EL PASO, TEXAS – UTEP battered Sacramento State on the boards and at the foul line on its way to a 69-51 win over the Hornets on Saturday at the Don Haskins Center.   The Miners broke open a close game with a 14-0 run late in the first half.  UTEP was ahead 34-21 at… More

EL PASO, Texas – Kayla Thornton (21 points, 10 rebounds) and Chrishauna Parker (12 points, 15 rebounds) recorded double-doubles while Jenzel Nash provided a spark with 19 points off the bench to help lead UTEP past long-time rival SMU, 76-71, at the Don Haskins Center Saturday afternoon. The Mustangs (8-2) jumped out to a double-digit… More

EL PASO, Texas – A high school senior (Marta Miscenko) and a junior-college member (Rudiane Eduardo) have signed national letters of intent to attend school and compete with the UTEP women’s basketball team for the 2014-15 season, head coach Keitha Adams revealed Monday. The Miners now have inked four standouts in the early signing period,… More

EL PASO, TEXAS – UTEP has addressed a need for backcourt help by signing three high school standouts to national letters of intent.   Omega Harris (Bethany, Okla.), Chris Sandifer (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Trey Touchet (Lafayette, La.) are all slated to join the Miners for the 2014-15 season.   “We’re looking for all three… More

EL PASO, Texas – Two high school seniors have signed national letters of intent to attend school and compete with the UTEP women’s basketball team for the 2014-15 season, head coach Keitha Adams revealed Thursday. A brief profile, along with a quote from Adams and a prominent coach in the student-athlete’s life on each signee,… More

EL PASO, Texas – UTEP softball head coach Tobin Echo-Hawk announced the 2014 softball schedule onTuesday, which is highlighted by the Miners playing seven programs that played in the 2013 NCAA Regionals and Super Regionals and taking on NM State threetimes.   Three current UTEP coaches coached in the NCAA College World Series Regionals last… More

EL PASO, Texas (September 3, 2013) — The Sun Bowl Association and WestStar Bank are pleased to announce the field for the 2013 WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational. Western Illinois, Denver and Alcorn State will join UTEP for the 52nd edition of the invitational scheduled for Dec. 28-29, 2013 at the Don Haskins… More

Entertainment Weekly reported Ray Manzarek, the founding keyboardist for the Doors, passed away this morning in Germany, according to a statement from his publicist. The cause was bile duct cancer. As a member of the legendary rock band that formed in 1965 in Los Angeles and effectively ended with the death of frontman Jim Morrison… More