EL PASO, Texas — With Miami having several positive Covid-19 cases within its playing group, there’s a question mark over if they’ll play in the 88th edition of the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl. Bernie Olivas the Sun Bowl Association executive director told ABC-7 that on a conference call with Miami Wednesday that the Hurricans
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EL PASO, Texas – Keonte Kennedy came alive for a career-high 27 points-including a career-best three triples- while Christian Agnew (season-high 16 points) and Jorell Saterfield (13 points) also reached double figures in scoring as a short-handed UTEP men’s basketball team found a way to defeat NC Central, 70-61, in its first-round game of the
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EL PASO, Texas – Teal Battle went off for 20 points (eight in OT), while Elina Arike (16 points, 14 rebounds, career-high six assists), Katia Gallegos (16 points, four boards, two assists), Avery Crouse (13 points, four boards) and Erin Wilson (11 points, five rebounds) helped the UTEP women’s basketball team outlast Air Force, 93-85,
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP forward Kevin Kalu has been named the Conference USA Freshman of the Week, the league office announced Monday. He is the first Miner to claim the honor since Jordan Lathon did most recently during the 2018-19 season (Feb. 25). The Baltimore, Md., product came alive with career highs in points (eight) and
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GAME FINAL: ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – Jordan Mims ran for 165 yards and two touchdowns and and caught five passes for 71 yards and another score to help Fresno State beat UTEP 31-24 on Saturday in the New Mexico Bowl. Fresno State (10-3) won the bowl game for the first time in three tries. Jake
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EL PASO, Texas – The late Luke Laufenberg should be playing in the New Mexico Bowl this weekend as a member of the UTEP Miners. And while Luke won’t physically be on the field this Saturday, rest assured the Miners will try to channel Luke’s fighting spirit as they look to pull off the upset
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are on the ground in Albuquerque ahead of Saturday’s New Mexico Bowl (12:15pm MT) and are enjoying the bowl celebration leading up to it. As is the case with every bowl game, the festivities begin well before kickoff and the New Mexico Bowl is no exception. “Because it’s
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – The countdown to kickoff is on, and the UTEP Miners are making some final adjustments before game day. Thursday, the team held their final practice as they prepare to square off against Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl. Both UTEP and Fresno State held their practices at the indoor practice
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Head Coach Dana Dimel announced Eight student-athletes who signed National Letters of Intent and will don the Orange and Blue of the Miners. Coming to El Paso are seven junior college transfers and one true freshman. The newest Miners include six defensive players (three defensive backs, two defensive linemen, one
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP Miners Football team is heading to Albuquerque Wednesday for its first bowl game in seven years. The Miners will take on Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl. UTEP hasn’t won a bowl game since 1967. UTEP left El Paso around 7:45 a.m. as they get ready for their
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – The UTEP Miners notched another win Sunday afternoon taking down the New Mexico Lobos by a final of 77-69. The win for the Miners snapped a 2-game losing streak and provided some much needed momentum for the team as they prepare for their next game against McNeese State on Thursday. UTEP
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EL PASO, Texas – Serena Patterson hammered home a match-high 18 kills while Paulina Perez Rosas joined her in double figures with 11 kills, but UNLV snuck past UTEP, 3-1, (25-15, 21-25, 18-25, 17-25) in the NIVC Semifinals in front of 2,032 rowdy fans at historic Memorial Gym Thursday. The Miners won the first set convincingly
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP volleyball team continues their winning ways in the month of December. Tuesday at UTEP’s Memorial Gym, the Miners defeated the Weber State Wildcats in the third round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. UTEP now advances to the semi-finals of the tournament where they’ll face UNLV. The UNLV Rebels defeated the
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri – Souley Boum (18 points) and Keonte Kennedy (11 points) both hit double figures in scoring and UTEP (4-4) held No. 8/7 Kansas (7-1) to seven points below its scoring average in a 78-52 setback inside T-Mobile Center Tuesday evening. The Miners played the majority of the game without starting PG Jamal Bieniemy, who
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EL PASO, Texas – A quarter through his first season as UTEP’s head men’s basketball coach Joe Golding doesn’t regret anything with his team, only with results. “I hate losing. You know, I’m a competitor, any competitor doesn’t like to lose,” says Golding, who’s Miners have begun the season 4-3. “So we’ve lost three games
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP football’s Praise Amaewhule and Jacob Cowing were named to the 2021 All-Conference USA first team, and Breon Hayward was honored to the All-C-USA second team, as selected by the league’s 14 head football coaches, and announced by league officials on Tuesday. The trio is also joined by 13 Miners who made the
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — The UTEP Miners are bowl-bound for the first time since 2014 and they will face Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque on Sat., Dec. 18 with kickoff set for 12:15 p.m. “We are proud to accept the invitation to participate in this year’s New Mexico Bowl,” UTEP head football
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FORT COLLINS, Colorado – The UTEP Miners continue their incredible postseason run after winning their second round match of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. Friday night in Fort Collins, Colorado the Miners defeated the host team, Colorado State in 4 sets, 3-1. UTEP advances to the third round of the tournament and will face the winner of
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners came close, but it still wasn’t enough to take down the New Mexico State Aggies. NMSU defeated UTEP Friday night at the Don Haskins Center by a final score of 72-69. The win for the Aggies completed the 2 game sweep against UTEP this season after NMSU defeated
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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
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*UTEP announced Wednesday Souley Boum has returned to the team after missing some time due to covid-19 protocols. *The following interview with Joe Golding was recorded prior to Boum’s return to the team. EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (4-2) will shoot for its second straight win when it plays host to
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP volleyball team will participate in the postseason for the first time in the program’s history. Then Miners have received an invitation as part of an automatic bid to play in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. UTEP will face off against former Conference USA foe Tulsa on Thursday, Dec. 2, at
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – The UTEP Miners wrapped up the regular season Friday in Birmingham, Alabama as they took on Conference USA rival, University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB). The Miners were looking for their 8th win of the season in what could have been their first 8 win season since 2005. However the Blazers had other plans
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team scored the first 11 points on the way to a wire-to-wire 67-53 win against FAMU in front of 4,000-plus fans on Thanksgiving Eve at the Don Haskins Center Wednesday night. Jamal Bieniemy (21 points, five assists, five rebounds), Jorell Saterfield (career-high 14 points, career-best five rebounds), Keonte Kennedy
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP sophomore WR Jacob Cowing was named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention list for Player of the Week (week 12) on Tuesday. It’s his third honorable mention this season. Cowing racked up 170 yards receiving on career-high 11 receptions (15.5 avg.) during the Miners’ 38-28 victory over Rice
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EL PASO, Texas – Despite the Miners clinching “bowl eligibility” with a 6th win in October, it was no sure thing that UTEP would get a bowl bid at 6-6. But following a 38-28 Senior Day win over Rice last weekend, UTEP”s seventh on the year, the Miners can assure themselves a postseason spot. “I
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s took their first loss Monday morning, when they received news that Souley Boum and Christian Agnew would miss Monday’s game against UC Riverside due to COVID-19 protocol. That loss then doubled itself on the court Monday night, as the Miners couldn’t find any offense in a 52-40 loss to UC
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Head Coach Joe Golding has scored his first road win, a 73-64 victory over Pacific last friday night. Golding celebrated in the locker room dancing with his team, but the party was short-lived as the Miners turn around to host a stingy UC Riverside club on Monday night. “It’s a
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EL PASO, Texas – Gavin Hardison threw for a career-high 366 yards and Ron Awatt ran for 119 yards as UTEP defeated Rice 38-28 on Saturday and snapped a three-game losing streak. Hardison completed 23 of 35 passes and threw for two touchdowns. Jacob Cowling caught a career-high 11 passes for 170 yards. After trailing
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STOCKTON, California – Souley Boum poured in a season-best 29 points (18 in the first half) and Jamal Bieniemy 18 points (10 in second half) and Alfred Hollins (12 points) also reached double figures in scoring to help lead the UTEP men’s basketball team to a 73-64 victory at Pacific Friday evening. The Miners trailed
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