For 31 minutes of Thursday's 71-59 loss to Charlotte, the UTEP women's basketball team didn't look like a team coming off a long COVID layoff.
The Miners didn't look like a team that practiced Tuesday with six players for the first time in 10 days, one that practiced with nine players Wednesday and had 10 players Thursday.
When it came time to win the game in the final 9:00, a stretch dominated by a Charlotte team playing for the first time since Dec. 22 but also one that has been whole for a week, the Miners did and coach Kevin Baker wasn't pleased with the circumstances.