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UTEP women's basketball season ends in Conference USA Tournament

Video: UTEP at Conference USA tournament preview Bret Bloomquist, El Paso Times

The season is over for the UTEP women's basketball team.

The 11th-seeded Miners fell, 66-44, to third-seeded Middle Tennessee on Thursday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA basketball tournament in Frisco.

UTEP finishes the season with a 9-22 record, while the 21-9 Blue Blue Raiders advance to Friday's semifinals.

The Miners reached Thursday's quarterfinals with a 64-56, double overtime victory vs. Marshall on Wednesday.

On Thursday, the Miners just couldn't get going on offense, making just 11 of 41 from the field and 3 of 15 from 3-point range.