UTSA’s Tesha Smith came up with a put back bucket with four seconds left in overtime which lifted the Roadrunners over UTEP 83-81 in a thrilling overtime conference opener.
Smith finished with 18 points off the bench as UTSA battled through a rough shooting night by getting to the free throw line 31 times, and pulled in 16 offensive rebounds to start C-USA play 1-0.
UTEP was led by Sparkle Taylor who scored a game high 28 points, Najala Howell also scored 20 points, but UTEP shot 41.5 percent in the end, and couldn’t close out that final rebound in overtime.