Efe Odigie

Turmoil and adversity have been no secret to the UTEP men’s basketball team (9-6, 0-2 C-USA). But on Thursday evening, the squad has a chance to turn the page and put aside these odd few weeks as they host Southern Miss (4-11, 0-2 C-USA) at the Haskins Center.

UTEP had a much better shooting distribution as a team last night against Ball State and that could be the start of a good offensive trend for the Miners.

Here are the highs and lows from UTEP's 67-63 loss to Hawaii in the quarterfinals of the Diamond Head Classic.

Today, as the conference released their honorable selections, UTEP only had one representation: Freshman forward Efe Odigie to the All-C-USA Freshman team.

UTEP men's basketball (6-9, 1-3 Conference USA) will hit the road this week and test their winless (0-5) road record on Thursday against UAB (10-7, 2-2 C-USA) in Birmingham, Ala.

This year for Rodney Terry and his staff features a long journey of firsts. And tonight will be the first opportunity to see how the Miners stack up in C-USA for the new regimes' inaugural game in the league.

With a 5-6 finish to their non-conference schedule, UTEP head coach Rodney Terry believes his young squad "overachieved" expectations and wants them to understand their worth going into conference play.

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.

UTEP couldn't escape poor shooting for the second straight game, as Norfolk State shot 46 percent (11-for-24) from 3-point range and raced away with a 75-62 win in the opening round of the WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational.

The UTEP men's basketball team has made two months look like two years in developing its four freshmen that play active roles on the team.