2016–17 UTEP Miners women's basketball team

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.

2016–17 UTEP Miners women's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	8–23 (5–13 C-USA)
Head coach	Keitha Adams (16th season)
Assistant coaches	Ewa Laskowska Bill Damuth Kelli Willingham Bagley
Home arena	Don Haskins Center

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

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 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

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