EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The UTEP women’s basketball team (7–3) continues its homestand on Monday as the Miners host NAIA opponent University of the Southwest at the Don Haskins Center. Tipoff is set for 7 PM M.T. UTEP enters the matchup 6–1 at home, looking to build momentum in the second game of a
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RUSTON, Louisiana (KVIA) — The UTEP men’s basketball team (4-7) will lock up at LA Tech (7-4) in the Conference USA opener for both squads at 5:30 p.m. MT/6:30 p.m. CT Monday. It is the first of three straight on the road to christen league play for the Miners, something that hasn’t happened since the
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EL PASO, Texas – Elijah Jones erupted for a career-best 24 points while Jamal West Jr. and Caleb Blackwell each added 15 points to help the UTEP men’s basketball team storm past North Dakota State, 76-66, to claim third place at the 2025 WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational Monday night. It was a wild
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Jamal West Jr. registered his second double-double (16 points, 13 rebounds) of the year while Caleb Blackwell (career-high 18 points, career-best seven assists), Kaseem Watson (17 points) and Elijah Jones (10 points) got after it as well, but the UTEP men’s basketball team suffered a hard-fought 72-71 loss at the
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners’ slump continues after falling to the UC Irvine Anteaters Thursday night at the Don Haskins Center. The final score was 93-72. After starting the season with a 7-0 record, the Miners have now lost three games in a row as their record now stands at 7-3. UC Irvine
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EL PASO, Texas – The Mountain West Conference announced UTEP’s league foes for the 2026 season on Thursday. Mountain West foes coming to the Sun Bowl are Hawai’i, Nevada, San Jose State and Wyoming. The Miners will hit the road to take on Air Force, New Mexico, NIU and UNLV. In nonconference action, UTEP will host Oregon State
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team (7–2) returns to the Don Haskins Center on Thursday looking to protect its perfect home record as the Miners host UC Irvine at 7 p.m. MT. UTEP enters the matchup 6–0 at home and seeks to reset after a challenging two-game road stretch at No. 8 TCU and BYU, reestablishing its
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners suffered another blow to their roster on Tuesday. One of the team’s starting quarterbacks from this past season is planning to enter the transfer portal. According to various online reports, Skyler Locklear will be entering the transfer portal. Locklear has been with the Miners the last two seasons, and has
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Update (5:18 PM): Court documents state that Kane Bowen was allegedly involved in a fight in an alley in the Cincinnati Entertainment District on December 7. That night, police officers got two calls, one reporting shots fired near Cincinnati Street, and the other reporting a fight. Officers arrived at the scene to find Bowen and
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HONOLULU, Hawaii – A trip to the Aloha State turned into a nightmare for the UTEP Miners on Saturday night. The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors handed the Miners their 4th straight loss after defeating UTEP, 66-61. It was UTEP’s 4th loss in a row as their overall record drops to 3-6. UTEP has yet to defeat
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PROVO, Utah — The UTEP women’s basketball team closed its road trip on Saturday afternoon with an 81–46 setback at BYU inside the Marriott Center. The Miners moved to 7–2 overall and 1–2 away from El Paso. UTEP battled throughout the afternoon but struggled to find consistent offensive rhythm against BYU’s size and defensive pressure,
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LEXINGTON, Kentucky – UTEP Volleyball’s Torrance Lovesee and Sara Pustahija have been honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) as part of the 2025 Division I Women’s Volleyball All-Region Teams. Lovesee and Pustahija earned Southwest All-Region Honorable Mention. The duo’s standout seasons helped propel the Miners to a historic 2025 campaign that included the first-ever Conference USA Regular-Season Championship,
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SEATTLE, Washington – Jamal West Jr. posted a monstrous double-double (21 points, 14 rebounds) while Elijah Jones (18 points) got going as well, but the UTEP men’s basketball team was clipped at West Coast Conference member Seattle U, 75-68, Sunday evening. The Miners (3-5) played well throughout the tilt that featured 11 ties and nine
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FORT WORTH, Texas — The UTEP women’s basketball team fell for the first time this season, facing its toughest test of the year in a 95–40 road loss to No. 8 TCU on Saturday afternoon at Schollmaier Arena. The Miners moved to 7–1 overall and 1–1 on the road. UTEP battled throughout the afternoon but
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP head football coach Scotty Walden will not participate in a local wrestling show scheduled for this weekend. UTEP confirmed the news to ABC-7. Walden was set to appear at TNA Wrestling’s pay-per-view event Final Resolution. The event is one of three scheduled wrestling shows at the El Paso County Coliseum.
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MADISON, Wisconsin – The UTEP Miners’ run in the NCAA Tournament came to an abrupt end Thursday night in Madison, Wisconsin. The Miners fell to the North Carolina Tar Heels in the first round of the Tournament 3 sets to 1. The Miners came out strong winning the first set, 26-24. However, the Tar Heels
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)- KVIA’s sports anchor Bea Martinez is following the UTEP volleyball team at the NCAA Tournament taking place at Wisconsin. These are Bea’s reports from ABC-7 at 4,5, and 6.
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners defended home court to keep their undefeated record intact. UTEP defeated the Islanders from Texas A&M Corpus Christi Wednesday night at the Don Haskins Center by a final score of 62-44. The Miners improved to 7-0 on the season. UTEP led from start to finish in the game
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP head coach Scotty Walden announced 25 new Miners on Wednesday’s National Early Signing Day 2026. The newest group of freshmen features 23 total student-athletes signed out of Texas high schools, while a pair of transfers will don the Orange and Blue. Twelve players will play on the “Orange Swarm” defense
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP graduate guard Ivane Tensaie has been named the Conference USA Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. Tensaie earns the honor after delivering an efficient shooting week, while leading the Miners to a pair of victories and a 6-0 start. Tensaie averaged 22.5 points per game while shooting 65
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EL PASO, Texas — The NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Committee announced the 64-team field for the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship Sunday evening. Thirty-one conferences earned automatic qualifications, while the remaining 33 positions were filled with at-large selections to complete the bracket. Among those at-large selections is UTEP (25-4), earning the No.
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team extended its unbeaten start and protected its perfect home record with a 69–52 victory over Denver on Saturday at the Don Haskins Center. The Miners improved to 6–0 for the first time in nearly a decade, using a strong defensive effort and a record-setting shooting performance to
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NEWARK, Delaware — Nick Minicucci threw for 311 yards and accounted for four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing), leading Delaware to a 61-31 win over UTEP on Saturday afternoon at Delaware Stadium. The Fightin’ Blue Hens picked up their sixth win of the season (6-6, 4-4 Conference USA) in their first year as an FBS
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EL PASO, Texas – As the UTEP Miners prepare for their final game of the season, ABC-7 sits down for a one-on-one interview with UTEP head football coach Scotty Walden. The team will wrap up the season on the road Saturday against the Delaware Blue Hens. The Miners are currently 2-9 on the season, 1-6
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP football program, after 20 seasons, will play its final Conference USA game when the Miners head to Delaware to take on the Fightin’ Blue Hens Saturday, Nov. 29, to close out the 2025 season. UTEP (2-9, 1-6 CUSA) and Delaware (5-6, 3-4 CUSA) are set for an 11 a.m. MT/1
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri – The UTEP women’s basketball team extended its unbeaten start and earned its first road victory of the season with a 75–64 win over Kansas City on Tuesday night at the Swinney Center. The Miners improved to 5–0 for the first time since the 2022–23 campaign while handing the Roos their first
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida – The UTEP Miners are in need of answers as the team dropped their second straight game Tuesday afternoon at the Jacksonville Classic. This time the loss came against the UAB Blazers, 75-59. UTEP kept it close in the first half as UAB had just a three-point lead at the half, 37-34. However,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The NMSU Aggies came out with the win against the UTEP Miners in the 102nd edition of the Battle of I-10, 34-31. UTEP’s overall record drops to 2-9, while NMSU’s record now stands at 4-7. The Miners will wrap up their season Saturday on the road against the Delaware Blue
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MIAMI, Florida – The UTEP volleyball team saw an early exit from the Conference USA Tournament Friday in Miami, Florida. The Miners were swept by the Missouri State Bears, 3-0 in the quarterfinals of the tournament. UTEP entered the tournament as the #1 seed and were outplayed by a Bears team that entered the tournament
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