PORTALES, N.M. – The Eastern New Mexico University women's basketball team will begin its long awaited 2026-27 season on the road against Rice University on Tuesday, October 27 at 6 p.m. MT / 7 p.m. CT at the Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas. The Greyhounds are booked for a busy week to then face the University of Houston on Wednesday, October 28 at 5:30 p.m. MT / 6:30 p.m. CT at the Fertitta Center and finish off the week against the University of Texas on Thursday, October 29 at 6 p.m. MT / 7 p.m. CT at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.
 
The Hounds enter the season with momentum from the 2025-26 season in which the team finished 20-11 overall and 15-5 in conference play, reaching the LSC semifinals and the first round of the South Central Regional Tournament. ENMU defeated Lubbock Christian to make it to the LSC semifinals in which the team fell to Texas Woman's.
 
Eastern was selected to finish fifth in the 2026-27 Lone Star Conference Women's Basketball Preseason Poll, receiving 644 points and one first-place vote from coaches, sports information directors, and media representatives.
 
The Greyhounds returned five key players from the previous season's team, including seniors Daci Smith, Toyah Montgomery, and Mekhila Brown, and sophomore and junior Hannah Jensen and Kaitlyn Edmondson, respectively. The new roster includes nine transfers and one New Mexico native freshman.
 
This week's matchups will be the first meeting in history between Eastern and the other programs.