CUSA : 12/19/14 ( UTEP hosting #3 Arizona )

[NT03]

Go Miners !

Maryland - Eastern Shore @

ODU

UT-Chattanooga @

MTSU

#3Arizona @

UTEP

[Andrew]

If UTEPS beats Arizona it will be even sweeter when we beat them at home to start conference play.

[greenminer]

UTEP is latelate tipoff. 11pm ET, which makes it 10 DFW and 9pm in El Paso.

The Haskins Center will be bananas. A little bummed I have to work at that hour.

[UNTFan23]

UTEP is latelate tipoff. 11pm ET, which makes it 10 DFW and 9pm in El Paso.

The Haskins Center will be bananas. A little bummed I have to work at that hour.

Game is on Fox Sport 1.

[greenminer]

Game is on Fox Sport 1.

A little bummed that I don't have TV.

ActuallyNotBummedAtAllButWillMissTheGame

[NT03]

The Monarchs move to 9-1 following a win over UMES tonight! #ODUMBB pic.twitter.com/j853NGowTo

— ODU Men's Basketball (@ODUMBB)

December 20, 2014

[NT03]

Blue Raiders defeat Chattanooga 68-58! Potts scores a career-high 16 points with seven rebounds. #MTvsUTC pic.twitter.com/mH5U7bEeqp

— MT Basketball (@MT_MBB)

December 20, 2014

[FirefightnRick]

It's an ass kicking early by Arizona. They can't seem to miss and when UTEP has the ball there's not a foot of space allowed anywhere on the court. 15-2 with 13:00 left in the first.

Rick

[NT03]

UTEP trying to get back in. 19-13 Zona

[FirefightnRick]

Miners battle back within 2 with 5 to go. Held Zona to 4 points in a 7 minute span.

Rick

[UNTFan23]

I remember back in the day when we would have crowds that would be loud like that.

[FirefightnRick]

Wow, Vince Hunter is a bad ass! He's pulled them tied at 21.

What I would pay to see a North Texas team play defense like UTEP has played to get back in this one?

Rick

[FirefightnRick]

28-25 Zona at the half.

Rick

[CMJ]

UTEP just got the lead for the first time tonight.

[FirefightnRick]

This has been an entertaining game. Hunter with the double double with 11:43 to go.

Rick

[FirefightnRick]

Damnit, Hunter fouls out with 8 left, UTEP down 46-41.

Rick

[CMJ]

Arizona up 50-44 with seven minutes to go.

[FirefightnRick]

50-46 Zona with 5:36 left to play.

Arizona's defense is great. Every pass contested and allows very little room to get a good shot off.

Rick

[CMJ]

Zona up ten with 3:25 to go. I think that's church.

[FirefightnRick]

56-46 with 3:25 left. Too much for UTEP, especially without their best player the final 8 minutes.

Rick

Edited December 20, 2014 by FirefightnRick

[FirefightnRick]

57-53 with 35 sec to go.

Rick

Edited December 20, 2014 by FirefightnRick

[CMJ]

UTEP had a glimmer of a shot with about 12 seconds left...down 4 and had a shot at cutting the lead to one.

[CMJ]

Arizona 60

UTEP 55

Final

[FirefightnRick]

60-55 final. Arizona missed three free throws under 35 sec to go giving UTEP a window to close, but the miners couldn't hit their shots.

Good game.

Rick

[greenminer]

El Paso is a tough tough place to play. I can remember the very moment we took the lead on a top-15 UNM squad in the late 1990s, and those post-season teams led by Filiberto Rivera. The crowd goes absolutely bananas.

I haven't heard anything about last night. If it is anything like I remember, the noise is deafening.