FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Greg Smith scored 18 points to lead Colorado State to its sixth straight victory, beating UTEP 62-58 on Wednesday night.
Colton Iverson added 17 points as the Rams (12-2) added to the nation's fourth-longest home winning streak - 21 in a row.
Wes Eikmeier scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half. Pierce Hornung had five points and 10 rebounds.
Julian Washburn led UTEP (6-6) with 22 points. McKenzie Moore had 15 points off the bench and Jacques Streeter 12 for the Miners, who won four of their previous five games.
Colorado State took a 56-55 lead on a hook shot by Iverson with 2:24 left. Washburn and Konner Tucker missed 3-pointers before Eikmeier buried a baseline jumper, and the Rams broke the press to set up Iverson's dunk to make it 60-55 with 14 seconds left.
Washburn's 3-pointer cut it to 60-58, but Smith finished UTEP with two free throws in the last six seconds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas-El Paso (6-6) | 19 | 39 | 58 |
| Colorado State (12-2) « | 29 | 33 | 62 |
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| Texas-El Paso Miners | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Lang, F | 18 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| J. Bohannon, C | 28 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| J. Washburn, G | 40 | 7-15 | 7-8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| J. Streeter, G | 38 | 3-12 | 4-6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| K. Tucker, G | 35 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Moore | 28 | 4-7 | 6-6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| C. Cooper | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Washburn | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Ragland | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-49 | 17-23 | 30 | 7 | 19 | 58 | |
| 36.7% | 73.9% | ||||||
| Colorado State Rams | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Hornung, F | 39 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| G. Smith, F | 25 | 5-8 | 7-8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| C. Iverson, C | 24 | 8-14 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| W. Eikmeier, G | 36 | 3-9 | 6-8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| D. Green, G | 33 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Bejarano | 21 | 2-7 | 1-1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Octeus | 21 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| J. De Ciman | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-50 | 16-23 | 37 | 8 | 17 | 62 | |
| 44% | 69.6% | ||||||
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