• Texas Southern returns to action in its regular season road finale at Mississippi Valley State Saturday evening in Itta Bena, Miss. at 5 p.m.
• With an expanded postseason tournament, the SWAC has adjusted its schedule as the final three weeks of the season will feature Thursday-Saturday match-ups for both men's and women's basketball teams. The tournament begins on Monday, March 9 for seeds 9-12 in Atlanta, Ga. TSU is one game out of second-place with three weeks left.
• Picked 12th in the preseason poll, MVSU has yet to win a SWAC game this year. They feature the second-leading scorer in the SWAC in Michael James (21.6) and eighth-leading rebounder in Daniel Mayfield (6.4). James is one of the top three-point shooters in the SWAC and leads in minutes played and free throw percentage.
•TSU has won 24 of the past 26 games over MVSU. MVSU's last win over TSU broke a 10-game winning streak by TSU on Jan. 9. 2023. Prior to the win, MVSU's last win over TSU was in 2017. MVSU hasn't won in Houston since Jan. 23, 2012 as the past two wins have been at home.
• TSU head coach Johnny Jones is 14-1 lifetime against MVSU.
• Texas Southern fell in the first round of the 2025 SWAC Tournament to Alabama State.
• TSU returns two starters from last season and 10 letterwinners as they lost five lettermen. The Tigers added seven newcomers to its roster in the offseason as five were added via the transfer portal. Senior guard Zaire Hayes was named to the 2025-26 Preseason All-SWAC basketball team after a career junior campaign which saw him finish second on the team with 10.3 points per game while finishing second on the team with 47 three-pointers made. He also shot 46 percent from the field and 84 percent from the free throw line.
• Senior Troy Hupstead made his TSU debut on Nov. 6 and has averaged 15.1 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. TSU graduate guard Bryce Roberts surpassed 1,000 career points a few weeks ago which spans from his two years in junior college and three seasons on the NCAA Divison I and II levels.
• TSU, which is led by eighth-year head coach Johnny Jones, enters the 2025-26 season looking to earn its eighth NCAA Tournament bid over the past 13 years. TSU finished fourth in the SWAC last season and picked to finish fifth this year.
• TSU made its fifth consecutive postseason under Jones in 2024 and participated in three straight NCAA Tournaments from 2021-23. Head coach Johnny Jones went 24-14 in his inaugural year as head coach with three Power 5 conference wins. TSU fell in the finals of the 2019 SWAC Tournament and advanced to the semifinals of the CIT in 2019. In 2019-20, the Tigers made it back to the semifinals of the SWAC Tournament after a third-place regular season finish but saw the season end abruptly due to COVID-19. TSU won the SWAC Tournament and First Four contest in 2021 and was the first SWAC team to beat a ranked opponent from the SEC in 2021 at Florida. TSU claimed another Power 5 non-conference win against Arizona State in 2022.
• Jones is 106-87 all-time in the month of February and 38-17 at TSU.
