UTEP Miners vs. Delaware Blue Hens

Jan 15, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UTEP	30	40	70
DEL	36	33	69

Game Recap

Watson and UTEP defeat Delaware 70-69. Kaseem Watson scored 20 points, including two free throws with 15 seconds left, as UTEP defeated Delaware 70-69 on Thursday night.

Player Stats

UTEP	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
15Jamal West Jr.	35	7-9	1-1	1-3	10	3	0	2	1	3	16
13Kaseem Watson	37	7-17	3-7	3-3	8	1	0	1	1	2	20
33Elijah Jones	31	5-14	0-5	0-0	6	1	1	3	0	1	10
1KJ Thomas	31	4-6	0-2	1-1	2	3	1	0	1	4	9
4Caleb Blackwell	36	5-11	4-7	1-2	2	3	2	0	1	4	15
23Cassius Brooks	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Bobby Montgomery Jr.	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Trey Horton III	18	0-2	0-2	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
7LA Hayes	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTAL	-	28-6046.7%	8-2433.3%	6-966.7%	31	13	4	6	4	16	70

DELAWARE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Jayden Taylor	18	0-1	0-1	2-2	6	1	0	0	1	2	2
5Macon Emory	37	7-10	4-4	3-4	7	1	0	0	0	3	21
44Tyler Houser	37	5-15	1-4	7-9	5	4	0	0	0	3	18
00Christian Bliss	40	3-9	1-4	3-6	7	6	1	0	5	4	10
4Justyn Fernandez	35	6-14	3-6	0-0	5	2	0	0	1	1	15
35Bouna Kebe	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
20Alex Kazanecki	30	1-4	1-3	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	0	3


TOTAL	-	22-5440.7%	10-2245.5%	15-2171.4%	35	14	1	1	8	13	69

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUTEPDEL

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by UTEP.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Delaware.
(19:33) Elijah Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(19:30) Macon Emory Defensive Rebound.
(19:17) Jayden Taylor bad pass turnover.
(19:17) KJ Thomas Steal.
+2 (19:15) KJ Thomas makes layup.
20
(19:15) Foul on Jayden Taylor.
+1 (19:15) KJ Thomas makes free throw 1 of 1.
30
(18:47) Christian Bliss bad pass turnover.
(18:35) Kaseem Watson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(18:32) Jayden Taylor Defensive Rebound.
(18:11) Justyn Fernandez misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot.
(18:08) Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
(17:55) Elijah Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:51) Macon Emory Defensive Rebound.
(17:31) Macon Emory misses layup.
(17:31) Kaseem Watson Block.
(17:31) Delaware Offensive Rebound.
+3 (17:25) Justyn Fernandez makes 23-foot three point jumper.
33
(17:10) KJ Thomas misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:06) Tyler Houser Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:39) Justyn Fernandez makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyler Houser assists).
36
+3 (16:24) Kaseem Watson makes 25-foot three point jumper (KJ Thomas assists).
66
(16:03) Justyn Fernandez misses 14-foot step back jumpshot.
(16:01) Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
(15:50) Elijah Jones misses 6-foot jumper.
(15:47) Macon Emory Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:24) Macon Emory makes layup (Jayden Taylor assists).
68
(15:06) Jamal West Jr. out of bounds bad pass turnover.
+2 (14:51) Justyn Fernandez makes 4-foot jumper (Christian Bliss assists).
610
+2 (14:19) KJ Thomas makes driving layup.
810
(13:54) Foul on KJ Thomas.
+1 (13:54) Tyler Houser makes free throw 1 of 2.
811
+1 (13:54) Tyler Houser makes free throw 2 of 2.
812
+2 (13:28) Jamal West Jr. makes layup.
1012
(13:07) Foul on LA Hayes.
(12:54) Justyn Fernandez misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:51) Kaseem Watson Defensive Rebound.
(12:34) Caleb Blackwell misses 15-foot step back jumpshot.
(12:30) Justyn Fernandez Defensive Rebound.
(12:18) Christian Bliss misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:15) Kaseem Watson Defensive Rebound.
(12:08) Kaseem Watson misses 12-foot step back jumpshot.
(12:06) Bouna Kebe Defensive Rebound.
(11:57) Foul on Kaseem Watson.
+1 (11:57) Macon Emory makes free throw 1 of 2.
1013
(11:57) Macon Emory misses free throw 2 of 2.
(11:56) Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
(11:43) Trey Horton III misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:40) Alex Kazanecki Defensive Rebound.
(11:27) Christian Bliss misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(11:23) KJ Thomas Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:15) Caleb Blackwell makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
1313
(10:49) Bouna Kebe misses 11-foot jumper.
(10:46) Caleb Blackwell Defensive Rebound.
(10:35) Elijah Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:32) Christian Bliss Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:24) Alex Kazanecki makes 23-foot three point jumper (Macon Emory assists).
1316
(10:00) Elijah Jones misses 16-foot jumper.
(9:57) Alex Kazanecki Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:49) Macon Emory makes 1-foot dunk (Christian Bliss assists).
1318
(9:39) Elijah Jones misses layup.
(9:39) Bouna Kebe Block.
(9:39) Delaware Defensive Rebound.
(9:24) Justyn Fernandez misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:22) Jayden Taylor Offensive Rebound.
(9:16) Tyler Houser misses layup.
(9:12) Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:01) Jamal West Jr. makes 3-foot dunk (Caleb Blackwell assists).
1518
(8:43) Tyler Houser misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:40) Jayden Taylor Offensive Rebound.
(8:34) Alex Kazanecki misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:31) Tyler Houser Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:30) Tyler Houser makes layup.
1520
(7:59) KJ Thomas misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:57) Christian Bliss Defensive Rebound.
(7:34) Jayden Taylor misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:31) Kaseem Watson Defensive Rebound.
(7:13) Kaseem Watson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(7:10) Justyn Fernandez Defensive Rebound.
(6:47) Justyn Fernandez misses 11-foot step back jumpshot.
(6:43) Jayden Taylor Offensive Rebound.
(6:41) Foul on Jamal West Jr..
+3 (6:19) Macon Emory makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot.
1523
(6:11) Trey Horton III misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:09) Kaseem Watson Offensive Rebound.
(5:58) LA Hayes misses layup.
(5:55) Jayden Taylor Defensive Rebound.
(5:41) Foul on Elijah Jones.
+1 (5:41) Jayden Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2.
1524
+1 (5:41) Jayden Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2.
1525
+3 (5:23) Jamal West Jr. makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Trey Horton III assists).
1825
(4:58) Foul on Caleb Blackwell.
(4:50) Foul on Trey Horton III.
+1 (4:50) Macon Emory makes free throw 1 of 2.
1826
+1 (4:50) Macon Emory makes free throw 2 of 2.
1827
(4:31) Foul on Jayden Taylor.
+2 (4:17) Jamal West Jr. makes 3-foot dunk (Elijah Jones assists).
2027
(3:49) Alex Kazanecki misses layup.
(3:49) Jamal West Jr. Block.
(3:45) Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(3:42) Foul on Tyler Houser.
+1 (3:42) Caleb Blackwell makes free throw 1 of 2.
2127
(3:42) Caleb Blackwell misses free throw 2 of 2.
(3:41) Christian Bliss Defensive Rebound.
(3:26) Foul on KJ Thomas.
+1 (3:26) Christian Bliss makes free throw 1 of 2.
2128
(3:26) Christian Bliss misses free throw 2 of 2.
(3:25) Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:57) Jamal West Jr. makes driving layup.
2328
+3 (2:26) Macon Emory makes 23-foot three point jumper (Christian Bliss assists).
2331
+3 (2:12) Caleb Blackwell makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
2631
(1:45) Macon Emory misses layup.
(1:42) Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:36) Elijah Jones makes layup (Kaseem Watson assists).
2831
(1:18) Justyn Fernandez bad pass turnover.
(1:18) Caleb Blackwell Steal.
(1:10) Caleb Blackwell misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:06) Tyler Houser Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:41) Tyler Houser makes layup (Christian Bliss assists).
2833
(0:33) Foul on Christian Bliss.
+2 (0:22) Caleb Blackwell makes 12-foot jumper.
3033
+3 (0:00) Justyn Fernandez makes 25-foot three point jumper (Christian Bliss assists).
3036

2nd half

Team Stats

UTEP

DEL

70Points69

28-60(46.7%)Field Goal(%)22-54(40.7%)

8-24(33.3%)3-Point(%)10-22(45.5%)

6-9(66.7%)Free Throw(%)15-21(71.4%)

32(6)Rebounds(Offensive)39(11)

13Assists14

4Steals1

6Blocks1

4Turnovers8

16(0)Fouls(Technical)13(0)

3Largest Lead10

Game Details

Thursday, January 15, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Bob Carpenter Center · Newark, DE

attendance: 2,113 (41.4%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: DEL -1.5

over/under: 125.5