Texas Southern Women's Basketball releases 2013-14 schedule

HOUSTON, Texas  -- The Texas Southern Lady Tigers basketball team has released their 2013-14 schedule highlighted by eleven non-conference games including a trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico over the Thanksgiving holiday break.

TSU will begin the 2013-14 campaign at Tulsa (Nov. 8) and Rice (Nov. 11). The reigning 2012-13 regular season champions will make their home debut at H&PE Arena on November 14 against Houston Baptist. After a few days off the Lady Tigers will play their second consecutive home game as they host McNeese State (Nov. 19).

Texas Southern will take a quick trip to Louisiana to face Nicholls State (Nov. 23) and then the Lady Tigers will travel to Puerto Rico to participate in the San Juan Thanksgiving Tournament. The Lady Tigers will face Maryland (Nov. 29) and Illinois-Chicago (Nov. 30) in tournament play.

Upon their return the Lady Tigers will start to wind down with the last few games of their non-conference slate by traveling to face UM-Kansas City (Dec. 15) before returning home to host Texas A&M Corpus Christi (Dec. 19). The Lady Tigers last non-conference regular season game will be against the UTEP Miners on the road (Dec. 29).

Texas Southern will open up conference play with three home games starting on January 4^th versus Alcorn State followed by a meeting versus the Southern Lady Jaguars on January 6^th. The final contest of the three-game home stand will be against cross-town rival Prairie View A&M (Jan. 11).

TSU will face Grambling State and Jackson State on the road on January 18^th and 20^th respectively. The Lady Tigers return to the friendly confines of the H&PE Arena on January 25^th and 27^th as they host Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Mississippi Valley State respectively.

The Lady Tigers next three games will all be on the road versus Alabama A&M (Feb.1), Alabama State (Feb. 3), and Prairie View A&M (Feb. 8). TSU returns home on February 15^th and 17^th against Grambling State and Jackson State respectively.

Rounding out their regular season schedule will be road outings versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Feb. 22), Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 24), Alcorn State (Mar. 6), and Southern (Mar. 8).

Texas Southern's final home games of the season will take place on March 1^st and 3^rd against Alabama State and Alabama A&M respectively. Senior Day is slated for the Lady Tigers home finale against Alabama A&M.

"We're really excited about our upcoming schedule," said TSU head women's basketball coach Johnetta Hayes-Perry. "Our team will get the opportunity to play a wide variety of teams from different conferences. We're excited about starting practice in the upcoming weeks and getting ready to compete."

A complete listing of Texas Southern's games can be found by clicking the link above. For more information regarding Lady Tigers basketball please call (713) 313-6829 or visit www.tsuball.com.

TSU 2013-14 Schedule

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