Fans already lining up for sold-out UTEP vs South Dakota St. game tonight
Tip-off for UTEP’s WNIT final four game isn’t until 7 p.m. but as of 3:20 p.m. there was already a line waiting to get in.
The game sold out at 10:10 a.m. Wednesday. Capacity is 12,000, not 12,222 as has been the myth for years.
It is the first sellout of a UTEP women’s basketball game at the Don Haskins Center and the first sellout of a Miner basketball game since the 2010-11 men’s season opener against Pacific.
If you didn’t get tickets, you can still watch by video stream of the contest will be available through subscription-based Miner TV ($9.99)on UTEPAthletics.com. Fans in the El Paso area can listen live on 1150 AM. Audio is also available for free nationwide through www.fox1150.com.
“I’m excited about tonight’s game and I want to say thank you El Paso!” UTEP head coach Keitha Adams said. “We will be playing a very good South Dakota State squad that has beaten three Big 10 teams on the year. They can shoot it and we will need to be ready to go. I’m challenging our fans to make a difference tonight. Let’s play ball.”
The semifinal match-up will mark the third straight contest that the Miners have set the school’s attendance record. The Miners attracted 8,234 fans in the WNIT Sweet 16 win vs. Colorado (68-60, 3/28/14) before drawing 10,227 in the Elite 8 triumph against Washington (70-63, 3/31/14).
The prior school attendance standard was 7,255 against SMU on Feb. 28, 2008.
