2019–20 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2019–20 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball

Conference	Conference USA
Record	15–15 (7–11 C-USA)
Head coach	Joye Lee-McNelis (16th season)
Assistant coaches	Jack Trosper Patosha Jeffery Stephanie Stoglin-Reed
Home arena	Reed Green Coliseum
Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 Conference USA women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Rice	16	–	2	.889	21	–	8	.724
Old Dominion	14	–	4	.778	24	–	6	.800
Western Kentucky	14	–	4	.778	22	–	7	.759
Middle Tennessee	13	–	5	.722	21	–	9	.700
UAB	12	–	6	.667	20	–	10	.667
Charlotte	11	–	7	.611	20	–	9	.690
UTEP	8	–	10	.444	15	–	14	.517
Southern Miss	7	–	11	.389	15	–	15	.500
Florida Atlantic	7	–	11	.389	13	–	16	.448
Marshall	7	–	11	.389	13	–	17	.433
Louisiana Tech	6	–	12	.333	14	–	15	.483
North Texas	6	–	12	.333	12	–	18	.400
FIU	3	–	15	.167	6	–	23	.207
UTSA	2	–	16	.111	6	–	23	.207


† 2020 C-USA Tournament winner As of August 12, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Eagles, led by sixteenth-year head coach Joye Lee-McNelis, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and were members of Conference USA (C-USA).

They finished the season 15–15, 7–11 in C-USA play, to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA women's tournament to Marshall. The day following their loss, the rest of the games for the postseason tournament were cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.^[1]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2019* 4:00 p.m.		Spring Hill College	W 83–66		Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019* 11:00 a.m.		William Carey	W 77–47	1–0	Reed Green Coliseum (2,163) Hattiesburg, MS
November 9, 2019* 2:00 p.m., SECN+		at No. 10 Mississippi State	L 58–91	1–1	Humphrey Coliseum (7,591) Hattiesburg, MS
November 13, 2019* 6:00 p.m.		Southeastern Louisiana	W 62–54	2–1	Reed Green Coliseum (711) Hattiesburg, MS
November 16, 2019* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Louisiana–Monroe	W 57–42	3–1	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (709) Monroe, LA
November 19, 2019* 6:00 p.m.		Ole Miss	W 59–53	4–1	Reed Green Coliseum (1,843) Hattiesburg, MS
November 29, 2019* 4:00 p.m.		Mississippi Valley State Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic	W 84–80	5–1	Reed Green Coliseum (1,087) Hattiesburg, MS
November 30, 2019* 4:00 p.m.		VCU Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic	W 51–39	6–1	Reed Green Coliseum (1,016) Hattiesburg, MS
December 4, 2019* 5:00 p.m.		Tulane	L 58–62	6–2	Reed Green Coliseum (3,668) Hattiesburg, MS
December 15, 2019* 2:00 p.m.		South Alabama	W 62–55	7–2	Reed Green Coliseum (1,243) Hattiesburg, MS
December 19, 2019* 11:00 a.m.		at Houston	L 60–75	7–3	Fertitta Center (6,206) Houston, TX
December 28, 2019* 4:00 p.m.		Faulkner	W 71–59	8–3	Reed Green Coliseum (1,117) Hattiesburg, MS
C-USA regular season
January 4, 2020 4:00 p.m.		Louisiana Tech	W 66–60	9–3 (1–0)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,420) Hattiesburg, MS
January 9, 2020 6:00 p.m.		UTEP	L 72–89	9–4 (1–1)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,000) Hattiesburg, MS
January 11, 2020 4:00 p.m.		UTSA	W 82–65	10–4 (2–1)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,013) Hattiesburg, MS
January 16, 2020 7:00 p.m.		at North Texas	W 65–57	11–4 (3–1)	UNT Coliseum (1,281) Denton, TX
January 18, 2020 2:00 p.m.		at Rice	L 64–75	11–5 (3–2)	Tudor Fieldhouse (820) Houston, TX
January 23, 2020 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		UAB	L 68–74	11–6 (3–3)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,631) Hattiesburg, MS
January 25, 2020 4:00 p.m.		Middle Tennessee	L 69–77	11–7 (3–4)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,774) Hattiesburg, MS
January 30, 2020 5:30 p.m.		at Old Dominion	L 50–67	11–8 (3–5)	Chartway Arena (1,539) Norfolk, VA
February 1, 2020 3:00 p.m.		at Charlotte	L 59–63	11–9 (3–6)	Dale F. Halton Arena (867) Charlotte, NC
February 6, 2020 6:00 p.m.		Marshall	L 65–80	11–10 (3–7)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,015) Hattiesburg, MS
February 8, 2020 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Western Kentucky	L 65–81	11–11 (3–8)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,402) Hattiesburg, MS
February 13, 2020 6:00 p.m.		at Florida Atlantic	W 71–67	12–11 (4–8)	FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL
February 15, 2020 1:00 p.m.		at FIU	W 58–53	13–11 (5–8)	Ocean Bank Center (258) Miami, FL
February 20, 2020 6:30 p.m.		at Louisiana Tech	W 63–61	14–11 (6–8)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,749) Ruston, LA
February 22, 2020 4:00 p.m.		Charlotte	L 55–59	14–12 (6–9)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,226) Hattiesburg, MS
February 29, 2020 2:00 p.m.		at UTEP	L 72–80	14–13 (6–10)	Don Haskins Center (912) El Paso, TX
March 5, 2020 6:00 p.m.		Florida Atlantic	W 59–55	15–13 (7–10)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,228) Hattiesburg, MS
March 7, 2020 2:00 p.m.		at UAB	L 46–90	15–14 (7–11)	Bartow Arena (694) Birmingham, AL
C-USA tournament
March 11, 2020 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	(9)	vs. (8) Marshall First round	L 67–71 ^OT	15–15	The Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Source:^[2]

References

^ "NCAA tournaments canceled over coronavirus". ESPN.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
^ "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". Southern Miss Athletics. Retrieved December 9, 2023.

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