Northern Kentucky beats UTEP 84-76

Northern Kentucky Norse beat UTEP Miners 84-76 on Monday at Sanford Pentagon.

The first half made the difference: Northern Kentucky outscored UTEP 42-38.

Northern Kentucky shot 50% to 39% and won the boards 39-33.

For Northern Kentucky, Willie Foster (G): 24. For UTEP, Youssouf Traore (F): 18.

Northern Kentucky improves to 1-0. UTEP falls to 0-1.

Attendance: 629.

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.