UTEP melted down in the second half giving up a 15-point lead, Christian Wilson and UTSA made them pay.
UTSA out scored UTEP 38-24 in the second half, overcoming a 10-point halftime deficit to shock UTEP 71-67 Saturday afternoon in San Antonio.
The Miners self destructed from the free throw line with a 10-of-19 performance in the game, and turned it over on 17.9 percent of their of 78 possessions in the game for their third straight road loss.
Both teams came up with a whole lot of iron early on in the first half.
UTEP started 5-of-14 from the field, while UTSA started 4-of-14, but a hook shot from Hooper Vint gave UTEP a 11-10 lead at the under 12 minute media timeout of the first half.