With three starting players in foul trouble, the UTEP men’s basketball team held on to beat the previously unbeaten New Mexico Lobos 66-63, Tuesday to improve to 4-0 on the season.
Sophomore point guard Jordan Lathon’s jumper at the 27–second mark put the Miners back in the lead for good as UTEP lost the lead with about a minute to go. After scoring only 2 points in the first 35 minutes of the contest, Lathon went on to score 8 points in the final 5 minutes versus New Mexico. Finishing with 10 points four rebound and two steals for the game, Lathon was clearly the leader of the team whenever he was on the floor.