EL PASO, Texas (AP) - John Bohannon scored 17 points, Chris Washburn added 14 off the bench and UTEP came alive in the second half en route to a 69-49 victory over Oral Roberts on Friday in both teams' season opener.
Bohannon was 8 of 14 from the field, while Washburn was 6 of 7 for the Miners, who improved to 31-4 in openers at the Haskins Center.
The Golden Eagles led 38-37 with 15:25 to play before a Bohannon jumper ignited a 22-3 run. When it was over, UTEP led 59-41 with 7:38 left, and Oral Roberts got no closer than 16 down the rest of the way.
Warren Niles scored 19 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead the Golden Eagles, who are moving to from the Summit League to the Southland Conference for this season. Shawn Glover added 12 points, and Damen Bell-Holter had eight points and 12 rebounds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Oral Roberts (0-1) | 28 | 21 | 49 |
| Texas-El Paso (1-0) « | 31 | 38 | 69 |
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| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Bell-Holter, F | 36 | 2-8 | 4-6 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| S. Roundtree, F | 22 | 2-9 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| W. Niles, G | 37 | 7-15 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| S. Glover, G | 34 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| K. Billbury, G | 18 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Manghum | 20 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Jackson | 18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Kaufman | 8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Byford | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Lliteras | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-48 | 8-12 | 35 | 11 | 16 | 49 | |
| 37.5% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Texas-El Paso Miners | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Ragland, F | 33 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| J. Washburn, F | 32 | 4-14 | 3-3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| C. Lang, F | 27 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Bohannon, C | 26 | 8-14 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| J. Streeter, G | 34 | 2-10 | 2-2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Washburn | 16 | 6-7 | 2-6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| C. Cooper | 14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| T. Howard | 11 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Moore | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| H. Vint | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30-64 | 8-14 | 36 | 18 | 15 | 69 | |
| 46.9% | 57.1% | ||||||
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