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The UTEP women's basketball team didn't have a lot of room for error against defending Conference USA champion Liberty, and what room there was was spent entirely in the opening seven minutes of a 86-66 loss where the Miners dug a hole they spent all game chasing.
Down 15-2 in the first quarter, UTEP played decently the rest of the way but it was too much to overcome against a team as good as Liberty as the Miners fell to 9-4 overall, 1-1 in CUSA. Liberty went to 8-5, 2-0.
More: CUSA women's basketball standings
Portia Adams led UTEP with 17 points and the Miners made 22-of-24 free throws, but couldn't consistently get stops. Liberty shot 48% from the floor and made 12-of-24 3-pointers, with many of those answering what pushes UTEP could assemble in a comeback attempt. The Miners never got closer than seven after their early troubles and was down double figures almost the entire second half.
Heaven Samoya-Mathis and Mary Moses Amaniyo each scored 14 off the bench, as the Miners won bench points 28-9.
UTEP had an abysmal start which it partially played its way out of en route to a 38-30 halftime deficit.
The Miners made one of their first 10 shots and had five turnovers as Liberty jumped out to a 15-2 lead inside the final 2:30 of the first quarter. UTEP then scored on 12 of its next 14 possessions, but Liberty kept scoring as well, as the Flames shot 46% in the first half to UTEP's 30%.
The difference was the 3-point line, where the Miners were 0-of-7 to Liberty's 4-of-9. Mary Moses Amaniyo led UTEP with 12 points off the bench in the first half.
UTEP hits the road for the first time this Conference USA season to take on perennial league power Middle Tennessee State on Thursday. The 5:30 p.m. MT tip will be streamed on ESPN+.
The UTEP men host Middle Tennessee Thursday at 7 p.m. in a game that will be nationally televised on the CBS Sports Network and carried on 600 ESPN El Paso.
Bret Bloomquist can be reached at [email protected]; @Bretbloomquist on X.
This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: UTEP Miners women's basketball can't keep up with Liberty, falls to 9-4
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Down 15-2 in the first quarter, UTEP played decently the rest of the way but it was too much to overcome against a team as good as Liberty as the Miners fell to 9-4 overall, 1-1 in CUSA. Liberty went to 8-5, 2-0.
More: CUSA women's basketball standings
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Portia Adams led UTEP with 17 points and the Miners made 22-of-24 free throws, but couldn't consistently get stops. Liberty shot 48% from the floor and made 12-of-24 3-pointers, with many of those answering what pushes UTEP could assemble in a comeback attempt. The Miners never got closer than seven after their early troubles and was down double figures almost the entire second half.
Heaven Samoya-Mathis and Mary Moses Amaniyo each scored 14 off the bench, as the Miners won bench points 28-9.
Miners down eight at halftime
UTEP had an abysmal start which it partially played its way out of en route to a 38-30 halftime deficit.
The Miners made one of their first 10 shots and had five turnovers as Liberty jumped out to a 15-2 lead inside the final 2:30 of the first quarter. UTEP then scored on 12 of its next 14 possessions, but Liberty kept scoring as well, as the Flames shot 46% in the first half to UTEP's 30%.
The difference was the 3-point line, where the Miners were 0-of-7 to Liberty's 4-of-9. Mary Moses Amaniyo led UTEP with 12 points off the bench in the first half.
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UTEP hits the road for the first time this Conference USA season to take on perennial league power Middle Tennessee State on Thursday. The 5:30 p.m. MT tip will be streamed on ESPN+.
The UTEP men host Middle Tennessee Thursday at 7 p.m. in a game that will be nationally televised on the CBS Sports Network and carried on 600 ESPN El Paso.
Bret Bloomquist can be reached at [email protected]; @Bretbloomquist on X.
This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: UTEP Miners women's basketball can't keep up with Liberty, falls to 9-4
Continue reading...
