Southern Miss Lady Eagles Trek to Ruston for Showdown at LA Tech
1/8/2022 4:37:00 PM | Women's Basketball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – After having a pair of home games postponed this week due to COVID-19 issues with the opponent, the Lady Eagles of Southern Miss women's basketball continue Conference USA action on the road on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. CT against Louisiana Tech from the Thomas Assembly Center.
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Scouting the Lady Techsters
• Head coach Brooke Stoehr enters her sixth season at the helm of the Lady Techsters and has posted an 8-5 record so far this season.
• The Lady Techsters are led offensively by junior Keiunna Walker (16.8 ppg). Walker ranks fifth in scoring, first in free throws made (78) and free throws attempted (99) and eighth in field goal percentage (40.4%) in Conference USA. She has scored in double figures in her last 14 games and is just one of four players in the conference to score in double-figures in every game this season.
• Sophomore Anna Larr Roberson has been a force on the defensive end of the floor for Tech, ranking third in rebounds (9.2 rpg) and eighth in blocked shots (1.3 bpg), while contributing on the offensive end of the floor with 12.7 points per game.
• Defensively, Tech ranks as one of the best defense teams in C-USA. The Lady Techsters rank third in blocked shots (3.8 bpg), third in points allowed (56.5 papg), sixth in opponent field goal percentage (37.9%) and fifth in steals (10.2) in C-USA.
Scouting the Lady Eagles
• Daishai Almond, Kelsey Jones and Destiny Smith have all been with the Lady Eagles since their freshman season and bring a combined 253 games played to the table.
• Conference USA Co-Freshman of the Year Melyia Grayson is averaging close to a double-double through 13 games of her sophomore season. Grayson is second on the squad with 12.6 PPG and leads the Lady Eagles in rebounding with 8.2 RPG.
• Dating back to the 2019-20 season, Southern Miss is 15-1 when holding opponents under 70 points, with the only loss coming against FIU in OT last season. Consequently, the Lady Eagles are 0-17 when giving up 70 or more.
• Southern Miss has scored more than 50% of its points from inside the paint in all but three contests this season. The Lady Eagles scored their most points inside the lane this season with 56 points in the paint at WKU.
• Southern Miss has been getting after it on the offensive boards, as the Lady Eagles currently lead Conference USA and are ninth in the country averaging 16.5 per game through the first 13 games of the season.
