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The Miners fought back on a 23-6 run from the end of the first and beginning of the second half to give the Miners an 85-75 victory over Florida International on Saturday evening at the Don Haskins Center.

As soon as the buzzer sounds on Thursday evening in the Don Haskins Center, the Miners (6-11, 1-5 C-USA) will embrace the underdog role and fight an uphill battle against Old Dominion (15-5, 5-2 C-USA).

The Miners (6-9, 1-3 C-USA) will hit the road this week to take on UAB (10-7, 2-2) and Middle Tennessee (3-14, 0-4 C-USA) on Thursday and Saturday, respecitvely.

North Texas used two late 3-pointers and dominated on the glass en route to their 58-51 win over the Miners on Thursday night in the Don Haskins Center.

Ryan Brewer, an associate professor of finance at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus, studied all 130 FBS programs and came up with his annual study of each program's worth in college football this week.

In the consolation game of the WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational on Saturday evening, the Miners (5-6) stormed through former WAC foe Wyoming, 76-65, and shot 47 percent from the floor, drastically improving their performance from Friday.

Jim Senter announced the hiring of head coach Ben Wallis, who was the assistant coach of NMSU and helped the Aggies reach the NCAA Tournament three times over the last six years.

The UTEP men's basketball team will square off against UC Riverside today at 1 p.m. at the Don Haskins Center after almost a two-week hiatus due to finals.

Former Miners will test the NFL waters on pro day at UTEP. Here's a way-too-early look at who could participate and what they bring to the table.

A 1-11 finish is nowhere near how the Miners thought this season would go, but through 25-plus injuries that piled up and integrating a new culture in the locker room, growing pains were expected.