Texas Southern Lady Tigers basketball

Texas Southern Lady Tigers basketball
Texas Southern Lady Tigers basketball
	2025–26 Texas Southern Lady Tigers basketball team
University	Texas Southern University
Head coach	Vernette Skeete (4th season)
Location	Houston, Texas
Arena	Health and Physical Education Arena ; (capacity: 8,100)
Conference	SWAC
Nickname	Lady Tigers
Colors	Maroon and gray;
NCAA Division I tournament appearances
	2017
Conference tournament champions
	2017
Conference regular-season champions
	2017

The Texas Southern Lady Tigers basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The Lady Tigers are led by head coach Vernette Skeete, entering her first year with the team.

History

Coaches

Name	Seasons	Record
Nathaniel Gillespie	1981–1982	26–12
Brenda Johnson	1982–1984	25–29
Lusia Stewart	1984–1986	15–34
Robert Gatlin	1986–1993	82–109
Starlite Williams	1993–1996	6–71
Dwalah Brown-Fischer	1996–1997	7–26
Peggy Stapleton	1997–2001	37–74
Lacey Reynolds	2001–2003	16–39
Claude Cummings	2003–2008	34–100 (fired w/ 4 games left in the season)^[2]
Shiakiea Carter	2008 (interim)	0–4
Yolanda Wells-Broughton	2008–2012	33–88
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke	2012–2013, 2019–2022	20–12
Johnetta Hayes	2013–2019	39–24
Vernette Skeete	2022-Present	26–64

Records up to date through 25 March 2025

Postseason results

NCAA Division I

Texas Southern has appeared in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament once. The Lady Tigers have a record of 0–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2017	#16	First round	#1 Baylor	L 30–119

WNIT

The Tigers have appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) three times. Their record is 0–3.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2013	First round	Kansas State	L 44–72^[3]
2014	First round	SMU	L 72–84^[4]
2015	First round	Southern Miss	L 79–69^[5]

NAIA

The Tigers made two appearances in the NAIA women's basketball tournament. Their record was 2–2.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1981	#1	First round Semifinals National Championship	#8 Virginia State #5 Northern State (SD) #7 Kentucky State	W, 85–57 W, 76–58 L, 67–73
1982	#5	First round	#4 Saginaw Valley State	L, 58–65

References

↑ TSU Graphic Standards (PDF). September 1, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
↑ "TSU fires women's basketball coach Cummings". Houston Chronicle. February 29, 2008. Retrieved February 29, 2008.
↑ "Texas Southern Falls to Kansas State in WNIT First round". SWAC. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
↑ "PonyUpTV: WNIT First round: SMU defeats Texas Southern". Sport 195. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
↑ "Texas Southern – Lady Tigers fall to Southern Miss in WNIT First round". Tsusports.com. Retrieved October 28, 2015.

External links

Official website

[1] TSU Graphic Standards (PDF). September 1, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2016.

[2] "TSU fires women's basketball coach Cummings". Houston Chronicle. February 29, 2008. Retrieved February 29, 2008.

[3] "Texas Southern Falls to Kansas State in WNIT First round". SWAC. Retrieved March 21, 2013.

[4] "PonyUpTV: WNIT First round: SMU defeats Texas Southern". Sport 195. Retrieved March 20, 2014.

[5] "Texas Southern – Lady Tigers fall to Southern Miss in WNIT First round". Tsusports.com. Retrieved October 28, 2015.

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