2015–16 UTEP Miners women's basketball team

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.

2015–16 UTEP Miners women's basketball
UTEP Thanksgiving Classic Champions
C-USA Regular Season Champions
WNIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceConference USA
2015–16 record29–5 (16–2 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ewa Laskowska
  • Bill Damuth
  • Kelli Willingham Bagley
Home arenaDon Haskins Center
2015–16 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
UTEP16–2 .889  29–5  .853
WKU15–3 .833  27–7  .794
Middle Tennessee †15–3 .833  24–9  .727
Charlotte12–6 .667  19–12  .613
Old Dominion10–8 .556  17–17  .500
Marshall9–9 .500  21–12  .636
Louisiana Tech9–9 .500  14–16  .467
UAB7–11 .389  15–16  .484
Southern Miss7–11 .389  14–16  .467
Rice7–11 .389  9–22  .290
Florida Atlantic6–12 .333  14–16  .467
UTSA6–12 .333  10–19  .345
North Texas5–13 .278  11–19  .367
FIU2–16 .111  5–26  .161
† 2016 C-USA Tournament winner
As of March 28, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster
2015–16 UTEP Miners women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Starr Breedlove 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS SrLouisville Teaneck, NJ
G 2 Camesha Turner 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrLincoln Dallas, TX
G 4 Lulu McKinney 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SoA&M Consolidated Houston, TX
G 5 Shaylan Coleman 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrRichardson Richardson, TX
F 10 Wiktoria Zapart 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrIII Liceum Ogolnokszalcace w Lodzi Łódź, Poland
G 12 Sparkle Taylor 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrNorthwestern HS Flint, MI
G/F 14 Najala Howell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrDeSoto HS DeSoto, TX
F 15 Agata Dobrowolska 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrCasper College Lublin, Poland
F 22 Jessica Barbosa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrWindsor HS Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
G 24 Jenzel Nash 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS JrWorthing HS Houston, TX
G 25 Anete Kirsteine 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrSeward County CC Riga, Latvia
F 33 Daeshi McCants 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoMayfield HS Las Cruces, NM
F 34 Lawna Kennedy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrAtlanta Metropolitan State College Fayetteville, GA
F 40 Rudiane Eduardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrNorthwest Florida State College Lyon, France
F 42 Tamara Seda 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) JrSeward County CC Maputo, Mozambique
Head coach

Keitha Adams (Southwestern)

Assistant coach(es)

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

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		 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 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
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Legend
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(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.
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