2024–25 UTEP Miners women's basketball team

2024–25 UTEP Miners women's basketball
2024–25 UTEP Miners women's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	9–11 (2–7 C-USA)
Head coach	Keitha Adams (2nd, 18th overall season);
Associate head coach	Ewa Laskowska
Assistant coaches	Jareica Hughes; Lulu McKinney;
Home arena	Don Haskins Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Conference USA women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Liberty	8	–	1	.889	15	–	5	.750
Middle Tennessee	8	–	1	.889	16	–	6	.727
Western Kentucky	6	–	3	.667	15	–	6	.714
FIU	5	–	4	.556	9	–	11	.450
Louisiana Tech	4	–	5	.444	11	–	9	.550
New Mexico State	4	–	5	.444	11	–	11	.500
Jacksonville State	3	–	6	.333	9	–	11	.450
Kennesaw State	3	–	6	.333	8	–	12	.400
Sam Houston	2	–	7	.222	9	–	10	.474
UTEP	2	–	7	.222	9	–	11	.450

† 2025 CUSA tournament winner As of February 1, 2025

The 2024–25 UTEP Miners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Miners, led by Keitha Adams in the second season of her second stint as head coach, and 18th season overall, play their home games at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas, as members of Conference USA.

Previous season

The Miners finished the 2023–24 season 12–19, 6–10 in C-USA play, to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place.^[1] They defeated Sam Houston,^[2] before falling to top-seeded and eventual tournament champions Middle Tennessee in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament.^[3]

Roster

2024–25 UTEP Miners women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Hometown
G	1	Aaliyah Davis	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Jr	El Paso, Texas
G	2	Heaven Samayoa-Mathis	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Sacramento, California
G	3	Ivane Tensaie	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Roseville, Minnesota
G	5	Delma Zita	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Maputo, Mozambique
F	8	Dunja Zecevic	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Belgrade, Serbia
G	10	Yagmur Canguven	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Mersin, Turkey
G	11	Portia Adams	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Cedar Hill, Texas
G	12	Irene Asensio	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Barcelona, Spain
F	13	Ndack Mbengue	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Bergamo, Italy
G	15	Abby Priscilla	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Kampala, Uganda
G	20	Thelma Barbitch	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Fr	Paris, France
F	22	Mary Moses Amaniyo	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Arua, Uganda
F	23	Luisa Vydrova	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Prague, Czech Republic
F	25	Osadebamwen Igbinedion Omoruyi	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Madrid, Spain

Head coach

Keitha Adams (Southwestern College)

Assistant coach(es)

Ewa Laskowska (Kansas State)
Jareica Hughes (UTEP)
Lulu McKinney (UTEP)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 3, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+	Tarleton State C-USA/WAC Alliance	W 52–49	1–0	15 – Adams	5 – tied	3 – Zita	Don Haskins Center (2,055) El Paso, TX
November 10, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Morehead State	W 68–41	2–0	18 – Vydrova	8 – Moses Amaniyo	3 – tied	Don Haskins Center (1,617) El Paso, TX
November 16, 2024* 11:00 am	UTSA	L 73–78	2–1	27 – Tensaie	5 – tied	7 – Zita	Don Haskins Center (1,041) El Paso, TX
November 23, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	New Mexico Highlands	W 83–54	3–1	14 – Tensaie	8 – Mbengue	5 – Adams	Don Haskins Center (1,083) El Paso, TX
November 26, 2024* 3:00 pm, ESPN+	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 64–53	4–1	18 – Vydrova	12 – Vydrova	9 – Zita	American Bank Center (915) Corpus Christi, TX
December 5, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	BYU	L 68–81	4–2	21 – Tensaie	11 – Mbengue	6 – Zita	Don Haskins Center (1,459) El Paso, TX
December 8, 2024* 3:00 pm, ESPN+	at Portland	L 67–83	4–3	14 – tied	11 – Mbengue	7 – Zita	Chiles Center (603) Portland, OR
December 14, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at Utah Tech C-USA/WAC Alliance	W 71–57	5–3	15 – tied	10 – Vydrova	5 – tied	Burns Arena (377) St. George, UT
December 16, 2024* 6:30 pm, MWN	at Colorado State	L 52–70	5–4	13 – Samayoa-Mathis	14 – Zecevic	4 – Asensio	Moby Arena (1.343) Fort Collins, CO
December 19, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 70–62	6–4	17 – Adams	4 – tied	4 – Adams	Don Haskins Center (1,228) El Paso, TX
December 30, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Eastern New Mexico	W 50–48	7–4	15 – Zita	13 – Moses Amaniyo	4 – Adams	Don Haskins Center (1,207) El Paso, TX
C-USA regular season
January 2, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+	at Louisiana Tech	L 50–63	7–5 (0–1)	12 – tied	12 – Mbengue	6 – Zita	Thomas Assembly Center (1,016) Ruston, LA
January 4, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at Sam Houston	W 64–62	8–5 (1–1)	17 – Tensaie	12 – Mbengue	4 – tied	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (117) Huntsville, TX
January 11, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at New Mexico State Battle of I-10	L 49–65	8–6 (1–2)	10 – Adams	9 – Adams	3 – Zita	Pan American Center (896) Las Cruces, NM
January 16, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Liberty	L 64–75	8–7 (1–3)	15 – Mbengue	9 – Vydrova	5 – Asensio	Don Haskins Center (1,346) El Paso, TX
January 18, 2025 12:30 pm, ESPN+	FIU	W 70–68	9–7 (2–3)	20 – Tensaie	10 – Mbengue	4 – tied	Don Haskins Center (1,537) El Paso, TX
January 23, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+	at Jacksonville State	L 71–72 ^OT	9–8 (2–4)	23 – Adams	11 – Mbengue	6 – Asensio	Pete Mathews Coliseum (455) Jacksonville, AL
January 25, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+	at Kennesaw State	L 70–84	9–9 (2–5)	19 – Adams	11 – Mbengue	4 – Zita	KSU Convocation Center (688) Kennesaw, GA
January 30, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Western Kentucky	L 59–65	9–10 (2–6)	18 – Tensaie	9 – Vydrova	5 – Zita	Don Haskins Center (1,085) El Paso, TX
February 1, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Middle Tennessee	L 42–64	9–11 (2–7)	23 – Tensaie	9 – Vydrova	2 – tied	Don Haskins Center (1,565) El Paso, TX
February 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+	New Mexico State Battle of I-10						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
February 13, 2025 9:00 am, ESPN+	at FIU						Ocean Bank Convocation Center Miami, FL
February 15, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+	at Liberty						Liberty Arena Lynchburg, VA
February 20, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Kennesaw State						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
February 22, 2025 12:30 pm, ESPN+	Jacksonville State						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
February 27, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+	at Western Kentucky						E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
March 1, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+	at Middle Tennessee						Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN
March 6, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Sam Houston						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
March 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Louisiana Tech						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
C-USA tournament
March 11–15, 2025 ESPN+/CBSSN	vs.						Propst Arena Huntsville, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Conference USA. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
^ "CUSA Tournament 2024: UTEP women find high gear in win vs Sam Houston". El Paso Times. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
^ "MTSU's Rick Insell blasts CUSA awards voting after reported altercation with UTEP's Keitha Adams". The Daily News Journal. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". UTEP Miners. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
^ "UTEP Miners 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[1] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Conference USA. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[2] "CUSA Tournament 2024: UTEP women find high gear in win vs Sam Houston". El Paso Times. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[3] "MTSU's Rick Insell blasts CUSA awards voting after reported altercation with UTEP's Keitha Adams". The Daily News Journal. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[4] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". UTEP Miners. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[5] "UTEP Miners 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

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