UTEP Miners @ UTSA Roadrunners

10-8, 2-3 CUSA

Final

	1	2	T
UTEP UTEP	43	24	67
UTSA UTSA	33	38	71

UTSA RoadrunnersUTSAUTSA

4-14, 2-3 CUSA

Texas-San Antonio rallies to beat UTEP 71-67

Jan 16, 2016, 06:28 pm

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Christian Wilson scored a career-high 25 points and hit the go-ahead bucket to help rally Texas-San Antonio to a 71-67 win over UTEP on Saturday.

Trailing by 10 at halftime, Wilson scored eight-straight points to pull UTSA within 54-45, and the Roadrunners tied it at 60 on A.J. Cockrell's layup with 7:03 left.

The lead flip-flopped until Wilson broke a 66-all tie with a layup with 1:23 left. Texas-San Antonio outscored the Miners 7-1 in the final three minutes.

Wilson hit 11 of the Roadrunners' 18 free throws and had five assists. Lucas O'Brien scored 12 points, J.R. Harris added 10, and the Roadrunners (4-14, 2/3 Conference USA) outrebounded the Miners 43-34.

Hooper Vint scored a season-high 12 points and had 10 rebounds, and Terry Winn added a season-high 12 for UTEP (10-8, 2-3). Lee Moore and Earvin Morris each scored a season-high 11 points.

Game Information

San Antonio, TX

Referee:Larry Spaulding

Referee:Rick O'Neill

Referee:Patrick Boeh

NCAA Division I

Conference USA	CONF	GB	OVR
Liberty	17-3	-	26-8
Sam Houston	13-7	4	22-12
Louisiana Tech	11-9	6	20-14
Western Kentucky	11-9	6	18-14
Middle Tennessee	11-9	6	17-15
Kennesaw State	10-10	7	21-14
Jacksonville State	10-10	7	15-17
New Mexico State	8-12	9	16-16
Missouri State	8-12	9	16-18
Florida International	8-12	9	15-17
UTEP	7-13	10	11-20
Delaware	6-14	11	10-21

American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
South Florida	15-3	-	25-9
Tulsa	13-5	2	30-8
Wichita State	13-5	2	24-12
UAB	11-7	4	20-12
North Texas	9-9	6	19-14
Florida Atlantic	9-9	6	18-15
Charlotte	9-9	6	17-17
Tulane	8-10	7	18-15
Temple	8-10	7	16-16
Memphis	8-10	7	13-19
Rice	7-11	8	13-18
East Carolina	6-12	9	11-20
UTSA	1-17	14	5-25

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