UTEP Miners vs. New Mexico State Aggies

Feb 21, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UTEP	25	38	63
NMSU	35	32	67

Game Recap

New Mexico State earns 67-63 win over UTEP. Jemel Jones' 21 points helped New Mexico State defeat UTEP 67-63 on Saturday night.

Player Stats

UTEP	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
15Jamal West Jr.	38	7-13	0-1	8-10	7	2	0	1	0	2	22
13Kaseem Watson	38	2-7	2-6	2-2	10	0	0	0	0	2	8
33Elijah Jones	35	2-5	1-2	0-0	5	0	0	1	2	1	5
1KJ Thomas	30	2-10	0-7	1-1	4	0	1	0	2	3	5
4Caleb Blackwell	36	7-11	4-7	0-0	2	3	1	0	2	1	18
25Mouhamed Mbaye	7	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
23Cassius Brooks	5	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11Trey Horton III	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7LA Hayes	8	2-5	1-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5

TOTAL	-	22-5540.0%	8-2729.6%	11-1384.6%	31	5	2	3	6	11	63

NEW MEXICO STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Jae'Coby Osborne	28	6-11	0-3	0-0	9	1	0	0	0	1	12
0Julius Mims	24	2-4	0-1	2-3	4	0	0	0	0	3	6
1Gabe Pickens	30	1-6	1-4	0-0	1	5	1	0	0	1	3
21Jemel Jones	32	8-14	3-5	2-2	4	3	1	3	1	1	21
9Anthony Wrzeszcz	22	1-5	0-3	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	2	2
44Augustine Ekwe	20	3-4	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	1	0	2	6
24Cyr Malonga	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Chris Terrell	10	2-4	1-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	1	5
8Jayland Randall	14	3-9	2-5	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8
11Elijah Elliott	16	1-8	1-2	1-2	4	3	0	1	0	0	4
TOTAL	-	27-6640.9%	8-2630.8%	5-771.4%	34	14	2	5	3	11	67

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUTEPNMSU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by New Mexico State.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by UTEP.
(19:32) Jemel Jones misses 10-foot jumper.
(19:29) Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(19:14) Jamal West Jr. misses 3-foot jumper.
(19:14) Jemel Jones Block.
(19:10) Jemel Jones Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:08) Jae'Coby Osborne makes layup (Jemel Jones assists).
02
(18:54) Kaseem Watson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:51) Jemel Jones Defensive Rebound.
(18:37) Jemel Jones misses 16-foot jumper.
(18:34) Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:17) Caleb Blackwell makes 21-foot jumper.
22
(18:02) Anthony Wrzeszcz misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:58) KJ Thomas Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:53) Caleb Blackwell makes 24-foot three point jumper.
52
(17:23) Gabe Pickens misses layup.
(17:19) Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
(16:59) KJ Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:59) Jemel Jones Block.
(16:59) UTEP Offensive Rebound.
+3 (16:53) Caleb Blackwell makes 25-foot three point jumper.
82
(16:25) Jae'Coby Osborne misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:23) KJ Thomas Defensive Rebound.
(16:12) Elijah Jones misses 17-foot jumper.
(16:09) Anthony Wrzeszcz Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:58) Gabe Pickens makes 25-foot three point jumper.
85
(15:35) Foul on Anthony Wrzeszcz.
(15:33) Elijah Jones bad pass turnover.
(15:33) Jemel Jones Steal.
+2 (15:28) Jae'Coby Osborne makes 0-foot dunk (Jemel Jones assists).
87
+2 (15:01) Jamal West Jr. makes driving layup.
107
(14:44) Gabe Pickens misses layup.
(14:44) Elijah Jones Block.
(14:32) Augustine Ekwe Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:30) Jae'Coby Osborne makes layup (Augustine Ekwe assists).
109
+3 (14:25) Caleb Blackwell makes 25-foot three point jumper.
139
(13:58) Jemel Jones bad pass turnover.
(13:58) KJ Thomas Steal.
(13:52) Caleb Blackwell misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:47) Elijah Jones Offensive Rebound.
(13:37) KJ Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:33) Anthony Wrzeszcz Defensive Rebound.
+3 (13:24) Jemel Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Wrzeszcz assists).
1312
(12:51) KJ Thomas misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:48) Anthony Wrzeszcz Defensive Rebound.
(12:35) Jemel Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(12:32) Kaseem Watson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:17) Jamal West Jr. makes 13-foot pullup jump shot.
1512
(11:58) Augustine Ekwe misses 10-foot jumper.
(11:54) Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:33) Jamal West Jr. makes 15-foot pullup jump shot.
1712
(11:13) Anthony Wrzeszcz misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(11:10) Kaseem Watson Defensive Rebound.
(10:46) KJ Thomas out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(10:37) Elijah Elliott misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(10:34) Jayland Randall Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:34) Jayland Randall makes layup.
1714
(10:15) Cassius Brooks misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(10:13) Julius Mims Defensive Rebound.
(9:51) Cyr Malonga misses 6-foot jumper.
(9:47) Kaseem Watson Defensive Rebound.
(9:27) Caleb Blackwell misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(9:25) New Mexico State Defensive Rebound.
(9:03) Chris Terrell misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:01) Mouhamed Mbaye Defensive Rebound.
(9:01) Foul on Kaseem Watson.
(8:51) Foul on Mouhamed Mbaye.
(8:51) Elijah Elliott misses free throw 1 of 2.
(8:51) New Mexico State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (8:51) Elijah Elliott makes free throw 2 of 2.
1715
(8:38) Cassius Brooks misses layup.
(8:38) Julius Mims Defensive Rebound.
(8:38) Foul on Cassius Brooks.
(8:12) Elijah Elliott misses 8-foot turnaround jump shot.
(8:11) UTEP Defensive Rebound.
(7:57) Elijah Jones misses 20-foot jumper.
(7:54) Chris Terrell Defensive Rebound.
(7:51) Julius Mims misses alley oop dunk.
(7:44) Kaseem Watson Defensive Rebound.
(7:25) KJ Thomas misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(7:22) Jayland Randall Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:18) Jayland Randall makes 25-foot three point jumper.
1718
(6:45) Mouhamed Mbaye misses 19-foot jumper.
(6:44) New Mexico State Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:29) Chris Terrell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Elijah Elliott assists).
1721
+2 (6:04) KJ Thomas makes layup.
1921
(6:04) Foul on Julius Mims.
+1 (6:04) KJ Thomas makes free throw 1 of 1.
2021
(5:55) Jayland Randall misses 12-foot jumper.
(5:53) Jae'Coby Osborne Offensive Rebound.
(5:53) Foul on KJ Thomas.
(5:38) Jae'Coby Osborne misses layup.
(5:35) Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(5:11) KJ Thomas misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:08) Chris Terrell Defensive Rebound.
(4:59) Jayland Randall misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:56) Kaseem Watson Defensive Rebound.
(4:29) Jamal West Jr. misses 15-foot step back jumpshot.
(4:25) Elijah Elliott Defensive Rebound.
(4:20) Elijah Elliott misses 17-foot jumper.
(4:17) Julius Mims Offensive Rebound.
(4:13) Jayland Randall misses layup.
(4:10) Elijah Elliott Offensive Rebound.
+3 (4:07) Jayland Randall makes 23-foot three point jumper (Elijah Elliott assists).
2024
+2 (3:49) Jamal West Jr. makes layup.
2224
+3 (3:30) Jemel Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (Gabe Pickens assists).
2227
(2:51) Elijah Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:48) Jae'Coby Osborne Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:44) Jemel Jones makes 12-foot jumper.
2229
(2:28) Foul on Anthony Wrzeszcz.
+3 (2:24) Kaseem Watson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Caleb Blackwell assists).
2529
(2:07) Jayland Randall misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:04) Caleb Blackwell Defensive Rebound.
(1:53) Trey Horton III misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(1:50) Elijah Elliott Defensive Rebound.
(1:44) Elijah Elliott misses layup.
(1:40) Augustine Ekwe Offensive Rebound.
(1:37) Gabe Pickens misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(1:24) Jemel Jones Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:24) Jemel Jones makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2531
(1:10) Kaseem Watson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:08) Elijah Elliott Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:54) Jemel Jones makes 8-foot jumper.
2533
(0:34) Kaseem Watson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:33) New Mexico State Defensive Rebound.
(0:33) UTEP Coach's Challenge (Upheld) UTEP charged with a timeout.
(0:06) Elijah Elliott misses layup.
(0:06) Julius Mims Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:06) Julius Mims makes 0-foot tip in dunk.
2535

2nd half

Team Stats

UTEP

NMSU

63Points67

22-55(40.0%)Field Goal(%)27-66(40.9%)

8-27(29.6%)3-Point(%)8-26(30.8%)

11-13(84.6%)Free Throw(%)5-7(71.4%)

35(10)Rebounds(Offensive)38(14)

5Assists14

2Steals2

3Blocks5

6Turnovers4

11(0)Fouls(Technical)11(0)

6Largest Lead11

Game Details

Saturday, February 21, 2026 · 9:00 PM

Pan American Center · Las Cruces, NM

attendance: 7,606 (60.5%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: NMSU -7.5

over/under: 142.5