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2007-008 LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TONIGHT’S GAME QUICK FACTS LSU head coach: Van Chancellor Game #20 Chancellor’s career record: 455-157 (20th year) Chancellor’s LSU record: 16-3 (1st year) (16-3, 5-0 SEC) Chancellor vs. South Carolina: 7-3 LSU Lady Tigers South Carolina head coach: Susan Walvius No. 8 AP/No. 8 Coaches School record: 160-153 (11th year) vs. Career record: 258-253 (18th year) Series record: LSU leads 16-3 overall and 8-1 in Baton Rouge South Carolina (11-9, 0-5 SEC) Last meeting: LSU defeated South Carolina, 49- 46, on Feb. 4, 2007 in Columbia NR AP/NR Coaches Television: None Satellite feed: 9:45-10 a.m. CT: Galaxy 26, Jan. 31, 2008 • Maravich Center (13,472) Trans. 16 (C-band) Baton Rouge, La. • 7 p.m. CST Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network (Patrick Wright & Jeff Palermo) LADY TIGERS’ PROBABLE STARTERS Officials: Scott Yarbrough, Dennis DeMayo, G 5 Erica White 5-3 Sr. 6.0 ppg 2.7 rpg 4.3 apg Daryl Humphrey • Has started 74 games in her career LSU Sports Information: Brian Miller G 12 RaShonta LeBlanc 5-7 Sr. 6.2 ppg 3.3 rpg 2.9 apg C: 225-939-0204 E-mail: [email protected] • Has started 72 games in her career South Carolina Sports Information: Diana Koval G 15 Quianna Chaney 5-11 Sr. 14.7 ppg 2.9 rpg 3.1 apg C: 314-369-6050 E-mail: [email protected] • Has started 57 games in her career F 54 Ashley Thomas 6-0 Sr. 5.2 ppg 4.6 rpg 1.7 spg SCHEDULE/RESULTS • Has started 74 games in her career C 34 Sylvia Fowles 6-6 Sr. 17.1 ppg 9.5 rpg 1.8 bpg OCTOBER 31 All-Stars (Exh.) W, 94-35 • Has started 89 games in her career NOVEMBER GAMECOCKS’ PROBABLE STARTERS 5 Houston Jaguars (Exh.) W, 82-51 9 Samford + W, 86-38 G 20 Jasmine Payne 6-1 Fr. 3.4 ppg 2.2 rpg 0.7 spg 11 TCU + W, 73-54 G 23 Brionna Dickerson 5-9 Jr. 10.7 ppg 4.1 rpg 1.9 apg 15 #17/18 Michigan State + W, 64-41 G 33 Jordan Jones 5-9 Fr. 13.0 ppg 2.7 rpg 1.6 apg 18 at #3/3 Maryland + L, 75-62 21 UL-Lafayette W, 72-37 F 24 Demetress Adams 6-4 Jr. 11.3 ppg 8.3 rpg 1.9 bpg 25 at #7/7 Rutgers (ESPN2) L, 45-43 C 15 Ilona Burgrova 6-6 Sr. 10.1 ppg 7.1 ppg 58.9 FG% 29 at Houston W, 77-46 DECEMBER LAST TIME OUT 2 at Tulane W, 52-36 LSU led from start to finish for the sixth straight game, this time at Kentucky, in a 72-46 victory at Rupp 16 at Louisiana Tech (CST) W, 76-45 Arena on Sunday. The victory for the Lady Tigers was the 700th as a program. Sylvia Fowles led the way 18 vs. Illinois-Chicago ^ W, 86-44 with 20 points and 10 rebounds, while Quianna Chaney added 13 points and Allison Hightower scored 19 vs. Miami (Fla.) ^ W, 63-52 12 of the bench’s 26 points. LSU jumped out to a 12-0 lead and never looked back, leading 41-23 at the 28 at Middle Tennessee L, 67-56 break and taking a 28-point lead with just over two minutes to play in the game. The Lady Tigers shot 48.4 30 New Orleans (CST) W, 73-46 percent from the field, including 53.3 percent in the first half. Defensively, LSU held UK to 26.8 percent JANUARY shooting and forced 13 turnovers. 3 at Florida State W, 73-61 10 at #20/18 Arkansas * W, 76-54 ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA 13 Vanderbilt * (SEC-TV) W, 62-51 The Gamecocks enter the game with a 11-9 overall record and are 0-5 in the SEC. South Carolina has 20 Mississippi State * (CST) W, 84-31 dropped five straight since collecting wins over UNC Ashville and Savannah State to begin 2008. Susan 24 at #25/22 Auburn * W, 79-59 Walvius, in her 11th season as head coach, owns a 160-153 record at USC. 27 at Kentucky * (SEC-TV) W, 72-46 31 South Carolina * 7 p.m. FEBRUARY THE SERIES 3 at Florida * (SEC-TV) 11 a.m. This will be the 20th meeting between the two programs. LSU owns a 16-3 series lead, including 10 7 at Alabama * 6 p.m. straight wins. The Lady Tigers also lead, 8-1, in games played in Baton Rouge and have won seven 10 Georgia * (ESPN2) 1 p.m. straight over USC in the Maravich Center. 14 at Tennessee * (SEC-TV) 6 p.m. 17 Ole Miss * 2 p.m. UP NEXT 21 Kentucky * (CST-delay) 7 p.m. The Lady Tigers hit the road again to visit Florida at 11 a.m. CST on Sunday in Gainesville. 25 Connecticut (ESPN2) 6 p.m. 28 Arkansas * (CST) 7 p.m. NOTE WORTHY... MARCH • See where Sylvia Fowles & Quianna Chaney rank in career points at LSU (page 5). 2 at Mississippi State * (SEC-TV) 2:30 p.m. • Erica White ranks fourth in career assists at LSU (page 5). 6-9 SEC Tournament ! TBA • LSU’s win at Kentucky was the 700th as a program (page 6). * - denotes Southeastern Conference game; + - Preseason WNIT; ^ - • LSU is 5-0 in the SEC for the third time (page 9). Caribbean Classic in Cancun, Mexico; ! - SEC Tournament in Nashville, Tenn..; SEC-TV - aired on Fox Sports Net;CST - Cox Sports Television; • See head coach Van Chancellor’s career record (page 19). All times central. 2007-08 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 1 2007-08 LADY TIGERS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl./Exp. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 1 Katherine Graham G 5-11 Fr./HS Birmingham, Ala./Ramsay HS 3 Latear Eason G 5-8 Fr./HS Chicago, Ill./John Hope Academy 5 Erica White G 5-3 Sr./3L Jacksonville, Fla./Ribault HS 10 Khalilah Mitchell G 5-11 Sr./3L New Orleans, La./St. Mary’s HS 12 RaShonta LeBlanc G 5-7 Sr./3L Port Arthur, Texas/Memorial HS 15 Quianna Chaney G 5-11 Sr./3L Baton Rouge, La./Southern Lab HS 23 Allison Hightower G 5-10 So./1L Arlington, Texas/Juan Seguin HS 24 Marian Whitfield G 5-9 Sr./3L Augusta, Ga./Glenn Hills HS 25 Mesha Williams C 6-3 Sr./1L St. Louis, Mo./Gateway Tech HS (Moberly CC) 34 Sylvia Fowles C 6-6 Sr./3L Miami, Fla./Edison HS 44 Kristen Morris F 6-2 Jr./2L Lathrup Village, Mich./Detroit Country Day School 54 Ashley Thomas F 6-0 Sr./3L Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson HS Head Coach: Van Chancellor (Mississippi State, 1965) Associate Head Coach: Bob Starkey PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Assistant Coach: Travis Mays (Texas, 1990) Assistant Coach: Yolanda Wells-Broughton (Grambling State, 1995) 3 Latear Eason lah-TEAR Dir. of Basketball Operations: Joe Carvalhido (St. John’s, 1999) 10 Khalilah Mitchell kah-LIL-la Athletics Trainer: Micki Collins 12 RaShonta LeBlanc rah-SHON-tay lay-BLONK Strength & Conditioning Coach: Melissa Moore 15 Quianna Chaney KEY-on-ah 25 Mesha Williams MEE-sha Student Assistant Trainer: Jarrod Swanson 34 Sylvia Fowles fouls Student Managers: Brittany Ward, Ebonie Matthews, Erica Killum Sports Information: Brian Miller SPORTS INFORMATION INTERVIEW POLICIES MEDIA CREDENTIALS Brian Miller handles the sports information duties Requests to interview coach Van Chancellor or All requests for working press, photo and broad- for the Lady Tigers basketball team. He can be other members of the Lady Tigers basketball cast credentials for LSU 2007-2008 home basket- reached in his office at (225) 578-8204 or 8226, team should be made at least 24 hours in ball games should be made online at via e-mail at [email protected], at home at (225) advance to Brian Miller. Requests will be met www.LSUsports.net/media by filling out the 261-7941 or by cell phone at (225) 939-0204. based on the players class and practice sched- form for credentials. Credentials must be request- ules. ed no later than NOON the day before a game. All THE NET credentials can be picked up at the will-call media Information about the Lady Tigers basketball MEDIA.LSUSPORTS.NET table inside the Northeast Corridor entrance of team is also available on LSU’s official athletics Media can now access images for all LSU athlet- the Maravich Center. website, www.LSUSports.net. Information about ics team, including action shots, head shots and the Southeastern Conference is available at logos. Contact Brian Miller for a login and pass- www.sec.org. word to enter the site and retrieve photos. This service is for media only. LADY TIGERS UPCOMING SCHEDULE (subject to change) Monday - 28 Tuesday - 29 Wednesday - 30 Thursday - 31 Friday - 1 Saturday - 2 Sunday - 3 Practice 9 - 10:30 a.m. Practice Practice GAME Practice GAME PMAC Main OFF 1:30 - 3 p.m. 1:30 - 3 p.m. vs. South Carolina 12:30 - 3 p.m. at Florida Depart for PMAC Aux PMAC Main 7 p.m. PMAC Aux 11 a.m. Gainesville Noon Monday - 4 Tuesday - 5 Wednesday - 6 Thursday - 7 Friday - 8 Saturday - 9 Sunday - 10 Practice Practice 9 - 11 a.m. GAME Practice Practice GAME OFF 1:30 - 3 p.m. Depart for at Alabama 12:30 - 3 p.m. 10 a.m.