2019–20 UTEP Miners men's basketball team

2019–20 UTEP Miners men's basketball
2019–20 UTEP Miners men's basketball
Sun Bowl Invitational champions
Conference	Conference USA
Record	17–15 (8–10 C-USA)
Head coach	Rodney Terry (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Arturo Ormond; Kenton Paulino; Nick Matson;
Home arena	Don Haskins Center
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 Conference USA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Texas	14	–	4	.778	20	–	11	.645
Western Kentucky	13	–	5	.722	20	–	10	.667
Louisiana Tech	13	–	5	.722	22	–	8	.733
Charlotte	10	–	8	.556	16	–	13	.552
FIU	9	–	9	.500	19	–	13	.594
Marshall	10	–	8	.556	17	–	15	.531
UAB	9	–	9	.500	19	–	13	.594
Old Dominion	9	–	9	.500	13	–	19	.406
Florida Atlantic	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
UTSA	7	–	11	.389	13	–	19	.406
UTEP	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Rice	7	–	11	.389	15	–	17	.469
Southern Miss	5	–	13	.278	9	–	22	.290
Middle Tennessee	4	–	14	.222	8	–	23	.258
Note: The 2020 C-USA Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2019–20 UTEP Miners basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Miners, led by second-year head coach Rodney Terry, played their home games at the Don Haskins Center as members of Conference USA. UTEP averaged 5,311 fans per game.^[1]

Previous season

The Miners finished the 2018–19 season 8–21, 3–15 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the C-USA Tournament.

Roster

2019–20 UTEP Miners men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Souley Boum	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	RS So	Oakland Tech HS San Francisco	Oakland, CA
F	1	Tydus Verhoeven	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS So	Manteca HS Duquesne	Manteca, CA
G	2	Jordan Lathon	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Grandview HS	Grandview, MO
G/F	3	Anthony Tarke	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Jr	Gaithersburg HS NJIT	Gaithersburg, MD
F	4	Eric Vila	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	221 lb (100 kg)	RS Jr	NW Florida State	Girona, Spain
G	5	Deon Stroud	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	Fr	Trinity International HS	Fresno, CA
F	11	Bryson Williams	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	RS Jr	Roosevelt HS Fresno State	Fresno, CA
G	12	Jules Williamson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	East Aurora HS	Aurora, IL
G	13	Ountae Campbell (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	RS Sr	Brentwood HS Casper College	Los Angeles, CA
G	15	Kaden Archie	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Midlothian HS TCU	Midlothian, TX
G	20	Anieus Modrano	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Liberty HS Bakersfield College	Bakersfield, CA
G	21	Keonte Kennedy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Westlake HS Xavier	Austin, TX
G	23	Nigel Hawkins	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	So	Cypress Falls HS	Houston, TX
G	24	Daryl Edwards	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Central HS LSU	Fresno, CA
F	32	Efe Odigie	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	So	Pro-Vision School	Houston, TX
F	33	Gilles Dekoninck (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Huntington Prep Fresno State	Diest, Belgium
C	54	Isaiah Rhyanes (W)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	229 lb (104 kg)	RS Sr	Andress HS El Paso CC	El Paso, TX

Head coach

Rodney Terry (St. Edward's)

Assistant coach(es)

Kenton Paulino (Texas)
Nick Matson (VMI)
Arturo Ormond (Texas–Pan American)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 13, 2020

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 5, 2019* 7:00 pm		New Mexico Highlands	W 93–70	1–0	Don Haskins Center (3,738) El Paso, TX
Nov 12, 2019* 7:00 pm		New Mexico State Battle of I-10	W 65–50	2–0	Don Haskins Center (8,993) El Paso, TX
Nov 14, 2019* 6:00 pm		Eastern New Mexico	W 71–57	3–0	Don Haskins Center (4,476) El Paso, TX
Nov 19, 2019* 7:00 pm		New Mexico	W 66–63	4–0	Don Haskins Center (6,171) El Paso, TX
Nov 27, 2019* 7:00 pm		East Central	W 91–71	5–0	Don Haskins Center (5,531) El Paso, TX
Dec 3, 2019* 7:00 pm		at New Mexico State Battle of I-10	L 56–59	5–1	Pan American Center (7,048) Las Cruces, NM
Dec 7, 2019* 7:00 pm		Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 59–50	6–1	Don Haskins Center (4,928) El Paso, TX
Dec 16, 2019* 7:00 pm		North Carolina A&T Sun Bowl Invitational	W 72–54	7–1	Don Haskins Center (5,969) El Paso, TX
Dec 17, 2019* 7:00 pm		UC Irvine Sun Bowl Invitational	W 67–61	8–1	Don Haskins Center (6,934) El Paso, TX
Dec 19, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Houston Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic non bracket game	L 57–77	8–2	Fertitta Center (6,470) Houston, TX
Dec 22, 2019* 9:30 pm, ESPN2		at Hawaii Diamond Head Classic quarterfinal	L 63–67	8–3	Stan Sheriff Center (6,179) Honolulu, HI
Dec 23, 2019* 11:30 pm, ESPNU		vs. Ball State Diamond Head Classic consolation 2nd round	W 71–70	9–3	Stan Sheriff Center (5,757) Honolulu, HI
Dec 25, 2019* 1:30 pm, ESPNU		vs. Boise State Diamond Head Classic 5th place game	L 67–72	9–4	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
Conference USA regular season
Jan 2, 2020 10:00 am, ESPN+		at FIU	L 67–69	9–5 (0–1)	Ocean Bank Convocation Center (525) University Park, FL
Jan 4, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Florida Atlantic	L 56–59	9–6 (0–2)	RoofClaim.com Arena (830) Boca Raton, FL
Jan 9, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Southern Miss	W 76–64	10–6 (1–2)	Don Haskins Center (4,622) El Paso, TX
Jan 11, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Louisiana Tech	L 61–64	10–7 (1–3)	Don Haskins Center (5,731) El Paso, TX
Jan 15, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UTSA	W 80–77 ^OT	11–7 (2–3)	Don Haskins Center (4,442) El Paso, TX
Jan 18, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at UTSA	L 70–86	11–8 (2–4)	Convocation Center (1,684) San Antonio, TX
Jan 23, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Rice	W 72–64	12–8 (3–4)	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,518) Houston, TX
Jan 25, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at North Texas	L 57–67	12–9 (3–5)	UNT Coliseum (4,092) Denton, TX
Jan 30, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Middle Tennessee	W 67–66	13–9 (4–5)	Don Haskins Center (4,471) El Paso, TX
Feb 1, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UAB	L 55–69	13–10 (4–6)	Don Haskins Center (6,234) El Paso, TX
Feb 6, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Charlotte	L 64–68	13–11 (4–7)	Dale F. Halton Arena (2,828) Charlotte, NC
Feb 8, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Old Dominion	L 53–72	13–12 (4–8)	Chartway Arena (6,820) Norfolk, VA
Feb 13, 2020 7:00 pm		Western Kentucky	L 62–67	13–13 (4–9)	Don Haskins Center (4,504) El Paso, TX
Feb 15, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Marshall	L 61–71	13–14 (4–10)	Don Haskins Center (4,424) El Paso, TX
Feb 22, 2020 5:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Rice	W 68–62	14–14 (5–10)	Don Haskins Center (4,139) El Paso, TX
Mar 1, 2020 2:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Southern Miss	W 75–56	15–14 (6–10)	Don Haskins Center (4,975) El Paso, TX
Mar 4, 2020 5:30 pm, ESPN3		at Middle Tennessee	W 60–56	16–14 (7–10)	Murphy Center (2,022) Murfreesboro, TN
Mar 7, 2020 4:00 pm, CUSA.tv		at Rice	W 77–72	17–14 (8–10)	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,608) Houston, TX
Conference USA tournament
Mar 11, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN+	(11)	vs. (6) Marshall First round	L 78–86	17–15	Ford Center at The Star (2,061) Frisco, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Source^[2]

References

^ "Attendance Records" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 12, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". UTEPAthletics.com. University of Texas at El Paso. Archived from the original on April 19, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

[1] "Attendance Records" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 12, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

[2] "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". UTEPAthletics.com. University of Texas at El Paso. Archived from the original on April 19, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

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Venues	Holliday Hall (1933–1961) Memorial Gymnasium (1961–1976) Don Haskins Center (1976–present)
Rivalries	New Mexico State
Culture & lore	Paydirt Pete Glory Road "Miners Fight"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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