UTEP Women's Basketball Releases Non-Conference Slate

Head coach Keitha Adams revealed the 2014-15 non-conference portion of the upcoming season's schedule today,  breaking a 40 year tradition with no home-and-home series with NMSU.

The Miners and Aggies will actually hook up to open the schedule on Friday November 14th, but that will be the only matchup in the Women's hoops version of the Battle of I-10.

For the second straight year UTEP will travel to a tropical destination as the Miners will play in the 2014 Hardwood Tournament of Hope in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico where they will face LSU, Kansas State, and Santa Clara in an order not yet to be determined.   LSU made its way to the sweet sixteen in the 2014 NCAA Tournament, and marks the first ever tilt between the Miners and the SEC member Tigers.

Home games will feature Northern Arizona (Nov. 19), Eastern New Mexico (Dec. 2), Houston Baptist (Dec. 6), 2014 NCAA Tournament team Prairie View A&M (Dec. 20) and Alcorn State (Dec. 28).

UTEP will face former C-USA rival SMU on November 16th on the road in Dallas, and they will also head up I-25 to the Pit to face New Mexico on December 14th. 

 Keitha Adams & Co. should expect to increase their attendance numbers after a successful run last year that saw UTEP ranked 15th nationally in total attendance, while the Miners were 27th nationally in fans per game last season.

All times TBA

Date	Opponent	Location
November  7th	St. Mary's (Texas) *EXH	Don Haskins Center
November 14th	New Mexico State	Don Haskins Center
November 16th	SMU	Dallas, TX
November 19th	Northern Arizona	Don Haskins Center
November 26th-28th	2014 Hardwood Tournament of Hope (LSU, Kansas State, Santa Clara)	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
December 2nd	Eastern New Mexico	Don Haskins Center
December 6th	Houston Baptist	Don Haskins Center
December 14h	New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM
December 20th	Prairie View A&M	Don Haskins Center
December 28th	Alcorn State	Don Haskins Center