LAS CRUCES, N.M. — What's remarkable about the UTEP women's basketball team's four-year, eight-game winning streak against New Mexico State is how close most of those games have been.
What's remarkable about New Mexico State's 3-7 record is how close everyone one of those losses have been — all seven by single digits.
That left an air of inevitability to the Miners' 57-52 victory Tuesday night in the Pan American Center, where twice in the final two minutes the Aggies, playing without ill point guard Sylena Peterson, were within two points. Once they were shooting to tie.