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GAME 6 VS. SOUTHERN MISS #DefendTheDon UTEP MINERS (3-2, 0-0 C-USA) WHERE TO WATCH & LISTEN Head Coach: Kevin Baker (Stephen F. Austin, 1994) Career Record: 164-82 (Ninth season) Record at UTEP: 45-42 (Fourth season) Home: 2-0 | Road: 1-2 | Neutral: 0-0 PLAY-BY-PLAY: Tim Hagerty 2020-21 SCHEDULE VS DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SOUTHERN MISS LADY EAGLES (2-0, 0-0 C-USA) Nov. 25 NMSU W, 60-76 OT Head Coach: Joye Lee-McNelis (Southern Miss, 1984) Nov. 28 Incarnate Word W, 67-63 Career Record: 494-395 Dec. 2 @ NMSU W, 81-73 OT Record at Southern Miss: 265-239 (17th Season) Dec. 5 Sam Houston CANCELED Home: 2-0 | Road: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-0 Dec. 13 @ Utah State L, 68-65 Dec. 17 @ NAU L, 83-75 Jan. 1 Southern Miss * 1 PM OPENING TIP Jan. 2 Southern Miss * 12 PM Jan. 8 @ Rice * 12 PM »UTEP BRINGS IN NEW YEAR WITH LADY EAGLES IN TWO-GAME SERIES Jan. 9 @ Rice * 12 PM UTEP opens up Conference USA play with a New Year’s Day matchup against Southern Miss after a 3-2 start in the Miners’ nonconference schedule. The Miners opened up the season with a three-game winning streak featuring three come- Jan. 15 North Texas * 7 PM from-behind victories in the fourth quarter – two of which came in overtime over I-10 rival New Mexico State. Jan. 15 North Texas * 2 PM Jan. 22 LA Tech * 5 PM »LAST GAME [UTEP 75, NAU 85] Jan. 23 LA Tech * 5:30 PM Four Miners scored in double fgures as UTEP overcame two double-digit defcits, but it was not enough to take down the Jan. 28 UTSA * 7 PM Lumberjacks. Forward/center Michelle Pruitt was the engine of the UTEP ofense, tying a career-high 17 points. Junior Jan. 30 at UTSA * 12 PM guard transfer Destiny Thurman – who started her frst career game in a Miner uniform – sparked a 6-0 run to start the Feb. 5 UAB * 7 PM game. Sophomore guard Isis Lopes was granted eligibility the day before the game and took full advantage of the oppor- Feb. 6 UAB * 4 PM tunity. In Lopes’ frst game for UTEP, she hit two clutch buckets: a layup that trimmed the NAU lead to one point, 43-42, Feb. 12 at FIU * 5 PM and a jumper to tie up the game, 46-46. Lopes also knocked down two 3-pointers. Feb. 13 at FIU * 12 PM Feb. 19 Florida Atlantic * 7 PM »MINER FACTS Feb. 20 Florida Atlantic * 2 PM Feb. 26 at Charlotte * 4 PM » UTEP has won ten of its last 11 C-USA openers and have won three in a row against FIU (Jan. 5, 2018), UTSA (Jan. 5, 2019) Feb. 27 at Charlotte * 1 PM and FIU (Jan. 2, 2019). Mar. 10-13 Conference USA Championships TBD » Katia Gallegos is averaging 18.8 ppg to start the season, good for ffth-best in the conference, and ranks third in C-USA with 13 steals. Bold denotes home game » Sabine Lipe has drawn a team-high fve charges. * Conference USA Game » DejaNae Roebucks ranks second on the team with 12.0 ppg. @ C-USA Tournament (Frisco, Texas) All Times Mountain » UTEP has three come-from-behind fourth quarter victories this season including two overtime wins over cross-border Dates & Times are subject to change rival New Mexico State.

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SERIES HISTORY UTEP leads the all-time series 15-9. The two programs have split the last ten meetings with fve wins a piece. The Miners swept the # # # # # Lady Eagles in last season’s two-game series. 3 15 13 21 22 KATIA GALLEGOS AVERY CROUSE SABINE LIPE ELINA ARIKE DEJANAE ROEBUCK ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS SO / G SO / G JR / G FR / F SR / F ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS • UTEP WBB SID 5-7 6-0 5-9 6-2 6-2 Anna Claire Thomas [email protected] 18.8 PPG 9.0 PPG 5.5 PPG 2.6 PPG 12.0 PPG 318-331-3813 (c) 5.2 RPG 5.0 RPG 5.0 RPG 0.8 RPG 5.0 RPG 915-747-6653 (o) 5.2 APG 1.6 APG 2.8 APG 1.0 APG 0.8 APG 45.9 FG% 31.4 FG% 29.2 FG% 25.0 FG% 53.5 FG% OFFICIAL WEBSITE: UTEPMINERS.com 69.2 FT% 58.8 FT% 85.7 FT% 66.7 FT% 73.3 FT%

GAME 1: UTEP vs. Southern Mis MEDIA INFORMATION GAME NOTES PRACTICE COVERAGE UTEP basketball practices are closed to the FRIDAY’S OPPONENT media. Head Coach Kevin Baker and players After seeing the frst fve games of their season canceled, the Lady Eagles are of to a 2-0 start with victories will be available for interviews on ZOOM after over Nicholls on Dec. 18, 63-50, and William Carey on Dec. 19, 57-50. Southern Miss is riding of brilliant practice on days before home games and a day performances from two of its newcomers. The Lady Eagles have held their opponents to a C-USA best 50.0 points per game. before a travel day for road games, unless noted otherwise. Most recently, freshman Melyia Grayson dropped 21 points of 9-of-17 shooting in the Lady Eagles› victory over William Carey. Grayson also pulled down eight rebounds in her career night. Freshman Kahia Warmsely added 10 points of her own. Against Nicholls, junior college transfer Fess Hawkins recorded a double-double POSTGAME INTERVIEWS in her frst D-I game with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Grayson also had 10 points in 15 minutes. UTEP’s locker room is closed. Head Coach Kevin Baker will be available following the game via Southern Miss was slotted to fnish 11th in the C-USA poll after a 15-15 (7-11 C-USA) record in 2019-20. ZOOM. Selected players will be available following his press conference on ZOOM. SERIES HISTORY BREAKDOWN The all-time series between the two programs rests in UTEP’s favor, 15-9. The Miners swept the Lady Eagles UTEP BASKETBALL RADIO SHOW in last season’s two-game series on Jan. 9, 2020, 89-72, and Feb. 29, 2020, 80-72. Then-freshman guard Katia Gallegos recorded a then-career-high 23 points in the frst contest and then-freshman guard Avery Crouse (all shows from 6-7 p.m. on ESPN 600 El Paso) poured in 21 points to match her career-high in the February matchup. Tuesday, December 29 The two programs frst met in the 1993-94 season in Hattiesburg, Miss. on Dec. 21, 1993, in a contest that Tuesday, January 5 saw the Miners fall to the Lady Eagles, 80-53. The next meeting did not occur for another 13 years until UTEP joined Conference USA in the 2005-06 season. UTEP would lose that matchup on Jan. 13, 2006, to Southern Tuesday, January 12 Miss, 57-55. Monday, January 18 Monday, January 25 UTEP 89, SOUTHERN MISS 72 [JAN. 9 | HATTIESBURG, MISS.] Fueled by the highest scoring frst half on the road in program history, UTEP surged to an 89-72 win at Sout- Monday, February 1 hern Miss Thursday evening. The Miners› (10-4, 3-0 C-USA) 89 points tie as the most in league road contest in school history. They also did so in an 89-74 win at UCF on Feb. 24, 2008. UTEP piled up 51 points to lead Monday, February 8 the Lady Eagles (9-4, 1-1 C-USA) by 20 at the break on the way to their third victory in as many league games. Monday, February 15 It marked just the second home loss of the campaign for USM, which slipped to 8-2 inside Reed Green Coli- seum this year. Freshman Katia Gallegos set career highs in scoring (23) and assists (eight) to lead the way. Monday, February 22 She was joined in double fgures by fellow starters Katarina Zec (21 points), Ariana Taylor (14 points) and Ariona Gill (13 points). Avery Crouse pitched in six points and four assists. All fve starters logged at least 30 Monday, March 1 minutes of action. UTEP drilled 52.5 percent (32-61) from the foor, the fourth-highest percentage in a road conference contest in program annals.

UTEP 80, SOUTHERN MISS 72 [FEB. 29 | HASKINS CENTER] Avery Crouse (career-high tying 21 points), Katarina Zec (17 points), Arina Khlopkova (14 points) and Katia Gallegos (career-high 12 assists, career-most seven steals) all had big days as UTEP toppled Southern Miss, 80-72, on «Senior Day» at the Don Haskins Center Saturday afternoon. It was a back-and-forth game with fve ties and fve lead changes, with the Miners (15-12, 8-8 C-USA) ripping of seven straight points midway through the fourth quarter to turn a one-point defcit into a six-point advantage (63-57). The Lady Eagles (14- 13, 6-10 C-USA) could get no closer than four the rest of the way, with UTEP closing out the contest in style. The 12 assists by Gallegos were one shy of the UTEP single-game record and tied for third-most in a contest by a Miner. Her seven steals earned her a share for seventh for UTEP›s single-game charts. The Miners shot 48.3 percent (28-58) from the foor, piled up 22 assists on 28 feld goals made, while forcing 23 turnovers that led to 24 points. That efort allowed UTEP to ofset being outrebounded by 13 (43-30). UTEP QUICK FACTS PRESEASON ACCOLADES UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Katia Gallegos was selected to the C-USA Preseason Team on Nov. 4, making her the frst Miner to appear Location ...... El Paso, Texas on the list since Jenzel Nash and Sparkle Taylor in 2016-17. Five days later, Gallegos was tabbed as one of the 20 candidates for the Nancy Lieberman Award given to the top point guard in NCAA Division I college Founded ...... 1914 basketball. Gallegos led C-USA in assists (154) as a freshman, averaging 5.1 per contest, while she was the Enrollment ...... 25,151 Miners’ third-best scorer with 9.6 points per game. Nickname ...... Miners Colors ...... Dark Blue, Orange, Silver Accent GALLEGOS’ HOT START Conference ...... Conference USA Katia Gallegos announced her presence this season as both a leader and as a clutch shooter. To start the Arena ...... Don Haskins Center (11,892) season against rival NMSU (Nov. 25), Gallegos scored a career-high 25 points including the most crucial President ...... Dr. Heather Wilson bucket of the game with a driving layup to tie the game with under fve seconds left in regulation. Gallegos Director of Athletics ...... Jim Senter then logged two more 20-point performances against Incarnate Word (Nov. 28) and NMSU (Dec. 2) again. Through three games, Gallegos was in the top-fve in the conference in both minutes and scoring (21.0 ppg).

BASKETBALL STAFF NEW MINERS PICKING THEIR SPOTS Head Coach ...... Kevin Baker Junior transfer Destiny Thurman (Hutchison College, Kan.) and sophomore transfer Isis Lopes (Clemson), Assistant Coaches ...... Todd Buchanan two new faces to El Paso, have made an impact already in their brief tenures as Miners...... Anthony Anderson ...... Heather Karner Thurman made her UTEP debut in the second quarter against Utah State (Dec. 13) scoring seven of her total Dir. of Basketball Operations ...... Alexis Murphy 14 points in the period. Down the stretch, Thurman came up clutch with two back-to-back 3-pointers halfway through the fourth quarter, the second of which tied the game, 58-58. She fnished her debut with 14 points, fve rebounds and a steal in 30 minutes. HISTORY All-Time Record ...... 592-684 Lopes fnished her debut with against NAU (Dec. 17) with 10 points, three rebounds and two 3s in just 18 NCAA Appearances ...... 2 (last in 2012) minutes. WNIT Appearances ...... 2 (last in 2016)

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GAME 1: UTEP vs. Southern Mis 2020-21 utep basketball stats & facts

• Played in all 30 contests, made four starts, while pitching 4.3 ppg and 1.6 rpg ARINA KHLOPKOVA • SO. • G • 6-0 • MOSCOW, RUSSIA • Had 19 3-point makes and 22 feld goals made from inside the arc 1 PTS RBS ASTS FG% 3FG FT% • Posted career highs in points (20) and rebounds (fve) against Georgia State 4.6 1.2 0.2 .500 .400 .500 • International business major

• Scored a career-high in the season-opener against NMSU (11/25/20) KATIA GALLEGOS • SO. • G • 5-7 • EL PASO, TEXAS • Named to the C-USA Preseason Team in Nov. and Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List PTS RBS ASTS FG% 3FG FT% • Named to the C-USA All-Freshman team 3 • Set a program freshman record with 154 assists in 2019-20 18.8 5.2 5.2 .459 .296 .692 • Led C-USA in assists in the 2019-20 season

• Scored 14 points and pulled down fve reb in her UTEP debut at Utah State (12/13/20) DESTINY THURMAN • JR. • G • 5-7 • ARLINGTON, TEXAS • Named a National Junior College All-American as both a fr. (second team) and so. (third PTS RBS ASTS FG% 3FG FT% team) at Collin County Community College 5 • Player of the Year for the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference and named to 9.0 3.5 1.0 .280 .250 .500 the All-Conference First Team and NJCAA Region V All-Region Team as a sophomore

• Scored 10 points and two 3-pointers in her debut at NAU (12/17/20) ISIS LOPES • S0. • G • 5-11 • MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA • Played one year with Clemson, will have three seasons of eligibility with the Miners 11 PTS RBS ASTS FG% 3FG FT% • Set season highs for pts (fve), rebs (two) and min (13) at North Carolina (2/2/20) 10.0 3.0 2.0 .571 .500 .000

• Played in all 30 games on the 2019-20 season, chipping in 2.2 ppg, 1.3 rpg and 0.9 apg TIA BRADSHAW • SR. • G • 5-9 • DODGE CITY, KAN. • Tied for ffth on the squad in steals (19) in 2019-20 12 PTS RBS ASTS FG% 3FG FT% • Kinesiology major 1.4 1.0 0.4 .250 .000 .750

• Leads the team with fve charges SABINE LIPE • JR. • G • 5-9 • LIEPAJA, LATVIA • Played in all 30 games, including making 10 starts in 2019-20 PTS RBS ASTS FG% 3FG FT% • Pitched in 4.7 ppg and 2.2 rebounds per game 13 • Earned a spot in the starting line-up in nine of the fnal 10 contests last season 5.5 5.0 2.8 .292 .250 .857 • Civil engineering major

• Ranked fourth on the squad in scoring (8.0 ppg), rebs (3.3 rpg) and stls (32) last season AVERY CROUSE • SO. • G • 6-0 • SACHSE, TEXAS • Cracked top-10 UTEP freshman season rankings for 3-point % (33.3-sixth), feld-goal % PTS RBS ASTS FG% 3FG FT% (42.2-seventh), 3s made (23-tied ninth) and points (241) 15 • Reached double fgures in scoring in fve of fnal six games of last season 9.0 5.0 1.6 .314 .176 .588 • Biochemistry major

• Gained experience on the international level while competing with the U16 and U17 DAGNE APSITE • FR. • F • 6-2 • KONGSBERG, NORWAY Latvian National team 20 PTS RBS ASTS FG% 3FG FT% • Also has played with BK Saldus Sporta Skola 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.000 .000 .000

• Ample international playing experience with Finland at numerous tournaments, com- ELINA ARIKE • FR. • F • 6-2 • SALDUS, LATVIA peting for the U18 and U20 teams PTS RBS ASTS FG% 3FG FT% • Averaged 8.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists in six games in summer of 2019 at 21 the U20 European Championships Division B 2.6 0.8 1.0 .250 .000 .667

• Set a career-high in points (15) in the Miners’ victory over NMSU. Six of Roebuck’s DEJANAE ROEBUCK • SR. • F • 6-0 • OLATHE, KAN. points came in the overtime period (11/25/20) PTS RBS ASTS FG% 3FG FT% • Averaging the second-most scoring for the Miners and leads the team in rebounds 22 • Played in 29 games of the bench, chipping in 3.1 ppg and 1.2 apg last season 12.0 5.8 0.8 .535 .375 .733 • Criminal justice major

• Led the Miners in scoring with 17 points in their loss to NAU (12/17/20) MICHELLE PRUITT • SR. • F/C • 5-11 • CHICAGO, ILL. • Played in 29 games, including starting eight times in the 2019-20 season while pitched 33 PTS RBS ASTS FG% 3FG FT% in 5.6 ppg on a squad-leading 54.0 percent (68-126) shooting from the foor 8.4 5.4 1.0 .514 .000 .400 • Business administration major

• Opened her Miner career with fve points, six rebs and a block of the bench against BRENDA FONTANA • FR. • F • 6-1 • MORENO, ARGENTINA NMSU (11/25/20). PTS RBS ASTS FG% 3FG FT% • Extensive international experience with Argentina, playing for U17, U18 and U19 teams 55 • Put up 7.3 ppg and 5.1 rebounds per contest across the board at the diferent events 1.8 2.0 0.8 .400 .000 .200

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GAME 1: UTEP vs. Southern Mis utep career highs #20 DAGNE APSITE #55 BRENDA FONTANA #11 ISIS LOPES PTS: ______2, Incarnate Word (11/28/20) PTS: ______5, NMSU (11/25/20) PTS: ______10, at NAU (12/17/20) REB: ______- REB: ______6, NMSU (11/25/20) REB: ______3, at NAU (12/17/20) AST: ______- AST: ______2, NMSU (11/25/20) AST: ______2, at NAU (12/17/20) STL: ______- STL: ______- STL: ______- BKL: ______- BKL: ______1, NMSU (11/25/20) BKL: ______- FG: ______1, Incarnate Word (11/28/20) FG: ______2, 2x, last Incarnate Word (11/28/20) FG: ______4, at NAU (12/17/20) FGA: ______1, Incarnate Word (11/28/20) FGA: ______5, Incarnate Word (11/28/20) FGA: ______7, at NAU (12/17/20) 3FG: ______- 3FG: ______- 3FG: ______2, at NAU (12/17/20) 3FGA: ______- 3FGA: ______1, 2x, last at NAU (12/17/20) 3FGA: ______4, at NAU (12/17/20) FT: ______- FT: ______1, NMSU (11/25/20) FT: ______- FTA: ______- FTA: ______4, NMSU (11/25/20) FTA: ______- MIN: ______2, Incarnate Word (11/28/20) MIN: ______17, Incarnate Word (11/28/20) MIN: ______18, at NAU (12/17/20) #21 ELINA ARIKE #3 KATIA GALLEGOS #33 MICHELLE PRUITT PTS: ______4, 2x, last at NMSU (12/2/20) PTS: ______25, NMSU (11/25/20) PTS: ______11, New Mexico Highlands (11/5/19) REB: ______2, at NMSU (12/2/20) REB: ______11, Florida Atlantic (11/30/19) REB: ______11, 3x, last at Rice (1/23/20) AST: ______1, 5x, last at NAU (12/17/20) AST: ______12, USM (2/29/20) AST: ______6, 2x, last UTSA (1/15/20) STL: ______- STL: ______7, USM (2/29/20) STL: ______2, 3x, last UAB (2/1/20) BKL: ______- BKL: ______3, Florida Atlantic (3/11/20) BKL: ______1, 5x, last at UNT (1/25/20) FG: ______2, NMSU (11/25/20) FG: ______9, NMSU (11/25/20) FG: ______3, New Mexico Highlands (11/5/19) FGA: ______4, 2x, last at Utah State (12/13/20) FGA: ______23, NMSU (11/25/20) FGA: ______8, New Mexico (11/19/19) 3FG: ______1, Incarnate Word (11/28/20) 3FG: ______3, 3x, last NMSU (11/25/20) 3FG: ______2, 2x, last LA Tech (1/11/20) 3FGA: ______2, at Utah State (12/13/20) 3FGA: ______7, 3x, last NMSU (11/25/20) 3FGA: ______5, New Mexico (11/19/19) FT: ______4, at NMSU (12/2/20) FT: ______9, at Southern Miss (1/9/20) FT: ______4, New Mexico Highlands (11/5/19) FTA: ______4, at NMSU (12/2/20) FTA: ______10, 3x, last NMSU (11/25/20) FTA: ______4, New Mexico Highlands (11/5/19) MIN: ______10, 2x, last at NAU (12/17/20) MIN: ______44, NMSU (11/25/20) MIN: ______36, NM State (11/12/19) #12 TIA BRADSHAW #1 ARINA KHLOPKOVA #22 DEJANAE ROEBUCK PTS: ______8, 2x, last at MT (1/30/20) PTS: ______20, Georgia State (11/30/19) PTS: ______15, NMSU (11/25/20) REB: ______5, at MT (1/30/20) REB: ______5, Georgia State (11/30/19) REB: ______8, at NMSU (12/2/20) AST: ______4, 2x, last Rice (1/23/20) AST: ______2, at LA Tech (1/11/20) AST: ______2, 2x, last Florida Atlantic (1/4/20) STL: ______2, UTSA (1/18/20) STL: ______2, 3x, last at Marshall (2/15/20) STL: ______4, at NMSU (12/2/20) BKL: ______1, NMSU (11/23/19) BKL: ______1, 3x, last Florida Atlantic (3/11/20) BKL: ______3, at Utah State (12/13/20) FG: ______3, 2x, last at MT (1/30/20) FG: ______5, 2x, last USM (2/29/20) FG: ______7, at NMSU (12/2/20) FGA: ______8, at MT (1/30/20) FGA: ______10, 2x, last USM (2/29/20) FGA: ______13, at NMSU (12/2/20) 3FG: ______1, 3x, last UTSA (1/18/20) 3FG: ______3, USM (2/29/20) 3FG: ______2, at Utah State (12/13/20) 3FGA: ______3, UTSA (1/18/20) 3FGA: ______6, USM (2/29/20) 3FGA: ______4, at Utah State (12/13/20) FT: ______3, Weber State (12/5/19) FT: ______8, Georgia State (11/30/19) FT: ______6, NMSU (11/25/20) FTA: ______6, Weber State (12/5/19) FTA: ______10, Georgia State (11/30/19) FTA: ______7, NMSU (11/25/20) MIN: ______25, NMSU (11/25/20) MIN: ______32, Georgia State (11/30/19) MIN: ______40, at NMSU (12/2/20) #15 AVERY CROUSE #13 SABINE LIPE #5 DESTINY THURMAN PTS: ______21, 2x, last USM (2/29/20) PTS: ______16, Florida Atlantic (3/11/20) PTS: ______15, at Utah State (12/13/20) REB: ______9, 2x, last Incarnate Word (11/28/20) REB: ______8, at NMSU (12/2/20) REB: ______5, at Utah State (12/13/20) AST: ______5, at FIU (1/2/20) AST: ______7, at UTSA (1/5/19) AST: ______1, 2x, last at NAU (12/17/20) STL: ______4, 3x, last at Utah State (12/13/20) STL: ______3, 2x, last at UTSA (2/20/20) STL: ______2, at NAU (12/17/20) BKL: ______3, Tulsa (12/29/19) BKL: ______3, Alcorn State (11/16/19) BKL: ______- FG: ______8, at UTSA (2/20/20) FG: ______5, Florida Atlantic (3/11/20) FG: ______5, at Utah State (12/13/20) FGA: ______14, at UTSA (2/20/20) FGA: ______11, at NMSU (12/2/20) FGA: ______18, at Utah State (12/13/20) 3FG: ______3, 2x, last USM (2/29/20) 3FG: ______4, Charlotte (2/6/20) 3FG: ______3, at Utah State (12/13/20) 3FGA: ______6, at UTSA (2/20/20) 3FGA: ______6, 2x, last MT (2/22/20) 3FGA: ______10, at Utah State (12/13/20) FT: ______7, at North Texas (3/7/20) FT: ______5, at UTSA (1/5/19) FT: ______1, at Utah State (12/13/20) FTA: ______8, 2x, last at NMSU (12/2/20) FTA: ______6, at UTSA (1/5/19) FTA: ______2, at Utah State (12/13/20) MIN: ______40, 2x, last at North Texas (3/7/20) MIN: ______36, at NMSU (12/2/20) MIN: ______30, at Utah State (12/13/20)

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GAME 1: UTEP vs. Southern Mis 2019-20 STATISTICS

DATE OPPONENT RESULT TEAM STATISTICS UTEP OPP Nov. 9 UC Riverside W, 63-50 SCORING 2129 1959 Nov. 13 at NM State W, 63-57 Points per game 71.0 65.3 Nov. 16 Alcorn State W, 92-47 Nov. 19 New Mexico L, 78-93 Scoring margin +5.7 - Nov. 23 NM State W, 65-45 FIELD GOALS-ATT 771-1841 693-1706 Nov. 29 Western Michigan$ W, 76-46 Field goal pct .419 .406 Nov. 30 Georgia State$ W, 71-68 Dec. 5 Weber State W, 70-51 3 POINT FG-ATT 163-522 170-568 Dec. 7 No. 21/19 Arizona (ESPN+) L, 43-54 3-point FG pct .312 .299 Dec. 19 at SMU L, 56-60 3-pt FG made per game 5.4 5.7 Dec. 29 Tulsa L, 51-58 Jan. 2 FIU* W, 64-34 FREE THROWS-ATT 424-631 403-590 Jan. 4 Florida Atlantic* W, 96-65 Free throw pct .672 .683 Jan. 9 at Southern Miss* W, 89-72 F-Throws made per game 14.1 13.4 Jan. 11 at LA Tech* L, 80-87 Jan. 18 UTSA* W, 94-54 REBOUNDS 1187 1093 Jan. 23 Rice* L, 61-69 Rebounds per game 39.6 36.4 Jan. 25 North Texas* W, 67-63 Rebounding margin +3.1 Jan. 30 at Middle Tennessee* (ESPN3) L, 60-76 Feb. 1 at UAB* L, 51-63 ASSISTS 452 367 Feb. 6 Charlote* (ESPN+) W, 82-76 (OT) Assists per game 15.1 12.2 Feb. 8 ODU* L, 69-77 Feb. 13 at WKU* L, 65-78. TURNOVERS 526 598 Feb. 15 at Marshall* L, 66-76 Turnovers per game 17.5 19.9 Feb. 20 at UTSA* W, 85-59 Turnover margin +2.4 - Feb. 22 Middle Tennessee* L, 80-92 Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 0.6 Feb. 29 Southern Miss* W, 80-72 March 5 at Rice* L, 59-82 STEALS 257 268 March 7 at North Texas* L, 58-68 Steals per game 8.6 8.9 March 11 vs. Florida Atlantic^ W, 95-67 March 12 vs. ODU^ Cancelled BLOCKS 51 135 March 13 C-USA Semiﬁnals^ Cancelled Blocks per game 1.7 4.5 March 14 C-USA Final^ Cancelled WINNING STREAK 1 - Bold denotes home game Home win streak 1 - & Exhibition Game ATTENDANCE 15749 13496 $ Eighth-Annual UTEP Thanksgiving Classic Home games-Avg/Game 18-875 11-1114 (El Paso, Texas) * Conference USA Game Neutral site-Avg/Game - 1-1243 ^ Conference USA Championships (Frisco, Texas)

2019-20 STATISTICS 16-14, 8-10 C-USA; HOME 12-6, AWAY 3-8, NEUTRAL 1-0

## PLAYER GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 44 Katarina Zec 30 30 953 31.8 148 326 .454 44 123 .358 47 62 .758 36 117 153 5.1 60 2 49 67 3 36 387 12.9 12 Ariona Gill 29 29 759 26.2 135 288 .469 11 40 .275 68 121 .562 87 159 246 8.5 92 4 45 74 11 41 349 12.0 03 Katia Gallegos 30 30 897 29.9 88 271 .325 25 92 .272 87 113 .770 39 100 139 4.6 72 1 154 88 4 52 288 9.6 15 Avery Crouse 30 29 805 26.8 81 192 .422 23 69 .333 56 77 .727 34 64 98 3.3 86 3 58 48 9 32 241 8.0 25 Ariana Taylor 21 10 352 16.8 52 129 .403 11 31 .355 24 33 .727 10 49 59 2.8 37 0 15 24 7 8 139 6.6 33 Michelle Pruit 29 8 350 12.1 68 126 .540 0 0 .000 27 51 .529 48 37 85 2.9 23 0 12 31 0 8 163 5.6 13 Sabine Lipe 30 10 506 16.9 45 121 .372 19 63 .302 31 49 .633 15 50 65 2.2 72 0 53 40 10 18 140 4.7 01 Arina Khlopkova 30 4 438 14.6 41 115 .357 19 64 .297 29 41 .707 17 30 47 1.6 40 0 11 37 3 12 130 4.3 22 DeJaNae Roebuck 29 0 213 7.3 36 67 .537 4 10 .400 14 22 .636 17 17 34 1.2 30 0 7 28 2 9 90 3.1 10 Jade Rochelle 29 0 252 8.7 35 79 .443 1 6 .167 13 21 .619 24 30 54 1.9 22 0 15 18 0 19 84 2.9 02 Tia Bradshaw 30 0 319 10.6 25 75 .333 3 16 .188 12 21 .571 10 29 39 1.3 32 1 27 46 1 19 65 2.2 31 Tatyana Modawar 25 0 164 6.6 17 50 .340 3 6 .500 16 20 .800 16 16 32 1.3 28 0 5 13 1 2 53 2.1 04 Neidy Ocuane 4 0 17 4.3 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 2 0 1 4 0 1 0 0.0 TOTAL 30 771 1841 .419 163 522 .312 424 631 .672 422 765 1187 39.6 596 11 452 526 51 257 2129 71.0 OPPONENTS 30 693 1706 .406 170 568 .299 403 590 .683 344 749 1093 36.4 637 - 367 598 135 268 1959 65.3

x-Inactive player | Returning players in bold

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total UTEP 521 516 544 533 15 2129 Opp. 480 449 515 506 9 1959

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GAME 1: UTEP vs. Southern Mis 2020-21 RESULTS OPPONENT DATE SCORE ATT POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKED SHOTS (November 2-0) NM State 11/25/20 W, 80-76 OT - 80 44 13 5 1 Incarnate Word 11/28/20 W, 67-63 - 67 36 11 8 0

(December 1-2) NM State 12/2/20 W, 81-73 OT - 81 45 18 11 0 at Utah State 12/13/20 L, 68-65 - 65 33 13 8 3 at NAU 12/17/20 L, 83-75 - 75 33 17 10 1

(January 0-0) Southern Miss * 1/1/20 ------Southern Miss * 1/2/20 ------at Rice * 1/8/20 ------at Rice * 1/9/20 ------North Texas * 1/15/20 ------North Texas * 1/16/20 ------at LA Tech * 1/22/20 ------at LA Tech * 1/23/20 ------UTSA * 1/28/20 ------at UTSA * 1/30/20 ------

(February 0-0) UAB * 2/5/20 ------UAB * 2/6/20 ------at FIU * 2/12/20 ------at FIU * 2/13/20 ------Florida Atlantic * 2/19/20 ------Florida Atlantic * 2/20/20 ------at Charlotte * 2/26/20 ------at Charlotte * 2/27/20 ------

(March 0-0)

* Conference USA game

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