EL PASO, Texas – The Old Dominion men’s basketball team (16-5, 6-2 C-USA) defeated UTEP (6-12, 1-6 C-USA) by a 50-48 score on Thursday night at the Don Haskins Center. For the contest, Old Dominion held UTEP to 25.9% (15-58) shooting from the floor and 30.0% (6-20) shooting from three-point range. The Monarchs have now won five in a row and 14 of its last 16 games.
Justice Kithcart’s fourth three-pointer of the contest gave ODU its largest lead of the ballgame, 44-33, with 8:48 to play. The Miners answered with a 15-4 run to tie the contest at 48-48 with 1:19 remaining in regulation.