Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders vs. UTEP Miners

Jan 8, 2026

FINAL / OT

Box Score

	1	2	OT	T
MTSU	44	29	7	80
UTEP	37	36	10	83

Game Recap

Watson scores 23 as UTEP beats Middle Tennessee 83-80 in OT. Kaseem Watson scored 23 points, four in the overtime, as UTEP took down Middle Tennessee 83-80 on Thursday.

Player Stats

MIDDLE TENNESSEE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
13Chris Loofe	27	6-6	1-1	3-3	7	0	0	0	1	5	16
10Torey Alston	20	4-6	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	0	2	5	8
2Jahvin Carter	27	2-10	0-3	2-2	8	7	0	0	1	4	6
0Alec Oglesby	39	2-8	2-7	1-2	1	0	1	1	1	2	7
22Kamari Lands	37	3-10	2-5	4-5	1	2	0	1	2	2	12
5Jarred Hall	5	0-2	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	2	0
3Luka Jovanovic	14	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	2	0	4	4
23James Dent Jr.	11	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
55Sean Smith	30	5-7	1-2	5-5	1	4	2	0	1	3	16
11Tre Green	15	3-6	2-5	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	8
TOTAL	-	28-5947.5%	9-2536.0%	15-1788.2%	28	14	5	4	9	28	80

UTEP	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
15Jamal West Jr.	43	6-15	0-1	4-7	8	3	1	1	4	4	16
13Kaseem Watson	43	7-15	5-8	4-4	7	0	0	0	2	2	23
33Elijah Jones	36	8-12	2-3	2-3	4	0	1	3	0	1	20
23Cassius Brooks	18	0-2	0-1	2-2	2	2	0	0	0	1	2
1KJ Thomas	41	3-6	1-2	4-7	5	4	0	0	3	2	11
6C.J. Smith	4	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25Mouhamed Mbaye	5	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
3Bobby Montgomery Jr.	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2Jordan Hernandez	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7LA Hayes	30	1-6	0-3	8-11	10	3	3	0	0	2	10
TOTAL	-	25-5843.1%	8-1942.1%	25-3669.4%	37	13	5	4	9	16	83

Play-by-Play

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1st halfMTSUUTEP

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Middle Tennessee.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by UTEP.
(19:40) Jahvin Carter misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(19:37) Middle Tennessee Offensive Rebound.
+2 (19:32) Kamari Lands makes 14-foot jumper.
20
+2 (19:17) Jamal West Jr. makes driving layup.
22
(18:43) team shot clock turnover .
(18:27) Jamal West Jr. misses layup.
(18:24) Chris Loofe Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:19) Jahvin Carter makes layup.
42
(18:03) Elijah Jones misses 10-foot jumper.
(18:00) Chris Loofe Defensive Rebound.
(17:53) Kamari Lands misses 8-foot jumper.
(17:49) Kaseem Watson Defensive Rebound.
(17:31) Kaseem Watson misses 10-foot hook shot.
(17:27) Torey Alston Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:19) Kamari Lands makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
72
+2 (16:50) Jamal West Jr. makes 5-foot dunk.
74
+2 (16:33) Torey Alston makes layup (Jahvin Carter assists).
94
(16:08) Foul on Jahvin Carter.
+3 (15:49) KJ Thomas makes 27-foot three point jumper (Bobby Montgomery Jr. assists).
97
(15:29) Torey Alston out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(15:11) Cassius Brooks misses layup.
(15:08) Chris Loofe Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:51) Torey Alston makes layup.
117
(14:28) C.J. Smith misses 8-foot jumper.
(14:28) Middle Tennessee Defensive Rebound.
(14:16) Foul on C.J. Smith.
(14:16) Alec Oglesby misses free throw 1 of 2.
(14:16) Middle Tennessee Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (14:16) Alec Oglesby makes free throw 2 of 2.
127
(13:56) KJ Thomas misses layup.
(13:56) Kamari Lands Block.
(13:49) LA Hayes Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:29) Sean Smith makes driving layup.
147
(13:29) LA Hayes misses 8-foot jumper.
(13:29) Tre Green Defensive Rebound.
(13:19) Foul on Chris Loofe.
(13:19) LA Hayes misses free throw 1 of 2.
(13:19) UTEP Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (13:19) LA Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2.
148
+2 (12:48) Torey Alston makes 13-foot jumper (James Dent Jr. assists).
168
(12:36) LA Hayes misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(12:33) Torey Alston Defensive Rebound.
(12:28) Torey Alston misses layup.
(12:28) Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
(12:28) Foul on Luka Jovanovic.
(12:03) Kaseem Watson misses 17-foot jumper.
(12:00) Torey Alston Defensive Rebound.
(11:49) Foul on Jamal West Jr..
+1 (11:49) Kamari Lands makes free throw 1 of 3.
178
+1 (11:49) Kamari Lands makes free throw 2 of 3.
188
+1 (11:49) Kamari Lands makes free throw 3 of 3.
198
+3 (11:23) Kaseem Watson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal West Jr. assists).
1911
(11:10) Alec Oglesby misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(11:06) Sean Smith Offensive Rebound.
(11:04) Kamari Lands misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(11:01) Cassius Brooks Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:40) Kaseem Watson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal West Jr. assists).
1914
+2 (10:15) Sean Smith makes 15-foot jumper.
2114
(10:15) Foul on Cassius Brooks.
+1 (10:15) Sean Smith makes free throw 1 of 1.
2214
(9:52) LA Hayes misses 7-foot jumper.
(9:52) LA Hayes Offensive Rebound.
(9:52) Alec Oglesby Block.
+2 (9:51) LA Hayes makes 11-foot jumper.
2216
(9:51) Foul on Luka Jovanovic.
(9:51) LA Hayes misses free throw 1 of 1.
(9:50) Torey Alston Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:38) Alec Oglesby makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jahvin Carter assists).
2516
(9:27) Kaseem Watson misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(9:24) LA Hayes Offensive Rebound.
(9:22) C.J. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(9:19) Torey Alston Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:07) Chris Loofe makes 5-foot jumper (Kamari Lands assists).
2716
(8:37) Foul on Torey Alston.
(8:37) KJ Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2.
(8:37) UTEP Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (8:37) KJ Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2.
2717
+3 (8:22) Tre Green makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jahvin Carter assists).
3017
+2 (8:03) KJ Thomas makes driving layup.
3019
(8:03) Foul on Jahvin Carter.
+1 (8:03) KJ Thomas makes free throw 1 of 1.
3020
(7:45) Kamari Lands misses 14-foot jumper.
(7:44) Middle Tennessee Offensive Rebound.
(7:33) Chris Loofe traveling turnover.
(7:23) Foul on Kaseem Watson.
(7:23) Kaseem Watson turnover.
(7:04) Tre Green misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(7:00) Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:53) Elijah Jones makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jamal West Jr. assists).
3023
(6:30) Foul on Torey Alston.
(6:30) Torey Alston turnover.
(6:17) Foul on Chris Loofe.
(6:17) Jamal West Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2.
(6:17) UTEP Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (6:17) Jamal West Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
3024
+3 (6:01) Kamari Lands makes 28-foot three pointer.
3324
(5:40) KJ Thomas bad pass turnover.
(5:40) Tre Green Steal.
(5:29) Kamari Lands bad pass turnover.
(5:29) Elijah Jones Steal.
(5:21) Foul on Kamari Lands.
(5:21) Elijah Jones misses free throw 1 of 1.
+3 (5:21) Kaseem Watson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Cassius Brooks assists).
3327
+3 (5:21) Tre Green makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sean Smith assists).
3627
(5:21) Kaseem Watson misses 17-foot jumper.
(5:21) Jarred Hall Defensive Rebound.
+3 (5:21) Sean Smith makes 26-foot three point jumper.
3927
(5:21) Jamal West Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(4:23) Foul on Jarred Hall.
+1 (4:23) Cassius Brooks makes free throw 1 of 2.
3928
+1 (4:23) Cassius Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2.
3929
(4:12) Foul on LA Hayes.
(4:08) Tre Green misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(4:05) KJ Thomas Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:49) Kaseem Watson makes 18-foot pullup jump shot.
3931
(3:28) Jarred Hall misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(3:24) KJ Thomas Defensive Rebound.
(3:13) Jamal West Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(3:10) Jarred Hall Defensive Rebound.
(3:10) Foul on Mouhamed Mbaye.
(2:50) Jarred Hall misses layup.
(2:47) LA Hayes Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:46) Elijah Jones makes 6-foot dunk (LA Hayes assists).
3933
(2:17) Kamari Lands misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(2:14) Jarred Hall Offensive Rebound.
(2:14) Jarred Hall bad pass turnover.
(2:14) LA Hayes Steal.
(2:14) Foul on Jarred Hall.
+1 (2:14) LA Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2.
3934
+1 (2:14) LA Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2.
3935
(1:56) Alec Oglesby bad pass turnover.
(1:56) Jamal West Jr. Steal.
(1:50) Jamal West Jr. misses 9-foot jumper.
(1:46) Jamal West Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(1:46) Jamal West Jr. misses tip in layup.
(1:46) Jamal West Jr. Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:46) Jamal West Jr. makes 0-foot tip in layup.
3937
+3 (1:30) Alec Oglesby makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sean Smith assists).
4237
(1:09) Jamal West Jr. bad pass turnover.
(1:09) Alec Oglesby Steal.
+2 (0:38) Tre Green makes layup (Kamari Lands assists).
4437
(0:15) Elijah Jones misses 21-foot jumper.
(0:12) Kaseem Watson Offensive Rebound.
(0:11) Kaseem Watson bad pass turnover.
(0:11) Sean Smith Steal.
(0:00) Sean Smith misses 18-foot jumper.
(0:00) LA Hayes Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Overtime

Team Stats

MTSU

UTEP

80Points83

28-59(47.5%)Field Goal(%)25-58(43.1%)

9-25(36.0%)3-Point(%)8-19(42.1%)

15-17(88.2%)Free Throw(%)25-36(69.4%)

32(7)Rebounds(Offensive)38(13)

14Assists13

5Steals5

4Blocks4

12Turnovers9

28(0)Fouls(Technical)16(0)

13Largest Lead4

Game Details

Thursday, January 8, 2026 · 9:00 PM

Don Haskins Center · El Paso, TX

attendance: 4,368 (36.4%)

tv: CBSSN

spread: MTSU -3.5

over/under: 137.5