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A third of the way into C-USA play, the UTEP men's and women's basketball teams are on opposite ends of the league's standings.

The Miners concluded their first conference road trip of the season with an 87-80 loss at Louisiana Tech, but still got a split in what was a challenging pair of games to open league play.  UTEP, 10-5, 3-1 in C-USA shot 47.9 percent (23-48) from the floor and nailed a season-high 10 triples in the loss...

The UTEP Women's basketball team displayed the true heart of a champion in front of their largest crowd of the season as 1,019 fans saw them fight until the end in a close 54-43 loss to No. 20 Arizona.  The Miners' stingy defensive effort was nothing short of stellar as they held the Wildcats to their lowest scoring output in a non-conference game in the last three years...

The UTEP women's basketball team swept both games of the 8th annual Thanksgiving Classic to move to 6-1 on the season.  The Miners knocked off Western Michigan 76-46 on Friday and Georgia State 71-68 to not only prevail in their tournament, but also secure the best start in coach Kevin Baker's tenure with the program...

The UTEP women's basketball team defeated Alcorn State handily in a wire-to-wire 92-47 triumph on Saturday afternoon, and in doing so improved their record to 3-0. The Miners shot the lights out, (68.8%) from the get go by taking a 28-10 lead into the second quarter...

The 88th Battle of 1-10 between the UTEP women's basketball team and NM State was a nail-bitting instant classic that came down to the wire, resulting in the Miners' fist victory at the Pan American Center since the 2015-16 season.   UTEP knew it would be an up-hill battle coming into such a hostile environment, considering that the program was 31-12 all time in Las Cruces...

UTEP women's basketball released its 2019-20 schedule today, tabbed with 18 regular-season home games and featuring some pretty notable opponents.

Today, Kevin Baker announced the trio of coaches hired for UTEP women's basketball—Todd Buchanan (associate head coach), Anthony Anderson (assistant coach and director of player development) and Heather Karner (assistant coach and recruiting coordinator).

UTEP assistant women's basketball coach Michael Madrid accepted a job today to become head coach at Texas A&M Kingsville.

In attempts to reload with more depth entering the 2019-20 season, Kevin Baker and his staff strategically sought out recruits and succeeded in signing three top-100 JUCO recruits, along with their four incoming high school signees that will join the Miners in the fall.