# 2020–21 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team

The 2020–21 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by seventeenth-year head coach Joye Lee-McNelis, and played their home games at the Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi as a member of Conference USA.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 27, 2020* 3:00 p.m. | | Alabama A&M Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic | Canceled | Canceled | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS |
| November 28, 2020* 5:00 p.m. | | Southeastern Louisiana Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic | Canceled | Canceled | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS |
| December 5, 2020* 4:00 p.m. | | McNeese State | Canceled | Canceled | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS |
| December 12, 2020* 2:00 p.m. | | No. 12 Mississippi State | Canceled | Canceled | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS |
| December 17, 2020* 8:00 p.m. | | at Alabama | Canceled | Canceled | Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL |
| December 18, 2020* 6:00 p.m. | | Nicholls | W 63–50 | 1–0 | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS |
| December 19, 2020* 6:00 p.m. | | William Carey | W 57–50 | 2–0 | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS |
| C-USA regular season ||||||
| January 1, 2021 2:00 p.m. | | at UTEP | L 65–83 | 2–1 (0–1) | Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX |
| January 2, 2021 1:00 p.m. | | at UTEP | L 72–74 | 2–2 (0–2) | Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX |
| January 8, 2021 6:00 p.m. | | UAB | L 63–85 | 2–3 (0–3) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,200) Hattiesburg, MS |
| January 9, 2021 4:00 p.m. | | UAB | L 65–84 | 2–4 (0–4) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,200) Hattiesburg, MS |
| January 15, 2021 6:00 p.m. | | at Middle Tennessee | L 58–78 | 2–5 (0–5) | Murphy Center (100) Murfreesboro, TN |
| January 16, 2021 4:00 p.m. | | at Middle Tennessee | W 69–61 | 3–5 (1–5) | Murphy Center (100) Murfreesboro, TN |
| January 22, 2021 6:00 p.m. | | UTSA | W 88–64 | 4–5 (2–5) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,200) Hattiesburg, MS |
| January 23, 2021 4:00 p.m. | | UTSA | W 73–66 | 5–5 (3–5) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,200) Hattiesburg, MS |
| January 28, 2021 6:30 p.m. | | at Louisiana Tech | L 60–77 | 5–6 (3–6) | Thomas Assembly Center (1,200) Ruston, LA |
| January 30, 2021 4:00 p.m. | | Louisiana Tech | W 57–44 | 6–6 (4–6) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,200) Hattiesburg, MS |
| February 5, 2021 6:00 p.m. | | Rice | Postponed | Postponed | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS |
| February 6, 2021 4:00 p.m. | | Rice | Postponed | Postponed | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS |
| February 12, 2021 6:30 p.m. | | at North Texas | L 55–76 | 6–7 (4–7) | UNT Coliseum (865) Denton, TX |
| February 13, 2021 3:30 p.m. | | at North Texas | L 64–72 | 6–8 (4–8) | UNT Coliseum (843) Denton, TX |
| February 19, 2021 6:00 p.m. | | FIU | L 58–59 $^{OT}$ | 6–9 (4–9) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,200) Hattiesburg, MS |
| February 20, 2021 4:00 p.m. | | FIU | W 76–60 | 7–9 (5–9) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,200) Hattiesburg, MS |
| February 26, 2021 4:00 p.m. | | at Florida Atlantic | L 63–78 | 7–10 (5–10) | FAU Arena (228) Boca Raton, FL |
| February 27, 2021 1:00 p.m. | | at Florida Atlantic | L 61–86 | 7–11 (5–11) | FAU Arena (239) Boca Raton, FL |
| C-USA tournament ||||||
| March 10, 2021 11:00 a.m. | (5W) | vs. (4E) FIU Second round | L 75–85 | 7–12 | Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. ||||||