The UTEP men's basketball team didn't just dodge the trap, they blew it up.
Facing Florida International, Conference USA's 10th-place team, three days after an emotional last-possession win at Charlotte and two days before its biggest home game in years against No. 24 Florida Atlantic, the Miners made the layup in an 81-61 victory that leveled them at 4-4 in C-USA.
A UTEP team that has struggled at times this year to make anything longer than a dunk shot 57 percent from the field, dominated on the boards 35-19 and while the turnover differential was plus-2 against a Panthers team that pressed the entire game, the Miners won points-off-turnovers 26-12.