STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Tarleton State Women's Basketball returns to the EECU Center to face Sul Ross State for Veteran's Day on Wednesday at 7 p.m. 

Tarleton State meets Sul Ross State for the first time since 1991. Located in Alpine, Texas, the schools are located 400 miles apart. 

The Texans are 1-1 on the season after losing their first game of the season to No. 15 nationally-ranked TCU on Sunday. This is Sul Ross State's season opener and plays its first non-D1 game on Nov. 14. They are members of Tarleton State's former Division II conference, the Lone Star Conference. 

Tickets start at just $12 and can be purchased online or in person at the EECU Center Box Office. Fans can follow the action by watching on ESPN+ and/or listening to Clayton Neville's call on Tarleton Sports Network. Live stats will also be provided for Wednesday's game. 

FIRSTS IN FORTH WORTH

• Several Texans had firsts against No. 15 nationally-ranked TCU (11/8). 
• Senior guard/forward Jovana Spasovski made her first basket in a Texan uniform with 2:43 left to play in the third quarter. She did not play in the season opener due to injury.
• Junior forward Astrid Mukulumpe scored her first two points in a Texan uniform with 2:24 left to play off a pair of free throws. Mukulumpe is a transfer from FIU. 
• Freshman guard Marie Diame scored her first collegiate basket with just over one minute left in regulation. She also knocked down a 3-pointer and finished with five points. 

IMMEDIATE IMPACT 

• With 11 newcomers on the 2026-27 roster, Tarleton State's newcomers have made an immediate impact. 
• Fifth year guard Olivia Medford posted her first Division I double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds, accomplishing that feat on her birthday. She is just the second Texan to post a double-double in the season opener in the Division I era. 
• Medford posted career-highs in both points and rebounds against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Her previous career-highs came during the 2024-25 season. 
• Senior guard Stephany Gonçalves led the Texans in scoring with 16 points and seven assists. Her seven assists were the most by a Texan in a season opener since 2023. 
• Freshman guard Kendall Ford came off the bench to lead the non-starters in scoring with six points to go with seven rebounds in her collegiate debut. She was the only player on Tarleton State's bench to score in the season opener. 

TOUGH TESTS

• The Texans face three teams that played in the 2026 NCAA Tournament. The Texans will also play three other opponents that qualified for postseason play last season in non-conference play. 
• Tarleton State's first of three NCAA Tournament teams from last year was No. 15 nationally-ranked TCU in Fort Worth (11/8, L 42-89). 
• Tarleton State will face Texas on Saturday, Nov. 14, the second time in the last three years the two schools have met. Texas won the SEC Tournament to obtain a No. 1 seed in March Madness last season, reaching the 2026 Final Four. 
• The Texans then travel to Texas A&M (12/15), a 2026 WBIT Team, for the second straight season. 
• The United Athletic Conference-Atlantic Sun Alliance wraps up non-conference play, with the Texans facing four teams from the Atlantic Sun. Tarleton State will head to Jacksonville, Florida, for a two-game road trip at North Florida (12/29) and Jacksonville (12/31). Jacksonville, the 2026 Atlantic Sun Champions, qualified for its second-ever NCAA Tournament last year.