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UTEP beat NMSU 60-58 Thursday night, and the rematch is next Thursday in Las Cruces

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If you missed it, it was a nail-biter. UTEP beat the Aggies 60-58 at the GECU Arena at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, in the 232nd . Cam McDaniels led the Miners with 22 points, and NMSU's Jermaine Washington hit a buzzer-beating three to make it 28-28 at halftime.

UTEP held off NMSU by two points in El Paso

  • NMSU Aggies58
    UTEP Miners60
    Final232nd Battle of I-10, Thursday at the Don Haskins Center

Sources: KVIA, KDBC

Washington tied it at 58 with a three-pointer with 2:58 left, but Youssouf Traore's layup on the next possession turned out to be the winner. Only two Aggies and no Miners had played in the rivalry before, yet two technical fouls came 30 seconds in.

  • Records: UTEP 2-1, NMSU 1-2
  • Rematch: Thu., Nov. 19, 7 p.m., Pan American Center
  • Also Sunday: UTEP hosts Florida A&M
  • Also on NMSU's schedule: San Diego State in Oceanside, California, in the Compete 4 Cause Classic

NMSU shot better than UTEP but lost by two

38%Field goal percentage40%
27%Three-point percentage38%
22Top scorer's points16

Source: KDBC

Sources: KVIA, KDBC

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