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
Conference	Conference USA
2017–18 record	17–14 (7–9 C-USA)
Head coach	Kevin Baker (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Nicole Dunson Michael Madrid Lori Morris
Home arena	Don Haskins Center

2017–18 Conference USA women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UAB	13	–	3		.813			27	–	7		.794
Western Kentucky †	12	–	4		.750			24	–	9		.727
Rice	10	–	6		.625			23	–	10		.697
Louisiana Tech	10	–	6		.625			19	–	12		.613
Middle Tennessee	10	–	6		.625			18	–	13		.581
Charlotte	10	–	6		.625			14	–	16		.467
UTEP	7	–	9		.438			17	–	14		.548
Florida Atlantic	7	–	9		.438			13	–	15		.464
Southern Miss	7	–	9		.438			15	–	15		.500
North Texas	6	–	10		.375			17	–	14		.548
UTSA	6	–	10		.375			9	–	21		.300
Old Dominion	6	–	10		.375			8	–	23		.258
FIU	5	–	11		.313			8	–	21		.276
Marshall	3	–	13		.188			9	–	20		.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
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Jordan Jenkins 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr Buffalo HS Buffalo, TX G 1 Roeshonda Patterson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So New Way Christian Academy Odessa, TX G/F 3 Jordan Alexander 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Skyline HS Trinity Valley CC Dallas, TX G 4 Neidy Ocuane 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Seward County CC Maputo, Mozambique F 5 Zuzanna Puc 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So ZSMS Poznan Poznań, Poland G 10 Faith Cook 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) So Goose Creek Memorial HS Baytown, TX F 12 Ariona Gill 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Arbor View San Jacinto College Las Vegas, NV G/F 14 Najala Howell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr DeSoto HS DeSoto, TX F 23 Jakeira Ford 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Port Arthur Memorial HS Port Arthur, TX G 24 Rachel Tapps 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Cypress Ranch HS Cypress, TX F 42 Tamara Seda 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Sr Seward County CC Maputo, Mozambique G 44 Katarina Zec 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Sportska gimnazija Belgrade, Serbia	Head coach Kevin Baker (Stephen F. Austin) Assistant coach(es) Nicole Dunson (Texas–San Antonio) Michael Madrid (Eastern New Mexico) Lori Morris (San Diego) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 27, 2017

Schedule

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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

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
		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.