The 2020-21 basketball season is going to be one of resilience and overcoming adversity.
Playing against a New Mexico State women's team that already defines those traits, UTEP found just enough, at the perfect moments, to rescue an improbable 80-76 season-opening victory.
Trailing 66-58 with less than 3:00 remaining in regulation, UTEP completed a game-tying 10-2 run on a Katia Gallegos layup with 4 seconds left. In overtime the Miners found an unlikely hero in DejaNae Roebuck, a year after averaging 3.1 points a game capped her 15-point night with six points, two rebounds, a charge taken and an assist in the extra period.