The 2026–27 UTEP Miners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Miners, led by head coach Keitha Adams in the fourth season of her second stint as head coach, and twentieth season overall, play their home games at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas, as first year members of the Mountain West Conference.

Previous season The Miners finished the 2025–26 season 13–17, 5–13 in C-USA play, to finish in a tie for tenth place. As No. 10 seed in the C-USA tournament they lost in the first round to Jacksonville State.

This marked UTEP's final season as members of Conference USA before transitioning to the Mountain West Conference on July 1, 2026.

Offseason Departures UTEP departures Aaliyah Davis 1 G 5'7" Senior El Paso, TX Graduated Sirviva Legions 2 G 5'8" Senior Brooklyn, NY Graduated Ivane Tensaie 3 G 5'7" Graduate Student Roseville, MN Graduated Delma Zita 4 G 5'8" Graduate Student Maputo, Mozambique Graduated Heaven Samayoa-Mathis 5 G 5'7" Senior Sacramento, CA Graduated Brooklyn Terry 8 G/F 6'0" Freshman Mansfield, TX Transferred to East Texas A&M Osadebamwen Igbinedion Omoruyi 10 F 6'4" Sophomore Madrid, Spain Transferred to Valapariso Portia Adams 11 G 5'6" Senior Cedar Hill, TX Graduated Irene Asensio 12 G 5'8" Sophomore Barcelona, Spain Transferred to Ohio Ndack Mbengue 13 F 6'3" Senior Bergamo, Italy Graduated Abby Priscilla 15 G 5'11" Junior Kampala, Uganda Transferred to UT Permian Blessing Okhwodiasa 20 F 6'2" Freshman Madrid, Spain Transferred to Cisco College

Incoming transfers UTEP incoming transfers Imani Warren 1 G 5'10" Senior Milwaukee, WI New Mexico State Arminda Joaquim 5 F 6'1" Junior Angola Odessa College Isabel Joao 11 F 6'1" Junior Lubango, Angola South Plains College Zainab Olalekan 12 C 6'1" Junior Ibadan, Nigeria Clarendon College Armanda Sindalawa 24 G 5'11" Junior Lobito, Angola Clarendon College Dilangue Cruz 27 F 6'2" Junior Lubango, Angola South Plains College

Recruiting There was no recruiting class of 2026.

Roster

Schedule and results

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