2015–16 UTEP Miners women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2015–16 UTEP Miners UTEP Miners wordmark.svg 150 Conference USA C-USA 29–5 16–2 Keitha Adams 15th Ewa Laskowska Bill Damuth Kelli Willingham Bagley Don Haskins Center UTEP Thanksgiving Classic ChampionsC-USA Regular Season Champions WNIT Quarterfinals 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 bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Abilene Christian, Arkansas State and TCU in the first, second and third rounds respectively, before falling to Oregon in the quarterfinals. Roster w 2015 UTEP Miners y y w Starr Breedlove n 1 G 5 6 SR y Teaneck, NJ Louisville w Camesha Turner n 2 G 5 9 SR Dallas, TX Lincoln w Lulu McKinney n 4 G 5 7 SO Houston, TX A&M Consolidated w Shaylan Coleman n 5 G 5 7 FR Richardson, TX Richardson w Wiktoria Zapart n 10 F 6 1 FR Łódź, Poland III Liceum Ogolnokszalcace w Lodzi w Sparkle Taylor n 12 G 5 10 JR Flint, MI Northwestern HS w Najala Howell n 14 G/F 5 10 FR DeSoto, TX DeSoto HS w Agata Dobrowolska n 15 F 6 3 JR Lublin, Poland Casper College w Jessica Barbosa n 22 F 6 1 FR Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Windsor HS w Jenzel Nash n 24 G 5 7 JR y Houston, TX Worthing HS w Anete Kirsteine n 25 G 5 11 SR Riga, Latvia Seward County CC w Daeshi McCants n 33 F 6 1 SO Las Cruces, NM Mayfield HS w Lawna Kennedy n 34 F 6 0 SR Fayetteville, GA Atlanta Metropolitan State College w Rudiane Eduardo n 40 F 6 1 SR Lyon, France Northwest Florida State College w Tamara Seda n 42 F 6 4 JR Maputo, Mozambique Seward County CC Keitha Adams (Southwestern) Ewa Laskowska (Pittsburg State) Bill Damuth (UT Tyler) Kelli Willingham Bagley (UTEP) http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/utep-w-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/utep-w-baskbl-sched.html University of Texas at El Paso Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball Utepathletics.com 2015-11-05 2015-08-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20150801220245/http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/utep-w-baskbl-sched.html dead yes 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan="9" style="background:#FF7F00; color:#000080;"| Exhibition 11/07/2015 4:35 pm yes St. Mary's Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX   66–50 |- !colspan="9" style="background:#FF7F00; color:#000080;"| Non-conference regular season 11/15/2015 2:05 pm yes Houston Baptist Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 977 98–63 1–0 11/17/2015 7:05 pm yes Northern Arizona Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 711 77–66 2–0 11/22/2015 2:05 pm yes Hampton Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 724 78–54 3–0 11/27/2015 7:05 pm yes UC Riverside Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX UTEP Thanksgiving Classic semifinals 841 68–57 4–0 11/28/2015 7:05 pm yes Idaho State Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX UTEP Thanksgiving Classic championship 859 67–54 5–0 12/02/2015 4:15 pm yes New Mexico Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 804 70–62 6–0 12/05/2015 2:00 pm yes yes New Mexico State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM The Battle of I-10 768 Aggie Vision 71–65 7–0 12/14/2015 7:05 pm yes UT Permian Basin Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 954 86–32 8–0 12/18/2015 8:00 pm yes yes Long Beach State Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA Long Beach Classic 530 40–47 8–1 12/19/2015 6:00 pm yes yes UNLV Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA Long Beach Classic 153 60–52 9–1 12/28/2015 7:05 pm yes Eastern New Mexico Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX   Cancelled Women's Basketball Game Vs. Eastern New Mexico Cancelled UTEP Miners Athletics http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/122815aaa.html December 28, 2015 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123146/http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/122815aaa.html dead |- !colspan="9" style="background:#FF7F00; color:#000080;"| Conference USA regular season 01/01/2016 1:00 pm yes Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 508 60–54 10–1 1–0 01/03/2016 2:00 pm yes North Texas The Super Pit Denton, TX 915 75–67 11–1 2–0 01/07/2016 7:05 pm Middle Tennessee Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 1,255 84–73 12–1 3–0 01/10/2016 5:00 pm UAB Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 1,512 FSN 62–54 13–1 4–0 01/17/2016 1:00 pm UTSA Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 1,605 ASN 62–55 14–1 5–0 01/21/2016 5:00 pm yes Florida Atlantic FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL 747 78–66 15–1 6–0 01/23/2016 5:00 pm yes FIU FIU Arena Miami, FL 316 69–57 16–1 7–0 01/28/2016 7:05 pm Southern Miss Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 4,326 72–64 17–1 8–0 01/30/2016 2:05 pm Louisiana Tech Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 3,157 86–80 18–1 9–0 02/04/2016 4:00 pm yes Marshall Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV 327 64–79 18–2 9–1 02/06/2016 1:00 pm yes WKU E. 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Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 2,107 FCS 85–78 19–2 10–1 02/11/2016 7:05 pm FIU Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 2,517 70–52 20–2 11–1 02/13/2016 2:05 pm Florida Atlantic Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 2,001 75–47 21–2 12–1 02/18/2016 5:00 pm yes Southern Miss Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS 1,484 57–54 22–2 13–1 02/20/2016 5:00 pm yes Louisiana Tech Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 1,974 72–65 23–2 14–1 02/25/2016 7:05 pm Old Dominion Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 2,055 70–64 24–2 15–1 02/27/2016 2:05 pm Charlotte Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 4,012 94–91 2OT 25–2 16–1 03/03/2016 6:00 pm yes UTSA Convocation Center San Antonio, TX 646 64–69 25–3 16–2 |- !colspan="9" style="background:#FF7F00; color:#000080;"| C-USA Women's Tournament 03/10/2016 10:00 am yes UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL Quarterfinals 527 ASN 62–59 OT 26–3 03/11/2016 9:00 am yes Old Dominion BJCC Arena Birmingham, AL Semifinals   CBSSN 54–66 26–4 |- !colspan="9" style="background:#FF7F00; color:#000080;"| WNIT 03/17/2016 7:05 pm yes Abilene Christian Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX First Round 4,517 66–62 27–4 03/21/2016 7:05 pm yes Arkansas State Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX Second Round 5,023 74–68 28–4 03/24/2016 7:05 pm yes TCU Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX Third Round 7,024 79–71 29–4 03/28/2016 7:05 pm yes Oregon Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX Quarterfinals 9,055 67–71 29–5 AP Poll Mountain Time Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 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 Category:UTEP Miners women's basketball seasons UTEP UTEP