jordan lathon

Or call the 65-50 win over New Mexico State in the Battle of I-10 a pivotal moment for the UTEP men's basketball program.

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

After dropping a career-high 32 points versus Rice on Saturday, freshman guard Jordan Lathon was named C-USA Freshman of the Week, league officials announced today.

Although they haven't been mathematically eliminated, the UTEP men's basketball season likely ends on March 9th against Middle Tennessee.

The UTEP men's basketball team defeated Rice 65-64 on a last second buzzer beater by freshman Jordan Lathon. The shot quickly went viral on social media.

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.

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.

Amid early shooting woes and being without leading scorer Evan Gilyard (18.8 points per game), the Miners played hard-nosed defense and rode out freshmen forward Efe Odigie's stellar performance—24 points and 11 rebounds, his fourth career double-double for UTEP—for their 68-56 win over UC Riverside Sunday afternoon.

Despite a spirited comeback effort by the Miners, which included coming back from 13-2, 12-0 runs, Marquette (7-2) was able to hold on in the final minutes and closed out UTEP 76-69 in Milwaukee, Wisc. Tuesday night.

Jordan Lathon signed to play basketball with the Miners and the four star combo guard will have four years of eligibility beginning this season.