Saturday, November 9
Starkville, Miss. / Humphrey Coliseum
2 p.m.
Southern Miss
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Mississippi State
Southern Miss WBB Faces Mississippi State on the Road Saturday
11/8/2019 11:10:00 AM | Women's Basketball
The Lady Eagles will be the home and season opener for the Bulldogs.
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Southern Miss Lady Eagles head to Starkville, Miss. to take on the No. 10 Mississippi State Bulldogs for their season and home opener. They will play at 2 p.m. in Humphrey Coliseum.
This will be the 47th matchup between the Lady Eagles and the Bulldogs, with a close split of 24-22 in the Bulldogs favor. The Lady Eagles will be playing at Mississippi State's Humphrey Coliseum for the 22nd time in its history, with a record of 7-14 when playing on their court. This will be McNelis' 17th game against the Bulldogs.Â
The Lady Eagles have played the Bulldogs four previous times as a ranked opponent. In 2000, they played them as a No. 19 squad. In 2016, they were ranked 7th and last season they were No. 5. This season, they will be playing them as the No. 10 ranked team by the AP.Â
The Bulldogs
Mississippi State returns six players that saw time against Southern Miss last season. Their squad contains four freshmen, four sophomores, five juniors and one graduate student. Only one of their players is from Mississippi. They are led by head coach Vic Schaefer who is in his eighth season with the Bulldogs. Jordan Danberry, the 5'8" graduate guard for the Bulldogs was named to the 2020 Women's Citizen Naismith Trophy Watch List and was also named Preseason First Team All-SEC.
On Thursday, Vic Schaefer held his season-opening press conference. Here is what he had to say on Joye Lee-McNelis and the Lady Eagles:
"Our opener is here whether you are ready or not, you better try to be ready on Saturday. Southern Miss is coming in, and it's an annual game for us. I have so much respect and admiration for Joye Lee-McNelis and her program. She is a tremendous coach and competitor. You say one thing about her and know that she is a cancer survivor. I think that speaks for the competitor since you have to be tremendous competitor to beat that and she did. I have so much admiration for her. She is a great ambassador for our state and her university. I have a lot of respect for that program. I know they will be well prepared coming in here. It is always a tough game for us. Our kids will hopefully be ready. We have a lot of kids that haven't been in that game, so it'll be new for them. Their kids are playing extremely hard and will really challenge us and make us uncomfortable in some areas. We will have to be ready to play."
Last Matchup
The Bulldogs came to Hattiesburg on Dec. 14th last year. The Bulldogs came away with a 86-42 win against the Lady Eagles. Southern Miss scored 22 points off the bench and 22 points in the paint. Mississippi State forced 27 turnovers from the Lady Eagles and scored 40 of their points off those turnovers. The Lady Eagles return 10 players from last season including multiple starters. Southern Miss was led by Megan Brown with 10 rebounds and then-freshman Daishai Almond led in points with 10. Shonte Hailes was the starting point guard but left in the first half with an injury. They played in front of the second-largest regular-season crowd in Reed Green Coliseum.Â
Last Time Out
The Lady Eagles are coming off a 77-47 win against crosstown foe William Carey. Alarie Mayze led the team in scoring with 15 points. Newcomers Jalise Smallwood and Liz Gibbs both saw playing time and their first points as Lady Eagles. Allie Kennedy started for just the fourth time in her career.Â
Follow Along
The game will be broadcast on the SEC Network with the ball being tipped at 2 p.m. Jason Baker, the Voice of the Lady Eagles, will be broadcasting for the Southern Miss Sports Network brought to you by Learfield IMG College on 98.1 WMXIÂ because of a conflict. Fans are encouraged to follow along with the game on Twitter by following @SouthernMissWBB for updates and highlights. A full recap will be posted to SouthernMiss.com after the conclusion of the game.
Next Up
The Lady Eagles return to their home court on Wednesday, Nov. 13th against Southeastern Louisiana with a 6 p.m. tip in Reed Green Coliseum.
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This will be the 47th matchup between the Lady Eagles and the Bulldogs, with a close split of 24-22 in the Bulldogs favor. The Lady Eagles will be playing at Mississippi State's Humphrey Coliseum for the 22nd time in its history, with a record of 7-14 when playing on their court. This will be McNelis' 17th game against the Bulldogs.Â
The Lady Eagles have played the Bulldogs four previous times as a ranked opponent. In 2000, they played them as a No. 19 squad. In 2016, they were ranked 7th and last season they were No. 5. This season, they will be playing them as the No. 10 ranked team by the AP.Â
The Bulldogs
Mississippi State returns six players that saw time against Southern Miss last season. Their squad contains four freshmen, four sophomores, five juniors and one graduate student. Only one of their players is from Mississippi. They are led by head coach Vic Schaefer who is in his eighth season with the Bulldogs. Jordan Danberry, the 5'8" graduate guard for the Bulldogs was named to the 2020 Women's Citizen Naismith Trophy Watch List and was also named Preseason First Team All-SEC.
On Thursday, Vic Schaefer held his season-opening press conference. Here is what he had to say on Joye Lee-McNelis and the Lady Eagles:
"Our opener is here whether you are ready or not, you better try to be ready on Saturday. Southern Miss is coming in, and it's an annual game for us. I have so much respect and admiration for Joye Lee-McNelis and her program. She is a tremendous coach and competitor. You say one thing about her and know that she is a cancer survivor. I think that speaks for the competitor since you have to be tremendous competitor to beat that and she did. I have so much admiration for her. She is a great ambassador for our state and her university. I have a lot of respect for that program. I know they will be well prepared coming in here. It is always a tough game for us. Our kids will hopefully be ready. We have a lot of kids that haven't been in that game, so it'll be new for them. Their kids are playing extremely hard and will really challenge us and make us uncomfortable in some areas. We will have to be ready to play."
Last Matchup
The Bulldogs came to Hattiesburg on Dec. 14th last year. The Bulldogs came away with a 86-42 win against the Lady Eagles. Southern Miss scored 22 points off the bench and 22 points in the paint. Mississippi State forced 27 turnovers from the Lady Eagles and scored 40 of their points off those turnovers. The Lady Eagles return 10 players from last season including multiple starters. Southern Miss was led by Megan Brown with 10 rebounds and then-freshman Daishai Almond led in points with 10. Shonte Hailes was the starting point guard but left in the first half with an injury. They played in front of the second-largest regular-season crowd in Reed Green Coliseum.Â
Last Time Out
The Lady Eagles are coming off a 77-47 win against crosstown foe William Carey. Alarie Mayze led the team in scoring with 15 points. Newcomers Jalise Smallwood and Liz Gibbs both saw playing time and their first points as Lady Eagles. Allie Kennedy started for just the fourth time in her career.Â
Follow Along
The game will be broadcast on the SEC Network with the ball being tipped at 2 p.m. Jason Baker, the Voice of the Lady Eagles, will be broadcasting for the Southern Miss Sports Network brought to you by Learfield IMG College on 98.1 WMXIÂ because of a conflict. Fans are encouraged to follow along with the game on Twitter by following @SouthernMissWBB for updates and highlights. A full recap will be posted to SouthernMiss.com after the conclusion of the game.
Next Up
The Lady Eagles return to their home court on Wednesday, Nov. 13th against Southeastern Louisiana with a 6 p.m. tip in Reed Green Coliseum.
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