Women's Basketball Returns To Action At Rice Thursday Night

• The Texas Southern women's basketball team continues it road swing across the highway at Rice on Thursday at 7 p.m.

• This marks the fifth season for TSU head coach Vernette Skeete. The Tigers underwent a massive change during the offseason as the entire roster is new in addition to four members of the coaching staff.

• This marks the fifth time in six years both teams will play each other and third straight  time at Rice. Rice has won four straight as they lead the all-time series 15-9 as Texas Southern's last win was Dec. 7, 2019 inside the H&PE Arena.

• The Tigers will face two consecutive American Conference opponents in Rice on Thursday and Tulsa on Sunday.

• TSU was picked to finish 10th in the 2026-27 SWAC Preseason poll. The Tigers finished ninth in last year's standings.

• TSU has 10 players who've played NCAA Division I basketball prior to TSU along with two junior college transfers, one non-D1 transfer and a true freshman.

• Rice Head Coach Lindsay Edmonds is no stranger to Texas Southern as she is 4-0 against TSU during her tenure at Rice.

• TSU's Michaela Bogans played agianst Rice last year while enrolled at Morgan State. She scored two points with a rebound in the contest.

• Three continents (Africa, Europe, North America), five states (Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas) and four countries (England, France, Senegal, South Sudan) are represented on TSU's roster this season. 

• TSU will square off against eight NCAA D-1 conferences this year as they'll face teams from the Big 12 (3), American (3), SEC (2), Mountain West (1), MEAC (1), Summit (1), American East (1) and UAC (1).

• TSU head coach Vernette Skeete is 7-22 lifetime in the month of November.