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A handful of weeks in the books and Conference USA football is still as wide open as it can be. Week five brings a couple of league games and three games against American Athletic Conference programs.

After the Miners underwent their thrilling buzzer beater win over Rice, now they must look toward winning on the road this week and preparing for UAB and 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.

Courtesy: UTEP Athletic Media Relations
Facing a new heap of adversity after losing leading scorer Keith Frazier to a leave of absence, the UTEP Miners turned in perhaps their most complete effort of the season in an 80-62 ambush of Rice on Saturday in the Haskins Center
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The UTEP Miners football team open up their home schedule Saturday night with the Rice Owls, a must-win conference game for Sean Kugler.

As bit-chomping goes, you wouldn't think UTEP would be so ready to play a team it's beaten once in six years. But like a weekend hiker staring up at Mt. Everest, the Miners saw the mountaintop last weekend.

On Monday, UTEP head football coach Sean Kugler told the media what his goals were for the final two games of the regular season.
"Again, I’m looking for improvements and I’ll be the first to acknowledge; it probably took a lot longer than fans would&CloseCu…

The UTEP Miners continued their impressive winning streak by knocking off Rice 68-57 in front of 11,036 fans on Saturday night.

John Bohannon played the game of his life for the Miners on Wednesday night scoring 24 points and 17 rebounds, as he led his team to an important 63-53 win over Houston.

The UTEP Miners led throughout the majority of the game, and defeated the Rice Owls 65-53.  The Miners are 2-0 on their 3 game home stand which concludes on Saturday against Tulsa.