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UTEP Miners control Old Dominion to advance to Conference USA tournament quarterfinal

This UTEP men's basketball team will win with defense, and that was the case in a 74-64 victory over Old Dominion on Wednesday night at the Conference USA tournament to open their postseason.

One of several reasons the Miners are turning into a team no one want to play is that they can put together some offense as well.

The league's leading scorer Souley Boum led UTEP with 21 points, but every starter except Ze'rik Onyema, who opened the game with an alley-opp dunk, finished in double figures.

UTEP scored the first seven points, built a 17-point halftime lead and kept Old Dominion at arm's length the rest of the game to earn a quarterfinal matchup.