The UTEP men's basketball team turned in one of its best efforts of the year, but didn't make enough plays down the stretch and lost its fourth straight at Hawaii, 66-61.

The Miners led by as much as 14 in the first half Saturday night in Honolulu, then rallied from behind in the second half to lead inside 6:00 to play, but an 8-0 Hawaii run accounted for the sixth and final lead change as the Miners fell to 3-6. UTEP has not won against Division I competition this year.

Hawaii improved to 10-2 but had to work for this one.

The Miners led 49-47 with 6:33 to play, but in the following 5:31 went 2-of-8 from the field, 1-of-4 from the line and had two turnovers as Hawaii eased away.

"Obviously it's a 40-minute game and we missed some free throws late," coach Joe Golding said. "We didn't g

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