The UTEP Miners (12-12, 8-8) lost 76-70 in the first round of the Conference-USA tournament quarter-final versus the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Owls (13-9,7-5) while only scoring only one field goal in the final six minutes of the game.
Starting off the game strong, the Miners’ junior guard and leading scorer Souley Boum had the first two baskets of the game as UTEP jumped out to a 4-0 lead. Senior big man Bryson Williams then added another score to push UTEP to an early 6point lead.
On back-to-back possessions, FAU’s senior guard Jailyn Ingram hit a 3-pointer to close the Miner lead to 8-6.