The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) got payback against the UTEP Miners Saturday with a dominating 86-70 victory on its home court. Leading from start to finish in this matchup, the Roadrunners shot 61 percent in the first half to build a 17-point halftime lead. Early in the second half, UTSA built up the lead to 23 points, much as it did in the previous matchup in El Paso.
After securing a 24-point comeback in the last matchup, the Miners chipped away at the UTSA lead at about the 12 minutes mark. This game was at a similar point that UTEP staged its biggest comeback in history a few nights earlier versus the same team.