• TSU women's basketball continues its road trek at Oklahoma State on Monday night at 6:30 p.m.
• 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 their coaching staff as they added a pair of assistant coaches and an operations director in the offseason.
• OSU leads the all-time series over TSU 7-0 as this marks the first meeting between both teams since 2015.
• Oklahoma State was was picked to finish 11th in the Big 12 Women's Basketball Preseason Poll. The Cowgirls are 3-0 to start the season as they're led by former TSU
player and SWAC Freshman of the Year Micah Gray's 20.5 points per game. Macey Huard follows with 17.5 points as OSU also defeated SWA mate Arkansas-Pine Bluff last week.
• 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 1-14 all-time in the month of November.
