Southern Women’s Basketball 2025 NCAA Tournament Capsule
March 9, 2025 · CSM Staff
Southern Jaguars
SWAC (20-14, 15-3)
Big Wins: 2/18 at Alabama A&M (50-44), 3/14 vs Jackson State (51-47)
Bad Losses: 1/4 at Texas Southern (51-55), 2/1 Alcorn State (55-59)
Coach: Carlos Funchess
Probable Starters:
Tionna Lidge, Senior, Center, 6.9 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.0 bpg
D’Shantae Edwards, Junior, Guard, 4.9 ppg, 1.1 apg
Aleighyah Fontenot, Senior, Guard, 7.1 ppg, 1.8 apg
Aniya Gourdine, Senior, Guard, 11.9 ppg, 2.8 apg, 4.7 rpg, 2.4 spg
DaKiyah Sanders, Senior, Guard, 4.5 ppg, 3.4 apg
Key Role Players:
Sky Castro, Senior, Forward, 2.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg
Jocelyn Tate, Freshman, Guard, 5.8 ppg, 1.2 apg, 4.2 rpg
Taniya Lawson, Junior, Guard, 5.2 ppg
Soniyah Reed, Senior, Guard, 9.3 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 59.7 (288th in nation, 8th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 58.5 (55, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 37.3 (307, 7)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.9 (97, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.2 (253, 2)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 30.0 (227, 4)
Free-Throw Percentage: 65.2 (322, 9)
Rebound Margin: -3.7 (292, 7)
Assists Per Game: 12.5 (204, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.3 (133, 1)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
| 2023 | NCAA | First Four loss to Sacred Heart |
| 2019 | NCAA | First Round loss to Mississippi State |
| 2018 | NIT | First Round loss to Alabama |
| 2016 | NIT | First Round loss to Arkansas State |
| 2011 | NIT | Round of 64 loss to Tulane |
| 2010 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Connecticut |
| 2009 | NIT | First Round loss to New Mexico |
| 2006 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Duke |
| 2004 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Texas |
*all team stats through 3/6
