UTEP Women's Basketball 2014 NIT Tournament Capsule

UTEP Miners
Conference USA (24-7, 12-4)

 

Big Wins: 1/22 Southern Miss (86-85), 2/1 at Tulane (86-72), 2/22 East Carolina (81-74)
Bad Losses: 12/20 vs Georgia Tech (77-102), 1/18 Charlotte (86-92), 2/19 at North Texas (64-73)
Coach: Keitha Adams (13 seasons at UTEP)

Probable Starters:
Kelli Willingham, Senior, Guard, 9.6 ppg, 2.0 apg
Chrishauna Parker, Junior, Guard, 6.2 ppg, 3.1 apg, 9.3 rpg
Cameasha Turner, Sophomore, Guard, 4.5 ppg, 2.0 apg
Kayla Thornton, Senior, Forward, 20.5 ppg, 12.0 rpg
Kristine Vitola, Senior, Center, 11.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.0 bpg

Key Roleplayers:
Jenzel Nash, Sophomore, Guard, 11.6 ppg, 2.3 apg
Sparkle Taylor, Freshman, Guard, 7.3 ppg
Stacie Telles, Junior, Guard, 4.6 ppg, 2.1 apg
Irene Gari, Sophomore, Guard/Forward, 3.1 ppg, 2.1 rpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 78.1 (27th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 67.0 (169, 9)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.1 (124, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.7 (98, 6)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.1 (108, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.3 (129, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 71.4 (110, 4)
Rebound Margin: 4.0 (75, 3)
Assists Per Game: 15.1 (72, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.1 (110, 5)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
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 3/6

 

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