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The Mean Green Men and Women had the night off but there was still plenty of action in Conference USA, including two multiple overtime sessions between UTEP and FIU for both the Men’s and the Women’s squads. To add to the fact that both squads for both schools took it to multiple overtime sessions, both games ended with the same score — 88-87.
Here is just one story about the odd happenstance between both the FIU/UTEP squads.
The winning shot on a tipped in-bound pass for UTEP in double-overtime:
Here is video of Dominic Artis' game winner! Miners are victorious in double OT! #minerstrong pic.twitter.com/MZx2cGRbbK
— UTEPMBB (@UTEP_MBB) January 13, 2017
The winning one-third court shot shot for FIU in triple-overtime:
https://twitter.com/FIUWBB/status/819739914866671616
CUSA Men’s Teams Action
https://twitter.com/Conference_USA/status/819799333700648962
CUSA Men’s Basketball Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennessee | 4-0 | – | 14-3 |
| Old Dominion | 4-1 | 0.5 | 11-6 |
| Marshall | 4-1 | 0.5 | 11-7 |
| Louisiana Tech | 3-1 | 1 | 11-6 |
| UAB | 3-1 | 1 | 10-7 |
| UT San Antonio | 3-1 | 1 | 8-9 |
| Western Kentucky | 3-2 | 1.5 | 9-9 |
| Southern Mississippi | 2-2 | 2 | 5-11 |
| Rice | 1-3 | 3 | 11-6 |
| Florida Atlantic | 1-3 | 3 | 5-10 |
| UTEP | 1-3 | 3 | 3-13 |
| Charlotte | 1-4 | 3.5 | 7-9 |
| North Texas | 0-4 | 4 | 6-10 |
| Florida Intl | 0-4 | 4 | 4-13 |
Noteworthy: If the season ended today, both FIU and North Texas would miss the conference tournament due to the fact only 12 teams can make it. FIU travels to San Antonio while North Texas travels to Rice. I don’t foresee either winless team winning a conference game this weekend.
CUSA Women’s Teams Action
🏀 #CUSAWBK FINALS: What a night around the league! @UTSAWBB turns heads w/ a 3-1 start in C-USA play & @FIUWBB/@UTEPWBB provides a thriller! pic.twitter.com/CkO3QWzdPW
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) January 13, 2017
CUSA Women’s Basketball Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennessee | 4-0 | – | 9-6 |
| Charlotte | 4-1 | 0.5 | 12-4 |
| Western Kentucky | 4-1 | 0.5 | 12-5 |
| Southern Mississippi | 3-1 | 1 | 11-5 |
| UT San Antonio | 3-1 | 1 | 7-8 |
| Louisiana Tech | 2-2 | 2 | 7-8 |
| North Texas | 2-2 | 2 | 5-10 |
| Florida Intl | 2-2 | 2 | 4-11 |
| Marshall | 2-3 | 2.5 | 10-6 |
| Old Dominion | 2-3 | 2.5 | 7-9 |
| UAB | 1-3 | 3 | 8-7 |
| UTEP | 1-3 | 3 | 4-12 |
| Rice | 0-4 | 4 | 9-6 |
| Florida Atlantic | 0-4 | 4 | 4-11 |