Lady Eagles Hit the Road to Play South Alabama

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Lady Eagles basketball team heads to Mobile, Ala. on Wednesday evening to take on the South Alabama Jaguars at 7pm CT in Mitchell Arena.

Follow Along
The matchup between the Lady Eagles and Jaguars will be broadcasted live on ESPN+, and the Voice of the Lady Eagles, Jason Baker will be on hand to bring you all the action on 92.7 The Score for the Southern Miss IMG Sports Network. Live stats can be found on SouthernMiss.com and will be linked on the Lady Eagles Twitter account, @SouthernMissWBB. A full recap, photo gallery, box score and notes can be found on SouthernMiss.com after the completion of the game.

The Matchup
This will be the 16th game for the Lady Eagles at Mitchell Center on the campus of South Alabama and the 31st game overall between the two. Southern Miss is 7-8 when playing at Mitchell Center, 12-4 when at Reed Green and the Lady Eagles lead the series 19-12 overall.

The last time the two met was Nov. 30 of last year, when the Lady Eagles fell to the Jaguars at home, 57-78. South Alabama is one of the most-played opponents for Southern Miss, as they have played each other 31 times. They are the seventh-most played opponent.

South Alabama
The Jaguars are coming off a win in their first game of the season against Spring Hill, 75-57. Sophomore Antoinette Lewis leads in both rebounds and assists on the team with 18 and 13, respectively. Shaforia Kines leads the team in assists with seven.

Quotable – Joye Lee-McNelis
"South Alabama is a very good basketball team. They have Shaforia Kines that's a great guard and Antoinette Lewis is really good. They've got a good post presence and guard presence that can really shoot the cover off the basketball. They run a lot of four-out and one-in action. Savannah Jones who is from the Mississippi Gulf Coast, I don't think she could miss a shot, and we couldn't guard her at all. Coach Terry Fowler and his staff does a tremendous job of really getting that team to play extremely well. They had a lot of success last year, they played in postseason play. It will be interesting to see how this young team handles this first game on the road. Costa Rica may have helped us because when it was game day we traveled, we did things, and then we played, so at least we've had some exposure to that. The pressure is a little different now because season is on. They are a very good basketball team and we've got to make some changes to our game in a short amount of time."

Next Up
The Lady Eagles will take on the Samford Bulldogs at home on Sunday, Nov. 18.

Lady Eagles Hit the Road to Play South Alabama

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