National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Memphis 56, Texas-El Paso 54
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Where: Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas
Officials: # Gerry Pollard, # Bert Smith, # Mark Whitehead
Attendance: 11581
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No. 20 Memphis 56, Texas-El Paso 56: Junior guard Chris Crawford shot 6-of-9 from the floor to finish with 15 points as the Tigers beat the host Miners to remain unbeaten in Conference USA.

Memphis (26-4, 15-0) also received 11 points and nine rebounds from sophomore forward Adonis Thomas. Junior guard Geron Johnson grabbed 10 boards to contribute to the Tigers' 38-25 edge on the offensive glass.

UTEP (16-13, 9-6) was led by sophomore guard Julian Washburn, who scored 19, and sophomore forward Cedrick Lang, who added 10 points and seven rebounds.

After playing to a 22-all halftime tie, the Miners overcame a six-point deficit to take a 42-40 lead with nine minutes to go. But a Thomas 3-pointer with 2:53 left gave the Tigers the lead for good.

A Washington block gave UTEP a chance to tie coming out of a timeout with 11 seconds left. Sophomore guard C.J. Cooper was fouled on a 3-point attempt, but missed the first free throw and a last-second desperation shot after a steal fell short.

GAME NOTEBOOK: A win in UTEP's regular-season finale against Southern Methodist on Saturday would wrap up the third seed in the Conference USA Tournament for the Miners. … Memphis will attempt to close out a perfect conference slate at home Saturday versus UAB. … The Miners fell to 0-3 against ranked opponents this season.

Top Game Performances
 
Memphis   Texas-El Paso
Chris Crawford 15 Scoring Julian Washburn 19
Geron Johnson 7 Assists John Bohannon 7
Geron Johnson 10 Rebounds Cedrick Lang 7
Shaq Goodwin 2 Free Throws Made Julian Washburn 7
Geron Johnson 3 Steals Jacques Streeter 2
Tarik Black 1 Blocks John Bohannon 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Memphis 56 42.3 5-13 7-13 15 32 2 6 16
Texas-El Paso 54 42.2 3-16 13-19 12 25 4 5 12