The UTEP women's basketball team has done many things well in the past decade that has become its golden age, and the absolute best thing it has done is win the non-conference games it is supposed to win.
The Miners have one of those Monday night against UT Permian Basin, a 3-5 Division II team that will take a swing at what would be the biggest victory in the history of the program.
Coming at the close of a nine-day layoff for UTEP through the middle of final exams, a game after the biggest win of the year against arch-rival New Mexico State, a few days before they go on their first road trip of the year to Southern California, this fits every definition of a trap game for the Miners, but coach Keitha Adams doesn't think in those terms.