The UTEP Miners sustained a costly loss on Senior night at the Don Haskins Center on Wednesday night. It was a disappointing end to the Miners home schedule, as Rice swept the season series by winning 68-61. The Miners had a solid performance by senior Gabe McCulley, who shined in his last home game as a Miner, scoring 17. John Bohannon added 13 points in the losing effort.
All the momentum UTEP had after consecutive wins over Memphis and Southern Miss seems to be gone. After a lackluster performance against UCF over the weekend, the Miners dropped their final home game of the season, 68-61 to Rice.
Tim Floyd went with the unusual starting line-up of Jacques Streeter, Jalen Ragland, Cedrick Lang, and walk-ons Tyler Tafoya and Mauricio Cheda...
The entire basketball world is convening in central Florida for the NBA All Star Break. Tim Floyd once coached in the NBA, Michael Jordan's son hoops it up for UCF, and Julian Washburn's father was the third pick in the 1986 NBA draft. T...
For nearly 45 minutes of play, Miner fans and players watched helplessly as shot after shot clanked off the rim. UTEP was having a hard time getting anything going offensively, but defended and scrapped well enough to keep things close with Tulane...
Fueled by a strong defensive performance, UTEP was finally able to snap a four game losing streak. It was hard to tell whether Tulsa was ice cold or bothered by the Miners' defense. One thing was certain; D'Von Campbell and Julian Washburn did a great job locking down Tulsa's two leading scorers, Jordan Clarkson and Scottie Haralson...
It would be an understatement to say that things haven't been going smoothly for the Miners these past few weeks. The trend continued on Saturday night as UTEP lost its first home conference game of the season to UAB 61-60.
On a night where the UTEP Miners retired Tim Hardaway's number 10 jersey, fans where treated to an overall spectacular show. UTEP defeated rival Houston in their C-USA home opener 70-50 in front of 8,327 fans.