2017–18 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team

2017–18 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball
2017–18 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	15–15 (7–9 C-USA)
Head coach	Joye Lee-McNelis (14th season);
Assistant coaches	Kiley Hill; Victoria Crawford; Lauren Pittman;
Home arena	Reed Green Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Joye Lee-McNelis, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and were members of Conference USA.^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the season 15–15, 7–9 in C-USA play to finish in a 3 way tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA women's tournament to UTEP.

2017–18 Conference USA women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UAB	13	–	3	.813	27	–	7	.794
Western Kentucky †	12	–	4	.750	24	–	9	.727
Rice	10	–	6	.625	23	–	10	.697
Louisiana Tech	10	–	6	.625	19	–	12	.613
Middle Tennessee	10	–	6	.625	18	–	13	.581
Charlotte	10	–	6	.625	14	–	16	.467
UTEP	7	–	9	.438	17	–	14	.548
Florida Atlantic	7	–	9	.438	13	–	15	.464
Southern Miss	7	–	9	.438	15	–	15	.500
North Texas	6	–	10	.375	17	–	14	.548
UTSA	6	–	10	.375	9	–	21	.300
Old Dominion	6	–	10	.375	8	–	23	.258
FIU	5	–	11	.313	8	–	21	.276
Marshall	3	–	13	.188	9	–	20	.310


† 2018 C-USA Tournament winner As of 20 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2017–18 Southern Miss Golden Eagles women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Camille Anderson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Buford HS NC State	Buford, GA
G	2	Allie Kennedy	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Red Bay HS	Bed Bay, AL
G	5	Shonte Hailes	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Quitman HS	Quitman, MS
C	11	Kyle Felton	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Columbus HS Jones County JC	Lithonia, GA
G/F	12	Imani Carter	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Enterprise HS	Enterprise, AL
C	15	Amber Landing	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS So	Madison-Ridgeland Academy Little Rock	Sharon, MS
G	20	Molly Brown	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Alexander HS South Georgia Tech	Douglasville, GA
G/F	21	Jayla King	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Sr	Pine Forest HS South Florida	Pensacola, FL
G	22	Megan Brown	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Jr	Salmen HS	Slidell, LA
F	24	Kennedy Gavin	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Petal HS	Petal, MS
G/F	25	Alarie Mayze	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Arlington HS New Mexico JC	Arlington, TX
G	30	Hanah Lott	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS So	Petal HS Jones County JC	Petal, MS
F	34	Respect Leaphart	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Dunbar HS	Fort Myers, FL
C	42	Kelsey Jones	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Starkville HS	Starkville, MS

Head coach

Joye Lee-McNelis (Southern Miss)

Assistant coach(es)

Kiley Hill (Arkansas Tech)
Victoria Crawford (Memphis)
Lauren Pittman (Southern Miss)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 27, 2017

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2017* 6:00 pm		Antelope Valley	W 73–55		Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 11:00 am		William Carey	W 82–44	1–0	Reed Green Coliseum (2,943) Hattiesburg, MS
11/14/2017* 6:00 pm		Tulane	W 66–58	2–0	Reed Green Coliseum (1,126) Hattiesburg, MS
11/16/2017* 6:00 pm		Mississippi Valley State	W 84–69	3–0	Reed Green Coliseum (1,244) Hattiesburg, MS
11/19/2017* 2:00 pm		at No. 6 Mississippi State	L 56–91	3–1	Humphrey Coliseum (5,321) Starkville, MS
11/24/2017* 6:00 pm		Alcorn State Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic	W 72–67	4–1	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
11/25/2017* 4:00 pm		Alabama State Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic	W 72–35	5–1	Reed Green Coliseum (1,132) Hattiesburg, MS
11/28/2017* 6:30 pm		at Northwestern State	W 71–59	6–1	Prather Coliseum (742) Natchitoches, LA
11/30/2017* 6:00 pm		South Alabama	L 57–78	6–2	Reed Green Coliseum (1,243) Hattiesburg, MS
12/12/2017* 11:00 am		at Ole Miss	L 59–68	6–3	The Pavilion at Ole Miss (8,229) Oxford, MS
12/15/2017* 6:00 pm		Sam Houston State	W 58–38	7–3	Reed Green Coliseum (1,225) Hattiesburg, MS
12/19/2017* 12:00 pm, ESPN3		at Samford	L 56–61	7–4	Pete Hanna Center (243) Birmingham, AL
12/21/2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at Georgia Tech	L 44–63	7–5	Hank McCamish Pavilion (856) Atlanta, GA
12/30/2017* 4:00 pm		Blue Mountain	W 96–46	8–5	Reed Green Coliseum (1,101) Hattiesburg, MS
Conference USA regular season
01/04/2018 10:30 am		at Charlotte	L 56–66	8–6 (0–1)	Dale F. Halton Arena (5,438) Charlotte, NC
01/06/2018 2:00 pm, FCS		at Western Kentucky	L 60–81	8–7 (0–2)	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,897) Bowling Green, KY
01/11/2018 6:00 pm		Louisiana Tech	W 65–50	9–7 (1–2)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,264) Hattiesburg, MS
01/18/2018 6:00 pm		at UAB	W 80–63	10–7 (2–2)	Bartow Arena (357) Birmingham, AL
01/20/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Middle Tennessee	W 61–53	11–7 (3–2)	Murphy Center (3,470) Murfreesboro, TN
01/25/2018 6:00 pm		Charlotte	L 79–85 ^2OT	11–8 (3–3)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,346) Hattiesburg, MS
01/27/2018 4:00 pm		UTSA	W 83–60	12–8 (4–2)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,362) Hattiesburg, MS
02/01/2018 7:00 pm, beIN		at Rice	L 56–62	12–9 (4–3)	Tudor Fieldhouse (626) Houston, TX
02/04/2018 2:00 pm		Marshall	W 70–61	13–9 (5–3)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,194) Hattiesburg, MS
02/10/2018 2:00 pm		Old Dominion	L 55–74	13–10 (5–4)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,431) Hattiesburg, MS
02/15/2018 5:00 pm		at North Texas	L 62–71	13–11 (5–5)	The Super Pit (1,602) Denton, TX
02/17/2018 2:30 pm		at Louisiana Tech	L 57–89	13–12 (5–7)	Thomas Assembly Center (4,748) Ruston, LA
02/23/2018 6:00 pm		at Florida Atlantic	L 74–89	13–13 (5–8)	FAU Arena (480) Boca Raton, FL
02/25/2018 2:00 pm		UTEP	W 60–53	14–13 (6–8)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,310) Hattiesburg, MS
03/01/2018 6:00 pm		Western Kentucky	W 69–63	15–13 (7–8)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,175) Hattiesburg, MS
03/03/2018 2:00 pm		FIU	L 70–74	15–14 (7–9)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,322) Hattiesburg, MS
Conference USA Women's Tournament
03/07/2018 11:00 am	(8)	vs. (9) UTEP First Round	L 67–72	15–15	The Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

^ "Southern Miss 2016-17 Women's Basketball Almanac" (PDF). University of Southern Mississippi. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
^ "Southern Miss Golden Eagles Women's Basketball - Golden Eagles News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
^ "Southern Miss Lady Golden Eagles on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
^ "Women's Basketball :: Southern Miss Official Athletic Site". Southernmiss.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2017.

[1] "Southern Miss 2016-17 Women's Basketball Almanac" (PDF). University of Southern Mississippi. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2022.

[2] "Southern Miss Golden Eagles Women's Basketball - Golden Eagles News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 28, 2017.

[3] "Southern Miss Lady Golden Eagles on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 28, 2017.

[4] "Women's Basketball :: Southern Miss Official Athletic Site". Southernmiss.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2017.

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2017–18 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team

Contents

Roster

Schedule

See also

References