2014–15 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team

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 play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the C-USA Women's 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.

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 season)
Assistant coaches	Jordan Dupuy Pauline Love Alaura Sharp
Home arena	Reed Green Coliseum

2014–15 Conference USA women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
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

Roster

2014–15 Southern Miss Golden Eagles women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 00 Alex Coyne 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Lake Placid HS Lake Placid, FL F 2 Lashyra Cotton 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So East Side HS Cleveland, MS F 4 Tamara Jones 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Garden City CC Prosser, WA G 10 Jerontay Clemons 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Coldwater HS Coldwater, MS F 11 Voche' Martin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Paris JC DeSoto, TX G 12 Brittanny Dinkins 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Norland HS Miami, FL G 14 Katie Dozier 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Walton HS Marietta, GA C 15 Jessica Powers 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Fr Pearl River Central HS Carriere, MS F 20 Kierra Jordan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Lanier HS Jackson, MS G/F 21 Jayla King  5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So South Florida Pensacola, FL G 22 Megan Brown 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Salmen HS Slidell, LA G 23 Brooke Rhodes 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) GS Delta State Pelahatchie, MS F 24 Ashley Folsom 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 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 time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2014* 12:00 PM		West Florida	W 68–59	–	Reed Green Coliseum (N/A) Hattiesburg, MS
Regular season
11/14/2014* 11:00 AM		William Carey	W 98–45	1–0	Reed Green Coliseum (3,052) Hattiesburg, MS
11/17/2014* 7:05 PM		at South Alabama	W 64–53	2–0	Mitchell Center (421) Mobile, AL
11/19/2014* 6:00 PM		Mississippi Valley State	W 69–51	3–0	Reed Green Coliseum (1,150) Hattiesburg, MS
11/23/2014* 2:00 PM		at McNeese State	L 55–57	3–1	Burton Coliseum (589) Lake Charles, LA
11/28/2014* 3:00 PM		Austin Peay Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic semifinals	W 80–71	4–1	Reed Green Coliseum (602) Hattiesburg, MS
11/29/2014* 7:00 PM		North Carolina A&T Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic championship	W 72–48	5–1	Reed Green Coliseum (1,117) Hattiesburg, MS
12/03/2014* 5:00 PM		Tennessee Tech	W 80–58	6–1	Reed Green Coliseum (1,148) Hattiesburg, MS
12/06/2014* 6:00 PM, ESPN3		at Florida Gulf Coast	L 62–78	6–2	Alico Arena (1,624) Fort Myers, FL
12/14/2014* 2:00 PM, ASN		No. 22 Mississippi State	L 46–73	6–3	Reed Green Coliseum (2,561) Hattiesburg, MS
12/18/2014* 4:00 PM		at Ole Miss	L 66–68	6–4	Tad Smith Coliseum (796) Oxford, MS
12/29/2014* 6:00 PM		at Nicholls State	W 89–57	7–4	Stopher Gym (501) Thibodaux, LA
01/04/2015 3:00 PM		at Louisiana Tech	W 79–77 ^OT	8–4 (1–0)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,804) Ruston, LA
01/08/2015 6:00 PM		UTSA	W 69–60 ^OT	9–4 (2–0)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,052) Hattiesburg, MS
01/10/2015 4:00 PM		UTEP	L 59–71	9–5 (2–1)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,380) Hattiesburg, MS
01/15/2015 7:00 PM		at Middle Tennessee	W 77–75	10–5 (3–1)	Murphy Center (3,912) Murfreesboro, TN
01/17/2015 2:00 PM		at UAB	L 49–62	10–6 (3–2)	Bartow Arena (462) Birmingham, AL
01/22/2015 6:00 PM		Rice	W 65–54	11–6 (4–2)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,046) Hattiesburg, MS
01/24/2015 4:00 PM		North Texas	W 67–55	12–6 (5–2)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,126) Hattiesburg, MS
01/29/2015 5:00 PM		at Marshall	L 65–67	12–7 (5–3)	Cam Henderson Center (454) Huntington, WV
01/31/2015 2:00 PM		at WKU	W 63–61	13–7 (6–3)	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,766) Bowling Green, KY
02/05/2015 6:00 PM		Middle Tennessee	W 70–65 ^OT	14–7 (7–3)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,277) Hattiesburg, MS
02/07/2015 4:00 PM		UAB	W 44–39	15–7 (8–3)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,212) Hattiesburg, MS
02/12/2015 5:00 PM		at FIU	W 78–65	16–7 (9–3)	FIU Arena (234) Miami, FL
02/14/2015 4:00 PM		at Florida Atlantic	W 67–65	17–7 (10–3)	FAU Arena (530) Boca Raton, FL
02/19/2015 6:00 PM		Old Dominion	W 70–53	18–7 (11–3)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,285) Hattiesburg, MS
02/21/2015 4:00 PM		Charlotte	L 72–83	18–8 (11–4)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,732) Hattiesburg, MS
02/26/2015 7:00 PM		at UTSA	W 61–59	19–8 (12–4)	Convocation Center (645) San Antonio, TX
03/01/2015 3:00 PM, FSN		at UTEP	W 66–60	20–8 (13–4)	Don Haskins Center (3,377) El Paso, TX
03/07/2015 4:00 PM		Louisiana Tech	L 64–67	20–9 (13–5)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,514) Hattiesburg, MS
Conference USA Tournament
03/12/2015 11:00 AM, ASN		vs. UAB Quarterfinals	W 80–66	21–9	Bartow Arena (888) Birmingham, AL
03/13/2015 10:00 AM, CBSSN		vs. Middle Tennessee Semifinals	W 65–53	22–9	Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (N/A) Birmingham, AL
03/14/2015 7:00 PM, CBSSN		vs. WKU Championship Game	L 57–60	22–10	Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (N/A) Birmingham, AL
WNIT
03/19/2015* 7:00 PM		Texas Southern First Round	W 79–69	23–10	Reed Green Coliseum (1,358) Hattiesburg, MS
03/22/2015* 2:00 PM		TCU Second Round	W 77–73 ^OT	24–10	Reed Green Coliseum (1,726) Hattiesburg, MS
03/25/2015* 7:00 PM		Eastern Michigan Third Round	W 76–65	25–10	Reed Green Coliseum (2,937) Hattiesburg, MS
03/29/2015* 2:00 PM		Michigan Quarterfinals	L 60–69	25–11	Reed Green Coliseum (5,480) Hattiesburg, MS
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

2014–15 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team

References

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