2014–15 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team

2014–15 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball

Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic Champions
WNIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	Conference USA
2014–15 record	25–11 (13–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Joye Lee-McNelis (11th year)
Assistant coach	Jordan Dupuy
Assistant coach	Pauline Love
Assistant coach	Alaura Sharp
Home arena	Reed Green Coliseum

	Conf				Overall
2014–15 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
WKU †	16	–	2	.889	30	–	5	.857
Middle Tennessee	14	–	4	.778	24	–	10	.706
Southern Miss	13	–	5	.722	25	–	11	.694
Old Dominion	11	–	7	.611	21	–	13	.618
UAB	11	–	7	.611	18	–	13	.581
UTSA	11	–	7	.611	16	–	15	.516
Louisiana Tech	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
Charlotte	10	–	8	.556	15	–	17	.469
Marshall	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Florida Atlantic	7	–	11	.389	13	–	17	.433
UTEP	7	–	11	.389	12	–	16	.429
Rice	4	–	14	.222	9	–	21	.300
North Texas	4	–	14	.222	5	–	24	.172
FIU	0	–	18	.000	3	–	26	.103


† 2015 C-USA Tournament winner As of 29 March 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Eagles, led by eleventh year head coach Joye Lee-McNelis, play their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and are members of Conference USA. They finish the season 25-11, 13-5 in C-USA to finish in third place. They advance to the championship game of the C-USA Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to Western Kentucky. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Texas Southern in the first round, TCU in the second round, Eastern Michigan in the third round before falling to Michigan in the quarterfinals.

Roster

2014–15 Southern Miss Lady Eagles women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	High School/Junior College	Home town
1.5 !G	00	Coyne, AlexAlex Coyne	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 65 !5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	2.0 !So	Lake Placid HS	Lake Placid, FL
3.5 !F	2	Cotton, LashyraLashyra Cotton	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	2.0 !So	East Side HS	Cleveland, MS
3.5 !F	4	Jones, TamaraTamara Jones	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	4.0 !Sr	Garden City CC	Prosser, WA
1.5 !G	10	Clemons, JerontayJerontay Clemons	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	3.0 !Jr	Coldwater HS	Coldwater, MS
3.5 !F	11	Martin, Voche'Voche' Martin	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	3.0 !Jr	Paris JC	DeSoto, TX
1.5 !G	12	Dinkins, BrittannyBrittanny Dinkins	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	2.0 !So	Norland HS	Miami, FL
1.5 !G	14	Dozier, KatieKatie Dozier	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 66 !5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	1.0 !Fr	Walton HS	Marietta, GA
5.0 !C	15	Powers, JessicaJessica Powers	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	1.0 !Fr	Pearl River Central HS	Carriere, MS
3.5 !F	20	Jordan, KierraKierra Jordan	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	2.0 !So	Lanier HS	Jackson, MS
2.5 !G/F	21	King, JaylaJayla King	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2.0 !So	South Florida	Pensacola, FL
1.5 !G	22	Brown, MeganMegan Brown	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1.0 !Fr	Salmen HS	Slidell, LA
1.5 !G	23	Rhodes, BrookeBrooke Rhodes	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	5.0 !GS	Delta State	Pelahatchie, MS
3.5 !F	24	Folsom, AshleyAshley Folsom	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	2.0 !So	Father Lopez HS	Deltona, FA

Head coach

Joye Lee-McNelis

Assistant coach(es)

Jordan Dupuy
Pauline Love
Alaura Sharp

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes

Schedule

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Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/08/2014*	West Florida	W 68–59	–	Reed Green Coliseum (N/A)
Regular season
11/14/2014*	William Carey	W 98–45	1–0	Reed Green Coliseum (3,052)
11/17/2014*	at South Alabama	W 64–53	2–0	Mitchell Center (421)
11/19/2014*	Mississippi Valley State	W 69–51	3–0	Reed Green Coliseum (1,150)
11/23/2014*	at McNeese State	L 55–57	3–1	Burton Coliseum (589)
11/28/2014*	Austin Peay (Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic semifinals)	W 80–71	4–1	Reed Green Coliseum (602)
11/29/2014*	North Carolina A&T (Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic championship)	W 72–48	5–1	Reed Green Coliseum (1,117)
12/03/2014*	Tennessee Tech	W 80–58	6–1	Reed Green Coliseum (1,148)
12/06/2014*	at Florida Gulf Coast	L 62–78	6–2	Alico Arena (1,624)
12/14/2014*	#22 Mississippi State	L 46–73	6–3	Reed Green Coliseum (2,561)
12/18/2014*	at Ole Miss	L 66–68	6–4	Tad Smith Coliseum (796)
12/29/2014*	at Nicholls State	W 89–57	7–4	Stopher Gym (501)
01/04/2015	at Louisiana Tech	W 79–77 ^OT	8–4 (1–0)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,804)
01/08/2015	UTSA	W 69–60 ^OT	9–4 (2–0)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,052)
01/10/2015	UTEP	L 59–71	9–5 (2–1)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,380)
01/15/2015	at Middle Tennessee	W 77–75	10–5 (3–1)	Murphy Center (3,912)
01/17/2015	at UAB	L 49–62	10–6 (3–2)	Bartow Arena (462)
01/22/2015	Rice	W 65–54	11–6 (4–2)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,046)
01/24/2015	North Texas	W 67–55	12–6 (5–2)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,126)
01/29/2015	at Marshall	L 65–67	12–7 (5–3)	Cam Henderson Center (454)
01/31/2015	at WKU	W 63–61	13–7 (6–3)	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,766)
02/05/2015	Middle Tennessee	W 70–65 ^OT	14–7 (7–3)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,277)
02/07/2015	UAB	W 44–39	15–7 (8–3)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,212)
02/12/2015	at FIU	W 78–65	16–7 (9–3)	FIU Arena (234)
02/14/2015	at Florida Atlantic	W 67–65	17–7 (10–3)	FAU Arena (530)
02/19/2015	Old Dominion	W 70–53	18–7 (11–3)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,285)
02/21/2015	Charlotte	L 72–83	18–8 (11–4)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,732)
02/26/2015	at UTSA	W 61–59	19–8 (12–4)	Convocation Center (645)
03/01/2015	at UTEP	W 66–60	20–8 (13–4)	Don Haskins Center (3,377)
03/07/2015	Louisiana Tech	L 64–67	20–9 (13–5)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,514)
Conference USA Tournament
03/12/2015	vs. UAB (Quarterfinals)	W 80–66	21–9	Bartow Arena (888)
03/13/2015	vs. Middle Tennessee (Semifinals)	W 65–53	22–9	Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (N/A)
03/14/2015	vs. WKU (Championship Game)	L 57–60	22–10	Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (N/A)
WNIT
03/19/2015*	Texas Southern (First Round)	W 79–69	23–10	Reed Green Coliseum (1,358)
03/22/2015*	TCU (Second Round)	W 77–73 ^OT	24–10	Reed Green Coliseum (1,726)
03/25/2015*	Eastern Michigan (Third Round)	W 76–65	25–10	Reed Green Coliseum (2,937)
03/29/2015*	Michigan (Quarterfinals)	L 60–69	25–11	Reed Green Coliseum (5,480)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ http://www.southernmiss.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/smis-w-baskbl-sched.html

2014–15 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team

Roster

Rankings

Schedule

See Also

References