As a No. 2 seed in the Conference USA (C-USA) Tournament, the UTEP Miners(16-7, 13-5) face the East Division’s third seed Florida Atlantic (FAU) Owls {11-10, 8-8) in a quarter-final rematch of last year’s tourney opponent 1:30 p.m. today.
UTEP won easily in last year’s opening game 95-67 over the Owls. This season UTEP faced the Owls twice at home, splitting both games, including a 92-62 blowout which had four Miners scoring in double figures led by first-team all-conference point guard Katia Gallegos with 19.
“I feel like our team is built for the tournament,” UTEP Coach Kevin Baker said.