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Tip off Info
Charlotte 49ers (13-15, 7-10) at UTEP Miners (13-15, 11-6)
Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas
1:00 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 -6 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/or a loss from Rice.
ABOUT CHARLOTTE
The 49ers continue to feature one of the most explosive offenses in C-USA in year two under the direction of former NBA star Mark Price.
Charlotte is averaging 77 points per game (fourth in C-USA). The 49ers are shooting 37.2 percent from three-point territory (second in C-USA) and averaging 7.8 made triples per game (third).
Charlotte's dynamic sophomore guard Jon Davis is averaging 19.9 ppg, second in C-USA behind Marshall's Jon Elmore (20.3 ppg). Davis is shooting 49.3 percent from the floor, 39.5 percent from beyond the arc and 78.5 percent from the charity stripe.
Lending support are junior guard Austin Ajukwa (11.6 ppg), a Clemson transfer, along with sophomore guard Andrien White (10.7 ppg) and senior guard Braxton Ogbueze (10.3 ppg).
Charlotte's struggles have come on the defensive end where they are yielding 80.7 points per game, and on the boards where they have a rebound margin of -7.6 per outing.
The 49ers are 3-8 on the road, including 2-6 in league action with a victory at North Texas (82-81) on Jan. 26 and at UTSA (76-75) on Thursday.
The 49ers are 3-8 on the road, including 2-6 in league action with a victory at North Texas (82-81) on Jan. 26 and at UTSA (76-75) on Thursday.
Davis scored 17 points and made the game-winning three at the buzzer in Thursday's win over the Roadrunners. The 49ers trailed 70-62 with under three minutes remaining before going on a 9-0 run.
Charlotte made 10-of-18 three pointers, including 6-of-9 in the second half, as Ogbueze was 5-for-7 from beyond the arc.
Mark Price was an assistant coach with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks during the 2009-10 season, the same year UTEP's Tim Floyd was an assistant with the New Orleans Hornets.
Price and legendary UTEP coach Don Haskins are both alumni of Enid (Okla.) High School.
SERIES HISTORY
The Miners are 1-4 against Charlotte. The lone victory came during the 2014-15 season, 73-68 in the Haskins Center.
The 49ers have won two of the first three games played between the teams in El Paso.