Lady Eagles Look to Defend Reed Green Coliseum in Rematch Against UAB

Sunday, December 7

Reed Green Coliseum

2 p.m.

Southern Miss

UAB

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Lady Eagles Look to Defend Reed Green Coliseum in Rematch Against UAB

12/6/2025 4:12:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss women's basketball hosts UAB on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. in the second meeting of the season between the two longtime rivals. The game will be the second between the two squads in 10 days after the Blazers took the first meeting 77-72 in the Cancun Challenge.

The Lady Eagles (6-3) are looking to snap a three-game losing streak after successive losses to UAB, No. 25 North Carolina State and SMU spoiled Southern Miss' 6-0 start to the Bilderback era. UAB (4-4) enters as winners of two of its last three games, including the win over Southern Miss after a rough start to the campaign.

Lee Roberts (PxP) and Larry Boyd (Color) will lead the broadcast on ESPN+ with Jason Baker, the Voice of the Lady Eagles, and Kay James calling the game on the Southern Miss Sports Network. The Lady Eagle Courtside Pregame Show begins at 1:30 p.m.

Southern Miss and UAB meet for the 73rd time in series history with Southern Miss leading the all-time series 42-30. The two squads have now played in 40 different seasons and in 34 of the last 35, missing only 2022-23 since 1991.

Carly Keats (Philadelphia, Miss.) leads Southern Miss with 13.6 points per game as one of four Lady Eagles with a double-figure scoring average. The senior transfer is hitting 40.4 percent (42-of-104) of her shots and is a standout behind the arc, hitting 28-of-69 attempts for a 40.6 percent rate.

Meloney Thames (Philadelphia, Miss.), Sakyia White (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) and Jakayla Johnson (Clinton, Miss.) all average double-figures as well with 12.8, 12.1 and 10.9 points per game respectively. Hayleigh Breland (Wiggins, Miss.) rounds out the starting five with 9.1 points per game as well.

White led all scorers in the team's last game at SMU on Dec. 1, tying her career high with 24 points on the night on a 10-of-13 shooting line. She also leads Southern Miss with 7.1 rebounds per game. Breland paces Southern Miss with 28 assists while Thames and Keats also have 24 and 23, respectively.

Johnson's 14 steals are the most on the team with four total Lady Eagles holding at least 10 on the year. Brikayla Gray (Hebron, Miss.) has five blocks on the season to lead Southern Miss.

UAB's recent scoring outburst gives the Blazers five double-figure scorers, led by Eleecia Carter's 14.8 points per game. Cali Smallwood, Molly Moffitt, Sofia Munoz and Monae' Duffy all hold double-figure averages as well, posting 13.6, 11.4, 10.0 and 10.0 points per game, respectively.

As a team, UAB is scoring 73.0 points per game and making an average of 9.1 three pointers per game on 24.0 attempts per game. Blazer head coach Randy Norton is in his 13th season leading the Blazers with a 215-163 all-time ledger with the program. Norton is coaching his 19th game against Southern Miss in his career, holding an 11-7 record against the Lady Eagles in his tenure.

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