UTEP guard Randy Culpepper scored 20 points in a losing effort against Houston. He was just 8 of 20 from the field and made only one of his seven three-point attempts.
The Miners had been 8-1 when Culpepper scored 20 points, but they had no answer for Kelvin Lewis. Despite seeing their 15-game winning streak snapped, UTEP will make the NCAA tournament and get a decent seed.