2009-2010 LSU WOMEN’S Five NCAA Final Fours • 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 • Three SEC Championships • 2005, 2006, 2008

SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 9 • SUE GUNTER CLASSIC NOVEMBER (5-0) 15 Centenary W, 92-19 #5/9 LSU Lady Tigers 18 #24 Middle Tennessee (CST) W, 61-40 (8-0, 0-0 SEC) 21 Houston W, 72-54 LSU LADY TIGERS NORTH CAROLINA A&T 22 Nicholls State W, 86-49 vs. 25 at Tulane W, 73-65 OT North Carolina A&T Record: 8-0 (0-0 SEC) Record: 4-4 (0-0 MEAC) (4-4, 0-0 MEAC) Ranking: No. 5 Associated Press Ranking: NR Associated Press DECEMBER (3-0) No. 9 ESPN/USA Today NR ESPN/USA Today Coaches Coach: Patricia Cage-Bibbs 1 at Louisiana Tech W, 77-74 Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 • 7 p.m. CST Coaches 13 New Orleans (CST) W, 57-33 Coach: School Record: Maravich (13,472) • Baton Rouge, La. School Record: 58-17 (.773, third Career Record: 452-256 (fifth year) 15 ^ Houston Baptist (CST) W, 93-31 year) Last Game: def. UL-Lafayette, 95-78, 16 ^ North Carolina A&T 7 p.m. TV: None Career Record: 497-171 (.743/22nd in Sue Gunter Classic on Tuesday in 20 at #20 Nebraska 1 p.m. Announcers: n/a year) Baton Rouge 22 Southeastern Louisiana 7 p.m. Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network, 107.3 FM in Baton Rouge and Chancellor vs. NCAT: 0-0 30 at Xavier (Ohio) 6 p.m. in the Geaux Zone on LSUsports.net Last Game: def. Houston Baptist, Announcers: Patrick Wright (play-by-play), Jeff Palermo 93-31, in Sue Gunter Classic on JANUARY Satellite Feed: None Tuesday in Baton Rouge 3 * at South Carolina (ESPNU) 5 p.m. 7 * at Arkansas 7 p.m. 10 * Auburn (FSN) 2 p.m. NO. 5 LSU LADY TIGERS FACE NC A&T IN SUE GUNTER CLASSIC CHAMPIONSHIP 17 * at Ole Miss (CSS) 2 p.m. The No. 5/9 LSU Lady Tigers (8-0) face North Carolina A&T (4-4) in the championship game of the inaugural Sue Gunter Classic at 7 p.m. 21 * South Carolina (CST) 6 p.m. CST Wednesday in the Assembly Center. Houston Baptist (2-8) takes on UL-Lafayette in the consolation game at 4:30 p.m. 24 * Tennessee (ESPNU) 5 p.m. Wednesday. The championship game will be streamed live online in the Geaux Zone on www.LSUsports.net. The contest will also be carried 28 * Kentucky (CST) 7 p.m. 31 * at Alabama 2 p.m. live on the LSU Sports Radio Network on 107.3 FM in Baton Rouge.

FEBRUARY NOTING THE LSU LADY TIGERS 4 * at Georgia (CSS) 6 p.m. > Head coach Van Chancellor is in his third year at LSU and 22nd overall at the collegiate level. He is just three wins shy of 500 career victo- 7 * Ole Miss (SECN) 1 p.m. 11 * at Florida 6 p.m. ries. Chancellor is 58-17 in three seasons with the Lady Tigers having guided them to a Final Four and two NCAA Tournament appearances. 14 * at Auburn (FSN) 3 p.m. LSU is off to its best start in the Chancellor era. 18 * Vanderbilt (FSN) 7 p.m. > LSU remained at No. 5 in the Associated Press poll this week. The ranking is LSU’s highest in the AP poll since the Lady Tigers were fourth 22 * at Tennessee (ESPN2) 6 p.m. on Nov. 12, 2007. LSU moved to No. 9 in the USA Today Coaches poll. 25 * Arkansas (CSS) 8 p.m. > Sue Gunter, a 2005 Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, became the third women’s coach in history to reach 700 career victories as she 28 * Mississippi State 2 p.m. finished with 708 wins. She won 442 games in 22 seasons at LSU, guiding the Lady Tigers to 14 NCAA Tournament appearances, one NCAA Final Four, four NCAA Elite Eight appearances and two SEC Tournament title. This inaugural tournament is named in her honor. MARCH 4-7 SEC Tournament (Duluth, Ga.) > enters the week as the SEC Co-Player of the Week, sharing the honor with MSU’s Alexis Rack. She is the first SEC Player 20-23 NCAA First and Second Rounds of the Week for LSU since former All-American Sylvia Fowles won the award on Feb. 17, 2008. 27-30 NCAA Regionals > Hightower scored a career-high 32 points in a 77-74 win at Louisiana Tech on Dec. 1. She followed that up with her third 20-plus point 4-6 (April) NCAA Final Four game of the season against UNO on Sunday. > LSU is off to its best start since 2005 and is seeking a 9-0 start to the season since winning the first 14 games of the 2005-06 season. ^ - denotes Sue Gunter Classic LSU leads the SEC in four categories: scoring defense (47.7), percentage (.744), rebounding margin (+10.7) and rebounding * - denotes game defense (32.6). The Lady Tigers have held five of its eight opponents to 50 points or less. FSN - Fox Sports Net; CSS - Comcast Sports Southeast; > LSU used a 16-0 run to start the game and put away Houston Baptist, 93-31, on Tuesday night. LSU’s 62-point margin of victory tied for SECN - SEC Network; CST - Cox Sports Television All times Central and subject to change. the seventh largest in school history. LSU has allowed a combined 63 points in its two previous games. LSU had five players score in double- figures, a first since the Lady Tigers did so at Tennessee on Feb. 14, 2008. Taylor Turnbow and Latear Eason each had 12 points. BY THE NUMBERS 5 - NCAA Final Fours since 2004 which leads the LSU PROBABLE STARTERS (8-0, 0-0 SEC) nation G 3 Latear Eason 5-8 Jr. 5.5 ppg 2.0 rpg 3.6 apg • Ranks second in the SEC in / ratio (2.4; 24 ast., 10 TO) ... Tied for the team lead in assists per game ... Has only 50.2 -points allowed by LSU a game, which ranks committed more than one turnover in two games ... Played all 40 minutes at Tulane, a first in her career first in the SEC for the sixth straight season G 1 Katherine Graham 5-11 Jr. 6.0 ppg 5.1 rpg 2.6 apg • First career double-double against Houston with 10 points and a career-high 11 boards ... 11 points at Tulane, including five 5 - consecutive wins by LSU over UNO, dating back points in overtime that helped LSU remain undefeated to 2000 G 23 Allison Hightower 5-10 Sr. 17.3 ppg 3.1 rpg 2.8 apg • The 2010 SEC Preseason Player of the Year and current SEC Co-Player of the Week ... Ranks 4th in the SEC in PPG ... Career- 1,081 - career points by Allison Hightower as she high 32 points at Louisiana Tech in last game ... 20 pts against UNO and has combined 52 points in last two games became the 28th Lady Tiger in school history to F 55 LaSondra Barrett 6-2 So. 10.0 ppg 5.6 rpg 1.4 apg reach the 1,000-point plateau • Poured in 22 points -- seven in overtime -- to lift LSU past Tulane ... Made 11 free throws vs. Wave, the most since Temeka Johnson made 12 vs. Ole Miss in 2004 ... Ranks 29th in the SEC in scoring. 69-9 - LSU’s record at home since 2004-05 F 35 Taylor Turnbow 6-2 So. 9.5 ppg 6.3 rpg 0.8 apg season • Leads LSU and ranks seventh in SEC in percentage (.522) ... Also leads LSU in rebounds per game and ranks 18th in SEC ... Career high 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead LSU past #24 Middle Tennessee on Nov. 18 ... First career double-double 32 - straight wins over Louisiana opponents LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 9 NOTES • VS. NORTH CAROLINA A&T • DEC. 16, 2009 2009-2010 LSU LADY TIGERS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl./Exp. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 1 Katherine Graham G 5-11 Jr./2L Birmingham, Ala./Ramsay HS 2 Jasmine Nelson F 6-2 Jr./JC New Orleans, La./McDonogh 35 (Trinity Valley CC) 3 Latear Eason G 5-8 Jr./2L Chicago, Ill./John Hope Academy 10 Adrienne Webb G 5-9 Fr./HS Madison, Ala./Sparkman HS 11 Andrea Kelly G 5-9 Sr./1L Shalimar, Fla./Choctawhatchee HS (Okaloosa-Walton CC) 15 Bianca Lutley G 5-11 Fr./HS Plantation, Fla./American Heritage HS 20 Destini Hughes G 5-10 So./1L Fort Worth, Texas/Kennedale HS 22 Courtney Jones F 6-2 So./1L Midfield, Ala./Midfield HS 23 Allison Hightower G 5-10 Sr./3L Arlington, Texas/Juan Seguin HS 24 Taylor Booze G 5-5 Jr./JC Carrollton, Texas/Duncanville HS (Okla. St./Trin. Valley) 25 Swayze Black F 6-3 So./1L Brookhaven, Miss./Brookhaven HS 32 Erica Williams G 5-8 Jr./TR Gonzales, La./Dutchtown HS (Southern Miss) 35 Taylor Turnbow F 6-2 So./1L Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson HS 55 LaSondra Barrett F 6-2 So./1L Jackson, Miss./William B. Murrah HS

Head Coach: Van Chancellor (Mississippi State, 1965) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Associate Head Coach: Assistant Coach: Travis Mays (Texas, 1990) 3 Latear Eason La-TEAR Assistant Coach: Kenya Larkin-Landers (Texas, 2002) 11 Andrea Kelly An-DREE-uh Director of Basketball Operations: Brittany Carvalhido (Oklahoma State, 2005) 20 Destini Hughes Des-TUH-knee Athletics Trainer: Micki Collins (Nebraska, 2000) 55 LaSondra Barrett Luh-SAWN-druh Sports Information: Bill Martin (LSU, 2007)

LSU SPORTS INFORMATION HOME POSTGAME INTERVIEWS MEDIA CREDENTIALS Bill Martin handles the sports information duties for the Lady All postgame interviews are held in the Press Conference (Curtain All requests for working press, photo and broadcast credentials for Tigers basketball team. He can be reached in his office at (225) Room) of the Maravich Center. The order of the postgame press LSU 2009-10 home basketball games should be made online at 578-8204 or 8226, via e-mail at [email protected] or by cell conference is as follows: LSU players, opposing coach and players www.LSUsports.net/media by filling out the form for credentials. phone at (225) 270-1665. followed by LSU head coach Van Chancellor. A member of the Credentials must be requested no later than NOON the day before LSU Sports Information staff will gather player interview requests a game. All credentials can be picked up at the will-call media table ON THE INTERNET at the under-four official timeout of the second half. Transcripts of inside the Northeast Corridor entrance of the Maravich Center. Information about the Lady Tigers basketball team is also avail- the press conference can be found in the Media Workroom. able on LSU’s official athletics website, www.LSUSports.net. IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Information about the Southeastern Conference is available at PRESS ROW/MEDIA ROOM WIRELESS ACCESS LSU Sports Information Office: (225) 578-8226 www.secsports.com. Wireless Internet is available in both the Media Workroom and LSU Sports Information FAX: (225) 578-1861 press row of the Maravich Center. See Bill Martin or a member of Maravich Center Press Row: (225) 578-8226 INTERVIEW POLICIES the LSU Sports Information staff for a login and password to the Bill Martin, LSU SID Cell: (225) 270-1665 Requests to interview coach Van Chancellor or other members LSU Guest wireless Internet system. Bill Martin, LSU SID Office: (225) 578-8204 of the Lady Tiger basketball team on non-gamedays should be LSU Athletics Ticket Office: (225) 578-8204 made at least 24 hours in advance to Bill Martin. Requests will be MEDIA.LSUSPORTS.NET met based on the players class and practice schedules. Typically, Media can now access images for all LSU athletics team, including interviews will be held following practice at the Maravich Center. action shots, head shots and logos. Contact Bill Martin for a login and password to enter the site and retrieve photos. This service is for media only.

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LADY TIGERS UPCOMING SCHEDULE (subject to change) Monday - 30 Tuesday - 1 Wednesday - 2 Thursday - 3 Friday - 4 Saturday - 5 Sunday - 6

FIVE NCAA FINAL FOURS SINCE 2004 • JUMPONTHEVANWAGON.COM TONIGHT’S MATCHUP STATISTICAL COMPARISON SERIES MEETINGS: First meeting LSU Category HBU 74.0 Points Per Game 54.0 47.7 Opp. Points Per Game 84.1 .430 Field Goal Percentage .336 .357 Opp. Field Goal Percentage .458 .353 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage .241 .346 Opp. 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage .314 .744 Free Throw Percentage .559 +10.7 Rebounding Margin -9.4 4.3 3 Pts. Per Game 2.9 3.9 Opp. 3-Pts. Per Game 4.9 4.6 Blocks Per Game 4.3 8.7 Steals Per Game 10.2 15.1 Assists Per Game 11.7 14.6 Turnovers Per Game 30.7 22.7 Turnovers Forced Per Game 24.7

SERIES HISTORY This is the first meeting between the two teams.

32 STRAIGHT WINS VS. LOUISIANA OPPONENTS HIGHTOWER NAMED SEC CO-PLAYER OF WEEK from the field and added 9-of-14 from the free throw line in 40 LSU has won 32 consecutive games against opponents from the LSU senior preseason All-American guard Allison Hightower has minutes of action. She eclipsed her previous career high of 26 state of Louisiana following its win over New Orleans on Sunday. been named Southeastern Conference Co-Player of the Week points in last year’s NCAA Tournament first round win over Green The last time the Lady Tigers lost to an in-state opponent was for her 20-point performance against New Orleans, the league Bay. Dec. 31, 1999 at Tulane by a score of 76-72. LSU has won 35 con- office announced on Monday. Hightower shares the award with secutive home games against Louisiana opponents. The last time Mississippi State’s Alexis Rack, who scored 32 points against BOOGIE COMES ALIVE the Lady Tigers lost to an in-state foe in the Maravich Center was Louisiana Tech. Hightower, the 2010 SEC Preseason Player of the LaSondra “Boogie” Barrett erupted for 22 points against Tulane Jan. 18, 1995 against Tulane by a score of 57-50. Head coach Van Year, tallied her third 20-point game of the season after finishing and lifted LSU to victory with seven points in overtime at Tulane. Chancellor is 14-0 vs. in-state opponents at LSU. 9-of-19 from the floor with a season-high four steals in 28 min- Barrett reached the 20-point mark for the third time in her career utes. Her effort kept No. 5 LSU (7-0) undefeated on the season and first since at New Orleans last season on Jan. 14. She finished LAST TIME OUT: LSU 57, UNO 33 and preserved the Lady Tigers’ winning streak against Louisiana 11-of-12 from the free throw line. Her 11 made free throws tied for Senior preseason All-American guard Allison Hightower scored opponents, which now stands at 32 wins. Hightower’s effort came the seventh-most in school history and the most since Temeka 20 points and LSU’s dominant defense returned to form as the after scoring a career-high 32 points against Louisiana Tech on Johnson made 12 versus Ole Miss on Feb. 26, 2004. Barrett ranks fifth-ranked Lady Tiger basketball team remained unbeaten and Dec. 1. The Arlington, Texas, native has combined to score 52 seventh in the SEC in free throw percentage (.833). She was the defeated New Orleans, 57-33, on Sunday afternoon at the Pete points in her past two games, the most in a two-game span by 2009 SEC Co-Freshman of the Year and she has been selected as Maravich Assembly Center. After surrendering 65 and 74 points an LSU player since former National Player of the Year Seimone a preseason first-team All-SEC player. She is expected to make her to Tulane and Louisiana Tech, respectively, in its last two games, Augustus had 59 points in consecutive games against Alabama first start of the season against Louisiana Tech in place of forward LSU returned to its attacking defensive form. The Lady Tigers, who and Mississippi State on Feb. 23 and 26, 2006. Courtney Jones. Barrett started 26 of LSU’s 30 games last season. lead the Southeastern Conference in scoring defense for the sixth Augustus scored 32 against the Tide and followed that up with straight season, held UNO to a season-low 33.3 percent (13-of- 27 versus the Lady Bulldogs.Hightower has averaged 18.3 points HIGHTOWER SCORES 20 AGAIN 39) from the floor. Sophomore forward Courtney Jones turned in a per game this season, which ranks fourth in the SEC. She leads Allison Hightower scored 15 of her 20 points in the first half season-high 10 points, and fellow forward Taylor Turnbow had a LSU with 2.1 steals per contest and ranks second on the squad in against Centenary in the season-opener. It was Hightower’s sev- solid game defensively with six rebounds, a and a in 22 assists with 2.7 per game. Hightower is the first SEC Player of enth career 20-point game and third straight dating back to the minutes. Sophomore forward LaSondra Barrett grabbed a game- the Week for LSU since former All-American Sylvia Fowles won final two games of the 2008-09 season. She scored 26 against high eight boards. LSU entered Sunday’s game after an 11-day the award on Feb. 17, 2008. Green Bay in the NCAA Tournament first round and followed that break for academic finals. Offensively, the Lady Tigers struggled up with 21 points versus Louisville in the second round. It is the to find a rhythm for much of the game and finished 34.9 percent HIGHTOWER’S CAREER NIGHT first time an LSU player has reached the 20-point plateau in three (22-of-63) from the floor. However, LSU was able to force the Allison Hightower’s 32 points at Louisiana Tech were the most straight games since Sylvia Fowles did it against Michigan State, Privateers into 32 turnovers, which were converted into 23 points. by an LSU player since dropped 35 points at Maryland and Louisiana-Lafayette in November of 2007. Florida on Feb. 16, 2006. Her 25 points in the first half were the most by an LSU player in a half since Elaine Powell had 27 points in a half at SMU on Jan. 10, 1996. Hightower finished 10-of-23 FIVE NCAA FINAL FOURS SINCE 2004 • JUMPONTHEVANWAGON.COM THE POLLS Tracking The Lady Tigers Associated Press - Dec. 7 USA Today/ESPN Coaches - Dec. 7 Week AP Coaches Rk. Team Record Pts. Rk. Team RecordPts. Pv. Preseason 9 17 1. Connecticut (40) 7-0 1000 1. Connecticut (31) 7-0 775 1 Wk 1: 11/17 7 15 2. Stanford 6-0 957 2. Stanford 6-0 742 2 Wk 2: 11/24 7 11 3. Notre Dame 7-0 900 3. Tennessee 7-0 699 5 Wk 3: 11/31 7 11 4. Tennessee 7-0 895 4. Notre Dame 7-0 669 6 Wk 4: 12/7 5 12 5. LSU 6-0 770 5. Texas A&M 6-0 627 7 6. Baylor 7-1 724 6. Baylor 7-1 578 8 7. Duke 7-1 713 7. Florida State 8-0 551 9 8. Xavier 7-0 709 8. Xavier 7-0 547 10 9. Ohio State 9-1 693 9. Ohio State 9-1 543 3 10. Texas A&M 6-0 663 10. Duke 7-1 498 12 11. North Carolina 6-1 645 11. North Carolina 6-1 486 4 12. Florida State 8-0 603 12. LSU 6-0 478 11 13. Georgia 8-0 5 59 13. Georgia 8-0 396 16 14. Arizona State 6-1 468 14. Arizona State 6-1 380 13 15. Pittsburgh 7-0 377 15. Pittsburgh 7-0 318 20 16. Oklahoma 6-2 356 16. Oklahoma 6-2 252 18 17. Texas 5-3 269 17. Vanderbilt 8-1 221 14 18. Vanderbilt 8-1 258 18. Maryland 8-1 209 22 19. Virginia 6-2 254 19. Virginia 6-2 178 15 20. Dayton 8-1 175 20. Dayton 8-1 175 24 21. Michigan State 5-3 143 21. Texas 5-3 149 17 22. California 4-3 142 22. California 4-3 127 19 23. Kansas 5-2 141 23. Nebraska 8-0 71 NR 24. Nebraska 8-0 131 24. Michigan State 5-3 69 21 25. Maryland 8-1 82 25. Syracuse 8-0 56 NR Receiving Votes: Georgia Tech 49, Middle Tennessee State 44, Receiving Votes: DePaul 54; West Virginia 44; Hartford 24; Dayton 39, Louisville 22, Rutgers 15, Oklahoma State 13, Maryland Temple 24; James Madison 20; Iowa State 17; Kansas 14; Gonzaga 10, Nebraska 10, TCU 7, Hartford 6, Temple 6, Purdue 5, Wake 11; East Carolina 10; Louisville 10; Vermont 8; Wisconsin-Green Forest 4, Gonzaga 3, St. John’s 3, Syracuse 3, Wisconsin-Green Bay Bay 8; Southern Methodist 6; St. John’s 6; Gardner-Webb 5; 2, Duquesne 1. Kentucky 5; Georgetown 4; (Fla.) 3; St. Bonaventure 3; San Diego State 2; Bowling Green 1; Liberty 1; Northwestern 1. HIGHTOWER IN THE RECORD BOOKS • Senior guard Allison Hightower outscored the entire Centenary Allison Hightower became the first player in school history to team. LADY TIGERS TOP #24 MIDDLE TENNESSEE lead the Lady Tigers in points, assists, steals and blocks in a Sophomore forward Taylor Turnbow delivered a game-high 17 single season, and she became the first player since All-American STATE OF THE PROGRAM points and 12 rebounds, and the seventh-ranked LSU Lady Tigers Marie Ferdinand (1999) to lead LSU in points, assists and steals Several streaks continued for the LSU women’s basketball pro- held high-scoring and 24th-ranked Middle Tennessee to its low- in a single season. Hightower led LSU in six categories, including gram during the 2008-09 campaign: est point total this decade in a 61-40 win over the Blue Raiders. points (14.9), assists (3.0), steals (1.9), blocks (1.2), minutes 7 - straight seasons of double-digit SEC wins, the longest current Middle Tennessee’s 40 points were the fewest since Jan. 5, 1998 played (35.0) and field goal percentage (.457). Hightower ranked streak in the league since Tennessee’s streak ended at 11 straight in a 57-32 loss to Tennessee-Martin. The Lady Tigers’ stifling fifth in the SEC in points per game, fifth in field goal percentage, via its nine wins this season defense scored 31 points off of 28 turnovers while holding the 11th in assists, seventh in steals, 11th in blocked shots, second in 61 - number of SEC wins since 2005, which is second most of any Blue Raiders to just 32.1 percent (18-of-56) from the floor. minutes played and third in assist/turnover ratio (1.8). This off- team in the league ... Tennessee has 62. season, Hightower is on nearly every 2010 National Player of the 8 - straight years of earning a bye in the SEC Tournament, the CHANCELLOR 4 WINS SHY OF 500 IN COLLEGE Year watch list. Here are a look at her preseason accolades: longest current streak in the league since Tennessee’s ended at 11 Hall of Famer Van Chancellor stands just four victories shy of 6 - out of last seven seasons LSU has finished with at least a 500 career wins at the collegiate level in his third season at • 2010 SEC Preseason Player of the Year (media, coaches) share of second place in the SEC … Three of those finishes were as LSU. Chancellor is in his 22nd year overall in college. He is 57-17 • State Farm Wade Trophy Watch List conference champions (.770) in two seasons at LSU. He heads into the HBU game with • Award Watch List 5 - consecutive years LSU has led the SEC in scoring defense, even 496 career collegiate victories. Chancellor is seeking to become • Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Watch List despite starting a new five in 2008-09 the 47th active NCAA Division I coach to reach 500 victories. • 2010 All-SEC Preseason First Team (media, coaches) 6 - straight years of producing an All-SEC First Team selection Chancellor spent 10 seasons with the WNBA’s , • ESPN.com Preseason Second Team All-American after Allison Hightower was a unanimous choice claiming 211 victories, which makes his the league’s all-time win- • Sporting News Preseason First-Team All-American ningest coach. MEDIA TABS LSU AS 2010 SEC CHAMPION LSU SEC’S NO. 1 SCORING DEFENSE LSU CRACKS THE RECORD BOOKS VS. CENTENARY The LSU Lady Tigers are predicted to win the 2010 Southeastern LSU clearly displayed the SEC’s No. 1 scoring defense last season, Allison Hightower poured in 20 points as LSU completed one of Conference women’s basketball championship in a voting of a surrendering only 53.5 points per game. The Lady Tigers held No. the most dominating performances in school history with a 92-19 select panel of both SEC and national media members. Allison 9/11 Florida to 44 points, a season-low for the Gators. LSU held victory over Centenary in the 2009-10 opener. Here are a few Hightower was the overwhelming choice of the media for SEC opponents seven times to 45 points or less and 14 times to 50 notables from that game: Women’s Basketball Player of the Year with 18 votes. Sophomore points or less in 2008-09. LSU has led the SEC in scoring defense • The 73-point margin of victory was the second largest in school forward LaSondra Barrett, the 2009 SEC Co-Freshman of the Year, for now five straight seasons. Defense has been the cornerstone history. . It was the most dominating win since the Lady Tigers finished second in the voting for Player of the Year garnering one of LSU’s five NCAA Final Four teams. This season, LSU once again pummeled Prairie View by 76 points, 104-28, on Dec. 1, 1995. vote as did Tennessee’s Angie Bjorklund. LSU topped the order leads the league in scoring defense through seven games, allow- • LSU’s 92 points were the most since piling up 105 points versus of finish with 206 points with Tennessee (190), Georgia (156), ing only 47.7 ppg. The following is a look at LSU’s No. 1 league Eastern Washington on Nov. 25, 2006. LSU’s highest point total Vanderbilt (126), Mississippi State (120) and Florida (105) round- scoring defenses the last four years: all of last season was 75 against Middle Tennessee in November. ing out the top half of the league. It represents the first time in • Centenary’s 19 points tied for the fewest allowed by LSU in a school history LSU is picked to win the league by the media. In Season Opponent PPG Pts game in school history and the fewest since holding Alabama each of the Lady Tigers’ five NCAA Final Four seasons from 2004- 2009-10 47.7 334 State to 19 points on Dec. 7, 2002. 08, LSU was selected no higher than second. LSU won regular 2008-09 53.5 1605 • LSU’s 10 made 3-pointers against Centenary tied for the third- season SEC titles in 2005, ’06 and ’08. The media poll dates back 2007-08 50.0 1849 most in a game in school history. The 10 were the most since to the 1990-91 season. 2006-07 49.0 1863 draining 10 at Alabama on Feb. 5, 2004. FIVE NCAA FINAL FOURS SINCE 2004 • JUMPONTHEVANWAGON.COM 2005-06 53.3 1866 2004-05 52.4 1886

FIVE FINAL FOURS IN PAST SIX SEASONS Since the 2003-04 season, no team in the nation has advanced to more NCAA Final Fours than LSU. The Lady Tigers have been to five. Tennessee is second with four and Connecticut, the defend- ing national champion, owns three appearances in the last six seasons. North Carolina and Stanford both own two appearances since 2003-04.

LSU LAUNCHES JUMPONTHEVANWAGON.COM LSU has launched JumpOnTheVanWagon.com as part of the Lady Tigers’ 2009-10 marketing and promotions campaign. The new website focuses on the excitement of LSU’s season and it will be updated on a continuous basis. JumpOnTheVanWagon.com includes a video featuring the 2009-10 Lady Tigers and head coach Van Chancellor, ticket options, a promotional schedule and links to all of the Lady Tigers social media outlets (Twitter, The Lady Tiger Way Blog). One of the unique features of the website is that fans will be able to upload photos of Lady Tiger games from their mobile phones and cameras onto the website. In addition to JumpOnTheVanWagon.com, LSU has also unveiled an official “Van Wagon” that will be making appearances in the Baton Rouge area with the 2009-10 Lady Tiger team and coaching staff. JumpOntheVanWagon.com includes a list of promotional appear- ances with the van. The van was donated by Super Chevy Dealers, the official vehicle of the Lady Tigers.

FIVE NCAA FINAL FOURS SINCE 2004 • JUMPONTHEVANWAGON.COM THE LAST TIME ...... an LSU player scored 20 points ...... Allison Hightower, 20 vs. New Orleans (Dec. 13, 2009) scored 25 points ...... Allison Hightower, 32 at Louisiana Tech (Dec. 1, 2009) scored 30 points ...... Allison Hightower, 32 at Louisiana Tech (Dec. 1, 2009) scored 35 points ...... Seimone Augustus, 35 at Florida (Feb. 16, 2006) scored 40 points ...... Cornelia Gayden, 49 vs. Jackson State (Feb. 9, 1995) scored 45 points ...... Cornelia Gayden, 49 vs. Jackson State (Feb. 9, 1995) scored double figures in 5 straight games ...... LaSondra Barrett, 8 straight (Feb. 15-March 22, 2009) scored double figures in 10 straight games ...... Allison Hightower, 15 straight (Jan. 11, 2009-March 6, 2009) scored double figures in 15 straight games ...... Allison Hightower, 15 straight (Jan. 11, 2009-March 6, 2009) scored double figures in 20 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 26 straight (Nov. 25, 2006 - March 17, 2007) scored double figures in 25 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 26 straight (Nov. 25, 2006 - March 17, 2007) scored double figures in 30 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 97 straight (Dec. 20, 2003 - April 2, 2006) scored double figures in 40 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 97 straight (Dec. 20, 2003 - April 2, 2006) scored double figures in 50 straight games...... Seimone Augustus, 97 straight (Dec. 20, 2003 - April 2, 2006) scored double figures in 60 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 97 straight (Dec. 20, 2003 - April 2, 2006) scored double figures in 70 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 97 straight (Dec. 20, 2003 - April 2, 2006) scored double figures in 80 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 97 straight (Dec. 20, 2003 - April 2, 2006) scored double figures in 90 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 97 straight (Dec. 20, 2003 - April 2, 2006) scored 20 points in 2 straight games ...... Allison Hightower, 2 straight (Dec. 1 vs. La. Tech, Dec. 13 vs. UNO) scored 20 points in 3 straight games ...... Allison Hightower, 3 straight (March 22-24, 2009 - NCAA - Centenary Nov. 15, 2009) scored 20 points in 4 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 9 straight (Feb. 16, 2006 - March 20, 2006) scored 20 points in 5 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 9 straight (Feb. 16, 2006 - March 20, 2006) scored 20 points in 6 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 9 straight (Feb. 16, 2006 - March 20, 2006) scored 20 points in 7 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 9 straight (Feb. 16, 2006 - March 20, 2006) scored 20 points in 8 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 9 straight (Feb. 16, 2006 - March 20, 2006) scored 20 points in 9 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 9 straight (Feb. 16, 2006 - March 20, 2006) scored 20 points in 10 straight games ...... Cornelia Gayden, 13 straight (Mar. 1, 1993 - Jan. 1, 1994) scored 20 points in 13 straight games...... Cornelia Gayden, 13 straight (Mar. 1, 1993 - Jan. 1, 1994) scored 30 points in 2 straight games ...... Elaine Powell, 31 vs. UCSB (Mar. 21, 1996 NWIT), 32 vs. Northwestern (Mar. 22, 1996 NWIT) scored 30 points in 3 straight games ...... Cornelia Gayden, three straight (Feb. 4 - Feb. 9, 1995) made 10 field goals in a game ...... Allison Hightower, 10 at Louisiana Tech (Dec. 1, 2009) made 15 field goals in a game ...... Seimone Augustus, 15 at Alabama (Feb. 23, 2006) attempted 15 field goals in a game ...... Allison Hightower, 19 vs. New Orleans (Dec. 13, 2009) attempted 20 field goals in a game ...... Allison Hightower, 23 at Louisiana Tech (Dec. 1, 2009) attempted 25 field goals in a game...... Seimone Augustus, 25 vs. Mississippi State (Feb. 26, 2006) shot 100 % from the floor (min. 10 att.) ...... Seimone Augustus (11-11) vs. North Texas (Nov. 30, 2004) made 10 free throws in a game...... LaSondra Barrett, 11 at Tulane (Nov. 25, 2009) made 15 free throws in a game ...... , 18 vs. Georgia (Feb. 10, 1991) attempted 10 free throws in a game ...... Allison Hightower, 14 at Louisiana Tech (Dec. 1, 2009) attempted 15 free throws in a game ...... , 16 at Tennessee (Feb. 14, 2008) attempted 20 free throws in a game ...... Pokey Chatman, 21 vs Georgia (Feb. 10, 1991) made 5 three-pointers in a game ...... Andrea Kelly, 5 at Mississippi State (Feb. 8, 2009) made 7 three-pointers in a game ...... Cornelia Gayden, 12 vs. Jackson State (Feb. 9, 1995) made 10 three-pointers in a game ...... Cornelia Gayden, 12 vs. Jackson State (Feb. 9, 1995) attempted 7 three-pointers in a game ...... Andrea Kelly, 7 at Mississippi State (Feb. 10, 2009) attempted 10 three-pointers in a game ...... Andrea Kelly, 12 at Kentucky (Jan. 25, 2009) attempted 15 three-pointers in a game ...... Doneeka Hodges, 15 at Georgia (Jan. 25, 2004) had 10 rebounds ...... Katherine Graham, 11 vs. Houston (Nov. 21, 2009) had 15 rebounds ...... Kristen Morris, 16 vs. Green Bay (March 22, 2009 - NCAA First Round) had 20 rebounds...... Sylvia Fowles, 20 vs. Tennessee (April 6, 2008 - NCAA Final Four) had 10 rebounds in 2 straight games ...... Ayana Dunning, 2 straight (Jan. 18-22, 2009) had 10 rebounds in 3 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 4 straight (March 24, 2008 - April 6, 2008) had 10 rebounds in 4 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 4 straight (March 24, 2008 - April 6, 2008) had 10 rebounds in 5 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 6 straight (Feb. 7, 2008 - Feb. 25, 2008) had 10 rebounds in 10 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 19 straight (Dec. 30, 2006 - March 3, 2007) had 10 offensive rebounds ...... Sylvia Fowles, 10 vs. Auburn (Jan. 28, 2007) had 10 defensive rebounds ...... Kristen Morris, 14 vs. Green Bay (March 22, 2009 - NCAA First Round) had 10 assists ...... Erica White, 12 at Arkansas (Jan. 10, 2008) had 15 assists ...... Temeka Johnson, 15 vs. Liberty (Mar. 26, 2005 NCAA) had 10 assists in 2 straight games ...... Erica White, 3 straight (Jan. 22, 2006 - Jan. 30, 2006) had 10 assists in 3 straight games ...... Erica White, 3 straight (Jan. 22, 2006 - Jan. 30, 2006) had 10 assists in 4 straight games ...... never happened had 5 blocks in a game ...... Taylor Turnbow, 7 vs. Xavier (Nov. 26, 2008) had 7 blocks in a game ...... Taylor Turnbow, 7 vs. Xavier (Nov. 26, 2008) had 5 steals in a game ...... Allison Hightower, 5 vs. #9/11 Florida (Feb. 15, 2009) had 7 steals in a game ...... Temeka Johnson, 7 vs. Santa Barbara (Feb. 15, 2003) had 10 steals in a game ...... Cornelia Gayden, 10 vs. Southwestern La. (Feb. 7, 1995) had a double-double ...... Katherine Graham, 10 pts. & 11 reb. vs. Houston (Nov. 21, 2009) had a double-double in 2 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 4 straight (March 24, 2008 - April 6, 2008) had a double-double in 3 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 4 straight (March 24, 2008 - April 6, 2008)

FIVE NCAA FINAL FOURS SINCE 2004 • JUMPONTHEVANWAGON.COM THE LAST TIME ...... an LSU player (continued) had a double-double in 4 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 4 straight (March 24, 2008 - April 6, 2008) had a double-double in 5 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 6 straight (Feb. 7, 2008 - Feb. 25, 2008) had a double-double in 10 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 19 straight (Dec. 30, 2006 - March 3, 2007) had a triple-double ...... Cornelia Gayden, 32 pts-15 reb-10 stl vs. Southwestern Louisiana (Feb. 7, 1995) Had two players record a double-double ...... Seimone Augustus and Sylvia Fowles vs. Minnesota (Jan. 7, 2006) played 40 minutes ...... Allison Hightower at Louisiana Tech (Dec. 1, 2009) played 40 minutes in 2 straight games ...... Allison Hightower, 2 straight (Jan. 18-22, 2009) played 40 minutes in 3 straight games ...... Temeka Johnson, 8 straight (Feb. 17, 2002 - Mar. 17, 2002) played 40 minutes in 4 straight games ...... Temeka Johnson, 8 straight (Feb. 17, 2002 - Mar. 17, 2002) played 40 minutes in 5 straight games ...... Temeka Johnson, 8 straight (Feb. 17, 2002 - Mar. 17, 2002) played 40 minutes in 8 straight games ...... Temeka Johnson, 8 straight (Feb. 17, 2002 - Mar. 17, 2002) fouled out ...... Kristen Morris at South Carolina (Jan. 29, 2009)

... an LSU opponent player scored 40 or more points ...... 41 by of Middle Tennessee (Dec. 28, 2007) scored 30 or more points ...... 37 by of Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30, 2008) attempted 25 field goals ...... 27 by of Tennessee (April 6, 2008 - NCAA) recorded a double-double ...... Alysha Clark of Middle Tennessee, 16 pts. & 20 reb. (Nov. 18, 2009) had 10 or more assists ...... Armelie Lumnau of Mississippi State, 10 at MSU (Feb. 8, 2009) had 15 or more rebounds ...... 20 by Alysha Clark of Middle Tennessee (Nov. 18, 2009) had 20 or more rebounds ...... 20 by Alysha Clark of Middle Tennessee (Nov. 18, 2009) made 13 or more field goals ...... 14 by Alysha Clark of Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30, 2008) made 15 or more free throws ...... 18 by Ashley McElhiney of Vanderbilt (Feb. 15, 2001)

... Miscellaneous LSU scored 100 points or more ...... 105 vs. Eastern Washington (Nov. 25, 2006) an opponent scored 100 points or more ...... 100 by Tennessee, OT (March 1, 1997 SEC Tournament) LSU scored 100 points away from home ...... 105 vs. Eastern Washington (Nov. 25, 2006) in San Antonio LSU scored 100 points and lost ...... 102 at Georgia, 108-102 OT (Feb. 10, 1991) LSU scored 50 or fewer and won ...... 49 vs. West Virginia, 49-43 (March 19, 2007 - NCAA) LSU had a +15 margin ...... +16 at Louisiana Tech (Dec. 1, 2009) LSU had a +20 rebound margin ...... +25 vs. Nicholls State (Nov. 22, 2009) an opponent has a +15 rebound margin ...... 16 at Maryland (Nov. 18, 2007) an opponent had a +20 rebound margin ...... 22 at Baylor (Nov. 21, 2006) LSU attempted 30 free throws ...... 40 at Tulane (Nov. 25, 2009) LSU attempted 35 free throws ...... 40 at Tulane (Nov. 25, 2009) an opponent attempted 35 free throws ...... 40 by Kentucky (Feb. 26, 1999 SEC) LSU made 25 free throws ...... 26 at Alabama (Feb. 7, 2008) LSU made 30 free throws ...... 31 vs. Mississippi State (Jan. 3, 1998) an opponent made 30 free throws ...... 30 by Kentucky (Feb. 26, 1999 SEC) LSU attempted 20 3-pointers ...... 20 vs. Ole Miss (Feb. 17, 2008) LSU had 25 assists...... 27 vs. Centenary (Nov. 15, 2009) LSU had 30 assists ...... 32 at Arkansas (Jan. 10, 2008) LSU had 35 assists...... 38 vs. UNC Ashville (Nov. 23, 1999) an opponent had 25 assists ...... 25 by Alabama (Jan. 28, 1995) LSU forced 25 turnovers ...... 32 vs. New Orleans (Dec. 13, 2009) LSU forced 30 turnovers ...... 32 vs. New Orleans (Dec. 13, 2009) LSU forced 35 turnovers ...... 37 vs. Tulsa (Nov. 24, 2006) LSU had 15 steals ...... 16 vs. Centenary (Nov. 15, 2009) LSU had 20 steals ...... 20 vs. Samford (Nov. 9, 2007) LSU blocked 10 shots...... 10 vs. Texas Southern (Dec. 1, 2008) LSU scored 50 points or less ...... 36 vs. Mississippi State (Jan. 22, 2009) LSU scored 40 points or less ...... 36 vs. Mississippi State (Jan. 22, 2009) an opponent scored 20 points or less ...... 19 by Centenary (Nov. 15, 2009) an opponent scored 30 points or less ...... 19 by Centenary (Nov. 15, 2009) an opponent scored 40 points or less ...... 33 by New Orleans (Dec. 13, 2009) an opponent scored 40 pts or less in consecutive games ...... Virginia Tech, 40 pts (Nov. 14, 2006) and UL-Lafayette, 31 pts (Nov. 16, 2006) beat a ranked team ...... vs. #24 Middle Tennessee (Nov. 18, 2009) beat a top 5 ranked team ...... vs. No. 2 North Carolina (March 31, 2008 - NCAA) beat a ranked team away from home ...... vs. No. 2 North Carolina (March 31, 2008 - NCAA) beat a ranked team on the road ...... at No. 1 Tennessee (Feb. 14, 2008) kept every player on a team out of double-figures ...... vs. New Orleans (Dec. 13, 2009) had all five starters score in double figures ...... at Tennessee - Thomas, Fowles, White, LeBlanc, Chaney (Feb. 14, 2008) had four starters score in double figures ...... at #18 Vanderbilt - Jones, Barrett, Dunning, Hightower (Jan. 18, 2009) had five players score in double figures ...... at Tennessee - Thomas, Fowles, White, LeBlanc, Chaney, Hightower (Feb. 14, 2008) had six players score in double figures...... at Tennessee - Thomas, Fowles, White, LeBlanc, Chaney, Hightower (Feb. 14, 2008) had four players score at least 20 points or more ...... at Alabama - Augustus, Johnson, Hodges, Hoston (Feb. 5, 2004) had no player reach double figures in scoring ...... vs. Rutgers (April 1, 2007 - NCAA) overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to win ...... at Arkansas, 33-23 (Jan. 22, 2004) overcame a 15-point halftime deficit to win ...... vs. Oregon, 35-18 (Nov. 23, 1985) overcame a 15-point first-half deficit to win ...... at Tennessee, 21-2 (Feb. 14, 2008)

FIVE NCAA FINAL FOURS SINCE 2004 • JUMPONTHEVANWAGON.COM VAN CHANCELLOR 2007 NAISMITH HALL OF FAMER • FOUR-TIME SEC COACH OF THE YEAR 57-17 at LSU (.770, third season) 496-171 Career (.743, 22nd season in college)

Few coaches could have been the perfect fit for a tradition- THE CHANCELLOR FILE rich program that had advanced to four straight NCAA Final Fours. LSU found that person when Hall of Famer Van Chancellor became Birthdate: September 27, 1943 Age: 66 the fifth women’s basketball coach in school history in 2007. Hometown: Louisville, Miss Alma Mater: Mississippi St., 1965 Wife: Betty Children: John and Renee Chancellor, a veteran head coach of 30 years at both the colle- Grandchildren: Nicholas, Jacob, Joseph and Zachary giate and professional levels, brought an impeccable resume to LSU, one that included leading the United States to a gold medal in the EDUCATION 2004 Olympics Games, four WNBA titles with the Houston Comets Undergraduate: Mississippi State, ‘65 (Bachelor’s in Math and Physical Education) and 14 NCAA Tournament appearances at Ole Miss. Graduate: Ole Miss, ‘73 (Master’s in Physical Education) Chancellor enhanced his legacy in his first season in Baton Rouge, leading the Lady Tigers back to the Final Four for the fifth COACHING EXPERIENCE straight season and guiding the program to its third Southeastern Head coach at Ole Miss, 1978-97; Head coach of the Houston Comets (WNBA), 1997-2006; Head coach U.S. Olympic Team, 2004; Head Coach USA Basketball Women’s World Championship Team, 2002.; Head coach LSU, 2007-present. Conference regular season title in four seasons. For his efforts, Chancellor was named 2008 Southeastern COACHING HIGHLIGHTS Conference Coach of the Year by both the coaches and the media Named SEC Coach of the Year in 2007-08 in first season at LSU ... Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in and was one of four finalists for the Naismith National Coach of the 2007; Head coach of the United States’ gold medal women’s basketball team in the 2004 Olympics; Head coach of four WNBA titles Year award. He became the third coach of LSU to earn SEC Coach of with the Houston Comets; Winningest coach in WNBA history with 211 wins; Winningest coach in Ole Miss history with 439 victories; the Year honors. Coached U.S. Women’s Basketball team to a 38-0 mark in International competition in 2004; Named WNBA Coach of the Year three Chancellor led the Lady Tigers to a perfect 14-0 SEC record and times; Named SEC Coach of the Year three times at Ole Miss; Named 2002 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year; Inducted into the school’s third outright regular season league title. During the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001; Named 1992 National Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year by the Women’s Basketball team’s 2007-08 run, he coached his 600th career game on Nov. 29 News Service. at Houston. COLLEGE In his first season back at the collegiate level, Chancellor Year Team Record Pct. NOTES helped LSU become only the second school in the history of NCAA 1978-79 Ole Miss 31-9 .775 AIAW State Tournament Champions women’s basketball to advance to five straight Final Fours. It was 1979-80 Ole Miss 23-14 .662 also the first Final Four appearance for him as a head coach. 1980-81 Ole Miss 14-12 .538 One year later, Chancellor delivered what might have been 1981-82 Ole Miss 27-5 .844 NCAA First Round his finest coaching performance to date. LSU lost all five starters 1982-83 Ole Miss 26-6 .813 NCAA Second Round and eight letterwinners from its 2008 Final Four team, yet the Lady 1983-84 Ole Miss 24-6 .800 NCAA Second Round Tigers still managed to finish in a second-place tie in the 2009 SEC 1984-85 Ole Miss 29-3 .906 NCAA Elite Eight 1985-86 Ole Miss 24-8 .750 NCAA Elite Eight final standings. 1986-87 Ole Miss 25-5 .833 NCAA Sweet 16 Chancellor and the Lady Tigers reeled off five straight wins to 1987-88 Ole Miss 24-7 .774 NCAA Sweet 16 close the regular season and punctuated that with an 11th consecu- 1988-89 Ole Miss 23-8 .742 NCAA Elite Eight tive trip to the NCAA Tournament despite boasting one of the three 1989-90 Ole Miss 22-10 .688 NCAA Sweet 16 youngest teams in America. LSU advanced to the second round and 1990-91 Ole Miss 20-9 .690 NCAA First Round nearly knocked off eventual national championship game partici- 1991-92 Ole Miss 29-3 .906 SEC Champion/NCAA Elite Eight pant Louisville in the Maravich Center. 1992-93 Ole Miss 19-10 .655 Today, Chancellor sits at 496 wins -- five shy of 500 -- in 22 1993-94 Ole Miss 24-9 .727 NCAA Second Round 1994-95 Ole Miss 21-8 .724 NCAA First Round collegiate seasons. His winning percentage of .743 ranks among the 1995-96 Ole Miss 18-11 .621 NCAA First Round game’s elites. Chancellor was officially hired on April 11, 2007 by 1996-97 Ole Miss 16-11 .593 then Athletic Director Skip Bertman. 2007-08 LSU 31-6 .838 NCAA Final Four/SEC Champion In addition to his 2007 induction into the Naismith Memorial 2008-09 LSU 18-10 .643 NCAA Second Round Basketball Hall of Fame, along with the likes of Roy Williams, Phil 2009-10 LSU 7-0 1.000 Jackson and , Chancellor is also a member of the TOTALS 22 years 496-171 .743 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Ole Miss 19 years 439-154 .741 Success has followed Chancellor at every turn, as he posted a LSU 3 years 57-17 .770 38-0 mark in international competition as head coach of the United PROFESSIONAL States Olympic Team. Year Team Record Pct. Playoff Record Notes Chancellor served for 10 years as head coach of the Houston 1997 Houston Comets 18-10 .685 2-0 WNBA Champions Comets from 1997-2006. During that time, Chancellor was named 1998 Houston Comets 27-3 .900 4-1 WNBA Champions the WNBA Coach of the Year three times (1997, 1998, 1999) and he 1999 Houston Comets 26-6 .813 4-2 WNBA Champions led the franchise to the league’s first four titles. Under Chancellor’s 2000 Houston Comets 27-5 .844 6-0 WNBA Champions direction, the Comets were the only team in the WNBA to make the 2001 Houston Comets 19-13 .594 0-2 WNBA Playoffs playoffs in each of the first seven seasons of the league. 2002 Houston Comets 24-8 .750 1-2 WNBA Playoffs The 1998 Comets still hold the record for highest winning 2003 Houston Comets 20-14 .588 1-2 WNBA Playoffs 2004 Houston Comets 13-21 .382 0-0 percentage in the history of NBA and WNBA basketball with a 27-3 2005 Houston Comets 19-15 .559 2-3 WNBA Conference Finals mark (.900). 2006 Houston Comets 18-16 .529 0-2 WNBA Playoffs Chancellor’s teams posted a 211-111 record in 10 seasons, TOTALS 10 years 211-111 .655 20-14 which today still makes him the winningest coach in league history. Chancellor had the distinction of coaching the Western Conference USA BASKETBALL All-Star Team three times during his career and he was also named Year Team Event Record Finish the coach of the WNBA’s All-Decade Team in June of 2006. He never 2004 U.S. National Team Olympics 8-0 Gold Medal lost an All-Star Game. 2004 U.S. National Team Pre-Olympics Exhibition Games 16-0 -- As head coach of the Comets, Chancellor produced the WNBA 2002 U.S. National Team FIBA World Championships 9-0 Gold 2002 U.S. National Team Opals World Challenge 4-0 1st Place Most Valuable Player five times, the WNBA Defensive Player of the 2002 U.S. National Team WBCA All Star Challenge 1-0 Year three times and the league’s most improved player twice. TOTALS 38-0

FIVE NCAA FINAL FOURS SINCE 2004 • JUMPONTHEVANWAGON.COM Before his jump to the professional ranks, Chancellor spent 19 seasons at Ole Miss, developing the Lady Rebels into one of the CHANCELLOR VS. ALL OPPONENTS nation’s premier women’s basketball programs. As the Ole Miss head Opponent Record (with LSU) Opponent Record (with LSU) coach, Chancellor guided the Lady Rebels to the NCAA Tournament 14 Abilene Christian 1-0 Nevada-Reno 1-0 times, which included 11 consecutive appearances from 1982 to 1992. Alabama 19-8 (2-0) Nicholls State 1-0 In 19 years at Ole Miss, Chancellor’s teams won at least 20 Alabama-Huntsville 1-0 North Carolina 1-1 (1-0) games 15 times, including a school-record 31 wins in 1978-79. He Alcorn State 13-1 North Carolina State 1-1 also led the Lady Rebels to top 20 final rankings 13 times and top 10 Appalachian State 2-0 Northwestern State 2-1 finishes four times (No. 5 in 1992, No. 6 in 1985, No. 8 in 1987 and Arizona 0-1 Notre Dame 0-1 No. 10 in 1984). Arizona State 1-0 Ohio State 2-0 Chancellor was named the SEC Coach of the Year three times at Arkansas 12-3 (4-0) Oklahoma State 2-0 (1-0) Ole Miss, including the 1992 season when the Lady Rebels were 29-3 Arkansas State 5-1 Old Dominion 1-2 overall and claimed the league’s regular season title with a perfect Auburn 16-17 (1-1) Oral Roberts 2-0 11-0 mark. That year, the Lady Rebels reached the NCAA Tournament’s Austin Peay 1-0 Oregon State 1-0 Elite Eight before falling to Southwest Missouri State. Baylor 1-0 Pacific 1-0 Chancellor played two years of basketball at East Central Junior Belhaven 2-0 Penn State 2-1 College in Decatur, Miss., before transferring to Mississippi State, Blue Mountain 2-0 Pittsburgh 1-0 where he earned a bachelor’s degree in math and physical education Butler 1-0 Prairie View A&M 1-0 in 1965. Centenary 2-0 (2-0) Purdue 1-0 He entered the coaching ranks during his senior year at Central Arkansas 1-0 Rice 1-0 Mississippi State, serving as head coach of the boy’s basketball team Central Florida 2-0 Rutgers 1-1 (0-1) at Noxapater High School. Chancellor went on to coach boy’s and girl’s Central Missouri 1-0 Samford 1-0 (1-0) basketball at Horn Lake High School and Harrison Central High School Cheyney State 0-1 Santa Clara 0-1 in Mississippi. Chancellor received his master’s degree in physical Connecticut 0-2 (0-2) Siena 1-0 education from Ole Miss in 1973. Dayton 1-0 South Alabama 2-0 Born September 27, 1943, in Louisville, Miss., Chancellor and his Delta State 18-3 South Carolina 9-3 (2-0) wife, Betty, have two children, John and Renee, and four grandsons, Drake 1-1 Southeast Missouri 1-0 Nicholas, Jacob, Joseph and Zachary. John followed in his father’s Evansville 1-0 Southeastern Louisiana 9-0 (1-0) footsteps and is the current head women’s basketball head coach at Fairfield 1-0 Southern 5-0 Barber’s Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, just east of Houston. Florida 10-5 (2-0) Southern Illinois 1-0 Since his arrival in Baton Rouge, Van Chancellor has been a con- Florida International 2-0 Southern Mississippi 8-3 stant in the community with his various speaking engagements and Florida State 4-2 (1-1) Southern Utah 1-0 contributions. In the summer of 2008, Chancellor addressed the prin- Georgia 8-13 (2-0) St. John’s 1-0 cipals of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System about the values Gonzaga 0-1 St. Joseph’s 1-0 of education. The Hall of Famer also laid out plans of a partnership Grambling 4-0 Stetson 1-0 between the LSU women’s basketball program and elementary and Green Bay 1-0 (1-0) Stanford 0-1 middle schools in the area to honor education. Hawaii 1-0 Stephen F. Austin 3-3 A book published in the fall of 1999, “Nothin’ But a Champion,” Houston 3-0 (2-0) St. Mary’s College 0-1 Illinois-Chicago 1-0 (1-0) St. Peter’s 1-0 chronicles Chancellor’s life from his childhood roots in Mississippi Indiana 1-0 TCU 3-0 (1-0) through his third WNBA Championship with the Houston Comets. In Indiana State 0-1 Temple 1-0 addition to his coaching duties, Chancellor has spent time serving as Jackson State 17-1 (1-0) Tennessee 9-16 (2-2) a television analyst for women’s college basketball, working for both Jacksonville State 1-0 Tennessee-Chattanooga 2-0 ESPN and SEC-TV. James Madison 1-0 Tennessee State 1-0 Kansas 1-0 Tennessee Tech 10-1 Kentucky 18-2 (5-0) Texas 1-4 Lamar 2-0 Texas A&M 0-1 Long Beach State 0-2 Texas-Arlington 3-0 Long Island 1-0 Texas-Pan American 2-0 Louisiana-Lafayette 2-0 (1-0) Texas Southern 1-0 Louisiana-Monroe 12-2 Texas State 1-0 Louisiana Tech 3-3 (2-0) Texas Tech 1-0 Louisville 0-1 (0-1) Toledo 0-1 Loyola-Chicago 1-0 Troy State 1-0 LSU 18-8 Tulane 3-1 (2-0) Maine 1-0 UAB 3-2 Marist 1-0 (1-0) UMKC 3-0 Bob Starkey Kenya-Larkin Landers Maryland 0-1 (0-1) UNC Greensboro 1-0 McNeese State 3-0 Union 5-0 Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach 21st season Second season Mercer 6-1 UNLV 1-1 Memphis 21-7 U.S. International 1-0 Miami (Fla.) 2-1 (1-0) Utah 1-0 Michigan State 1-0 (1-0) Valdosta State 1-2 Middle Tennessee 10-4 (0-2) Vanderbilt 11-12 (1-2) Ole Miss 3-0 (3-0) Villanova 1-0 Mississippi College 17-4 Virginia Tech 2-0 Mississippi State 40-3 (3-2) Washington 0-1 Mississippi Valley 8-1 West Virginia 2-0 Missouri 1-0 Western Kentucky 2-2 Missouri-Saint Louis 2-0 Wisconsin 1-0 Missouri State 0-1 Wright State 1-0 Montana State 1-0 Xavier (Ohio) 0-1 (0-1) Mississippi University for Women 6-2 Travis Mays Brittany Carvalhido Murray State 1-0 2009-10 Opponents in BOLD Nebraska 1-0 (1-0) Assistant Coach Director of New Mexico State 0-1 Third season Basketball Operations Second season New Orleans 9-0 (3-0)

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