Utah Tech Trailblazers vs New Mexico Lobos Prediction, 11/2/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Utah Tech Trailblazers vs New Mexico Lobos

Date: Monday, November 2, 2026

Location: The Pit in Albuquerque, NM

TV: MW+

The Pit is the location where the New Mexico Lobos (26-11 last year) will try to beat the Utah Tech Trailblazers (19-15 last season) on Monday.

The Utah Tech Trailblazers faced off with California Baptist and went home with a loss by a final score of 86-72 in their last contest. Utah Tech ended the game with a 48.2% field goal percentage (27 of 56) and buried 7 of their 20 three-point attempts. At the charity stripe, the Trailblazers converted 11 of 15 shots for a rate of 73.3%. When talking about rebounding, they earned 25 with 6 of them being on the offensive end. They also dished out 13 assists for this contest while forcing the other team into 12 turnovers and getting 8 steals. When discussing the defense, Utah Tech allowed their opponent to shoot 50.0% from the field on 32 out of 64 shooting. California Baptist recorded 10 assists and had 8 steals in this contest. On top of that, California Baptist snagged 33 rebounds (10 offensive, 23 defensive), but didn't record a block for the team. California Baptist finished the game at 81.3% from the charity stripe by converting 13 of 16 tries. They also converted 9 out of their 17 tries from distance. With respect to personal fouls, the Trailblazers walked away with 13 and California Baptist accounted for 16 personal fouls.

Ethan Potter is a player who came through for this contest. He finished 73.3% from the field but had no dimes when the game ended. He was on the court for 28 minutes played and collected 4 rebounds. He accounted for 25 points on 11 of 15 shooting.

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Utah Tech comes into this game after finishing with a win-loss record of 19-15 last year. They had an average of 76.8 points per game (150th in Division 1) while connecting on 47.3% from the floor. The Trailblazers shot 34.7% on 3-point shots (266 of 766) and 73.0% from the charity stripe. As a team, Utah Tech snagged 34.0 boards per contest and racked up 498 assists throughout last year, which ranked 114th in Division 1 in terms of passing the ball. They turned the ball over 12.4 times per game and as a group committed 16.2 fouls per contest.

When they were on defense, the Trailblazers forced their opponents into 12.4 turnovers per game while drawing 17.0 personal fouls. They were 179th in college in allowing assists to their opponents with 440 surrendered throughout last season. The Trailblazers defensively gave up a shooting percentage of 44.3% (922 of 2,081) and they surrendered 35.9 boards per contest as a team. They gave up 30.2% from 3-point land and they were 215th in D-1 in PPG allowed (74.9).

For their last game, the New Mexico Lobos walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 74-69 when they played Tulsa. With respect to cleaning the glass, New Mexico allowed Tulsa to collect 36 in total (10 offensive). They finished the game shooting 37.5% from three-point range by going 12 of 32 and ended up going 14 of 18 at the free throw line (77.8%). The Lobos permitted Tulsa to bury 24 of 58 attempts from the floor which left them shooting 41.4% for this contest. When the game finished, the Lobos finished shooting 24 for 68 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 35.3%. In terms of shots from distance, New Mexico converted 7 of 33 tries (21.2%). They were able to make 14 of them for a rate of 77.8%. Tulsa earned 16 fouls in this matchup which got the Lobos to the free throw line for 18 attempts. They also gave up possession 10 times, while getting 8 steals in this game. The Lobos pulled down 22 defensive boards and 11 offensive rebounds totaling 33 in the game.

Jake Hall ended up being important for the Lobos for the game. He buried 5 out of 14 for this game for a rate of 35.7%, and had 2 rebounds. He recorded 20 points in his 38 mins of playing time and had 1 assist in this game.

New Mexico had a win-loss mark of 26-11 last season. The Lobos committed 17.2 personal fouls every game and they shot 73.0% from the charity stripe. They earned an assist 15.1 times per contest (106th in college) and they turned the ball over 10.5 times per game. New Mexico scored 3,004 pts last season (81.2 per contest) and they collected 36.9 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Lobos hit 46.0% from the floor, which had them ranked 126th in the nation.

The New Mexico defense surrendered 30.2% on shots from distance (309 of 1023) and their opposition made 73.1% of their free throw attempts. They conceded 20.5 assists and 34.4 boards every game, which ranked them 312th and 179th in those categories. The Lobos were ranked 98th in college in PPG allowed with 70.9. They were able to force 13.6 turnovers per game and allowed teams to shoot 41.9% from the field (57th in college).

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Utah Tech

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