Southern Miss Women's Basketball 2017 NIT Tournament Capsule

 

Southern Miss Lady Eagles

Conference USA (23-10, 13-5)

 
 
Big Wins: 1/26 Middle Tennessee (81-61), 3/3 Louisiana Tech (72-63), 3/9 vs Old Dominion (80-74)
Bad Losses: 12/21 vs Northern Kentucky (53-58), 1/19 at North Texas (62-75), 1/21 at Rice (68-76)
Coach: Joye Lee-McNelis
 
Probable Starters:
Shonte Hailes, Freshman, Guard, 6.5 ppg, 3.5 apg
Brittanny Dinkins, Senior, Guard, 18.4 ppg, 3.7 apg, 4.0 rpg, 3.2 spg
Megan Brown, Junior, Guard, 6.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg
Jayla King, Junior, Guard/Forward, 10.4 ppg, 6.9 rpg
Lashyra Cotton, Senior, Forward, 7.3 ppg, 4.5 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Keri Jewett-Giles, Sophomore, Guard, 8.8 ppg, 3.0 apg, 2.0 spg
Brittny Norris, Senior, Guard, 4.6 ppg
Respect Leaphart, Freshman, Forward, 5.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 71.1 (66th in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 62.2 (124, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 44.3 (39, 4)                 
Field-Goal Defense: 42.8 (311, 11)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 4.8 (249, 11)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.3 (139, 7)
Free-Throw Percentage: 70.9 (130, 4)
Rebound Margin: 2.6 (114, 3)
Assists Per Game: 15.4 (55, 4)
Turnovers Per Game: 16,9 (248, 9)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2015    NIT      First Round win over Texas Southern
2015    NIT      Second Round win over TCU
2015    NIT      Third Round win over Eastern Michigan
2015    NIT      Quarterfinal loss to Michigan
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 3/2