There comes a moment in every game ... a defining moment that catapults one team into the joy that is victory.
That moment came with 14:33 to play Thursday night in the Don Haskins Center. UTEP had played well in the first half, forged a 20-point lead. But Florida Atlantic battled back, whittling that Miner lead to single digits, 46-37. The Miners, of course, were still reeling in the aftershock of blowing a 15-point second half lead to UTSA on Saturday.
But the Miners seized this moment ... took it and made this game theirs ... took it and made this one of those bench-emptying fun finishes.