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12-13 Miners take the Green Wave to Overtime, Win
Michael Perez had 15 points, John Bohannon had 10 rebounds without registering a single point to his stat column in regular time, but in overtime Bohannon, the sophomore, stepped up huge in the final minutes and scored 5 points to propel the Miners to victory by the score of 54-52. What a win. The...
UTEP Basketball Recruiting Update
Yes football season hasn't even kicked off, but its never too early to talk about the prospects CTF and the Miners are looking at in the 2012 class. We have already received verbals from two athletes, Anthony January (6-6 PF) and Dwayne Benjamin (6-6 SF), and CTF isn't done there. Here is a look at...
The Dig: Conference USA Championship Madness Day 2 Edition
In The Dig: The dust has settled on Day 1 of the Conference USA Championship. All of the Top Seeds, except for the SMU Mustangs, advanced. SMU was stunned by Arsalan Kazemi & Rice. The Iranian Sensation put on an absolute clinic last night. As for UTEP, the Miners take on a ferocious...
The UTEP Miner Bubble Watch
It's championship week in college basketball. Teams have had their chances to prove themselves throughout the season, and now the last opportunity has arrived. Many at large hopefuls enter this week with an opportunity to claim their conference title, and not have to break a sweat on selection...
The Road to El Paso: Conference USA Game Night Open Thread
Here is your C-USA Game Night Open Thread. The stakes have never been higher for UTEP fans as the dust will finally settle on the C-USA Regular season tonight in Birmingham. UTEP's three point win at Moody Coliseum today guarantees that the Miners can finish no worse than tied for second in the...
A Miner Blowup; UTEP falls at ECU 83-76
The Miners started off this contest in the same rut that they've been in for about a month now. ECU jumped out to an early 11-3 lead, but the Miners were quick to respond this time putting together a 15-3 run that gave them an 18-14 lead. The two teams would trade leads for the rest of the half....
Miners Escape Mustangs, Take Over Reigns in C-USA
It wasn't their best performance, but it was far from the worst. The Miners jumped out to quick leads of 6-0 and 10-2, before the Mustangs finally settled in with a 12-2 run. SMU took the lead at 17-15 on a three pointer from Jeremiah Samarrippas with 12:30 to go in the first twenty, and they would...
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