The 2019–20 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Joye Lee-McNelis, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and were members of Conference USA.
| 2019–20 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball | |
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| Conference | Conference USA |
| Record | 15–15 (7–11 C-USA) |
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| Home arena | Reed Green Coliseum |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 24 | – | 6 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 22 | – | 7 | .759 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTEP | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Atlantic | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIU | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 6 | – | 23 | .207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTSA | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 6 | – | 23 | .207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2020 C-USA Tournament winner As of May 2, 2024 Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
They finished the season 15–15, 7–11 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA women's tournament to Marshall. The day following their loss, the rest of the games for the postseason tournament were cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.[1]
Schedule edit
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| Nov 2, 2019* 4:00 pm |
Spring Hill College | W 83–66 | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS | ||||||||
| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| Nov 5, 2019* 11:00 am |
William Carey | W 77–47 | 1–0 |
Reed Green Coliseum (2,163) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Nov 9, 2019* 2:00 pm, SECN+ |
at No. 10 Mississippi State | L 58–91 | 1–1 |
Humphrey Coliseum (7,591) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Nov 13, 2019* 6:00 pm |
Southeastern Louisiana | W 62–54 | 2–1 |
Reed Green Coliseum (711) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Nov 16, 2019* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Louisiana–Monroe | W 57–42 | 3–1 |
Fant–Ewing Coliseum (709) Monroe, LA | |||||||
| Nov 19, 2019* 6:00 pm |
Ole Miss | W 59–53 | 4–1 |
Reed Green Coliseum (1,843) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Nov 29, 2019* 4:00 pm |
Mississippi Valley State Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic |
W 84–80 | 5–1 |
Reed Green Coliseum (1,087) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Nov 30, 2019* 4:00 pm |
VCU Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic |
W 51–39 | 6–1 |
Reed Green Coliseum (1,016) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Dec 4, 2019* 5:00 pm |
Tulane | L 58–62 | 6–2 |
Reed Green Coliseum (3,668) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Dec 15, 2019* 2:00 pm |
South Alabama | W 62–55 | 7–2 |
Reed Green Coliseum (1,243) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Dec 19, 2019* 11:00 am |
at Houston | L 60–75 | 7–3 |
Fertitta Center (6,206) Houston, TX | |||||||
| Dec 28, 2019* 4:00 pm |
Faulkner | W 71–59 | 8–3 |
Reed Green Coliseum (1,117) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| C-USA regular season | |||||||||||
| Jan 4, 2020 4:00 pm |
Louisiana Tech | W 66–60 | 9–3 (1–0) |
Reed Green Coliseum (1,420) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Jan 9, 2020 6:00 pm |
UTEP | L 72–89 | 9–4 (1–1) |
Reed Green Coliseum (1,000) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Jan 11, 2020 4:00 pm |
UTSA | W 82–65 | 10–4 (2–1) |
Reed Green Coliseum (1,013) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Jan 16, 2020 7:00 pm |
at North Texas | W 65–57 | 11–4 (3–1) |
UNT Coliseum (1,281) Denton, TX | |||||||
| Jan 18, 2020 2:00 pm |
at Rice | L 64–75 | 11–5 (3–2) |
Tudor Fieldhouse (820) Houston, TX | |||||||
| Jan 23, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
UAB | L 68–74 | 11–6 (3–3) |
Reed Green Coliseum (1,631) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Jan 25, 2020 4:00 pm |
Middle Tennessee | L 69–77 | 11–7 (3–4) |
Reed Green Coliseum (1,774) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Jan 30, 2020 5:30 pm |
at Old Dominion | L 50–67 | 11–8 (3–5) |
Chartway Arena (1,539) Norfolk, VA | |||||||
| Feb 1, 2020 3:00 pm |
at Charlotte | L 59–63 | 11–9 (3–6) |
Dale F. Halton Arena (867) Charlotte, NC | |||||||
| Feb 6, 2020 6:00 pm |
Marshall | L 65–80 | 11–10 (3–7) |
Reed Green Coliseum (1,015) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Feb 8, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Western Kentucky | L 65–81 | 11–11 (3–8) |
Reed Green Coliseum (1,402) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Feb 13, 2020 6:00 pm |
at Florida Atlantic | W 71–67 | 12–11 (4–8) |
FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL | |||||||
| Feb 15, 2020 1:00 pm |
at FIU | W 58–53 | 13–11 (5–8) |
Ocean Bank Center (258) Miami, FL | |||||||
| Feb 20, 2020 6:30 pm |
at Louisiana Tech | W 63–61 | 14–11 (6–8) |
Thomas Assembly Center (1,749) Ruston, LA | |||||||
| Feb 22, 2020 4:00 pm |
Charlotte | L 55–59 | 14–12 (6–9) |
Reed Green Coliseum (1,226) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Feb 29, 2020 2:00 pm |
at UTEP | L 72–80 | 14–13 (6–10) |
Don Haskins Center (912) El Paso, TX | |||||||
| Mar 5, 2020 6:00 pm |
Florida Atlantic | W 59–55 | 15–13 (7–10) |
Reed Green Coliseum (1,228) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| Mar 7, 2020 2:00 pm |
at UAB | L 46–90 | 15–14 (7–11) |
Bartow Arena (694) Birmingham, AL | |||||||
| C-USA Tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 11, 2020 11:00 am, ESPN+ |
(9) | vs. (8) Marshall First Round |
L 67–71 OT | 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. | |||||||||||
- Source: Southern Miss Athletics[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "NCAA tournaments canceled over coronavirus". ESPN.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "2019–20 Women's Basketball Schedule". Southern Miss Athletics. Retrieved December 9, 2023.