# 2014–15 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team

The 2014–15 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Eagles, led by eleventh year head coach Joye Lee-McNelis, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 25–11, 13–5 in C-USA play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the C-USA women's tournament, where they lost to Western Kentucky. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Texas Southern in the first round, TCU in the second round, Eastern Michigan in the third round before falling to Michigan in the quarterfinals.

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/08/2014* 12:00 pm | West Florida | W 68–59 | – | Reed Green Coliseum (N/A) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2014* 11:00 am | William Carey | W 98–45 | 1–0 | Reed Green Coliseum (3,052) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 11/17/2014* 7:05 pm | at South Alabama | W 64–53 | 2–0 | Mitchell Center (421) Mobile, AL |
| 11/19/2014* 6:00 pm | Mississippi Valley State | W 69–51 | 3–0 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,150) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 11/23/2014* 2:00 pm | at McNeese State | L 55–57 | 3–1 | Burton Coliseum (589) Lake Charles, LA |
| 11/28/2014* 3:00 pm | Austin Peay Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic semifinals | W 80–71 | 4–1 | Reed Green Coliseum (602) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 11/29/2014* 7:00 pm | North Carolina A&T Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic championship | W 72–48 | 5–1 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,117) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 12/03/2014* 5:00 pm | Tennessee Tech | W 80–58 | 6–1 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,148) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 12/06/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Florida Gulf Coast | L 62–78 | 6–2 | Alico Arena (1,624) Fort Myers, FL |
| 12/14/2014* 2:00 pm, ASN | No. 22 Mississippi State | L 46–73 | 6–3 | Reed Green Coliseum (2,561) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 12/18/2014* 4:00 pm | at Ole Miss | L 66–68 | 6–4 | Tad Smith Coliseum (796) Oxford, MS |
| 12/29/2014* 6:00 pm | at Nicholls State | W 89–57 | 7–4 | Stopher Gym (501) Thibodaux, LA |
| 01/04/2015 3:00 pm | at Louisiana Tech | W 79–77 $^{OT}$ | 8–4 (1–0) | Thomas Assembly Center (1,804) Ruston, LA |
| 01/08/2015 6:00 pm | UTSA | W 69–60 $^{OT}$ | 9–4 (2–0) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,052) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 01/10/2015 4:00 pm | UTEP | L 59–71 | 9–5 (2–1) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,380) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 01/15/2015 7:00 pm | at Middle Tennessee | W 77–75 | 10–5 (3–1) | Murphy Center (3,912) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 01/17/2015 2:00 pm | at UAB | L 49–62 | 10–6 (3–2) | Bartow Arena (462) Birmingham, AL |
| 01/22/2015 6:00 pm | Rice | W 65–54 | 11–6 (4–2) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,046) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 01/24/2015 4:00 pm | North Texas | W 67–55 | 12–6 (5–2) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,126) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 01/29/2015 5:00 pm | at Marshall | L 65–67 | 12–7 (5–3) | Cam Henderson Center (454) Huntington, WV |
| 01/31/2015 2:00 pm | at WKU | W 63–61 | 13–7 (6–3) | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,766) Bowling Green, KY |
| 02/05/2015 6:00 pm | Middle Tennessee | W 70–65 $^{OT}$ | 14–7 (7–3) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,277) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 02/07/2015 4:00 pm | UAB | W 44–39 | 15–7 (8–3) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,212) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 02/12/2015 5:00 pm | at FIU | W 78–65 | 16–7 (9–3) | FIU Arena (234) Miami, FL |
| 02/14/2015 4:00 pm | at Florida Atlantic | W 67–65 | 17–7 (10–3) | FAU Arena (530) Boca Raton, FL |
| 02/19/2015 6:00 pm | Old Dominion | W 70–53 | 18–7 (11–3) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,285) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 02/21/2015 4:00 pm | Charlotte | L 72–83 | 18–8 (11–4) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,732) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 02/26/2015 7:00 pm | at UTSA | W 61–59 | 19–8 (12–4) | Convocation Center (645) San Antonio, TX |
| 03/01/2015 3:00 pm, FSN | at UTEP | W 66–60 | 20–8 (13–4) | Don Haskins Center (3,377) El Paso, TX |
| 03/07/2015 4:00 pm | Louisiana Tech | L 64–67 | 20–9 (13–5) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,514) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Conference USA Tournament ||||||
| 03/12/2015 11:00 am, ASN | vs. UAB Quarterfinals | W 80–66 | 21–9 | Bartow Arena (888) Birmingham, AL |
| 03/13/2015 10:00 am, CBSSN | vs. Middle Tennessee Semifinals | W 65–53 | 22–9 | Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (N/A) Birmingham, AL |
| 03/14/2015 7:00 pm, CBSSN | vs. WKU Championship Game | L 57–60 | 22–10 | Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (N/A) Birmingham, AL |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/19/2015* 7:00 pm | Texas Southern First Round | W 79–69 | 23–10 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,358) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 03/22/2015* 2:00 pm | TCU Second Round | W 77–73 $^{OT}$ | 24–10 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,726) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 03/25/2015* 7:00 pm | Eastern Michigan Third Round | W 76–65 | 25–10 | Reed Green Coliseum (2,937) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 03/29/2015* 2:00 pm | Michigan Quarterfinals | L 60–69 | 25–11 | Reed Green Coliseum (5,480) Hattiesburg, MS |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||