The Arkansas-Little Rock men s basketball team takes on in-state rival Arkansas State at the Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock tonight in a nonconference game between two programs looking to find consistency in the early portion of the season.
Here are a few extra notes, quotes, tweets, stats and whatever else I could empty out of the old notebook after Friday s 101-72 Lobos exhibition win over Div.
The Lobos got bigger on Sunday.
Sebastian Forsling, a 6-foot-11 prep signee from Gothenburg, Sweden, who has international experience playing for the Swedish junior national team, announced on social media on Sunday morning he would be joining the UNM Lobo men’s basketball team for the upcoming season.
“I am excited to announce that I am committing to the university of New Mexico!” he wrote on his Twitter page. “Many thanks to (past coaches) coach Michael Bree, coach Steve Lowry, coach Chuck Alston! Thanks to Coach Pitino and the whole coaching staff at New Mexico for making my dream come true! Go lobos!”
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TCU guard Taryn Todd dribbles up the court vs. Iowa State at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, on Feb. 9, 2021. Sunday, Todd announced he is transferring to join the UNM Lobos. (Photo courtesy Gregg Ellman/TCU Athletics)
The Lobo basketball roster grew again on Sunday with the addition of TCU transfer Taryn Todd.
The 6-foot-5 combo guard from Toronto who was a three-star recruit in the Class of 2019 and spent the past two seasons playing for the Big 12’s Horned Frogs announced via social media he was transferring to UNM, becoming the sixth member of the 2021 recruiting class for new Lobos head coach Richard Pitino.