2018–19 UTEP Miners women's basketball team

2018–19 UTEP Miners women's basketball
ConferenceConference USA
Record9–22 (5–11 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Michael Madrid
  • Lori Morris
  • Kayla Weaver
Home arenaDon Haskins Center
Seasons
2018–19 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 21 Rice † 16 – 0   1.000 28 – 4   .875
UAB 12 – 4   .750 26 – 7   .788
Middle Tennessee 11 – 5   .688 23 – 11   .676
Western Kentucky 11 – 5   .688 20 – 15   .571
Old Dominion 10 – 6   .625 21 – 11   .656
Marshall 10 – 6   .625 17 – 15   .531
Charlotte 9 – 7   .563 18 – 14   .563
Southern Miss 9 – 7   .563 18 – 14   .563
North Texas 7 – 9   .438 18 – 16   .529
Louisiana Tech 6 – 10   .375 14 – 16   .467
UTEP 5 – 11   .313 9 – 22   .290
UTSA 2 – 14   .125 7 – 21   .250
FIU 2 – 14   .125 5 – 24   .172
Florida Atlantic 2 – 14   .125 5 – 25   .167
† 2019 C-USA Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 UTEP Miners women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Miners, led by second year head coach Kevin Baker, played their home games at Don Haskins Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 9–22, 5–11 in C-USA play to finish in eleventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA women's tournament, where they lost to Middle Tennessee.

Roster

2018–19 UTEP Miners women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jordan Jenkins 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) So Buffalo HS Buffalo, TX
G/F 3 Jordan Alexander 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Skyline HS
Trinity Valley CC 		Dallas, TX
G 4 Neidy Ocuane 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) RS Jr Seward County CC Maputo, Mozambique
F 5 Zuzanna Puc 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr ZSMS Poznan Poznań, Poland
G/F 10 Jade Rochelle 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Grandview HS
Blinn College 		Grandview, TX
F 12 Ariona Gill 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Arbor View
San Jacinto College 		Las Vegas, NV
G 13 Sabine Lipe 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Liepajas 15 Vidusskola Liepāja, Latvia
G 23 Alexa Hoy 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Rockwall-Heath HS
Hill College 		Rockwall, TX
G 24 Eliana Cabral 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Escola Secundaria Jorge Peixinho Barreiro, Portugal
F 25 Ariana Taylor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Wheatley HS Houston, TX
G/F 44 Katarina Zec 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Sportska gimnazija Belgrade, Serbia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 27, 2017

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Oct 27, 2018*
1:00 pm 		Western New Mexico W 66–45 
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX
Nov 4, 2018*
1:00 pm 		St. Mary's (TX) W 70–51 
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2018*
7:00 pm 		Alcorn State W 77–51  1–0
 Don Haskins Center (886)
El Paso, TX
Nov 14, 2018*
7:00 pm 		Cal State Bakersfield W 53–47  2–0
 Don Haskins Center (381)
El Paso, TX
Nov 17, 2018*
1:00 pm 		New Mexico State
Battle of I-10 		L 65–69  2–1
 Don Haskins Center (597)
El Paso, TX
Nov 23, 2018*
3:30 pm 		Nicholls
UTEP Thanksgiving Classic 		L 56–58  2–2
 Don Haskins Center (381)
El Paso, TX
Nov 24, 2018*
7:00 pm 		Abilene Christian
UTEP Thanksgiving Classic 		L 69–70  2–3
 Don Haskins Center (983)
El Paso, TX
Nov 28, 2018*
7:00 pm 		at Weber State L 63–68  2–4
 Dee Events Center (510)
Ogden, UT
Dec 1, 2018*
1:00 pm 		Arkansas State L 66–67  2–5
 Don Haskins Center (381)
El Paso, TX
Dec 5, 2018*
7:00 pm 		at New Mexico L 51–69  2–6
 Dreamstyle Arena (4,490)
Albuquerque, NM
Dec 9, 2018*
2:00 pm 		Portland State L 61–89  2–7
 Don Haskins Center (276)
El Paso, TX
Dec 17, 2018*
6:30 pm 		at Arizona L 40–62  2–8
 McKale Center (1,076)
Tucson, AZ
Dec 20, 2018*
3:30 pm 		vs. Western Illinois
Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic 		W 84–72  3–8
 South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
Dec 21, 2018*
6:00 pm 		vs. Akron
Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic 		L 57–64  3–9
 South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
Dec 29, 2018*
1:00 pm 		at Tulsa L 45–66  3–10
 Reynolds Center (823)
Tulsa, OK
Conference USA regular season
Jan 5, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at UTSA W 73–60  4–10
(1–0) 		Convocation Center (450)
San Antonio, TX
Jan 10, 2019
6:00 pm 		at North Texas L 51–70  4–11
(1–1) 		The Super Pit (533)
Denton, TX
Jan 12, 2019
1:00 pm 		at Rice L 42–76  4–12
(1–2) 		Tudor Fieldhouse (661)
Houston, TX
Jan 17, 2019
7:00 pm 		UAB L 48–74  4–13
(1–3) 		Don Haskins Center (459)
El Paso, TX
Jan 19, 2019
1:00 pm 		Middle Tennessee L 49–79  4–14
(1–4) 		Don Haskins Center (485)
El Paso, TX
Jan 24, 2019
9:00 am 		at Old Dominion L 59–78  4–15
(1–5) 		Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,314)
Norfolk, VA
Jan 26, 2019
2:00 pm 		at Charlotte L 39–62  4–16
(1–6) 		Dale F. Halton Arena (901)
Charlotte, NC
Jan 31, 2019
7:00 pm 		Marshall L 52–64  4–17
(1–7) 		Don Haskins Center (774)
El Paso, TX
Feb 2, 2019
1:00 pm 		Western Kentucky L 61–64  4–18
(1–8) 		Don Haskins Center (429)
El Paso, TX
Feb 7, 2019
5:00 pm 		at Florida Atlantic W 70–44  5–18
(2–8) 		FAU Arena (384)
Boca Raton, FL
Feb 9, 2019
12:00 pm 		at FIU W 60–55  6–18
(3–8) 		Ocean Bank Convocation Center (221)
Miami, FL
Feb 14, 2019
7:00 pm 		Louisiana Tech L 64–74  6–19
(3–9) 		Don Haskins Center (410)
El Paso, TX
Feb 16, 2019
1:00 pm 		Southern Miss L 63–64  6–20
(3–10) 		Don Haskins Center (356)
El Paso, TX
Feb 23, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		UTSA W 77–73  7–20
(4–10) 		Don Haskins Center (832)
El Paso, TX
Mar 2, 2019
1:00 pm 		at UAB L 45–68  7–21
(4–11) 		Bartow Arena (698)
Birmingham, AL
Mar 7, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		North Texas W 59–51  8–21
(5–11) 		Don Haskins Center (370)
El Paso, TX
C-USA Women's Tournament
Mar 13, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(11) vs. (6) Marshall
First Round 		W 64–56 2OT 9–21
 The Ford Center at The Star (1,921)
Frisco, TX
Mar 14, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(11) vs. (3) Middle Tennessee
Quarterfinals 		L 44–66  9–22
 The Ford Center at The Star 
Frisco, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

2018–19 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
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

2018–19 UTEP Miners men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ "The Official Site of UTEP Athletics". Utepathletics.com. Retrieved December 28, 2017.