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At a crossroads in their season, the Miners have to hope they can snap their three-game losing streak on the road against a tough LA Tech team on Saturday.

The final week of the C-USA basketball regular season is upon us as the UTEP men's basketball team looks to turn the page from their loss to UAB (69-66).

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).

The UTEP football team finished their regular season with three poor special teams plays that decided their 42-25 loss at UAB on Friday afternoon.

The Miners needed a split against a quality team but fell short of the feat, as UAB dominated the slumping road team on Saturday (75-60) to sweep the series.

In what was largely a defensive battle, UAB held onto a lead for the entire game and downed UTEP on Friday night, 63-51.

UAB men's basketball features one of the best defensive teams in C-USA combined with a balanced attack that has led the Blazers to a 14-2 overall record.

Following a series split against UTSA, the Miners will look to face one of its toughest tasks yet in C-USA as they travel to face UAB on Friday and Saturday.

UAB announced today that their football game with UTEP scheduled for next Friday morning was canceled due to the number of COVID cases on the Blazers roster.

The UTEP football team could be calling Grande Communications Stadium in Midland, Texas their new home field for the remainder of the 2020 season.