The UTEP Miners men’s basketball team (13-11, C-USA 4-5) defeated the NMSU Aggies (11-13, C-USA 5-4) in a landslide victory Feb. 10. NMSU did not take the lead throughout the game, giving the Miners the edge in front of over ten thousand fans. The Miners won with a 25-point gap over NMSU with a final score of 74-49.
The first half began with a Miner possession, thanks to a successful tipoff by UTEP junior forward Kevin Kalu. The Miners would score 12 points in a row within the first five minutes, until NMSU junior guard Jaden Harris put up the first two points of the Aggies (12-2.