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• The Texas Southern men's basketball team closes out its first homestand Monday night against Grambling State live on ESPNU at 8 p.m. inside the H&PE Arena.
• TSU opened SWAC play with a tough loss to Southern on Saturday as they couldn't overcome an early deficit despite a valiant effort to get back into the game.
• Texas Southern fell in the finals of the 2024 SWAC Tournament last season and participated in the CIT as they fell to Tarleton State in the opening round.
• TSU returns two starters from last season and eight letterwinners as they lost seven lettermen. The Tigers added seven newcomers to its roster in the offseason as six were added via the transfer portal. The TSU men's basketball duo of Grayson Carter and Kenny Hunter were named to the 2024-25 Preseason All-SWAC Second Team. Hunter was also tabbed the league's Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
• Since 2010, GSU is 9-25 against TSU but has won nine of the past 17 games as head coach Donte' Jackson has all the wins during that span. History says the game will be close as eight of the past 17 games have been decided by three points or less. TSU and GSU have battled five times in postseason play since 2014 as TSU is 4-1.
• Head coach Johnny Jones is 13-6 lifetime against Grambling State and 10-6 at TSU.
• TSU, which is led by seventh-year head coach Johnny Jones, has won three-of-the-past four SWAC Tournament Championships and enters the 2024-25 season looking to earn its eighth NCAA Tournament bid over the past 12 years.
• TSU made its fourth consecutive postseason under Jones and third straight NCAA Tournament appearance in 2022-23. 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 94-86 all-time in the month of January and 25-18 at TSU.
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