Cold-shooting Miners fall to North Texas, 63-33

For all their inconsistencies this season, the UTEP men's basketball team was consistently competitive.

That ended with a thud Friday night in North Texas when an awful shooting night left UTEP blown out from the tip.

The Miners fell behind 44-17 before the midpoint of the second half in a 63-33 loss that left them hoping their weekly Conference USA split holds true. The 33 points ties for the third-fewest for the Miners in program history and tied for first in the shot-clock era.

UTEP fell to 6-5 overall and 2-3 in Conference USA. North Texas improved to 6-5, 2-1, and moved to 5-0 at their home Super Pit.

How it happened

UTEP shot 21.6 percent from the field, so not much else mattered, though…