The UTEP men's basketball team, its offense, in particular, played like it had something to atone for in Saturday's 87-54 victory over Southern Miss that snapped a three-game losing streak.
The Golden Eagles played like they were happy with a road-trip split ensured when it beat UTSA Thursday.
That is a winning formula for the Miners squad that will have to be the hungrier team to make something of this season.
They were Saturday when they came out of the gate with an early 15-point run that marked some of their best offensive basketball this season.