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UTEP Miners at Liberty Flames: January 17, 2026

The Liberty Flames beat the UTEP Miners 80-69 on January 17, 2026 (2025-26 season).

Final · Played January 17, 2026 · Updated October 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM ET · StatsNext box-score records

Most points: Elijah Jones (UTEP Miners, 21); Brett Decker Jr. and Zach Cleveland (Liberty Flames, 20 each).

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Line score

Line score — UTEP Miners / Liberty Flames — College basketball — January 17, 2026
TeamH1H2Final
UTEP Miners383169
Liberty Flames413980

What stood out

  • The Liberty Flames' biggest edge came in the 2nd half (39-31).

Player lines

  • Caleb Blackwell (UTEP G): 34 MIN, 20 PTS, 2 REB, 7 AST, 6 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 3 TOV
  • Cassius Brooks (UTEP G): 15 MIN, 2 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Elijah Jones (UTEP F): 34 MIN, 21 PTS, 7 REB, 0 AST, 2 3PM, 0 STL, 2 BLK, 2 TOV
  • Jamal West Jr. (UTEP F): 30 MIN, 5 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 0 3PM, 2 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TOV
  • Kaseem Watson (UTEP F): 38 MIN, 12 PTS, 0 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TOV
  • KJ Thomas (UTEP G): 33 MIN, 6 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Trey Horton III (UTEP G): 16 MIN, 3 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TOV
  • Brett Decker Jr. (LIB G): 34 MIN, 20 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Colin Porter (LIB G): 34 MIN, 15 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • JJ Harper (LIB G): 32 MIN, 4 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 0 3PM, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Josh Smith (LIB F): 15 MIN, 6 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Kaden Metheny (LIB G): 32 MIN, 13 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM, 3 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Ryan Jones Jr. (LIB F): 2 MIN, 0 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Zach Cleveland (LIB F): 34 MIN, 20 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 0 3PM, 2 STL, 4 BLK, 4 TOV
  • Zander Carter (LIB G): 17 MIN, 2 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 Liberty Flames vs UTEP Miners head-to-head (2 meetings).

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