| 2022–23 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball | |
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Sun Belt co-regular season champions  | |
| Conference | Sun Belt Conference | 
| Record | 21–10 (13–5 Sun Belt) | 
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| Assistant coaches | 
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| Home arena | Reed Green Coliseum | 
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Madison † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Troy | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 21 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Monroe | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Alabama | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2023 Sun Belt Tournament winner As of March 22, 2023 Rankings from AP poll  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2022–23 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by nineteenth-year head coach Joye Lee-McNelis, and played their home games at the Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi as a member of the Sun Belt Conference.
The Lady Eagles finished as co-conference regular season champions with a record of 21–10 overall and 13–5 in conference play.
Previous season
The Lady Eagles finished 18–12 and 9–8 in conference-play for the 2021–22 basketball season. They lost in the conference tournament quarterfinal to Middle Tennessee, 50–70, and were unable to secure a bid into the NCAA tournament.
In March 2022, Southern Miss, as well as C-USA members Old Dominion and Marshall, announced that they would be joining the Sun Belt Conference effective July 1, 2022 to compete as full-time members for the 2022–23 season.[1]
Schedule and results
| Date time, TV  | 
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance)  city, state  | ||||||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| November 2, 2022* 6:00 p.m.  | 
Auburn Montgomery | W 81–78 | Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, MS  | ||||||||
| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| November 7, 2022* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+  | 
William Carey | W 81–58 | 1–0 | 
Reed Green Coliseum (2,304) Hattiesburg, MS  | |||||||
| November 12, 2022* 12:00 p.m., ESPN3  | 
at Valparaiso | L 65–72 | 1–1 | 
Athletics–Recreation Center (330) Valparaiso, IN  | |||||||
| November 16, 2022* 6:00 p.m., SECN+  | 
at Ole Miss | L 46–92 | 1–2 | 
SJB Pavilion (1,693) University, MS  | |||||||
| November 18, 2022* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
North Alabama | W 72–67 | 2–2 | 
Reed Green Coliseum (1,303) Hattiesburg, MS  | |||||||
| November 25, 2022* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
Nicholls  Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic  | 
W 83–68 | 3–2 | 
Reed Green Coliseum (893) Hattiesburg, MS  | |||||||
| November 26, 2022* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
Lamar  Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic  | 
W 56–48 | 4–2 | 
Reed Green Coliseum (829) Hattiesburg, MS  | |||||||
| November 30, 2022* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
Mississippi College | W 74–42 | 5–2 | 
Reed Green Coliseum (859) Hattiesburg, MS  | |||||||
| December 3, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
at Samford | L 59–71 | 5–3 | 
Pete Hanna Center (235) Homewood, AL  | |||||||
| December 11, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
Alabama | L 47–56 | 5–4 | 
Reed Green Coliseum (1,037) Hattiesburg, MS  | |||||||
| December 16, 2022* 3:00 p.m.  | 
vs. UC Irvine  Long Beach Classic  | 
W 50–45 | 6–4 | 
Walter Pyramid  Long Beach, CA  | |||||||
| December 17, 2022* 5:30 p.m., ESPN+  | 
vs. Long Beach State  Long Beach Classic  | 
W 56–50 | 7–4 | 
Walter Pyramid (607) Long Beach, CA  | |||||||
| Sun Belt regular season | |||||||||||
| December 29, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
at Troy | W 77–75 | 8–4 (1–0)  | 
Trojan Arena (1,872) Troy, AL  | |||||||
| December 31, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
at South Alabama | W 58–37 | 9–4 (2–0)  | 
Mitchell Center (267) Mobile, AL  | |||||||
| January 5, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
Louisiana | W 44–43 | 10–4 (3–0)  | 
Reed Green Coliseum (725) Hattiesburg, MS  | |||||||
| January 7, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
James Madison | L 54–63 | 10–5 (3–1)  | 
Reed Green Coliseum (920) Hattiesburg, MS  | |||||||
| January 12, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
Arkansas State | W 61–36 | 11–5 (4–1)  | 
Reed Green Coliseum (850) Hattiesburg, MS  | |||||||
| January 14, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
Louisiana–Monroe | W 77–57 | 12–5 (5–1)  | 
Reed Green Coliseum (896) Hattiesburg, MS  | |||||||
| January 19, 2023 5:30 p.m., ESPN+  | 
at Appalachian State | W 75–68 | 13–5 (6–1)  | 
Holmes Center (450) Boone, NC  | |||||||
| January 21, 2023 12:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
at Marshall | L 52–53 | 13–6 (6–2)  | 
Cam Henderson Center (472) Huntington, WV  | |||||||
| January 26, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
at Arkansas State | W 68–59 | 14–6 (7–2)  | 
First National Bank Arena (1,014) Jonesboro, AR  | |||||||
| January 28, 2023 4:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
at Texas State | L 52–62 OT | 14–7 (7–3)  | 
Strahan Arena (1,053) San Marcos, TX  | |||||||
| February 2, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
Old Dominion | L 55–65 | 14–8 (7–4)  | 
Reed Green Coliseum (1,234) Hattiesburg, MS  | |||||||
| February 4, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
South Alabama | W 61–40 | 15–8 (8–4)  | 
Reed Green Coliseum (1,449) Hattiesburg, MS  | |||||||
| February 9, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
Texas State | L 52–69 | 15–9 (8–5)  | 
Reed Green Coliseum (8,097) Hattiesburg, MS  | |||||||
| February 11, 2023 12:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
Coastal Carolina | W 80–68 | 16–9 (9–5)  | 
Reed Green Coliseum (4,578) Hattiesburg, MS  | |||||||
| February 16, 2023 10:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
at Georgia State | W 71–57 | 17–9 (10–5)  | 
GSU Convocation Center (467) Atlanta, GA  | |||||||
| February 18, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3  | 
at Louisiana–Monroe | W 84–82 OT | 18–9 (11–5)  | 
Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,012) Monroe, LA  | |||||||
| February 22, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
Troy | W 88–79 | 19–9 (12–5)  | 
Reed Green Coliseum (1,023) Hattiesburg, MS  | |||||||
| February 24, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
at Louisiana | W 69–64 OT | 20–9 (13–5)  | 
Cajundome (793) Lafayette, LA  | |||||||
| Sun Belt tournament | |||||||||||
| March 3, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
(3) | vs. (11) Arkansas State  Quarterfinals  | 
W 79–72 | 21–9 | 
Pensacola Bay Center  Pensacola, FL  | ||||||
| March 5, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+  | 
(3) | vs. (2) Texas State  Semifinals  | 
L 57–85 | 21–10 | 
Pensacola Bay Center  Pensacola, FL  | ||||||
- Source: Southern Miss Athletics[2]
 
See also
References
- ↑ "Southern Miss, Marshall, Old Dominion headed for Sun Belt in 2022 after resolution with Conference USA". CBSSports.com. March 31, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
 - ↑ "2022–23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Southern Miss Athletics. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
 
