Texas El Paso Miners NCAA Basketball News

El Paso Police on Wednesday afternoon were investigating a death in the 500 block of W. Missouri.

Memphis , Tenn., March 12 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: Junior guard and senior center each recorded double-doubles to help lead the University of Houston men's basketball team to an 89-85 win over No.

The FBI announced today a $2,500 reward for information that leads to the capture of a serial bank robber.

TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 27 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: The University of Houston men's basketball team returns to action at 7 p.m., Wednesday, when it plays host to Conference USA rival UTEP inside Hofheinz Pavilion.

Houston , March 12 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: Houston head coach tom penders on the win over smu "It was an exciting game.

A Fourth of July celebration turned deadly Saturday when a 31-year-old man was stabbed in a fight in the Lower Valley.

The northbound lane of Loop 375 at Montana has been closed until further notice sheriff's deputies can investigate the cause of a single-vehicle accident.

To several young basketball players at Tuesday's session of the Tony Barbee basketball camp, it felt like Jerryd Bayless was speaking directly to them.

When UTEP formally opened Foster Stevens Basketball Complex in April, Miners women's coach Keitha Adams bragged about the boost in recruiting the $14.3 million facility would bring.

Arnett Moultrie sat there Thursday morning in Colorado Springs, Colo., listening to a coach read off the names of the members of the United States Under-19 team to compete July 2-12 in the U19 World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand.

Stefon Jackson rapidly is learning the meaning of that old basketball cliche -- have jump shot, will travel.

UTEP and Tulsa are seven innings away from an NCAA tournament banner. The Miners and the Golden Hurricane play for the Conference USA tournament championship at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Helen of Troy Field.

UTEP golfers Deborah Martinez and Teresa Nogu's were named to the All- Conference USA third team Tuesday.

Socorro High School's Bryan Legarretta signed a scholarship to play basketball with College of the Southwest in Hobbs, N.M., on Monday.

The medals are presented to student-athletes who have achieved cumulative GPAs of 3.75 or better.

The UTEP men's basketball team subtracted two more names but added another, putting the finishing touch on what coach Tony Barbee feels will be a momentum-sustaining class for the Miners.

Stefon Jackson, UTEP's all-time leading scorer, will play in this week's Portsmouth Invitational Tournament.

It most certainly was a giant step forward for the UTEP basketball program in 2008-2009. The Miners fell short of their goal -- making the NCAA tournament -- and slipped shy of their secondary goal -- playing in the NIT.

TUESDAY, as we monitor Game 2 and probably Game 3 of this CBI series from bullet-riddled southeast ... So I get this 7:20 call Tuesday morning on my cell phone - local number - from a guy who tells me that Game 1 of the CBI Finals series was totally one-sided in terms of the officiating.

UTEP's Stefon Jackson shoots over OSU's Seth Tarver Friday in the second half of the CBI finals.