2015–16 UTEP Miners women's basketball team

2015–16 UTEP Miners women's basketball
UTEP Thanksgiving Classic Champions
C-USA Regular Season Champions
WNIT, Quarterfinals
Conference Conference USA
2015–16 record 29–5 (16–2 C-USA)
Head coach Keitha Adams (15th season)
Assistant coach Ewa Laskowska
Assistant coach Bill Damuth
Assistant coach Kelli Willingham Bagley
Home arena Don Haskins Center
2015–16 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UTEP 16 2   .889     29 5   .853
WKU 15 3   .833     27 7   .794
Middle Tennessee 15 3   .833     24 9   .727
Charlotte 12 6   .667     19 12   .613
Old Dominion 10 8   .556     17 17   .500
Marshall 9 9   .500     21 12   .636
Louisiana Tech 9 9   .500     14 16   .467
UAB 7 11   .389     15 16   .484
Southern Miss 7 11   .389     14 16   .467
Rice 7 11   .389     9 22   .290
Florida Atlantic 6 12   .333     14 16   .467
UTSA 6 12   .333     10 19   .345
North Texas 5 13   .278     11 19   .367
FIU 2 16   .111     5 26   .161
2016 C-USA Tournament winner
As of March 28, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 UTEP Miners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Miners, led by fifteenth year head coach Keitha Adams, play their home games at Don Haskins Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 29–5, 16–2 in C-USA play to win the C-USA regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to Old Dominion. They received an automatic to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Abilene Christian, Arkansas State and TCU in the first, second and third rounds before falling to Oregon in the quarterfinals.

Roster

2015–16 UTEP Miners women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Breedlove, StarrStarr Breedlove 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Sr Louisville Teaneck, NJ
G 2 Turner, CameshaCamesha Turner 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Lincoln Dallas, TX
G 4 McKinney, LuluLulu McKinney 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So A&M Consolidated Houston, TX
G 5 Coleman, ShaylanShaylan Coleman 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Richardson Richardson, TX
F 10 Zapart, WiktoriaWiktoria Zapart 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr III Liceum Ogolnokszalcace w Lodzi Łódź, Poland
G 12 Taylor, SparkleSparkle Taylor 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Northwestern HS Flint, MI
G/F 14 Howell, NajalaNajala Howell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr DeSoto HS DeSoto, TX
F 15 Dobrowolska, AgataAgata Dobrowolska 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Casper College Lublin, Poland
F 22 Barbosa, JessicaJessica Barbosa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Windsor HS Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
G 24 Nash, JenzelJenzel Nash 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr Worthing HS Houston, TX
G 25 Kirsteine, AneteAnete Kirsteine 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Seward County CC Riga, Latvia
F 33 McCants, DaeshiDaeshi McCants 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Mayfield HS Las Cruces, NM
F 34 Kennedy, LawnaLawna Kennedy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Atlanta Metropolitan State College Fayetteville, GA
F 40 Eduardo, RudianeRudiane Eduardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Northwest Florida State College Lyon, France
F 42 Seda, TamaraTamara Seda 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Seward County CC Maputo, Mozambique
Head coach

Keitha Adams (Southwestern)

Assistant coach(es)

Ewa Laskowska (Pittsburg State)
Bill Damuth (Texas–Tyler)
Kelli Willingham Bagley (Texas–El Paso)


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[1]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition

11/07/2015*
4:35 PM
St. Mary's W 66–50 
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX
Non-conference regular season

11/15/2015*
2:05 PM
Houston Baptist W 98–63  1–0
Don Haskins Center (977)
El Paso, TX

11/17/2015*
7:05 PM
Northern Arizona W 77–66  2–0
Don Haskins Center (711)
El Paso, TX

11/22/2015*
2:05 PM
Hampton W 78–54  3–0
Don Haskins Center (724)
El Paso, TX

11/27/2015*
7:05 PM
UC Riverside
UTEP Thanksgiving Classic semifinals
W 68–57  4–0
Don Haskins Center (841)
El Paso, TX

11/28/2015*
7:05 PM
Idaho State
UTEP Thanksgiving Classic championship
W 67–54  5–0
Don Haskins Center (859)
El Paso, TX

12/02/2015*
4:15 PM
New Mexico W 70–62  6–0
Don Haskins Center (804)
El Paso, TX

12/05/2015*
2:00 PM, Aggie Vision
at New Mexico State
The Battle of I-10
W 71–65  7–0
Pan American Center (768)
Las Cruces, NM

12/14/2015*
7:05 PM
Texas–Permian Basin W 86–32  8–0
Don Haskins Center (954)
El Paso, TX

12/18/2015*
8:00 PM
at Long Beach State
Long Beach Classic
L 40–47  8–1
Walter Pyramid (530)
Long Beach, CA

12/19/2015*
6:00 PM
vs. UNLV
Long Beach Classic
W 60–52  9–1
Walter Pyramid (153)
Long Beach, CA

12/28/2015*
7:05 PM
Eastern New Mexico  Cancelled[2] 
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX
Conference USA regular season

01/01/2016
1:00 PM
at Rice W 60–54  10–1
(1–0)
Tudor Fieldhouse (508)
Houston, TX

01/03/2016
2:00 PM
at North Texas W 75–67  11–1
(2–0)
The Super Pit (915)
Denton, TX

01/07/2016
7:05 PM
Middle Tennessee W 84–73  12–1
(3–0)
Don Haskins Center (1,255)
El Paso, TX

01/10/2016
5:00 PM, FSN
UAB W 62–54  13–1
(4–0)
Don Haskins Center (1,512)
El Paso, TX

01/17/2016
1:00 PM, ASN
UTSA W 62–55  14–1
(5–0)
Don Haskins Center (1,605)
El Paso, TX

01/21/2016
5:00 PM
at Florida Atlantic W 78–66  15–1
(6–0)
FAU Arena (747)
Boca Raton, FL

01/23/2016
5:00 PM
at FIU W 69–57  16–1
(7–0)
FIU Arena (316)
Miami, FL

01/28/2016
7:05 PM
Southern Miss W 72–64  17–1
(8–0)
Don Haskins Center (4,326)
El Paso, TX

01/30/2016
2:05 PM
Louisiana Tech W 86–80  18–1
(9–0)
Don Haskins Center (3,157)
El Paso, TX

02/04/2016
4:00 PM
at Marshall L 64–79  18–2
(9–1)
Cam Henderson Center (327)
Huntington, WV

02/06/2016
1:00 PM, FCS
at WKU W 85–78  19–2
(10–1)
E. A. Diddle Arena (2,107)
Bowling Green, KY

02/11/2016
7:05 PM
FIU W 70–52  20–2
(11–1)
Don Haskins Center (2,517)
El Paso, TX

02/13/2016
2:05 PM
Florida Atlantic W 75–47  21–2
(12–1)
Don Haskins Center (2,001)
El Paso, TX

02/18/2016
5:00 PM
at Southern Miss W 57–54  22–2
(13–1)
Reed Green Coliseum (1,484)
Hattiesburg, MS

02/20/2016
5:00 PM
at Louisiana Tech W 72–65  23–2
(14–1)
Thomas Assembly Center (1,974)
Ruston, LA

02/25/2016
7:05 PM
Old Dominion W 70–64  24–2
(15–1)
Don Haskins Center (2,055)
El Paso, TX

02/27/2016
2:05 PM
Charlotte W 94–91 2OT 25–2
(16–1)
Don Haskins Center (4,012)
El Paso, TX

03/03/2016
6:00 PM
at UTSA L 64–69  25–3
(16–2)
Convocation Center (646)
San Antonio, TX
C-USA Women's Tournament

03/10/2016
10:00 AM, ASN
vs. UAB
Quarterfinals
W 62–59 OT 26–3
Bartow Arena (527)
Birmingham, AL

03/11/2016
9:00 AM, CBSSN
vs. Old Dominion
Semifinals
L 54–66  26–4
BJCC Arena 
Birmingham, AL
WNIT

03/17/2016*
7:05 PM
Abilene Christian
First Round
W 66–62  27–4
Don Haskins Center (4,517)
El Paso, TX

03/21/2016*
7:05 PM
Arkansas State
Second Round
W 74–68  28–4
Don Haskins Center (5,023)
El Paso, TX

03/24/2016*
7:05 PM
TCU
Third Round
W 79–71  29–4
Don Haskins Center (7,024)
El Paso, TX

03/28/2016*
7:05 PM
Oregon
Quarterfinals
L 67–71  29–5
Don Haskins Center (9,055)
El Paso, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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Final
AP NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV N/A
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV NR NR
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

2015–16 UTEP Miners basketball team

References

  1. "University of Texas at El Paso Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Utepathletics.com. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
  2. "Women’s Basketball Game Vs. Eastern New Mexico Cancelled". UTEP Miners Athletics. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
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