2016–17 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team

2016–17 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball
2016–17 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball
Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic Champions
WNIT, First Round
Conference	Conference USA
Record	23–11 (13–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Joye Lee-McNelis (13th season);
Assistant coaches	Kiley Hill; Pauline Love; Lauren Pittman;
Home arena	Reed Green Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Eagles, led by thirteenth year head coach Joye Lee-McNelis, play their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and are members of Conference USA.

ConferenceConference USA

Record23–11 (13–5 C-USA)

Headcoach

Joye Lee-McNelis (13th season)

Assistant coaches

Kiley Hill
Pauline Love
Lauren Pittman

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2016–17 Conference USA women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
WKU †	16	–	2	.889	27	–	8	.771
Middle Tennessee	15	–	3	.833	23	–	11	.676
Southern Miss	13	–	5	.722	23	–	11	.676
Charlotte	12	–	6	.667	21	–	10	.677
Louisiana Tech	12	–	6	.667	18	–	14	.563
Old Dominion	11	–	7	.611	17	–	14	.548
UTSA	10	–	8	.556	14	–	17	.452
Rice	8	–	10	.444	22	–	13	.629
UAB	8	–	10	.444	15	–	15	.500
North Texas	8	–	10	.444	12	–	19	.387
Marshall	5	–	13	.278	13	–	17	.433
UTEP	5	–	13	.278	8	–	23	.258
FIU	3	–	15	.167	5	–	24	.172
Florida Atlantic	0	–	18	.000	4	–	25	.138

† 2017 C-USA Tournament winner As of March 26, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2016* 6:00 pm	Mississippi College	W 91–73		Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2016* 2:00 pm	New Orleans	W 78–53	1–0	Reed Green Coliseum (1,271) Hattiesburg, MS
11/14/2015* 11:00 am	William Carey	W 92–39	2–0	Reed Green Coliseum (2,595) Hattiesburg, MS
11/17/2016* 6:00 pm	Alabama State	W 70–43	3–0	Reed Green Coliseum (1,337) Hattiesburg, MS
11/20/2016* 2:00 pm	at Tulane	L 67–86	3–1	Devlin Fieldhouse (812) New Orleans, LA
11/25/2016* 10:00 am	Alcorn State Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic semifinals	W 99–56	4–1	Reed Green Coliseum (1,190) Hattiesburg, MS
11/26/2016* 4:00 pm	Louisiana–Lafayette Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic championship	W 71–49	5–1	Reed Green Coliseum (1,169) Hattiesburg, MS
12/01/2016* 4:00 pm	Mississippi Valley State	W 83–55	6–1	Reed Green Coliseum (1,253) Hattiesburg, MS
12/04/2016* 2:05 pm	at South Alabama	W 57–48	7–1	Mitchell Center (491) Mobile, AL
12/10/2016* 4:00 pm	No. 5 Mississippi State	L 50–72	7–2	Reed Green Coliseum (2,890) Hattiesburg, MS
12/19/2016* 6:30 pm	vs. California Puerto Rico Classic	L 51–71	7–3	South Point Arena Enterprise, NV
12/20/2016* 12:00 pm	vs. Xavier Puerto Rico Classic	W 73–59	8–3	South Point Arena (83) Enterprise, NV
12/21/2016* 10:00 am	vs. Northern Kentucky Puerto Rico Classic	L 53–58	8–4	South Point Arena (102) Enterprise, NV
Conference USA regular season
12/29/2016 6:30 pm	at Louisiana Tech	L 61–72	8–5 (0–1)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,530) Ruston, LA
01/05/2017 7:00 pm	at UTSA	W 69–68	9–5 (1–1)	Convocation Center (203) San Antonio, TX
01/07/2017 3:00 pm	at UTEP	W 79–68	10–5 (2–1)	Don Haskins Center (1,717) El Paso, TX
01/12/2017 6:00 pm	Old Dominion	W 84–69	11–5 (3–1)	Reed Green Coliseum (13) Hattiesburg, MS
01/14/2017 4:00 pm	Charlotte	L 61–78	11–6 (3–2)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,540) Hattiesburg, MS
01/19/2017 7:00 pm, beIN	at North Texas	L 62–75	11–7 (3–3)	The Super Pit (826) Denton, TX
01/21/2017 2:00 pm	at Rice	L 68–76	11–8 (3–4)	Tudor Fieldhouse (609) Houston, TX
01/26/2017 6:00 pm	Middle Tennessee	W 81–61	12–8 (4–4)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,333) Hattiesburg, MS
01/28/2017 4:00 pm	UAB	W 64–59	13–8 (5–4)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,560) Hattiesburg, MS
02/02/2017 6:00 pm	at Marshall	W 82–78	14–8 (6–4)	Cam Henderson Center (613) Huntington, WV
02/04/2017 2:05 pm	at WKU	L 53–79	14–9 (6–5)	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,668) Bowling Green, KY
02/09/2017 6:00 pm	UTSA	W 74–71	15–9 (7–5)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,360) Hattiesburg, MS
02/11/2017 4:00 pm	UTEP	W 73–48	16–9 (8–5)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,364) Hattiesburg, MS
02/16/2017 6:00 pm	at FIU	W 75–37	17–9 (9–5)	FIU Arena (382) Miami, FL
02/18/2017 4:00 pm	at Florida Atlantic	W 82–67	18–9 (10–5)	FAU Arena (638) Boca Raton, FL
02/23/2017 6:00 pm	Rice	W 79–60	19–9 (11–5)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,237) Hattiesburg, MS
02/25/2017 4:00 pm	North Texas	W 70–48	20–9 (12–5)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,428) Hattiesburg, MS
03/03/2017 6:00 pm	Louisiana Tech	W 72–63	21–9 (13–5)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,581) Hattiesburg, MS
Conference USA Women's Tournament
03/09/2017 9:00 pm	vs. Old Dominion Quarterfinals	W 80–74	22–9	Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL
03/10/2017 7:00 pm, ASN	vs. Middle Tennessee Semifinals	W 59–54	23–9	Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL
03/11/2017 4:30 pm, CBSSN	vs. WKU Championship Game	L 56–67	23–10	Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL
Women's National Invitation Tournament
03/15/2017* 6:00 pm	Little Rock First Round	L 62–72	23–11	Reed Green Coliseum (987) Hattiesburg, MS
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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