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Tip off Info
Maryland-Eastern Shore (1-11) at UTEP Miners (2-7)
Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas
7 p.m. Mountain Time
NO TV:
Streaming: C-USA TV ($$)
Vegas says: UTEP is a -8.5 point favorite
Radio: 92.3 FM The Fox in El Paso, or UTEP Miners IMG Sports Network on TuneIn, (Jon Teicher/Steve Yellen)
MINER NUGGETS
Dominic Artis has had three turnovers or fewer in each of the last three games (combined assist/turnover ratio of 33-8 during that span). In the first six games, he averaged 4.5 turnovers.
The Miners placed four starters in double figure scoring against Northern Arizona Saturday for the second time this season (Western Michigan).
UTEP shot 90 percent (9-for-10) from the line versus Northern Arizona for the first time since Dec. 17, 2011 against Southern (15-for-16, 93.8 percent).
The Miners' 10 turnovers against NAU were a season low.
The Miners are 0-6 in 2016-17 when being tied or beaten on the boards, 2-1 when outrebounding opponents.
The Miners have averaged 7.6 steals over the last five contests.
UTEP has used seven different starting lineups in nine games.
- The Miners lead Conference USA in assists this season (17.2 apg), and have assisted on 65.7 percent (155-of-236) of their field goals. That figure also paces the league