UTEP is in Ruston, La., trying desperately to find some way to shrug off that heavy load of a 10-game losing streak
The Miners will face Louisiana Tech at 5:30 p.m. MST Thursday in the Thomas Assembly Center, in an arena that is not the most conducive for visitors to break losing streaks. The Bulldogs are 341-95 in that arena since it opened in 1982, a winning percentage of 78.2 percent. They were 16-1 in the building last year.
Of course, that 16-1 ledger was last year and a world can change in a year. Still, Louisiana Tech is 9-5 overall and 1-0 with a 79-55 blistering of Southern Miss last weekend in Hattiesburg.