NCAA 2025-2026

February 28, 2026

WESTERN KENTUCKY Logo WESTERN KENTUCKY United States
97 - 65
UTEP Logo UTEP United States

Match Summary

WESTERN KENTUCKY defeated UTEP 97-65 on February 28, 2026 in the NCAA 2025-2026. WESTERN KENTUCKY won by a 32-point margin. Grant Newell led all scorers with 25 points. WESTERN KENTUCKY shot 59.3% from the field while UTEP managed 35.8%. WESTERN KENTUCKY collected 35 rebounds and UTEP grabbed 26. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2025-2026 season in United States.

Points Leader

Grant Newell basketball player - F

Grant Newell F

6'9" - 2.06m

Efficiency Leader

Grant Newell basketball player - F

Grant Newell F

6'9" - 2.06m

97

WESTERN KENTUCKY

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
30 * Teagan Moore 34:00 24 8/10 7/9 1/1 7/8 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 25
2 * L.j. Hackman 29:00 21 7/11 7/9 0/2 7/8 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 24
8 * Grant Newell 29:00 25 8/13 4/5 4/8 5/6 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 26
11 * Terrion Murdix 27:00 3 0/0 0/0 0/0 3/4 2 0 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 13
1 * Blaise Keita 14:00 2 1/2 1/2 0/0 0/0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 8
4 Ryan Myers 23:00 13 5/12 2/5 3/7 0/0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10
12 Armelo Boone 21:00 7 2/4 1/3 1/1 2/2 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 10
7 Noah Boyde 07:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5
3 Cameron Haffner 06:00 0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
21 Leeroy Odiahi 05:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
5 Jack Edelen 03:00 2 1/1 1/1 0/0 0/0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
10 Cade Stinnett 03:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 201:00 97 32/54 23/34 9/20 24/28 31 4 21 7 9 1 0 20 0 126
65

UTEP

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
15 * Jamal West 37:00 22 7/11 5/8 2/3 6/13 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 20
13 * Kaseem Watson 35:00 15 5/18 2/10 3/8 2/4 3 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 5
4 * Caleb Blackwell 30:00 14 5/9 3/3 2/6 2/2 3 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 16
1 * K.j. Thomas 26:00 7 1/3 0/1 1/2 4/4 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 4 0 10
33 * Elijah Jones 24:00 0 0/4 0/1 0/3 0/0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 -1
11 Trey Horton 16:00 2 0/4 0/1 0/3 2/2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 -2
25 Mouhamed Lamine Mbaye 12:00 3 0/0 0/0 0/0 3/4 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 6
7 L.a. Hayes 08:00 0 0/3 0/1 0/2 0/0 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 -2
23 Cassius Brooks 03:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 C.j. Smith 03:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bobby Montgomery, Jr. 03:00 2 1/1 1/1 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
2 Jordan Hernandez 02:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 199:00 65 19/53 11/26 8/27 19/29 18 8 10 6 12 3 0 21 0 54

* Players marked with * are starters.