2016–17 UTEP Miners women's basketball team
{{short description|Intercollegiate basketball season}}
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{{one source|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox NCAA team season
|mode=Women's basketball
|year=2016–17
|team=UTEP Miners
|image=UTEP Miners wordmark.svg
|image_size=150
|conference=Conference USA
|division=
|short_conf=C-USA
|CoachRank=
|APRank=
|record=8–23
|conf_record=5–13
|head_coach=Keitha Adams
|hc_year = 16th
|asst_coach1=Ewa Laskowska
|asst_coach2=Bill Damuth
|asst_coach3=Kelli Willingham Bagley
|asst_coach4=
|stadium=Don Haskins Center
|champion=
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{{2016–17 Conference USA women's basketball standings}}
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.
Roster
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{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Faith|last=Cook|link=n|num=2|pos=G|ft=5|in=3|class=FR|rs=|home=Baytown, TX|high_school=Goose Creek Memorial HS}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Lulu|last=McKinney|link=n|num=4|pos=G|ft=5|in=7|class=JR|rs=|home=Houston, TX|high_school=A&M Consolidated}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Zuzanna|last=Puc|link=n|num=5|pos=F|ft=6|in=2|class=FR|rs=|home=Poznań, Poland|high_school=ZSMS Poznan}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Axelle|last=Bernard|link=n|num=11|pos=F|ft=6|in=2|class=JR|rs=|home=Awans, Belgium|high_school=Seward County CC}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Sparkle|last=Taylor|link=n|num=12|pos=G|ft=5|in=10|class=SR|rs=|home=Flint, MI|high_school=Northwestern HS}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Najala|last=Howell|link=n|num=14|pos=G/F|ft=5|in=10|class=SO|rs=|home=DeSoto, TX|high_school=DeSoto HS}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Rachel|last=Tapps|link=n|num=21|pos=G|ft=5|in=8|class=FR|rs=|home=Cypress, TX|high_school=Cypress Ranch HS}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Jessica|last=Barbosa|link=n|num=22|pos=F|ft=6|in=1|class=FR|rs=y|home=Bissau, Guinea-Bissau|high_school=Windsor HS}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Jakeira|last=Ford|link=n|num=23|pos=F|ft=6|in=1|class=FR|rs=|home=Port Arthur, TX|high_school=Port Arthur Memorial HS}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Jenzel|last=Nash|link=n|num=24|pos=G|ft=5|in=7|class=SR|rs=y|home=Houston, TX|high_school=Worthing HS}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Chanel|last=Khammarath|link=n|num=32|pos=G|ft=5|in=8|class=JR|rs=|home=Chicago, IL|high_school=Coffeyville County CC}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Tamara|last=Seda|link=n|num=42|pos=F|ft=6|in=4|class=SR|rs=|home=Maputo, Mozambique|high_school=Seward County CC}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Katarina|last=Zec|link=n|num=44|pos=G|ft=5|in=10|class=FR|rs=|home=Belgrade, Serbia|high_school=Sportska gimnazija}}
{{CBB roster/Footer
|head_coach=
- Keitha Adams ({{college|Southwestern}})
|asst_coach=
- Ewa Laskowska ({{college|Pittsburg State}})
- Bill Damuth ({{college|UT Tyler}})
- Kelli Willingham Bagley ({{college|UTEP}})
|roster_url=http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/utep-w-baskbl-mtt.html
|accessdate=
}}
Schedule
{{CBB schedule start|time=|rank=yes|ranklink=2016-17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings|rankyear=2016|tv=|record=yes|attend=yes}}
|-
!colspan="9" style="background:#FF7F00; color:#000080;"| Exhibition
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| date = 11/04/2016
| time = 7:05 pm
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = St. Mary's
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Don Haskins Center
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename =
| attend = 432
| tv =
| score = 72–54
| overtime =
| record =
}}
|-
!colspan="9" style="background:#FF7F00; color:#000080;"| Non-conference regular season
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 11/11/2016
| time = 7:05 pm
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Northern Arizona
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Don Haskins Center
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename =
| attend = 1,328
| tv =
| score = 51–65
| overtime =
| record = 0–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 11/13/2016
| time = 2:00 pm
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Texas Southern
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Don Haskins Center
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename =
| attend = 1,289
| tv =
| score = 68–89
| overtime =
| record = 0–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 11/17/2016
| time = 7:05 pm
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Western New Mexico
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Don Haskins Center
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename =
| attend = 1,401
| tv =
| score = 93–46
| overtime =
| record = 1–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 11/24/2016
| time = 1:15 pm
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = LSU
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Sports and Fitness Center
| site_cityst = Saint Thomas, USVI
| gamename = Paradise Jam tournament Island Division
| attend = 276
| tv =
| score = 45–78
| overtime =
| record = 1–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 11/25/2016
| time = 1:15 pm
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = NC State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Sports and Fitness Center
| site_cityst = Saint Thomas, USVI
| gamename = Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division
| attend = 132
| tv =
| score = 55–71
| overtime =
| record = 1–4
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 11/26/2016
| time = 1:15 pm
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = Kansas State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Sports and Fitness Center
| site_cityst = Saint Thomas, USVI
| gamename = Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division
| attend =
| tv =
| score = 40–61
| overtime =
| record = 1–5
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 11/30/2016
| time = 7:05 pm
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Houston Baptist
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Don Haskins Center
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename =
| attend = 1,304
| tv =
| score = 78–45
| overtime =
| record = 2–5
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/11/2016
| time = 2:00 pm
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = New Mexico
| opprank =
| site_stadium = The Pit
| site_cityst = Albuquerque, NM
| gamename =
| attend = 4,596
| tv =
| score = 66–79
| overtime =
| record = 2–6
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/15/2016
| time = 7:05 pm
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = New Mexico State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Don Haskins Center
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename = Battle of I-10
| attend = 1,472
| tv =
| score = 59–67
| overtime =
| record = 2–7
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/19/2016
| time = 4:00 pm
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = Pittsburgh
| opprank =
| site_stadium = The Arena at NWFSC
| site_cityst = Niceville, FL
| gamename = Patrick Harrington Tournament
| attend =
| tv =
| score = 46–71
| overtime =
| record = 2–8
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/20/2016
| time = 6:00 pm
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = Alabama
| opprank =
| site_stadium = The Arena at NWFSC
| site_cityst = Niceville, FL
| gamename = Patrick Harrington Tournament
| attend =
| tv =
| score = 60–78
| overtime =
| record = 2–9
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/28/2016
| time = 1:05 pm
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Cal State Bakersfield
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Don Haskins Center
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename =
| attend = 1,234
| tv =
| score = 74–61
| overtime =
| record = 3–9
}}
|-
!colspan="9" style="background:#FF7F00; color:#000080;"| Conference USA regular season
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 01/01/2017
| time = 2:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = UTSA
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Don Haskins Center
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename =
| attend = 1,316
| tv =
| score = 81–83
| overtime = OT
| record = 3–10
| conference = 0–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 01/05/2017
| time = 7:05 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Louisiana Tech
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Don Haskins Center
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename =
| attend = 1,617
| tv =
| score = 69–62
| overtime =
| record = 4–10
| conference = 1–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 01/07/2017
| time = 2:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Southern Miss
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Don Haskins Center
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename =
| attend = 1,717
| tv =
| score = 68–79
| overtime =
| record = 4–11
| conference = 1–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 01/12/2017
| time = 5:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = FIU
| opprank =
| site_stadium = FIU Arena
| site_cityst = Miami, FL
| gamename =
| attend = 395
| tv =
| score = 87–88
| overtime = 3OT
| record = 4–12
| conference = 1–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 01/14/2017
| time = 3:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Florida Atlantic
| opprank =
| site_stadium = FAU Arena
| site_cityst = Boca Raton, FL
| gamename =
| attend = 425
| tv =
| score = 51–50
| overtime =
| record = 5–12
| conference = 2–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 01/21/2017
| time = 1:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = UTSA
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Convocation Center
| site_cityst = San Antonio, TX
| gamename =
| attend = 309
| tv =
| score = 76–97
| overtime =
| record = 5–13
| conference = 2–4
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 01/26/2017
| time = 7:05 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = WKU
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Don Haskins Center
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename =
| attend = 2,469
| tv = beIN
| score = 54–71
| overtime =
| record = 5–14
| conference = 2–5
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 01/28/2017
| time = 2:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Marshall
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Don Haskins Center
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename =
| attend = 1,542
| tv =
| score = 84–74
| overtime =
| record = 6–14
| conference = 3–5
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 02/02/2017
| time = 6:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = UAB
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Bartow Arena
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| gamename =
| attend = 376
| tv =
| score = 61–74
| overtime =
| record = 6–15
| conference = 3–6
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 02/04/2017
| time = 6:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Middle Tennessee
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Murphy Center
| site_cityst = Murfreesboro, TN
| gamename =
| attend = 3,411
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 53–76
| overtime =
| record = 6–16
| conference = 3–7
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 02/09/2017
| time = 5:30 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Louisiana Tech
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thomas Assembly Center
| site_cityst = Ruston, LA
| gamename =
| attend = 1,809
| tv =
| score = 61–69
| overtime =
| record = 6–17
| conference = 3–8
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 02/11/2017
| time = 3:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Southern Miss
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Reed Green Coliseum
| site_cityst = Hattiesburg, MS
| gamename =
| attend = 1,364
| tv =
| score = 48–73
| overtime =
| record = 6–18
| conference = 3–9
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 02/16/2017
| time = 7:05 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = North Texas
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Don Haskins Center
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename =
| attend = 1,512
| tv = beIN
| score = 69–76
| overtime =
| record = 6–19
| conference = 3–10
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 02/18/2017
| time = 2:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Rice
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Don Haskins Center
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename =
| attend = 1,422
| tv =
| score = 76–80
| overtime =
| record = 6–20
| conference = 3–11
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 02/23/2017
| time = 7:05 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Florida Atlantic
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Don Haskins Center
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename =
| attend = 1,473
| tv =
| score = 69–59
| overtime =
| record = 7–20
| conference = 4–11
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 02/25/2017
| time = 2:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = FIU
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Don Haskins Center
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename =
| attend = 1,532
| tv =
| score = 88–47
| overtime =
| record = 8–20
| conference = 5–11
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 03/02/2017
| time = 5:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Old Dominion
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Ted Constant Convocation Center
| site_cityst = Norfolk, VA
| gamename =
| attend = 1,138
| tv = beIN
| score = 68–87
| overtime =
| record = 8–21
| conference = 5–12
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 03/04/2017
| time = 5:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Charlotte
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Dale F. Halton Arena
| site_cityst = Charlotte, NC
| gamename =
| attend = 1,571
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 74–84
| overtime =
| record = 8–22
| conference = 5–13
}}
|-
!colspan="9" style="background:#FF7F00; color:#000080;"| C-USA Women's tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 03/08/2017
| time = 8:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = Old Dominion
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Bartow Arena
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| gamename = First Round
| attend =
| tv =
| score = 70–80
| overtime =
| record = 8–23
}}
{{CBB schedule end|rank=| poll=AP Poll|timezone=Mountain Time}}
Rankings
{{main|2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings}}
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See also
References
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