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UTEP women's basketball team blown out by Rice in Houston

The UTEP women's script was too familiar Saturday against Rice in Houston.

The Miners committed a spate of turnovers and fell behind big early against one of the best teams in Conference USA — and this time they weren't able to get back in the game, losing 76-42.

They were dominated on the boards 38-24, the most they've been outrebounded this year, shot just 33 percent, and finished with 16 turnovers after giving the ball away seven times in the first quarter.

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"It wasn't pretty at all," said coach Kevin Baker, after his team fell to 4-12 overall, 1-2 in C-USA.