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
ConferenceConference USA
Record29–5 (16–2 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ewa Laskowska
  • Bill Damuth
  • Kelli Willingham Bagley
Home arenaDon Haskins Center
Seasons
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 represented 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, played 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 Starr Breedlove 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Sr Louisville Teaneck, NJ
G 2 Camesha Turner 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Lincoln Dallas, TX
G 4 Lulu McKinney 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So A&M Consolidated Houston, TX
G 5 Shaylan Coleman 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Richardson Richardson, TX
F 10 Wiktoria Zapart 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr III Liceum Ogolnokszalcace w Lodzi Łódź, Poland
G 12 Sparkle Taylor 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Northwestern HS Flint, MI
G/F 14 Najala Howell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr DeSoto HS DeSoto, TX
F 15 Agata Dobrowolska 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Casper College Lublin, Poland
F 22 Jessica Barbosa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Windsor HS Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
G 24 Jenzel Nash 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr Worthing HS Houston, TX
G 25 Anete Kirsteine 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Seward County CC Riga, Latvia
F 33 Daeshi McCants 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Mayfield HS Las Cruces, NM
F 34 Lawna Kennedy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Atlanta Metropolitan State College Fayetteville, GA
F 40 Rudiane Eduardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Northwest Florida State College Lyon, France
F 42 Tamara Seda 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Seward County CC Maputo, Mozambique
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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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
UT 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 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

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Final
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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. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "Women's Basketball Game Vs. Eastern New Mexico Cancelled". UTEP Miners Athletics. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2015.