Southern Miss Women's Basketball 2015 NIT Tournament Capsule

Southern Miss Lady Eagles
Conference USA (22-10, 13-5)

 

Big Wins: 1/4 at Louisiana Tech (79-77), 1/15 at Middle Tennessee (77-75), 1/31 at Western Kentucky (63-61)
Bad Losses: 11/23 at McNeese State (55-57), 1/10 UTEP (59-71), 2/21 Charlotte (72-83)
Coach: Joe Lee-McNelis

Probable Starters:
Brooke Rhodes, Senior, Guard, 7.7 ppg, 2.1 apg
Jerontay Clemons, Junior, Guard, 12.4 ppg, 3.0 apg, 6.1 rpg
Alex Coyne, Sophomore, Guard, 3.5 ppg, 4.4 apg
Voche’ Martin, Senior, Forward, 6.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg
Tamara Jones, Senior, Forward, 15.9 ppg, 6.8 rpg

Key Roleplayers:
Brittany Dinkins, Sophomore, Guard, 5.4 ppg, 2.2 apg
Megan Brown, Freshman, Guard, 3.4 ppg
Ashley Folsom, Sophomore, Forward, 3.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg
Kierra Jordan, Sophomore, Forward, 6.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 67.9 (104th in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 61.8 (120, 6)
Field-Goal Percentage: 44.9 (15, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 37.5 (68, 3)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.2 (164, 8)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.8 (30, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 63.4 (309, 9)
Rebound Margin: 0.3 (177, 10)
Assists Per Game: 15.7 (33, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 17.5 (250, 11)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2014    NIT    First Round win over Lamar
2014    NIT    Second Round loss to Mississippi State
2008    NIT    First Round win over Arkansas-Little Rock
2008    NIT    Second Round win over Mississippi State
2008    NIT    Third Round loss to Michigan
2000    NIT    First Round loss to Georgia Tech
1996    NCAA    Round of 64 win over Utah
1996    NCAA    Round of 32 loss to Louisiana Tech
1995    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Southern  Methodist
1994    NCAA    Round of 64 win over Tennessee State
1994    NCAA    Round of 32 win over Western Kentucky
1994    NCAA    Regional Semifinal loss to Connecticut

*all team stats through 3/5

 

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