EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The UTEP men's basketball team will play its biggest game of the season yet on Wednesday. UTEP will take on Louisville—one of the 18 basketball programs in the ACC—at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. UTEP heads into Wednesday's game with a lot of confidence, as the Miners have won three consecutive games. UTEP is coming off impressive 88-72 win over Seattle U, a top-100 NET program, last Saturday at the Don Haskins Center. UTEP leads the nation in turnovers forced per game (20.3) and steals per game (12.1) while Louisville is 38th (15.6) and 99th (8.0), respectively. The Cardinals attempt 31.6 triples per game (first ACC/seventh NCAA), but they are 331st in the country in 3-point percentage (28.2). The Miners are 19th nationally at knocking down treys (39.7 percent), with NCAA leader Ahamad Bynum (63.3 percent) playing a huge role. UTEP does attempt just 19.5 triples per game (311th NCAA). Louisville—led by its first-year head coach Pat Kelsey—is 5-4 on the season and 3-3 in homes so far. The Cardinals have been hit hard by injuries this year and enter the matchup with the Miners with only eight healthy scholarship players. Kasean Pryon, who is second on the team in rebounding (6.1 rpg) and third in scoring (12.0), tore his ACL vs. the Sooners. Starting forward Aboubacar Traore is recovering from a broken arm while back-up point guard Koren Johnson’s shoulder injury has him out for the campaign. Aly Khalifa and Kobe Rodgers are both sitting out as medical redshirts. It was a fresh start for the school this season, which is one of five programs in the NCAA to have returned 0% of its scoring, rebounding and minutes played. The only returnee was a walk-on. According to On3, Louisville boasted the No. 1 transfer class in the nation to assemble a roster for this season. Wednesday’s matchup is the first between the programs. It is also the initial road matchup against an ACC program in school history. UTEP, which knocked off then Pac-12 member Cal, 75-72 last year, in a neutral-site contest thanks to a Tae Hardy buzzer beater in the SoCal Classic on Nov. 20, 2023, will be taking aim at its second victory against a power conference program under Joe Golding. The Miners will also be searching for their first road win against a p5 member since dispatching then Pac-12 program Arizona State, 76-63, in Tempe, Ariz., on Dec. 16, 2020. Tipoff for Wednesday's game between UTEP and Louisville is at 5:00 p.m. MT. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and ACC Extra (subscription required). UTEP listed as 15.5 underdogs for Wednesday's game.