EDINBURG – The City of Edinburg recognized the University of Texas-Pan American women's basketball team for its historic season with a proclamation during the city council meeting on Tuesday at City Hall.
 
The Broncs had the best season in program history in 2014-15, breaking 40 different program records and tying 19 more en route to their first winning season (19-15) in 30 years at the NCAA Division I level, and first since 1982-83, when the Broncs went 10-5 at the NAIA Division II level. The Broncs also played in a postseason tournament for the first time, accepting a bid into the Women's Basketball Invitational, and a conference tournament championship game for the first time, coming within one win of earning the Western Athletic Conference's auto-bid into the NCAA Tournament.
 
The Broncs had the winningest season in program history with 19 victories, shattering the old record of 14, which the Broncs tied in 2013-14. That means the Broncs also broke the record for wins in a two-year span with 33. The previous record was 27. The Broncs had the lowest RPI in program history, by far, at 188, while tying for the best strength of schedule in program history, at 196.
 
Other program records the Broncs broke include conference wins (nine), conference tournament wins (two), home wins (12), neutral site wins (three) and conference road wins (four). Due to their success, the Broncs played more games than any previous team did, with 34 total games, compared to 31 by the next best team (2010-11).
 
The Broncs also broke the program records for points (2,181), rebounds (1,350), rebounds per game (39.71), steals (318), turnovers forced (701), field goals made and attempted (767-for-2,199), and free throws made and attempted (441-for-654).
 
One of the earliest signs of the Broncs' success came 19 games in, when the Broncs broke the program record for best start at 11-8. The Broncs then broke the program record for best 23-game start at 13-10, and never looked back, breaking the program record for every number of games after that.
 
The Broncs won a lot of their games by gaining extra possessions, as they ranked eighth out of 349 teams in the NCAA in turnover margin (+6.09), 24^th in offensive rebounding (16.0), 62^nd in steals per game (9.4), and 83^rd in fewest turnovers per game (14.5).

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