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Southern Miss women's basketball coach Joye Lee-McNelis says she has lung cancer

Women's College Basketball, Southern Miss Golden Eagles

Southern Miss women's basketball coach Joye Lee-McNelis announced Saturday she has Stage 4 lung cancer.

"I have Adenocarcinoma cancer again," said Lee-McNelis, who was first diagnosed with lung cancer in 2017, ahead of Saturday's loss to UAB, according to the Hattiesburg American.

Lee-McNelis said she told her team during Thursday's practice.

"We were just a wreck, emotionally, and it was hard," she said.

A former player, Lee-McNelis was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1997. She has been the coach of the Golden Eagles since 2004.

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