West leads UTEP against Hawaii after 21-point outing

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 are 9-1 on their home court. Hawaii is second in the Big West with 27.9 defensive rebounds per game led by Quandre Bullock averaging 5.3.

The Miners are 0-2 in road games. UTEP is fifth in the CUSA giving up 72.4 points while holding opponents to 44.4% shooting.

Hawaii scores 81.7 points, 9.3 more per game than the 72.4 UTEP allows. UTEP averages 5.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.9 more makes per game than Hawaii allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Isaac Johnson is scoring 13.2 points per game and averaging 7.2 rebounds for the Rainbow Warriors. Hunter Erickson is averaging 1.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Elijah Jones is averaging 14.5 points for the Miners. West is averaging 13.3 points.

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