The UTEP women's basketball team walks a mean tightrope on its home floor.
For the fourth time in five home games, the Miners turned an average 38 minutes into a victory in the final 91 seconds, using a closing 6-2 run Saturday at the Don Haskins Center against Southern Miss in a 74-72 win that moved them to 2-0 in Conference USA.
After blowing a 14-point second-half lead and in a 70-70 tie with 1:31 left, UTEP got a huge 3-pointer from Destiny Thurman that moved her to 1-of-6 from beyond the arc.