UTEP Women's Basketball 2016 NIT Tournament Capsule

UTEP Miners
Conference USA (26-4, 16-2)
 
 
Big Wins: 11/27 UC Riverside (68-57), 1/7 Middle Tennessee (84-73), 2/6 at Western Kentucky (85-78)
Bad Losses: 12/18 at Long Beach State (40-47), 2/4 at Marshall (64-79), 3/3 at Texas-San Antonio (64-69)
Coach: Keitha Adams
 
Probable Starters:
Starr Breedlove, Senior, Guard, 11.9 ppg, 3.7 apg, 3.2 spg
Jenzel Nash, Junior, Guard, 13.6 pg, 2.8 apg, 5.8 rpg, 2.7 spg
Camesha Turner, Senior, Guard, 12.6 ppg, 1.6 apg, 4.7 rpg
Chrishauna Parker, Senior, Guard, 4.2 ppg, 5.5 rpg
Lawna Kennedy, Senior, Forward, 4.0 ppg, 2.6 rpg
 
Key Roleplayers:
Lulu McKinney, Sophomore, Guard, 6.7 ppg, 2.2 apg
Tamara Seda, Sophomore, Forward, 4.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg
Sparkle Taylor, Junior, Guard, 10.3 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 71.9 (49th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 61.5 (123, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.3 (102, 5)   
Field-Goal Defense: 38.4 (116, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 4.5 (250, 11)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 26.1 (325, 14)
Free-Throw Percentage: 69.4 (174, 7)
Rebound Margin: 2.3 (104, 5)
Assists Per Game: 13.5 (141, 6)
Turnovers Per Game: 16.1 (177, 5)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2014    NIT      First Round win over Arkansas State
2014    NIT      Second Round win over Saint Mary's
2014    NIT      Third Round win over Colorado
2014    NIT      Quarterfinal win over Washington
2014    NIT      Semifinal win over South Dakota State
2014    NIT      National Final loss to Rutgers
2012    NCAA Round of 64 loss to Penn State
2008    NCAA Round of 64 win over Western Kentucky
2008    NCAA Round of 32 loss to Stanford
 
*all team stats through 3/3