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UTEP can't overcome early deficit in loss to Nicholls State

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UTEP women's basketball coach Kevin Baker sat down to talk about his team's new recruits. Ruben R. Ramirez / El Paso Times

The UTEP women's basketball team could have won Friday's game with Nicholls State many different ways.

Their path to a 58-56 loss was much more narrow and frustrating.

They mostly sat by and watched as the Colonels went on a 24-2 first-half run, clawed their way back ahead, failed to execute much of anything in the final minute and missed more free throws than they made on the night.

Given a chance to rescue themselves with a mid-court inbounds with 2.