Southern Women's Basketball 2026 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Southern Jaguars
 
SWAC (19-13, 12-6)
 
 
Big Wins: 12/3 at Arizona (63-57), 12/7 at Houston (70-62)
Bad Losses: 1/10 at Florida A&M (57-60), 2/5 Alabama State (57-61)
Coach: Carlos Funchess
 
Probable Starters:
DeMya Porter, Sophomore, Forward, 9.7 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.1 bpg
Mykayla Cunningham, Junior, Guard, 5.6 ppg, 3.7 apg, 2.4 rpg
Jaylia Reed, Senior, Guard, 7.8 ppg, 1.5 apg, 2.1 rpg
D’Shantae Edwards, Senior, Guard, 4.0 ppg, 1.1 apg, 2.2 rpg
Zaria Hurston, Junior, Guard, 8.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Jestiny Dixon, Junior, Guard, 4.5 ppg, 1.2 apg, 3.1 rpg
Jocelyn Tate, Sophomore, Guard, 7.7 ppg, 2.0 apg, 5.6 rpg, 2.0 spg
Olivia Delancy, Senior, Guard, 7.6 ppg, 2.6 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 61.8 (258th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 59.8 (72, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 38.1 (284, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.5 (152, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 4.9 (291, 5)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 31.8 (132, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 59.8 (356, 10)
Rebound Margin: -3.0 (279, 8)
Assists Per Game: 12.3 (225, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 17.0 (233, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2025NCAAFirst Four win over UC San Diego
2025NCAAFirst Round loss to UCLA
2023NCAAFirst Four loss to Sacred Heart
2019NCAAFirst Round loss to Mississippi State
2018NITFirst Round loss to Alabama
2016NITFirst Round loss to Arkansas State
2011NITRound of 64 loss to Tulane
2010NCAARound of 64 loss to Connecticut
2009NITFirst Round loss to New Mexico
2006NCAARound of 64 loss to Duke
2004NCAARound of 64 loss to Texas
 
*all team stats through 3/5