• TSU women's basketball starts a two-game homestand against East Texas A&M on Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m. inside the H&PE Arena.
• 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 letterwiners as the Tigers also underwent a change in thir coaching staff as they added a pair of assistant coaches and an operations director in the offseason.
• Despite both teams being in the state of Texas, this marks the first time both teams have met.
• ETAMU, which recently had a rebrand with its name, is in its third season as a member of NCAA Division I and competes in the Southland. The Lions were picked sixth in the Southland as Jordyn Newsome leads the way with 16.3 points. Hannah Humphrey follows with 13 points while Nina Horvath averages 10.7 points.
• Junior forward Jaida Belton was named to the 2024 Southwestern Athletic Conference Preseason All-SWAC Second Team. A native of Baltimore, Md., Belton was TSU's top rebounder with seven boards per game while also averaging 8.2 points per contest. She has emerged as one of the top shot blockers in the SWAC with 48 blocks last season.
• TSU was picked to finish ninth in the SWAC's Preseason Poll.
• TSU will square off against five NCAA D-1 conferences this year as they'll face teams from the Big 12 (3), American (2), WAC (2), SEC (1), Southland (2).
• Skeete is 1-15 all-time in the month of November.
