Coming into Monday night's matchup with UTPB the message seemed simple for the UTEP women's basketball team.
Defend like hell, jump out to an early led, sharpen up the efficiency on offense, and continue working on themselves with an important pair of games coming up this weekend in Long Beach.
UTEP did that and much more in a 86-32 rout of Division Two UT-Permian Basin.
Keitha Adams' talented group broke a program record for field goal percentage defense, stifling UTPB into a 16.7 percent shooting mark from the floor, all while forcing 31 Falcon turnovers that led to 27 UTEP points off miscues.