UTEP's mantra heading into its game with Marshall on Saturday was "defense, defense, defense," but they would have had to triple that to overcome its awful offense in a 71-61 loss that was at times lifeless.
In losing for the fifth straight time and falling under .500 (13-14) after an 8-1 start, the Miners shot 35 percent, turned the ball over 16 times and dropped to 13th place in Conference USA.
The schedule for the last four games will be announced Sunday and UTEP has some work to do to make the 12-team conference tournament.
How it happened
Not much went right for UTEP on Saturday after taking an early 11-3 lead.