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Tip off Info
UTEP Miners (12-15, 10-5) at FIU Golden Panthers (6-22, 2-13)
FIU Arena, Miami, Florida
5:00 p.m. Mountain Time
NO TV
Streaming: C-USA TV ($$), Also available on the Roku App via College Sports Live
Vegas says: UTEP is a -2.5 point favorite
Radio: 92.3 FM The Fox in El Paso, or UTEP Miners IMG Sports Network on TuneIn, (Jon Teicher/Steve Yellen)
Note: UTEP can clinch a top four seed in the Conference USA Tournament with a win, and a loss by Rice.
SERIES HISTORY
- UTEP is 8-1 all-time against FIU and 6-1 since the Panthers joined Conference USA for the 2013-14 season. The Miners have beaten the Panthers in the Conference USA Championships each of the last two years. In 2015, UTEP scored an 83-71 quarterfinal victory in Birmingham. In 2016, the Miners held off the Panthers in the first round of the tourney, 85-77, also at Legacy Arena.
- The Miners are 3-0 all-time in Miami with victories during the 1999-2000 (88-81), 2014-15 (67-64) and 2015-16 (84-74) seasons.