2021–22 UTEP Miners women's basketball team

The 2021–22 UTEP Miners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team is led by fifth-year head coach Kevin Baker, and plays their home games at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas as a member of Conference USA.[1][2]

2021–22 UTEP Miners women's basketball
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest Division
Record14–15 (6–12 CUSA)
Head coach
  • Kevin Baker (5th season)
Associate head coachTodd Buchanan
Assistant coaches
  • Anthony Anderson
  • Heather Karner
Home arenaDon Haskins Center
Seasons
2021–22 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Charlotte 15 3   .833 22 10   .688
Middle Tennessee 14 4   .778 27 8   .771
Old Dominion 12 6   .667 24 10   .706
Western Kentucky 11 7   .611 18 12   .600
Marshall 10 8   .556 15 13   .536
FIU 6 12   .333 15 16   .484
Florida Atlantic 1 17   .056 5 25   .167
West
Louisiana Tech 11 7   .611 21 12   .636
North Texas 10 7   .588 17 13   .567
Southern Miss 9 8   .529 18 12   .600
Rice 8 9   .471 14 13   .519
UAB 8 10   .444 16 15   .516
UTEP 6 12   .333 14 15   .483
UTSA 3 14   .176 7 23   .233
2022 C-USA Tournament winner

Schedule and results edit

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 7, 2021*
1:00 p.m.
St. Mary's W 83–45 
Don Haskins Center (442)
El Paso, TX
Non-conference regular season
November 11, 2021*
7:00 p.m.
Incarnate Word W 81–47  1–0
Don Haskins Center (796)
El Paso, TX
November 13, 2021*
1:00 p.m.
North Dakota W 89–69  2–0
Don Haskins Center (751)
El Paso, TX
November 17, 2021*
7:00 p.m.
New Mexico State
Battle of I-10
W 76–61  3–0
Don Haskins Center (1,088)
El Paso, TX
November 20, 2021*
7:00 p.m.
Northern Arizona W 72–62  4–0
Don Haskins Center (815)
El Paso, TX
November 26, 2021*
5:00 p.m.
vs. Seattle
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
W 62–57  5–0
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
November 27, 2021*
5:00 p.m.
vs. Kansas
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
L 55–81  5–1
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
December 1, 2021*
6:00 p.m.
at New Mexico State
Battle of I-10
Postponed [a][3] Pan American Center 
Las Cruces, NM
December 4, 2021*
1:00 p.m.
Utah State Canceled [b][4] Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX
December 13, 2021*
6:00 p.m.
at Texas State W 69–57  6–1
Strahan Arena (735)
San Marcos, TX
December 15, 2021*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at New Mexico State
Battle of I-10
W 82–78  7–1
Pan American Center (637)
Las Cruces, NM
December 19, 2021*
6:00 p.m.
at New Mexico L 66–78  7–2
The Pit (4,458)
Albuquerque, NM
December 21, 2021*
11:00 a.m.
Air Force W 93–85 2OT 8–2
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX
CUSA regular season
December 30, 2021
7:00 p.m.
UAB L 74–76 OT 8–3
(0–1)
Don Haskins Center (643)
El Paso, TX
January 1, 2022
1:00 p.m.
Middle Tennessee W 56–55  9–3
(1–1)
Don Haskins Center (798)
El Paso, TX
January 6, 2022
5:30 p.m.
at Louisiana Tech Postponed [a][5] Thomas Assembly Center 
Ruston, LA
January 8, 2022
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Southern Miss Postponed [a][6] Reed Green Coliseum 
Hattiesburg, MS
January 13, 2022
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Charlotte L 59–71  9–4
(1–2)
Don Haskins Center (716)
El Paso, TX
January 15, 2022
1:00 p.m.
Old Dominion W 53–48  10–4
(2–2)
Don Haskins Center (782)
El Paso, TX
January 17, 2022
12:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Southern Miss
Rescheduled from January 8
L 49–55  10–5
(2–3)
Reed Green Coliseum (1,422)
Hattiesburg, MS
January 20, 2022
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UTSA W 69–52  11–5
(3–3)
Convocation Center (547)
San Antonio, TX
January 23, 2022
1:00 p.m.
UTSA W 71–59  12–5
(4–3)
Don Haskins Center (1,151)
El Paso, TX
January 27, 2022
4:00 p.m.
at Florida Atlantic L 52–54  12–6
(4–4)
FAU Arena (405)
Boca Raton, FL
January 29, 2022
10:00 a.m.
at FIU L 45–72  12–7
(4–5)
Ocean Bank Convocation Center 
Miami, FL
February 3, 2022
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
North Texas W 75–62  13–7
(5–5)
Don Haskins Center (675)
El Paso, TX
February 5, 2022
1:00 p.m.
Rice L 69–72  13–8
(5–6)
Don Haskins Center (1,165)
El Paso, TX
February 7, 2022
5:30 p.m.
at Louisiana Tech
Rescheduled from January 6
L 65–68  13–9
(5–7)
Thomas Assembly Center (1,302)
Ruston, LA
February 13, 2022
11:00 a.m., ESPN+
at Marshall L 48–60  13–10
(5–8)
Cam Henderson Center (549)
Huntington, WV
February 17, 2022
7:00 p.m.
Louisiana Tech L 60–77  13–11
(5–9)
Don Haskins Center (1,012)
El Paso, TX
February 19, 2022
12:00 p.m.
Southern Miss W 86–79 OT 14–11
(6–9)
Don Haskins Center (959)
El Paso, TX
February 26, 2022
1:00 p.m.
at UAB L 49-65  14-12
(6-10)
Bartow Arena (363)
Birmingham, AL
March 3, 2022
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Rice L 62-82  14-13
(6-11)
Tudor Fieldhouse (342)
Houston, TX
March 5, 2022
2:00 p.m.
at North Texas L 47-56  14-14
(6-12)
UNT Coliseum (2,266)
Denton, TX
Conference USA Tournament
March 8, 2022
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
(6 W) vs. (7 W) UTSA
First round
L 57-58  14-15
Ford Center at the Star 
Frisco, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain.

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c Game was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic related issues.
  2. ^ Game was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic related issues.

References edit

  1. ^ Deaver, Collin (July 1, 2021). "Conference USA releases men's, women's basketball league schedules". KTSM-TV. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "UTEP WBB Announces 2021-22 Conference USA Schedule". University of Texas at El Paso Department of Athletics. July 1, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "UTEP, NMSU women's game postponed due to multiple positive COVID-19 cases within Miners' program". KTSM-TV. November 29, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  4. ^ "UTEP women's basketball game with Utah State canceled after another positive COVID test". El Paso Times. December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "LA Tech-UTEP women's basketball game postponed". Crescent City Sports. January 4, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  6. ^ "Two Southern Miss women's basketball games postponed". WTOK-TV. January 5, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2022.