The UTEP women's basketball team is vastly improved from a year ago, but they aren't yet elite.
New Mexico is, at least offensively, and the Miners got a good look Tuesday morning of where they want their journey to go in a 93-78 loss that dropped them to 3-1.
Looking like a tournament team from the tip and scoring prolifically throughout, the Lobos weathered an early UTEP charge and kept humming along, shooting 46 percent from the field and also getting 24 second-chance points.