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Box Score<\/a> EL PASO, Texas — The University of Denver women’s basketball team fell to UTEP, 52-69, on Saturday afternoon in Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n Coryn Watts<\/a> led the Pioneer offense with 19 points, 5 rebounds and three steals in 39 minutes of play. Brooke Murrell<\/a> added 10 points and grabbed eight boards. Laia Monclova<\/a> tacked on nine points and seven rebounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n HOW IT HAPPENED
UTEP opened the game on a 13\u20130 run, holding Denver scoreless for nearly six minutes before Watts hit a 3-pointer at the 3:57 mark. The Miners briefly went scoreless for more than two minutes, allowing the Pioneers to cut the deficit to seven, but UTEP maintained control and took a 19\u20139 lead into the second quarter.<\/p>\n Both teams struggled to start the second, going nearly four minutes without a point. Denver held UTEP to a\u00a0nearly five-minute field goal drought and Denver followed with a two minute\u00a0scoring drought of their own, and the Miners stretched their lead to 30\u201317 at halftime.<\/p>\n Monclova opened the quarter with a 3-pointer, but UTEP immediately answered to preserve its 13-point margin. Tori Baker<\/a> converted an and-one at the 2:20 mark to pull Denver within 10 to jumpstart a 10\u20130 DU run to cut the deficit\u00a0to 43\u201336 before the Miners retook control and took a 45\u201338 lead into the fourth.<\/p>\n Quick fouls and turnovers by Denver early in the period allowed UTEP to push its lead back to nine. The Miners seized full control with a 9\u20130 run that stretched the margin to 64\u201347 with 3:25 remaining. Watts added a late jumper, but Denver couldn’t rally and fell 69\u201352.<\/p>\n Visit DenverPioneers.com for complete coverage of all 18 of Denver’s NCAA Division I sports.-
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