UTEP remains the lone unbeaten C-USA women's basketball team, also leading the league in scoring margin, and today picked up two votes in the latest AP Top-25 poll.
The Miners set a program record for field goal percentage defense last night in a 86-32 win over D-II UTPB, holding the Falcons to 16.7 percent shooting from the field.
For the second time in three years UTEP has started off a season 7-0, and have only trailed in the second half of games this year for only 24 seconds.
Jenzel Nash, Starr Breedlove, and Cameasha Turner all rank in the top-20 in the conference in scoring, with Breedlove ranking third in the league in assists.
UTEP faces their toughest challenges this weekend in the Beach Classic with a matchup with Long Beach State on Friday, then the Miners face one of the top rebounding teams in Women's College Basketball in UNLV on Saturday.
AP Top 25 | |||
RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
1 | Connecticut (32) | 8-0 | 800 |
2 | South Carolina | 9-0 | 763 |
3 | Notre Dame | 9-1 | 724 |
4 | Baylor | 10-0 | 711 |
5 | Texas | 8-0 | 659 |
6 | Maryland | 10-0 | 651 |
7 | Oregon State | 7-0 | 599 |
8 | Kentucky | 9-0 | 549 |
9 | Mississippi State | 7-1 | 535 |
10 | Ohio State | 6-3 | 507 |
11 | Florida State | 7-2 | 447 |
12 | Northwestern | 9-0 | 434 |
13 | Duke | 7-2 | 416 |
14 | Tennessee | 7-2 | 342 |
15 | Stanford | 6-2 | 329 |
16 | DePaul | 7-3 | 302 |
17 | Oklahoma | 9-1 | 293 |
18 | Texas A&M | 7-3 | 245 |
19 | UCLA | 5-2 | 163 |
20 | South Florida | 6-2 | 145 |
21 | Arizona State | 5-3 | 125 |
21 | California | 7-2 | 125 |
23 | Miami (FL) | 10-0 | 98 |
24 | Michigan State | 7-2 | 83 |
25 | St John's | 8-1 | 64 |