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 →

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

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.

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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v t e Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball
Venues	Reed Green Coliseum (1975–present)
Culture & lore	"Southern Mississippi to the Top" Gillom Trophy
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

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See also

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