Johnson to take over for Floyd at UTEP

EL PASO — Phil Johnson was named UTEP’s interim men’s basketball coach on Tuesday, following the sudden retirement of Tim Floyd.

Floyd announced his immediate retirement after a 66-52 loss to Lamar on Monday night.

The Miners (1-5) will host longtime rivals New Mexico State (Thursday, 8 p.m.) and New Mexico (Saturday, 7 p.m.). The Aggies beat UTEP 72-63 on Saturday in Las Cruces.

The 63-year-old Floyd took over at UTEP before the 2010-11 season, winning 138 games. No. 2 KANSAS 96, TOLEDO 58: In Lawrence, Kan., Devonte Graham scored a career-high 35 points, Malik Newman added 17 and Kansas (6-0) ran roughshod over Toledo to extend the Jayhawks’ best start in seven years. The Rockets are 3-3. No. 8 WICHITA STATE 112, SAVANNAH STATE 66: In Wichita, Kan., Samajae HaynesJones scored a season-high 31 points to lead Wichita State (5-1) past Savannah State (2-6). No. 21 XAVIER 76, No. 16 BAYLOR 63: In Cincinnati, J.P. Macura scored 15 of his 19 points in the first half as Xavier (6-1) beat Baylor (5-1). PURDUE 66, No. 17 LOUISVILLE 57: In West Lafayette, Ind., Vince Edwards scored 15 points and Carsen Edwards and Dakota Mathias spurred a late run to send Purdue (6-2) past Louisville (4-1) in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. MISSOURI STATE 77, COLO. STATE 67: In Springfield, Mo., Ryan Kreklow scored 20 points to lead Missouri State past CSU (3-4) in the MWC/Missouri Valley Challenge. VALPARAISO 72, UTAH STATE 65: In Valparaiso, Ind., Tevonn Walker had 25 points for Valpo in its win over Utah State (4-4) in another MWC/Missouri Valley Challenge. BOISE STATE 87, LOYOLACHICAGO 53: In Boise, Idaho, Justinian Jessup had 20 points in the victory by the Broncos (6-1).