Women's Basketball 11/12/2025 11:07:00 AM Grant Cohen

Tarleton State Women’s Basketball travels to Texas A&M for first road contest Thursday

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Tarleton State Women's Basketball goes on the road for the first time, traveling to Texas A&M for a Thursday matinee at 11 a.m. at Reed Arena.

The Texans will face Texas A&M for the first time in program history. Tarleton State is a member of the A&M University System.

Tarleton State is coming off a double overtime 75-71 win over Houston Christian on Sunday. The Texans won their first double overtime game since 2011 and first in the Division I era. Tarleton State is searching for its first victory over a Power 4 Conference opponent.

Fans can watch Thursday's game on SEC Network+ and can listen to Clayton Neville's radio call on Tarleton Sports Network.

PLAYING WITHIN THE SYSTEM

Tarleton State is a proud member of the Texas A&M University System, one of the largest systems of higher education in the United States. The Texans joined the A&M System in 1917.
The Texans have had hundreds of battles with schools within the A&M System in their history and will face two of its fellow members for the first time this season.
The matchup with flagship university, Texas A&M, on Nov. 13 will be the first meeting between the two schools in women's basketball.
Tarleton State will also face Texas A&M-San Antonio on Dec. 7 for the first time in program history.
The Texans have an all-time record of 86-82 against A&M System schools.

GREAT ON THE GLASS

Outrebounding the opposition is a continuing trend for Tarleton State Women's Basketball.
The Texans opened the 2025-26 season with 53 rebounds as a team, the most in a season opener in the Division I Era. Tarleton State had two players with 10+ rebounds (Shadasia Brackens - 11 and Allie Myers - 10).
Tarleton State has outrebounded every opponent thus far this season.
The Texans are currently in the top 20 in Division I Women's Basketball in defensive rebounds per game.
Junior forward Shadasia Brackens is currently 11th in the nation and second in the conference in total rebounds with 29.
The Texans led the WAC in rebounding margin last year, outrebounding its opponents by 7.6 boards per game. They were 18th in the nation in that category.

WORKING OVERTIME

Extra basketball has been played in two of the Texans' first three contests in 2025-26.
Tarleton State went into overtime for the first time since Feb. 25, 2023 against Arkansas State (11/7). The Texans lost that game 87-77 in Stephenville.
In the next game, the Texans came out on top in a double overtime thriller against Houston Christian (11/9) 75-71. It was the Texans' second-ever overtime win in the Division I era.
Tarleton State picked up its first double overtime victory since Feb. 16, 2011 (75-66 vs. West Texas A&M). It was the Texans' first double overtime game since Feb. 2, 2017 (vs. Eastern New Mexico).

REUNITED AGAIN

Senior guard Luka Malinka, who played college basketball in the United States at Roosevelt, Northern Colorado and Winthrop, earned All-Conference honors last season.
The Rungsted, Denmark, native will reunite with Associate Head Coach Geoff Golden, who was on Northern Colorado's coaching staff when Malinka played for the Bears in 2022-23.
Malinka was a second-team All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection in 2024-25. Finishing second in the league in scoring at 15.4 points per game, Malinka had seven 20-point performances.
In just her third game as a Texan, Malinka dropped a season-high 21 points and went 10-for-11 from the free throw line to lead the Texans in scoring in Tarleton State's double overtime win over Houston Christian (11/9).
She is the sixth Texan in the Division I era to make 10+ free throws in a game.

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