EL PASO, Texas – The 2025-26 Conference USA schedule for the UTEP women's basketball team was announced by head coach Keitha Adams on Friday. The Miners will have 18 league contests on the docket, challenging seven teams twice while locking up once with FIU, Middle Tennessee, Missouri State and WKU.
 
Delaware and Missouri State became members of CUSA for the '25-26 campaign. They will join returning institutions FIU, Jax State, Kennesaw State LA Tech, Liberty, Middle Tennessee, NM State, Sam Houston, UTEP and WKU to comprise the now 12-team conference.
 
The Orange and Blue faithful will have the opportunity to get behind the Miners early and often in league competition, with four of the first six contests to be held at the Don Haskins Center. UTEP tips off CUSA action in the Sun City with two games in three days, challenging Delaware (Jan. 2) and Liberty (Jan. 4). Missouri State (Jan. 15), FIU (Jan. 17), NM State (Jan. 31), LA Tech (Feb. 5), Sam Houston (Feb. 7), Jax State (Feb. 26) and Kennesaw State (Feb. 28) will also venture to El Paso.
 
The Miners' first road tilt pits them at perennial power Middle Tennessee (Jan. 8). UTEP will also compete at WKU (Jan. 10), at Kennesaw State (Jan. 22), at Jax State (Jan. 24), at Liberty (Feb. 12), at Delaware (Feb. 14), at NM State (Feb. 21), at Sam Houston (March 5) and at LA Tech (March 7). As result of playing four of six and seven of the first 11 at home, five of the Miners' seven games down the stretch will come in hostile territory.
 
UTEP fans should circle both Jan. 31 and Feb. 7 on the calendar, with the men's and women's basketball teams each playing at home on those days. Additionally, both the men's and women's squads will be in action at NM State on the same date (Feb. 21).
 
There will be plenty of familiar faces, with Adams having retained 10 individuals from last year's team in an era where that is increasingly uncommon. Leading the way will be 2025 All-CUSA Second-Team honoree Ivane Tensaie, who topped the team in scoring (12.6 ppg), 3-point percentage (37.8), free-throw percentage (85.0) and minutes per game (32.3). Second-leading scorer Portia Adams (10.0 ppg) is back, along with the Miners' leader in both assists (Delma Zita-3.6 agp) and rebounds (Ndack Mbengue-7.3 rpg). UTEP also brought in five newcomers, with three from the high school ranks and two transfers.
 
Season tickets are now on sale and may be purchased through the Eisenberg Family Ticket Office by calling (915) 747-UTEP, emailing tickets@utep.edu, visiting www.UTEPMiners.com/Tickets, or in person at 201 Glory Road (Brumbelow Building, UTEP Campus), Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  
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2025-26 UTEP Women's Basketball Conference USA Schedule
 

Date	Day	Opponent	Location
Jan. 2	Friday	Delaware	Don Haskins Center
Jan. 4	Sunday	Liberty	Don Haskins Center
Jan. 8	Thursday	at Middle Tennessee	Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Jan. 10	Saturday	at WKU	Bowling Green, Ky.
Jan. 15	Thursday	Missouri State	Don Haskins Center
Jan. 17	Saturday	FIU	Don Haskins Center
Jan. 22	Thursday	at Kennesaw State	Kennesaw, Ga.
Jan. 24	Saturday	at Jax State	Jacksonville, Ala.
Jan. 31	Saturday	NM State	Don Haskins Center
Feb. 5	Thursday	LA Tech	Don Haskins Center
Feb. 7	Saturday	Sam Houston	Don Haskins Center
Feb. 12	Thursday	at Liberty	Lynchburg, Va.
Feb. 14	Saturday	at Delaware	Newark, Del.
Feb. 21	Saturday	at NM State	Las Cruces, N.M.
Feb. 26	Thursday	Jax State	Don Haskins Center
Feb. 28	Saturday	Kennesaw State	Don Haskins Center
March 5	Thursday	at Sam Houston	Huntsville, Texas
March 7	Saturday	at LA Tech	Ruston, La.

 
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