UTEP takes on Southern Miss in a Conference USA first-round game Bret Bloomquist/El Paso Times
The UTEP women's basketball team has never lacked heart.
What they lacked was numbers and that shortage of depth ended up being their undoing against Conference USA champion UAB in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament Thursday.
The Miners overcame an early 10-point deficit and took a 56-55 lead into the fourth quarter, but as was the case the last time these teams played in February, the league's best team pulled away late for a 75-66 victory.