Wave Rolls to Game One Win Over Texas Southern

Monday, November 2

New Orleans, LA

4:00 PM

Tulane University

1-0,0-0American

Texas Southern University

0-1,0-0SWAC

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Texas Southern	5	10	13	10	38
Tulane	19	20	28	25	92

Game Notes Postgame Press Conference

Jayda Brown Action vs Texas Southern 2026

Photo by: Parker Waters

Nov 2, 2026 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

By: Wyatt Streett

NEW ORLEANS – It was all Tulane from the opening tip Monday evening at the Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse as the Green Wave rolled to a 92-38 triumph over Texas Southern in the season opener.

The Wave has won its season opener for the second-straight campaign and for the 20^th time in the last 21 seasons. The 54-point margin of victory is tied for the sixth largest in program history, and it's the largest margin of victory in a season opener in program history. This is also the largest margin of victory for head coach Ashley Langford in her six-year career between her time at both Stony Brook and Tulane.

Tulane dominated the stats sheet, firstly shooting 44.6 percent from the floor with a 30.4 percent mark beyond the arc with seven makes. Texas Southern was held to just a 21.1 percent clip with a 15.8 percent mark from distance. Tulane won the glass 52-39 with a 16-11 advantage offensively. This led to 18 second-chance points for the Wave, 11 more than the seven of the Tigers. Furthering the domination down low, Tulane delivered 11 blocks while being blocked just once. The Wave dished 27 assists with just 11 turnovers committed. On the flip side, Texas Southern mustered only five helpers with 24 turnovers committed. Tulane tallied 24 points off those turnovers with 31 fast break points.

The 27 assists for the Wave are tied for seventh most in program history with the block tally ranking in a tie for eighth in the all-time records. Both the assist and block tallies are the most for a Langford-coached team over her career, including her time between both Stony Brook and Tulane.

Six Tulane players scored in double figures with Jayda Brown's 17 points leading the way. She recorded a new career best in 7-of-11 shooting with a 3-of-4 clip beyond the arc with those three triples matching her career high. Khadee Hession totaled 14 points with Nataliyah Gray scoring 12. Asha Sra scored 11, and the freshmen duo of Ja'Kyah Smith and Kennedy Simpson each tallied 10 points in their collegiate debuts. Kanija Daniel recorded a career-high-tying seven rebounds to lead the team. Brown, Smith, and Simpson were all right behind with six boards each. Sra paced the assists column with six as Smith and Madison Gordon each dished five.

Defensively, Smith and Edina Strausz led the blocking efforts with three apiece with the tally a new career mark for Strausz. Gray added two to join them with multiple denials. Smith also led the team in steals with three. Daniel and Strausz each posted two.

Tulane won the opening tip and scored just 16 seconds into the contest when Khadee Hession drilled a three. The Wave did not look back from there as though Texas Southern responded with a two, Jayda Brown put home a layup to spark an 11-point run. The Tigers hit a three with 3:38 on the clock, but the Tulane defense clamped down and held TSU scoreless for the remainder of the quarter. The final five points of the frame belonged to Tulane, including a trey for Brown as Tulane led 19-5 after 10 minutes.

Kennedy Simpson carried the momentum into the second stanza, opening the quarter with a jumper. A Hession score and Brown three capped off a 12-point swing for the Wave, who led 26-5 at the 8:34 mark. Texas Southern doubled its output in the second quarter to 10 points, but the Wave doubled the Tigers up with 20 points in the quarter. Brown collected her third three of the ballgame at the end of the half to put Tulane ahead 39-15 at the break.

The teams traded free throws to start the second half before Kanija Daniel went inside for a layup. Makayla Carter followed with one of her own, and Tulane broke the 50-point threshold later with a three-pointer by Smith for a 51-20 margin at the 5:38 mark. After trading some points Tulane then posted a seven-point run, and despite two foul shots for TSU the Wave then embarked on a 7-2 swing to close the quarter including a trey by Asha Sra. Simpson emphatically closed the frame with a put-back layup at the buzzer for a 67-28 advantage entering the last 10 minutes.

Smith opened the fourth with a score as Edina Strausz followed with back-to-back buckets. Brown pushed Tulane past the 80-point mark with 3:45 on the clock. After a Tiger three, Tulane posted six points in a row to eclipse 90 as Madison Gordon's bucket pushed the Wave tally up to 92. The final score of the contest belonged to Texas Southern, but it was for naught as Tulane claimed the 92-38 victory in the season opener.

The Wave remains at home as the five-game season-opening homestand continues on Sunday, November 8, when Alabama comes to Uptown. That contest is set to tip-off at noon and will air nationally on ESPN2. Fans not able to attend at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse can also listen on WRBH 88.3 FM or through the Varsity Network app. The contest is billed as a white out, so all fans attended are encouraged to wear white.

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