UTEP Miners vs. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

Feb 26, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UTEP	26	41	67
MTSU	34	43	77

Game Recap

Lands pours in 22 points as Middle Tennessee defeats UTEP 77-67. Kamari Lands had 22 points in Middle Tennessee's 77-67 victory against UTEP on Thursday.

Player Stats

UTEP	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
15Jamal West Jr.	16	1-3	0-0	2-2	2	0	2	1	2	5	4
13Kaseem Watson	37	7-9	4-5	6-8	4	1	2	0	4	3	24
33Elijah Jones	36	8-13	3-6	0-0	6	0	0	2	2	1	19
1KJ Thomas	26	0-1	0-0	2-2	2	4	0	0	1	5	2
4Caleb Blackwell	29	3-10	0-4	0-0	2	2	2	0	1	2	6
25Mouhamed Mbaye	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
23Cassius Brooks	18	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	2	2
11Trey Horton III	15	2-3	2-3	0-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	6
7LA Hayes	15	1-5	0-2	2-4	2	0	1	0	1	3	4
TOTAL	-	23-4748.9%	9-2045.0%	12-1770.6%	22	8	8	3	13	21	67

MIDDLE TENNESSEE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	TO	PF	PTS
13Chris Loofe	28	3-6	0-0	1-2	13	0	0	5	4	7
10Torey Alston	35	4-10	0-1	7-11	11	2	1	1	4	15
55Sean Smith	23	2-6	0-2	0-0	2	1	0	1	1	4
0Alec Oglesby	34	5-12	4-10	3-3	1	3	0	0	1	17
22Kamari Lands	27	7-14	2-7	6-6	0	1	2	1	3	22
3Luka Jovanovic	12	0-1	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	1	0	0
1Marcus Whitlock Jr.	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Jahvin Carter	19	4-6	1-1	0-0	1	2	1	3	0	9
11Tre Green	19	1-3	1-3	0-0	1	1	2	1	2	3
TOTAL	-	26-5844.8%	8-2433.3%	17-2277.3%	33	11	6	13	15	77

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUTEPMTSU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Middle Tennessee.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by UTEP.
+2 (19:34) Torey Alston makes 8-foot floating jump shot.
02
(19:04) Jamal West Jr. misses layup.
(19:01) Torey Alston Defensive Rebound.
(18:42) Chris Loofe misses layup.
(18:42) Jamal West Jr. Block.
(18:38) Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(18:38) Jamal West Jr. bad pass turnover.
(18:38) Kamari Lands Steal.
(18:19) Sean Smith misses 9-foot jumper.
(18:16) Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:54) Kaseem Watson makes 22-foot three point jumper (Caleb Blackwell assists).
32
(17:33) Torey Alston misses layup.
(17:30) Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
(17:26) KJ Thomas traveling turnover.
(17:05) Chris Loofe traveling turnover.
(16:46) Elijah Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:43) Torey Alston Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:36) Kamari Lands makes 15-foot pullup jump shot.
34
(16:22) Jamal West Jr. misses layup.
(16:19) Chris Loofe Defensive Rebound.
(16:15) Alec Oglesby misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:13) Caleb Blackwell Defensive Rebound.
(15:57) Elijah Jones misses 14-foot turnaround jump shot.
(15:54) Torey Alston Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:50) Kamari Lands makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alec Oglesby assists).
37
+2 (15:23) Kaseem Watson makes 19-foot pullup jump shot.
57
+3 (15:04) Kamari Lands makes 23-foot three point jumper (Torey Alston assists).
510
(14:38) Caleb Blackwell misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:33) Chris Loofe Defensive Rebound.
(14:28) Foul on KJ Thomas.
(14:08) Kamari Lands misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(14:05) Tre Green Offensive Rebound.
(14:03) Alec Oglesby misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(13:59) Chris Loofe Offensive Rebound.
(13:58) Chris Loofe misses layup.
(13:56) Chris Loofe Offensive Rebound.
(13:54) Chris Loofe bad pass turnover.
(13:54) Jamal West Jr. Steal.
(13:33) LA Hayes misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:30) Chris Loofe Defensive Rebound.
(13:15) Chris Loofe bad pass turnover.
(13:15) Jamal West Jr. Steal.
(12:52) Kaseem Watson bad pass turnover.
(12:52) Kamari Lands Steal.
+3 (12:44) Alec Oglesby makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tre Green assists).
513
+2 (12:11) Jamal West Jr. makes layup.
713
(12:01) Jahvin Carter bad pass turnover.
(12:01) Kaseem Watson Steal.
(11:48) LA Hayes bad pass turnover.
+3 (11:28) Jahvin Carter makes 29-foot three point jumper (Alec Oglesby assists).
716
+2 (10:55) Elijah Jones makes driving layup.
916
+3 (10:39) Alec Oglesby makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jahvin Carter assists).
919
(10:16) Caleb Blackwell misses 14-foot jumper.
(10:14) Luka Jovanovic Defensive Rebound.
(10:00) Foul on LA Hayes.
(9:49) Tre Green misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(9:48) Jahvin Carter Offensive Rebound.
+2 (9:48) Jahvin Carter makes layup.
921
(9:31) LA Hayes misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:27) Luka Jovanovic Defensive Rebound.
(9:20) Foul on KJ Thomas.
+2 (9:04) Torey Alston makes layup.
923
(8:47) Elijah Jones misses layup.
(8:45) Torey Alston Defensive Rebound.
(8:29) Foul on Jamal West Jr..
(8:20) Torey Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:18) UTEP Defensive Rebound.
(8:04) Foul on Kamari Lands.
+3 (8:00) Elijah Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (KJ Thomas assists).
1223
(7:49) Foul on Cassius Brooks.
(7:46) Sean Smith misses 11-foot jumper.
(7:44) Kaseem Watson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:32) Elijah Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper.
1523
(7:02) Kamari Lands misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(7:00) UTEP Defensive Rebound.
(6:45) Foul on Tre Green.
+2 (6:34) Caleb Blackwell makes 19-foot jumper.
1723
+2 (6:22) Sean Smith makes 11-foot pullup jump shot.
1725
(6:15) Caleb Blackwell bad pass turnover.
(6:15) Tre Green Steal.
(6:08) Sean Smith bad pass turnover.
(6:08) Caleb Blackwell Steal.
(5:40) team shot clock turnover .
(5:30) Foul on Jamal West Jr..
+2 (5:13) Kamari Lands makes 13-foot turnaround jump shot.
1727
(4:53) Cassius Brooks bad pass turnover.
(4:43) Foul on Kaseem Watson.
+1 (4:43) Kamari Lands makes free throw 1 of 2.
1728
+1 (4:43) Kamari Lands makes free throw 2 of 2.
1729
+2 (4:31) Caleb Blackwell makes driving layup.
1929
(4:11) Kamari Lands misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(4:09) Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
(3:46) Elijah Jones bad pass turnover.
(3:23) Foul on Caleb Blackwell.
(3:23) Chris Loofe misses free throw 1 of 2.
(3:23) Middle Tennessee Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (3:23) Chris Loofe makes free throw 2 of 2.
1930
(3:05) LA Hayes misses 19-foot jumper.
(3:03) Mouhamed Mbaye Offensive Rebound.
(3:00) Elijah Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(2:57) LA Hayes Offensive Rebound.
(2:57) Foul on Kamari Lands.
(2:57) LA Hayes misses free throw 1 of 2.
(2:57) UTEP Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (2:57) LA Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2.
2030
(2:38) Foul on Chris Loofe.
(2:38) Chris Loofe turnover.
+2 (2:24) Caleb Blackwell makes driving layup.
2230
(2:03) Torey Alston misses 9-foot jumper.
(2:00) LA Hayes Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:55) LA Hayes makes 10-foot jumper.
2430
(1:43) Foul on Chris Loofe.
(1:43) Chris Loofe turnover.
(1:26) Caleb Blackwell misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(1:22) Alec Oglesby Defensive Rebound.
+3 (1:14) Tre Green makes 22-foot three point jumper (Torey Alston assists).
2433
(0:52) Elijah Jones bad pass turnover.
(0:52) Torey Alston Steal.
(0:48) Foul on LA Hayes.
+1 (0:48) Torey Alston makes free throw 1 of 2.
2434
(0:48) Torey Alston misses free throw 2 of 2.
(0:48) Middle Tennessee Deadball Team Rebound.
(0:32) Tre Green bad pass turnover.
(0:32) Kaseem Watson Steal.
(0:10) Foul on Tre Green.
+1 (0:10) Kaseem Watson makes free throw 1 of 2.
2534
+1 (0:10) Kaseem Watson makes free throw 2 of 2.
2634
(0:02) Tre Green misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Trey Horton III Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

UTEP

MTSU

67Points77

23-47(48.9%)Field Goal(%)26-58(44.8%)

9-20(45.0%)3-Point(%)8-24(33.3%)

12-17(70.6%)Free Throw(%)17-22(77.3%)

24(3)Rebounds(Offensive)35(12)

8Assists11

8Steals6

3Blocks0

14Turnovers14

21(1)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

1Largest Lead24

Game Details

Thursday, February 26, 2026 · 7:30 PM

Murphy Center · Murfreesboro, TN

attendance: 3,452 (30.0%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: MTSU -8.5

over/under: 139.5