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SOUTHERN MISS WOMENS BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS 2015-16 GENERAL Name of School: University of Southern Mississippi City/Zip: Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001 Founded: 1910 Enrollment: 16,000 Nickname: Golden

1 SOUTHERN MISS WOMENS BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS GENERAL Name of School: University of Southern Mississippi City/Zip: Hattiesburg, MS Founded: 1910 Enrollment: 16,000 Nickname: Golden Eagles School colors: Black and Gold Arena/Gym Name: Reed Green Coliseum Capacity: 8,095 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Conference USA Interim President: Dr. Rodney D. Bennett Alma Mater, Yr.: Middle Tennessee State, 1990 Athletics Director: Bill McGillis Alma Mater, Yr.: Saint Thomas University, 1984 Athletic Dept. Phone: (601) HISTORY First yr. of women s basketball: Overall all-time record: No. yrs. in NCAA Tournament/last: 8/1996 No. yrs. in NWIT/last: 5/2015 Last postseason opponent: Michigan/2015 Results: L, (quarterfinals WNIT) ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Assistant Director of Athletics: Jack Duggan Office Phone: (601) Associate Director/Basketball Contact: Shirley Hill Office Phone: (601) Home Phone: (601) Cell Phone: (601) Address: shirley.jones-hill@usm.edu Assistant Director: Chris Whitehead Address: christiopher.whitehead@usm.edu Fax: (601) Press Row Phone: (601) Mailing Address: 118 College Drive, #5161 Hattiesburg, MS Overnight Address: 2609 West 4th St. Hattiesburg, MS Web Address: COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Joye Lee-McNelis Alma Mater/Year: Southern Miss, 1984 Record at school (yrs.): (11) Career record (yrs.): (24) Basketball Office Phone: (601) Best time/day to reach coach: Through SID Associate Head Coach (Alma Mater/Yr.): Jordan Dupuy (Southern Miss, 2002) Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (Alma Mater/Yr.): Alaura Sharp (Southwest Minnesota State, 2006) Assistant Coach (Alma Mater/Yr.): Pauline Love (Southern Miss, 2010) Dir. of Basketball Operations: Jeff Stur (Marquette 2002) Graduate Assistant: Kaitlyn Schmid (U. of the Sciences, 2015) Athletic Trainer: Melissa Chastang (West Florida, 2010) Secretaries: Calleagh Brown TEAM INFORMATION Overall record last year: Conference record/finish: 13-5/3rd Final ranking last year (poll): None Starters returning/lost: 1/4 Letterwinners returning/lost: 5/6 Newcomers: 6 MEDIA INFORMATION Radio Stations: WKNZ - FM 96.5 Radio Contact person: John Cox Address: Southern Miss ISP Sports Network 118 College Drive, #10006 Hattiesburg, MS Phone: Play-by-Play Announcer: Josh West Media Services: Contact Athletic Communications

2 TEAM INFORMATION Starters Returning (R) and Lost (L) (R/L) Ht. Cl. Pos. Gp/Gs Ppg Rpg Other (L) Tamara Jones* F 35/ (R) Jerontay Clemons 5-8 Sr. G 35/ , 1.7 (L) Brooke Rhodes* G 36/ (L) Voche Martin* 6-3 Sr. C 36/ blks (L) Alex Coyne# 5-5 So. G 35/ ast *graduated; #transferred Other Returnees Ht. Cl. Pos. Gp/Gs Ppg Rpg Other Megan Brown 5-10 So. G 36/ Lashyra Cotton 5-11 Jr. G 26/ Brittanny Dinkins 5-7 Jr. G 36/ ast Katie Dozier 5-6 So. G 6/ Other Losses Ht. Cl. Pos. Gp/Gs Ppg Rpg Other Shakoa Edwards 5-4 Fr. G 7/ Ashley Folsom# 6-3 So. F 35/ Kierra Jordan 6-0 Jr. F 36/ Markia Nix 5-10 Sr. F 4/ #transferred Newcomers (5) Pos. Ht. Cl. Ppg Rpg Other Last School Keri Jewitt G 5-6 Fr. Dunbar HS Caitlin Jenkins C 6-3 Fr. Huntington HS Jayla King** G 5-9 R-So.-TR South Florida Brittny Norris G 5-9 Jr. Tyler JC Jessica Powers** C 6-6 R-Fr.-HS Pearl River Central HS Ariel Sneed F 6-0 Jr. Kirkwood CC Shayla Wilson F 6-1 Jr. St. Petersburg College Tajanay Veiga G 5-6 Jr. Midland College ** Reshirt All-star candidates (names only) Jerontay Clemons, Tajanay Veiga Notes Southern Miss returns just five letterwinners from last year s team that finished overall... The Lady Eagles posted back-to-back 25-win seasons since the and seasons... Southern Miss played in its second straight Conference USA championship game... Southern Miss also played in postseason for the second-straight year, advancing to the quarterfinals of the WNIT... Southern Miss returns only 35 percent of its scoring and 32 percent of its rebounds... Jerontay Clemons, the lone senior, is the top returning player after averaging 12.4 points and 6.3 rebounds... Also returning are junior guard Brittanny Dinkins (5.7 points/2.3 rebounds), junior Lashyra Cotton (3.6 points, 1.4 rebounds), sophomore Megan Brown (3.3 points/1.4 rebounds) and sophomore Katie Dozier (2.0 points)... The returning group accounts for 44 starts... Head Coach Joye Lee-McNelis returns for her 12th season at the helm of Southern Miss and her 25th season overall... The Lady Eagles and McNelis welcome eight newcomers including a pair of redshirt players... Joining the Lady Eagles are four junior college transfers, a redshirt sophomore transfer, a redshirt freshman and a pair of true freshmen... Southern Miss ended the season setting a new attendance record with 5,480 fans in the Michigan game... Over the final four games, the Lady Eagles averaged 2,875 fans... The attendance figures had an increase of 67 percent over

3 SOUTHERN MISS Women s Basketball Rosters Numerical No. Player Position Height Class-Exp. Hometown/HS/Last School 1 Tajanay Veiga G 5-6 Jr.-TR Boston, Mass./Midland College 2 Lashyra Cotton F 5-11 Jr.-2L Cleveland, Miss./East Side HS 3 Keri Jewitt G 5-6 Fr.-HS Fort Myers, Fla./Dunbar HS 4 Ariel Sneed F 6-0 Jr.-TR Harvey, Ill./Kirkwood CC 10 Jerontay Clemons G 5-8 Sr.-3L Coldwater, Miss./Coldwater HS 12 Brittanny Dinkins G 5-7 Jr.-2L Miami, Fla./Norland HS 14 Katie Dozier G 5-6 So.-1L Marietta, Ga./Walton HS 15 Caitlin Jenkins C 6-3 Fr.-HS Shreveport, La./Huntington HS 21 Jayla King G/F 5-9 R-So.-TR Pensacola, Fla./South Florida 22 Megan Brown G 5-10 So.-1L Slidell, La./Salmen HS 24 Brittny Norris G 5-9 Jr.-TR Dallas, Texas/Tyler JC 25 Jessica Powers C 6-6 R-Fr.-HS Carriere, Miss./Pearl River Central HS 44 Shayla Wilson F 6-1 Jr.-TR Tampa, Fla./St. Petersburg College Alphabetical No. Player Position Height Class-Exp. Hometown/HS/Last School 22 Megan Brown G 5-10 So.-1L Slidell, La./Salmen HS 10 Jerontay Clemons G 5-8 Sr.-3L Coldwater, Miss./Coldwater HS 2 Lashyra Cotton F 5-11 Jr.-2L Cleveland, Miss./East Side HS 12 Brittanny Dinkins G 5-7 Jr.-2L Miami, Fla./Norland HS 14 Katie Dozier G 5-6 So.-1L Marietta, Ga./Walton HS 15 Caitlin Jenkins C 6-3 Fr.-HS Shreveport, La./Huntington HS 3 Keri Jewitt G 5-6 Fr.-HS Fort Myers, Fla./Dunbar HS 21 Jayla King G/F 5-9 R-So.-TR Pensacola, Fla./South Florida 24 Brittny Norris G 5-9 Jr.-TR Dallas, Texas/Tyler JC 25 Jessica Powers C 6-6 R-Fr.-HS Carriere, Miss./Pearl River Central HS 4 Ariel Sneed F 6-0 Jr.-TR Harvey, Ill./Kirkwood CC 44 Shayla Wilson F 6-1 Jr.-TR Tampa, Fla./St. Petersburg College 1 Tajanay Veiga G 5-6 Jr.-TR Boston, Mass./Midland College Head Coach: Joye Lee-McNelis (Southern Miss, 1984) Associate Head Coach: Jordan Dupuy (Southern Miss, 2002) Associate Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Alaura Sharp (Southwest Minnesota State, 2006) Assistant Coach: Pauline Love (Southern Miss, 2010) Dir. of Basketball Operations: Jeff Stur (Marquette, 2002) Graduate Assistant: Kaitlyn Schmid (U. of the Sciences, 2015) Athletic Trainer: Melissa Chastang (West Florida, 2010) Managers: Craig Crews, Chris Swann, Leromeo McKee

4 Schedule Date Day Opponent Time 11/7 Saturday West Alabama (Exhibition) 4 p.m. 11/13 Friday Alabama State (School Day) 11 a.m. 11/15 Sunday Preseason WNIT TBA 11-20/21 Wed/Thurs Preseason WNIT TBA 11/27-28 Fri.-Sat. Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Tournament Friday Southern Miss vs. Mississippi Valley 5 p.m. Nicholls vs. Samford 7:30 p.m. 11/28 Saturday Consolation Game 2 p.m. Championship Game 4:30 p.m. 12/1 Tuesday at Tennessee Tech 6 p.m. 12/6 Sunday South Alabama 2 p.m. 12/12 Saturday Ole Miss 4 p.m. 12/16 Wednesday at Mississippi State 7 p.m. 12/20 Sunday UNC (Myrtle Beach, SC) 4 p.m. 12/28 Monday William Carey 6 p.m. 1/2 Saturday Louisiana Tech 4 p.m. 1/7 Thursday at Charlotte 11 a.m. 1/9 Saturday at Old Dominion 3 p.m. 1/14 Thursday Florida Atlantic (FSN) 8 p.m. 1/16 Saturday FIU 4 p.m. 1/24 Sunday at Louisiana Tech (ASN) 12 p.m. 1/28 Thursday at UTEP 8:05 p.m. 1/30 Saturday at UTSA 2 p.m. 2/4 Thursday North Texas 6 p.m. 2/6 Saturday Rice 4 p.m. 2/11 Thursday at UAB 7 p.m. 2/13 Saturday at Middle Tennessee 5 p.m. 2/18 Thursday UTEP 6 p.m. 2/20 Saturday UTSA 4 p.m. 2/25 Thursday at Rice 7 p.m. 2/27 Saturday at North Texas 2 p.m. 3/3 Thursday WKU 6 p.m. 3/5 Saturday Marshall 4 p.m. 3/8-12 Tues.-Sat. Conference USA Championship (Birmingham, Ala.) TBA

5 Lady Eagle Basketball Statistics Southern Miss Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 29, 2015) All games Overall record: Conf: 13-5 Home: 14-5 Away: 9-5 Neutral: 2-1 Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 04 JONES, Tamara CLEMONS, Jerontay RHODES, Brooke JORDAN, Kierra MARTIN, Voche' x-nix, Markia DINKINS, Brittanny x-edwards, Shakoa COYNE, Alex COTTON, Lashyra BROWN, Megan FOLSOM, Ashley DOZIER, Katie Team Total Opponents x-inactive player TEAM STATISTICS USM OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Southern Miss Opponents Date Opponent Score Att. 11/14/14 WILLIAM CAREY W /17/14 at South Alabama W /19/14 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY S W /23/14 at McNeese L /28/14 AUSTIN PEAY W /29/14 NORTH CAROLINA A&T W /3/14 TENNESSEE TECH W /6/14 at FGCU L /14/14 MISSISSIPPI STATE L /18/14 at Ole Miss L /29/14 at Nicholls W * 01/04/15 at Louisiana Tech Wot * 1/8/15 UTSA Wot * 1/10/15 UTEP L * 01/15/15 at Middle Tennessee Wot * 1/17//15 at UAB L * 1/22/15 RICE W * 1/24/15 NORTH TEXAS W * 1/29/15 at Marshall L * 01/31/15 at WKU W * 2/5/15 MIDDLE TENNESSEE Wot * 2/7/15 UAB W * 2/12/15 at FIU W * 2/14/15 at Florida Atlantic W * 2/19/15 OLD DOMINION W * 2/21/15 CHARLOTTE L * 2/26/15 at UTSA W * 03/01/15 at UTEP W * 3/7/15 LOUISIANA TECH L /12/15 vs UAB W /13/15 vs Middle Tennessee W /14/15 vs WKU L /19/15 TEXAS SOUTHERN W /22/15 TCU Wot /25/15 EASTERN MICHIGAN W /29/15 MICHIGAN L * = Conference game

SOUTHERN MISS LADY EAGLE BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS

SOUTHERN MISS LADY EAGLE BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS 2016-17 GENERAL Name of School: University of Southern Mississippi City/Zip: Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001 Founded: 1910 Enrollment: 16,000 Nickname: Golden