Christmas dinner will taste a bit better and Christmas will be much merrier without a losing streak hanging over them like a lead balloon.
UTEP trailed 4-0 and then dashed away on a 23-0 run and never let Sam Houston State up for air Tuesday evening in the consolation game of the WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational. The Miners ran away to an 87-68 win ... a win that cut loose that heavy five-game losing streak.
The Miners made shots — which made everything look better — but more importantly, they played a strong and solid help defense and they rebounded.