Souley Boum was named the C-USA men’s basketball player of the week by the league offices on Monday after the squad swept both Florida schools at home.
UTEP (8-7, 1-2 C-USA), who entered this game on a three-game losing streak, looked sharp and clicked on all cylinders in their 87-54 home win against Southern Miss.
The UTEP men's basketball team heads into its Conference USA home opener versus LA Tech on Thursday without the likes of guard Christian Agnew due to COVID-19 and subsequent contact tracing, sources tell 600 ESPN El Paso.
The Miners will host Louisiana Tech tomorrow night and try and stop one of the most dominant players in Conference USA, sophomore forward Kenneth Lofton Jr.