University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Southern Miss Set For Weekend Games Louisville and Cincinnati
2/16/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Southern Miss Set For Weekend Games Louisville and Cincinnati
Head Coach Joye Lee McNelis and her Lady Eagles looking to earn C-USA Tourney berth |
HATTIESBURG, Miss.
-- The Southern Miss Lady Eagles hit the road for a pair of games at Louisville and Cincinnati this weekend, looking to earn a berth to the conference tournament. This is the last meeting between the teams as members of Conference USA.Southern Miss (9-15, 3-8) is coming off a 54-68 loss to USF on Sunday. Emer Foley registered her fourth double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds. USF led 44-42 at the 12:27 mark, when the Bulls scored 10 unanswered points over 3:34 for a 12-point lead. Southern Miss cut the lead to eight points, but the Bulls answered the run again. Deondra Carter and Shannon Stueber scored 11 and 10 points, respectively. Freshman Liz Biland, who missed both games last weekend with a hand injury, should be available for play.
Stueber continues to lead the team in scoring, averaging 14.7 points and Deondra Carter is averaging 11.2 points. Foley leads the team in rebounding at 5.9 rebounds per game. The Lady Eagles are averaging 57.7 points and 35.3 rebounds. Southern Miss is shooting 39.1 percent from the field and 72.1 percent from the free throw line.
Following the Louisville game, Southern Miss continues its road swing, playing at Cincinnati on Sunday. Southern Miss wraps up the regular season at Tulane on Feb. 26.
Scouting Louisville
4 Louisville is 17-7 and 8-3 following a 71-65 overtime loss to East Carolina. In that game, East Carolina hit 12-of-14 from the line in overtime for the win. Yuliya Tokova finished with a career-high 19 points and 10 rebounds and Jazz Covington had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Covington leads the team in scoring and rebounding at 18.1 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. As a team, Louisville is averaging 66.6 points and 38.7 rebounds per game. The Cards are shooting 44.2 percent from the field and 70.8 percent from the free throw line. Louisville has three players who has made 20 or more three-pointers.About The Series
4 This is the 41st meeting between Southern Miss and Louisville and the final meeting between the two teams as members of Conference USA. Louisville leads the series 21-19. Louisville has dominated the series as of late, winning eight of the last nine meetings including the last three meetings. Joye Lee-McNelis is 6-8 against Louisville.On This Date
4 Southern Miss has played eight times on Feb. 18. The Lady Eagles own an 8-2 record. The last time Southern Miss played on Feb. 18, was in 2001 when the Lady Eagles lost to Memphis, 73-58.
