2013–14 UTEP Lady Miners basketball team

2013–14 UTEP Lady Miners basketball
WNIT, Runners Up
Conference Conference USA
2013–14 record 29–8 (12–4 C-USA)
Head coach Keitha Adams (13th year)
Assistant coach Ewa Laskowska
Assistant coach Bill Damuth
Home arena Don Haskins Center
2013–14 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#22 Middle Tennessee† 15 – 1   .938     29 – 5   .853
Southern Miss 13 – 3   .813     27 – 7   .794
UTEP 12 – 4   .750     29 – 8   .784
Tulane 11 – 5   .688     20 – 11   .645
East Carolina 10 – 6   .625     22 – 9   .710
Charlotte 9 – 7   .563     15 – 16   .484
Old Dominion 9 – 7   .563     18 – 16   .529
UAB 7 – 9   .438     16 – 15   .516
Florida Atlantic 6 – 10   .375     16 – 14   .533
Tulsa 6 – 10   .375     12 – 16   .429
Rice 6 – 10   .375     13 – 17   .433
FIU 6 – 10   .375     15 – 18   .455
North Texas 6 – 10   .375     12 – 18   .400
Louisiana Tech 5 – 11   .313     12 – 20   .375
UTSA 4 – 12   .250     14 – 17   .452
Marshall 3 – 13   .188     11 – 20   .355
† 2014 C-USA Tournament winner
As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC); Rankings from AP Poll[1][2]

The 2013–14 UTEP Lady Miners basketball team represents the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Miners, led by 13th year head coach Keitha Adams, play their home games at the Don Haskins Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season with a record of 29–8 overall, 12-4 in C-USA play for a third place finish. They lost in the semifinals in the 2014 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament to Southern Miss. They were invited to the 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament which they defeated Arkansas State in the first round, St. Mary's in the second round, Colorado in the third round, Washington in the quarterfinals and South Dakota State in the semifinals before losing to Rutgers in the championship game.

Roster

Number Name Position Height Year Hometown
2 Cameasha Turner Guard 5–9 Sophomore Dallas, Texas
3 Kelli Willingham Guard 5–6 Senior DeSoto, Texas
4 Irene Gari Forward/Guard 6–1 Sophomore Oliva, Spain
5 Kayla Thornton Forward 6–1 Senior El Paso, Texas
10 Stacie Telles Guard 5–7 Junior El Paso, Texas
12 Sparkle Taylor Guard 5–10 Freshman Flint, Michigan
13 Marissa Rodriguez Guard 5–7 Junior San Antonio, Texas
14 Kristine Vitola Center 6–4 RS Senior Riga, Latvia
15 Agata Dobrowolska Forward 6–3 Sophomore Lublin, Poland
24 Jenzel Nash Guard 5–7 RS Sophomore Houston, Texas
25 Anete Kirsteine Guard 5–11 Sophomore Riga, Latvia
30 Johni Welles Forward 6–0 Junior Phoenix, Arizona
32 Chrishauna Parker Guard 5–10 Junior Houston, Texas
33 Anzhelika Moiseychenko Forward 6–0 Freshman Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
34 Marta Oledzka Forward 6–6 Junior Lapy, Poland


Schedule

Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/02/2013* St. Mary's W 81–51  - Don Haskins Center (936)
Regular Season
11/08/2013* UTPB W 75–58  1–0 Don Haskins Center (910)
11/12/2013* New Mexico State
(The Battle of I-10)		 W 94–69  2–0 Don Haskins Center (1,505)
11/16/2013* Kansas State W 84–39  3–0 Don Haskins Center (1,061)
11/22/2013* Northern Arizona W 92–43  4–0 Don Haskins Center (N/A)
11/27/2013* Northern Colorado W 63–40  5–0 Don Haskins Center (1,088)
11/30/2013* Texas State W 73–60  6–0 Don Haskins Center (1,353)
12/03/2013* at New Mexico State
(The Battle of I-10)		 W 80–61  7–0 Pan American Center (514)
12/07/2013* SMU W 76–71  8–0 Don Haskins Center (2,387)
12/15/2013* Southeastern Louisiana W 87–65  9–0 Don Haskins Center (1,024)
12/20/2013* vs. Georgia Tech
(Puerto Rico Classic)		 L 77–102  9–1 Roberto Clemente Coliseum (287)
12/21/2013* vs. Belmont
(Puerto Rico Classic)		 W 88–74  10–1 Roberto Clemente Coliseum (312)
12/29/2013* Texas Southern W 87–61  11–1 Don Haskins Center (1,505)
01/02/2014* at Texas A&M L 58–74  11–2 Reed Arena (4,052)
01/08/2014 at UAB W 85–76  12–2 (1–0) Bartow Arena (246)
01/11/2014 Tulsa W 97–66  13–2 (2–0) Don Haskins Center (2,405)
01/15/2014 at Middle Tennessee L 58–69  13–3 (2–1) Murphy Center (3,724)
01/18/2014 Charlotte L 86–92  13–4 (2–2) Don Haskins Center (2,503)
01/22/2014 Southern Miss W 86–85 OT 14–4 (3–2) Don Haskins Center (1,532)
01/25/2014 at UTSA W 67–56  15–4 (4–2) Convocation Center (568)
01/29/2014 Marshall W 77–50  16–4 (5–2) Don Haskins Center (1,256)
02/01/2014 at Tulane W 86–72  17–4 (6–2) Devlin Fieldhouse (764)
02/05/2014 Louisiana Tech W 85–75  18–4 (7–2) Don Haskins Center (N/A)
02/08/2014 FIU W 83–62  19–4 (8–2) Don Haskins Center (5,102)
02/15/2014 at Old Dominion W 65–55  20–4 (9–2) Ted Constant Convocation Center (3,972)
02/19/2014 at North Texas L 64–73  20–5 (9–3) The Super Pit (349)
02/22/2014 East Carolina W 81–74  21–5 (10–3) Don Haskins Center (5,568)
02/26/2014 UTSA W 78–65  22–5 (11–3) Don Haskins Center (4,003)
03/01/2014 at Rice W 72–57  23–5 (12–3) Tudor Fieldhouse (562)
03/05/2014 at Florida Atlantic L 62–98  23–6 (12–4) FAU Arena (508)
2014 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament
03/13/2014 Louisiana Tech
(Quarterfinals)		 W 81–72  24–6 Memorial Gym (N/A)
03/14/2014 Southern Miss
(Semifinals)		 L 70–84  24–7 Don Haskins Center (3,244)
2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament
03/21/2014* Arkansas State
(First Round)		 W 84–74  25–7 Don Haskins Center (4,500)
03/24/2014* Saint Mary's
(Second Round)		 W 76–64  26–7 Don Haskins Center (4,703)
03/28/2014* Colorado
(Third Round)		 W 68–60  27–7 Don Haskins Center (8,234)
03/31/2014* Washington
(Quarterfinals)		 W 70–63  28–7 Don Haskins Center (10,227)
04/02/2014* South Dakota State
(Semifinals)		 W 66–63  29–7 Don Haskins Center (12,222)
04/05/2014* Rutgers
(Championship Game)		 L 54–56  29–8 Don Haskins Center (12,222)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2013–14 UTEP Miners basketball team

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
  2. ↑ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.