UTEP Basketball: Miners handed more adversity

If the losses weren't enough, the UTEP basketball team was dealt with a huge blow on Tuesday.

The father of freshman guard Tim Cameron passed away on Christmas Day, and junior forward Jake Flaggert is battling through a broken nose.

Tim Floyd told the El Paso Times on Tuesday Cameron's father Scott Cameron passed away on Christmas morning and was allowed a leave of absence from basketball activities.

"We've told Tim to take as long as he needs with his family," Tim Floyd told the Times. "We obviously send our condolences to him and his family.