The Conference-USA men’s basketball tournament championship is set. Find out which two teams will battle it out for tomorrow’s championship and league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament:
(4) UTEP 56 (1) Middle Tennessee 82
Middle Tennessee scored 25 points off 18 UTEP turnovers to coast into the Conference-USA Championship game for a third straight season. Four Blue Raiders scored in double-figures with forward Reggie Upshaw leading the Blue Raiders in scoring with 18 points to go along with eight rebounds. Upshaw also went 3-for-5 from three-point territory. Middle Tennessee out-rebounded UTEP (41-30) with 12 offensive rebounds that lead to 10 second chance points.