Texas Southern Lady Tigers basketball

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.

Texas Southern Lady Tigers
2022–23 Texas Southern Lady Tigers basketball team
University	Texas Southern University
Head coach	Vernette Skeete (1st season)
Conference	SWAC
Location	Houston, Texas
Arena	Health and Physical Education Arena (Capacity: 8,100)
Nickname	Lady Tigers
Colors	Maroon and gray^[1]
NCAA tournament appearances
2017
Conference tournament champions
2017
Conference regular season champions
2017

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

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

1. TSU Graphic Standards (PDF). September 1, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
2. "TSU fires women's basketball coach Cummings". Houston Chronicle. 29 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
3. "Texas Southern Falls to Kansas State in WNIT First round". SWAC. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
4. "PonyUpTV: WNIT First round: SMU defeats Texas Southern". Sport 195. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
5. "Texas Southern – Lady Tigers fall to Southern Miss in WNIT First round". Tsusports.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.

External links

• Official website