The new era of college basketball has so often led to mid-major programs undergoing significant roster turnover every year, with more financially equipped teams able to poach the best performers via the transfer portal. That isn’t the case for the Tigers of Texas Southern, who Gonzaga will face on Monday, Nov. 3, at the McCarthey Athletic Center in the 2025-26 season opener. Coach Johnny Jones enters his eighth year in Houston with a roster that returns 10 players from last season’s team that went 12-6 in the SWAC and 15-17 overall. The Tigers may have only lost one player to the transfer portal, but it was a significant one in 5’9 guard Kavion McClain, who heads to Monmouth after leading Texas Southern in scoring (13.9 points) and leading the entire SWAC in both assists and steals per game with 4.4 and 1.8, respectively. But with eight players coming back who averaged at least four points per game last year, coach Jones has an experienced group with loads of continuity, which could give coach Mark Few and GRead More
Gonzaga prepares for veteran Texas Southern team
