When Conference USA leaders the Miners of the University of Texas, El Paso came to Diddle Arena Saturday afternoon, their conference record was almost perfect. The Miners’ record moved to 10-1 a few hours later after they knocked off WKU at home for the first time all season by a final score of 85-78.
UTEP established itself as the top team in the conference after that victory, passing all eye tests and backing it up on paper.
But one loss remains in the right-hand column of the team’s record: a 79-64 setback to Marshall in Huntington, West Virginia.