Little went right for the UTEP women after scoring the game's first seven points against UAB, as they went cold and fell 65-49 to the Blazers.
The loss dropped the Miners to 14-12 overall and 6-10 in Conference USA and are a half game behind Rice in the battle for fifth in the C-USA West. Fifth place, which will likely be decided by UTEP's game at Rice on Thursday, avoids a preliminary round game in the conference tournament.
How it went
UTEP was within 25-20 at the half after scoring the last four points of the second period, but were already on a stretch of 13:43 where the Miners went 1 of 15 from the field.