Willms, Artis lead UTEP over Marshall (Jan 28, 2017)

By AP
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) Matt Willms scored 25 points and grabbed seven rebounds, Dominic Artis had 24 points and 11 boards and UTEP used two second-half runs Saturday night to beat Marshall 91-68.

The Miners (6-14, 4-4 Conference USA) scored 12 straight to build a 64-49 lead with 11:19 left and then scored 11 straight to push it to 80-58 with 3:13 to go.

Willms made 11 of 15 from the field and Artis was 11 of 16 to help UTEP finish 37 of 64 (57.8 percent) despite making just 1 of 9 from 3-point range. Omega Harris added 13 points and Paul Thomas scored 11.

Terrence Thompson had a career-high 25 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Thundering Herd (13-9, 6-3), who have lost three of five after opening the conference season winning four straight.

Ryan Taylor added 14 points and Jon Elmore scored 11. Marshall made 3 of 25 3-point attempts.