EL PASO, Texas --- Senior guard Jaron Martin scored 22 points to lead UC Irvine over UTEP, 62-57, in the consolation game of the WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational at El Paso, Texas, Thursday night.

Martin was 7 of 11 from the field, including 6 of 10 on threes. He hit four triples in the span of two minutes early in the second half and his fourth trey put the Anteaters up 44-38 with 15:36 left, a lead that UCI would never relinquish. Martin scored 17 of his points in the second half.

It was Martin's third consecutive 20-point game and his fifth of the season as he has averaged 25.0 points in the last three contests.

Martin, who was named to the all-tournament team, has 146 career threes to rank ninth in UCI history, six behind No. 8 Daman Starring.

Senior center Ioannis Dimakopoulos added 12 points and tied his career high with 11 rebounds while freshman guard Evan Leonard recorded a career-best 11 points, hitting 8 of 8 free throws.

Sophomore forward Jonathan Galloway pulled down nine rebounds and sophomore Brandon Smith tied his career high with seven boards while redshirt freshman guard Max Hazzard registered a career-best six assists.

UCI (6-9), which snapped a four-game losing streak with the victory, outrebounded UTEP, 43-24, and the Anteaters' bench outscored the Miners' reserves, 22-3.

Omega Harris led UTEP (2-9) with 19 points and Dominic Artis added 14 points and five rebounds.

The Miners led by five midway through the first half before UCI went on an 11-0 run, capped by a three-point play by Smith, to go up 24-18 with 6:57 left.

The teams traded leads in the final four minutes of the opening half before freshman guard Eyassu Worku hit a left-baseline jumper with four seconds left to give UCI a 32-30 lead at halftime.

The Anteaters led for most of the second half and went up by seven at 49-42 on a free throw by Dimakopoulos with 8:50 remaining.

UTEP's Deon Barrett connected on a three-pointer with 4:41 left to tie the game at 49-49, but Martin scored the next five points and Galloway added a free throw to give UCI a 55-49 lead with 3:27 remaining.

A layup by Harris with 57 seconds left pulled the Miners within two at 56-54, but Worku nailed a clutch jumper with 29 seconds remaining to extend the Anteaters' lead to 58-54.

Leonard hit 4 of 4 free throws in the final 13 seconds to seal the win for UCI.

Coach Russell Turner's Anteaters, who have played 11 of their first 15 games of the season away from home, have four of their next five in the Bren Events Center, beginning with a non-conference contest against Life Pacific Dec. 30 at 7:00 p.m.

UCI opens Big West Conference play Jan. 4, hosting Long Beach State in the Bren Center at 7:00 p.m.