Dragon Slayer: Caracter's Slam Dunk Sinks UAB Upset Bid
Like so many El Pasoans, I grew up on UTEP basketball. I'll never forget my dad yelling "Mark McCall makes the call!" after this play. I remember watching in anguish, even when the Bear...
Like so many El Pasoans, I grew up on UTEP basketball. I'll never forget my dad yelling "Mark McCall makes the call!" after this play. I remember watching in anguish, even when the Bear...
The #21 UTEP Miners have already won their first ever Conference USA Tournament. So, why not pull a Tony Dungy and rest their starters for the post-season? Thankfully, in college athletics,...
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| UAB | 32 | 18 | 50 |
| UTEP | 22 | 30 | 52 |
| UAB | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Crawford | 29 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Kenneth Cooper | 31 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 4-8 | 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Aaron Johnson | 32 | 6-9 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 16 |
| Jamarr Sanders | 37 | 1-10 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 8-1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Elijah Millsap | 35 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 14-2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2-0 | 12 |
| Cameron Moore | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Dexter Fields | 18 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Ovie Soko | 12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| George Drake | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Karl Moton | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Anthony Criswell | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Robert Williams | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 18-50 | 6-15 | 8-15 | 37-11 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 16-0 | 50 | |
| .360 | .400 | .533 | Team Reb: 3 | Total TO: 1 (0 pts) | |||||||
| UTEP | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnett Moultrie | 30 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Derrick Caracter | 22 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 6-4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4-0 | 13 |
| Jeremy Williams | 30 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Randy Culpepper | 24 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4-0 | 7 |
| Julyan Stone | 27 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 6-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Myron Strong | 22 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Wayne Portalatin | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Isaac Gordon | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Claude Britten | 11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Christian Polk | 21 | 3-12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 7 |
| Marcus Ruppel | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Gabriel McCulley | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Eric Munoz | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Tyler Tafoya | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Yaw Mensa | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 21-56 | 4-15 | 6-13 | 38-13 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 15-0 | 52 | |
| .375 | .267 | .462 | Team Reb: 3 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||