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• The Texas Southern Women's basketball team is back in action at the SWAC Tournament in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday against Alcorn State at 11 AM.
•TSU's Lady Tigers have only four conference losses, all on the road, against Southern, Grambling, Alcorn, and Jackson State. Before these defeats, they had an impressive 11-0 run in the SWAC, marking their best start since the 1980-81 season.
• This season, the women's basketball schedule changes drastically as the women will play SWAC games on Thursday (single game) and Saturday (doubleheader). This marks the first time since 1995 that the SWAC has altered its league basketball schedule.
• This marks the third season for TSU head coach Vernette Skeete. This season also marks the first time the roster will be upperclassman-heavy after fielding underclassmen-heavy rosters the past two years. Five newcomers were added via the transfer portal and two via the JUCO ranks. TSU returns three starters and six letter winners as the Tigers also changed their coaching staff as they added a pair of assistant coaches and an operations director in the offseason.
•Since the 2012-13 season, TSU holds a 19-8 record against ASU. TSU lost their last matchup on 2/27/25, 60-52 in Lorman, Mississippi.
•ASU is currently 12-17 on the season and finished 10-8 in conference play. Destiny Brown is their leading scorer with 12.4 ppg. ASU is led by fifth year head coach Nate Kilbert. Prior to joining the Braves he coached at Mississippi Valley State for 12 seasons. Kilbert went on to become head women's basketball coach at Arkansas-Pine Bluff from 2012-19 where he became the winningest coach in program history.
•Junior forward Jaida Belton was named to the 2024 Southwestern Athletic Conference Preseason All-SWAC Second Team. A native of Baltimore, Md., Belton also has four double-doubles this season and is ninth in the SWAC with 17 blocked shots while the league's seventh-leading rebounder (6.9). Jaida secured her 500th rebound in the win over Alcorn State. Jaida recorded a double-double against PVAMU.
•TSU ranks 11th nationally in offensive rebounds (15.7) and 13th in rebounds (42.3).TSU also ranks 21st in blocks (4.6).
•TSU leads the SWAC in blocked shots (140), defensive rebounds (26.6) and rebounds (42.3).
•TSU was picked to finish ninth in the SWAC's Preseason Poll.
•TSU has squared off against five NCAA D-1 conferences this year as they faced teams from the Big 12 (3), American (2), WAC (2), SEC (1), Southland (2).
•TSU head coach Vernette Skeete is 4-3 all-time in the month of March.
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