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UTEP Defeats Louisiana-Monroe For Fourth Win In A Row

The UTEP basketball team had five starters in double figure scoring for the first time in nearly a year, the recipe for success in a 79-49 dismantling of Louisiana-Monroe on Wednesday night at the Don Haskins Center.

Randy Culpepper netted 18 points, Claude Britten & Jeremy Williams 14 apiece, Christian Polk 12 and Julyan Stone 10 as the Miners extended their winning streak to four games.

UTEP (7-2) scored the game’s first six points and never trailed. The Miners extended a 14-11 lead to 32-13 with an 18-2 run, rolling out to a 40-19 lead at halftime.

The Miners continued their unselfish play, assisting on 19 of 26 field goals. UTEP also had a season-low five turnovers while shooting 48 percent from the field.

Culpepper passed Brandon Wolfram into second place on the Miners’ career scoring list with 1,836 points. Stefon Jackson is the all-time leader with 2,456 points.

Culpepper also moved into ninth place on the all-time C-USA scoring chart, leaping over TCU’s Corey Santee.

The Miners outrebounded the Warhawks (3-8) 35-30 and did a nice job of keeping ULM’s Tommie Sykes off the offensive glass. Sykes came into the game listed among the national leaders with 4.3 offensive boards per game, but finished with eight rebounds — including one of the offensive variety — in 14 minutes.

UTEP scored 26 points off 15 ULM turnovers and enjoyed a 10-0 edge in fast break points.

Fabio Ribeiro led ULM with a career-high 15 points.

Five Miners scored in double figures for the first time since Dec. 21, 2009 versus Oklahoma.

The Miners will host Texas Tech on Saturday at 8 p.m. MT.

Source: UTEP Athletics

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