The Southern Miss women’s basketball team opened the 2016-2017 season with three straight wins at home over New Orleans, William Carey and Alabama State in an effort to rebound from a disappointing 14-16 record last year.
Prior to last season’s eighth-place C-USA finish, Coach Joye Lee-McNelis’ Lady Eagles had finished back-to-back seasons with over 25 wins. Also, the 2015-2016 Lady Eagles advanced to the quarterfinals of the Women’s NIT in 2015, the farthest any Lady Eagles team has made it in postseason play.
Lee-McNelis, now in her 13th season as head coach of Southern Miss, led the Lady Eagles to a 70-43 win over Alabama State in the Reed Green Coliseum on Thursday night.