2017–18 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team

2017–18 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball
ConferenceConference USA
Record15–15 (7–9 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kiley Hill
  • Victoria Crawford
  • Lauren Pittman
Home arenaReed Green Coliseum
Seasons
2017–18 Conference USA women's basketball standings
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 Current redshirt 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
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 27, 2017

Schedule

[4]

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.

See also

2017–18 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team

References

  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.