Texas Southern Lady Tigers basketball explained

Current:2023–24 Texas Southern Lady Tigers basketball team
Texas Southern Lady Tigers
University:Texas Southern University
Conference:SWAC
Location:Houston, Texas
Coach:Vernette Skeete
Tenure:1st
Arena:Health and Physical Education Arena
Capacity:8,100
Nickname:Lady Tigers
Ncaatourneys:2017
Conference Tournament:2017
Conference Season: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.

History

Coaches

NameSeasonsRecord
Nathaniel Gillespie1981–198226–12
Brenda Johnson1982–198425–29
Lusia Stewart1984–198615–34
Robert Gatlin1986–199382–109
Starlite Williams1993–19966–71
Dwalah Brown-Fischer1996–19977–26
Peggy Stapleton1997–200137–74
Lacey Reynolds2001–200316–39
Claude Cummings2003–200834–100 (fired w/ 4 games left in the season)[1]
Shiakiea Carter2008 (interim)0–4
Yolanda Wells-Broughton2008–201233–88
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke2012–2013, 2019–202220–12
Johnetta Hayes2013–201939–24

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.

  1. 16
First round
  1. 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.

First round Kansas State L 44–72[2]
First round L 72–84[3]
First round Southern Miss L 79–69[4]

NAIA

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

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TSU fires women's basketball coach Cummings. 29 February 2008 . . 2008-02-29.
  2. Web site: Texas Southern Falls to Kansas State in WNIT First round. SWAC . 2013-03-21.
  3. Web site: PonyUpTV: WNIT First round: SMU defeats Texas Southern. Sport 195 . 2014-03-20.
  4. Web site: Texas Southern – Lady Tigers fall to Southern Miss in WNIT First round . Tsusports.com . 2015-10-28.