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Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at UTEP Miners: January 8, 2026

The UTEP Miners beat the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 83-80 (OT) on January 8, 2026 (2025-26 season).

Final (OT) · Played January 8, 2026 · Updated October 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM ET · StatsNext box-score records

Most points: Chris Loofe and Sean Smith (Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, 16 each); Kaseem Watson (UTEP Miners, 23).

Line score

TeamH1H2OTFinal
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders4429780
UTEP Miners37361083

What stood out

  • The UTEP Miners' biggest edge came in the 2nd half (36-29).

Player lines

  • Alec Oglesby (MTSU G): 39 MIN, 7 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 2 3PM, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Chris Loofe (MTSU F): 27 MIN, 16 PTS, 7 REB, 0 AST, 1 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Jahvin Carter (MTSU G): 27 MIN, 6 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • James Dent Jr. (MTSU G): 11 MIN, 3 PTS, 0 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Jarred Hall (MTSU F): 5 MIN, 0 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Kamari Lands (MTSU G): 37 MIN, 12 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM, 0 STL, 1 BLK, 2 TOV
  • Luka Jovanovic (MTSU C): 14 MIN, 4 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 1 STL, 2 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Sean Smith (MTSU G): 30 MIN, 16 PTS, 1 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM, 2 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Torey Alston (MTSU F): 20 MIN, 8 PTS, 5 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TOV
  • Tre Green (MTSU G): 15 MIN, 8 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 2 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Bobby Montgomery Jr. (UTEP G): 2 MIN, 0 PTS, 0 REB, 1 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • C.J. Smith (UTEP F): 4 MIN, 0 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Cassius Brooks (UTEP G): 18 MIN, 2 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Elijah Jones (UTEP F): 36 MIN, 20 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 2 3PM, 1 STL, 3 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Jamal West Jr. (UTEP F): 43 MIN, 16 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 0 3PM, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 4 TOV
  • Kaseem Watson (UTEP F): 43 MIN, 23 PTS, 7 REB, 0 AST, 5 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TOV
  • KJ Thomas (UTEP G): 41 MIN, 11 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 3 TOV
  • LA Hayes (UTEP G): 30 MIN, 10 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 0 3PM, 3 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Mouhamed Mbaye (UTEP C): 5 MIN, 1 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV

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Head-to-head

No earlier meeting between these teams is in their stored recent results.

Full UTEP Miners vs Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders head-to-head (2 meetings).

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