# 2015–16 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team

The 2015–16 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Eagles, led by twelfth-year head coach Joye Lee-McNelis, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and were members of Conference USA (C-USA). They finished the season 14–16, 7–11 in C-USA play, to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA women's tournament to UAB.

## 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 ||||||
| November 7, 2015* 4:00 p.m. | West Alabama | W 90–49 | | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 13, 2015* 11:00 a.m. | Alabama State Preseason WNIT first round | W 65–44 | 1–0 | Reed Green Coliseum (2,498) Hattiesburg, MS |
| November 16, 2015* 7:00 p.m. | at No. 5 Baylor Preseason WNIT second round | L 42–97 | 1–1 | Ferrell Center (5,400) Waco, TX |
| November 20, 2015* 5:30 p.m. | at No. 24 Chattanooga Preseason WNIT consolation round | L 48–53 $^{OT}$ | 1–2 | McKenzie Arena (1,111) Chattanooga, TN |
| November 27, 2015* 5:00 p.m. | Mississippi Valley State Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Tournament semifinals | W 71–55 | 2–2 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,320) Hattiesburg, MS |
| November 28, 2015* 2:00 p.m. | Nicholls State Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Tournament championship | W 56–48 | 3–2 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,262) Hattiesburg, MS |
| December 1, 2015* 6:00 p.m. | at Tennessee Tech | W 69–57 | 4–2 | Eblen Center (576) Cookeville, TN |
| December 6, 2015* 2:00 p.m. | South Alabama | W 71–51 | 5–2 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,294) Hattiesburg, MS |
| December 12, 2015* 4:00 p.m. | Ole Miss | W 57–38 | 6–2 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,632) Hattiesburg, MS |
| December 16, 2015* 7:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Mississippi State | L 65–78 | 6–3 | Humphrey Coliseum (3,505) Starkville, MS |
| December 20, 2015* 4:00 p.m., ASN | vs. North Carolina Carolinas Challenge | L 62–69 | 6–4 | Myrtle Beach Convention Center Myrtle Beach, SC |
| December 28, 2015* 6:00 p.m. | William Carey | W 75–34 | 7–4 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,392) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Conference USA regular season ||||||
| January 2, 2016 4:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | W 69–59 | 8–4 (1–0) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,525) Hattiesburg, MS |
| January 7, 2016 11:00 a.m. | at Charlotte | L 59–80 | 8–5 (1–1) | Dale F. Halton Arena (5,437) Charlotte, NC |
| January 9, 2016 3:00 p.m. | at Old Dominion | L 45–53 | 8–6 (1–2) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (1,975) Norfolk, VA |
| January 14, 2016 8:00 p.m., FSN | Florida Atlantic | W 89–80 | 9–6 (2–2) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,546) Hattiesburg, MS |
| January 16, 2016 4:00 p.m. | FIU | W 83–55 | 10–6 (3–2) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,660) Hattiesburg, MS |
| January 24, 2016 12:00 p.m., ASN | at Louisiana Tech | L 37–72 | 10–7 (3–3) | Thomas Assembly Center (1,724) Ruston, LA |
| January 28, 2016 8:05 p.m. | at UTEP | L 64–72 | 10–8 (3–4) | Don Haskins Center (4,326) El Paso, TX |
| January 30, 2016 2:00 p.m. | at UTSA | L 41–47 | 10–9 (3–5) | Convocation Center (554) San Antonio, TX |
| February 4, 2016 6:00 p.m. | North Texas | W 57–38 | 11–9 (4–5) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,576) Hattiesburg, MS |
| February 6, 2016 4:00 p.m. | Rice | W 68–62 | 12–9 (5–5) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,522) Hattiesburg, MS |
| February 11, 2016 7:00 p.m. | at UAB | L 49–53 | 12–10 (5–6) | Bartow Arena (312) Birmingham, AL |
| February 13, 2016 5:00 p.m. | at Middle Tennessee | L 44–74 | 12–11 (5–7) | Murphy Center (5,229) Murfreesboro, TN |
| February 18, 2016 6:00 p.m. | UTEP | L 54–57 | 12–12 (5–8) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,484) Hattiesburg, MS |
| February 20, 2016 4:00 p.m. | UTSA | W 65–53 | 13–12 (6–8) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,549) Hattiesburg, MS |
| February 25, 2016 7:00 p.m. | at Rice | W 59–49 | 14–12 (7–8) | Tudor Fieldhouse (404) Houston, TX |
| February 27, 2016 2:00 p.m. | at North Texas | L 55–57 | 14–13 (7–9) | The Super Pit (638) Denton, TX |
| March 3, 2016 6:00 p.m. | WKU | L 53–54 | 14–14 (7–10) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,382) Hattiesburg, MS |
| March 5, 2016 4:00 p.m. | Marshall | L 53–63 | 14–15 (7–11) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,514) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Conference USA women's tournament ||||||
| March 9, 2016 11:00 a.m., ASN | vs. UAB Second round | L 46–64 | 14–16 | Bartow Arena (356) Birmingham, AL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. ||||||
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