Basketball

Freshman guard Deon Stroud becomes the fourth Miner to transfer after the 2019-20 season, joining Anthony Tarke, Nigel Hawkins and Jordan Lathon. Throw Kaosi Ezeagu in as a mid-year transfer and the Miners have seen five members of their roster hit the transfer portal in the last four months.

Combo guard-forward Anthony Tarke is the latest UTEP men's basketball player to enter the transfer portal following the season, as first reported by Verbal Commits.

With the departures of Nigel Hawkins and Jordan Lathon into the Transfer Portal, UTEP needs to add an experienced point guard to their roster for next season.

UTEP sophomore guard Jordan Lathon joined Nigel Hawkins on Thursday in becoming the second player from the Miner basketball team to enter the transfer portal following the 2019-20 season.

UTEP sophomore guard Nigel Hawkins re-entered the transfer portal Thursday morning, following the men's basketball season which came to an end last week in the C-USA Tournament.

The coronavirus outbreak continues to have a ripple effect on sporting organizations on the national and local scales with constant cancellations or postponements.

So, to Utah Jazz center and American sports’ COVID-19 Patient Zero Rudy Gobert, I would like to offer the following heartfelt sentiment. Ahem.

“Thanks, dumbass.”

C-USA announced this morning that it had canceled the remainder of its postseason basketball tournament and suspend spring sports until further notice.

Marshall took control of a first half lead and never looked back, outlasting the Miners 86-78, despite a spirited comeback by UTEP in the final minutes. UTEP finishes its season 17-15, 8-11 C-USA.

Conference USA league officials announced that fans would not be allowed for the rest of the C-USA basketball championships upon consulting with the NCAA.