Delta State Lists Busy Week of Basketball, Football

Delta State has a full schedule of athletic events this week, with women’s and men’s basketball games Monday and a football game at home Saturday.

The women’s basketball team is scheduled to play at McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois, at 6 p.m. Monday. The men’s team is listed to face Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, at 7 p.m.

Delta State also listed a Mississippi Farm Bureau press conference for 11 a.m. Monday in the Arant Family Room at Chadwick-Dickson. The university said the event would be streamed on its YouTube channel and that media members were invited.

Friday’s schedule includes men’s basketball against Spring Hill College in Memphis at 5 p.m. and women’s basketball against Harding University in Cleveland at 5:30 p.m. On Saturday, football is scheduled to host Valdosta State at 1 p.m. in Cleveland. The women’s basketball team is also set to play Arkansas Tech at home at 6 p.m., while the men’s team is scheduled to visit LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis at 7 p.m.

The athletics department’s listed headlines also include planned renovations to Walter Sillers Coliseum ahead of the 2026-27 basketball season, cross-country personal and season bests at the Gulf South Conference Championships, and the Lady Statesmen’s loss to Montevallo in the conference semifinals.

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