2025–26 UTEP Miners women's basketball team

2025–26 UTEP Miners women's basketball
2025–26 UTEP Miners women's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	7–1 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach	Keitha Adams (3rd, 19th overall season);
Associate head coach	Ewa Laskowska
Assistant coaches	Jareica Hughes; Lulu McKinney;
Home arena	Don Haskins Center

2025–26 Conference USA women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UTEP	0	–	0	–	7	–	3	.700
Louisiana Tech	0	–	0	–	7	–	4	.636
Missouri State	0	–	0	–	8	–	5	.615
FIU	0	–	0	–	6	–	4	.600
Kennesaw State	0	–	0	–	6	–	4	.600
Sam Houston	0	–	0	–	6	–	4	.600
Delaware	0	–	0	–	6	–	5	.545
Liberty	0	–	0	–	6	–	5	.545
Jacksonville State	0	–	0	–	6	–	6	.500
Middle Tennessee	0	–	0	–	5	–	7	.417
Western Kentucky	0	–	0	–	4	–	7	.364
New Mexico State	0	–	0	–	3	–	8	.273

† 2026 CUSA tournament winner As of December 22, 2025

The 2025–26 UTEP Miners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2025–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Miners, led by Keitha Adams in the third season of her second stint as head coach, and 19th 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 2024–25 season 11–19, 4–14 in C-USA play, to finish in a tie for last place.^[1] They lost to Kennesaw State in the first round of the C-USA tournament.^[2]

Roster

2025–26 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 Sr	El Paso, Texas
G	2	Sirviva Legions	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Brooklyn, New York
G	3	Ivane Tensaie	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	GS	Roseville, Minnesota
G	4	Delma Zita	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	GS	Maputo, Mozambique
G	5	Heaven Samayoa-Mathis	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Sacramento, California
G/F	8	Brooklyn Terry	—	Fr	Mansfield, Texas
F	10	Osadebamwen Igbinedion Omoruyi	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Madrid, Spain
G	11	Portia Adams	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Cedar Hill, Texas
G	12	Irene Asensio	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Barcelona, Spain
F	13	Ndack Mbengue	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Bergamo, Italy
G	14	Tatiana Collazo	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	San Jose, California
G	15	Abby Priscilla	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Kampala, Uganda
	20	Blessing Okhwodiasa	—	Fr	Madrid, Spain
F	22	Mary Moses Amaniyo	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Arua, Uganda
G	23	Aolani Woldai	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Fort Worth, Texas

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: September 25, 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 3, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Prairie View A&M	W 84–60	1–0	26 – Amaniyo	22 – Amaniyo	3 – Legions	Don Haskins Center (639) El Paso, TX
November 8, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Nicholls	W 76–61	2–0	16 – Adams	8 – Amaniyo	4 – Adams	Don Haskins Center (1,040) El Paso, TX
November 11, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Western New Mexico	W 81–56	3–0	12 – Moses Amaniyo	12 – tied	5 – Adams	Don Haskins Center (1,068) El Paso, TX
November 22, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	UT Martin	W 64–60 ^OT	4–0	18 – Moses Amaniyo	18 – Moses Amaniyo	5 – Zita	Don Haskins Center (941) El Paso, TX
November 25, 2025* 6:00 p.m., SLN	at Kansas City	W 75–64	5–0	19 – Tensaie	13 – Moses Amaniyo	6 – Samayoa-Mathis	Swinney Recreation Center (283) Kansas City, MO
November 29, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Denver	W 69–52	6–0	26 – Tensaie	10 – Mbengue	6 – Zita	Don Haskins Center (1,096) El Paso, TX
December 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 62–44	7–0	15 – Tensaie	8 – Tied	5 – Zita	Don Haskins Center (923) El Paso, TX
December 6, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	at No. 8 TCU	L 40–95	7–1	10 – Tied	10 – Mbengue	2 – Samayoa-Mathis	Schollmaier Arena (2,846) Fort Worth, TX
December 13, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at BYU						Marriott Center Provo, UT
December 18, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC Irvine						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
December 29, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	USW						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
C-USA regular season
January 2, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Delaware						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
January 4, 2026 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	Liberty						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
January 8, 2026 5:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Middle Tennessee						Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN
January 10, 2026 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	at Western Kentucky						E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
January 15, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Missouri State						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
January 17, 2026 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	at FIU						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
January 22, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Kennesaw State						KSU Convocation Center Kennesaw, GA
January 24, 2026 12:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Jacksonville State						Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville, AL
January 31, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	New Mexico State Battle of I-10						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
February 5, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Louisiana Tech						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
February 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Sam Houston						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
February 12, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Liberty						Liberty Arena Lynchburg, VA
February 14, 2026 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	at Delaware						Bob Carpenter Center Newark, DE
February 21, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at New Mexico State Battle of I-10						Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM
February 26, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Jacksonville State						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
February 28, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Kennesaw State						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
March 5, 2026 5:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Sam Houston						Bernard Johnson Coliseum Huntsville, TX
March 7, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Louisiana Tech						Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Sources:^[3]^[4]

References

^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Standings". conferenceusa.com. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
^ "Kennesaw State 71-63 UTEP (Mar 11, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". UTEP Miners. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
^ "UTEP Miners 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved September 25, 2025.

[1] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Standings". conferenceusa.com. Retrieved July 23, 2025.

[2] "Kennesaw State 71-63 UTEP (Mar 11, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved July 23, 2025.

[3] "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". UTEP Miners. Retrieved September 25, 2025.

[4] "UTEP Miners 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved September 25, 2025.

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