105-99 in Sioux Falls, S.D.
It was a pro-Nebraska crowd at the Sanford Pentagon and the same is expected in Kansas City, approximately 200 miles from campus.
"That was a huge factor, the crowd, they willed us to victory," Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg said.
New Mexico (3-1) is coming off an eight-point loss at in-state rival New Mexico State, the first setback under first-year coach Eric Olen. Olen had coached the previous 12 seasons at UC-San Diego, leading the Tritons to their first NCAA Tournament appearance last March.
The Lobos have held opponents to 63.5 points per game on 37.7% shooting, but Nebraska has scored at least 86 in three of four contests and is making 12 3-pointers per game.
"They pose a ton of challenges for us, both personnel and schematically," Olen said. "We'll have to execute really well, specifically on the defensive side of the ball."
Pryce Sandfort leads Nebraska in scoring at 17.5 points per game, including a career-high 28 against Oklahoma. New Mexico's leading scorer is Deyton Albury, who averages 13 and scored 18 against New Mexico State, and the Lobos also have a freshman averaging a double-double in forward Tomislav Buljan.
The only previous meeting between the schools came in the 2009 NIT, with New Mexico winning at home.
--Field Level Media
UNM vs NEBInjury report
New Mexico's Injuries
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Pons | G | Questionable - Undisclosed( Feb 27, '26) | Feb 27, '26 | |
| Pons is dealing with an undisclosed injury and is uncertain to take the court for the Lobos. | ||||
| M. Vicentic | F | Questionable - Undisclosed( Feb 05, '26) | Feb 05, '26 | |
| Vicentic is dealing with an undisclosed injury and is uncertain to take the court for the Lobos. | ||||
| K. Patton | G | Questionable - Undisclosed( Dec 18, '25) | Dec 18, '25 | |
| Patton Jr. is dealing with an undisclosed injury and is uncertain to take the court for the Lobos. | ||||
| K. Patton | G | Out - Redshirt( Dec 18, '25) | Dec 18, '25 | |
| Patton has elected to redshirt the remainder of the 2025-26 season and will not take the court for the Lobos. | ||||
| S. Jones | G | Out - Undisclosed( Dec 18, '25) | Dec 18, '25 | |
| Jones has elected to redshirt the remainder of the 2025-26 season and will not take the court for the Lobos. | ||||
| C. Howell | G | Questionable - Wrist( Dec 14, '25) | Dec 14, '25 | |
| Howell is dealing with a left wrist injury and is uncertain to take the court for the Lobos. | ||||
Nebraska's Injuries
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U. Jarusevicius | F | Questionable - Undisclosed( Jan 09, '26) | Jan 09, '26 | |
| Jarusevicius is battling an undisclosed injury and is uncertain to take the court for the Cornhuskers. | ||||
| C. Essegian | G | Out - Ankle( Nov 28, '25) | Nov 28, '25 | |
| Essegian suffered an ankle injury and will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season. | ||||
| H. Burt | F | Questionable - Undisclosed( Nov 02, '25) | Nov 02, '25 | |
| Burt is battling an undisclosed injury and is uncertain to take the court for the Cornhuskers. | ||||
UNM vs NEBStats
Offense vs Defense
Key Stats League ranks in parenthesis
| OFFENSE |
Off. Rank | Stat | Def. Rank | DEFENSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44.5 | (154) | FG% | (13) | 38.1 |
| 26.5 | (196) | FGM | (23) | 24.5 |
| 59.5 | (218) | FGA | (176) | 64.2 |
| 29.3 | (181) | 3P% | (64) | 29.2 |
| 6.8 | (89) | 3PM | (320) | 7.8 |
| 23.0 | (80) | 3PA | (359) | 26.5 |
| 72.6 | (58) | FT% | (192) | 83.7 |
| 15.2 | (134) | FTM | (8) | 10.2 |
| 21.0 | (193) | FTA | (7) | 12.2 |
| League Avg. |
|---|
| 44.3 |
| 26.9 |
| 60.7 |
| 32.8 |
| 7.9 |
| 24.2 |
| 70.7 |
| 15.1 |
| 21.3 |
More Stats
| OFFENSE |
Off. Rank | Stat | Def. Rank | DEFENSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.2 | (163) | REB | (189) | 32.5 |
| 9.2 | (238) | OREB | (90) | 10.0 |
| 25.0 | (163) | DREB | (56) | 22.5 |
| 12.8 | (195) | AST | (147) | 12.0 |
| 11.2 | (79) | TO | (128) | 14.5 |
| 1.1 | (121) | AST/TO | (127) | 0.8 |
| 9.2 | (84) | STL | (186) | 5.2 |
| 2.8 | (76) | BLK | (303) | 3.5 |
| League Avg. |
|---|
| 33.1 |
| 9.7 |
| 23.4 |
| 14.4 |
| 13.2 |
| 1.1 |
| 7.5 |
| 3.4 |
Points
| OFFENSE |
Off. Rank | Stat | Def. Rank | DEFENSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75.0 | (154) | Points | (19) | 67.0 |
| 32.0 | (278) | 1st Half | (76) | 30.8 |
| 43.0 | (278) | 2nd Half | (76) | 36.2 |
| League Avg. |
|---|
| 76.8 |
| 36.5 |
| 40.0 |