# 2018–19 UTEP Miners women's basketball team

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.

## Schedule

| 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
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |