UTEP Miners vs. Liberty Flames

Jan 17, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UTEP	38	31	69
LIB	41	39	80

Game Recap

Cleveland scores 20, Liberty knocks off UTEP 80-69. Zach Cleveland's 20 points helped Liberty defeat UTEP 80-69 on Saturday.

Player Stats

UTEP	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
15Jamal West Jr.	30	2-5	0-0	1-2	4	1	2	0	2	2	5
13Kaseem Watson	38	5-9	2-4	0-0	0	2	1	0	2	0	12
33Elijah Jones	34	9-16	2-5	1-2	7	0	0	2	2	2	21
1KJ Thomas	33	3-4	0-0	0-0	3	4	0	0	1	0	6
4Caleb Blackwell	34	7-13	6-11	0-0	2	7	0	0	3	3	20
23Cassius Brooks	15	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2
11Trey Horton III	16	1-3	1-3	0-0	2	1	0	0	2	1	3

TOTAL	-	28-5154.9%	11-2347.8%	2-450.0%	19	15	4	2	12	10	69

LIBERTY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
25Zach Cleveland	34	9-10	0-1	2-4	6	3	2	4	4	0	20
4Brett Decker Jr.	34	8-16	3-6	1-1	3	1	0	0	0	0	20
9JJ Harper	32	2-7	0-1	0-0	3	3	1	1	0	1	4
0Colin Porter	34	5-8	3-6	2-2	4	3	0	0	1	2	15
3Kaden Metheny	32	6-10	1-5	0-0	3	3	3	0	1	1	13
21Ryan Jones Jr.	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Josh Smith	15	1-1	0-0	4-4	1	0	1	0	0	2	6
1Zander Carter	17	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
TOTAL	-	32-5459.3%	7-2035.0%	9-1181.8%	21	13	7	5	6	7	80

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUTEPLIB

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by UTEP.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Liberty.
(19:37) Jamal West Jr. bad pass turnover.
(19:37) Zach Cleveland Steal.
(19:29) Colin Porter misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(19:25) Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
(19:07) Jamal West Jr. misses layup.
(19:07) Zach Cleveland Block.
(18:55) Kaden Metheny Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:41) Brett Decker Jr. makes layup.
02
+3 (18:23) Elijah Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (KJ Thomas assists).
32
+2 (18:00) Zach Cleveland makes driving layup.
34
(17:39) Foul on Colin Porter.
(17:19) Caleb Blackwell misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:19) Zach Cleveland Block.
(17:17) UTEP Deadball Team Rebound.
(17:17) team shot clock turnover .
+2 (17:00) Kaden Metheny makes layup (Zach Cleveland assists).
36
(16:51) Caleb Blackwell misses layup.
(16:51) JJ Harper Block.
(16:51) UTEP Offensive Rebound.
(16:44) Elijah Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:40) Brett Decker Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:35) Brett Decker Jr. makes 21-foot pullup jump shot.
38
+2 (16:07) KJ Thomas makes layup (Kaseem Watson assists).
58
+2 (15:42) Zach Cleveland makes layup (Kaden Metheny assists).
510
(15:32) Foul on Kaden Metheny.
+3 (15:13) Kaseem Watson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Caleb Blackwell assists).
810
(14:56) Zach Cleveland bad pass turnover.
(14:56) Jamal West Jr. Steal.
(14:51) Jamal West Jr. misses layup.
(14:51) Zach Cleveland Block.
(14:50) Liberty Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:35) Brett Decker Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Colin Porter assists).
813
+2 (14:05) Jamal West Jr. makes layup.
1013
(13:48) Kaden Metheny bad pass turnover.
(13:48) Jamal West Jr. Steal.
+2 (13:38) Kaseem Watson makes 15-foot pullup jump shot.
1213
(13:15) Brett Decker Jr. misses layup.
(13:11) Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(13:10) Trey Horton III bad pass turnover.
+2 (12:49) Zach Cleveland makes layup.
1215
(12:27) Caleb Blackwell misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(12:24) Liberty Defensive Rebound.
(12:07) Foul on Cassius Brooks.
+1 (12:07) Josh Smith makes free throw 1 of 2.
1216
+1 (12:07) Josh Smith makes free throw 2 of 2.
1217
+2 (11:35) KJ Thomas makes layup.
1417
(11:13) JJ Harper misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot.
(11:07) Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
(10:45) KJ Thomas bad pass turnover.
(10:45) Josh Smith Steal.
(10:39) JJ Harper misses layup.
(10:36) Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
(10:27) Trey Horton III misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(10:19) Zander Carter Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:01) Brett Decker Jr. makes 22-foot three point jumper (Colin Porter assists).
1420
+2 (9:46) Elijah Jones makes driving layup.
1620
+2 (9:23) Brett Decker Jr. makes layup (JJ Harper assists).
1622
+2 (8:58) Elijah Jones makes layup.
1822
+3 (8:38) Colin Porter makes 24-foot three point jumper.
1825
(8:12) Kaseem Watson misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:07) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:46) Colin Porter makes 24-foot three point jumper.
1828
(7:15) Jamal West Jr. misses 11-foot pullup jump shot.
(7:04) Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
(6:55) JJ Harper misses layup.
(6:51) Cassius Brooks Defensive Rebound.
(6:47) Trey Horton III misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(6:41) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:36) Kaden Metheny makes 24-foot three point jumper (Zach Cleveland assists).
1831
+2 (6:03) KJ Thomas makes layup.
2031
(5:47) Kaden Metheny misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:44) Trey Horton III Defensive Rebound.
(5:38) Caleb Blackwell traveling turnover.
+2 (5:18) Zander Carter makes driving layup.
2033
+2 (4:49) Elijah Jones makes 14-foot turnaround jump shot.
2233
+2 (4:28) Zach Cleveland makes layup.
2235
(4:18) Elijah Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:13) Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
(4:10) Colin Porter misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:06) KJ Thomas Defensive Rebound.
(3:58) Foul on Caleb Blackwell.
(3:58) Caleb Blackwell turnover.
+2 (3:35) Brett Decker Jr. makes 14-foot turnaround jump shot.
2237
(3:18) Caleb Blackwell bad pass turnover.
(3:18) Zach Cleveland Steal.
+2 (3:13) Zach Cleveland makes 3-foot dunk.
2239
+3 (3:01) Caleb Blackwell makes 25-foot three point jumper (KJ Thomas assists).
2539
(2:31) Ryan Jones Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(2:26) Caleb Blackwell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:24) Elijah Jones makes layup (Caleb Blackwell assists).
2739
(2:00) Zach Cleveland bad pass turnover.
(2:00) Cassius Brooks Steal.
+2 (1:55) Cassius Brooks makes layup.
2939
(1:36) Zach Cleveland bad pass turnover.
(1:36) Kaseem Watson Steal.
+3 (1:29) Caleb Blackwell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal West Jr. assists).
3239
+2 (1:08) Kaden Metheny makes layup.
3241
+3 (0:54) Caleb Blackwell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kaseem Watson assists).
3541
(0:36) Foul on Jamal West Jr..
(0:30) Kaden Metheny misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:27) Josh Smith Offensive Rebound.
(0:15) Brett Decker Jr. misses layup.
(0:15) Elijah Jones Block.
(0:10) Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:00) Caleb Blackwell makes 24-foot three point jumper.
3841

2nd half

Team Stats

UTEP

LIB

69Points80

28-51(54.9%)Field Goal(%)32-54(59.3%)

11-23(47.8%)3-Point(%)7-20(35.0%)

2-4(50.0%)Free Throw(%)9-11(81.8%)

21(3)Rebounds(Offensive)23(4)

15Assists13

4Steals7

2Blocks5

13Turnovers6

10(0)Fouls(Technical)7(0)

1Largest Lead17

Game Details

Saturday, January 17, 2026 · 3:00 PM

Liberty Arena · Lynchburg, VA

attendance: 3,082 (77.0%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: LIB -13.5

over/under: 137.5