UTEP interim basketball coach Phil Johnson addresses the latest round of minor injuries and illnesses for the team. Felix Chavez/El Paso Times
Statistics sometimes lie, sometimes send you skittering down the wrong path.
Not Friday night in the Don Haskins Center.
One had to simply look at one statistical category to know who won, who lost. Rebounds: North Dakota State 50, UTEP 30.
And that told the sad story for the Miners.
North Dakota State rode that whopping rebound statistic to a 63-51 win over UTEP Friday night in the championship game of the 56th annual WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational.