The UTEP men’s basketball team ( 9-8, 2-3 Conference USA) won in overtime against Old Dominion University (8-9, 1-1 C-USA) Jan. 15 at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. The Miners manufactured enough offense and defense towards the end to take this game into overtime and win the contest.
In the start of the first half, the Miners would take a 4-1 lead after some scores from junior forward Tydus Verhoeven and freshman forward Jamari Sibley.
ODU would get a bucket to go in after about four minutes to make the score 4-3.
Junior guard Souley Boum made his presence felt after scoring on a transition bucket to put the Miners up 6-3.