The offense has started to hum for Richard Pitino's New Mexico, off of scoring 90 or more points in all three wins at the Henderson, Bv Dollar Loan Center tourney last week. More impressive as key threat G Jaelen House has been out with a hip injury suffered in the opener vs. Texas Southern and backcourt mate Jamal Mashburn, Jr was out for last Friday's 90-71 win over Pepperdine. Both might miss tonight, but Pitino isn't worried because soph G Donovan Dent has emerged as an 18 ppg scorer and already seems to have a connection on the high ball-screens with 6-9 frosh JT Toppin, who has been hitting at 73% from the floor. Play La Tech-New Mexico "Over"

Mountain West sources have issued an alert on New Mexico even as the Lobos have been minus star G Jaelen House since the opener and could again be minus backcourt mate Jamal Mashburn, Jr, who missed Friday's win over Pepperdine. But Lobos fans are excited as UNM scored 90+ in all three wins at Henderson and have watched various newcomers coalesce around soph G Donovan Dent, who has emerged as an 18 ppg scorer. La Tech's current 5-game win streak has been compiled vs. much-lesser opposition. Play New Mexico