2022–23 UTEP Miners men's basketball team

2022–23 UTEP Miners men's basketball
ConferenceConference USA
Record14–18 (7–13 CUSA)
Head coach
Associate head coachJeremy Cox
Assistant coaches
Home arenaDon Haskins Center
Seasons
2022–23 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 25 Florida Atlantic 18 2   .900 35 4   .897
North Texas 16 4   .800 31 7   .816
UAB 14 6   .700 29 10   .744
Middle Tennessee 11 9   .550 19 14   .576
Charlotte 9 11   .450 22 14   .611
Rice 8 12   .400 19 16   .543
FIU 8 12   .400 14 18   .438
Western Kentucky 8 12   .400 17 16   .515
UTEP 7 13   .350 14 18   .438
Louisiana Tech 7 13   .350 15 18   .455
UTSA 4 16   .200 10 22   .313
2023 C-USA tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2022–23 UTEP Miners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by second-year head coach Joe Golding, and played their home games at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas as a member of Conference USA.

Previous season

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The Miners finished the 2021–22 season 20–14, 11–7 in C-USA play to finish in fourth place in West Division. They defeated Old Dominion in the second round of the C-USA tournament before losing to Middle Tennessee in the quarterfinals. They were invited to The Basketball Classic where they defeated Western Illinois before losing to Southern Utah in the second round.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Souley Boum 0 G 6'3" 160 RS Senior Oakland, CA Graduated transferred to Xavier
Tydus Verhoeven 1 F 6'9" 235 RS Senior Manteca, CA Graduate transferred to Northwestern
Christian Agnew 2 G 6'2" 182 Senior Detroit, MI Graduate transferred to Southeastern Louisiana
Keonte Kennedy 3 G 6'5" 180 RS Junior Austin, TX Transferred to Memphis
Kezza Giffa 4 G 6'2" 160 Freshman Paris, France Transferred
Emmanuel White 5 G 6'5" 180 RS Junior Katy, TX Transferred to Western New Mexico
Bonke Maring 11 F 6'10" 240 Junior Cypress, TX Transferred to Houston Christian
Cam Clardy 13 G 6'1" 192 Sophomore Cypress, TX Walk-on; transferred
Alfred Hollins 15 F 6'6" 215 Senior San Francisco, CA Graduated
Jorell Saterfield 23 G/F 6'4" 191 Junior Chicago, IL Transferred to Portland State
Jamal Bieniemy 24 G 6'5" 177 Senior New Orleans, LA Graduated/went undrafted in 2022 NBA draft
Giles Dekoninck 33 F 6'6" 220 RS Senior Diest, Belgium Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Jonathan dos Anjos 1 F 6'7" 205 RS Junior Curitiba, Brazil Florida SouthWestern State
Tae Hardy 2 G 6'3" 191 Junior Ellenwood, GA Southern Miss
Malik Zachery 3 G 6'2" 180 Junior Syracuse, NY South Plains College
Mario McKinney Jr. 4 G 6'1" 175 Junior St. Louis, MO New Mexico State
Shamar Givance 5 G 5'10" 170 Senior Toronto, ON Evansville
Carlos Lemus 11 G 6'3' 185 Sophomore Cumaná, Venezuela Chipola College
Calvin Solomon 13 F 6'7" 194 Junior Houston, TX Stephen F. Austin
Garrett Levesque 22 G/F 6'6" 210 Sophomore El Paso, TX Walk-on; Tarleton State
Otis Frazier 23 F 6’6” 212 Sophomore Buckeye, AZ George Mason
Derick Hamilton 32 F 6'10" 280 Sophomore Baton Rouge, LA Bossier Parish CC

Recruiting classes

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2022 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jamal Sumlin
SF
Cleveland, OH Rhodes High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) N/A Apr 28, 2022 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPNN/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2022 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2023 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for 2022 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
David Terrell
SG
Arlington, TX Mansfield Summit High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sep 20, 2022 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPNN/A
Trey Horton
SG
Charlotte, NC Providence Day School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sep 26, 2022 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPNN/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

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2022–23 UTEP Miners men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jamal Sumlin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr James Ford High School Cleveland, Ohio
F 1 Jon Don Anjos 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Jr Florida SouthWestern State College Curitiba, Brazil
G 2 Tae Hardy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Southern Miss Ellenwood, Georgia
G 3 Malik Zachery 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr South Plains College Syracuse, New York
G 4 Mario McKinney Jr. 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr New Mexico State St. Louis, Missouri
G 5 Shamar Givance 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Evansville Toronto, Ontario
G 11 Carlos Lemus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Chipola College Cumaná, Venezuela
F 12 Jamari Sibley 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Georgetown Milwaukee, Wisconsin
F 13 Calvin Solomon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Stephen F. Austin Houston, Texas
G 15 Antwonne Holmes (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Chapin High School El Paso, Texas
G 20 Garrett Levesque (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Tarleton State El Paso, Texas
F 21 Ze'Rik Onyema 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So John Jay High School San Antonio, Texas
G/F 23 Otis Frazier III 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So George Mason Buckeye, Arizona
G 24 Milos Merrick (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Florida Sports Academy Wheeling, West Virginia
F 32 Derick Hamilton 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 285 lb (129 kg) So Bossier Parish CC Baton Rouge, Louisiana
F 34 Kevin Kalu 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Our Lady of Mount Carmel School Baltimore, Maryland
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2022*
7:00 p.m., LHN
at No. 12 Texas L 57–72  0–1
Moody Center (11,313)
Austin, TX
November 12, 2022*
7:00 p.m., CUSA.TV
New Mexico State
Battle of I-10
W 67–64  1–1
Don Haskins Center (11,315)
El Paso, TX
November 15, 2022*
7:00 p.m., CUSA.TV
Sul Ross State W 99–59  2–1
Don Haskins Center (3,701)
El Paso, TX
November 22, 2022*
7:00 p.m., CUSA.TV
Alcorn State
Jim Forbes Classic
W 73–61 2OT 3–1
Don Haskins Center (4,073)
El Paso, TX
November 23, 2022*
7:00 p.m., CUSA.TV
Cal State Bakersfield
Jim Forbes Classic
W 68–67 OT 4–1
Don Haskins Center (3,736)
El Paso, TX
November 25, 2022*
2:00 p.m., CUSA.TV
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
Jim Forbes Classic
W 72–67  5–1
Don Haskins Center (4,320)
El Paso, TX
November 30, 2022*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at New Mexico State
Battle of I-10
L 70–95  5–2
Pan American Center (6,332)
Las Cruces, NM
December 3, 2022*
2:00 p.m., CUSA.TV
Northern New Mexico W 87–50  6–2
Don Haskins Center (3,498)
El Paso, TX
December 10, 2022*
4:30 p.m., FS1
at DePaul L 70–91  6–3
Wintrust Arena (3,005)
Chicago, IL
December 17, 2022
6:00 p.m., CUSA.TV
Louisiana Tech W 60–55  7–3
(1–0)
Don Haskins Center (4,768)
El Paso, TX
December 21, 2022*
7:30 p.m.
North Carolina A&T
Sun Bowl Invitational semifinals
W 75–62  8–3
Don Haskins Center (4,255)
El Paso, TX
December 22, 2022*
7:30 p.m., YouTube
Kent State
Sun Bowl Invitational
L 46–47  8–4
Don Haskins Center (5,705)
El Paso, TX
December 29, 2022
5:30 p.m., ESPN+
at UAB L 73–79 2OT 8–5
(1–1)
Bartow Arena (3,747)
Birmingham, AL
December 31, 2022
2:00 p.m., CUSA.TV
Rice L 67–72 OT 8–6
(1–2)
Don Haskins Center (3,743)
El Paso, TX
January 7, 2023
1:00 p.m., CUSA.TV
at Louisiana Tech L 58–60  8–7
(1–3)
Thomas Assembly Center (2,435)
Ruston, LA
January 11, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
UTSA W 69–57  9–7
(2–3)
Don Haskins Center (3,764)
El Paso, TX
January 14, 2023
1:00 p.m., CUSA.TV
at Rice L 82–83  9–8
(2–4)
Tudor Fieldhouse (1,991)
Houston, TX
January 16, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Charlotte W 60–58  10–8
(3–4)
Dale F. Halton Arena (3,045)
Charlotte, NC
January 19, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
FIU W 81–61  11–8
(4–4)
Don Haskins Center (3,648)
El Paso, TX
January 21, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 24 Florida Atlantic L 59–67  11–9
(4–5)
Don Haskins Center (5,421)
El Paso, TX
January 28, 2023
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
at North Texas L 42–52  11–10
(4–6)
The Super Pit (4,301)
Denton, TX
February 2, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPNU
at Middle Tennessee L 72–84  11–11
(4–7)
Murphy Center (2,806)
Murfreesboro, TN
February 4, 2023
2:00 p.m., Stadium
at Western Kentucky L 69–74  11–12
(4–8)
E. A. Diddle Arena (4,169)
Bowling Green, KY
February 9, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Charlotte L 53–62  11–13
(4–9)
Don Haskins Center (3,768)
El Paso, TX
February 11, 2023
2:00 p.m., CUSA.TV
at UTSA W 77–66  12–13
(5–9)
Convocation Center (1,127)
San Antonio, TX
February 16, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
UAB L 66–79  12–14
(5–10)
Don Haskins Center (3,619)
El Paso, TX
February 18, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
North Texas L 72–80 OT 12–15
(5–11)
Don Haskins Center (4,838)
El Paso, TX
February 23, 2023
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
at FIU W 87–82  13–15
(6–11)
Ocean Bank Convocation Center (1,219)
Miami, FL
February 25, 2023
12:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Florida Atlantic L 49–75  13–16
(6–12)
Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,130)
Boca Raton, FL
March 2, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Western Kentucky L 68–73  13–17
(6–13)
Don Haskins Center (3,725)
El Paso, TX
March 4, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Middle Tennessee W 77–65  14–17
(7–13)
Don Haskins Center (4,044)
El Paso, TX
Conference USA tournament
March 8, 2023
5:30 p.m., ESPN+
(9) vs. (8) Western Kentucky
First round
L 67–73  14–18
Ford Center at The Star 
Frisco, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain.

Source[1]

References

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  1. ^ "2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule". UTEPMiners.com. University of Texas at El Paso. Retrieved October 16, 2022.