EL PASO, Texas – The fans are here to stay, at least for the time being. Monday, UTEP announced that fans will be able to attend UTEP basketball games until further notice. A limited number of fans will be permitted in the Don Haskins Center for UTEP games, beginning with this weekend’s women’s matchups versus
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EL PASO, Texas – Saturday night’s UTEP-Rice game at the Don Haskins Center showed us that the back-to-back game format this season will result in high emotions come weekend’s end. Rice used a 12-0 run at the the start of the 2nd half to open a lead that UTEP couldn’t quite close as the Miners
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HOUSTON, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball won’t come home from Houston with any numerical victories, but their performances this weekend against defending C-USA champion Rice should leave them feeling optimistic about their Conference USA. UTEP trailed by just two points at halftime Saturday, but a 4th-quarter Rice run proved too much to overcome as UTEP
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EL PASO, Texas – Friday night saw the return of UTEP basketball fans to the Don Haskins Center. It was the first conference home game for the Miners, and they wanted nothing more than to send the fans home happy with a victory. UTEP did just that after defeating the Rice Owls, 101-89. UTEP improves
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EL PASO, Texas – Rodney Terry has the utmost trust in Jamal Bieniemy to run the UTEP Offense. It’s why he recruited the Oklahoma transfer this past offseason. “He’s made shots at Oklahoma. I think he had a game where he made four or five threes against West Virginia.” Terry says of Bienemy, who played
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HOUSTON, Texas – The UTEP women’s team will have less than 24 hours to try and rebound after suffering their first loss in conference play. Despite a late comeback attempt, the Miners lost to the Rice Owls, 74-68. The opening game of the weekend series was a competitive battle that featured nine lead changes and
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball program has reached a major milestone this season. Its 100th season of men’s basketball. As Conference USA play continues over the next two months, UTEP will celebrate all of the great players, coaches and moments of the storied program. The Miners won the historic 1966 national championship,
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EL PASO, Texas – A limited number of fans will be allowed in the Don Haskins Center for this weekend’s UTEP men’s basketball games against Rice. UTEP officials said that they are expecting to be able to allow between 7 and 10 percent capacity at the Don Haskins. The arena seats 11,918 people for basketball.
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP football player Andrew Stokes is one of 14 student-athletes who were honored with the Fall Conference USA Spirit of Service Award, the conference announced Wednesday. The Spirit of Service Award honors student-athletes in C-USA who have made a significant impact on their communities, are in excellent academic standing and also
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP women’s basketball team has started the season on the right foot. Two back-to-back victories against Southern Mississippi has the Miners at 2-0 in Conference USA play, 5-2 overall. But perhaps their toughest challenge of the season awaits them this weekend in Houston. UTEP will face the 6-1 Rice Owls
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — A 12-year-old boy who designed what turned out to be lucky cleats for Green Bay Packers star running back and El Paso native Aaron Jones has died from a rare cancer, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reports. Ethan Haley, who gave Jones the colorful, custom-made cleats in November, has now died just weeks
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP basketball generated plenty of buzz from their December road win at Arizona State, their first road non-conference victory since 2013. But after Friday night’s overtime loss at Southern Mississippi that saw the Miners blow a seven point with 45 seconds to play in regulation, many fans grew concern that the
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CHICAGO, Illinois — El Paso native and former UTEP standout Aaron Jones rushed for 85 yards and ran for a score in the closing minutes as the Green Bay Packers clinched the No. 1 seed in the NFC by beating the playoff-bound Chicago Bears 35-16 on Sunday. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw for four touchdowns, breaking
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HATTIESBURG, Mississippi — Jamal Bieniemy had 20 points as UTEP topped Southern Miss 77-62 on Saturday. Souley Boum had 17 points for UTEP (5-3, 1-1 Conference USA). Tydus Verhoeven added 11 points. Bryson Williams had 10 points. Jaron Pierre Jr. had 15 points for the Golden Eagles (5-4, 1-1), whose four-game winning streak was snapped.
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BOISE, Idaho – In what turned out to be good news for sports fans in El Paso and Las Cruces, Boise State hired Jeremiah Dickey as their next Athletic Director on Saturday. Dickey is an El Paso native, having graduated from Franklin High School, and goes to Boise State after serving as Baylor University’s Associate
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HATTIESBURG, Mississippi – In what is the most painful loss of their season to date, UTEP blew a seven-point lead with 45 seconds to play in regulation before folding 74-66 in overtime at Southern Mississippi. Southern Mississippi (5-3, 1-0) outscored the Miners (4-3, 0-1) 14-6 in overtime, but how the game even lasted an extra
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners will ring in the new year by opening up Conference USA play at Southern Miss. The Miners (4-2, 0-0 C-USA) and Golden Eagles (4-3, 0-0 C-USA) will tipoff at 6 p.m. MT in Reed Green Coliseum. Game two of the series will tipoff at 3 p.m. on Saturday as
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team is ready to turn the page to conference play this season. UTEP will begin C-USA play when they host Southern Miss Friday and then again on Saturday. The Miners are 3-2 this season with wins against NMSU and Incarnate Word. The two losses this season came
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — Former UTEP standout and El Paso native Aaron Jones surpassed 1,000 rushing yards for the second-straight season as the Green Bay Packers trounced the Tennessee Titans 40-14 for their fifth consecutive victory on a snowy Sunday evening. Davante Adams caught three of Aaron Rodgers’ four touchdown passes for the Packers (12-3),
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — UTEPs Monday basketball game has been cancelled due to a player for opponent Our Lady of the Lake player testing positive for Covid-19. The announcement came in a statement from Drew Bonney, an associate communication director and assistant athletic director with the UTEP men’s basketball team. The statement read as follows:
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – After a short winter break the UTEP Miners will return to the court Monday at the Don Haskins Center. UTEP will host Our Lady of the Lake at 7 p.m. While the Miners will be the ones returning to the hardwood, fans will still not be allowed at home games. UTEP
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EL PASO, Texas — Another UTEP football player has decided to leave the program. On Tuesday, wide receiver Devaughn Cooper announced on Twitter he’s entering the transfer portal. Cooper was a transfer from Arizona and played two seasons for the Miners. Cooper played in 4 games during his first season at UTEP in 2019, but
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — The Green Bay Packers are among four NFL teams that each have seven players selected to the Pro Bowl. Among those Packers making the roster is their star running back Aaron Jones, an El Paso native and former UTEP standout. It’s his first time being named to the Pro Bowl roster.
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EL PASO, Texas – Two UTEP football players were named to the second team All-Conference USA squad and two were named to the All-Freshmen team. UTEP wide receiver Jacob Cowing and defensive end Praise Amaewhule were named to the second team All-Conference team. Running back Deion Hanks and offensive lineman Jeremiah Byers earned All-Freshmen honors.
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EL PASO, Texas — Christian Agnew came off the bench to score 16 points to lift UTEP to a 79-59 win over Benedictine Mesa on Sunday. Tydus Verhoeven had a career-high 15 points on 6-for-7 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds for UTEP (4-2). Bryson Williams added nine points and eight rebounds. Souley Boum, whose 22
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — A fast start helped the Green Bay Packers overcome a shaky second-half performance and remain on pace to earn the top seed in the NFC playoffs. Former UTEP standout Aaron Jones rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown as the Green Bay Packers reached the end zone on their first three
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team has added its final nonconference home game. The Miners will host Our Lady of the Lake at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 28, at the Don Haskins Center. A determination on whether fans will be permitted will be made at a later time. The game can
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EL PASO, Texas – Third-year UTEP football coach Dana Dimel shook up his staff Friday. Both offensive coordinator Mike Canales and defensive coordinator Mike Cox “have been relieved of their duties,” according to a short announcement issued by the university’s Athletics Department. The Miners finished a Covid-19 impacted season with a 3-5 record, but finished
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FLAGSTAFF, Arizona – UTEP women’s basketball (3-2, 0-0 C-USA) dropped its final game of 2020 and non-conference play to Northern Arizona (3-2, 2-0 Big Sky) in the Lumberjacks’ home-opener at the Rolle Activity Center in Flagstaff, Ariz., Thursday evening. The all-time series now rests in the NAU’s favor, 14-9. Senior forward DejaNae Roebuck scored four consecutive points
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP’s two highest-paid head coaches have yet to take salary reductions, but UTEP Director of Athletics Jim Senter says negotiations over the terms and final amount are “close.” Football head coach Dana Dimel and men’s basketball head coach Rodney Terry have each agreed to take voluntary salary reductions to help the
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