Gloria Brown (18 points, 10 boards) & Kayla Thornton (15 points, 12 rebounds) both posted double-doubles and 13th-seeded UTEP battled and put quite a scare into fourth-seed and No. 11/12 (AP/USA Today Coaches Poll) Penn State before ultimately succumbing, 85-77, in the first round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Sunday evening.
The University of Memphis women's basketball team was named one of 32 winners in the NCAA Division I "Pack the House" Challenge. "Pack the House" is a national effort in which conferences and institutions compete to build attendance.
Conference USA regular season and tournament champion UTEP was awarded an automatic berth to the 2012 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Miners, who will be making their second trip to the NCAA Championship, are the No. 13 seed in the Kingston Region. UTEP will face No. 4 seed Penn State in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday, March 18 at 4:15 p.m. CT on ESPN2.