2022–23 UTEP Miners men's basketball team

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.

2022–23 UTEP Miners men's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	14–18 (7–13 CUSA)
Head coach	Joe Golding (2nd season)
Associate head coach	Jeremy Cox
Assistant coaches	Earl Boykins Bryen Spriggs
Home arena	Don Haskins Center
Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

2022–23 Conference USA men's basketball standings

v t e	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

Previous season

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

Departures

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

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

2022 recruiting class

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jamal Sumlin SF	Cleveland, OH	Rhodes High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A	Apr 28, 2022
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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.

2023 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2022)
Name	Hometown	School	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
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:
Trey Horton SG	Charlotte, NC	Providence Day School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sep 26, 2022
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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: "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.

Roster

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 Joe Golding (Abilene Christian) Assistant coach(es) Jeremy Cox (Colorado Mesa) Earl Boykins (Eastern Michigan) Bryen Spriggs (Slippery Rock) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

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.

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