Western Illinois Leathernecks @ UTEP Miners

The Basketball Classic - 1st Round

Western Illinois LeathernecksW IllinoisWIU

16-16, 7-9 Away

Final

	1	2	T
W Illinois WIU	21	33	54
UTEP UTEP	36	44	80

UTEP MinersUTEPUTEP

20-13, 12-5 Home

Western Illinois Leathernecks

starters
Will CariusW. Carius#25
Luka BarisicL. Barisic#44
Tamell PearsonT. Pearson#2
KJ LeeK. Lee#22
Trenton MassnerT. Massner#5
bench
Cameron BurrellC. Burrell#3
Robert JeterR. Jeter IV#21
Matthew WadeM. Wade#40
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
37	13	5-15	3-10	0-0	7	0	1	2	1	2	5	1
19	8	1-6	0-4	6-6	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	4
35	15	6-15	0-2	3-4	6	3	2	0	0	1	5	1
38	4	1-6	0-3	2-6	4	0	0	1	0	1	3	1
33	4	1-9	1-4	1-2	4	4	2	1	0	1	3	4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
30	10	5-10	0-1	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	2
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	54	19-62	4-24	12-18	30	9	8	5	1	8	22	13
		31%	17%	67%

UTEP Miners

starters
Jamari SibleyJ. Sibley#12
Tydus VerhoevenT. Verhoeven#1
Keonte KennedyK. Kennedy#3
Christian AgnewC. Agnew#2
Souley BoumS. Boum#0
bench
Kevin KaluK. Kalu#20
Ze'Rik OnyemaZ. Onyema#21
Alfred HollinsA. Hollins#15
Bonke MaringB. Maring#11
Jorell SaterfieldJ. Saterfield#23
Kezza GiffaK. Giffa#4
Cam ClardyC. Clardy #13
Emmanuel WhiteE. White #5
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
27	11	5-9	1-4	0-0	6	2	1	0	1	1	5	3
24	10	4-7	0-0	2-4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
35	22	8-15	4-9	2-3	15	1	4	2	2	2	13	1
25	5	2-4	0-1	1-1	3	4	2	0	0	1	2	3
39	20	7-13	2-5	4-4	12	10	3	1	1	0	12	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
4	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
10	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	2
13	10	5-9	0-2	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	2
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	80	32-61	7-23	9-12	47	20	13	5	5	8	39	17
		52%	30%	75%

Game Information

El Paso, TX

Referee:Steve Honacki

Referee:Wesley Ford

Referee:Tariq Lucas

NCAA Division I

Ohio Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Tennessee State	15-5	-	23-10
Morehead State	15-5	-	20-13
Southeast Missouri State	14-6	1	20-13
UT Martin	13-7	2	22-11
SIU Edwardsville	12-8	3	19-13
Lindenwood	11-9	4	18-15
Little Rock	9-11	6	12-20
Tennessee Tech	8-12	7	13-18
Eastern Illinois	8-12	7	13-20
Southern Indiana	4-16	11	7-23
Western Illinois	1-19	14	5-26

NCAA Division I

Conference USA	CONF	GB	OVR
Liberty	17-3	-	26-8
Sam Houston	13-7	4	22-12
Louisiana Tech	11-9	6	20-14
Western Kentucky	11-9	6	18-14
Middle Tennessee	11-9	6	17-15
Kennesaw State	10-10	7	21-14
Jacksonville State	10-10	7	15-17
New Mexico State	8-12	9	16-16
Missouri State	8-12	9	16-18
Florida International	8-12	9	15-17
UTEP	7-13	10	11-20
Delaware	6-14	11	10-21

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