Tarleton State Women’s Basketball starts Feast Week road trip at Houston Christian Tuesday

HOUSTON – Tarleton State Women's Basketball begins a three-game road trip this week, starting with an evening contest at Houston Christian Tuesday at 6 p.m.

The game will be available to watch on ESPN+ and fans can listen to Clayton Neville's radio call on Tarleton Sports Network. Neville will have a 30-minute pregame show starting at 5:30 p.m. and a 30-minute postgame show following the game.

MATCHUP NOTES

Tarleton State will play Houston Christian for the first time in program history on Tuesday.
HCU is the third team from the Southland Conference the Texans will face this season. Tarleton State is currently 2-0 against teams from the Southland this season (New Orleans, Northwestern St.).
Both schools reclassified to NCAA Division I in the last 15 years (HCU in 2013, Tarleton in 2020).

TERRIFIC TURRUBIATES

Senior forward Elise Turrubiates grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds, including five offensive boards, against New Orleans (11/12).
It was her first game with at least 10 boards since Feb. 18, 2023 (at Sam Houston).
Turrubiates also had a career-high five steals against New Orleans (11/12), the third game of her career with at least five or more steals.
She is the second Tarleton State player in the Division I Era to have at least three games with five or more steals.
Turrubiates grabbed surpassed the 300 career rebounds mark at #4 Texas (11/20). She became the 16th player in the WAC to pass 300 career boards.

NEW FRIENDS IN FAMILIAR TERRITORY

Tarleton State plays nine opponents from the state of Texas this season, meeting four of them for the first time in program history.
The Texans have met UTEP (L, 49-52 on Nov. 4) already this season.
Tarleton State faces Houston Christian, Texas State and LeTourneau for the first time in the regular season in program history.
The Texans have a record of 0-1 this season against Texas teams they played for the first time.
Tarleton State will travel 1,092 miles to play its opponents from Texas during the 2024-25 season.
Tarleton State will visit six of the top seven largest cities in Texas in 2024-25 (Dallas/Fort Worth is counted due to the Texans flying either from Love Field and/or DFW Airport when traveling by airplane).

PEAK PERFORMER

Tarleton State signed former Mary Hardin-Baylor star Arieona Rosborough this past season.
In just her second game, Rosborough scored a season-high 21 points at Arizona (11/7), the second 20-point performance against a Power 4 conference opponent in program history
She earned a plethora of honors at UMHB, including three times being named ASC All-Conference First Team, ASC Player of the Year, and ASC Defensive Player of the Year.
She was twice named to ASC All-Conference Defensive Team, ASC Freshman of the Year, Dave Campbell's Texas Basketball Non-DI All-Texas Defensive Player of the Year, WBCA All-America Honorable Mention, and D3hoops.com First Team All-Region.
She played 80 career games (74 starts) for the Cru, averaging 15.1 points and eclipsing the 1,000-point mark by scoring 1,210 career points.

EXPECT MORE, DEMAND MORE

The theme for Tarleton State Women's Basketball in 2024-25 is "Expect More, Demand More".
The Texans clinched their first postseason conference tournament win in the NCAA Division I Era.
Tarleton State defeated in-state rival Abilene Christian 54-41 in the 2024 WAC Tournament for their first Division I conference tournament.
Tarleton State is now NCAA postseason eligible after going through the transition period in Division I.

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