The UTEP men's basketball squad (7-5) will prepare for its first league campaign under first-year head coach Joe Golding and the action tips off on Thursday at UAB (5:30 p.m MT).
Adversity continues to find ways into the UTEP locker room, like a bed bug you can't get rid of. This time, it was food poisoning that hit the Miner locker room.
Despite the roadblock, UTEP pulled off a 70-61 win over NC Central in the first round of the West Star Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational on Wednesday night...
The short-handed UTEP men's basketball team trailed for 27:30 against McNeese State, but rallied back in the final 10 minutes to beat the Cowboys 82-72 on Thursday night.
The UTEP men's basketball team was outrebounded by NMSU 39-29 last month, and the Miners must get a better effort in the post to even the Battle of I-10.
Without Souley Boum and Christian Agnew for the second straight game, the UTEP Miners received strong offensive efforts from Jorell Saterfield and Jabari Sibley.