The biggest number on any stat sheet is the final score, but UTEP women's basketball coach Keitha Adams is convincing when she goes on about how the rebounding line looms larger than everything else.
That's one reason her team went on running from baseline to baseline at the end of Tuesday's practice following a week in which the Miners struggled on the boards.
The point was to send a message and it was well received. In front of a crowd of 2,517 on Thursday, UTEP demolished Florida International on the boards (49-29) en route to a routine 70-52 victory that moved them to 20-2 overall and 10-1 in Conference USA.