Four days late for Christmas, the UTEP women's basketball team gift-wrapped a game to Tulsa on Sunday, falling 58-51 on an afternoon when they turned the ball over 22 times, went 13-25 from the free-throw line and shot 35 percent.
On a day when both teams looked like they were coming off long layoffs, the game was close throughout — the final margin of seven points was Tulsa's largest lead — but the Miners couldn't make enough shots late and lost their third straight to fall to 7-4.
What they said
"I think it's a bad loss for our team, it's a bad loss for our program," coach Kevin Baker said.