Hawaii hosts West and UTEP

UTEP Miners (3-5) at Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (9-2, 2-0 Big West)

Honolulu; Sunday, 12 a.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UTEP visits Hawaii after Jamal West scored 21 points in UTEP’s 75-68 loss to the Seattle U Redhawks.

The Rainbow Warriors have gone 9-1 in home games. Hawaii is 0-1 in one-possession games.

The Miners have gone 0-2 away from home. UTEP is fifth in the CUSA allowing 72.4 points while holding opponents to 44.4% shooting.

Hawaii’s average of 7.0 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.4 fewer made shots on average than the 7.4 per game UTEP allows. UTEP averages 5.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.9 more makes per game than Hawaii allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Hunter Erickson is shooting 39.0% from beyond the arc with 1.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Rainbow Warriors, while averaging 9.1 points. Isaac Johnson is averaging 13.2 points and 7.1 rebounds over the last 10 games.

Caleb Blackwell is shooting 26.9% from beyond the arc with 0.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Miners, while averaging eight points. Elijah Jones is averaging 14.5 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.