There was nothing near about this miss.
The UTEP men's basketball team's string of close road losses was buried from the tip, as Southern Miss destroyed UTEP 77-47 in a lost afternoon in Hattiesburg.
A 21-point run turned a 4-3 Southern Miss lead into 25-3, it was 52-12 after one of the worst first halves in program history, and the Miners only got there by scoring the last basket of the half.
Before that, UTEP made three of its first 22 shots while turning the ball over nine times, Southern Miss made 20 of its first 30 field goals with one turnover, and that was indicative of affairs.