Thursday night was a UTEP season in microcosm.
UTEP trailed almost the entire game, trailed by as much as 10 points in the second half. Yet somehow, some way, these Miners found a way to win.
UTEP, the team that began the season with a 2-13 record, that began with a 12-game losing streak, that opened Conference USA play 0-3, once again managed to win.
The Miners, trailing 44-34 with just over 14 minutes to play, scrambled into a 65-65 tie at the end of regulation and then took a dramatic 77-71 overtime win over North Texas Thursday night in front of 2,672 fans in the Super Pit in Denton.