The UTEP women’s basketball team defeated the Marshall Thundering Herd in double overtime, 64-56, in the first round of the Conference-USA women’s Basketball Championship in Frisco, Texas.
UTEP (9-21, 5-11 C-USA) came into the tournament as the 11th seed as they upset Marshall (16-14, 10-16 C-USA) who entered the tournament as the 6th seed. UTEP was led by their lone senior forward Jordan Alexander as she had a team-high 16 points and eight rebounds performance.
Head Coach Kevin Baker’s club went into halftime down by four, 20-16, with the teams two leading scorers, junior’s guard Katarina Zec and forward Zuzana Puc combing for zero points.