Tarleton State Women’s Basketball starts December with road contest at Mississippi Valley State Tuesday

ITTA BENA, Miss. – Tarleton State Women's Basketball will open December on the road, taking on Mississippi Valley State at R.W. Harrison HPER Complex at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Tarleton State will face Mississippi Valley State for the first time in program history on Tuesday. The Texans are coming off a road win at Texas State last week 56-45, eyeing their first win streak of the season.

This will be TSU's only non-conference trip outside of the state of Texas this season. It is the first time in the Division I era and the first time since the 2019-20 season the Texans traveled just once outside the Lone Star State in non-conference.

No video stream will be available, but fans can listen to Clayton Neville's radio call on Tarleton Sports Network. Live stats will also be provided through Sidearm.

OLD STOMPING GROUNDS

Senior guard/forward Kyriana Jones returns to Itta Bena to face her former team.
The Little Rock, Arkansas, native played her freshman season at Mississippi Valley State and shined against some of Mississippi Valley State's largest opponents in 2022-23.
She Scored 11 points in 19 minutes with three rebounds against the eventual national champions, LSU. Jones also scored a season-high 14 points on 4-of-6 shooting from distance to go with a season-high five rebounds against Alabama State.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE DUO

Tarleton State's post players make for quite the duo, especially when posting double-doubles.
Junior forward Shadasia Brackens and freshman center Elodie Lutbert each had a double-double at Texas State (11/25).
Brackens (16 pts, 10 reb) had her second double-double of the season while Lutbert (10 pts, 12 reb) posted her first double-double at the collegiate level.
With Brackens' and Lutbert's double-double, it is the first time this season a pair of Texans have recorded a double-double in the same game. It is the first time since March 14, 2025 two Texans had a double-double in the same game.
Brackens is the first Texan since 2020-21 (Callie Boyles) and second Texan in Division I Era to record two double-doubles in the first seven games of the season.
Brackens, Lutbert and senior guard Jakoriah Long (11 pts, 10 reb vs. HCU) are the only players to record double-doubles for the Texans this season.

STAYING IN THE LONE STAR STATE

Tarleton State will only leave the state of Texas one time during the non-conference portion of the schedule (Dec. 2 @ Mississippi Valley State).
In addition to already playing at Texas A&M, at #10 TCU and at Texas State, the Texans will go to Abilene for a multi-team event Dec. 19-20.
With its only non-Texas game at Mississippi Valley State, it is the fewest out of state non-conference games Tarleton State has played in the Division I era.
It is the first time since the 2019-20 season the Texans traveled only one time out of Texas for a non-conference game (at Pittsburgh State/Pittsburgh, Kansas).

LEADERS OF THE WAC

Tarleton State led the conference in four categories in 2024-25: Field Goal Percentage Defense (38.5), Free Throw Percentage (75.8), Rebounding Margin (7.6) and Rebounds Per Game (38.03)
The Texans finished second in the WAC in Offensive Rebounds Per Game (13.2), and Scoring Defense (58.2) last season.
Tarleton State was third in the WAC in Bench Points per Game (19.7), Offensive Rebounds Per Game (12.9), Scoring Margin (5.8), Three Point Percentage (32.0), and Winning Percentage (60.6).

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