SMU (1-0, 0-0 ACC) vs (rv/25) Kansas State (1-0, 0-0 Big 12 )
David B. Miller Court at Moody Coliseum – Dallas, Texas
Saturday, November 8, 2025 – 4 p.m. CT
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DALLAS (SMU) – The SMU women's basketball team continues its 50^th season in program history by hosting (rv/25) Kansas State on Saturday, November 8, inside Moody Coliseum.

The game will tip off at 4 p.m. CT and be aired on ACCNX. Fans can also listen to the action on The Varsity Network on the SMU Mobile App or follow along via live stats found here.

Saturday is SMU's Salute to Service game as fans are encouraged to wear red, white, or blue.  The first 250 fans will receive an SMU women's basketball replica jersey. Fans can also attend a post-game autograph session with the team.
 
Season and single-game tickets for the 2025-26 season are available now and can be purchased here. For the first time this season, fans can also purchase an 8-Game Flex Pass. Use all eight at one game or spread them out however you like across the season.

More information on all ticket options can be found here. For any ticket questions, please contact 214-SMU-GAME or email tickets@smu.edu.

SMU started the season 1-0 after a 96-70 win over Grambling State last time out. In front of the largest season-opening crowd since the 2016-17 season, the Mustangs played fast and scored often in the game, knocking down 10 three pointers and scoring 26 fast-break points while holding Grambling to only eight fast-break points. SMU finished the game shooting 50% from the floor and had 17 assists on 28 made baskets. The Mustangs held the Tigers to just 33.8% from the floor and only allowed five made three pointers (GSU – 5-24 3pts).

The Mustangs had five players reach double figures against Grambling.  Leading the way on offense was Sanyah Jah, who scored a game-high 19 points, all of which came in the second half, as she was 6-of-9 from the floor and  7-of-8 from the line, both career highs. In total, SMU was 28-37 from the stripe in the game.

The win was also head coach Adia Barnes' first win as a Mustang.  Barnes, a former WBCA Coach of the Year Finalist and Naismith Coach of the Year Semifinalist, was named Head Women's Basketball Coach at SMU on April 5.

As SMU enters year two in the ACC, it will do so with an entirely new roster and coaching staff, signing 15 new players ahead of the 2025-26 season. Of the 15, eight players transferred in from a Power 4 institution. The Mustangs will also be one of the more experienced teams in the nation, having added eight seniors/graduate students to the roster this season.

// THE MATCH UP

• Saturday will be the third overall game between SMU and K-State and the first time the game will be played in Moody Coliseum.
• The overall series is tied 1-1 and it will be the first time the two teams have played each other since 2013, when SMU won 68-57 in the Bahamas as part of the Junkanoo Jam Bahamas tournament.
• Kansas State enters the game after a 100-35 victory over Omaha last time out.

// (ACC)OMPLISH GREATNESS

• In the AP Preseason poll, the ACC had five schools in the top 25 with Duke (No.7) leading the way, followed by NC State (No. 9), UNC (No.11), Notre Dame (No.16) and Louisville (No.20).
• Eight ACC teams were selected to compete in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. It marked the seventh consecutive NCAA Tournament in which eight ACC teams were selected, which ties the league record and is the most among all conferences in that span.
• A current ACC team has appeared in 17 of the last 18 Women's Final Fours, dating back to 2007.
• The ACC has sent at least one team to the Elite Eight in 23 consecutive tournaments, the longest active streak of any conference.

// OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION

• The Mustangs had five players reach double figures in the team's win over Grambling State, a feat only achieved twice last season. SMU defeated GSU 96-70, the most points scored in a game since SMU scored 96 against Alabama State in 2023.
• Sahnya Jah led the way with 19 points (6-9 FG), Kyla Deck was next with 18 points (4-7 3pts), followed by Grace Hall with 15 points and seven rebounds, Zahra King with a career-high 14 points and four assists and Jzaniya Harriel with 10 points and a career-high seven rebounds.

// DOMINATE DEFENSE

• The Mustangs forced 21 turnovers and recorded 13 steals against Grambling. Kyla Deck led the team with six steals, one shy of tying her career high.
• Deck's six steals were tied for the most by any ACC player in their team's season-opening game. She currently ranks 16^th in the nation in total steals. Deck has recorded 172 steals in her career.

 // IT'S A BLOCK PARTY

• SMU had seven blocks against Grambling State as Anaya Brown had three herself. It was Brown's 17^th career game with three or more blocks, as she has now totaled 150 in her career.
• Her total number of blocks ranks 36^th in the nation and sixth in the ACC this season.

// LETTING IT FLY

• SMU knocked down 10 three pointers against Grambling as Deck led the way with four. Five different Mustangs made at least one three-pointer in the game.
• The Mustangs are currently tied for first with Boston College and FSU for the most made three pointers in the ACC this season. Deck was one of six ACC players to make four three-pointers in the first game of the season.

// GETTING TO THE LINE

• SMU got to the line a lot against Grambling and was 28-37 from the stripe in the game. The Mustangs' 28 made free throws are the most since the team made 40 at Memphis during the 2023-24 season. SMU is averaging 28 made foul shots per game, the fifth most in the nation.
• Jah led the team, going 7-8 from the line, both career highs, and led SMU with fouls drawn with six. Anaya Brown was 5-6 (4 fouls drawn) and Zahra King was 4-5 (5 fouls drawn) from the line. Jzaniya Harriel was a perfect 4-4 from the line.

// ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS

• Tyi Skinner and Anaya Brown rank among the highest in multiple active career leaders in NCAA Division 1.
• Skinner career rankings: 3^rd in field goal attempts (1,579), 5^th in 3-point attempts (714), 5^th total points (1,742), 5^th in made 3-point field goals (244), 7^th in games played (121), 13^th in made free throws (354), 15^th in made field goals (572), 17^th in free throw attempts (440), 24^th in free throw percentage (80.5).
• Brown career rankings: 12^th in blocked shots (135), 14^th in blocked shot average (1.44), 20^th among players with 1,000 points and 600 rebounds, 25^th in made free throws (320).

// A NEW ERA BEGINS

• SMU Women's Basketball enters a new era under Head Coach Adia Barnes.
• Barnes came to the Hilltop after nine seasons as the helm at Arizona, where she built Arizona Women's Basketball into a fixture on the national stage of college basketball while developing her reputation as one of the top coaches in the sport.
• Under Barnes, the program ascended to new heights - reaching the national championship game, signing elite recruiting classes and cementing deep connections with the local community. She led UA to six straight post-season appearances and five straight 20-win seasons, highlighted by an impressive run to the NCAA Championship Game in 2021.
• Barnes was the first coaching hire by new SMU Athletic Director Damon Evans, who called the SMU women's basketball program "a sleeping giant."