LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The New Mexico State Football program broke barriers last season – advancing to the Conference USA title game their first year in the league, playing in back-to-back bowls for the first time in 63 years and putting together a double-digit win season for just the second time ever. Tony
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — If you’re an El Pasoan there’s nothing quite like watching Burges and UTEP grad Aaron Jones bust loose up the middle, rock a sombrero pregame, or go in for the score and throw up the 915. But with the Green Bay Packers 24-21 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The New Mexico State Aggies defeated Middle Tennessee 73-62 on Saturday night in the Pan American Center. The win sees NMSU move to 9-1 at home this season, 9-10 overall and 3-1 in Conference USA play which puts them in a three-way tie for first in the conference. The
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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (KVIA) — On a snowy Saturday afternoon, the Aggies’ offense started out cold and was never able to recover. CUSA’s first-place team, Middle Tennessee (14-4, 4-0), took control just minutes into the game and didn’t look back. Molly Kaiser led all Aggies with 11 points, but NM State (7-10) ultimately fell 85-48 and
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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (KVIA) — UTEP women’s basketball (6-10, 1-2 CUSA) fell 81-70 to Middle Tennessee (13-5, 3-0 CUSA) Thursday evening. Three Miners scored in double digits in the contest. Three-point shooting from the Lady Raiders proved the difference maker in the game, as the home side drained 12 from beyond the arc, including six in
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BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (KVIA) — 201 days ago, New Mexico State left the WAC for Conference USA. On Thursday night, the Women’s Basketball program earned its first league win, knocking off Western Kentucky (3-0), 50-44. NM State snapped a five-game losing streak to improve to 1-2 in conference play and 7-9 overall. While the Lady
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP’s new head football coach, Scotty Walden continues to make waves, signing another five players on Monday. That brings Walden’s recruiting class so far to 33, after announcing 23 on early singing day and another five last week. Monday’s group includes three Division 1 FBS transfers, one offensive player and
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DALLAS, Texas (KVIA) — Trey Horton III has been named the Conference USA Freshman of the Week, the league office announced Monday. The 2023-24 CUSA Players of the Week awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear and are voted on by the league’s sports information directors. It is the first time of his career that Horton III
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Aaron Jones grew up idolizing Emmitt Smith and the Dallas Cowboys. The Green Bay running back found a new, and most painful, way to torment the all-time rushing leader’s former team. Jones ran for three touchdowns, Jordan Love threw for three more in his postseason debut, Darnell Savage returned an interception 64 yards
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — After two stellar seasons at cornerback for the Aggies, Andre Seldon officially transfers to TCU. The star defensive player and leader for NMSU entered the portal on December 24th and visited both Wisconsin and TCU. In his 28 games played at NMSU, Seldon recorded 96 total tackles, had 12
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP women’s basketball (6-9, 1-1 CUSA) fell to FIU (12-5, 3-0 CUSA) 83-62 Saturday afternoon. Mahri Petree and Erin Wilson both scored in double digits for the Miners. The game was back-and-forth through three quarters before the Panthers were able to put the game away in the fourth, outscoring UTEP
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MIAMI, Florida (KVIA) — UTEP drained 59 percent from the floor (27-46), including 57 percent from 3-point range (8-14), but a late run by FIU allowed the Panthers to sneak past the Miners, 72-68, Saturday evening. Tae Hardy tallied a team-high 15 points while freshmen Trey Horton (career-high 14 points) and David Terrell Jr. (10
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — After being appointed as the defensive line coach on Tuesday, Joe Morris was promoted to Defensive Coordinator effective immediately after former DC Nate Dreiling chose to go be the DC at Utah State. The former Sam Houston defensive coordinator takes over a defensive unit that finished the 2023 season
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The college football season has officially come to an end. This year will go down as one of the best for El Paso high school football players at the next level. We’ve seen stunning highlights from Jeremiah Cooper (Andress grad), Cedarious Barfield (El Dorado grad), Deion Hankins (Parkland grad), LJ
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (AP) — Jordan Love accomplished something in his first season as a starting quarterback that his four-time MVP predecessor failed to achieve last year. He has the Green Bay Packers in the playoffs. Love threw for 316 yards and connected with Dontayvion Wicks on a pair of touchdowns as the Packers earned
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The UTEP men’s basketball team shot 52.0 percent from the floor and forced 27 turnovers on the way to a hard-fought 74-69 victory against Chicago State at the Don Haskins Center Sunday. There were nine ties and 15 lead changes, with the Miners (9-7) going ahead for good against the Cougars
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP and NMSU opened Conference USA play on Saturday in the 96th Battle of I-10 and the first league clash between the two teams since 1979. The Miners won Round 1 81-72, with four UTEP players scoring in double figures. It is UTEP’s ninth-straight win over NMSU. The Miners (6-8,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The New Mexico State Aggies ushered in a new era of football on Wednesday afternoon when they introduced Tony Sanchez as the 36th head coach in the Danny Villanueva Victory Club located on the third floor of the Fulton Athletic Center. Sanchez will takeover for Jerry Kill who announced
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The New Mexico State Aggies snapped a three-game losing streak to beat Cal Baptist 66-61 for their second Division 1 win of the season. The Aggies were sharp shooters out of the gates on Saturday shooting back-to-back threes to open the game. They would end the night shooting 41%
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The UTEP men’s basketball team was dispatched by Seattle U, 73-61, at the Don Haskins Center Saturday evening. The setback halts the Miners’ (8-6) two-game skid. The Orange and Blue closed the game on a 19-5 run, but it wasn’t enough to rally past the Redhawks (8-5). Freshman David Terrell
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ARLINGTON, Texas (KVIA) — NM State’s road struggles carried into Saturday, despite 25 points and three assists from Molly Kaiser. The Watauga native excelled in her homecoming, drawing seven fouls and hitting five of six foul shots and two of three 3-pointers. The loss marked the third straight defeat for NM State (6-7), all coming
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP women’s basketball broke a five-game losing streak with a commanding 89-62 victory over Southern Utah Saturday afternoon. Three Miners scored in double digits in the win. The Miners (5-8) held the advantage the Thunderbirds (3-8, 1-1 WAC) in every scoring category, including 52-22 in the paint and 25-5 of turnovers.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Is there a better Christmas gift than both the No. 19 Oregon State Beavers and the No. 16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish now being in the Sun City ahead of the 2023 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl? Just four days until the 90th edition of the game, the Beavers flew
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (KVIA) — El Pasoan Aaron Jones rushed for a season high in the Green Bay Packers 33-30 win over the Carolina Panthers. Riddled with injuries, it’s been the most up and down season for Jones in his six years in the league. But on Sunday in just his second game back from
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The blows kept coming on Saturday for Aggie nation. Just hours after NMSU head football coach Jerry Kill stepped down, star quarterback Diego Pavia entered the transfer portal. The QB1 was named Conference USA Offensive player of the year after he led the Aggies to back-to-back bowl games and
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico State head coach Jerry Kill is stepping down indefinitely after two years and wide receivers coach Tony Sanchez will takeover. Pete Thamel was the first to report the news and ABC-7 has since confirmed. ABC-7 learned on Monday that Athletic Director Mario Moccia had raised enough money
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West Palm Beach, Florida (KVIA) — UTEP women’s basketball lost its opening match of the West Palm Beach Classic 81-65 to UIC. Mahri Petree had 13 points in the setback. The Miners’ (4-7) biggest lead was nine before the halftime break. UIC (7-3) was able to pull away in the second half, helped in part
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The newest class of Aggies has officially been announced. Head Coach Jerry Kill landed four athletes on 2024 National Signing Day.In total, NM State added a pair of student-athletes on the offensive side of the ball and boosted the defense with a talented athlete in the secondary. This marks
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Star Franklin quarterback, Shay Smith committed to play for the UTEP Miners on Sunday. The announcement comes after Smith had his official visit with his hometown team over the weekend. Smith will now follow in his father, Paul Smith’s footsteps who played for the Miners from 1996-99. Smith was recruited
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (AP) — After nearly a month sidelined with an MCL sprain, El Pasoan Aaron Jones made his long awaited return to the field in Green Bay’s 34-20 loss to Tampa Bay. Jones had an immediate impact on the game, in the Packers opening drive he rushed for 44 yards on 8 carries.
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