Tag: Texas Southern Basketball

Evans Jr. helps power Jackson State past Texas Southern 73-64

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title image via Shantalle Demirjian Courtesy of Jackson State Athletics JACKSON, Miss. – Ken Evans Jr. scored 25 points to help lead the Jackson State men’s basketball team past the Texas Southern Tigers 73-64 at home Monday inside the Lee E. Williams Athletics & Assembly Center live on ESPNU. In scoring those 25 points, Evens joined an elite list, becoming the latest Tiger to score over 1,000 points at Jackson State.  Evans added eight rebounds, four assists, and three steals to his 25-point game to lead the Tigers (8-10, 4-1 SWAC). Zeke Cook contributed 12…

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Texas Sourthern falls to Alcorn 69-51

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title image via Texas Southern Athletics The Texas Southern was up 31-27 at the half but couldn’t hold on as they fell 69-51 to Alcorn State on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers ( 3-12 Overall, 2-3 SWAC) were paced by Nya Harmon who registered 11 points, six rebounds, and three assists. Taniya Lawson added 10 points, respectively.  Alcorn State (4-11, 2-2) was led offensively by Zy’Nyia White. Destiny Brown and Tyginae Wright added 16 and 11 points.  The Lady Braves led 16-10 after one quarter. Greta Galvan opened the second quarter…

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Texas Southern blows out College of Biblical Studies, 108-72

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title image via Texas Southern Athletics Courtesy of Texas Southern Sports Information 72 CBSH 108 Winner TSU Team 1 2 F CBSH 30  42  72 TSU 50  58  108 Texas Southern took full advantage of its holiday break as they raced past College of Biblical Studies 108-72 on Thursday evening inside the H&PE Arena. Playing for the first time since Dec. 21, the Tigers needed a little time to figure its opponent as the Ambassadors entered the arena as a first-year program. Tied 6-6 to open the contest, the Tigers wasted no…

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Texas Southern gets comeback win over Howard in Las Vegas

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title image via Texas Athletics Courtesy of Texas Southern Sports Information It was a tale of two halves as Texas Southern rallied back in the second half to claim a 79-78 win over Howard in the finale of the Boost Mobile HBCU Challenge on Sunday. Howard scored the game’s opening basket and maintained its lead the entire first half despite TSU getting within three points on several occasions early on. With the score 17-14 in favor of Howard at the 10:08 mark, the Bison went on a 6-0 run which forced…

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Texas Southern smacked around by Rice 74-44

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title image via Texas Southern Athletics 44 TSU 74 Winner Rice Team 1 2 3 4 F TSU 12  15  13  4  44 Rice 19  18  26  11  74 A low scoring second half for the Texas Southern women’s basketball team was to blame for a 74-44 loss to Rice University on Wednesday night inside the Tudor Fieldhouse. Texas Southern (1-5) was led by Taniya Lawson who scored 12 points. Rice (4-3) was led by Dominique Ennis who had a game-high 25 points as she was 6-of-10 from behind the arc.…

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Texas Southern routed by New Mexico in season opener

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Courtesy of Texas Southern Sports Information 55 TSU 92  UNM Team 1 2 F TSU 24  31  55 UNM 41  51  92 A 21-10 first half run by New Mexico was the difference as Texas Southern dropped its 2023-24 season opener 92-55 Monday night. TSU led 7-3 to open the contest after a pair of Jahmar Young, Jr. free throws but three free throws by New Mexico closed the gap to 7-6. However, TSU went scoreless for nearly six minutes as the Lobos led by as much as eight until Shaqir…

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Texas Southern women’s hoops fall to New Mexico in season opener

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Courtesy of Texas Southern Sports Infortmation 59 TSU 76 Winner UNM Team 1 2 3 4 F TSU 12  12  19  16  59 UNM 19  16  16  25  76 The Texas Southern women’s basketball team had three players score in double figures, but it wasn’t enough as they fell 76-59 in its season opener against New Mexico inside the Pit Arena on Monday night. Texas Southern (0-1, Overall, 0-0 SWAC) was paced by three Tigers who scored double figures including Daeja Holmes and Jordyn Turner who had 15 points, and Taniya Lawson…

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Defesnse shuts down Virginia Union in seond half, defeated by IUP, 60-45

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The Virginia Union offense was ground to a halt in the second half as they fell in defeat to Indiana (PA) 60-45 in the Atlantic Regional Semifinal of the NCAA DII Tournament. VUU lead the way in the first half until Jaylen Stewart’s three-pointer pulled the Crimson Hawks even with Panthers at 22 with 4:29 to go in the opening twenty minutes. Stewart’s jumper 47 seconds later gave IUP its first lead of the game 24-22 at the 3:29 mark. The Crimson Hawks would stretch their advantage to as much…

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HBCU Men’s seeding and brackets for the 2023 NCAA Tournament

Brandon King

There are two HBCU teams in the men’s NCAA bracket. Here is who they are and who they will take on. NO. 16 Texas Southern, East Bracket, Columbus, OH Coach Johnny Jones’ TExas Southern Tigers are back in the field of 68 after winning their third consecutive SWAC Tournament, and as has been the case too many times, they are the HBCU that has been subjected to taking part in the play in game ( the NCAA can try to insult our intelligence, by dressing them up as the “First…

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Texas Southern women’s hoops falls to UTEP, 80-65

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Courtesy of Chad Hensley / Special to TSUSPORTS.com 65 TSU 80  UTEP Team 1 2 3 4 F TSU 12  17  13  23  65 UTEP 19  27  18  16  80 EL PASO, Texas – Micah Gray’s career-best 26 points were not enough as the Texas Southern University women’s basketball team dropped an 85-60 decision at the University of Texas at El Paso on Tuesday night. TSU (0-4) will undoubtedly go through some growing pains in the non-conference schedule as they find their identity on the court with so many freshmen, sophomores…

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