EL PASO, Texas – UTEP is stepping up in a big way to honor a legendary Miner. Wednesday, UTEP officials announced the university will fund the use of the Don Haskins Center or Memorial Gym for the memorial service for the late Willie Cager. Cager was a basketball player and a member of the 1966
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso continues to mourn the death of Willie Cager, a basketball player for the Texas Western team that won the National Championship in 1966. Cager passed away on the 57th anniversary of the national championship at age 81. People ABC-7 spoke to said the timing was fitting because Cager
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP Basketball announced the death of UTEP men’s basketball player and 1966 national champion Willie Cager. Cager was 81 years at the time of his death. He made history by being a member of the Texas Western team that defeated Kentucky 72-65 and won the 1966 NCAA Championship. The team
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Peyton Angulo ensured the Miners went home with the gold on St. Patrick’s Day with a walk-off home run in the eighth inning which gave UTEP a 6-3 win. After two scoreless innings, the Hilltoppers took a 2-0 lead with a two-run drive by Taylor Sanders. Pate Cathey got the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Playing in a postseason tournament for the fifth time in program history, UTEP women’s basketball fought until the end in a 67-54 loss at Texas Tech in opening round action of the WNIT on Thursday night. The Miners (20-12, 12-8 C-USA) cut what at one point was a 17-point deficit
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EL PASO, Texas — Julian Melucci has been one of the best kickers in high school football in El Paso for the past four years and now he gets the chance to continue to build his legacy in his hometown. “Once he said I’m going to extend an offer to you, I just almost dropped
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EL PASO, Texas — The Miners learned Monday that their first round opponent in the WNIT will be Texas Tech. It’s the first time UTEP will compete in a postseason tournament since 2016 and just their third time in the WNIT. “I think it’s great,” forward Elina Arike said. “It’s my first time playing in
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EL PASO, Texas — For the first time since 2016, UTEP women’s basketball secured a postseason tournament appearance by receiving an invite to the WNIT on Sunday. The Miners will learn the opponent and location of their first game on Monday when the full bracket is released. ABC-7 has learned that UTEP has put in a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP softball (9-14, 1-2 Conference USA) closed out the weekend with a 4-3 win over UTSA at Roadrunner Field Sunday afternoon. It’s the first time the Miners have won a series finale against the Roadrunners. UTSA took a 2-0 lead after four innings. Camryn Robillard scored both runs for the Roadrunners
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FRISCO, Texas – Elina Arike scored a career-high 23 points as No. 4 seed UTEP went toe-to-toe with No. 1 seed Middle Tennessee on Friday night in a 68-62 loss in the semifinals of the Conference USA Championships inside the Ford Center at The Star. After playing close games all season, the Miners (20-11, 12-8
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FRISCO, Texas – No. 4 seed UTEP scored 11 of the final 13 points to pull away late in a 64-54 win over No. 5 LA Tech on Thursday in quarterfinal action of the Conference USA Championships played inside the Ford Center at The Star. Leading 53-52 with 5:19 remaining, the Miners (20-10, 12-8 C-USA)
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FRISCO, Texas – The season has officially come to an end for the UTEP Miners. Wednesday night in Frisco, TX the Miners received an early exit from the Conference USA Tournament after losing their first round game against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. The final score was 73-67. UTEP started the game well in the first
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball had a trio recognized in the 2022-23 Conference USA Postseason Awards, the league office announced on Tuesday. In her first season with the Miners, guard Jazion Jackson earned first-team All-Conference accolades after leading the team with 12.2 points per game to go along with 5.8 rebounds on average during the regular
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The I-10 rivalry between UTEP and NMSU moves to the 4000 block of North Mesa street with dueling billboards. The signs are now going viral on social media. NMSU rented a billboard reading “You’d look better in Crimson” less than a mile down the road from UTEP in November. UTEP
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EL PASO, Texas – The No. 9 seeded UTEP men’s basketball team (14-17) will lock up against No. 8 seeded WKU (16-15) in the opening round of the 2023 Conference USA Championships presented by TotalCare on Court “A” at 4:30 p.m. MT/5:30 pm. CT at The Star in Frisco, Texas, on Wednesday. Mattress Firm is
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball enters the Conference USA Championships as the No. 4 seed and will begin tournament action on Thursday vs. No. 5 LA Tech. Opening tip is slated for 10:30 a.m. MT/11:30 a.m. CT inside the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco. The Miners (19-10, 12-8 C-USA) swept the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — In day two of the NM State round robin, NMSU came out on the winning end in both of their games while UTEP couldn’t secure a win. UTEP dropped its morning matchup against Northern Colorado, 8-7, in another extra-inning game, while they fell 4-1 to NM State in the 52nd Battle
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Day one of the NM State round robin saw University of Northern Colorado, UTEP and NMSU all play two games. The Bears and Miners were up first. The Miners outhit the Bears 11-7, but the extra-inning comeback fell short as Northern Colorado won the game, 7-6, with a walk-off home run
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — For the second time this season, UTEP and Middle Tennessee played an instant classic on Saturday afternoon, this time with the Lady Raiders flipping the script to come out on top 72-68 in overtime in the Murphy Center. The Miners (19-10, 12-8 C-USA) had initially jumped ahead 65-63 on an
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Led by lone senior Shamar Givance, the Miners knocked off C-USA fourth-placed team Middle Tennessee, 77-65, in front of 4,044 fans on ‘Senior Day’. “I want to congratulate Shamar (Givance),” UTEP head coach Joe Golding said. “You always want to go out with a win on ‘Senior Day’ so I’m
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball plays at No. 24 Middle Tennessee on Saturday at 1 p.m. MT/2 p.m. CT in the final game of the regular season for both sides. The Lady Raiders (24-4, 17-2 C-USA) have secured the Conference USA regular season title and the No. 1 seed into the tournament. The
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP drained 10 3-pointers (most vs. DI opponent this year) and Calvin Solomon (season-high 16 points, seven boards), Tae Hardy (16 points), and Shamar Givance (15 points, five assists) all had quality nights, but the Miners couldn’t come up with enough stops in a 73-68 setback against WKU at the Don
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (13-16, 6-12 C-USA) will open the final week of the regular season and its last homestand by playing host to WKU (15-14, 7-11 C-USA) at 7 p.m. MT Thursday. Mattress Firm is the Presenting Sponsor of UTEP Men’s Basketball. The Miners will be vying for a
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DALLAS, Texas – Niesha Burgher was named the 2023 Conference USA Female Indoor Track Performer of the Meet on Tuesday after her successful run in the championships. Burgher capped her first indoor season with the Miners by taking home three medals, and tying for second with 20 points on the women’s side at the 2023
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A five-hit, six-RBI, and three-homer performance from the Miners wasn’t enough as UTEP dropped its final game in the UTEP Invitational to No. 4 Oklahoma State, 10-6, at Helen of Troy Field Sunday afternoon. With the loss, UTEP fell to 7-7, and OSU improved to 13-1. Rylan Dooner, Savannah Favre, and Ajia Richard were named to the
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP tennis team won the doubles point and picked up a victory in singles from Carlotta Mencaglia before its “915 Match” against New Mexico went unfinished due to high winds at the El Paso Tennis Club Sunday. “We got off with some good momentum, winning No. 3 doubles very quickly,”
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ze’Rik Onyema posted his second career double-double (11 points, career-high 11 rebounds), but UTEP dug itself a big hole early and could never fully recover in a 75-49 loss at 2023 Conference USA regular-season champion (RV) Florida Atlantic in front of a school-record capacity crowd (3,130) Saturday afternoon. The Miners
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP led from start to finish in a 63-55 win over Florida Atlantic on Saturday on Senior Day in the Don Haskins Center. Prior to the game, the Miners (19-8, 12-6 C-USA) honored seniors Avery Crouse, Sabine Lipe, Erin Wilson and Mahri Petree along with graduating graduate assistants Sah-Jay Stevens
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball wraps up the regular season portion of the home slate with a Saturday matinee against Florida Atlantic at 1 p.m. in the Don Haskins Center. Seniors Avery Crouse, Erin Wilson, Sabine Lipe and Mahri Petree will all be honored prior to the game. In addition, the game will
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MIAMI, Florida – Shamar Givance posted a double-double (22 points, career-best tying 10 assists), Ze’Rik Onyema poured in a career-high 19 points and UTEP shot a sizzling 58.7 percent from the floor on the way to securing a wire-to-wire 87-82 victory at FIU Thursday. Otis Frazier III (15 points) and Calvin Solomon (13 points) also
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