# 2015–16 UTEP Miners women's basketball team

The 2015–16 UTEP Miners women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.
The Lady Miners, led by fifteenth year head coach Keitha Adams, played their home games at Don Haskins Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 29–5, 16–2 in C-USA play to win the C-USA regular season title.
They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA women's tournament, where they lost to Old Dominion. They received an automatic to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Abilene Christian, Arkansas State and TCU in the first, second and third rounds before falling to Oregon in the quarterfinals.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/07/2015* 4:35 pm | St. Mary's | W 66–50 | | Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/15/2015* 2:05 pm | Houston Baptist | W 98–63 | 1–0 | Don Haskins Center (977) El Paso, TX |
| 11/17/2015* 7:05 pm | Northern Arizona | W 77–66 | 2–0 | Don Haskins Center (711) El Paso, TX |
| 11/22/2015* 2:05 pm | Hampton | W 78–54 | 3–0 | Don Haskins Center (724) El Paso, TX |
| 11/27/2015* 7:05 pm | UC Riverside UTEP Thanksgiving Classic semifinals | W 68–57 | 4–0 | Don Haskins Center (841) El Paso, TX |
| 11/28/2015* 7:05 pm | Idaho State UTEP Thanksgiving Classic championship | W 67–54 | 5–0 | Don Haskins Center (859) El Paso, TX |
| 12/02/2015* 4:15 pm | New Mexico | W 70–62 | 6–0 | Don Haskins Center (804) El Paso, TX |
| 12/05/2015* 2:00 pm, Aggie Vision | at New Mexico State The Battle of I-10 | W 71–65 | 7–0 | Pan American Center (768) Las Cruces, NM |
| 12/14/2015* 7:05 pm | UT Permian Basin | W 86–32 | 8–0 | Don Haskins Center (954) El Paso, TX |
| 12/18/2015* 8:00 pm | at Long Beach State Long Beach Classic | L 40–47 | 8–1 | Walter Pyramid (530) Long Beach, CA |
| 12/19/2015* 6:00 pm | vs. UNLV Long Beach Classic | W 60–52 | 9–1 | Walter Pyramid (153) Long Beach, CA |
| 12/28/2015* 7:05 pm | Eastern New Mexico | | | Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX |
| Conference USA regular season ||||||
| 01/01/2016 1:00 pm | at Rice | W 60–54 | 10–1 (1–0) | Tudor Fieldhouse (508) Houston, TX |
| 01/03/2016 2:00 pm | at North Texas | W 75–67 | 11–1 (2–0) | The Super Pit (915) Denton, TX |
| 01/07/2016 7:05 pm | Middle Tennessee | W 84–73 | 12–1 (3–0) | Don Haskins Center (1,255) El Paso, TX |
| 01/10/2016 5:00 pm, FSN | UAB | W 62–54 | 13–1 (4–0) | Don Haskins Center (1,512) El Paso, TX |
| 01/17/2016 1:00 pm, ASN | UTSA | W 62–55 | 14–1 (5–0) | Don Haskins Center (1,605) El Paso, TX |
| 01/21/2016 5:00 pm | at Florida Atlantic | W 78–66 | 15–1 (6–0) | FAU Arena (747) Boca Raton, FL |
| 01/23/2016 5:00 pm | at FIU | W 69–57 | 16–1 (7–0) | FIU Arena (316) Miami, FL |
| 01/28/2016 7:05 pm | Southern Miss | W 72–64 | 17–1 (8–0) | Don Haskins Center (4,326) El Paso, TX |
| 01/30/2016 2:05 pm | Louisiana Tech | W 86–80 | 18–1 (9–0) | Don Haskins Center (3,157) El Paso, TX |
| 02/04/2016 4:00 pm | at Marshall | L 64–79 | 18–2 (9–1) | Cam Henderson Center (327) Huntington, WV |
| 02/06/2016 1:00 pm, FCS | at WKU | W 85–78 | 19–2 (10–1) | E. A. Diddle Arena (2,107) Bowling Green, KY |
| 02/11/2016 7:05 pm | FIU | W 70–52 | 20–2 (11–1) | Don Haskins Center (2,517) El Paso, TX |
| 02/13/2016 2:05 pm | Florida Atlantic | W 75–47 | 21–2 (12–1) | Don Haskins Center (2,001) El Paso, TX |
| 02/18/2016 5:00 pm | at Southern Miss | W 57–54 | 22–2 (13–1) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,484) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 02/20/2016 5:00 pm | at Louisiana Tech | W 72–65 | 23–2 (14–1) | Thomas Assembly Center (1,974) Ruston, LA |
| 02/25/2016 7:05 pm | Old Dominion | W 70–64 | 24–2 (15–1) | Don Haskins Center (2,055) El Paso, TX |
| 02/27/2016 2:05 pm | Charlotte | W 94–91 $^{2OT}$ | 25–2 (16–1) | Don Haskins Center (4,012) El Paso, TX |
| 03/03/2016 6:00 pm | at UTSA | L 64–69 | 25–3 (16–2) | Convocation Center (646) San Antonio, TX |
| C-USA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/10/2016 10:00 am, ASN | vs. UAB Quarterfinals | W 62–59 $^{OT}$ | 26–3 | Bartow Arena (527) Birmingham, AL |
| 03/11/2016 9:00 am, CBSSN | vs. Old Dominion Semifinals | L 54–66 | 26–4 | BJCC Arena Birmingham, AL |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/17/2016* 7:05 pm | Abilene Christian First Round | W 66–62 | 27–4 | Don Haskins Center (4,517) El Paso, TX |
| 03/21/2016* 7:05 pm | Arkansas State Second Round | W 74–68 | 28–4 | Don Haskins Center (5,023) El Paso, TX |
| 03/24/2016* 7:05 pm | TCU Third Round | W 79–71 | 29–4 | Don Haskins Center (7,024) El Paso, TX |
| 03/28/2016* 7:05 pm | Oregon Quarterfinals | L 67–71 | 29–5 | Don Haskins Center (9,055) El Paso, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||

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