2016–17 UTEP Miners women's basketball team

2016–17 UTEP Miners women's basketball
ConferenceConference USA
Record8–23 (5–13 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ewa Laskowska
  • Bill Damuth
  • Kelli Willingham Bagley
Home arenaDon Haskins Center
Seasons
2016–17 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
WKU † 16 – 2   .889 27 – 8   .771
Middle Tennessee 15 – 3   .833 23 – 11   .676
Southern Miss 13 – 5   .722 23 – 11   .676
Charlotte 12 – 6   .667 21 – 10   .677
Louisiana Tech 12 – 6   .667 18 – 14   .563
Old Dominion 11 – 7   .611 17 – 14   .548
UTSA 10 – 8   .556 14 – 17   .452
Rice 8 – 10   .444 22 – 13   .629
UAB 8 – 10   .444 15 – 15   .500
North Texas 8 – 10   .444 12 – 19   .387
Marshall 5 – 13   .278 13 – 17   .433
UTEP 5 – 13   .278 8 – 23   .258
FIU 3 – 15   .167 5 – 24   .172
Florida Atlantic 0 – 18   .000 4 – 25   .138
† 2017 C-USA Tournament winner
As of March 26, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 UTEP Miners women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Miners, led by sixteenth year head coach Keitha Adams, played their home games at Don Haskins Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 8–23, 5–13 for in C-USA play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA women's tournament to Old Dominion.

Roster

2016–17 UTEP Miners women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Roeshonda Patterson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr New Way Christian Academy Odessa, TX
G 2 Faith Cook 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr Goose Creek Memorial HS Baytown, TX
G 4 Lulu McKinney 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr A&M Consolidated Houston, TX
F 5 Zuzanna Puc 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr ZSMS Poznan Poznań, Poland
F 11 Axelle Bernard 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Seward County CC Awans, Belgium
G 12 Sparkle Taylor 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Northwestern HS Flint, MI
G/F 14 Najala Howell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So DeSoto HS DeSoto, TX
G 21 Rachel Tapps 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Cypress Ranch HS Cypress, TX
F 22 Jessica Barbosa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Windsor HS Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
F 23 Jakeira Ford 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Port Arthur Memorial HS Port Arthur, TX
G 24 Jenzel Nash 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Sr Worthing HS Houston, TX
G 32 Chanel Khammarath 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Coffeyville County CC Chicago, IL
F 42 Tamara Seda 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Seward County CC Maputo, Mozambique
G 44 Katarina Zec 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Sportska gimnazija Belgrade, Serbia
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
11/04/2016*
7:05 pm 		St. Mary's W 72–54 
Don Haskins Center (432)
El Paso, TX
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:05 pm 		Northern Arizona L 51–65  0–1
 Don Haskins Center (1,328)
El Paso, TX
11/13/2016*
2:00 pm 		Texas Southern L 68–89  0–2
 Don Haskins Center (1,289)
El Paso, TX
11/17/2016*
7:05 pm 		Western New Mexico W 93–46  1–2
 Don Haskins Center (1,401)
El Paso, TX
11/24/2016*
1:15 pm 		vs. LSU
Paradise Jam tournament Island Division 		L 45–78  1–3
 Sports and Fitness Center (276)
Saint Thomas, USVI
11/25/2016*
1:15 pm 		vs. NC State
Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division 		L 55–71  1–4
 Sports and Fitness Center (132)
Saint Thomas, USVI
11/26/2016*
1:15 pm 		vs. Kansas State
Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division 		L 40–61  1–5
 Sports and Fitness Center 
Saint Thomas, USVI
11/30/2016*
7:05 pm 		Houston Baptist W 78–45  2–5
 Don Haskins Center (1,304)
El Paso, TX
12/11/2016*
2:00 pm 		at New Mexico L 66–79  2–6
 The Pit (4,596)
Albuquerque, NM
12/15/2016*
7:05 pm 		New Mexico State
Battle of I-10 		L 59–67  2–7
 Don Haskins Center (1,472)
El Paso, TX
12/19/2016*
4:00 pm 		vs. Pittsburgh
Patrick Harrington Tournament 		L 46–71  2–8
 The Arena at NWFSC 
Niceville, FL
12/20/2016*
6:00 pm 		vs. Alabama
Patrick Harrington Tournament 		L 60–78  2–9
 The Arena at NWFSC 
Niceville, FL
12/28/2016*
1:05 pm 		Cal State Bakersfield W 74–61  3–9
 Don Haskins Center (1,234)
El Paso, TX
Conference USA regular season
01/01/2017
2:00 pm 		UTSA L 81–83 OT 3–10
(0–1) 		Don Haskins Center (1,316)
El Paso, TX
01/05/2017
7:05 pm 		Louisiana Tech W 69–62  4–10
(1–1) 		Don Haskins Center (1,617)
El Paso, TX
01/07/2017
2:00 pm 		Southern Miss L 68–79  4–11
(1–2) 		Don Haskins Center (1,717)
El Paso, TX
01/12/2017
5:00 pm 		at FIU L 87–88 3OT 4–12
(1–3) 		FIU Arena (395)
Miami, FL
01/14/2017
3:00 pm 		at Florida Atlantic W 51–50  5–12
(2–3) 		FAU Arena (425)
Boca Raton, FL
01/21/2017
1:00 pm 		at UTSA L 76–97  5–13
(2–4) 		Convocation Center (309)
San Antonio, TX
01/26/2017
7:05 pm, beIN 		WKU L 54–71  5–14
(2–5) 		Don Haskins Center (2,469)
El Paso, TX
01/28/2017
2:00 pm 		Marshall W 84–74  6–14
(3–5) 		Don Haskins Center (1,542)
El Paso, TX
02/02/2017
6:00 pm 		at UAB L 61–74  6–15
(3–6) 		Bartow Arena (376)
Birmingham, AL
02/04/2017
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Middle Tennessee L 53–76  6–16
(3–7) 		Murphy Center (3,411)
Murfreesboro, TN
02/09/2017
5:30 pm 		at Louisiana Tech L 61–69  6–17
(3–8) 		Thomas Assembly Center (1,809)
Ruston, LA
02/11/2017
3:00 pm 		at Southern Miss L 48–73  6–18
(3–9) 		Reed Green Coliseum (1,364)
Hattiesburg, MS
02/16/2017
7:05 pm, beIN 		North Texas L 69–76  6–19
(3–10) 		Don Haskins Center (1,512)
El Paso, TX
02/18/2017
2:00 pm 		Rice L 76–80  6–20
(3–11) 		Don Haskins Center (1,422)
El Paso, TX
02/23/2017
7:05 pm 		Florida Atlantic W 69–59  7–20
(4–11) 		Don Haskins Center (1,473)
El Paso, TX
02/25/2017
2:00 pm 		FIU W 88–47  8–20
(5–11) 		Don Haskins Center (1,532)
El Paso, TX
03/02/2017
5:00 pm, beIN 		at Old Dominion L 68–87  8–21
(5–12) 		Ted Constant Convocation Center (1,138)
Norfolk, VA
03/04/2017
5:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Charlotte L 74–84  8–22
(5–13) 		Dale F. Halton Arena (1,571)
Charlotte, NC
C-USA Women's tournament
03/08/2017
8:00 pm 		vs. Old Dominion
First Round 		L 70–80  8–23
 Bartow Arena 
Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2016–17 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 N/A
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

2016–17 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 October 14, 2016.