Former UTEP guard Evan Gilyard chose to transfer to I-10 rival New Mexico State, and added a new surprising twist to the longtime college basketball series.
NMSU sophomore second baseman Nick Gonzalez is leading all of the NCAA in every statistical category and was named the NCBWA National Player of the Month.
In front of 6,106 roaring fans, the Don Haskins Center was alive for a well-contested war between the two schools that featured eight lead changes, a surging comeback by the Miners and NMSU eventually breaking away with a 62-58 win.
The Miners and Aggies endured a bitter back-and-forth battle in their second meeting of the season in front of 6,106 fans at the Don Haskins Center on Wednesday night in a game that came down to the wire. Despite playing a much more competitive contest this time around, UTEP fell to NMSU for the ninth consecutive meeting 62-58...
Turnovers, lack of red zone scoring and blown defensive assignments: these three things are the main factors that contributed to the Miners’ dismal loss to NMSU Saturday, 27-20.
The 96th meeting of the Battle of I-10 between UTEP (0-3) and NMSU (0-4) will be a war for a first win between the two programs.
The long-time rivals have both had shaky starts, each traveling two different roads to get here in week four...