Alabama
Southern Miss
Alabama Hosts Southern Miss in Coleman Coliseum Wednesday
11/16/2021 1:51:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The contest will be broadcasted on SEC Network Plus, with Roger Hoover and Leah Drury on the call
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama women's basketball team will host Southern Miss inside Coleman Coliseum Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. CT. The game will be broadcasted on SEC Network Plus, with Roger Hoover and Crimson Tide women's basketball alumna Leah Drury on the call.
Tickets to the nonconference contest start at five dollars. Both single game tickets and season tickets are on sale now, or fans can call the TIDE PRIDE/Athletic Ticket office at 205-348-BAMA.
Free parking is available to fans in the large parking lot adjacent to Coleman Coliseum.
The midweek matchup is the last of three home games for the Crimson Tide, before hitting the road for the first time this season to square off against Duke in the Maggie Dixon Classic in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, Nov. 21.
Through its first two games inside Coleman Coliseum, Alabama is leading the Southeastern Conference in 3-point field goal makes with 20 for 10.0 a game. Its also leading the league and ranks 11th in the nation in turnover margin at +14.00. Brittany Davis leads the league in scoring (42 points), while she leads the league and ranks seventh in the nation in 3-point field goal makes with nine for 4.50 a game.
Opening Tip
- Alabama is 1-1 in 2021-22, after a dominant triumph over Charleston Southern in the season opener (109-32) and a tight loss to the veteran lineup of Tulane (69-66).
- Four players are averaging double figures through the first two contests in Brittany Davis (21.0 ppg), Megan Abrams (11.5 ppg), Jada Rice (10.0 ppg) and JaMya Mingo-Young (10.0 ppg).
- Davis, a senior guard, is also leading the team with 9.0 rebounds per game, followed by Mingo-Young with 7.0 rebounds per game.
- The Crimson Tide is shooting 42.6 percent from the field (60-141) and 35.1 percent from long range (20-57).
- Brittany Davis is responsible for 45 percent of the Tide's 20 3-point makes, leading the team with nine 3-pointers this season.
- Five different players have scored in double figures this season, while three different players have produced 15-plus point games and two different players have produced 20-plus point games (Megan Abrams, Brittany Davis).
- The Crimson Tide is eager to return to a traditional schedule for the 2021-22 season, boasting a competitive 13-game, regular-season schedule, paired with a rigorous 16-game conference schedule. Alabama's nonconference schedule features 10 home games, two road games and a neutral-site matchup against Duke at the Maggie Dixon Classic in Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 21. Its SEC schedule includes eight home games and eight road games.
- The ESPN family of networks assigned Alabama to nine national slots for the upcoming season.
- Alabama is playing inside historic Coleman Coliseum for the sixth straight season.
About Southern Miss
- Southern Miss boasts a 2-0 record this season, after wins over William Carey (72-42) and ULM (77-60).
- Three of its five starters are averaging double figures so far this season, including guards Brikayla Gray and Domonique Davis with 13.5 points per game and Melyia Grayson with 12.5 points per game.
- Grayson is nearly averaging a double-double, tacking on a team-high 9.5 rebounds per game.
- The Golden Eagles returned three starters from a season ago in Daishai Almond, Kelsey Jones and Destiny Smith.
- Only Jones, a senior guard, has returned to the starting lineup this season, just two games through 2021-22.
- Jones is averaging 5.5 points per game, 4.0 rebounds per game and 1.0 blocks per game.
- Overall, Southern Miss boasts a 15-person roster that includes nine returners and six newcomers (four true freshmen and two transfers).
- The Golden Eagles' two transfers hail from SEC programs, including LSU (Dominique Davis) and Arkansas (Macy Weaver).
- Southern Miss is averaging 74.5 points per game, boasting a +23.5 scoring margin, while it is shooting 43 percent from the field and 21.7 percent from long range. Its averaging 45.5 rebounds per game, 18 turnovers per game, 11 steals per game and 2.5 blocks per game.
- Long-time head coach Joye Lee-McNelis earned her 500th career win in Southern Miss' season opener on Nov. 9 against William Carey (72-42).
- She became the 85th Division I women's basketball head coach to reach 500 career wins, joining 34 other active DI coaches with 500 wins.
- The Golden Eagles were selected to finish 13th in the 14-program Conference-USA, according to the preseason coaches poll.
- After the contest between the Golden Eagles and the Crimson Tide, Southern Miss will play Samford at home on Nov. 20.
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