The Texas Southern Women's basketball team is back in action on the road in Ruston, LA on Monday ,March 24 to take on Louisiana Tech at 6:30 pm, in round 2 of the WNIT.
•TSU's Lady Tigers are making their first postseason appearance since 2018, hosting their first-ever NIT contest. This marks their first Round 2 appearance in program history. They finished 3rd in the SWAC and had an impressive 11-0 run, their best start since the 1980-81 season.
• 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 letter winners as the Tigers also changed their coaching staff as they added a pair of assistant coaches and an operations director in the offseason.
•Louisiana Tech and Texas Southern will meet for the second time. The Lady Techsters defeated the Lady Tigers 99-57 for the home opener during the 1993-94 season.
•LA Tech is 16-5 on the season and finished 5th in the CUSA with an 8-10 record in conference play. Paris Bradley is their leading scorer with 14.1 ppg. 2nd-year head coach Brooke Stoehr leads LA Tech. Before Louisiana Tech, Stoehr led Northwestern State to a 71-58 record and two Southland Conference titles in four seasons.
•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 (6.9). Jaida secured her 500th rebound in the win over Alcorn State. Jaida recorded a double-double against PVAMU.
•TSU ranks 11th nationally in offensive rebounds (15.7) and 13th in rebounds (42.3).TSU also ranks 21st in blocks (4.6).
•TSU leads the SWAC in blocked shots (140), defensive rebounds (26.6) and rebounds (42.3).
•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 5-4 all-time in March.
Source: https://tsusports.com/news/2025/3/2...a-tech-in-historic-wnit-round-2-showdown.aspx
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