2025–26 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions basketball team
| 2025–26 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions basketball | |
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| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 2–7 (1–2 Southland) |
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| Associate head coach | Ross Rix |
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| Home arena | Pride Roofing University Center |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 3 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | – | 5 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incarnate Word | 2 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | – | 5 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 2 | – | 1 | .667 | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Christian | 2 | – | 1 | .667 | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 5 | – | 4 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 4 | – | 7 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 1 | – | 2 | .333 | 2 | – | 7 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Texas A&M | 0 | – | 2 | .000 | 4 | – | 5 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 0 | – | 2 | .000 | 1 | – | 8 | .111 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Orleans | 0 | – | 2 | .000 | 0 | – | 10 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2026 Southland tournament winner As of December 21, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025–26 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions basketball team will represent Southeastern Louisiana University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions will be led by first-year head coach Jeff Dow, and will play their home games at Pride Roofing University Center as members of the Southland Conference.
Previous season
The Lady Lions finished the 2024–25 season 26–6 overall, 19–1 in Southland play to finish in first place. With a first round and quarterfinals bye, they defeated Incarnate Word in the semi-finals of the Southland women's tournament.[1] They were defeated by Stephen F. Austin in the championship, but received a bid to play in the WBIT.[2] Their season ended when they were defeated by Colorado in the first round.[3]
On March 22, head coach Ayla Guzzardo announced that she would leave the program as she was hired as head coach for conference opponent McNeese.[4]
On March 25, Southeastern Louisiana hired Incarnate Word head coach Jeff Dow as their new coach.[5]
Media
Home games are broadcast on ESPN+.
Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| Oct 28, 2025* 6:00 pm |
Millsaps | W 69–54 | – |
– | – | – | Pride Roofing University Center (100) Hammond, Louisiana | ||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||
| Nov 3, 2025* 11:00 am, ESPN+ |
Centenary | W 105–49 | 1–0 |
16 – Ross | 9 – Williams | 7 – Huff | Pride Roofing University Center (2,047) Hammond, Louisiana | ||||
| Nov 6, 2025* 7:00 pm, SECN |
at No. 5 LSU | L 26–115 | 1–1 |
8 – Dangerfield | 4 – Tied | 2 – Tied | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (9,540) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||
| Nov 13, 2025* 6:30 pm, SECN+ |
at Arkansas | L 60–68 | 1–2 |
14 – Dangerfield | 8 – Ross | 3 – Collins | Bud Walton Arena (1,977) Fayetteville, AR | ||||
| Nov 18, 2025* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Southern Miss | L 53–86 | 1–3 |
16 – Huff | 6 – Huff | 2 – Tied | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS | ||||
| Nov 22, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
East Texas A&M | W 76–71 | 2–3 (1–0) |
29 – Azouri | 9 – Tied | 4 – Collins | Pride Roofing University Center (278) Hammond, Louisiana | ||||
| Dec 3, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at No. 14 Baylor | L 47–112 | 2–4 |
15 – Collins | 4 – Huff | 3 – Collins | Foster Pavilion (3,158) Waco, TX | ||||
| Dec 7, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Northwestern State | L 52–69 | 2–5 (1–1) |
23 – Collins | 7 – Williams | 3 – McKinzie | Pride Roofing University Center (286) Hammond, Louisiana | ||||
| Dec 12, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Houston Christian | L 70–77 2OT | 2–6 (1–2) |
29 – Collins | 11 – Collins | 2 – Tied | Sharp Gymnasium (567) Houston, TX | ||||
| Dec 20, 2025* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Memphis | L 66–70 | 2–7 |
22 – Azouri | 7 – Azouri | 4 – Huff | Pride Roofing University Center (321) Hammond, Louisiana | ||||
| Dec 28, 2025* 1:00 pm, SECN+ |
at No. 2 Texas | Moody Center Austin, TX | |||||||||
| Dec 31, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Incarnate Word | McDermott Center San Antonio, TX | |||||||||
| Jan 3, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Stephen F. Austin | Pride Roofing University Center Hammond, Louisiana | |||||||||
| Jan 8, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
New Orleans | Pride Roofing University Center Hammond, Louisiana | |||||||||
| Jan 10, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at McNeese | The Legacy Center Lake Charles, LA | |||||||||
| Jan 15, 2026 ESPN+ |
at UT Rio Grande Valley | UTRGV Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX | |||||||||
| Jan 17, 2026 ESPN+ |
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | American Bank Center Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||||
| Jan 22, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
McNeese | Pride Roofing University Center Hammond, Louisiana | |||||||||
| Jan 24, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Nicholls | Pride Roofing University Center Hammond, Louisiana | |||||||||
| Jan 29, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Lamar | Pride Roofing University Center Hammond, Louisiana | |||||||||
| Jan 31, 2026 ESPN+ |
at Stephen F. Austin | William R. Johnson Coliseum Nacogdoches, TX | |||||||||
| Feb 5, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Incarnate Word | Pride Roofing University Center Hammond, Louisiana | |||||||||
| Feb 7, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Houston Christian | Pride Roofing University Center Hammond, Louisiana | |||||||||
| Feb 12, 2026 ESPN+ |
at East Texas A&M | The Field House Commerce, TX | |||||||||
| Feb 14, 2026 ESPN+ |
at Northwestern State | Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA | |||||||||
| Feb 19, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | Pride Roofing University Center Hammond, Louisiana | |||||||||
| Feb 21, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
UT Rio Grande Valley | Pride Roofing University Center Hammond, Louisiana | |||||||||
| Feb 26, 2026 ESPN+ |
at New Orleans | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA | |||||||||
| Feb 28, 2026 ESPN+ |
at Nicholls | Stopher Gymnasium Thibodaux, LA | |||||||||
| Mar 2, 2026 ESPN+ |
at Lamar | Montagne Center Beaumont, TX | |||||||||
| 2026 Jersey Mike's Subs Southland Conference Tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 10–13, 2026 ESPN+ |
vs. | The Legacy Center Lake Charles, LA | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
Conference awards and honors
Weekly awards
| Honors | Player | Position | Date Awarded | Ref. |
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| SLC Women's Basketball Player of the Week | Lihi Azouri | G/F | November 24, 2025 | [11] |
See also
References
- ^ "Top-Seeded Southeastern Advances to SLC Tournament Championship Game with 57-37 Win over No. 4 UIW". lionsports.net. March 12, 2025. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
- ^ "SFA Holds Off SLU, 65-57, in SLC Title Game". lionsports.net. March 13, 2025. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
- ^ "SLU Closes 2024-25 Season in WBIT". lionsports.net. March 21, 2025. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
- ^ Travis, Matthew (March 22, 2025). "McNeese Hires Ayla Guzzardo as Head Women's Basketball Coach". KPLC. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
- ^ "Southeastern Names Jeff Dow Head Women's Basketball Coach" (Press release). Southeastern Louisiana Lions. March 25, 2025. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
- ^ "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Southeastern Louisiana Athletics. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
- ^ "SE Louisiana Lady Lions Schedule 2025-26". ESPN Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
- ^ "Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions". CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
- ^ "SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA LADY LIONS". FOX SPORTS™, SPEED™, SPEED.COM™ & © 2025 Fox Media LLC and Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
- ^ "2026 Southeastern Louisiana Lions Schedule". Nolan Analytics, LLC. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
- ^ Washington, Jasmine (November 24, 2025). "Southeastern's Lihi Azouri named Jersey Mike's Women's Basketball Player of the Week". Retrieved November 29, 2025.