EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP women’s team got another step closer to a Conference USA Tournament championship. The Miners defeated the Florida Atlantic Owls in the first round of the tournament by a final score of 95-67. Additionally, the 95 points are the fourth-highest total by any program in C-USA tournament history. Sabine Lipe
Continue Reading
PISTOIA, Italy — Italy announced a country-wide lockdown on Monday impacting more than 60 million people, among them is former UTEP star basketball player Randy Culpepper. The country-wide lockdown comes after a total of 463 people have died so far from the Coronavirus in Italy. ABC-7 got an exclusive interview with former UTEP basketball player
Continue Reading
HOUSTON, Texas — Souley Boum had a game-high 25 points as UTEP edged past Rice 77-72 on Saturday in the regular-season finale. Daryl Edwards added 22 points for the Miners. Boum hit 10 of 11 from the free throw line. Bryson Williams had nine rebounds and three blocks for UTEP (17-14, 8-10 Conference USA), which
Continue Reading
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — It wasn’t an easy road getting there, but for the UTEP Miners it doesn’t really matter. Wednesday night in Murfreesboro, the Miners defeated the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders by a final score of 60-56. With the victory, UTEP secured a spot in this year’s Conference USA Tournament. Last season, UTEP failed to
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas – Look around El Paso. Go for a walk in San Jacinto Plaza to see the lit up tree during the holidays, the fanfare that comes with the yearly Sun Bowl, or maybe catch the UTEP women’s basketball team in action as the program rises. There’s a constant behind all of this.
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas — Daryl Edwards had a career-high 34 points as UTEP snapped a five-game losing streak by knocking off Rice 68-62 on Saturday. Edwards shot 8 for 12 from deep. Souley Boum had 16 points, seven assists and six rebounds for UTEP (14-14, 5-10 Conference USA). Bryson Williams added 10 points. Jordan Lathon
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas — Taveion Hollingsworth scored 18 points, Jared Savage added 14 plus nine rebounds and Western Kentucky defeated UTEP 67-62 on Thursday night, rolling to a third straight win. Carson Williams added 13 points and Camron Justice 11 points for Western Kentucky (17-8, 10-3 Conference USA), which secured a spot among conference leaders
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas — For the first time in school history, the UTEP football team will match up with perennial national power Nebraska. The Miners and the Cornhuskers will square off at 86,047-seat Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb., during the 2024 and 2028 seasons. The first matchup is scheduled for Aug. 31, 2024, with the
Continue Reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Malik Curry scored 18 points and made eight assists, Kalu Ezikpe scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds off the bench and Old Dominion beat UTEP 72-53 on Saturday. Xavier Green scored 13 points and made three steals for the Monarchs (10-15, 6-6 Conference USA), who outrebounded the Miners 41-34 and
Continue Reading
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Highly-touted sophomore transfer Kaden Archie was suspended for UTEP’s next two games for “conduct detrimental to the team,” athletic officials announced shortly before tip-off of Thursday evening’s game at Charlotte. Without the 6’6″ guard, the Miners fell to the 49ers, 68-64 after having a five point lead at halftime. Archie did
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas — UTEP football held a press conference on Wednesday in the Hall of Champions on the complete Miners’ 2020 signing class. Head coach Dana Dimel spoke to the media regarding the newest Miner signees — and he’s pretty excited about the players he’s got joining the program. (You can watch his complete
Continue Reading
The UTEP Miners can’t seem to find the right solution in putting together back to back wins. For the 4th straight week, the Miners split both their conference games of the week. After defeating Middle Tennessee on Thursday, the Miners came out on the losing end to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), 69-55.
Continue Reading
It was a much needed win for the UTEP Miners Thursday night at the Don Haskins Center. The Miners survived a scare from Middle Tennessee by just one point, 67-66 was the final score. UTEP overcame four Blue Raiders in double-figures and improved to 11-1 at The Don. UTEP’s Bryson Williams (28 points, 10 rebounds)
Continue Reading
DENTON, Texas — Three days after the UTEP men’s basketball team shook off their road demons, they returned Saturday at North Texas. North Texas raced out an 11-point halftime lead, and held off a late Miners rally to hang for the 67-57 win. UTEP (12-9, 3-5) cut the deficit to 58-53 with three and a
Continue Reading
It was a tough test for the UTEP Miners Thursday night at the Don Haskins Center. UTEP facing the Rice Owls, a team that is currently in first place in Conference USA. Despite a valiant effort, UTEP fell to league-leading Rice, 69-61. It is the first C-USA setback at home for the Miners (11-6, 4-2
Continue Reading
HOUSTON, Texas — Souley Boum scored a career-high 27 points as UTEP ended their 19-game road losing streak with a 72-64 win over Rice on Thursday night. The Miners victory over the Owls came despite lacking some bench strength with the loss of Efe Odigie, who coach Rodney Terry said didn’t make the bus to
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas — It’s been a roller coaster of a season for the UTEP basketball team, but on Monday some good news for forward Bryson Williams. The redshirt junior was named Conference USA’s co-player of the week. Williams averaged 27.5 points per game 8.5 boards per contest, as Conference USA announced the forward as
Continue Reading
SANTA CLARA, California – With Green Bay’s 37-20 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, the dream season for El Paso native Aaron Jones came to a close Sunday. But Jones did manage to put his name in the Packers’ record books. Jones scored two touchdowns (one receiving and one rushing) to up his season long
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas — UTEP pulled off the biggest comeback victory in the history of its’ hoops program on Wednesday night. After trailing by as much as 24 points in the second half, the Miners (11-7, 2-3 Conference USA) battled back for an 80-77 overtime win over UTSA (8-10, 2-3 C-USA) at the Don Haskins
Continue Reading
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — The Green Bay Packers are just one win away from making it to the Super Bowl after holding off a spirited Seattle Seahawk rally for a 28-23 victory Sunday night to reach the NFC championship game for the third time in six years. UTEP alum and current Packers running back Aaron
Continue Reading
Some nights just don’t bounce your way, and that was evident for the UTEP Miners Saturday at the Don Haskins Center. UTEP lost another close game to Conference USA rival Louisiana Tech, 64-61. Bryson Williams scored a game-high 17 points and Souley Boum scored 11 of his 12 points in the second half, but LA
Continue Reading
It was just what the doctor ordered for the UTEP Miners. Thursday night at the Don Haskins Center, UTEP defeated Southern Mississippi by a final score of 76-64. It was UTEP’s first win in Conference USA play and it improved the Miners’ record to 10-6 on the season. Entering the day, the Miners were on
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas – A home opener versus Texas Tech and the Battle of I-10 returning to El Paso are just two of the marquee match-ups that highlight the 2020 UTEP football schedule, which was announced on Wednesday. “We’re excited about entering our third season and putting a team on the field that more closely reflects
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas — UTEP great and current Green Bay Packers star running back Aaron Jones announced he and his girlfriend Crystal Molina are expecting a baby. Jones posted several pictures of he and Molina on his Instagram account with the caption: “Words can’t Describe how excited I am to become a father. To have
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas — Sophomore point guard Jordan Lathon is returning to the UTEP Miners, per a report confirmed from ESPN 600 El Paso. Lathon enterered the transfer portal last Sunday, but now he rejoins the team as they’ve begun their Conference USA schedule. Lathon led the team in assists and rebounds, and had started
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas — UTEP head basketball coach Rodney Terry spoke at a news conference Monday for the first time since being discharged last week from a Florida hospital, where he was treated for anaphylactic shock. “Everything happens for a reason,” Terry told reporters about spending two days recently hospitalized in critical but stable condition.
Continue Reading BOCA RATON, Florida – With Head Coach Rodney Terry watching from the locker room, the UTEP Miners collapsed down the stretch and fell 59-56 on the road at Florida Atlantic. UTEP led 53-46 with just over three minutes to play, but the Miners were held without a field goal the rest of the way and
Continue Reading
BOCA RATON, Florida — UTEP men’s basketball head coach Rodney Terry was seen at pregame practice Saturday ahead of the Miner’s match-up with Florida Atlantic. Jon Teicher, the team’s broadcast announcer, posted a photo on Twitter of Terry on the court watching the team do a shoot-around. Coach Rodney Terry is with the Miners at
Continue Reading
MIAMI, Florida – UTEP head men’s basketball coach Rodney Terry was released from a Florida hospital on Friday, two days after being admitted following an allergic reaction that resulted in anaphylactic shock. “Coach Terry is on the mend and expected to make a full recovery,” said UTEP Athletics Dept. spokesman Jeff Darby, who added that Terry
Continue Reading MIAMI, Florida — UTEP head men’s basketball coach Rodney Terry remained hospitalized in Florida and was listed in critical condition on Thursday night, roughly 24 hours after experiencing an allergic reaction to a meal. A spokesperson at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami confirmed to ABC-7 that Terry was being treated in the hospital’s intensive care
Continue Reading