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2024–25 Southern Lady Jaguars Basketball Team
The 2024–25 Southern Lady Jaguars basketball team represents Southern University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Jaguars, led by seventh-year head coach Carlos Funchess, play their home games at the F. G. Clark Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Previous season The 2023–24 Southern Lady Jaguars basketball team, Lady Jaguars finished the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, 2023–24 season 15–15, 13–5 in SWAC play, to finish in third place. They were upset by #6 seed 2023–24 Alcorn State Lady Braves basketball team, Alcorn State in the quarterfinals of the 2024 SWAC women's basketball tournament, SWAC tournament. Preseason On September 19, 2024, the SWAC released their preseason coaches poll. Southern was picked to finish second in the SWAC regular season. Preseason rankings Source: Preseason All-SWAC Teams No Lady Jaguars were named to the first or second Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Funchess
Carlos Funchess (born February 13, 1969) is an American college basketball coach for the Southern Lady Jaguars of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. He played college basketball for the Northeast Louisiana (now called Louisiana–Monroe) Warhawks and later professionally for several years. Funchess was born and raised in Magee, Mississippi. After his prep career he played two seasons at Copiah–Lincoln Community College before transferring to Northeast Louisiana prior to the 1989–90 season. He led the Warhawks to consecutive Southland Conference regular season and tournament championships. As a senior, Funchess averaged 19.4 points and 5.8 rebounds per game and was named Southland Conference co-Player of the Year with teammate Anthony Jones. Following his college career, Funchess played professionally in several North American minor leagues as well as in Venezuela. He played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Sioux Falls Skyforce and Rockford Lightn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |