michael perez

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UTEP's road woes have been well documented.  Before today, the young Miners hadn't achieved victory away from the Haskins Center.  Yes, they did win a couple games in Hawaii over the holidays, but not a true road game. The Miners got off to an inauspicious start...

UTEP won a close game for the first time this season, defeating Tulane 54-52 in overtime on Saturday night.

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.

The 2011 UTEP Miners have been no strangers to heartbreaking losses.  UTEP dropped their fourth straight game, 61-60, to UAB.  As bad as the Miners have been on the road this season (WINLESS!!!), they have been equally good at home.  UTEP hadn't dropped a home game since Dec...

The UTEP Miners took another huge step forward with their 61-48 victory over Clemson in the opener at the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu.  It's hard to believe this is the same team that struggled so mightily in their first four games...