Sounds of the Miners’ fight song echoed throughout the Don Haskins Center as 4,000-plus fans sang along. The women’s basketball team just clinched a share of the Conference USA regular season title after defeating Old Dominion, and head coach Keitha Adams strolled over to the score table and snatched up the microphone.
“We got a great thing going here,” shouted Adams, who usually gives a quick speech to the crowd after home games.
After a grueling 50-minute, double overtime victory against Charlotte, which not only made the group perfect at home throughout the season (16-0), but they also became the sole regular season conference champions.