Keonte Kennedy

Entering the game having lost seven of their last nine, the Miners had been starving for some momentum. They were boosted by a hot-shooting night at the Haskins Center on Friday, with a bounce-back win against Florida International, 75-59.

In a must-win situation, the UTEP men's basketball team answered the call by using a mighty second half performance to top UTSA 69-51, thus splitting the series with the Roadrunners.

UTSA's trio of guards combined for 65 points, as the Roadrunners raced away with an 86-79 win against UTEP on Thursday night.

After 12 games, the UTEP men's basketball program is still an inconsistent bunch that keeps fans guessing as to which team will show up each night.

A trio of Miners scored 20 or more points, as they outlasted Rice 101-89 for their second consecutive win.

Despite four players entering the transfer portal, the UTEP men's basketball program kept their top two returning scorers and looks to bounce back in 2020-21.

Keonte Kennedy, a four-star recruit from Austin Westlake out of the class of 2018, joins the Miners fresh off his first season with Xavier. He appeared in 22 games for Xavier, having logged just 12 minutes per game, 2.0 points, 1.4 rebounds and nearly an assist per game.