utep men's basketball

As UTEP men's basketball starts their offseason following their 8-21 finish to the season, sophomore guard Evan Gilyard announced today on Twitter that he will be transferring from the program.

Today, as the conference released their honorable selections, UTEP only had one representation: Freshman forward Efe Odigie to the All-C-USA Freshman team.

The two-decade-plus streak of making a post-season conference tournament for the Miners is on the line this weekend as the Miners travel to take on Charlotte on Sunday in their second game of C-USA Bonus Play.

It's been 21 years since the UTEP men's basketball program missed a post-season conference tournament and currently sitting in the bottom pairing of the C-USA "Bonus Play" doesn't bode well for the Miners chances at making the C-USA Tournament.

The only thing sweeter than beating a team at home by 10 points is following that up with a win on the road.

The Miners fought back on a 23-6 run from the end of the first and beginning of the second half to give the Miners an 85-75 victory over Florida International on Saturday evening at the Don Haskins Center.

On a tough Thursday evening, UTEP (7-15, 2-9 C-USA) had no answer to the red-hot 3-point shooting by Florida Atlantic and fell 61-48 at the Don Haskins Center.

Four of the final six games for the Miners will take place away from El Paso, and it starts tonight with the first game against Marshall (12-9, 5-3 C-USA), who are undergoing a three-game losing streak.

UTEP pulled away in the end over Charlotte to snap their three-game losing streak and improve to 7-12 overall.

Going through a quick turnaround from losing to Old Dominion (50-48), who is the current No. 1 team in C-USA, the Miners will regroup and have their eyes set on Charlotte for Saturday's contest in the Don Haskins Center.