2015-16 UTEP BASKETBALL GAME NOTES MINERS vs. COLORADO STATE / NOV. 28, 2015 / 3 PM / AMERICAN BANK CENTER 40.5 percent from downtown and 79.3 percent 2015-16 SCHEDULE from the line. CSU has scored 80+ points in ev- ery game and 90 or more in the last three con- Nov. 14 Loyola (New Orleans) W 96-49 tests. Nov. 21 Texas State W 77-62 l The Rams have six players with double figure Nov. 22 Alcorn State^ W 88-66 scoring averages -- Clavell (18.8 ppg), senior Nov. 24 Florida A&M^ W 72-54 guard Antwan Scott (16.0 ppg), junior guard John Nov. 27 vs. Southern Illinois% W 71-66 Gillon (14.4 ppg), senior guard Joe De Ciman Nov. 28 vs. Colorado State% 3 p.m. (12.8 ppg), junior forward Emmanuel Omogbo Dec. 2 at NM State 7 p.m. (12.0 ppg) and senior forward Tiel Daniels (10.2 Dec. 5 UT Arlington 7:05 p.m. ppg). Dec. 13 at Washington State 4 p.m. l Four Rams are averaging at least six re- Dec. 19 NM State 7:05 p.m. OPENING TIP bounds per outing -- Clavell (7.0 rpg), sophomore Dec. 21 Norfolk State+ 7 p.m. forward Kimani Jackson (7.0 rpg in one game), Dec. 22 Sam Houston State/UC Irvine+ TBA l UTEP (5-0) meets Colorado State (5-0) in the Omogbo (6.2 rpg) and Daniels (6.0 rpg). Dec. 29 UT Rio Grande Valley 7:05 p.m. championship game of the Corpus Christi Coast- l Colorado State has made more free throws Jan. 1 Rice* 7 p.m. al Classic on Saturday afternoon at the American (115) than its opponents have attempted (87). Jan. 3 North Texas* 3 p.m. Bank Center. The Rams average 29.0 free throw attempts per Jan. 7 at Middle Tennessee* 5 p.m. l The game will be televised on the American contest. Jan. 9 at UAB* Noon Sports Network and can be seen on KFOX-TV in Jan. 16 at UTSA* 2 p.m. El Paso. Jan. 21 Florida Atlantic* 7:05 p.m. l UTEP is seeking its first championship of an SERIES NOTES Jan. 23 FIU* 7:05 p.m. in-season tournament outside of its own Sun l This is the 73rd meeting between the schools Jan. 28 at Southern Miss* 6 p.m. Bowl Invitational since December of 1984, when with UTEP leading the series 45-27. Jan. 31 at LA Tech* 2 p.m. it won the Saluki Shootout in Carbondale, Ill. with l Colorado State has won eight of the last nine Feb. 4 Marshall* 7:05 p.m. victories over Western Illinois and Southern Illi- matchups between the long-time rivals. Feb. 6 Western Kentucky* 3 p.m. nois. l This is the first meeting on a neutral floor since Feb. 11 at FIU* 5 p.m. l March 11, 1993 in the Western Athletic Confer- The tournament is in its third year. Past cham- Feb. 13 at Florida Atlantic* 4 p.m. pions include Virginia in 2013 and TCU in 2014. ence Tournament at Salt Lake City. The Miners Feb. 18 Southern Miss* 7:05 p.m. l UTEP is 5-0 for the first time since the 2009-10 won that game 70-65. UTEP is 4-0 all-time ver- Feb. 20 LA Tech* 4 p.m. season and only the fourth time since 1990. The sus Colorado State on neutral courts. Feb. 25 at Old Dominion* 5 p.m. l last time the Miners were 6-0 was in 2000-01. A total of six players on this year’s rosters saw Feb. 27 at Charlotte* 5 p.m. l This is coach Tim Floyd’s first 5-0 squad action in the last UTEP-Colorado State game on March 5 UTSA* 2 p.m. since the 1996-97 Iowa State Cyclones that won Dec. 3, 2014. For UTEP, Earvin Morris played March 8-12 at C-USA Championships# TBA their first 10 games. 19 minutes and scored nine points, and Hooper Vint played three minutes. For Colorado State, Home games in bold ABOUT COLORADO STATE Gian Clavell (33 minutes), Tiel Daniels (20), Joe ^ Corpus Christi Coastal Classic (El Paso, Texas) De Ciman (25) and John Gillon (13) all played. l The Rams advanced to the championship % Corpus Christi Coastal Classic (Corpus Christi, Texas) game by topping Portland, 90-74, on Friday WHO WE ARE ... + WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational night. Senior guard Gian Clavell matched his * Conference USA game # Conference USA Championships (Birmingham, Ala.) career-high with 21 points for CSU, which led by Please refer to us as UTEP. We are not the All times Mountain as many as 28 points. University of Texas at El Paso, UT-El Paso l Colorado State is averaging 92 points per or Texas-El Paso. game while shooting 48.5 percent from the field, PROJECTED STARTERS (BASED ON PRECEDING GAME) 2015-16 STANDINGS (11/27*) Conference Overall W-L W-L UTEP 0-0 5-0 LA Tech 0-0 5-0 F C G G G FIU 0-0 4-2 TERRY WINN HOOPER VINT EARVIN MORRIS LEE MOORE DOMINIC ARTIS Middle Tennessee 0-0 2-1 12 / FR / 6-7 / 230 23 / SR / 6-11 / 235 20 / SR / 6-4 / 185 4 / JR / 6-4 / 175 1 / JR / 6-3 / 190 UAB 0-0 3-2 3.6 PPG / 4.8 RPG 13.0 PPG / 6.0 RPG 14.8 PPG / 5.0 RPG 15.6 PPG / 5.0 RPG 12.6 PPG / 4.6 RPG Old Dominion 0-0 3-2 .583 FG% / .667 FT% .542 FG% / .733 FT% .487 FG% / .778 FT% .531 FG% / .704 FT% .404 FG% / .720 FT% Western Kentucky 0-0 3-3 North Texas 0-0 2-3 Rice 0-0 2-4 Florida Atlantic 0-0 1-4 Charlotte 0-0 1-5 UTSA 0-0 1-5 Marshall 0-0 0-3 Southern Miss 0-0 0-3 * Does not include late result of Middle Tennessee- UNC Asheville game at the Great Alaska Shootout 2015-16 UTEP BASKETBALL STATISTICAL COMPARISON UTEP back ahead 67-66. The Salukis scored on MEDIA INFORMATION the other end to apparently go up 68-67, but fol- lowing an official review it was determined that Television and Radio Coverage the basket came after the shot clock ran out. l Earvin Morris scored with 42 seconds left for Television: American Sports Network a 69-66 UTEP lead and, after SIU’s Austin Wei- (Bill Doleman/Ben Braun) her missed a three, Vint closed it out on two free throws with 18 seconds remaining. UTEP MINERS COLORADO STATE RAMS English Radio: KHRO 1150 AM (5-0) (5-0) (David Saltzman/Steve Yellen) UTEP NOTEBOOK Category l The Miners have allowed less than 70 points ESPN Deportes 80.8 PPG 92.0 in their first five games of a season for the first Spanish Radio: 59.4 OPP PPG 83.2 1650 AM (Tape delayed) time since 2004-05, when they also achieved the +21.4 SCORING MARGIN +8.8 feat in the first five contests. UTEP hasn’t yielded (Omar Ropele) .487 FG% .485 fewer than 70 points in six games to open a sea- .355 FG% DEF .438 son since 1983-84. UTEP Men’s Basketball SID .395 3PT% .405 .255 3PT% DEF .365 l The Miners are averaging 80.8 points per .685 FT% .793 game. The school record is 80.3 ppg in 2000-01. Jeff Darby .713 OPP FT% .805 l The Miners have scored 70+ points in their first e-mail: [email protected] 40.0 RPG 39.6 five games for the first time since 2009-10 when Office: (915) 747-6652 +6.8 RB MARGIN +5.8 they did so in their first 10 contests. 16.6 ASSISTS PG 16.4 Cell: (915) 204-0642 l Dominic Artis has dished out 32 assists, an 14.8 TURNOVERS PG 12.0 2.8 BLOCKS PG 3.2 average of 6.4 per game. The breakdown of as- UTEP Athletics Website 6.2 STEALS PG 3.8 sists by player -- Hooper Vint 10, Earvin Mor- ris 6, Lee Moore 5, Jake Flaggert 4, Brodricks www.utepathletics.com Jones 2, Tevin Caldwell 1, Christian Romine Clavell collected 13 points and Daniels had six 1, Paul Thomas 1, Trey Touchet 1 and Matt Conference USA Website rebounds. Willms 1. l Earvin Morris has scored in double figures in www.conferenceusa.com THE FLOYD & EUSTACHY each of his last nine starting assignments dating CONNECTION back to last season. l Hooper Vint has scored in double figures in l Practice Coverage Colorado State Coach Larry Eustachy was an five straight contests for the first time as a Miner. assistant to UTEP’s Tim Floyd at Idaho during Entering the season, Vint had one double-figure UTEP basketball practices are closed to the 1986-87 season. scoring game in his career. l the media. Coach Tim Floyd and play- Eustachy later was the head coach at Iowa l Vint has posted a career-high nine rebounds in ers will be available for interviews before State (1998-2003) following Floyd’s stint at the each of the last two games. school (1994-98). practice. Television crews are permitted to l Vint and Lee Moore are the only Miners to l shoot the team’s wramup prior to practice. Floyd and Eustachy will be matching wits for score in double figures in all five games.