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Men’s basketball set for Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament

Men’s basketball set for Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament

Mike Flores, Staff Reporter November 13, 2017

The UTEP men’s basketball team will kick off the 2017 Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament against their old Western Athletic Conference rival Boise State on Thursday, Nov. 16, at noon at the HTC Center in Conway, SC. The game will be televised on ESPNU. The...

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Womens volleyball falls to New Mexico in season finale

Women’s volleyball falls to New Mexico in season finale

Jeremy Carranco, Sports Editor November 12, 2017

The 2017 UTEP women's volleyball season came to an end on Sunday night with a three-set loss to rival New Mexico on the road at the Johnson Center in Albuquerque. Amanda King capped her collegiate volleyball career with a double-double, her fifth of...

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Miners open Baker era with 67-56 win over CSU Bakersfield

Miners open Baker era with 67-56 win over CSU Bakersfield

Jeremy Carranco, Sports Editor November 11, 2017

Senior forward Tamara Seda came up two rebounds short of a double-double with eight to go along with a career-high of 20 points to help lift the UTEP women’s basketball team to a season opening victory over CSU Bakersfield, 67-56. The win gave...

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UTEP men’s basketball opens season with big win

UTEP men’s basketball opens season with big win

Jason Green, Contributor November 11, 2017

  For the second season in a row, the UTEP men’s basketball team opened the regular season against Louisiana College. Also for the second season in a row, the visiting Wildcats were routed by the Miners—this year by a final score of 100-50. From...

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Miners defeat Marshall 3-2 in five-set thriller

Miners defeat Marshall 3-2 in five-set thriller

Jeremy Carranco, Sports Editor November 8, 2017

  The UTEP women's volleyball team concluded their home season on a high note, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd in the fifth set, 17-15, to claim the 3-2 victory on Wednesday night at Memorial Gym. Seniors' Amanda King and Dania Orozco...

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Womens basketball adds prep standout for 2018-19 season

Women’s basketball adds prep standout for 2018-19 season

Mike Flores, Reporter November 8, 2017

The UTEP women’s basketball added some firepower for next year’s team with the addition of the 6-foot-1 forward out of Houston, Texas, Ariana Taylor, which head coach Kevin Baker announced today. Taylor is what every basketball team hopes to add—a...

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Niece of former UTEP linebacker signs with womens volleyball

Niece of former UTEP linebacker signs with women’s volleyball

Jeremy Carranco, Sports Editor November 8, 2017

UTEP volleyball head coach Holly Watts announced the addition of Kenidy Howard, niece of former UTEP football linebacker Thomas Howard, who signed her National Letter of Intent (NLI) on Wednesday for the 2018 season. Howard will join the Miners as...

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The Miners face Louisiana College in their 2017-18 season opener this Friday night.

Men’s basketball aims for better start in 2017-18

Jeremy Carranco, Sports Editor November 6, 2017

The UTEP men’s basketball team will look to put last season’s start in the rear view mirror and start the upcoming season stronger with their first shot coming against Louisiana College this Friday night at the Don Haskins Center. Looking at last...

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The Miners tip-off the 2017-18 season against CSU-Bakserfield this Saturday afternoon at the Don Haskins Center.

Women’s basketball season features a new era

Daniel Mendez, Staff Reporter November 6, 2017

Last season not only marked the end of coach Keitha Adams’ tenure with the UTEP women’s basketball program, but it also came with the graduation of 571 point-scorer and team leader Sparkle Taylor. Adams’ last season with the Miners before accepting...

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New womens basketball coach Kevin Baker watches the game from the sideline.

Kevin Baker embarks on a new journey with women’s basketball

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief November 6, 2017

Poised and respectfully, Kevin Baker told his team “last time” for their in-bound drill to cap off another practice. Baker, who filled the spot of UTEP’s highly acclaimed head coach Keitha Adams, is coming off a teaching-filled summer, a fine-tuning...

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The UTEP football team has beaten North Texas in two consecutive seasons.

Miners stay on road against UNT

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief November 6, 2017

Miners hope to set aside a ‘rough weekend’ as they go against UNT. At 0-9, there’s not much left to resurrect from the Miners’ crucifixion of a season. Here’s a stat for the books: UTEP is one of just two winless teams in all of FBS. The...

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Senior guard and team captain Omega Harris has scored 1,041 points in 88 games with the Miners in three seasons.

Harris will lead Miners in 2017-18 with high expectations

Mike Flores, Staff Reporter November 6, 2017

With eight newcomers (five of them being freshmen), the departures of Kelvin Jones and Joey St. Pierre and the loss of All-Conference second teamer in Dominic Artis from last year, the Miners will be looking at one basketball player that has brought consistency...

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