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Ahrens scores 12 as Boise State knocks off New Mexico 62-53

AP
Dec 31, 2025

BOISE, Idaho (AP) Spencer Ahrens helped lead Boise State Broncos past New Mexico Lobos on Tuesday with 12 points off of the bench in a 62-53 victory.

Ahrens added eight rebounds for the Broncos (9-4, 1-1 Mountain West Conference). Drew Fielder scored 11 points while going 4 of 10 (2 for 6 from 3-point range) and added five rebounds. Pearson Carmichael shot 3 of 10 from the field, including 1 for 8 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 6 from the line to finish with 11 points.

Tomislav Buljan led the Lobos (10-3, 1-1) in scoring, finishing with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Deyton Albury added 12 points, six rebounds and two steals for New Mexico. Luke Haupt also had eight points. The loss ended a seven-game winning streak for the Lobos.

Boise State entered halftime up 21-19. Aginaldo Neto paced the team in scoring in the first half with five points. Neto's layup with 9:20 remaining in the second half gave Boise State the lead for good at 42-41.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
UNM
Lobos
19
BOISE
Broncos
21

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Broncos gains possession)
19:44		Dylan Andrews turnover (traveling)
19:16	+2	Tomislav Buljan makes two point layup	2-0
18:48		Drew Fielder misses three point jump shot
18:46		Deyton Albury defensive rebound
18:25	+2	Tomislav Buljan makes two point alley-oop dunk (Deyton Albury assists)	4-0
17:53		Drew Fielder misses three point jump shot
17:51		Andrew Meadow offensive rebound
17:43		Dylan Andrews misses three point jump shot
17:41		Antonio Chol defensive rebound
17:19		Jake Hall misses three point jump shot
17:17		Andrew Meadow defensive rebound
16:56		Javan Buchanan misses three point jump shot
16:54		Tomislav Buljan defensive rebound
16:46		Luke Haupt misses three point jump shot
16:44		Tomislav Buljan offensive rebound
16:42	+2	Tomislav Buljan makes two point putback layup	6-0
16:32		Tomislav Buljan personal foul
16:13		Javan Buchanan misses two point pullup jump shot
16:11		Dominic Parolin offensive rebound
16:03		Javan Buchanan misses three point jump shot
16:01		Andrew Meadow personal foul
15:37	+2	Antonio Chol makes two point turnaround jump shot	8-0
15:27		Deyton Albury personal foul
15:27		TV timeout
15:05		Deyton Albury shooting foul (Aginaldo Neto draws the foul)
15:05	+1	Aginaldo Neto makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-1
15:05	+1	Aginaldo Neto makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-2
14:53		Jake Hall misses three point jump shot
14:51		Dominic Parolin defensive rebound
14:37		Uriah Tenette personal foul
14:30		Pearson Carmichael misses three point jump shot
14:28		Jake Hall defensive rebound
14:07		Antonio Chol turnover (bad pass)
13:51		Dominic Parolin misses three point jump shot
13:49		Tajavis Miller defensive rebound
13:44		Tajavis Miller misses two point driving layup
13:42		Dominic Parolin defensive rebound
13:30		Dylan Andrews misses three point jump shot
13:28		Tajavis Miller defensive rebound
13:03		Uriah Tenette misses three point jump shot
13:01		Dylan Andrews defensive rebound
12:48		Dominic Parolin misses three point jump shot
12:46		Jake Hall defensive rebound
12:37		JT Rock misses three point jump shot
12:35		Pearson Carmichael defensive rebound
12:30		Jake Hall personal foul
12:09		Drew Fielder misses two point layup
12:07		Tomislav Buljan defensive rebound
11:56		Aginaldo Neto personal foul
11:56		TV timeout
11:38		Luke Haupt turnover (bad pass) (Pearson Carmichael steals)
11:21	+3	Drew Fielder makes three point jump shot	8-5
10:57		Uriah Tenette misses three point jump shot
10:55		Tomislav Buljan offensive rebound
10:54	+2	Tomislav Buljan makes two point putback layup	10-5
10:54		Drew Fielder shooting foul (Tomislav Buljan draws the foul)
10:54	+1	Tomislav Buljan makes regular free throw 1 of 1	11-5
10:45		Pearson Carmichael misses three point jump shot
10:43		RJ Keene II offensive rebound
10:23		Dylan Andrews misses two point pullup jump shot
10:21		Tomislav Buljan defensive rebound
10:14		RJ Keene II blocks Jake Hall's two point jump shot
10:12		Dylan Andrews defensive rebound
10:07	+2	Javan Buchanan makes two point driving layup (Dylan Andrews assists)	11-7
9:54		Tomislav Buljan misses three point jump shot
9:52		RJ Keene II defensive rebound
9:43		Drew Fielder turnover (bad pass) (Deyton Albury steals)
9:35		Deyton Albury turnover (lost ball) (Dylan Andrews steals)
9:18		Tomislav Buljan personal foul
9:02		Aginaldo Neto misses two point driving layup
9:00		Dominic Parolin offensive rebound
8:54	+2	Andrew Meadow makes two point jump shot	11-9
8:38		Antonio Chol misses three point jump shot
8:36		Aginaldo Neto defensive rebound
8:31		JT Rock blocks Andrew Meadow's two point layup
8:29		JT Rock defensive rebound
8:03		RJ Keene II blocks Deyton Albury's three point jump shot
7:59		Lobos turnover (shot clock violation)
7:59		TV timeout
7:45	+2	Dominic Parolin makes two point layup	11-11
7:19		Tajavis Miller misses two point jump shot
7:17		Javan Buchanan defensive rebound
7:05		Pearson Carmichael misses three point jump shot
7:03		Deyton Albury defensive rebound
6:56		Aginaldo Neto blocks Deyton Albury's two point driving layup
6:54		Dominic Parolin defensive rebound
6:45		Dominic Parolin misses three point jump shot
6:43		Deyton Albury defensive rebound
6:24		Uriah Tenette misses two point layup
6:22		Dominic Parolin defensive rebound
6:14	+2	Aginaldo Neto makes two point driving layup	11-13
6:14		JT Rock shooting foul (Aginaldo Neto draws the foul)
6:14	+1	Aginaldo Neto makes regular free throw 1 of 1	11-14
5:55	+2	Luke Haupt makes two point pullup jump shot	13-14
5:32	+3	Pearson Carmichael makes three point jump shot (Andrew Meadow assists)	13-17
5:12		Tomislav Buljan misses two point hook shot
5:10		Pearson Carmichael defensive rebound
4:56		Pearson Carmichael misses three point jump shot
4:54		Lobos defensive rebound
4:36		Tomislav Buljan turnover (traveling)
4:22		RJ Keene II turnover (bad pass) (Tomislav Buljan steals)
4:17		Uriah Tenette misses two point pullup jump shot
4:15		Dylan Andrews defensive rebound
4:08	+2	Spencer Ahrens makes two point layup (RJ Keene II assists)	13-19
3:50	+2	Luke Haupt makes two point hook shot	15-19
3:34		RJ Keene II offensive foul
3:34		RJ Keene II turnover (offensive foul)
3:34		TV timeout
3:08		Luke Haupt misses two point driving layup
3:06		Spencer Ahrens defensive rebound
3:06		Tomislav Buljan personal foul (Spencer Ahrens draws the foul)
3:06		Spencer Ahrens misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:06		Uriah Tenette defensive rebound
2:57		Andrew Meadow shooting foul (Uriah Tenette draws the foul)
2:57	+1	Uriah Tenette makes regular free throw 1 of 2	16-19
2:57	+1	Uriah Tenette makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-19
2:41		JT Rock blocks Spencer Ahrens's two point layup
2:39		JT Rock defensive rebound
2:33		Jake Hall misses three point jump shot
2:31		Uriah Tenette offensive rebound
2:25		Dylan Andrews blocks Luke Haupt's two point driving layup
2:23		Broncos defensive rebound
2:10		Aginaldo Neto turnover (bad pass)
1:59		Milos Vicentic misses two point jump shot
1:57		Dominic Parolin defensive rebound
1:47		Antonio Chol shooting foul (Dominic Parolin draws the foul)
1:47	+1	Dominic Parolin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-20
1:47	+1	Dominic Parolin makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-21
1:32		Jake Hall misses three point jump shot
1:30		Luke Haupt offensive rebound
1:27		Antonio Chol misses three point jump shot
1:25		Bhan Buom defensive rebound
1:07		Bhan Buom misses three point jump shot
1:05		Jake Hall defensive rebound
1:05		Dominic Parolin personal foul
0:40		Dominic Parolin personal foul (Jake Hall draws the foul)
0:40		Jake Hall misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:40		Pearson Carmichael defensive rebound
0:13		RJ Keene II misses three point jump shot
0:11		Luke Haupt defensive rebound
0:07		Lobos 30 second timeout
0:07		Broncos 30 second timeout
0:01	+2	Uriah Tenette makes two point driving layup	19-21
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
UNM
Lobos
34
BOISE
Broncos
41

Time		Play	Score
0:00		—
19:42	+2	Luke Haupt makes two point driving layup	21-21
19:42		RJ Keene II shooting foul (Luke Haupt draws the foul)
19:42	+1	Luke Haupt makes regular free throw 1 of 1	22-21
19:25		Andrew Meadow misses three point jump shot
19:23		Jake Hall defensive rebound
19:10		Jake Hall misses three point jump shot
19:08		Javan Buchanan defensive rebound
19:04		Javan Buchanan turnover (lost ball) (Deyton Albury steals)
18:59		Deyton Albury misses two point layup
18:57		Andrew Meadow defensive rebound
18:53		Antonio Chol blocks RJ Keene II's two point layup
18:51		Jake Hall defensive rebound
18:45	+3	Antonio Chol makes three point jump shot (Luke Haupt assists)	25-21
18:18		Dylan Andrews misses two point pullup jump shot
18:16		Tomislav Buljan defensive rebound
18:04	+2	Deyton Albury makes two point turnaround jump shot	27-21
17:44		Javan Buchanan misses three point jump shot
17:42		Deyton Albury defensive rebound
17:34	+3	Antonio Chol makes three point jump shot (Deyton Albury assists)	30-21
17:32		Broncos 30 second timeout
17:32		TV timeout
17:11		Aginaldo Neto turnover (bad pass) (Luke Haupt steals)
16:57	+2	Jake Hall makes two point jump shot	32-21
16:44		Aginaldo Neto misses two point driving layup
16:42		Spencer Ahrens offensive rebound
16:39	+2	Spencer Ahrens makes two point tip dunk	32-23
16:28		Antonio Chol misses two point stepback jump shot
16:26		Spencer Ahrens defensive rebound
16:18	+2	Spencer Ahrens makes two point pullup jump shot	32-25
16:07	+2	Deyton Albury makes two point stepback jump shot	34-25
15:36	+3	Spencer Ahrens makes three point jump shot	34-28
15:23		Deyton Albury turnover (lost ball) (Dylan Andrews steals)
15:19		TV timeout
15:02		JT Rock blocks Drew Fielder's two point jump shot
15:00		Drew Fielder offensive rebound
14:58		Dylan Andrews misses three point jump shot
14:58		Deyton Albury personal foul
14:52		JT Rock personal foul
14:52		Drew Fielder misses three point jump shot
14:50		Spencer Ahrens offensive rebound
14:35		Pearson Carmichael misses three point jump shot
14:30		Spencer Ahrens personal foul
14:16		Deyton Albury misses two point stepback jump shot
14:14		JT Rock offensive rebound
14:12		JT Rock misses two point tip layup
14:10		Broncos defensive rebound
13:52	+2	Drew Fielder makes two point hook shot	34-30
13:32	+2	Deyton Albury makes two point layup	36-30
13:22		Drew Fielder misses three point jump shot
13:20		Antonio Chol defensive rebound
13:02		Antonio Chol misses three point jump shot
13:00		JT Rock offensive rebound
12:55		JT Rock misses two point hook shot
12:53		Dylan Andrews defensive rebound
12:50	+3	Spencer Ahrens makes three point jump shot (Dylan Andrews assists)	36-33
12:27		Aginaldo Neto personal foul
12:18	+2	Tomislav Buljan makes two point turnaround jump shot	38-33
11:50		JT Rock shooting foul (Andrew Meadow draws the foul)
11:50		TV timeout
11:50	+1	Andrew Meadow makes regular free throw 1 of 2	38-34
11:50	+1	Andrew Meadow makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-35
11:30		Tomislav Buljan misses three point jump shot
11:28		Spencer Ahrens defensive rebound
11:22	+2	Drew Fielder makes two point jump shot (Spencer Ahrens assists)	38-37
11:06		Tomislav Buljan misses two point hook shot
11:04		Drew Fielder defensive rebound
10:55	+2	Andrew Meadow makes two point driving layup (Drew Fielder assists)	38-39
10:55		Lobos 30 second timeout
10:30		Spencer Ahrens blocks Milos Vicentic's three point jump shot
10:28		Luke Haupt offensive rebound
10:23		Luke Haupt misses two point driving layup
10:21		Drew Fielder defensive rebound
10:08		Milos Vicentic personal foul
9:58		Tomislav Buljan shooting foul (Drew Fielder draws the foul)
9:58		Drew Fielder misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:58	+1	Drew Fielder makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-40
9:50	+2	Deyton Albury makes two point driving layup	40-40
9:50		Drew Fielder shooting foul (Deyton Albury draws the foul)
9:50	+1	Deyton Albury makes regular free throw 1 of 1	41-40
9:39		Pearson Carmichael misses three point jump shot
9:37		Deyton Albury defensive rebound
9:30		Jake Hall misses three point jump shot
9:28		Spencer Ahrens defensive rebound
9:20	+2	Aginaldo Neto makes two point driving layup	41-42
9:05		Spencer Ahrens personal foul
9:00		Dominic Parolin blocks Jake Hall's two point jump shot
8:58		Spencer Ahrens defensive rebound
8:38	+2	Pearson Carmichael makes two point driving layup	41-44
8:38		JT Rock shooting foul (Pearson Carmichael draws the foul)
8:38	+1	Pearson Carmichael makes regular free throw 1 of 1	41-45
8:28		JT Rock misses three point jump shot
8:26		Broncos defensive rebound
8:02		Pearson Carmichael misses three point jump shot
8:00		Deyton Albury defensive rebound
7:52		Deyton Albury misses two point driving layup
7:50		Dominic Parolin defensive rebound
7:42	+3	Dylan Andrews makes three point stepback jump shot	41-48
7:31		Aginaldo Neto personal foul
7:31		TV timeout
7:20		Deyton Albury turnover (lost ball) (Spencer Ahrens steals)
7:14		Spencer Ahrens misses two point jump shot
7:12		Lobos defensive rebound
7:01		Antonio Chol misses three point jump shot
6:59		Aginaldo Neto defensive rebound
6:45	+2	Pearson Carmichael makes two point layup	41-50
6:30		Pearson Carmichael shooting foul (Deyton Albury draws the foul)
6:30	+1	Deyton Albury makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-50
6:30		Deyton Albury misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:30		Spencer Ahrens defensive rebound
6:06		Dylan Andrews misses three point jump shot
6:03		Pearson Carmichael personal foul (Luke Haupt draws the foul)
6:03	+1	Luke Haupt makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-50
6:03		Luke Haupt misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:03		Andrew Meadow defensive rebound
5:36		Dylan Andrews misses two point pullup jump shot
5:34		Luke Haupt defensive rebound
5:22		Dominic Parolin personal foul (Tomislav Buljan draws the foul)
5:22	+1	Tomislav Buljan makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-50
5:22		Tomislav Buljan misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:20		Broncos defensive rebound
5:00	+2	Javan Buchanan makes two point driving layup	44-52
4:40		Tomislav Buljan misses two point turnaround jump shot
4:38		Javan Buchanan defensive rebound
4:24	+3	Drew Fielder makes three point jump shot (Aginaldo Neto assists)	44-55
3:54		Javan Buchanan blocks Luke Haupt's two point driving layup
3:52		Andrew Meadow defensive rebound
3:47		Antonio Chol shooting foul (Andrew Meadow draws the foul)
3:47		TV timeout
3:47		Andrew Meadow misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:47		Andrew Meadow misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:47		Uriah Tenette defensive rebound
3:39		Jake Hall misses three point jump shot
3:37		Andrew Meadow defensive rebound
3:21		Luke Haupt personal foul (Aginaldo Neto draws the foul)
3:21		Aginaldo Neto misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:21		Tomislav Buljan defensive rebound
3:09		Broncos 30 second timeout
3:02	+3	Uriah Tenette makes three point jump shot (Tomislav Buljan assists)	47-55
2:45		Jake Hall personal foul (Pearson Carmichael draws the foul)
2:45		Pearson Carmichael misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:45		Drew Fielder offensive rebound
2:31		Uriah Tenette personal foul (Dylan Andrews draws the foul)
2:31	+1	Dylan Andrews makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-56
2:31		Dylan Andrews misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:31		Tomislav Buljan defensive rebound
2:08		Deyton Albury misses two point driving layup
2:06		Tomislav Buljan offensive rebound
2:02		Dominic Parolin shooting foul (Tomislav Buljan draws the foul)
2:02	+1	Tomislav Buljan makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-56
2:02		Tomislav Buljan misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:02		Pearson Carmichael defensive rebound
1:36		Uriah Tenette personal foul (Pearson Carmichael draws the foul)
1:36		Pearson Carmichael misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:36	+1	Pearson Carmichael makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-57
1:22		Aginaldo Neto personal foul (Tomislav Buljan draws the foul)
1:22		Tomislav Buljan misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:22	+1	Tomislav Buljan makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-57
1:22		Lobos 60 second timeout
1:22		Broncos turnover (5-second violation)
1:17		Antonio Chol misses three point jump shot
1:15		Tomislav Buljan offensive rebound
1:12	+2	Tomislav Buljan makes two point putback layup	51-57
1:02		Deyton Albury personal foul (Aginaldo Neto draws the foul)
1:02		Aginaldo Neto misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:02	+1	Aginaldo Neto makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-58
0:45	+2	Deyton Albury makes two point driving layup	53-58
0:42		Spencer Ahrens turnover (bad pass) (Uriah Tenette steals)
0:34		Tomislav Buljan turnover (lost ball) (Drew Fielder steals)
0:32		Deyton Albury personal foul (Aginaldo Neto draws the foul)
0:32	+1	Aginaldo Neto makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-59
0:32	+1	Aginaldo Neto makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-60
0:27		Uriah Tenette misses three point jump shot
0:25		Pearson Carmichael defensive rebound
0:22		Luke Haupt personal foul (Pearson Carmichael draws the foul)
0:22	+1	Pearson Carmichael makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-61
0:22	+1	Pearson Carmichael makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-62
0:08		Antonio Chol misses two point pullup jump shot
0:06		Drew Fielder defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Drew Fielder defensive rebound