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UTEP BASKETBALL ‘10-11 UTEP (1-1) VS. WESTERN CAROLINA (1-1) GAME NOVEMBER 20, 2010 n 8:30 P.M. DON HASKINS CENTER (12,000) 3 EL PASO, TEXAS game in as many starts. Western Carolina 2010-11 SCHEDULE dropped a 69-64 decision in its opener at Nov. 12 Pacific L 61-66 Clemson on Nov. 12 before winning at De- Nov. 14 Mercer W 87-74 Paul, 69-64, on Tuesday. The Catamounts Nov. 20 Western Carolina 8:30 p.m. have three guards with double figure scoring Nov. 23 NM State 7:05 p.m. Nov. 26 vs. Georgia Tech% (@Atlantic City, N.J.) 3:30 p.m. averages -- junior Harouna Mutombo (14.5 Nov. 27 vs. Michigan/Syracuse% (@Atlantic City, N.J.) TBA ppg), freshman Trey Sumler (12.0 ppg) and Nov. 30 at NM State 7 p.m. Dec. 12 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7:05 p.m. senior Mike Williams (11.5 ppg). Williams Dec. 15 Louisiana-Monroe 7:05 p.m. is a long-time teammate of UTEP senior cen- Dec. 18 Texas Tech 8 p.m. Dec. 20 Stephen F. Austin 8:30 p.m. FOR STARTERS ter Claude Britten. Both natives of Baton Dec. 23 at BYU 7 p.m. UTEP (1-1) meets Western Carolina (1-1) Rouge, La., Britten and Williams played AAU Dec. 28 Western New Mexico# 7 p.m. Dec. 29 Air Force# 7:30 p.m. in a Legends Classic regional round game on ball together before teaming at Genesis One Jan. 2 Sam Houston State 2 p.m. Saturday at 8:30 p.m. MT. The Miners and Christian School in Mendenhall, Miss. Jan. 5 Tulsa* 7:05 p.m. Jan. 8 at UAB* 2 p.m. Catamounts are two of the 12 teams par- Western Carolina was 22-12 a year ago Jan. 12 at Tulane* 6 p.m. ticipating in the 2010 edition of the event. and ended its season with a 90-88 loss at Jan. 15 Rice* 7:05 p.m. The others are Albany, Bowling Green, De- Marshall in the first round of the CollegeIn- Jan. 22 at Houston* 6 p.m. Jan. 26 Tulane* 7:05 p.m. troit, Gardner-Webb, Georgia Tech, Mercer, sider.com Tournament. The Catamounts Jan. 29 at Tulsa* 6 p.m. Michigan, Niagara, Syracuse, and William & have two starters and seven lettermen back Feb. 2 UCF* 7 p.m. Feb. 5 at Rice* 1 p.m. Mary. from that squad, but lost their top two scor- Feb. 12 SMU* 7:05 p.m. Following a home game versus I-10 rival ers in Brandon Giles (11.9 ppg) and Jake Feb. 16 at Southern Miss* 6 p.m. NM State on Tuesday, UTEP will join Georgia Feb. 19 Houston* 7:05 p.m. Robinson (11.7 ppg). Feb. 23 at East Carolina* 5 p.m. Tech, Michigan and Syracuse in the cham- The Catamounts are under the direction Feb. 26 Memphis* 1 p.m. pionship rounds Nov. 26-27 in Atlantic City, of Larry Hunter, who has compiled 582 wins March 2 Marshall* 7:05 p.m. March 5 at SMU* 1 p.m. N.J. All championship round games will be in 30+ seasons as a head coach to rank March 9 TBA^ TBA nationally televised on HDNet. among the active Division I leaders. % Legends Classic Produced by the Gazelle Group, the Leg- # Bank of the West Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational ends Classic (www.legendsclassic.com) is SERIES NOTES * Conference USA game ^ Conference USA Tournament (El Paso, Texas) in its fourth year of existence. UTEP is the Saturday’s game marks the first meeting Home games in bold first Conference USA team to participate in between UTEP and Western Carolina. The All times Mountain the event. Past champions of the Legends Miners are 2-0 all-time versus teams cur- All dates and times subject to change Classic were Texas in 2007, Pittsburgh in rently in the Southern Conference with wins 2008 and Florida in 2009. over Appalachian State on Nov. 27, 1985 (58-52) and Samford on Dec. 14, 1998 (63- SCOUTING WESTERN CAROLINA 60). Both games were played in the Don The Catamounts bring a 1-1 mark to Haskins Center. 2010-11 STANDINGS* El Paso and are playing their third road Conference Overall W-L W-L Memphis 0-0 3-0 UTEP STARTERS AND RESERVES East Carolina 0-0 2-0 Marshall 0-0 2-0 Starters* Rice 0-0 2-0 Pos. No. Name Ht Wt Class Hometown Ppg Rpg Apg FG% FT% Southern Miss 0-0 2-0 F 34 Jeremy Williams 6-7 220 SR-1L Memphis, Tenn. 10.0 3.5 0.5 .417 .571 UAB 0-0 2-0 C 32 Claude Britten 6-11 280 SR-3L Baton Rouge, La. 8.0 1.0 0.5 .700 1.000 UCF 0-0 2-0 G 41 Christian Polk 6-4 190 SR-1L Glendale, Ariz. 12.5 4.5 5.0 .455 1.000 Houston 0-0 2-1 G 3 Randy Culpepper 6-0 165 SR-3L Memphis, Tenn. 18.5 3.5 2.0 .464 1.000 UTEP 0-0 1-1 G 5 Julyan Stone 6-7 200 SR-3L Goleta, Calif. 12.5 9.5 4.5 .429 .765 Tulane 0-0 1-1 Tulsa 0-0 1-1 Reserves SMU 0-0 0-2 Pos. No. Name Ht Wt Class Hometown Ppg Rpg Apg FG% FT% * Standings through games of Nov. 17 G 2 Tyler Tafoya 6-3 160 SO-0L El Paso, Texas 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 G 4 DeShun Watkins 6-3 175 FR-HS Chicago, Ill. 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 Friday, Nov. 19 C 13 Wayne Portalatin 6-10 255 SR-3L Allentown, Pa. 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 Portland State at SMU G 20 Isaac Gordon 6-5 210 SR-2L Los Angeles, Calif. 1.0 5.0 0.0 .000 .500 Missouri State at Tulsa C 21 John Bohannon 6-10 210 FR-HS Lancaster, Texas 5.0 3.5 0.0 .600 .571 Centenary at Tulane F 23 Gabriel McCulley 6-7 225 JR-2L Memphis, Tenn. 5.5 3.5 0.0 .400 .600 G 24 Michael Perez 6-3 180 FR-HS Tucson, Ariz. 1.5 2.5 1.0 .250 .000 Saturday, Nov. 20 F 31 Eric Munoz 6-7 210 SR-0L El Paso, Texas 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 NW Oklahoma State at Houston F 33 Michael Haynes 6-6 225 FR-HS Chicago, Ill. 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 UAB at Arizona State G 40 Tony Baker 6-1 180 FR-HS El Paso, Texas 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 UC Riverside at SMU Chattanooga at Marshall * Starting lineup based on previous game Western Carolina at UTEP UTEP BASKETBALL ‘10-11 cent (28-for-54) in the first half and 40.4 STATISTICAL COMPARISON percent (21-for-52) in the second half. MEDIA INFORMATION Defensively, UTEP has surrendered an Television and Radio Coverage UTEP Category Western Carolina average of 29.0 ppg in the first half and 1-1 W-L 1-1 41.0 ppg in the second half. The Miners’ Television: None 74.0 PPG 66.5 defensive field goal percentage is 34.5 (20- 70.0 OPP PPG 75.5 .462 FG% .393 for-58) in the first half and 50.0 (28-for-56) English Radio: KOFX 92.3 FM in the second half. (Jon Teicher/Steve Yellen) .421 FG% DEF .490 .276 3PT% .302 Spanish Radio: Maria 1650 AM .352 3PT% DEF .267 FLOYD LENGTHENS BENCH IN GAME 2 (Omar Ropele/Omar Duran) .712 FT% .600 After only eight Miner players saw action .581 OPP FT% .577 in the season opener versus Pacific, coach UTEP Men’s Basketball SID 37.5 RPG 38.5 35.5 RPG DEF 35.5 Tim Floyd went 10-deep against Mercer. Jeff Darby 13.5 ASSISTS PG 12.5 Eight of the 10 players on the floor versus e-mail: [email protected] 14.0 TURNOVERS PG 15.5 the Bears scored, as UTEP had four start- Office: (915) 747-6652 3.5 BLOCKS PG 3.5 ers in double figures for the first time since Cell: (915) 204-0642 7.0 STEALS PG 6.5 February 20, 2010 at Tulsa. UTEP Athletics Website UTEP SQUARES RECORD AT 1-1 MINERS HOLDING THEIR OWN www.utepathletics.com WITH VICTORY OVER MERCER ON THE BOARDS Randy Culpepper scored 24 points to Despite losing 44 percent of their re- Conference USA Website lead four UTEP players in double figures bounding production from last season -- as the Miners topped Mercer, 87-74, in a largely in the form of Derrick Caracter and www.conferenceusa.com Legends Classic Regional Round game last Arnett Moultrie, who combined for 14.8 Conference USA Coaches Teleconference Sunday at the Don Haskins Center. boards per game -- UTEP has hung in there Christian Polk added 17 points, Julyan on the glass early this season. The Miners Conference USA conducts coaches’ Stone 13 and Jeremy Williams 11 for the are averaging 37.5 rpg, up from a 36.2 aver- teleconference calls periodically during Miners, who scored their first win under age last year, and UTEP’s rebound margin the season. Please contact Courtney Morrison-Archer of the C-USA Media Rela- head coach Tim Floyd. (+2.0) is actually better than it was in 2009- tions staff at (214) 774-1300 for the dates Jeff Smith led Mercer with 22 points, and 10 (+0.7).