TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Julian Washburn led six UTEP players in double figures with 20 points and the Miners defeated Houston 80-69 on Thursday in the Conference USA tournament quarterfinals.
UTEP (18-13), the No. 3 seed, will play second-seeded Southern Mississippi, an 81-66 winner over UAB, in Friday's first semifinal.
Jacques Streeter had 13 points and 12 assists for the Miners. Konner Tucker scored 12 points, McKenzie Moore scored 11 - all in the second half - and Cedrick Lang and C.J. Cooper had 10 points apiece.
The Cougars (19-12) only led once, at 16-15, but stayed close until UTEP took a 60-50 lead with 7 minutes to play.
TaShawn Thomas led Houston with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Danuel House scored 12 and J.J. Thompson scored 11 for the sixth-seeded Cougars, who beat Rice in Wednesday's first round.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Houston (19-12) | 27 | 42 | 69 |
| Texas-El Paso (18-13) « | 32 | 48 | 80 |
| HOU:T. Thomas 15 Pts HOU:T. Thomas 11 Reb HOU:T. Womack 6 Ast |
UTEP:J. Washburn 20 Pts UTEP:M. Moore 8 Reb UTEP:J. Streeter 12 Ast |
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| PLAYERS OF THE GAME | |||||
| Houston | Texas-El Paso | ||||
 TaShawn Thomas |  Jacques Streeter | ||||
| Pts | Rebs | Ast | Pts | Rebs | Ast |
| 15 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 12 |
| Houston Cougars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Young, G | 30 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| T. Thomas, F | 29 | 6-10 | 3-4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| D. House, F | 28 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| T. Womack, G | 28 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| M. McLean, F | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Barnes, G | 24 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| L. Gibson, F | 17 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Stiggers, G | 15 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| B. Morris, G | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Thompson, G | 6 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| J. Richardson, F | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Brooks, G | Did Not Play | ||||||
| J. Jones, G | Did Not Play | ||||||
| V. Izundu, C | Did Not Play | ||||||
| L. Paye, G | Did Not Play | ||||||
| Totals | 28-67 | 11-15 | 36 | 14 | 26 | 69 | |
| 41.8% | 73.3% | ||||||
| Complete Box Score | |||||||
| Texas-El Paso Miners | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Washburn, G-F | 40 | 9-16 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| J. Streeter, G | 33 | 3-6 | 5-6 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 13 |
| C. Lang, F | 33 | 4-6 | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| K. Tucker, G | 31 | 3-10 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| J. Bohannon, C | 15 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Moore, G | 25 | 2-4 | 7-9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| C. Cooper, G | 17 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| C. Washburn, F | 5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Ragland, G-F | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Tafoya, G | Did Not Play | ||||||
| M. Moore, F | Did Not Play | ||||||
| H. Vint, C | Did Not Play | ||||||
| T. Howard, G-F | Did Not Play | ||||||
| M. Willms, C | Did Not Play | ||||||
| Totals | 26-51 | 21-30 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 80 | |
| 51.0% | 70.0% | ||||||
| Complete Box Score | |||||||
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