- Joined
- May 8, 2002
- Posts
- 1,145,311
- Reaction score
- 59
Throughout the last month, the UTEP men's basketball team looked like it was ready for a road breakthrough. Come close enough times, give yourself enough chances, sooner or later fate takes a turn.
For the suddenly surging Miners, that time came Wednesday night in Jacksonville.
UTEP gained some breathing room with a late 15-3 run, then held off a Gamecocks comeback to come away with a 69-64 victory that took a huge step toward the Conference USA tournament.
With the upset win, the Miners improved to 6-8 in Conference USA and 10-15 overall after their first back-to-back victories since the first weeks of the season against Division II and NAIA competition. Jacksonville State, which entered the game in second place in CUSA, fell to 8-4, 13-11 overall and now is 5-2 in home league games.
More: CUSA men's basketball standings
UTEP is now 2-5 on the road (it did beat last-place Delaware early on the road) and this was impressive.
The Miners checked the big box they needed to with four players in double figures: Caleb Blackwell and Elijah Jones each had 16, Kaseem Watson scored 12 and Jamal West had 10.
UTEP made 11-of-25 3-pointers to Jacksonville State's 8-of-18, which accounted for much of the difference.
UTEP gets its shot at league-unbeaten Liberty Saturday at the Don Haskins Center on national television. The unusual noon Don Haskins Center tip will be televised on ESPN2.
Bret Bloomquist can be reached at [email protected]; @Bretbloomquist on X.
This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: UTEP men's basketball upsets Jacksonville State on the road
Continue reading...
For the suddenly surging Miners, that time came Wednesday night in Jacksonville.
UTEP gained some breathing room with a late 15-3 run, then held off a Gamecocks comeback to come away with a 69-64 victory that took a huge step toward the Conference USA tournament.
With the upset win, the Miners improved to 6-8 in Conference USA and 10-15 overall after their first back-to-back victories since the first weeks of the season against Division II and NAIA competition. Jacksonville State, which entered the game in second place in CUSA, fell to 8-4, 13-11 overall and now is 5-2 in home league games.
More: CUSA men's basketball standings
You must be registered for see images attach
UTEP is now 2-5 on the road (it did beat last-place Delaware early on the road) and this was impressive.
The Miners checked the big box they needed to with four players in double figures: Caleb Blackwell and Elijah Jones each had 16, Kaseem Watson scored 12 and Jamal West had 10.
UTEP made 11-of-25 3-pointers to Jacksonville State's 8-of-18, which accounted for much of the difference.
Up next
UTEP gets its shot at league-unbeaten Liberty Saturday at the Don Haskins Center on national television. The unusual noon Don Haskins Center tip will be televised on ESPN2.
Bret Bloomquist can be reached at [email protected]; @Bretbloomquist on X.
This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: UTEP men's basketball upsets Jacksonville State on the road
Continue reading...
