UTEP players returned from a brief Christmas respite and the Miners have resumed basketball practice.
The Miners, though, are without freshman Tim Cameron. His father Scott Cameron passed away on Christmas morning and Tim, who is from Norcross, Ga., will take a leave of absence from the team.
"We've told Tim to take as long as he needs with his family," UTEP coach Tim Floyd said. "We obviously send our condolences to him and his family. We feel bad for the young man."
It was also discovered that junior Jake Flaggert sustained a broken nose in UTEP's last game, the Thursday night loss to UC-Irvine.