SAN MARCOS, Texas— Texas State women's basketball heads back out on the road for two games at Louisiana and Arkansas State this weekend.
 
Texas State will start the trip in Lafayette against the Ragin' Cajuns on Feb. 12 at 5 pm. The team will then head to Jonesboro to take on Arkansas State on Feb. 15 at noon. Both games will be streamed on ESPN+.
 
SERIES HISTORY
With the Ragin' Cajuns:

• Texas State has an 11-18 record all-time against the Ragin' Cajuns.
• Louisiana won both meeting between the two teams in 2023-24 by 59-52 and 55-50 scorelines.
• Texas State won 58-51 in 2023 on Feb. 22. 

With the Red Wolves:

• Texas State a 10-11 record all-time against Arkansas State.
• Arkansas State won both meetings between the two teams in the 2023-24 season by 73-48 and 57-53 scorelines.
• Texas State had won four-straight games against the Red Wolves prior to last season.

MEET THE ROSTER

• The Freshmen: Texas State has four freshman, Heather Baymon, Saniya Burks, Takeira Ramey, and Melinda Winston.
  • Three of the four freshmen played high school basketball in the state of Texas (Burks, Baymon, Winston) while Ramey is the lone freshman coming from out of state.
  • Ramey has suffered a season-ending injury and will miss the remainder of the season.
• The Transfers: Texas State has added six transfers, including five Division I transfers. 
  • Ebba Zalamans is the lone Junior College transfer joining the team for 2024-2025, coming from McCook as a redshirt sophomore.
  • Head Coach Zenarae Antoine brought in five Division I transfers including Ja'Mia Harris (Kansas State), Destiny Terrell (Incarnate Word), Blake Matthews (Bucknell), Taleiyah Gibbs (Howard), and Mia Galbraith (Oklahoma State).
• The Returners: Antoine returns five members from 2023-2024 to this year's team.
  • There are two 5^th years on the Bobcats roster that have played the entirety of their careers as Bobcats, Nicole Leff and Sierra Dickson.
  • Also returning this season is third year Morgan Hill, second year Crystal Smith and second year Jaylin Foster.

 
AROUND THE SUN BELT

• Texas State was picked to finish 10^th in the Sun Belt Conference preseason poll. Last season the Bobcats finished 4-14 in conference which that saw them finish 13^th in the regular season standings.
• After week seven of conference play, the Bobcats are 4-8 and sit in 10th place in the Sun Belt.

ABOUT THE RAGIN CAJUNS

• Louisiana is currently 10-12 this season and 6-6 in conference play.
• The Ragin Cajuns are coming off 60-59 overtime loss in the MAC-SBC Challenge to Miami (OH) last week.
• The Ragin Cajuns are led by 13th year head coach Garry Broadhead who carries a 212-177 record in his time in Louisiana.
• The Ragin Cajuns leading scorer is Erica Lafayette who has 330 points so far this season, averaging 15.0 a night. She's the lone player to average double digits this season.
• Tamiah Robinson leads the team with 105 rebounds this season for an average of 5.00 a night. Lafayette follows closely with 4.68 a night.

ABOUT THE RED WOLVES

• Arkansas State are currently 15-8 this season and 11-1 in conference play. They are coming off a 75-73 loss to Bowling Green last week. 
• They will host Southern Miss on Feb. 12 before the Bobcats come to town.
• The Red Wolves are led by 4th year head coach Destinee Rogers who has a 49-54 record in her career. 
• The Red Wolves are led by leading scorers Zyion Shannon and Kennedie Montue, who have 250 and 223 points, respectively.
• Wynter Rogers leads the Red Wolves in rebounding with 6.43 a night.

 
UP NEXT
Texas State will return home next week for its final two home games of the regular season. The Bobcats will host Louisiana on Feb. 12 at 5 pm and Southern Miss on Feb. 22 at 2 pm. The game versus Southern Miss will be the Bobcats Graduate Night where the team will honor all of its players graduating the program.