Skip To Main Content

UTEP Miners

UTEP Miners
Isiah Osborne vs. Boise State
58
Winner Boise State BSU 3-0
56
UTEP UTEP 1-1
Winner
Boise State BSU
3-0
58
Final
56
UTEP UTEP
1-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Boise State BSU 31 27 58
UTEP UTEP 22 34 56

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | UTEP Athletics

Boise State Rallies Past UTEP in Myrtle Beach, 58-56

Boise State 58, UTEP 56 (Box Score)
UTEP Notes for South Carolina Game (PDF)

Chandler Hutchison converted a three-point play with 3.1 seconds left, as Boise State rallied from a five-point deficit in the final minute and beat UTEP, 58-56, in round one of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off on Thursday in Myrtle Beach.
 
UTEP will face South Carolina on Friday at 8:30 a.m. MT on ESPNU.
 
The Broncos (3-0) trailed 56-51 with about 50 seconds left after Omega Harris drove for a layup before scoring the final seven points.
 
The Miners (1-1) turned it over with 19.6 seconds remaining leading 56-53, as Evan Gilyard stepped out of bounds on the inbounds play.  Hutchison dunked and Keith Frazier was fouled with 9.8 seconds left in a one-point game.  Frazier missed the free throw, setting up Hutchison's game winning play.     
 
"We obviously are sick about the outcome of the ballgame," UTEP coach Tim Floyd said.  "I'm really proud of our kids and how hard they played.  We are much better defensively than we were this time last year.  We played a very good Boise State team and had our opportunities.  We missed a free throw here, we missed a finish there, getting the ball inbounded safely on the sideline out-of bounds, all of those things contributed and we had a defensive breakdown late." 
 
The Miners trailed by as many as 13 points (29-16) in the first half before putting together a big start to the second half.  At one point, UTEP went on a 14-1 run to seize a 48-41 lead with 9:12 to go.
 
UTEP was still up by seven (52-45) with under four minutes remaining, but couldn't close it out.
 
"We had our opportunities and didn't handle game situations well late," Floyd said.  "I'll take responsibility for us not getting the ball inbounded safely. That's something we should be able to do but it's something that happened. All we had to do was get it inbounded, although you've got to make the free throws as well."
 
The Miners outscored the Broncos 26-10 to start the second half.  UTEP held Boise State to 31 percent shooting over the final 20 minutes.
 
Keying the second-half run was Keith Frazier, who scored 22 points in the game and 13 in the second half.  At one point he made three consecutive three pointers, part of a stretch where the Miners turned a 40-34 deficit into a 46-41 lead.
 
Frazier added 10 rebounds as the Miners won the battle of the boards 47-38.
 
Matt Willms was the other UTEP player in double figures with 11 points, eight rebounds, five blocks and two steals.
 
"I was proud of our defensive effort. It was just special in the second half," Floyd said.  "We got down by a considerable margin in the first half and guarded well and guarded for long periods of possessions. We got some nice play from Tirus Smith off the bench when Matt Willms needed a blow. Isiah Osborne helped us in the second half as well."
 
Marcus Dickinson was the leading scorer for Boise State with 13 points in a reserve role.  Hutchison and Alex Hobbs added 10 points apiece.
 
The Miners shot 34.4 percent for the game, made 4-of-18 three-pointers and finished 10-for-15 at the charity stripe.
 
"We have to make better decisions in terms of trying to get ourselves to the foul line," Floyd said.  "There's a reason why they didn't have many fouls with under a minute to go and had to foul quickly four times because we didn't get the ball to the rim enough. It's early in the season and we will get better on those things.  Give Boise State credit.  They made a couple of plays late, and their great players stepped up and made plays."
 
Print Friendly Version