2017–18 UTEP Miners women's basketball team

The 2017–18 UTEP Miners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Miners, led by first year head coach Kevin Baker, play their home games at Don Haskins Center and were members of Conference USA.[1][2][3] They finished the season 17–14, 7–9 in C-USA play to finish in a 3 way tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to UAB.

2017–18 UTEP Miners women's basketball
ConferenceConference USA
2017–18 record17–14 (7–9 C-USA)
Head coach
  • Kevin Baker (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Nicole Dunson
  • Michael Madrid
  • Lori Morris
Home arenaDon Haskins Center
2017–18 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
UAB133 .813  277  .794
Western Kentucky124 .750  249  .727
Rice106 .625  2310  .697
Louisiana Tech106 .625  1912  .613
Middle Tennessee106 .625  1813  .581
Charlotte106 .625  1416  .467
UTEP79 .438  1714  .548
Florida Atlantic79 .438  1315  .464
Southern Miss79 .438  1515  .500
North Texas610 .375  1714  .548
UTSA610 .375  921  .300
Old Dominion610 .375  823  .258
FIU511 .313  821  .276
Marshall313 .188  920  .310
2018 C-USA Tournament winner
As of 20 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

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

2017–18 UTEP Miners women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Jordan Jenkins 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) FrBuffalo HS Buffalo, TX
G 1 Roeshonda Patterson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoNew Way Christian Academy Odessa, TX
G/F 3 Jordan Alexander 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) JrSkyline HS
Trinity Valley CC
Dallas, TX
G 4 Neidy Ocuane 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) JrSeward County CC Maputo, Mozambique
F 5 Zuzanna Puc 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoZSMS Poznan Poznań, Poland
G 10 Faith Cook 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) SoGoose Creek Memorial HS Baytown, TX
F 12 Ariona Gill 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) JrArbor View
San Jacinto College
Las Vegas, NV
G/F 14 Najala Howell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrDeSoto HS DeSoto, TX
F 23 Jakeira Ford 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoPort Arthur Memorial HS Port Arthur, TX
G 24 Rachel Tapps 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoCypress Ranch HS Cypress, TX
F 42 Tamara Seda 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS SrSeward County CC Maputo, Mozambique
G 44 Katarina Zec 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoSportska gimnazija Belgrade, Serbia
Head coach
  • Kevin Baker (Stephen F. Austin)
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 27, 2017

Schedule

[4]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/29/2017*
1:00 pm
Sul Ross State W 99–40 
Don Haskins Center (473)
El Paso, TX
11/04/2017*
1:00 pm
St. Mary's (TX) L 62–68 
Don Haskins Center (453)
El Paso, TX
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2017*
1:00 pm
Cal State Bakersfield W 67–56  1–0
Don Haskins Center (426)
El Paso, TX
11/18/2017*
7:00 pm
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi W 69–49  2–0
Don Haskins Center (426)
El Paso, TX
11/24/2017*
2:30 pm
Arkansas
UTEP Classic
W 64–61  3–0
Don Haskins Center (633)
El Paso, TX
11/25/2017*
2:30 pm
Texas Southern
UTEP Classic
W 65–55  4–0
Don Haskins Center (709)
El Paso, TX
11/30/2017*
5:30 pm
New Mexico L 35–59  4–1
Don Haskins Center (1,350)
El Paso, TX
12/02/2017*
1:00 pm
Houston Baptist W 69–62  5–1
Don Haskins Center (412)
El Paso, TX
12/05/2017*
4:00 pm
at Arkansas State L 73–76  5–2
First National Bank Arena 
Jonesboro, AR
12/05/2017*
4:00 pm, FSSW/FSAZ+
at New Mexico State
Battle of I-10
L 68–76  5–3
Pan American Center (886)
Las Cruces, NM
12/17/2017*
11:30 am
vs. East Carolina
Carolinas Challenge
W 94–79 OT 6–3
Myrtle Beach Convention Center (100)
Myrtle Beach, SC
12/21/2017*
4:00 pm
vs. Samford
Tulane Classic semifinals
W 46–33  7–3
Devlin Fieldhouse (672)
New Orleans, LA
12/22/2017*
2:00 pm
at Tulane
Tulane Classic championship
L 56–67  7–4
Devlin Fieldhouse (706)
New Orleans, LA
12/29/2017*
8:00 pm
at Cal State Fullerton W 92–91 2OT 8–4
Titan Gym (672)
Fullerton, CA
12/30/2017*
6:00 pm
at UC Riverside W 73–62  9–4
SRC Arena (311)
Riverside, CA
Conference USA regular season
01/05/2018
5:00 pm
at FIU W 77–76  10–4
(1–0)
FIU Arena (289)
Miami, FL
01/07/2018
12:00 pm
at Florida Atlantic L 66–72  10–5
(1–1)
FAU Arena (655)
Boca Raton, FL
01/11/2018
1:00 pm, beIN
Charlotte W 67–58  11–5
(2–1)
Don Haskins Center (1,375)
El Paso, TX
01/13/2018
12:00 pm
Middle Tennessee L 45–54  11–6
(2–2)
Don Haskins Center (617)
El Paso, TX
01/18/2018
7:00 pm
Florida Atlantic W 75–70  12–6
(3–2)
Don Haskins Center (511)
El Paso, TX
01/26/2018
6:00 pm
at Rice L 42–56  12–7
(3–3)
Tudor Fieldhouse (681)
Houston, TX
01/28/2018
2:00 pm
at North Texas W 50–48  13–7
(4–3)
The Super Pit (1,302)
Denton, TX
02/02/2018
7:00 pm, beIN
UAB L 64–84  13–8
(4–4)
Don Haskins Center (771)
El Paso, TX
02/04/2018
1:00 pm
at UTSA W 66–53  14–8
(5–4)
Convocation Center (468)
San Antonio, TX
02/10/2018
1:00 pm
Louisiana Tech L 62–65  14–9
(5–5)
Don Haskins Center (1,104)
El Paso, TX
02/15/2018
4:00 pm
at Marshall L 64–66  14–10
(5–6)
Cam Henderson Center (698)
Huntington, WV
02/17/2018
12:00 pm
at Old Dominion L 52–56 OT 14–11
(5–7)
Ted Constant Convocation Center (2,890)
Norfolk, WV
02/23/2018
7:00 pm
UTSA L 55–58  14–12
(5–8)
Don Haskins Center (748)
El Paso, TX
02/25/2018
1:00 pm
at Southern Miss L 53–60  14–13
(5–9)
Reed Green Coliseum (1,310)
Hattiesburg, MS
03/01/2018
7:00 pm
FIU W 86–70  15–13
(6–9)
Don Haskins Center (655)
El Paso, TX
03/03/2018
1:00 pm
Western Kentucky W 80–75  16–13
(7–9)
Don Haskins Center (528)
El Paso, TX
C-USA Women's Tournament
03/07/2018
10:00 am
(9) vs. (8) Southern Miss
First Round
W 72–67  17–13
The Ford Center at The Star 
Frisco, TX
03/08/2018
10:00 am
(9) vs. (1) UAB
Quarterfinals
L 66–75  17–14
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

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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AP N/A
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Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

2017–18 UTEP Miners men's basketball team

References

  1. "The Official Site of UTEP Athletics" (PDF). Utepathletics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  2. "UTEP Miners Women's Basketball - Miners News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  3. UTEP Miners. "UTEP Miners on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  4. "The Official Site of UTEP Athletics". Utepathletics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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