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• TSU women's basketball continues its road trek at North Texas on Thursday night at 5:30 p.m. inside the Super Pit.
• 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 letterwiners as the Tigers also underwent a change in thir coaching staff as they added a pair of assistant coaches and an operations director in the offseason.
•North Texas leads the all-time series against TSU 4-3. The teams have not played each other since 1998 as it was on a neutral court in San Marcos, Texas. North Texas has a three-game winning streak in the series.
• North Texas won the American Athletic Conference Regular Season Championship last year and participated in the WBIT. The Mean Green were picked second in the AAC this season as they return seven letterwinners. They also opened the season with a win over SWAC mate Alcorn State on Monday,
• Junior forward Jaida Belton was named to the 2024 Southwestern Athletic Conference Preseason All-SWAC Second Team. A native of Baltimore, Md., Belton was TSU's top rebounder with seven boards per game while also averaging 8.2 points per contest. She has emerged as one of the top shot blockers in the SWAC with 48 blocks last season.
• TSU was picked to finish ninth in the SWAC's Preseason Poll.
• TSU will square off against five NCAA D-1 conferences this year as they'll face teams from the Big 12 (3), American (2), WAC (2), SEC (1), Southland (2).
• Skeete is 1-13 all-time in the month of November.
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