# 2018–19 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team

The 2018–19 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Eagles, led by fifteenth year head coach Joye Lee-McNelis, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 18–14, 9–7 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA women's tournament to North Texas. They received an invitation to the WBI where they defeated Nicholls in the first round before losing to North Alabama in the quarterfinals.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Oct 29, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Mississippi College | W 65–36 | | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 6, 2018* 11:00 am | | William Carey | W 74–48 | 1–0 | Reed Green Coliseum (2,865) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Nov 11, 2018* 2:00 pm | | Grambling State | W 68–47 | 2–0 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,211) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Nov 14, 2018* 7:05 pm, ESPN+ | | at South Alabama | L 68–77 | 2–1 | Mitchell Center (781) Mobile, AL |
| Nov 18, 2018* 2:00 pm | | Samford | W 76–40 | 3–1 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,137) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Nov 23, 2018* 6:00 pm | | Mississippi Valley State Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic | W 67–60 | 4–1 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,212) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Nov 24, 2018* 4:00 pm | | Sam Houston State Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic | L 61–65 | 4–2 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,180) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Nov 27, 2018* 6:00 pm | | Northwestern State | W 69–54 | 5–2 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,143) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Dec 1, 2018* 1:00 pm | | at Tulane | L 54–71 | 5–3 | Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA |
| Dec 11, 2018* 6:00 pm | | Alcorn State | W 66–47 | 6–3 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,312) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Dec 14, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | No. 5 Mississippi State | L 42–86 | 6–4 | Reed Green Coliseum (4,448) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Dec 18, 2018* 6:00 pm | | Blue Mountain | W 84–38 | 7–4 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,048) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Dec 20, 2018* 6:00 pm | | at Southeastern Louisiana | W 59–52 | 8–4 | University Center (463) Hammond, LA |
| Dec 30, 2018* 2:00 pm | | Houston | L 44–61 | 8–5 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,093) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Conference USA regular season ||||||
| Jan 3, 2019 6:00 pm | | Rice | L 47–58 | 8–6 (0–1) | Reed Green Coliseum (982) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Jan 5, 2019 2:00 pm | | North Texas | L 48–62 | 8–7 (0–2) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,231) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Jan 10, 2019 6:30 pm | | at Middle Tennessee | L 49–66 | 8–8 (0–3) | Murphy Center (3,987) Murfreesboro, TN |
| Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm | | at UAB | L 60–71 | 8–9 (0–4) | Bartow Arena (658) Birmingham, AL |
| Jan 17, 2019 2:00 pm | | Charlotte | W 65–54 | 9–9 (1–4) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,200) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Jan 19, 2019 4:00 pm | | Old Dominion | L 50–53 | 9–10 (1–5) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,099) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Jan 24, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Western Kentucky | W 69–56 | 10–10 (2–5) | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,187) Bowling Green, KY |
| Jan 26, 2019 12:00 pm | | at Marshall | W 64–52 | 11–10 (3–5) | Cam Henderson Center (774) Huntington, WV |
| Jan 31, 2019 6:00 pm | | FIU | W 71–57 | 12–10 (4–5) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,150) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Feb 2, 2019 4:00 pm | | Florida Atlantic | W 71–57 | 13–10 (5–5) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,150) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Feb 9, 2019 1:00 pm | | at Louisiana Tech | L 85–106 | 13–11 (5–6) | Thomas Assembly Center (1,723) Ruston, LA |
| Feb 14, 2019 7:00 pm | | at UTSA | W 70–45 | 14–11 (6–6) | Convocation Center (430) San Antonio, TX |
| Feb 16, 2019 12:00 pm | | at UTEP | W 64–63 | 15–11 (7–6) | Don Haskins Center (356) El Paso, TX |
| Feb 23, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Louisiana Tech | W 74–70 | 16–11 (8–6) | Reed Green Coliseum (4,456) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Mar 2, 2019 4:00 pm | | UTSA | W 72–39 | 17–11 (9–6) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,171) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Mar 7, 2019 6:00 pm | | at Charlotte | L 46–59 | 17–12 (9–7) | Dale F. Halton Arena (668) Charlotte, NC |
| Conference USA Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 13, 2019 11:00 am, ESPN+ | (8) | vs. (9) North Texas First Round | L 46–49 | 17–13 | The Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX |
| WBI ||||||
| Mar 21, 2019* 6:00 pm | | Nicholls State First Round | W 77–71 | 18–13 | Reed Green Coliseum (530) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Mar 25, 2019* 6:00 pm | | North Alabama Quarterfinals | L 65–69 $^{OT}$ | 18–14 | Reed Green Coliseum (626) Hattiesburg, MS |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||