2023–24 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team
2023–24 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball | |
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WNIT, Super 16 | |
Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
Record | 20–14 (10–8 Sun Belt) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Reed Green Coliseum |
Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall † | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Troy | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Madison | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Monroe | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 21 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Southern | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Alabama | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2024 Sun Belt tournament winner |
The 2023–24 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by twentieth-year head coach Joye Lee-McNelis, and played their home games at the Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi as a member of the Sun Belt Conference.
Previous season
The Lady Eagles finished as co-conference season champions for the 2022–23 basketball season. They lost in the conference tournament to Texas State 85–57 and were unable to secure a bid into the NCAA tournament.
Despite her recurring battle with lung cancer, head coach Lee-McNelis stated that she would be back to coach the 2023–24 season.[1]
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 1, 2023* 6:00 p.m. | Mississippi College | W 96–44 | Reed Green Coliseum (350) Hattiesburg, MS | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 6, 2023* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | William Carey | W 88–46 | 1–0 | Reed Green Coliseum (3,566) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
November 11, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Akron MAC-SBC Challenge | W 77–60 | 2–0 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,375) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
November 18, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at North Alabama | W 91–63 | 3–0 | Flowers Hall Florence, AL | |||||||
November 21, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Valparaiso | W 61–49 | 4–0 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,374) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
November 24, 2023* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | North Dakota Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic | W 75–53 | 5–0 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,366) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
November 25, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Samford Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic | W 51–33 | 6–0 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,489) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
December 2, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 19 Ole Miss | W 61–59 | 7–0 | Reed Green Coliseum (2,653) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
December 10, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Memphis | L 67–69 | 7–1 | Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,077) Memphis, TN | |||||||
December 20, 2023* 3:30 p.m. | vs. Cleveland State Homewood Suites Classic | L 63–70 | 7–2 | Alico Arena (108) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
December 21, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Florida Gulf Coast Homewood Suites Classic | L 62–78 | 7–3 | Alice Arena (1,319) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
Sun Belt regular season | |||||||||||
December 30, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Marshall | L 72–87 | 7–4 (0–1) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,538) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
January 3, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Coastal Carolina | L 71–88 | 7–5 (0–2) | HTC Center (331) Conway, SC | |||||||
January 6, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Old Dominion | L 62–68 | 7–6 (0–3) | Chartway Arena (1,816) Norfolk, VA | |||||||
January 11, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | James Madison | L 76–81 | 7–7 (0–4) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,368) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
January 13, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | South Alabama | W 77–69 | 8–7 (1–4) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,586) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
January 18, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Georgia State | W 82–75 | 9–7 (2–4) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,448) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
January 20, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Louisiana–Monroe | L 58–70 | 9–8 (2–5) | Reed Green Coliseum (5,587) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
January 25, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Troy | L 70–77 | 9–9 (2–6) | Trojan Arena (1,567) Troy, AL | |||||||
January 27, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at South Alabama | W 77–43 | 10–9 (3–6) | Mitchell Center (331) Mobile, AL | |||||||
February 1, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Louisiana | W 55–48 | 11–9 (4–6) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,606) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
February 3, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Troy | W 72–63 | 12–9 (5–6) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,667) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
February 7, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Georgia Southern | W 62–54 | 13–9 (6–6) | Hanner Fieldhouse (632) Statesboro, GA | |||||||
February 10, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Buffalo MAC-SBC Challenge | L 46–62 | 13–10 | Alumni Arena (1,756) Buffalo, NY | |||||||
February 15, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Arkansas State | W 57–48 | 14–10 (7–6) | Reed Green Coliseum (4,247) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
February 17, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Texas State | W 68–58 | 15–10 (8–6) | Reed Green Coliseum (4,425) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
February 22, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Louisiana–Monroe | L 52–57 | 15–11 (8–7) | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,086) Monroe, LA | |||||||
February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Arkansas State | W 70–59 | 16–11 (9–7) | First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR | |||||||
February 28, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Texas State | W 67–59 | 17–11 (10–7) | Strahan Arena (751) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
March 1, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Louisiana | L 57–58 OT | 17–12 (10–8) | Cajundome (872) Lafayette, LA | |||||||
Sun Belt tournament | |||||||||||
March 6, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (6) | vs. (11) Coastal Carolina Second Round | W 70–53 | 18–12 | Pensacola Bay Center (588) Pensacola, FL | ||||||
March 8, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (6) | vs. (3) James Madison Quarterfinals | L 49–77 | 18–13 | Pensacola Bay Center (842) Pensacola, FL | ||||||
WNIT | |||||||||||
March 20, 2024* 6:00 p.m. | UAB First Round | W 79–74 | 19–13 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,130) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
March 23, 2024* 5:00 p.m. | Murray State Second Round | W 78–67 OT | 20–13 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,566) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
March 27, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | Louisiana–Monroe Super 16 | L 71–84 | 20–14 | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,257) Monroe, LA | |||||||
- Source: Southern Miss Athletics[2]