2015–16 UTEP Miners women's basketball team

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.

2015–16 UTEP Miners women's basketball
UTEP Thanksgiving Classic Champions C-USA Regular Season Champions
WNIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	Conference USA
Record	29–5 (16–2 C-USA)
Head coach	Keitha Adams (15th season)
Assistant coaches	Ewa Laskowska Bill Damuth Kelli Willingham Bagley
Home arena	Don Haskins Center
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Conference USA women's basketball standings

v t e	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 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 Keitha Adams (Southwestern) Assistant coach(es) Ewa Laskowska (Pittsburg State) Bill Damuth (UT Tyler) Kelli Willingham Bagley (UTEP) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt 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

Main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	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. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.