UTEP Miners vs. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs

FINAL

Dec 29, 2025

Box Score

	1	2	T
UTEP	28	35	63
LT	38	37	75

Game Recap

Player Stats

UTEP	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
15Jamal West Jr.	31	2-2	0-0	2-2	8	2	0	2	3	4	6
13Kaseem Watson	27	4-10	3-7	5-6	2	0	0	0	1	1	16
33Elijah Jones	19	5-12	1-5	0-0	7	0	1	1	0	5	11
1KJ Thomas	29	0-5	0-4	1-2	4	1	1	0	1	1	1
4Caleb Blackwell	32	3-10	2-7	0-0	4	4	0	0	1	4	8
6C.J. Smith	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
0David Tubek	4	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
25Mouhamed Mbaye	7	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
23Cassius Brooks	20	2-5	0-0	2-2	5	2	2	2	2	2	6
3Bobby Montgomery Jr.	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Trey Horton III	10	1-4	0-3	1-2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
7LA Hayes	12	3-5	1-2	2-2	4	1	0	0	0	2	9
TOTAL	-	21-5736.8%	8-3026.7%	13-1681.3%	39	11	4	5	11	22	63

LOUISIANA TECH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
5Avery Thomas II	17	3-6	2-4	3-3	3	0	2	0	0	4	11
7Sir Issac Herron	18	4-4	1-1	2-3	5	0	0	1	2	1	11
0DJ Dudley	40	6-13	3-7	3-5	6	2	2	1	1	2	18
11Kaden Cooper	39	2-10	2-4	4-6	8	1	3	0	3	1	10
3AJ Bates	40	1-7	1-4	7-10	5	10	0	0	3	3	10
10Kylan Howze	9	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
14Will Allen	12	0-0	0-0	1-6	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
4Jaylen Fenner	13	2-6	0-2	0-1	2	1	0	1	0	1	4
8Scooter Williams	12	4-5	2-2	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	0	10



TOTAL	-	22-5242.3%	11-2445.8%	20-3458.8%	32	14	9	4	9	15	75

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUTEPLT

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by UTEP.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Louisiana Tech.
(19:30) Elijah Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(19:24) Kaseem Watson Offensive Rebound.
(19:19) KJ Thomas misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(19:14) Caleb Blackwell Offensive Rebound.
+2 (19:13) Elijah Jones makes 3-foot dunk (Caleb Blackwell assists).
20
+3 (18:58) Avery Thomas II makes 24-foot three point jumper (AJ Bates assists).
23
(18:38) Caleb Blackwell misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:35) DJ Dudley Defensive Rebound.
(18:23) DJ Dudley misses layup.
(18:21) DJ Dudley Offensive Rebound.
(18:21) Foul on KJ Thomas.
(18:21) DJ Dudley misses free throw 1 of 2.
(18:21) Louisiana Tech Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (18:21) DJ Dudley makes free throw 2 of 2.
24
+3 (18:05) Kaseem Watson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jamal West Jr. assists).
54
+3 (17:49) Avery Thomas II makes 24-foot three point jumper (AJ Bates assists).
57
(17:48) Foul on Elijah Jones.
+1 (17:48) Avery Thomas II makes free throw 1 of 1.
58
(17:35) KJ Thomas bad pass turnover.
(17:35) Kaden Cooper Steal.
(17:24) Avery Thomas II misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:21) Kaden Cooper Offensive Rebound.
(17:20) Kaden Cooper misses layup.
(17:17) KJ Thomas Defensive Rebound.
(16:50) team shot clock turnover .
(16:33) Sir Issac Herron bad pass turnover.
(16:33) KJ Thomas Steal.
(16:26) Elijah Jones misses layup.
(16:23) Sir Issac Herron Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:06) Avery Thomas II makes 12-foot jumper (AJ Bates assists).
510
(15:58) Trey Horton III misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:53) C.J. Smith Offensive Rebound.
(15:41) Caleb Blackwell bad pass turnover.
(15:41) DJ Dudley Steal.
(15:36) Foul on Caleb Blackwell.
+1 (15:36) AJ Bates makes free throw 1 of 2.
511
(15:36) AJ Bates misses free throw 2 of 2.
(15:33) Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(15:24) C.J. Smith bad pass turnover.
(15:09) Kaden Cooper misses dunk.
(15:09) Jamal West Jr. Block.
(15:04) DJ Dudley Offensive Rebound.
(14:58) DJ Dudley misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:58) Cassius Brooks Block.
(14:54) DJ Dudley Offensive Rebound.
(14:52) Kaden Cooper misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:49) Cassius Brooks Defensive Rebound.
(14:49) Foul on Avery Thomas II.
(14:26) Jamal West Jr. bad pass turnover.
(14:26) Avery Thomas II Steal.
(14:23) Foul on Jamal West Jr..
+1 (14:23) Avery Thomas II makes free throw 1 of 2.
512
+1 (14:23) Avery Thomas II makes free throw 2 of 2.
513
(14:09) David Tubek bad pass turnover.
(14:09) DJ Dudley Steal.
+2 (14:04) DJ Dudley makes 7-foot dunk.
515
+3 (13:35) David Tubek makes 24-foot three point jumper (Caleb Blackwell assists).
815
(13:14) DJ Dudley bad pass turnover.
(13:14) Elijah Jones Steal.
(13:14) Foul on DJ Dudley.
(13:03) Kaseem Watson misses 16-foot jumper.
(13:01) Kaden Cooper Defensive Rebound.
(13:01) Foul on Elijah Jones.
(12:52) Kaden Cooper out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(12:47) Foul on Avery Thomas II.
(12:39) KJ Thomas misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:36) Scooter Williams Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:17) Kaden Cooper makes 24-foot three point jumper (AJ Bates assists).
818
(11:51) Kaseem Watson bad pass turnover.
(11:51) Kaden Cooper Steal.
+2 (11:29) Scooter Williams makes 13-foot jumper.
820
(11:15) Kaseem Watson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:12) DJ Dudley Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:09) DJ Dudley makes layup.
822
+3 (10:54) Kaseem Watson makes 22-foot three point jumper (Cassius Brooks assists).
1122
(10:32) AJ Bates traveling turnover.
(10:18) Jamal West Jr. bad pass turnover.
(10:18) Scooter Williams Steal.
+3 (10:07) DJ Dudley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sir Issac Herron assists).
1125
(9:49) Kaseem Watson misses 21-foot jumper.
(9:47) Jamal West Jr. Offensive Rebound.
+2 (9:45) Jamal West Jr. makes layup.
1325
+3 (9:34) Kaden Cooper makes 25-foot three point jumper (AJ Bates assists).
1328
(9:14) Foul on Sir Issac Herron.
(9:08) KJ Thomas misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(9:05) Scooter Williams Defensive Rebound.
(9:02) Scooter Williams misses layup.
(8:59) Scooter Williams Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:59) Scooter Williams makes layup.
1330
(8:31) KJ Thomas misses layup.
(8:31) Sir Issac Herron Block.
(8:26) Mouhamed Mbaye Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:25) Jamal West Jr. makes layup.
1530
+2 (8:00) Sir Issac Herron makes 8-foot jumper.
1532
(7:33) Caleb Blackwell misses 13-foot jumper.
(7:30) Sir Issac Herron Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:16) Scooter Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (AJ Bates assists).
1535
(7:01) Kaseem Watson misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(6:58) Sir Issac Herron Defensive Rebound.
(6:36) AJ Bates misses 15-foot jumper.
(6:32) Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:13) Caleb Blackwell makes 11-foot jumper.
1735
(5:51) AJ Bates misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:48) LA Hayes Defensive Rebound.
(5:38) Elijah Jones misses 9-foot jumper.
(5:38) Kylan Howze Block.
(5:33) AJ Bates Defensive Rebound.
(5:26) DJ Dudley misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(5:23) LA Hayes Defensive Rebound.
(5:10) Bobby Montgomery Jr. misses 12-foot jumper.
(5:08) Louisiana Tech Defensive Rebound.
(4:45) DJ Dudley misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:41) Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:35) Caleb Blackwell makes 26-foot three point jumper.
2035
(4:14) AJ Bates misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(4:08) Bobby Montgomery Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(3:55) Foul on Kylan Howze.
+2 (3:44) Elijah Jones makes 16-foot jumper (LA Hayes assists).
2235
(3:14) AJ Bates misses layup.
(3:14) Jamal West Jr. Block.
(3:10) AJ Bates Offensive Rebound.
(3:09) AJ Bates misses 12-foot jumper.
(3:07) Trey Horton III Defensive Rebound.
(2:51) LA Hayes misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(2:47) Kaden Cooper Defensive Rebound.
+3 (2:36) Scooter Williams makes 22-foot three point jumper (DJ Dudley assists).
2238
(2:27) Caleb Blackwell misses 10-foot jumper.
(2:22) Elijah Jones Offensive Rebound.
+2 (2:22) Elijah Jones makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2438
(2:08) Kylan Howze misses layup.
(2:03) LA Hayes Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:55) LA Hayes makes layup (Jamal West Jr. assists).
2638
(1:28) Kaden Cooper misses 12-foot jumper.
(1:28) Elijah Jones Block.
(1:24) Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(1:09) Elijah Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(1:05) Trey Horton III Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:05) Trey Horton III makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2838
(0:50) Kaden Cooper bad pass turnover.
(0:21) team shot clock turnover .
(0:01) Kaden Cooper misses dunk.
(0:00) Caleb Blackwell Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

UTEP

63Points75

21-57(36.8%)Field Goal(%)22-52(42.3%)

8-30(26.7%)3-Point(%)11-24(45.8%)

13-16(81.3%)Free Throw(%)20-34(58.8%)

41(16)Rebounds(Offensive)34(12)

11Assists14

4Steals9

5Blocks4

15Turnovers9

22(1)Fouls(Technical)15(1)

2Largest Lead20

Game Details

Monday, December 29, 2025 · 7:30 PM

Thomas Assembly Center · Ruston, LA

attendance: 1,910 (23.9%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: LT -2.5

over/under: 130.5