The UTEP women’s basketball team’s perfect start to the season ended in a likely place, at a top 10 team.
No. 8 TCU took the lead 20 seconds into the game and never trailed, pulling away early for a 95-40 victory Saturday, Dec. 6, in Fort Worth.
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College women’s basketball: UTEP remains unbeaten with home win
UTEP women’s head basketball coach Keitha Adams guides her team during a game against Denver at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025.
The Miners were within 12-9 early, but TCU went on a 12-2 run, won the second quarter 22-7 to take a 43-18 lead to intermission and kept its foot on the gas the whole way.
UTEP fell to 7-1 while TCU improved to 10-0.
Sirviva Legions and Ndack Mbengue led the Miners with 10 points and no one else had more than four. The Miners shot 24% from the field and were 1-of-17 on 3-pointers.
More: CUSA women’s basketball standings
TCU won fast break points 38-9.
Up next
UTEP stays on the Big 12 road as the Miners travel to Provo, Utah to take on BYU. The Saturday tip is set for 1 p.m.
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Bret Bloomquist can be reached at bbloomquist@elpasotimes.com; @BrMTbloomquist on X.
This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: No. 8 TCU women’s basketball team tops UTEP, Miners fall to 7-1
