Southern Miss Lady Eagles
Conference USA (26-6, 13-3)
Big Wins: 1/25 East Carolina (82-80), 2/5 Middle Tennessee State (68-56), 3/1 Tulane (79-67)
Bad Losses: 11/16 at Hampton (58-74), 1/15 Old Dominion (82-92), 1/18 at Tulane (71-73)
Coach: Joye Lee-McNelis (9 seasons at Southern Mississippi)
Probable Starters:
Jamierra Faulkner, Senior, Guard, 17.7 ppg, 8.5 apg, 3.0 spg
Jerontay Clemons, Sophomore, Guard, 11.3 ppg, 2.3 apg, 5.1 rpg
Brittany Dinkins, Freshman, Guard, 8.9 ppg, 2.1 apg
Markia Nix, Junior, Guard/Forward, 5.7 ppg, 3.9 rpg
Kierra Jordan, Freshman, Forward, 7.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg
Key Roleplayers:
Tamara Jones, Junior, Forward, 14.5 ppg, 6.1 rpg
Ashley Folsom, Freshman, Forward, 5.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg
Voche’ Martin, Junior, Forward, 4.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Alex Coyne, Freshman, Guard, 2.9 ppg, 2.5 apg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 79.1 (22nd in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 67.0 (171, 10)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.6 (12, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.7 (140, 9)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 3.8 (286, 13)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: n/a
Free-Throw Percentage: 68.1 (208, 9)
Rebound Margin: 1.2 (147, 10)
Assists Per Game: 18.7 (7, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 16.6 (211, 11)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
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 3/6
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