{"id":554957,"date":"2026-01-23T06:53:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/554957\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T06:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:53:19","slug":"utep-defeats-florida-international-83-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/554957\/","title":{"rendered":"UTEP defeats Florida International 83-77"},"content":{"rendered":"

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EL PASO, Texas (AP) Jamal West’s 28 points helped UTEP defeat Florida International<\/a> 83-77 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

West also had seven rebounds, five assists, and three steals for the Miners (7-12, 3-5 Conference USA). Elijah Jones scored 14 points, going 5 of 6 (4 for 4 from 3-point range). LA Hayes went 4 of 6 from the field (2 for 3 from 3-point range) to finish with 12 points.<\/p>\n

Larry Olayinka led the way for the Panthers (9-10, 2-6) with 19 points and 14 rebounds. Julian Mackey added 14 points and Corey Stephenson finished with 12 points.<\/p>\n

UTEP went into halftime ahead of Florida International 47-39. West put up 14 points in the half. UTEP took the lead for good with 8:08 left in the second half on a 3-pointer from West to make it 69-67.<\/p>\n

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n

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