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Willms, Artis lead UTEP over Marshall

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Matt Willms scored 25 points and grabbed seven rebounds, Dominic Artis had 24 points and 11 boards and UTEP used two second-half runs Saturday night to beat Marshall 91-68.

The Miners (6-14, 4-4 Conference USA) scored 12 straight to build a 64-49 lead with 11:19 left and then scored 11 straight to push it to 80-58 with 3:13 to go.

Willms made 11 of 15 from the field and Artis was 11 of 16 to help UTEP finish 37 of 64 (57.8 percent) despite making just 1 of 9 from 3-point range.