2011-12 Basketball Guide

game. Passes are available to college and professional scouts. Spouses, dates, and non-work-ers will not be permitted in the working-press area. Sorry, we do not provide complimentary tickets to the media.

All credentials may be picked up at the press WILL CALL, located at the tunnel on the southwest side of Green Coliseum.

in advance of any requested player interview. Players will return calls at a mutually acceptable time. Home numbers WILL NOT be given out.

Coaches - Coach Joye Lee-McNelis is available from 9-11 a.m., Monday - Friday, for telephone interviews arranged in advance through the Media Relations Office.

Practices

Media representatives are invited to attend practices at all times (unless prior notice of a closed practice is given).

The 2011-12 University of Southern Mississippi Women’s Basketball Media Guide has been designed as a source of information for the news media and the Lady Golden Eagle basketball fans. Every effort has been made to include pertinent and timely information. Should you need additional information, such as feature material and/or photographs, please direct your inquiries to the Athletic Media Relations Office:

Press Parking
Press parking in on a first-
come, first-serve basis. No reserved parking
is available.

Southern Miss
Athletic Media
Relations Office
Athletic Media Relations
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Dr., #5161
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Phone: 601/266-4503

Services

The Southern Miss Media Relations Office will provide game programs, notes, and cumulative stats prior to the game and play-by-play and stat summaries at halftime and at the end of the game. A complete play-by-play will be available as soon as possible following the end of the game.

Fax service is available. Please make prior arrangements with the Media Relations Office.

118 College Drive #5161

Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Overnight Mailing
Address:
Central Receiving
2609 W. 4th Street
Hattiesburg, MS
39401

Office Phone 601-266-4503

To help further in covering Southern Miss basketball during the 2010-11 season, new releases, photo, slides, videos, audiocas-settes, and other services are available to accredited members of the news media.

Working Credentials

All credential requests for Southern Miss home games should be directed to Shirley Hill, Associate Media Relations Director, IN WRITING, at least one week prior to the

Telephones

Individual service should be requested directly through BellSouth in Jackson (in state, 1-557-6000; out of state, 1-800-622- 0644). Use the Media Relations Office as a campus contact for location purposes. Several telephones are available on press row for local, credit card, and collect long-distance calls. The main press row number at Green Coliseum is 601/266-5428.

Postgame

After home games and following a closed meeting with the players, Coach McNelis will be available to the media, as will any players that media members might desire to interview. Associate Media Relations Director Shirley Hill will be available to assist in all interview requests.

Office Fax

601-266-4507

Hill Cell
601-520-3708

Web Site
SouthernMiss.com

Interview Policies

Player - Please contact the Athletic Media Relations Office at least one day

Southern Miss Athletic Media Relations Department

SouthernMiss.com

Notes, releases, statistics and other pertinent information are available on Southern Miss’ official web site, SouthernMiss.com. Because of easy access to information on the site, releases will not be mailed. The official statistics will be available on the same day of home games and the day after road games.

Jack Duggan
Assistant Director of
Athletics/Media
Relations

Shirley Hill

Associate Director of
Athletic Media
Relations

Tim Andrzejewski
Associate Director of
Athletic Media
Relations

Kyle Neaves
Assistant Director of
Athletic Media
Relations

Ty Stewart Secretary

Athletic Media Relations Office

The Southern Miss Athletic Media Relations Office is located on the second floor of the Athletic Center, which is located in the north end zone of M.M. Roberts Stadium. The Athletic Media Relations suite is located on the second floor in rooms 227-237.