EL PASO, Texas — UTEP battled to the end to hold on and defeat LA Tech 60-55 and open conference play 1-0. Tae Hardy led the team with 15 points and it turned out that every single one of them was needed because the Miners and Bulldogs would go down to the wire. UTEP got
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EL PASO, Texas – The 2023 UTEP softball schedule was unveiled by head coach T.J. Hubbard on Friday. The Miners will play 47 games this season, including 24 versus Conference USA competition. Highlighting the schedule are three matchups versus Power 5 opponents and five games against regional rivals NM State and New Mexico. “For the third straight year, we are
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (6-3, 0-0) will battle LA Tech (6-4, 0-0) in the Conference USA opener for both teams at 6 p.m. MT Saturday at the Don Haskins Center. Mattress Firm is the Presenting Sponsor of UTEP Men’s Basketball. It marks the first time since joining C-USA that the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Miners had won the last seven straight against the Aggies, including a 65-61 win over NMSU just a couple of weeks ago and the winning trend over their Battle of I-10 rivals continued Tuesday with a nail-biting 57-52 win. “That was a heck of a college basketball game,” UTEP
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP is celebrating nearly 2,500 graduates from their bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate programs at the Don Haskins Center this weekend. This is the university’s largest graduating class for both their master’s and doctorate programs, with 590 master’s and 81 doctorate graduates. This year’s graduating class lived much of their education through
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EL PASO, Texas – Gibbs Keeton has been named the fourth head coach in the history of the UTEP Soccer program, Vice President and Director of Athletics Jim Senter announced on Wednesday. An El Paso native and Montwood High School graduate, Keeton joins the Miners from Texas Tech, where he served as Associate Head Coach for the last
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s kicker Gavin Baechle, who produced a stellar 2022 season and overall career, was named the Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Year as league officials announced its 2022 Players of the Year on Wednesday as selected by the league’s 11 head football coaches. Baechle is the first Miner to be
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s kicker Gavin Baechle, right tackle Jeremiah Byers and defensive end Jadrian Taylor were announced to the 2022 All-Conference USA first team, while defensive end Praise Amaewhule, running back Deion Hankins, linebacker Tyrice Knight and long snapper Angelo Tejada were named to the second team as selected by the league’s 11 head
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Tae Hardy (season-high 24 points, three rebounds) and Mario McKinney Jr. (career-high 22 points, seven rebounds) both had big nights, but the UTEP men’s basketball team was upended at NM State, 95-70, inside the Pan American Center Wednesday. The setback halts the Miners’ (5-2) five-game winning streak, with the Aggies
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (5-1) will look to extend its winning streak to six when it takes on I-10 rival NM State (2-2) at the Pan-American Center at 7 p.m. MT Wednesday. Mattress Firm is the Presenting Sponsor of UTEP Men’s Basketball. The Miners have peeled off five straight wins
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The UTEP Miners were in a must-win situation in the Alamo City. A win against the UT-San Antonio Roadrunners would mean the Miners would be eligible for a bowl game for the second straight season. In the end the Miners would fall short in their effort after a late field goal
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are in a must-win situation in the Alamo City, and so far things are looking good for UTEP. At the half UTEP has a 10 point lead over the UT-San Antonio Roadrunners, 24-14. The Miners need to win this game in order to become bowl eligible. Just last
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP have now won five straight games, including picking up three wins in four days at the Jim Forbes Classic – the last a 72-67 win over Texas A&M-CC. UTEP at one point got out to a 20 point lead in the second half before the Islanders cut the lead to
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EL PASO, Texas – Shamar Givance hit a pair of free throws with three seconds left in overtime as the UTEP men’s basketball team toppled CSU Bakersfield, 68-67, to improve to 2-0 at the Jim Forbes Classic presented by Speaking Rock on Wednesday night. There were seven ties and 16 lead changes in the game,
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PHOENIX, Arizona — Former UTEP head coach Sean Kugler was fired by the Arizona Cardinals after he allegedly groped a woman in Mexico City Sunday night. Mexican authorities were notified of the alleged groping, who then informed the Cardinals. Kugler was an offensive line coach for the Cardinals. He has been on the team’s staff
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP held Alcorn State to 30.4 percent from the floor and received scoring contributions across the board in a 73-61 double-overtime victory in its first game at the inaugural Jim Forbes Classic presented by Speaking Rock at the Don Haskins Center Tuesday evening. It marked the first double-OT contest for the
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — The UTEP volleyball team (17-12, 10-4 Conference USA) concluded its time in the Conference USA Tournament Saturday afternoon following its valiant effort in a loss to No. 22 Rice (25-3, 13-1 C-USA), 3-0 (18-25, 12-25, 23-25), in the C-USA semifinals at E. A. Diddle Arena. On the offense, Torrance Lovesee led the Miners with 11 kills and Mattie Gantt with 13 assists. Serena Patterson notched eight digs for the
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EL PASO, Texas –The backcourt duo of N’Yah Boyd and Jazion Jackson combined to score 37 points with 17 rebounds as UTEP upended Texas State 72-68 in an overtime thriller on Saturday night in the Don Haskins Center. In a game featuring a bevy of ebbs and flows, the Miners (4-0) handed the Bobcats (3-1)
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP Miners are one step closer to becoming bowl eligible. Saturday afternoon at the Sun Bowl, the Miners dominated the Florida International Panthers by a final score of 40-6. It was a win UTEP needed to have as they need to win their final two games of the season in
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are in a fight to keep their hopes of making a bowl game alive, and things are looking good over at the Sun Bowl. At the half, UTEP is shutting out the Florida International Panthers, 38-0. The Miners were the first to find paydirt on their first possession
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP will conclude the home portion of its schedule when it hosts FIU on “Senior Day”. The Miners and Golden Panthers are set to kick off at 2 p.m. in the Sun Bowl on Saturday afternoon. Twenty-one Miners will be honored prior to kick off. Seniors RB Ron Awatt, K Gavin Baechle, DB Darius
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP football team will square off against FIU on Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Sun Bowl. It is the Miners’ final home game of the season, and everyone in attendance will be eligible to win exclusive prizes on “Fan Appreciation Day.” A lucky winner will be drawn during each quarter
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EL PASO, Texas — The Miners have won their first Battle of I-10 under second year head coach Joe Golding by a final score of 67-64 in front of a crowd of 11,315 people. The Aggies led the game for all of 33 seconds but that’s not to say it wasn’t close. For most of
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EL PASO, Texas — Basketball is back underway in the Borderland and for both NMSU AND UTEP, their second clash of the season is none other than the Battle of I-10. UTEP had the lead for the majority of the 1st half and head into the break up 39-31. The 8 point halftime lead is
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EL PASO, Texas – Over 10,000 tickets have been issued for the UTEP men’s basketball team’s 2022-23 home opener versus NM State on Saturday. Less than 2,000 tickets are available for the Miners’ ‘915 Game’ and the Battle of I-10. Tipoff is at 7 pm. Capacity in the Don Haskins Center is 11,892. UTEP is trying
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AUSTIN, Texas – It was a valiant effort by the UTEP Miners, but in the end the 12th ranked Texas Longhorns were just too much for the Miners to handle. Monday night in Austin, UTEP lost their season opening game to Texas by a final score of 72-57. It was a day of celebration for
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AUSTIN, Texas – It’s been a rough start for the UTEP Miners so far in Austin. UTEP is opening their season on the road against the 12th ranked Texas Longhorns. At the half, it’s been all Texas as the Longhorns lead the Miners, 33-20. UTEP would score the first basket of the game courtesy of
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HOUSTON, Texas – UTEP found itself in a good old Texas shootout Thursday night in Houston against the Rice Owls. In the end it was a Rice touchdown in the final seconds of the game that gave the Owls the victory over the Miners by a final score of 37-30. The game could have gone
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas – The UTEP Miners are in a Texas showdown out in Houston against Conference USA rival Rice. At the half, it’s the Rice Owls with a slight edge over the Miners, 20-17. The Miners wasted no time putting up points on the scoreboard. UTEP would score a touchdown on their first possession of
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are gearing up for a rare Thursday night showdown against the Rice Owls. UTEP will travel to Houston Wednesday, with kickoff set for 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time on Thursday. The Miners will be looking to rebound after losing to Middle Tennessee Saturday at the Sun Bowl. UTEP’s overall
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