UTEP defeated FIU, 86-70, Thursday night at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.
The Miners improved to 15-13 overall, 6-9 in Conference USA play. The Panthers dropped to 7-21 and 4-11 in league play.
FIU trailed by 17 points with 13 seconds left in the third quarter. However, the Panthers went on a 24-10 run to start the fourth quarter and cut the Miners lead to just three points at, 73-70, with 4:05 left in the game. Kayla Rogers scored nine points during the run to fuel FIU.
But FIU was held scoreless the rest of the way as the Miners used a 13-0 run to finish the game.