EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The UTEP men's basketball team suffered a 77-74 loss to Louisville in a closely-contested game at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky on Wednesday night. FINAL: Louisville 77, UTEP 74UTEP’s Corey Camper Jr. had a good look on his game-tying three point shot but the shot did not fall.Back and forth game the entire way. What a fight by UTEP but they end up coming up short.Miners’ 3-game winning streak gets snapped.— Sam Guzman (@SamGuzmanTV) December 12, 2024 Down 77-74 in the last seconds of the game, UTEP's Corey Camper Jr. had a good look on his game-tying three point shot attempt but the shot did not go in. Time expired and Louisville secured the win to snap its 3-game losing streak. Meanwhile, UTEP saw its 3-game winning streak come to an end. UTEP lost the rebounding battle 40-29. Another category UTEP lost heavily to Louisville in was free throws. Louisville shot 25-of-34 from the free throw line, while UTEP shot 7-of-11. Major difference in free throws in the contest. UTEP shot 51% (29-57) from the field and 45% (9-20) from three. Louisville shot 40% (23-58) from the floor and 18% (6-34) from three. UTEP's leading scorer in the game was Corey Camper Jr. He scored 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the floor. Devon Barnes scored 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the floor in 29 minutes played. Devon Barnes And-1!DB will go to the line out of the final media timeout looking to make it a 2-point game. The Miners trail Louisville 70-67 with 3:46 left. pic.twitter.com/BkGg7ENrQI— Colin Deaver (@ColinDeaver_) December 12, 2024 The only other Miners player to reach double figures in scoring in the contest was Ahamad Bynum, as he scored 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the field and 4-of-5 shooting from three-point land. Bynum is 23-of-35 (65.7%) from three after the game against Louisville. The game was back and forth the whole way. Neither team held a lead bigger than eight points and there were 10 ties, and 13 lead changes throughout the contest. UTEP led 36-32 at halftime and built up its biggest lead of the game when it led 43-36 with 17:26 left in the game. UTEP's Elijah Jones drills a 3 to beat the halftime buzzer and put the Miners up 36-32 on Louisville.The Miners already weathered a storm, fighting back from down 7 to take the lead. UTEP has forced 8 turnovers and is shooting 47%.Can they keep up the pressure in half 2? pic.twitter.com/cGECPODJs5— Colin Deaver (@ColinDeaver_) December 12, 2024 Louisville then went on an 8-2 run to take a 46-45 lead with 14:16 left. After nine lead changes, Louisville ended up building itself a 63-55 lead with 7:38 left in the contest. That was Louisville's largest lead of the game. With 46 seconds left in the game, UTEP trailed by one point after a made midrange jump shot by Devon Barnes made it a 73-72 game. Very next possesion, UTEP gave up a dunk by James Scott to make it a 75-72 game with 18 seconds left. UTEP countered back with a Kevin Kalu putback dunk on the other game to make it 75-74 with eight seconds. UTEP then had to foul Louisville on the ensuing inbounds. Reyne Smith nailed both free throws to make it a three-point game. Camper Jr. then went onto to miss the three-pointer to tie the game.