Utah State joins NMSU as UTEP women scrap 2nd game due to Covid outbreak
UPDATE, Dec. 3: The UTEP women's basketball team on Friday announced the scrapping of the second game in a row due to a Covid-19 outbreak among the team.
After postponing Wednesday's "Battle of I-10" against New Mexico State, the Miners said Saturday's game hosting Utah State would be cancelled as a result of the Covid situation.
The women's team is now scheduled to return to action on Dec. 13 at Texas State.
ORIGINAL REPORT, Nov. 29: EL PASO, Texas --Â Wednesday's women's 'Battle of I-10' basketball game between UTEP and New Mexico State has been postponed due to a Covid-19 outbreak.
In a statement Monday evening, UTEP athletic officials said there were "multiple positive Covid-19 cases... in the Miner program." In addition, contract tracing efforts also sidelined a number of other players who were exposed to infected teammates.
The game was scheduled to tip off at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Pan American Center at NMSU.
Officials said the game would be rescheduled for a later date to be determined.
Assuming enough of the impacted players are cleared to play, the women Miners would return to action on Dec. 4 against Utah State at the Don Haskins Center.
