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UTEP 67, at Middle Tennessee 77

Thursday, February 26, 2026 · Final · Conference USA

Conference USA 1 2 PTS

UTEP Miners

11-20 · L1 · #238 (1171 ELO -11)

26 41 67

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

17-15 · L1 · #156 (1324 ELO +11)

34 43 77

Murphy Athletics Center · Murfreesboro, TN

Attendance: 3,452

Officials: Bharat Ramnanan, James Breeding, Jason Baker

Blue Raiders Top Miners in Conference USA Matchup

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (Interstat) — Kamari Lands scored 22 points and Torey Alston added 15 points and a game-high 11 rebounds as Middle Tennessee pulled away in the second half to defeat UTEP 77-67 in a Conference USA men’s basketball game Thursday night at Murphy Athletics Center. The Blue Raiders (14-14, 8-7 CUSA) avenged an overtime loss to the Miners last month and moved back to .500 on the season by capitalizing on UTEP mistakes and finding consistent offense behind Lands and Alec Oglesby, who finished with 17 points. UTEP (10-18, 5-10) was led by a career-high 24 points from Kaseem… Read more...

Top Statlines

Kaseem Watson UTEP 36m 24p 4r 1a
Torey Alston MTSU 34m 15p 11r 2a
Elijah Jones UTEP 36m 19p 6r 2b

Forecasting

ELO Probability MTSU 76.7%

Spread MTSU -7.5

Money Line MTSU -350/UTEP +280

Over/Under 140 (Over)