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2017-18 UTEP WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES UTEP Athletic Communications | 500 W. University Ave. | Brumbelow Building | El Paso, Texas 79968-0579 Game 8 | Dec. 10, 2017 | 2 p.m. MST | Las Cruces, N.M. | Pan-American Center Radio: 600 ESPN El Paso | TV: Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Arizona PLUS | Twitter: @UTEPWBB & @NMStateWBB STAT LEADERS UTEPMINERS (5-2, 0-0 C-USA) PPG: Tamara Seda (16.0) Head Coach: Kevin Baker RPG: Tamara Seda (11.6) Overall Record: 349-133 (16th year) APG: Jordan Jenkins (3.1) College Record: 127-32 (Sixth year) SPG: Najala Howell (0.9) Record at UTEP: 5-2 (First year) BPG: Zuzanna Puc (0.8) STAT LEADERS NM STATE AGGIES (2-5, 0-0 WAC) PPG: G. Pack/B. Salas (16.9) THE MATCHUP Head Coach: Brooke Atkinson RPG: Brooke Salas (9.1) Record at NM State: 2-5 (First year) APG: Zaire Williams (4.0) Overall Record: Same SPG: Monique Mills (1.9) BPG: Brooke Salas (1.7) UTEP 2017-18 SCHEDULE UTEP AND NM STATE TO TANGLE IN FIRSTLIGHT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION BATTLE OF I-10 UTEP (5-2) will challenge NM State (2-5) in the FirstLight Federal Credit Union Battle of I-10 inside the Pan-American Date Opponent Time Center at 2 p.m. MST Sunday. The Miners were edged at Arkansas State, 76-73, on Dec. 5 while the Aggies sustained Oct. 29 Sul Ross& W, 99-40 their third straight loss, 101-93, vs. New Mexico on Dec. 2. The game will be broadcast locally in El Paso on 600 ESPN Nov. 4 St. Mary’s& L, 62-68 El Paso while also being shown live on Fox Sports Southwest and Fox Sports Arizona PLUS. NM State is 2-2 at home Nov. 11 CSU Bakersfield W, 67-56 on the year while the Miners are in search of their first road victory after being edged by three points at Arkansas Nov. 18 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W, 69-49 State. Nov. 24 Texas Southern 66, NM State 50$ Arkansas$ W, 64-61 LONG STRETCH BETWEEN HOME GAMES Nov. 25 Arkansas 69, NM State 60$ After a season-opening six-game homestand (5-1), the Miners have embarked on a period of more than five-and-a half Texas Southern$ W, 65-55 weeks without playing a home game (Dec. 2-Jan. 11). UTEP is in the midst (0-1) of playing nine games (six road, three Nov. 30 New Mexico L, 35-59 neutral) in between. It is the longest such stretch since the 1987-88 season (Nov. 29-Jan. 4), during which the Orange Dec. 2 Houston Baptist W, 69-62 and Blue had 12 contests between home tilts. Dec. 5 at Arkansas State L, 73-76 Dec. 10 at NM State 2 p.m. GAME FORMAT Dec. 17 vs. East Carolina% 11:30 a.m. For the third straight season, NCAA women’s basketball games will be played in four 10-minute quarters. Teams Dec. 21 vs. Samford+ TBA reach the bonus and shoot two free throws on the fifth team foul in each quarter. In the four-quarter format, team Dec. 22 vs. TBA+ TBA fouls reset to zero at the start of each quarter. Teams have four timeouts (three 30s, one 60), three which carry over Dec. 29 at Cal State Fullerton 8 p.m. to the second half. They will be able to advance the ball to the frontcourt after a timeout with less than 59.9 seconds Dec. 30 at UC Riverside 6 p.m. in 4Q. There are seven media timeouts (four under five minutes in quarter/first called), two intermission media Jan. 5 at FIU* 5 p.m. timeouts (after first and third quarters) and the first team-called timeout during the second half. Bands or amplified Jan. 7 at Florida Atlantic* 12 p.m. music may play during any dead ball. Jan. 11 Charlotte* (beIN Sports) 12 p.m. Jan. 13 Middle Tennessee* 12 p.m. CONNECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA Jan. 18 Florida Atlantic* 7 p.m. Fans are encouraged to connect with the Miners on Facebook (UTEP Women’s Basketball), Instagram (@utepwbb) Jan. 26 at Rice* 6 p.m. and Twitter (@UTEPWBB). They are also encouraged to use #WeAreMiners in posts. Jan. 28 at North Texas* 2 p.m. Feb.2 UAB* (beIN Sports) 7 p.m. INSIDE THE SERIES (NM STATE LEADS, 48-37 OVERALL; NM STATE LEADS 30-12 IN LAS CRUCES) Feb. 4 at UTSA* 1 p.m. NM State leads the longest running series in program history, 48-37, but UTEP is 15-6 against the Aggies since the Feb. 10 LA Tech* 1 p.m. start of the 2005-06 season. For the fourth straight year the Miners and Aggies will square off just once. The rivals Feb. 15 at Marshall* 4 p.m. played at least twice every year from the inception of UTEP’s program (1974-75) through 2013-14. Last year NM State Feb. 17 at Old Dominion* 12 p.m. downed the Miners in El Paso, 67-59, on Dec. 15, 2016, to halt UTEP’s five-game winning streak in the series. The Feb. 23 UTSA* 7 p.m. Aggies are 30-12 all time against UTEP in Las Cruces, but the Miners emerged victorious at the Pan-American Center, Feb. 25 at Southern Miss* 1 p.m. 71-65, on Dec. 5, 2015, in their most-recent meeting there. March 1 FIU* 7 p.m. March 3 WKU* 1 p.m. March 7-10 2018 C-USA Championships^ TBA Bold denotes home game & Exhibition Game $ Sixth-Annual UTEP Thanksgiving Classic (El Paso, Texas) % Myrtle Beach, Classic (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) UTEP’S LAST STARTING LINE-UP + Tulane Classic (New Orleans, La.) * Conference USA Game Guard Guard Guard Forward Forward ^ Conference USA Championships (Frisco, Texas) All Times Mountain THE SERIES NM State leads the longest running series in program history, 48-37, but UTEP is 15-6 against the Aggies since the start of the 2005-06 season. NM State is 30-12 against the Miners in Las Cruces but UTEP won its most-recent trip, 71-65, #00 Jenkins #44 Zec #14 Howell #11 Alexander #42 Seda on Dec. 5, 2015. 5-3, Fr.-HS 5-11, So.-1L 5-10, Jr.-2L 5-11, Jr.-TR 6-4, R-Sr.-2L 11 @UTEPWBB GAME 8 | AT NM STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATION GETTING TO KNOW NM STATE NM State got off to a 2-2 start on the year but it has lost its past three contests, including coming up short in a Associated Director of Media Relations shootout last time out vs. New Mexico, 101-93, on Dec. 2. The Aggies are led by the duo of Gia Pack (16.9 ppg, (Women’s Basketball SID) 7.9 rpg) and Brooke Salas (16.9 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 1.7 blocks per game). Monique Mills (10.3 ppg) and Zaire Williams Mark Brunner (9.0 ppg, 4.0 apg and 4.0 rpg) have also proven to be key contributors. NM State was tabbed first in the WAC [email protected] preseason poll, the third such straight year it has received the honor. It has won three straight WAC regular- 915-472-6038 (c) season and tournament championships. It brought back two starters and six letter winners overall from last 915-747-5722 (o) year’s team that went 26-4, including 14-0 in the WAC, while competing in the NCAA Tournament for the INTERVIEWS & PRACTICE COVERAGE third consecutive campaign. The Aggies are led by first-year head coachBrooke Atkison. They have top-100 Please contact Mark Brunner with all interview requests NCAA rankings for blocked shots per game (5.0-40th) and fewest turnovers per game (14.4-76th) and are on for coaches and players. Do not contact players at home the verge of a top-100 spot for rebounds per game (41.0-101st) and 3-point field goal percentage (34.0-110th). or on their cell phones unless arranged by the media Individually Salas is 25th in defensive rebounds per game (7.0), 72nd for rebounds per game (9.1) and 88th in relations office. blocked shots per game (1.7). New Mexico State University is a major land-grand university in Las Cruces, N.M., which was founded in 1888 under the name of Las Cruces College. It took on its current name in 1960. Notable UTEP QUICK FACTS alumni include actor Scott Bailey, who is best known for his playing the role of Sandy Foster on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light, and former Olympic basketball player Chito Reyes. Additionally, Clyde Tombaugh, who UNIVERSITY INFORMATION discovered the planet Pluto (since reclassified to a dwarf planet), taught astronomy at the school from 1955 until Location .............................................................El Paso, Texas his retirement in 1973. Founded ..................................................................................1914 Enrollment ........................................................................23,922 LAST MEETING WITH NM STATE: (NM STATE 67 at UTEP 59, Dec. 15, 2016) Colors ..............................Orange, Navy and Silver Accent Zuzanna Puc notched her first career double-double (11 points, 12 rebounds) and UTEP made a late charge but President ........................................................ Diana Natalicio visiting NM State escaped El Paso with a 67-59 win in the FirstLight Federal Credit Union Battle of I-10 on Dec. Atheltics Director ...................................................Jim Senter 15, 2016. The Miners trailed the Aggies by 15 (59-44) with 7:37 to play before fighting back to whittle the deficit all the way down to five (64-59) with 1:37 left. UTEP had two opportunities to get within three or even two but a BASKETBALL INFORMATION couple of shots rimmed out and NM State iced the game with two late free throws.