It was raining three’s in UTEP’s victory over Southern Mississippi, on Feb. 11 at the Don Haskins Center. The Miners earned their biggest win over a division one school this season, overcoming the Golden Eagles, 80-50.
UTEP (9-15, 7-5 C-USA) is now winners of seven out of their last nine contests. The orange and blue is in three-way tie for fifth place in Conference USA, along with Rice and Marshall.
The Miners connected on 12 3-pointers to bury their opponents. Starting guard Dominic Artis shattered his season-best three-point makes in the season with six makes.
“We haven’t been a great shooting team, but tonight our ball movement and player movement was the difference.