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Down to the wire: UTEP falls short at the buzzer to ODU

UTEP falls to ODU El Paso Times

A painfully young UTEP men's basketball team against a veteran Old Dominion squad that leads Conference USA in defense always figured to be a tough matchup for the Miners.

As has so often happened this year, UTEP's grit bridged most of that gap, but in the final 8 seconds, they couldn't make the big play at the end and fell 50-48.

With a chance to tie in the final moments, freshman Efe Odigie, trying to score on Old Dominion's 7-foot center Dajour Dickens, was tied up from behind by Jason Wade with 2.