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• Texas Southern closes out its homestand as they set out for its fourth straight win as they prepare to face Jackson State Monday afternoon at 3 p.m. inside the H&PE Arena.
• The contest was originally scheduled to be played at 7 p.m. but due to projected weather in the Houston area Monday night the contest was moved up as a result.
• 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.
• TSU head coach Johnny Jones is 15-3 lifetime against JSU as he has faced JSU as head coach at Memphis, North Texas and TSU. He's 10-3 against JSU as TSU's head coach.
• Since 2007, TSU is 24-14 against JSU and has won 16 of the past 20 dating back to 2015. TSU has won 10 of the past 13 against JSU. Since 2012, TSU is 19-8 against JSU but seven of the eight losses have been in Jackson.
• Picked fourth in the SWAC Preseason poll, JSU has jumped out to a 4-0 start. Jayme Mitchell, Jr. leads JSU with 10.8 points while Romelle Mansel is the top rebounder with 7.1 rebounds per game.
• 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 97-86 all-time in the month of January and 28-18 at TSU.
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