# 2019–20 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team

The 2019–20 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Eagles, led by sixteenth-year head coach Joye Lee-McNelis, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and were members of Conference USA (C-USA).
They finished the season 15–15, 7–11 in C-USA play, to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA women's tournament to Marshall. The day following their loss, the rest of the games for the postseason tournament were cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 2, 2019* 4:00 p.m. | | Spring Hill College | W 83–66 | | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 5, 2019* 11:00 a.m. | | William Carey | W 77–47 | 1–0 | Reed Green Coliseum (2,163) Hattiesburg, MS |
| November 9, 2019* 2:00 p.m., SECN+ | | at No. 10 Mississippi State | L 58–91 | 1–1 | Humphrey Coliseum (7,591) Hattiesburg, MS |
| November 13, 2019* 6:00 p.m. | | Southeastern Louisiana | W 62–54 | 2–1 | Reed Green Coliseum (711) Hattiesburg, MS |
| November 16, 2019* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Louisiana–Monroe | W 57–42 | 3–1 | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (709) Monroe, LA |
| November 19, 2019* 6:00 p.m. | | Ole Miss | W 59–53 | 4–1 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,843) Hattiesburg, MS |
| November 29, 2019* 4:00 p.m. | | Mississippi Valley State Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic | W 84–80 | 5–1 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,087) Hattiesburg, MS |
| November 30, 2019* 4:00 p.m. | | VCU Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic | W 51–39 | 6–1 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,016) Hattiesburg, MS |
| December 4, 2019* 5:00 p.m. | | Tulane | L 58–62 | 6–2 | Reed Green Coliseum (3,668) Hattiesburg, MS |
| December 15, 2019* 2:00 p.m. | | South Alabama | W 62–55 | 7–2 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,243) Hattiesburg, MS |
| December 19, 2019* 11:00 a.m. | | at Houston | L 60–75 | 7–3 | Fertitta Center (6,206) Houston, TX |
| December 28, 2019* 4:00 p.m. | | Faulkner | W 71–59 | 8–3 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,117) Hattiesburg, MS |
| C-USA regular season ||||||
| January 4, 2020 4:00 p.m. | | Louisiana Tech | W 66–60 | 9–3 (1–0) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,420) Hattiesburg, MS |
| January 9, 2020 6:00 p.m. | | UTEP | L 72–89 | 9–4 (1–1) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,000) Hattiesburg, MS |
| January 11, 2020 4:00 p.m. | | UTSA | W 82–65 | 10–4 (2–1) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,013) Hattiesburg, MS |
| January 16, 2020 7:00 p.m. | | at North Texas | W 65–57 | 11–4 (3–1) | UNT Coliseum (1,281) Denton, TX |
| January 18, 2020 2:00 p.m. | | at Rice | L 64–75 | 11–5 (3–2) | Tudor Fieldhouse (820) Houston, TX |
| January 23, 2020 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | UAB | L 68–74 | 11–6 (3–3) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,631) Hattiesburg, MS |
| January 25, 2020 4:00 p.m. | | Middle Tennessee | L 69–77 | 11–7 (3–4) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,774) Hattiesburg, MS |
| January 30, 2020 5:30 p.m. | | at Old Dominion | L 50–67 | 11–8 (3–5) | Chartway Arena (1,539) Norfolk, VA |
| February 1, 2020 3:00 p.m. | | at Charlotte | L 59–63 | 11–9 (3–6) | Dale F. Halton Arena (867) Charlotte, NC |
| February 6, 2020 6:00 p.m. | | Marshall | L 65–80 | 11–10 (3–7) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,015) Hattiesburg, MS |
| February 8, 2020 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Western Kentucky | L 65–81 | 11–11 (3–8) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,402) Hattiesburg, MS |
| February 13, 2020 6:00 p.m. | | at Florida Atlantic | W 71–67 | 12–11 (4–8) | FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL |
| February 15, 2020 1:00 p.m. | | at FIU | W 58–53 | 13–11 (5–8) | Ocean Bank Center (258) Miami, FL |
| February 20, 2020 6:30 p.m. | | at Louisiana Tech | W 63–61 | 14–11 (6–8) | Thomas Assembly Center (1,749) Ruston, LA |
| February 22, 2020 4:00 p.m. | | Charlotte | L 55–59 | 14–12 (6–9) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,226) Hattiesburg, MS |
| February 29, 2020 2:00 p.m. | | at UTEP | L 72–80 | 14–13 (6–10) | Don Haskins Center (912) El Paso, TX |
| March 5, 2020 6:00 p.m. | | Florida Atlantic | W 59–55 | 15–13 (7–10) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,228) Hattiesburg, MS |
| March 7, 2020 2:00 p.m. | | at UAB | L 46–90 | 15–14 (7–11) | Bartow Arena (694) Birmingham, AL |
| C-USA tournament ||||||
| March 11, 2020 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | (9) | vs. (8) Marshall First round | L 67–71 $^{OT}$ | 15–15 | The Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. ||||||
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