UTEP Miners @ Liberty Flames

69–80Final · Jan 17, 2026

UTEP 69 LIB 80 Final

	1	2	T
UTEP6-12	38	31	69
LIB15-3	41	39	80

· Line: LIB -13.5 (O/U 137.5)

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The scoring timeline.

Every scoring moment, when the official feed stamped it — and when FirstBuzzer's in-venue spotters buzzed it first. Times are ET.

Brett Decker Jr. makes layup
0–2
Elijah Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (KJ Thomas assists)
3–2
Zach Cleveland makes driving layup
3–4
Kaden Metheny makes layup (Zach Cleveland assists)
3–6
Brett Decker Jr. makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
3–8
KJ Thomas makes layup (Kaseem Watson assists)
5–8
Zach Cleveland makes layup (Kaden Metheny assists)
5–10
Kaseem Watson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Caleb Blackwell assists)
8–10
Brett Decker Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Colin Porter assists)
8–13
Jamal West Jr. makes layup
10–13
Kaseem Watson makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
12–13
Zach Cleveland makes layup
12–15
Josh Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
12–16
Josh Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
12–17
KJ Thomas makes layup
14–17
Brett Decker Jr. makes 22-foot three point jumper (Colin Porter assists)
14–20
Elijah Jones makes driving layup
16–20
Brett Decker Jr. makes layup (JJ Harper assists)
16–22
Elijah Jones makes layup
18–22
Colin Porter makes 24-foot three point jumper
18–25
Colin Porter makes 24-foot three point jumper
18–28
Kaden Metheny makes 24-foot three point jumper (Zach Cleveland assists)
18–31
KJ Thomas makes layup
20–31
Zander Carter makes driving layup
20–33
Elijah Jones makes 14-foot turnaround jump shot
22–33
Zach Cleveland makes layup
22–35
Brett Decker Jr. makes 14-foot turnaround jump shot
22–37
Zach Cleveland makes 3-foot dunk
22–39
Caleb Blackwell makes 25-foot three point jumper (KJ Thomas assists)
25–39
Elijah Jones makes layup (Caleb Blackwell assists)
27–39
Cassius Brooks makes layup
29–39
Caleb Blackwell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal West Jr. assists)
32–39
Kaden Metheny makes layup
32–41
Caleb Blackwell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kaseem Watson assists)
35–41
Caleb Blackwell makes 24-foot three point jumper
38–41
JJ Harper makes 0-foot tip in layup
38–43
Kaseem Watson makes 7-foot floating jump shot
40–43
Caleb Blackwell makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
42–43
Zach Cleveland makes layup (Kaden Metheny assists)
42–45
Jamal West Jr. makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Caleb Blackwell assists)
44–45
Colin Porter makes layup
44–47
Elijah Jones makes 20-foot jumper
46–47
JJ Harper makes layup (Colin Porter assists)
46–49
Caleb Blackwell makes 29-foot three point jumper (KJ Thomas assists)
49–49
Colin Porter makes free throw 1 of 2
49–50
Colin Porter makes free throw 2 of 2
49–51
Colin Porter makes layup
49–53
Elijah Jones makes 6-foot turnaround jump shot (Caleb Blackwell assists)
51–53
Zach Cleveland makes layup (JJ Harper assists)
51–55
Brett Decker Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Zach Cleveland assists)
51–58
Zach Cleveland makes layup (Kaden Metheny assists)
51–60
Kaseem Watson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Trey Horton III assists)
54–60
Brett Decker Jr. makes driving layup
54–62
Brett Decker Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
54–63
Kaden Metheny makes layup
54–65
Colin Porter makes 25-foot three point jumper
54–68
Trey Horton III makes 24-foot three point jumper (KJ Thomas assists)
57–68
Elijah Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
58–68
Zach Cleveland makes free throw 2 of 2
58–69
Josh Smith makes layup (Zach Cleveland assists)
58–71
Josh Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
58–72
Josh Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
58–73
Kaseem Watson makes layup (Caleb Blackwell assists)
60–73
Zach Cleveland makes driving layup (Brett Decker Jr. assists)
60–75
Caleb Blackwell makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
63–75
Zach Cleveland makes free throw 2 of 2
63–76
Jamal West Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
64–76
Kaden Metheny makes driving layup
64–78
Kaden Metheny makes driving layup
64–80
Elijah Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Caleb Blackwell assists)
67–80
Elijah Jones makes layup (Caleb Blackwell assists)
69–80

Play-by-play

P1 Start game
P1 Jump Ball won by UTEP
P1 Jump Ball lost by Liberty
P1 Jamal West Jr. bad pass turnover
P1 Zach Cleveland Steal.
P1 Colin Porter misses 24-foot three point jumper
P1 Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jamal West Jr. misses layup
P1 Zach Cleveland Block.
P1 Kaden Metheny Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brett Decker Jr. makes layup 0–2
P1 Elijah Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (KJ Thomas assists) 3–2
P1 Zach Cleveland makes driving layup 3–4
P1 Foul on Colin Porter.
P1 Caleb Blackwell misses 24-foot three point jumper
P1 Zach Cleveland Block.
P1 UTEP Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 team shot clock turnover
P1 Kaden Metheny makes layup (Zach Cleveland assists) 3–6
P1 Caleb Blackwell misses layup
P1 JJ Harper Block.
P1 UTEP Offensive Rebound.
P1 Elijah Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
P1 Brett Decker Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brett Decker Jr. makes 21-foot pullup jump shot 3–8
P1 KJ Thomas makes layup (Kaseem Watson assists) 5–8
P1 Zach Cleveland makes layup (Kaden Metheny assists) 5–10
P1 Foul on Kaden Metheny.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 KJ Thomas subbing out for UTEP
P1 Elijah Jones subbing out for UTEP
P1 Trey Horton III subbing in for UTEP
P1 Cassius Brooks subbing in for UTEP
P1 Kaseem Watson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Caleb Blackwell assists) 8–10
P1 Zach Cleveland bad pass turnover
P1 Jamal West Jr. Steal.
P1 Jamal West Jr. misses layup
P1 Zach Cleveland Block.
P1 Liberty Defensive Rebound.
P1 JJ Harper subbing out for Liberty
P1 Josh Smith subbing in for Liberty
P1 Brett Decker Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Colin Porter assists) 8–13
P1 Jamal West Jr. makes layup 10–13
P1 Kaden Metheny bad pass turnover
P1 Jamal West Jr. Steal.
P1 Kaseem Watson makes 15-foot pullup jump shot 12–13
P1 Brett Decker Jr. misses layup
P1 Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Trey Horton III bad pass turnover
P1 Colin Porter subbing out for Liberty
P1 Zander Carter subbing in for Liberty
P1 Zach Cleveland makes layup 12–15
P1 Caleb Blackwell misses 26-foot three point jumper
P1 Liberty Defensive Rebound.
P1 Caleb Blackwell subbing out for UTEP
P1 Jamal West Jr. subbing out for UTEP
P1 KJ Thomas subbing in for UTEP
P1 Elijah Jones subbing in for UTEP
P1 Foul on Cassius Brooks.
P1 Josh Smith makes free throw 1 of 2 12–16
P1 Kaden Metheny subbing out for Liberty
P1 Zach Cleveland subbing out for Liberty
P1 Colin Porter subbing in for Liberty
P1 JJ Harper subbing in for Liberty
P1 Josh Smith makes free throw 2 of 2 12–17
P1 KJ Thomas makes layup 14–17
P1 JJ Harper misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot
P1 Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
P1 KJ Thomas bad pass turnover
P1 Josh Smith Steal.
P1 JJ Harper misses layup
P1 Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
P1 Trey Horton III misses 23-foot three point jumper
P1 Zander Carter Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brett Decker Jr. makes 22-foot three point jumper (Colin Porter assists) 14–20
P1 Elijah Jones makes driving layup 16–20
P1 Brett Decker Jr. makes layup (JJ Harper assists) 16–22
P1 Elijah Jones makes layup 18–22
P1 Colin Porter makes 24-foot three point jumper 18–25
P1 Kaseem Watson misses 23-foot three point jumper
P1 Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
P1 Colin Porter makes 24-foot three point jumper 18–28
P1 UTEP Timeout
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Brett Decker Jr. subbing out for Liberty
P1 Kaden Metheny subbing in for Liberty
P1 Kaseem Watson subbing out for UTEP
P1 Caleb Blackwell subbing in for UTEP
P1 Josh Smith subbing out for Liberty
P1 Zach Cleveland subbing in for Liberty
P1 Elijah Jones subbing out for UTEP
P1 Jamal West Jr. subbing in for UTEP
P1 Jamal West Jr. misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
P1 Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
P1 JJ Harper misses layup
P1 Cassius Brooks Defensive Rebound.
P1 Trey Horton III misses 23-foot three point jumper
P1 Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kaden Metheny makes 24-foot three point jumper (Zach Cleveland assists) 18–31
P1 KJ Thomas makes layup 20–31
P1 Kaden Metheny misses 24-foot three point jumper
P1 Trey Horton III Defensive Rebound.
P1 Caleb Blackwell traveling turnover
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Trey Horton III subbing out for UTEP
P1 Kaseem Watson subbing in for UTEP
P1 Cassius Brooks subbing out for UTEP
P1 Elijah Jones subbing in for UTEP
P1 Zander Carter makes driving layup 20–33
P1 Elijah Jones makes 14-foot turnaround jump shot 22–33
P1 Zach Cleveland makes layup 22–35
P1 Elijah Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
P1 Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
P1 Colin Porter misses 24-foot three point jumper
P1 KJ Thomas Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Caleb Blackwell.
P1 Caleb Blackwell turnover
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Kaden Metheny subbing out for Liberty
P1 JJ Harper subbing out for Liberty
P1 Brett Decker Jr. subbing in for Liberty
P1 Ryan Jones Jr. subbing in for Liberty
P1 Brett Decker Jr. makes 14-foot turnaround jump shot 22–37
P1 Caleb Blackwell bad pass turnover
P1 Zach Cleveland Steal.
P1 Zach Cleveland makes 3-foot dunk 22–39
P1 Caleb Blackwell makes 25-foot three point jumper (KJ Thomas assists) 25–39
P1 Ryan Jones Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
P1 Caleb Blackwell Defensive Rebound.
P1 Elijah Jones makes layup (Caleb Blackwell assists) 27–39
P1 Liberty Timeout
P1 Colin Porter subbing out for Liberty
P1 Zander Carter subbing out for Liberty
P1 Ryan Jones Jr. subbing out for Liberty
P1 Kaden Metheny subbing in for Liberty
P1 JJ Harper subbing in for Liberty
P1 Josh Smith subbing in for Liberty
P1 KJ Thomas subbing out for UTEP
P1 Cassius Brooks subbing in for UTEP
P1 Zach Cleveland bad pass turnover
P1 Cassius Brooks Steal.
P1 Cassius Brooks makes layup 29–39
P1 Zach Cleveland bad pass turnover
P1 Kaseem Watson Steal.
P1 Caleb Blackwell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal West Jr. assists) 32–39
P1 Kaden Metheny makes layup 32–41
P1 Caleb Blackwell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kaseem Watson assists) 35–41
P1 Foul on Jamal West Jr..
P1 Kaden Metheny misses 24-foot three point jumper
P1 Josh Smith Offensive Rebound.
P1 Brett Decker Jr. misses layup
P1 Elijah Jones Block.
P1 Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Caleb Blackwell makes 24-foot three point jumper 38–41
P2 Josh Smith subbing out for Liberty
P2 Colin Porter subbing in for Liberty
P2 Cassius Brooks subbing out for UTEP
P2 KJ Thomas subbing in for UTEP
P2 Brett Decker Jr. misses layup
P2 JJ Harper Offensive Rebound.
P2 JJ Harper makes 0-foot tip in layup 38–43
P2 Kaseem Watson makes 7-foot floating jump shot 40–43
P2 Colin Porter bad pass turnover
P2 Caleb Blackwell makes 19-foot pullup jump shot 42–43
P2 Zach Cleveland makes layup (Kaden Metheny assists) 42–45
P2 Jamal West Jr. makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Caleb Blackwell assists) 44–45
P2 JJ Harper misses 24-foot three point jumper
P2 Colin Porter Offensive Rebound.
P2 Colin Porter makes layup 44–47
P2 Foul on Colin Porter.
P2 Elijah Jones makes 20-foot jumper 46–47
P2 JJ Harper makes layup (Colin Porter assists) 46–49
P2 Caleb Blackwell makes 29-foot three point jumper (KJ Thomas assists) 49–49
P2 Foul on Caleb Blackwell.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Colin Porter makes free throw 1 of 2 49–50
P2 Colin Porter makes free throw 2 of 2 49–51
P2 Caleb Blackwell misses 23-foot three point jumper
P2 Brett Decker Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Colin Porter makes layup 49–53
P2 Elijah Jones makes 6-foot turnaround jump shot (Caleb Blackwell assists) 51–53
P2 Kaden Metheny misses 29-foot three point jumper
P2 Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
P2 Elijah Jones misses 12-foot jumper
P2 Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
P2 Zach Cleveland makes layup (JJ Harper assists) 51–55
P2 Elijah Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
P2 Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
P2 JJ Harper misses layup
P2 Elijah Jones Block.
P2 Brett Decker Jr. Offensive Rebound.
P2 Brett Decker Jr. misses layup
P2 Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 KJ Thomas misses layup
P2 Zach Cleveland Block.
P2 Liberty Defensive Rebound.
P2 Colin Porter subbing out for Liberty
P2 Zander Carter subbing in for Liberty
P2 Caleb Blackwell subbing out for UTEP
P2 Elijah Jones subbing out for UTEP
P2 Trey Horton III subbing in for UTEP
P2 Cassius Brooks subbing in for UTEP
P2 Brett Decker Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Zach Cleveland assists) 51–58
P2 Kaseem Watson misses 24-foot three point jumper
P2 Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
P2 Brett Decker Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
P2 Jamal West Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Zander Carter.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 KJ Thomas subbing out for UTEP
P2 Jamal West Jr. subbing out for UTEP
P2 Caleb Blackwell subbing in for UTEP
P2 Elijah Jones subbing in for UTEP
P2 Kaseem Watson misses layup
P2 JJ Harper Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kaden Metheny misses 24-foot three point jumper
P2 Trey Horton III Defensive Rebound.
P2 Elijah Jones misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot
P2 Kaden Metheny Defensive Rebound.
P2 Zach Cleveland makes layup (Kaden Metheny assists) 51–60
P2 Kaseem Watson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Trey Horton III assists) 54–60
P2 Brett Decker Jr. makes driving layup 54–62
P2 Foul on Cassius Brooks.
P2 Zach Cleveland subbing out for Liberty
P2 Josh Smith subbing in for Liberty
P2 Cassius Brooks subbing out for UTEP
P2 KJ Thomas subbing in for UTEP
P2 Brett Decker Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1 54–63
P2 Brett Decker Jr. subbing out for Liberty
P2 Colin Porter subbing in for Liberty
P2 Kaseem Watson bad pass turnover
P2 Kaden Metheny Steal.
P2 Kaden Metheny makes layup 54–65
P2 Foul on Elijah Jones.
P2 Elijah Jones turnover
P2 Colin Porter makes 25-foot three point jumper 54–68
P2 UTEP Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Caleb Blackwell misses 23-foot three point jumper
P2 UTEP Offensive Rebound.
P2 Trey Horton III makes 24-foot three point jumper (KJ Thomas assists) 57–68
P2 Colin Porter misses 23-foot three point jumper
P2 Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Josh Smith.
P2 Kaden Metheny subbing out for Liberty
P2 Zach Cleveland subbing in for Liberty
P2 Foul on Josh Smith.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 JJ Harper subbing out for Liberty
P2 Brett Decker Jr. subbing in for Liberty
P2 Elijah Jones misses free throw 1 of 2
P2 UTEP Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Elijah Jones makes free throw 2 of 2 58–68
P2 Foul on Elijah Jones.
P2 Zach Cleveland misses free throw 1 of 2
P2 Liberty Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Zach Cleveland makes free throw 2 of 2 58–69
P2 Trey Horton III out of bounds bad pass turnover
P2 Josh Smith makes layup (Zach Cleveland assists) 58–71
P2 Zander Carter subbing out for Liberty
P2 Kaden Metheny subbing in for Liberty
P2 Elijah Jones bad pass turnover
P2 Kaden Metheny Steal.
P2 Foul on Trey Horton III.
P2 Josh Smith makes free throw 1 of 2 58–72
P2 Trey Horton III subbing out for UTEP
P2 Jamal West Jr. subbing in for UTEP
P2 Josh Smith makes free throw 2 of 2 58–73
P2 Kaseem Watson bad pass turnover
P2 Zach Cleveland Steal.
P2 Zach Cleveland out of bounds bad pass turnover
P2 Kaseem Watson makes layup (Caleb Blackwell assists) 60–73
P2 Zach Cleveland makes driving layup (Brett Decker Jr. assists) 60–75
P2 Elijah Jones misses layup
P2 Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
P2 Brett Decker Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
P2 Caleb Blackwell Defensive Rebound.
P2 Caleb Blackwell makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot 63–75
P2 Foul on Jamal West Jr..
P2 Josh Smith subbing out for Liberty
P2 JJ Harper subbing in for Liberty
P2 Brett Decker Jr. misses 6-foot jumper
P2 KJ Thomas Defensive Rebound.
P2 Caleb Blackwell misses 24-foot three point jumper
P2 Kaden Metheny Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Caleb Blackwell.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Zach Cleveland misses free throw 1 of 2
P2 Liberty Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Zach Cleveland makes free throw 2 of 2 63–76
P2 Foul on JJ Harper.
P2 Jamal West Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
P2 UTEP Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Jamal West Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2 64–76
P2 Kaden Metheny makes driving layup 64–78
P2 Kaseem Watson misses 16-foot jumper
P2 Elijah Jones Offensive Rebound.
P2 Elijah Jones misses 6-foot turnaround jump shot
P2 Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kaden Metheny makes driving layup 64–80
P2 Jamal West Jr. bad pass turnover
P2 Kaden Metheny Steal.
P2 Zach Cleveland misses 24-foot three point jumper
P2 Elijah Jones Defensive Rebound.
P2 Elijah Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Caleb Blackwell assists) 67–80
P2 Brett Decker Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
P2 KJ Thomas Defensive Rebound.
P2 Elijah Jones makes layup (Caleb Blackwell assists) 69–80

Box score

UTEP

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Jamal West Jr.F	30	5	2-5	0-0	1-2	4	1	2	2	0	0	4	2
Kaseem WatsonF	38	12	5-9	2-4	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
Elijah JonesF	34	21	9-16	2-5	1-2	7	0	2	0	2	1	6	2
KJ ThomasG	33	6	3-4	0-0	0-0	3	4	1	0	0	0	3	0
Caleb BlackwellG	34	20	7-13	6-11	0-0	2	7	3	0	0	0	2	3
Cassius BrooksG	15	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Trey Horton IIIG	16	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	1
C.J. SmithF
David TubekF
Mouhamed MbayeC
Bobby Montgomery Jr.G
Jordan HernandezG
Tyreese WatsonG
LA HayesG

LIB

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Zach ClevelandF	34	20	9-10	0-1	2-4	6	3	4	2	4	0	6	0
Brett Decker Jr.G	34	20	8-16	3-6	1-1	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
JJ HarperG	32	4	2-7	0-1	0-0	3	3	0	1	1	1	2	1
Colin PorterG	34	15	5-8	3-6	2-2	4	3	1	0	0	1	3	2
Kaden MethenyG	32	13	6-10	1-5	0-0	3	3	1	3	0	0	3	1
Ryan Jones Jr.F	2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh SmithF	15	6	1-1	0-0	4-4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
Zander CarterG	17	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Brady KesterF
Torr SorensenF
Drew GrimesF
TJ DrainF
Zander YatesF
Isaiah IhnenF
JC Shirer Jr.G

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