UTEP's to-do list for it's Sunday's exhibition game against St. Mary's was lengthy, but it could be summed up in a simple sentence.
The Miners needed to improve.
In a 70-51 victory against a St. Mary's team that beat them in this game a year ago, the UTEP women's basketball team checked that box emphatically.
"The biggest thing I thought, we were better this week than we were last week," coach Kevin Baker said after the final tuneup before Saturday's opener against Alcorn State. "That was the goal. We needed to improve and get better in a week's time and it was very noticeable we were playing better basketball in a week's time.