UTEP women hold off FIU, win second straight game

Zuzanna Puc, 5, of UTEP drives for a layup against Madison Heckert, 50, of Arkansas State in a recent game. (Photo: Rudy Gutierrez/El Paso Times file)

Suddenly the UTEP women's basketball team is hot.

Still with seven players, the Miners won their second consecutive game - their first win streak since the first two games of the season - holding off Florida International 60-55 to sweep their Florida road trip.

UTEP took a seven-point lead into halftime, then never let the Panthers closer than three as they found a way to finish.

The Miners only committed two of their 17 turnovers in the final 6:59 and Neidy Ocuane made three-of-four free throws late to keep the Panthers more than a possession…