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• The Texas Southern women's basketball team is back in action at home on Saturday against Prairie View A&M at 12 p.m.
• TSU has moved the team into uncharted territory as they remain undefeated, 7-0 in the SWAC, its best start since 1980-81.
• 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 letterwinners as the Tigers also underwent a change in their coaching staff as they added a pair of assistant coaches and an operations director in the offseason.
•Since the 2011-12 season, TSU holds a 16-12 record against PVAMU. TSU broke their four-game losing streak against the Panthers last year at home 3/9/24, 83-70.
•Prairie View A&M is currently 2-6 in conference play. Crystal Schultz is their leading scorer with 9.5 ppg. PVAMU is led by 6th year head coach Sandy Pugh.Before joining Prairie View, Pugh spent 18 seasons at Southern University. 1984. In her final season at Southern she earned SWAC Coach of the Year.
•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 (7.1). Jaida secured her 500th rebound in the win over Alcorn State.
•TSU ranks fourth nationally in offensive rebounds (17.4) and 11th in rebounds (43.4). They rank 52nd in steals per game (10.3). TSU also ranks at 21 in blocks (4.9)
•TSU leads the SWAC in blocked shots (78) and defensive rebounds (25.8).
•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 2-13 all-time in the month of February.
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