2022–23 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team
2022–23 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball | |
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Sun Belt co-regular season champions | |
Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
Record | 21–10 (13–5 Sun Belt) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Reed Green Coliseum |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Madison † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Southern | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Troy | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 21 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Monroe | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Alabama | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2023 Sun Belt tournament winner As of March 22, 2023 Rankings from AP poll |
The 2022–23 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by nineteenth-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.
The Lady Eagles finished as co-conference regular season champions with a record of 21–10 overall and 13–5 in conference play.
Previous season
The Lady Eagles finished 18–12 and 9–8 in conference-play for the 2021–22 basketball season. They lost in the conference tournament quarterfinal to Middle Tennessee, 50–70, and were unable to secure a bid into the NCAA tournament.
In March 2022, Southern Miss, as well as C-USA members Old Dominion and Marshall, announced that they would be joining the Sun Belt Conference effective July 1, 2022 to compete as full-time members for the 2022–23 season.[1]
Schedule and results
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 2, 2022* 6:00 p.m. | Auburn Montgomery | W 81–78 | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 7, 2022* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | William Carey | W 81–58 | 1–0 | Reed Green Coliseum (2,304) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
November 12, 2022* 12:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at Valparaiso | L 65–72 | 1–1 | Athletics–Recreation Center (330) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
November 16, 2022* 6:00 p.m., SECN+ | at Ole Miss | L 46–92 | 1–2 | SJB Pavilion (1,693) University, MS | |||||||
November 18, 2022* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | North Alabama | W 72–67 | 2–2 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,303) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
November 25, 2022* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Nicholls Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic | W 83–68 | 3–2 | Reed Green Coliseum (893) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
November 26, 2022* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Lamar Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic | W 56–48 | 4–2 | Reed Green Coliseum (829) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
November 30, 2022* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Mississippi College | W 74–42 | 5–2 | Reed Green Coliseum (859) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
December 3, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Samford | L 59–71 | 5–3 | Pete Hanna Center (235) Homewood, AL | |||||||
December 11, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Alabama | L 47–56 | 5–4 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,037) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
December 16, 2022* 3:00 p.m. | vs. UC Irvine Long Beach Classic | W 50–45 | 6–4 | Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA | |||||||
December 17, 2022* 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ | vs. Long Beach State Long Beach Classic | W 56–50 | 7–4 | Walter Pyramid (607) Long Beach, CA | |||||||
Sun Belt regular season | |||||||||||
December 29, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Troy | W 77–75 | 8–4 (1–0) | Trojan Arena (1,872) Troy, AL | |||||||
December 31, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at South Alabama | W 58–37 | 9–4 (2–0) | Mitchell Center (267) Mobile, AL | |||||||
January 5, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Louisiana | W 44–43 | 10–4 (3–0) | Reed Green Coliseum (725) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
January 7, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | James Madison | L 54–63 | 10–5 (3–1) | Reed Green Coliseum (920) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
January 12, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Arkansas State | W 61–36 | 11–5 (4–1) | Reed Green Coliseum (850) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
January 14, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Louisiana–Monroe | W 77–57 | 12–5 (5–1) | Reed Green Coliseum (896) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
January 19, 2023 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ | at Appalachian State | W 75–68 | 13–5 (6–1) | Holmes Center (450) Boone, NC | |||||||
January 21, 2023 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Marshall | L 52–53 | 13–6 (6–2) | Cam Henderson Center (472) Huntington, WV | |||||||
January 26, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Arkansas State | W 68–59 | 14–6 (7–2) | First National Bank Arena (1,014) Jonesboro, AR | |||||||
January 28, 2023 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Texas State | L 52–62 OT | 14–7 (7–3) | Strahan Arena (1,053) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
February 2, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Old Dominion | L 55–65 | 14–8 (7–4) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,234) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
February 4, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | South Alabama | W 61–40 | 15–8 (8–4) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,449) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
February 9, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Texas State | L 52–69 | 15–9 (8–5) | Reed Green Coliseum (8,097) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
February 11, 2023 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Coastal Carolina | W 80–68 | 16–9 (9–5) | Reed Green Coliseum (4,578) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
February 16, 2023 10:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Georgia State | W 71–57 | 17–9 (10–5) | GSU Convocation Center (467) Atlanta, GA | |||||||
February 18, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at Louisiana–Monroe | W 84–82 OT | 18–9 (11–5) | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,012) Monroe, LA | |||||||
February 22, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Troy | W 88–79 | 19–9 (12–5) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,023) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
February 24, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Louisiana | W 69–64 OT | 20–9 (13–5) | Cajundome (793) Lafayette, LA | |||||||
Sun Belt tournament | |||||||||||
March 3, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (3) | vs. (11) Arkansas State Quarterfinals | W 79–72 | 21–9 | Pensacola Bay Center Pensacola, FL | ||||||
March 5, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (3) | vs. (2) Texas State Semifinals | L 57–85 | 21–10 | Pensacola Bay Center Pensacola, FL | ||||||
- Source: Southern Miss Athletics[2]