CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON OF LSU BASKETBALL -- 9 SEC Tittles, 4 NCAA Final Fours

LSU Fighting Tigers (0-0) vs. Jackson State (0-0) Nov. 15, 2008, 1 p.m. CST (LSU Sports Radio Network) Pete Maravich Assembly Center -- Baton Rouge, La. 2008-09 Schedule OPPONENT TIME Projected LSU Starters and Notes N15 JACKSON STATE 1 p.m. LSU Invitational (Nov. 20-21, 23; 28-30) G 5 Marcus Thornton (6-4, 205, Sr., Baton Rouge) 19.6 ppg, 5.6 rpg in 2008 N20 ALCORN STATE 7 p.m. Second-team All-SEC a year ago, LSWA Louisiana Newcomer of the Year out of JC ... 2nd in N23 NORTHWESTERN STATE 2 p.m. SEC in scoring, 1st in league game scoring ... Hit for 38 twice ... Only second player in LSU his N28 CENTENARY 7 p.m. tory to have at least 90 treys in a season. N30 TROY 6 p.m. D2 CAL ST. FULLERTON (FSN) 7 p.m. G 14 Garrett Temple (6-6, 190, Sr., Baton Rouge) 6.6 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.6 apg in ‘08 D13 GRAMBLING STATE 7 p.m. Has started 96-of-99 career games ... Averaged 34.1 minutes per game over three years ... D17 NICHOLLS STATE (CST) 7 p.m. Expected to move to the “3” guard position on the team ... Eighth all-time in career assists (348). D20 1-Texas A&M 3:30 p.m. D22 MCNEESE STATE (CST) 7 p.m. G 11 Bo Spencer (6-1, 185, So., Baton Rouge) 3.4 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 1.4 apg in ‘08 D27 WASHINGTON STATE (ESPN2) 1 p.m. Expected to get the first start at point guard this season ... Started three games a year ago, aver D31 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE (CST) 4 p.m. aged 15.8 minutes per game with 43 assists/27 turnovers. J3 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 7 p.m. J6 At Utah (The Mountain) 8 p.m. F 1 Tasmin Mitchell (6-7, 235, Jr., Denham Springs, La.) 7.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg in ‘08 J11 At Alabama* (Raycom) 12:30/3 p.m. Has started every game, 72 straight, at LSU ... Played in just three games in ‘08 getting redshirt J14 SOUTH CAROLINA * (CST-TD) 7 p.m. season to repair stress fracture in left shin bone ... As a sophomore in ‘07 averaged 14.5 points ... J17 At Ole Miss * (Raycom) 3 p.m. Enters year 101 points shy of becoming 37th player to break 1,000 points. J21 MISSISSIPPI STATE * 7 p.m. F 21 Chris Johnson (6-11, 210, Sr., Montross, Va.) 11.6 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 2.6 bpg in ‘08 J24 XAVIER (ESPN2) 7 p.m. Missed seven games because of broken bone in right hand suffered on Jan. 2 ... Second in the league J28 At Tennessee * (Raycom) 7 p.m. in blocked shot average ... 12th in the league in rebounds ... Started 22 of the 25 games he played. 100th Anniversary Basketball Game J31 ARKANSAS * (FSN) 4 p.m. F4 at Georgia * 6:30 p.m. F8 ALABAMA * (Raycom) Noon Anniversary Season Begins F11 at Mississippi State * 7 p.m. The LSU Tigers with new coach Trent Johnson for LSU men’s basketball starting at $100 and F14 OLE MISS * (FSN) 6 p.m. begins a season that will see the Tigers cele- AD Joe Alleva has guranteed that those that F18 at Arkansas * 7 p.m. brate the 100th anniversary of the first intercol- continue to renew those tickets will be guaran- F21 AUBURN * 7 p.m. legiate game on the weekend of Jan. 30-31, teed no price increase for at least five years ... F24 FLORIDA * (ESPN) 8 p.m. 2009 ... The season begins with the first-ever LSU will play a school record 21 games this F28 at Kentucky * 3 p.m. PMAC-Tiger Stadium basketball-football dou- season, including the two-weekend, five-team, M4 VANDERBILT * (CST-TD) 7 p.m. bleheader as LSU faces Jackson State at 1 four-game round-robin known as the LSU M7 at Auburn * TBA p.m. and then the football team takes on Troy Invitational ... On Saturday, the PMAC upper M12-15 2-SEC Tournament TBA in a game rescheduled from September in the ticket office opens at 11:30 a.m. * - Denotes SEC Games. aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. 1-At Toyota Center, Houston; 2- Tampa, Fla.. TV -- Raycom (1st two On The Air rounds), Raycom/ESPN (semifinals), CBS (finals) It Is “Tipoff Weekend” Today’s game is on the LSU Sports Radio On the Air The weekend is being billed as “Tipoff Network and marks the debut for the new TELEVISION * None Weekend” as both the LSU men and women Guaranty Broadcasting home for men’s bas- Play-by-Play: will play with the women hosting the State ketball in Baton Rouge, New Country 100.7 FM Analyst: Farm Tipoff Classic on Sunday ... Tickets for The Tiger ... Jim Hawthorne will call the action both days are on sale at the LSU Athletics for the 29th year in the last 30, including 27 RADIO * LSU Sports Radio Network Ticket Office and online at LSUsports.net for straight, joined by analyst Kevin Ford in his Play-by-Play: Jim Hawthorne just $1 ... Season tickets also remain on sale 20th year with the broadcast. Analyst/Host: Kevin Ford XM Satellite Radio; New Flagship: 100.7 FM Team Facts LSU JACKSON STATE Series History RECORD: 13-18 in 2008 RECORD: 14-20 in 2008 LSU Leads, 2-1 LAST GAME: LAST GAME: Exb W, 79-43, vs. Miles LAST TIME: W, 72-53 (H), Dec. 12, 1998 RANKINGS: NA RANKINGS: NA AT BATON ROUGE: 2-1 HEAD COACH: Trent Johnson HEAD COACH: Tevester Anderson AT JACKSON: --- CAREER RECORD: 159-121 (10th year) CAREER RECORD: 180-137 (11th) AT NEUTRALSITES: --- LSU RECORD: 0-0 (1st year) MCNEESE RECORD: 77-85 (6th year) VS. JSU: 0-0 VS. LSU: 0-0

LSU Sports Information Basketball Contact: C. Kent Lowe Phone - 225.578.8226 PO Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894 www.LSUsports.net Fax - 225.578.1861

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL Who to Contact Media Services LSU Sports Information Office (225) 578-8226 Asst. AD/Sports Info. Director Trent Johnson Interview Opportunities Michael Bonnette - [email protected] Coach Trent Johnson is usual- meet with the media two days The show begins Dec. 1. Sr. Associate SID (Basketball) ly available in his office for prior to games, usually after There will be no show the C. Kent Lowe - [email protected] early morning appointments practice, in the curtain room week of Jan. 5 with the show Asst. Men’s Basketball Contact and phone interviews. Please across from the LSU dressing resuming Jan. 12 through the Elizabeth Stuart -- [email protected] contact Basketball SID Kent room ... Once SEC play remainder of the SEC season. Lowe (225-578-1864, begins the normal media ses- [email protected]) at least 24 sions will be on Monday and Inside LSU Basketball LSU Sports Television Network hours in advance for schedul- Thursday afternoons ... Some with Coach Trent (225) 578-1797 ing. Phone interviews can also travel and scheduling issues Johnson be set up through Basketball may change the time and day Coach Johnson’s weekly TV DIrector of Television Secretary Pam LeBlanc (225- so media should contact the show is on a state-wide net- Kevin Wagner - [email protected] 578-8217). Sports Information Office to work ... WBRZ-TV, Channel 2, Manager/Television confirm start time. airs the show at 10:35 p.m. John Schiebe -- [email protected] SEC Teleconference Sunday ... The show will The 12 SEC coaches are fea- The Trent Johnson debut Dec. 7 and run for three Producer/Television tured on a teleconference Show, Presented by weeks before two weeks off ... David Landry -- [email protected] each Monday and Thursday Capital One Bank on The The show resumes on Jan. 13 January through March LSU Sports Radio with the final show on March LSU Sports Radio Network through the conference sea- Network 12 ... The show can also be (225) 578-1882 son. The conference starts at The weekly call-in show takes seen on Cox Cable 4 in Baton Director of Radio 10 a.m. (CST). Coach place Mondays at 7 p.m. from Rouge Mondays at 9:30 p.m. Jim Hawthorne - [email protected] Johnson is on at 10:28 a.m. Walkon’s Bistro at the corner and on Cox Sports Television CST. To access the media of Nicholson and Burbank ... (Ch. 37 on Cox Cable) on only number contact Kent The show runs through the Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. ... LSU Athletics Online Lowe or the Southeastern end of the regular season ... Other markets are KLAX-TV in www.LSUsports.net Conference Media Relations The show airs in Baton Rouge Alexandria, Cox Channel 8 in The Official Website of LSU Athletics is Office (205-458-3010). on Eagle 98.1 FM, on the Lake Charles, KEJB-TV in home to all the basketball information Internet at www.LSUsports.net Monroe, KWBJ in Mogan City, Media Sessions and on many LSU Sports WGNO-TV in New Orleans you need. Schedules, results, rosters, Coach Johnson will normally Radio Network affiliates ... and KMSS in Shreveport. bios, statistics and game notes can be found. The GAMEDAY section, updat- LSU Player Interview Opportunities ed daily, has all relevant info for the upcoming game. Media Sessions Athletic Director/Television Club, exit the building on the The players will be available Director Kevin Wagner (225- Southwest side and once out- at the media sessions that 578-1797) side turn left and go down the http://media.lsusports.net Coach Johnson will conduct . first set of steps to the L-Club Media can access images for all LSU normally two days prior to the Post Game ... The visiting team dressing teams, including action shots, heads game. Please let Kent Lowe Coach Johnson will be in the area is in the Northeast shots, logos, etc. To gain access, email (225-578-1864, L-Club Room of the Maravich Corridor and across from the Michael Bonnette or Kent Lowe. You will [email protected]) know which Center to visit with the media media work area ... The visit- be assigned a login and password that players you would like to ... Requested players will be ing coach has an interview have at the media session at brought to the L-Club as well. area (where the pre-game will enable you to retrieve pictures. This least 24 hours in advance. NOTE FOR THE FIRST GAME meal is served) that he can service is for the media use only. ONLY, THE POST-GAME SES- use for his post-game media LSU Satellite Newsfeed SION WILL BE IN THE CUR- obligations if he wishes. LSUsports.net/media For more information on TAIN ROOM ... THE LSU Request Credentials online, Read the satellite feeds and coordi- DRESSING ROOM IS latest Game Notes and Submit Photo nates please call Assistant CLOSED ... To reach the L- Requests.

C. Kent Lowe [email protected] Weekly Schedule (Subject to change)

MONDAY 10 TUESDAY 11 WEDNESDAY 12 THURSDAY 13 FRIDAY 14 SATURDAY 15 SUNDAY 16 MEDIA SESSION at 5 p.m in Game 1 -- Jackson State at the Curtain room across LSU, 1 p.m. (LSU Sports from the LSU dressing room. Radio Network, 100.7 in BR), Tickets -- $1, LSU Athletics Ticket Office.

MONDAY 17 TUESDAY 18 WEDNESDAY 19 THURSDAY 20 FRIDAY 21 SATURDAY 22 SUNDAY 23 Media Session -- 5 p.m. in the Curtain Room across LSU Invitational Begins Day 2- LSU Invitational Day 3 -- LSU Invitational from the LSU dressing room 4:30 p.m. --Troy-Centenary 1:30 p.m. --Troy-Alcorn State 2 p.m. -- NW State-LSU 7 p.m. -- Alcorn St-LSU 4 p.m -- Centenary-NW State (LSU Sports Radio Network) (LSU Sports Radio Network) Admission Free Tickets start at $5 Tickets -- start at $5

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL Trent Johnson Head Coach • 1st year at LSU

While it’s true that the back- earning Johnson Pac-10 Coach of the ground of Trent Johnson, who was Year honors. selected the 20th head men’s basket- Johnson’s first college head 2 ball coach at LSU on April 10, 2008, coaching position came at Nevada as >NCAA Sweet 16 may not have truly been known by he revitalized the Wolfpack program in appearances casual basketball fans, those who are his five year (1999-04). Prior to his (Nevada, 2004; students of the game knew this was a arrival Nevada had never won an Stanford, 2008) quality coaching hire with a resume’ of NCAA Tournament game. In 2003, success that was unequaled. Johnson was named WAC Coach of The record of success shows that the Year when his team won 18 games this is a fierce competitor who exudes and got an NIT bid. In 2004 his team 2 toughness and demands it of his play- won the league and tourney title with a >NBA First-Round ers. But while making those demands, school record tying 25 wins, advanc- Selections in 2008 -- he is devoted to his players and very ing to the Sweet 16. The Lopez Twins. protective of his team. His loyalty to Johnson was at Stanford at an his former players is evident by the assistant for three years before fact that two of his former players are becoming a head coach. The Cardinal 2 now members of the LSU coaching advanced to the NCAA Final FOur in The Johnson File staff. 1998. >Number of times Trent Johnson is a program Prior to that Johnson was an Stanford’s Dan NAME: Trent Johnson builder. He is the newest link to the assistant coach at Utah from 1986-89, Grunfeld made BIRTH DATE: September 12, 1956 100-year tradition that is LSU men’s Washington (1989-92) and Rice (1992- CoSIDA/ESPN The AGE: 52 basketball, visiting with former players 96). Magazine Academic BIRTHPLACE: Berkeley, Calif. and coaches to bring together the Johnson got his coaching start at All-America. HOMETOWN: Seattle, Wash. past, the present and the future of the the prep level, serving as an assistant WIFE: Jackie program. coach at Boise High School from CHILDREN: Tinishia (25), Terry (22) Johnson is charged also with the 1980-85. While at Boise High, Johnson 6 COLLEGE: BS, Boise State University, 1986 development of athletes both on and coached the sophomore “B” team >Number of consecu- off the court and off the court he is while also serving as an assistant on tive years Trent PLAYING EXPERIENCE working hard to make sure student- the varsity squad. Boise State University (Boise, athletes understand the “student” part During his successful playing Johnson has taken of their days at LSU. As he has proven career at Boise State (1974-78), a team to post-sea- Idaho) in head coaching tenures at Nevada Johnson finished in the top 10 in scor- son play. Finished in the top 10 in career scoring and Stanford, he has developed not ing and rebounding. In 1976, the and rebounding at the school ... In just successful athletes and winning Broncos won the Big Sky Tournament 1976, team advanced to NCAA basketball teams, but young men who and advanced to the NCAA 8 are having success in life. Tournament. In his senior season he >Number of wins Tournament after winning the Big Sky In his nine years combined as a was named All-Big Sky. over top 25 teams in Tournament ... In his junior year, Division I head coach at both Stanford Johnson earned his Bachelor of last two years at named the Most Improved Player and and Nevada, he has won 159 games Sciene Degree in Physical Education Stanford. and taken teams the last six years to from Boise State in 1986. in his final season was named All-Big post-season play, including four NCAA Johnson, who was born in Sky. appearances. Berkeley, Calif., and calls Seattle, 10 Johnson, who also served as a Wash., his home, is married to Jackie >Seasons as a COACHING EXPERIENCE Stanford assistant from 1996-99, made and they have two children: a daugh- an immediate impact when he ter, Tinishia, 25, and a son, Terry, 22. Division I Head 1986-89 - Assistant Coach, Utah returned as the head coach at The Johnson brings a wealth of expe- Coach (5 Nevada, 4 1989-92 - Assistant Coach, University Stanford, 1 LSU) Farm in 2004. He was the only head rience to his new job at LSU. He also of Washington coach in Stanford history to guide the brings a knowledge of the game that Cardinal to the postseason in each of will excite longtime fans of LSU bas- 1992-96 - Assistant Coach, Rice. the first four seasons, with three NCAA ketball looking for a new beginning to 20 1996-99 - Assistant Coach, Stanford Tournament berths in those four years the program. He understands that as >20th head men’s 1999-04 - Head Coach, University of including a trip to the NCAA Sweet 16 LSU basketball celebrates its 100th basketball coach at Nevada ... Compiled a 79-74 overall this past year. anniversary that there is a tradition and LSU. In 2008, the Cardinal was 28-8, history of the program that he wants record ... 2003 team went to NIT, earning a No. 3 seed in the NCAA everyone to embrace. He sees the 2004 team was 25-9, 13-5 in the Tournament. Stanford finished 13-5 in potential of the program and can’t wait WAC ... Team won the WAC Tourney the Pac-10, finishing second to UCLA, to put his mark on it. and advanced to the NCAA Sweet The Trent Johnson Record 16. /----OVERALL---/ /---CONF.---/ 2004-08 - Head Coach, Stanford ... YEAR SCHOOL W-L PCT. W-L PCT. FINISH Four year record of 80-47 ... Team 1999-00 Nevada 9-20 .310 6-10 .375 3rd-Big West 2000-01 Nevada 10-18 .357 3-13 .187 9th-WAC advanced to post-season play each 2001-02 Nevada 17-13 .567 9-9 .500 5th-WAC of his four years, making six straight 2002-03 Nevada 18-14 .562 11-7 .611 4th-WAC NIT First Round seasons of post-season play for 2003-04 Nevada 25-9 .735 13-5 .722 1st Reg. Season/Tourney Champ; NCAA teams he coached ... 2008 team won Sweet 16 2004-05 Stanford 18-13 .581 11-7 .611 4th-Pac 10/NCAA First Round 28 games, was 13-5 in the Pac-10 2005-06 Stanford 16-14 .533 11-7 .611 5th-Pac 10/NIT Second Round and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 2006-07 Stanford 18-13 .581 10-8 .555 6th-Pac 10/NCAA First Round 16. 2007-08 Stanford 28-7 .800 13-5 .722 2nd-Pac10/NCAA Sweet 16 2008-09 LSU April 10, 2008 -- Named the 20th Totals 9 Years 159-121 .568 87-71 .551 6 tournaments, 2 NCAA Sweet 16 Head Basketball Coach at LSU. Nevada 5 Years 79-74 .516 42-44 .488 1 WAC Tourn. title, 1 NCAA Sweet 16 Stanford 4 Years 80-47 .630 45-27 .625 4 tournaments, 1 NCAA Sweet 16 LSU 1 Year

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL CAREER SPECIALTY 2008-09 LSU Men's Basketball Roster NUMBERS NO. NAME CL. POS. HT. WT. EXP. HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL 1 Tasmin Mitchell Jr. F 6-7 235 2VL Denham Springs, La./D. Spr. HS CAREER DOUBLE-FIGURE GAMES 2 Delwan Graham Fr. F 6-5 215 HS Atlanta, Ga/Dunwoody HS Tasmin Mitchell 49 3 Garrett Green So. F 6-10 235 1VL Woodland Hills, Calif/Taft HS Terry Martin 31 4 Chris Bass Fr. G 6-0 180 HS Baton Rouge, La./Lee Academy (Ma.) Marcus Thornton 27 5 Marcus Thornton Sr. G 6-4 205 1L Baton Rouge, La./Kilgore JC Garrett Temple 21 11 Bo Spencer So. G 6-1 185 1L Baton Rouge, La./Glen Oaks HS Chris Johnson 17 13 Terry Martin Sr.. G 6-6 210 2VL Monroe, La./Texas Tech Bo Spencer 4 14 Garrett Temple Sr. G 6-6 190 3VL Baton Rouge, La./University HS Alex Farrer 2 15 Dennis Harris Fr. F 6-10 195 HS Jonesboro, Ga./Mundy Mills HS 20 Zach Kinsley Fr. G/F 6-5 200 HS Baton Rouge, La./St. Thomas More (CN) 21 Chris Johnson Sr. C 6-11 210 3VL Montross, Va./Laurinburg Prep (NC) CAREER DOUBLE-FIGURE 24 Storm Warren Fr. F 6-7 220 HS Monroe, La./Richwood HS REBOUNDS 30 Alex Farrer Jr. G 6-5 205 2VL Phoenix, Ariz./St. Mary’s HS Tasmin Mitchell 9 32 Quintin Thornton Sr. F 6-9 240 JC Orlando, Fla./Odessa College Chris Johnson 6 Marcus Thornton 4 Head Coach: Trent Johnson (Boise State, ‘86), 1st year at LSU Assistant Coach: Donny Guerinoni (Nevada, ‘01), 1st year at LSU CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES Assistant Coach: Keith Richard (ULM, ‘82), 1st year at LSU Tasmin Mitchell 8 Assistant Coach: Brent Scott (Rice, ‘03), 1st year at LSU) Chris Johnson 5 Director of Basketball Operations: Chris Bobel (Stanford, ‘07), 1st year at LSU Marcus Thornton 4

CAREER THREE-POINTERS Transactions Terry Martin 95 Marcus Thornton 90 Garrett Green has been out of practice for almost a month with lower back Garrett Temple 84 problems … His status to return is unknown … As of Monday, the 13 other Tasmin Mitchell 69 members of the team are good to go for Saturday's game. Bo Spencer 20 Chris Johnson 18 Scrimmages Rather Than Exhibitions Alex Farrer 11 Garrett Green 2 For the first time since the 1971-72 season, there were no men's exhibition games prior to the start of the 2008-09 season. CAREER ASSISTS LSU took advantage of an NCAA rule that many schools are taking advan- Garrett Temple 348 tage of to play other Division I schools in private scrimmages. No media or Tasmin Mitchell 165 fans are allowed to watch and the only people in the building are athletic staff Terry Martin 85 Bo Spencer 43 members. Each team may keep stats of its own players and shoot video for Marcus Thornton 42 teaching purposes and no publicity may be given of the results of the scrim- Alex Farrer 41 mage. Chris Johnson 26 Quintin Thornton 7 First Basketball, Later Football Garrett Green 3 It hasn't happened in the years since the Maravich Center has been built CAREER BLOCKS and it's hard to find proof it has ever happened on the campus, but this will be Garrett Temple 89 the first time that the Maravich Center for men's basketball and Tiger Stadium Chris Johnson 81 for football has been used on the same day for these events in a unique dou- Tasmin Mitchell 44 bleheader. Terry Martin 15 Marcus Thornton 10 The scenario: The LSU-Jackson State game was originally scheduled for Alex Farrer 6 Saturday night at 7 p.m. at the Assembly Center to open the season. Garrett Green 5 Hurricane Gustav forces the postponement of the LSU football game with Troy, Quintin Thornton 2 originally set for September. Both teams have an open date on Nov. 15 and Bo Spencer 1 the game is moved to that night, moving the basketball game to 1 p.m. and this unique doubleheader on North Stadium Drive. TIGERS IN POLLS One advantage for the basketball game is that now instead of the usual Bengal Basketball Band that appears at games, the game will feature the AP ESPN entire "Golden Band From Tigerland" in the Maravich Center pounding out Pre-Season RV RV tunes.

Opening Games The Tigers have done well in season openers in the first 100 years of the program with an 81-19 (81.0 percent) record … This will mark the 13th straight season the Tigers have opened in the confines of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and 12 is the current win streak of openers for the Tigers … LSU was last away from the Maravich Center for an opener on Nov. 24, 1995 when LSU

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL opened the regular season with a loss to Saint Louis in the Hawaii Tipoff SEC MEDIA DAYS POLL Classic in Honolulu. Eastern Division New Coach Openers TEAM SEC OVERALL There haven't been many first coach season opening games at LSU since Tennessee(23) 172 points Trent Johnson is only the third new coach to start at LSU since the early Florida (5) 143 points 1970s, but new LSU coaches on season opening nights have a record of 15-4, Kentucky (2) 130 points including the tenures of C. C. Stroud (1913, 1919) and Harry Rabenhorst Vanderbilt 88 points (1926, 1945) who left and returned to coach again … One of the most signifi- S. Carolina 56 points Georgia 41 points cant wins may have been Dale Brown's first game when his 1972-73 team opened in the Maravich Center against No. 11 Memphis State and the LSU Western Division Tigers, who would later be nicknamed "The Hustlers" that season won, 94-81 TEAM SEC OVERALL ... Trent Johnson is 7-2 in openers as a head coach, going 4-1 at Nevada and Alabama (11) 151 points 3-1 at Stanford. LSU (11) 147 points Ole Miss (8) 136 points About Jackson State Miss. State 91 points Auburn 54 points The Tigers of Jackson State are the preseason pick to win the Arkansas 51 points Southwestern Athletic Conference championship in the vote of league coach- es and sports information directors … The Tigers won the conference tourna- CAREER ment crown in 2007, advancing to the NCAA Championships … Tevester DOUBLE-DOUBLES Anderson enters his sixth year as the head coach at Jackson State, having compiled a 77-85 mark. Anderson came to Jackson State from Murray State TASMIN MITCHELL (8) Game Date Pts Reb where he was the head coach for five seasons. He has an overall record of Southern 11/18/05 19 12 180-137 in 10 seasons with two Ohio Valley Conference titles at Murray and UL-Laf. 12/17/05 16 11 two appearances overall in the NCAA Tournament … SEC fans will remember Duke 3/23/06 10 10 Anderson as an assistant at Auburn and the longtime assistant at Georgia … Texas 12/10/06 23 10 UConn 1/6/07 16 10 Jackson State defeated Miles College in its exhibition game, 79-43. Chris Ole Miss 1/17/07 19 10 Hyche led JSU with 15 points. De'Suan Dixon and Garrison Johnson each Ole Miss 2/14/07 11 10 added 10 points … Grant Maxey is the leading returnee for JSU averaging McNeese St. 11/14/07 14 16 14.8 points a year ago. Darrion Griffin averaged 14.1 points and Jeremy Caldwell, 11.5 … Jackson State, including four games in the South Padre CHRIS JOHNSON (5) Island Invitational, will not play a home game in Jackson until its third SWAC Game Date Pts Reb game of the season on Jan. 10. Chaminade 11/20/07 18 11 Ole Miss 2/23/08 12 15 S. Carolina 2/27/08 13 10 The 100th Anniversary Season Alabama 3/5/08 11 10 This marks the 100th Anniversary Season of LSU basketball and the count- S. Carolina 3/13/08 13 14 down is on to the 100th anniversary celebration of the sport on the LSU cam- pus, slated for Jan. 30-31, 2009. LSU played its first university-sanctioned MARCUS THORNTON (4) intercollegiate contest against Dixon Academy on Jan. 30, 1909 with LSU win- Game Date Pts Reb ning, 35-20. Arizona State 11/21/07 18 12 Now LSU will mark that occasions 100 years to the day with a giant player Villanova 12/6/07 15 13 reunion scheduled for the West Stadium Club in Tiger Stadium on that Wichita St. 12/19/07 12 11 Georgia 3/2/08 36 10 evening. On Saturday, Jan. 31, the players will gather again, first for an alumni game early on Saturday afternoon, and then they will watch the present LSU Tigers take on the Arkansas Razorbacks in a 4 p.m. contest in the Maravich Center. At halftime, the LSU All-Century team will be announced. Following the game, the players will gather for a post-game reception as old times are remembered and stories retold.

All-Century Voting As of Nov. 1, the three players who have banners hanging from the rafters of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center are the leaders in the voting of the fans ... Center Shaquille O'Neal, who played from 1990-92, has been listed on 99 percent of the ballots, while the game's all-time Division I scoring leader, Pete Maravich, is on 97 percent of the ballots. Bob Pettit, who led LSU to its first NCAA Final Four in the 1950s, was listed on 85 percent of the ballots. Fans can vote their All-Century ballots on LSUsports.net. Fans vote for 15 players for the 15-member team that will be announced at halftime of the

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL COMPARING THE 100th anniversary game on Jan. 31 against Arkansas. The game will culminate STATISTICS a weekend of activities that include a player reunion night, an alumni game Overall (07-08) LSU AS and the centennial SEC Western Division contest … The fan ballots count will be weighted for 50 percent of the vote combined with the decision of the cen- Scoring Average 68.7 68.8 tennial committee which will also count for 50 percent of the vote. Voting con- Opp. PPG Average 69.2 74.2 tinues until midnight on Nov. 30. Besides online voting, fans attending LSU Scoring Differential -0.5 -5.4 men's games on Nov. 15, 20, 22, 28 and 30 will be able to cast ballots at the LSU Fan Zone at the Maravich Center. FG Percentage 42.9 41.2 There is still plenty of room for movement in the ballot in the final weeks of Opp. FG Percentage 42.2 45.8 voting as the rest of the top 10 shows Chris Jackson at 79 percent, Durand Macklin 73 percent, Glen Davis 70 percent, Ricky Blanton 64 percent, Brandon Bass 45 percent, Collis Temple and Sparky Wade 43 percent each ... The sec- 3PT FG Pct. 32.2 31.7 ond 10 in the fan voting as of Nov. 1 was Stromile Swift 39 percent, Tyrus Opp. 3FG Pct. 34.5 35.8 Thomas 38 percent, Joe Dean 37 percent, Don Redden 36 percent, Ethan 3FGs per Game 6.5 5.0 Martin 35 percent, Howard Carter 33 percent, DeWayne Scales 31 percent, Darrel Mitchell, Vernel Singleton and John Williams with 27 percent each. FT Percentage 74.1 67.5 Guest Captains In honor of the 100th anniversary of LSU basketball, there will be guest Rebound Avg. 35.7 35.6 captains presenting the game ball at many of the home games this season. Opp. Reb. Avg. 37.5 36.6 The opening day guest captain is one of the most beloved Tiger players of all Reb. Differential -1.8 -1.0 time, Ricky Blanton ... Blanton was a member of the 1986 NCAA Final Four team, bulking up to play center a position where the Tiges were depleted ... Assist Average 11.7 12.0 Blanton would miss the 1987 season but return for All-SEC seasons in 1988 and 1989 ... Blanton still remains high on the school record charts, standing TO Average 13.8 16.4 15th in scoring (1,501 points) and 14th in rebounds (766).

Blocks Average 6.3 3.2 Success at Home Despite LSU's troubles last year, the Tigers had a winning record at home Steals Average 6.0 7.4 for the 10th straight year … LSU has had two break-even seasons but never a losing season in the 37 previous years of play in what was first known as the LSU Assembly Center and in Aug. 1988 renamed the Pete Maravich Assembly LSU Scoring Runs Center … LSU was 9-6 a year ago and in 568 games was 423-145 (74.5 per- 5-0 cent) … LSU has posted a total paid attendance of 5.9 million in those 37 6-0 years, an average of 10,420 and will go past six million in total paid atten- 7-0 dance during this 100th anniversary season. 8-0 Since the building was remade into its present seating configuration of 9-0 13,215 prior to the 2005-06 there has been one paid sellout of 13,468 against 10-0 Georgia on Jan. 25, 2006 … With LSU Game Day on hand, the Tigers drew 11-0 13,121 for a Jan. 6, 2007 win over UConn … A reminder that paid attendance 12-0 is based on tickets sold in available seats plus the number of students who 13-0 use their free 3,500 seat total. 14-0 15-0 The Five-Year Plan In honor of the 100th anniversary of LSU men's basketball, a section of the Opp. Scoring Runs upper level of the Maravich Center was put on sale as a season ticket for $100 5-0 for the 2008-09 season. To sweeten the offer, AD Joe Alleva said that if you 6-0 bought the centennial special and renewed your tickets that the price of those 7-0 tickets would not go up for five seasons. 8-0 9-0 Five Seniors 10-0 With five seniors on the roster, this will mark the most seniors LSU has had 11-0 on its roster in many, many years. 12-0 Two of the five seniors - Chris Johnson and Garrett Temple - were part of 13-0 the NCAA Final Four team. Terry Martin transferred to LSU in mid-2006 but 14-0 was not eligible until December of the 2006-07 season. Marcus Thornton and 15-0 Quintin Thornton played their first season in 2007-08 after transferring from junior colleges.

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL Some notes on the seniors: TIGER TRENDS Garrett Temple - Temple enters the season eighth all-time in assists with LSU RECORD... 08-09 348 and his 131 career steals is just shy of the 136 that is tied for 10th on In November LSU's career list. Temple has averaged 34 minutes a game in his three years of In December play at LSU with 3,372 minutes played which means based on that average, In January Temple will break into the top 10 in minutes played in early December. In February Chris Johnson - Came into his own last year despite a broken bone in his In March right hand that caused him to miss seven games … Averaged 11.6 points per In April game, 6.6 rebounds and had 66 blocks, the seventh highest single season LSU vs. AP Ranked Opponents total in school history … His 81 career blocks is one shy of the school top 10 At home list. On the road Terry Martin - Is 18 treys away from the top 10 for career three-pointers but Neutral will be looking for more consistency in his senior season after hitting just 30.5 percent from the arc and 37 percent overall from the floor. LSU’s Record in Games... Decided by 5 pts or less Marcus Thornton - Made 90 treys in 2008, only the second player in LSU Decided by 10 pts or less history to make 90 treys in a season. How will his three-point shooting be Decided by 11 pts or more affected by the new three-point line that is a foot further back or how will the At night three-pointer be used in Coach Trent's Johnson's new offense. During the day Quintin Thornton - Missed the first half of the season with a torn pectoral Decided in Overtime muscle, but has worked hard in the off-season and the pre-season practices in Televised an attempt to earn more playing time in his final season in the post. LSU’s Record When Scoring... Less than 60 points Tasmin Mitchell Back 60-69 points His first attempt at a junior season was only three games before his 2007- 70-79 points 80-89 points 08 season was ended because of a stress fracture in the left shin bone that 90-99 points finally forced him to have season-ending surgery on Nov. 29, 2007 … Now 100 or more points hopefully fully recovered, he is ready to resume the quest that seemed as if it would be so easy at the start of the 2007-08 season. LSU’s Record When Allowing... Mitchell is in position to become the 37th player to have 1,000 career Less than 60 points points and the 35th player to pull down 500 rebounds … He enters the year 60-69 points 70-79 points with 899 points and 407 rebounds … Saturday he is also expected to continue 80-89 points a streak of consecutive starts that is 71 games, every game he has dressed 90-99 points while at LSU … Mitchell is the other member of the 2008-09 team that played 100 or more points on the 2006 NCAA Final Four team. Once he crosses the 1,000-500 threshold, he will be the 19th LSU player to LSU’s Record When... have scored at least 1,000 point and grabbed 500 rebounds. Leading at the half Losing at the half The last LSU player to start every game over a four-year career is Howard Tied at the half Carter who played as a freshman on the 1981 Final Four team and started 128 Lead 10 minutes left consecutive games over his career (1981-84) … Brandon Bass in 2004-05 Losing 10 minutes left started all 59 games before going to the NBA and Chris Jackson started all 64 Tied 10 minutes left games in his two year career (1989-90). Lead 5 minutes left Losing 5 minutes left Tied 5 minutes left The Young Point It appears that a sophomore will get the start at point guard for the Tigers LSU’s Record When Shooting... in Bo Spencer … Spencer played lots of minutes some games and hardly saw 50% or higher the floor in others in his freshman season … Now under the guidance of Less than 50% Better than opponent Coach Trent Johnson, Spencer will be expected to settle down the LSU Worse than opponent offense and get the team into the offense … Spencer averaged 15.8 points a Even Shooting game, playing in 30 games (three starts), averaging 3.4 points per game and More 3PT FGs than opp. 1.2 rebounds … Spencer had 43 assists and 27 turnovers. LSU’s Record When... Outrebounding opp. Florida, LSU Still Have Best Home Win Marks Outrebounded by opp. Since the start of the 2002-03 season, Florida and LSU have the most Equal rebounds home wins of any team in the Southeastern Conference entering the 2008-09 season: LSU’s Record When Committing... Fewer TO than opp. Florida 89 More TO than opp. Equal TO LSU 78 15 or fewer TO

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL Tennessee 76 CAREER LISTS Vanderbilt 75 LSU SCORING LEADERS Alabama 72 1. Pete Maravich 1967-70 3,667 Kentucky 69 2. Durand Macklin 1976-81 2,080 Arkansas 68 3. Howard Carter 1979-83 1,942 Mississippi State 61 --- 34. Jordy Hultberg 1976-80 1,067 South Carolina 59 35. John Williams 1984-86 1,046 Georgia 57 36. Glenn Hansen 1973-75 1,027 Auburn 57 --- Ole Miss 56 xx. Tasmin Mitchelll active 899

LSU REBOUNDING LEADERS Louisiana Win Streak 1. Durand Macklin 1976-81 1,276 It won't come into play until the third game of the season, but LSU is look- 2. Shaquille O’Neal 1989-92 1,217 3. Al Sanders 1969-72 1,168 ing to continue its long 20-year win streak at the Maravich Center against --- Louisiana schools … On Dec. 6, 1988, Louisiana Tech defeated LSU, 111-109, 33. John Williams 1984-86 503 in overtime … Two night later the present streak started against McNeese 34. Jabari Smith 1998-00 501 State and entering the Nov. 23 game with Northwestern State, the home win- --- xx. Tasmin Mitchell active 407 ning streak against state schools is now at 67 games … LSU won five games against state schools last season. LSU ASSIST LEADERS LSU will play Northwestern State (Nov. 23), Centenary (Nov. 28), Grambling 1. Kenny Higgs 1974-78 645 State (Dec. 13), Nicholls State (Dec. 17), McNeese State (Dec. 22), Louisiana- 2. Ethan Martin 1977-81 638 3. Torris Bright 2000-03 544 Lafayette (Dec. 31) and Southeastern Louisiana (Jan. 3) to possibly extend the 4. Pete Maravich 1967-70 425 streak. 5. Derrick Taylor 81-82; 83-86 401 6. Mike Darnall 1972-75 399 7. Darrel Mitchell 2002-06 367 Three Tigers Earn Pre-Season All-SEC Honors 8. Garrett Temple active 348 Three LSU players were named to the Coaches 2008-09 pre-season All- SEC team announced recently … Tasmin Mitchell and Marcus Thornton were LSU STEAL LEADERS named to the Coaches All-SEC preseason first team, while Chris Johnson was 1. Clarence Ceasar 1991-95 310 2. Ethan Martin 1977-81 279 named to the second team. 3. Torris Bright 2000-03 246 -- NBA Opened Season With 6 Former Tigers On Roster 9. Leonard Mitchell 1980-84 151 10. V. Singleton, J. Jones 136 The National Basketball Association opened its 2008-09 season with six -- former LSU Tigers on the rosters of the teams as play begins: xx. Garrett Temple active 131 Brandon Bass - 4th year -- Dallas Mavericks LSU BLOCK LEADERS 1. Shaquille O’Neal 1989-92 412 Glen Davis - 2nd year -- Boston Celtics 2. Stromile Swift 1998-00 130 Shaquille O'Neal -- 17th year - Phoenix Suns 3. Glen Davis 2004-07 110 Anthony Randolph - rookie - Golden State Warriors 4. Brandon Bass 2003-05 104 Stromile Swift -- 9th year - N. J. Nets 5. Jose Vargas 1984-88 100 6. Tyrus Thomas 2005-06 99 Tyrus Thomas - 3rd year -- Chicago Bulls 7. Lionel Green 1975-79 94 8. Garrett Temple active 89 Free Throw Percentage 8. Jaime Lloreda 2002-04 89 10. Leonard Mitchell 1980-84 82 One thing the Tigers did well a year ago was make free throws, getting to -- the line 521 times and making 386 or 74.1 percent … That was the best by an xx. Chris Johnson active 81 LSU team since the team that set the school record in 1989, making 77.0 per- cent of their charity tosses (557-723). LSU 3 PT LEADERS 1. Darrel Mitchell 2002-06 258 In the last four seasons, LSU has made at least 70 percent in three of 2. Torris Bright 2000-03 237 those seasons after not topping 70 percent since that 1989 record-breaking 3. Ronnie Henderson 1993-96 189 year. Marcus Thornton made 81.7 percent (94-115), Chris Johnson made 85.2 4. Clarence Ceasar 1991-95 175 percent (46-of-54) and Garrett Temple 78.3 percent (54-of-69). 5. Antonio Hudson 2001-05 174 6. Chris Jackson 1988-90 172 7. Collis Temple III 2000-03 171 Blocks 8. Maurice Carter 1995-99 157 The last three years, LSU has had block totals that ranked in the top 10 in 9. Brian Beshara 1998-01 122 10. Mike Hansen 1990-93 113 school history - the 2005-06 team is the all-time season leader with 236 … The -- 2007-08 team blocked 196, the fifth most for a season at LSU and the 2006-07 xx. Terry Martin active 95 total of 155 ranks seventh. xx. Marcus Thornton active 90

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL New Flagship; All Audio Plus Video In Geaux Zone SCORING LSU basketball has a new radio home in 2008-09 as Guaranty BREAKDOWN Broadcasting is moving all LSU men's basketball programming to "New CLASS PTS PCT. Country 100.7 The Tiger" in Baton Rouge … The move prevents many of the Freshmen conflicts that would come up early in the season with football broadcasts (such Sophomores as today) and baseball broadcasts late in the season … The 100,000-watt FM Juniors station will not only carry the games, but also "The Trent Johnson Show Seniors Presented by Capital One Bank" when it debuts in December. SCORING PTS PCT. Of course all audio broadcasts of LSU men's basketball will be available in Starters the Geaux Zone at LSUsports.net and starting with LSU's game with Jackson Bench State, will have live video from the TigerView cameras for selected games … POINTS IN PAINT PTS APG All game video not available live will be made available on-demand ASAP after LSU the game (midnight per SEC rules). Opponents POINTS OFF TO PTS APG Geaux Zone memberships are available for either audio-only ($4.95 per LSU month, $49.95 annually) or premium all-access ($9.95 per month or $99.95 Opponents annually). BENCH SCORING PTS APG The following home games will include live video (note for games on CST, LSU live video will be blacked out in Louisiana to Geaux Zone members) -- Jackson Opponents State, Alcorn St., Centenary, Troy, Grambling State, Nicholls State (CST), FT% LAST 5 MINUTES PCT McNeese State (CST), Louisiana-Lafayette (CST) and Southeastern Louisiana. LSU Opponents The Early Signees FG% LAST 5 MINUTES PCT LSU LSU men's basketball Head Coach Trent Johnson announced Wednesday Opponents afternoon that he has received national letters of intent from two players on the 3FG% LAST 5 MINUTES PCT opening day of the week-long early signing period for college basketball. LSU Signing with the Tigers were Eddie Ludwig of Metairie Park Country Day of Opponents Metairie, La., and Aaron Dotson of Ranier Beach High School in Seattle, Wash. W-L RECORDS OF STARTING LINEUPS Ludwig is a 6-8, 195-pound small forward for Coach Michael McGuire, while (G, G, G, F, F) Dotson is a 6-4 two guard for Coach Mike Bethea. "Obviously, we are excited as a staff. We feel we have signed two quality young men from two very solid high school basketball programs," said LEADING SCORERS -- Johnson, whose team plays its first game under his leadership Saturday in the LEADING REBOUNDERS -- season opener at 1 p.m. in the Maravich Center against Jackson State. "Both are winners. Aaron won the state championship at Ranier Beach which has a LEADING ASSISTS -- rich tradition of excellent players and Eddie was a game from winning the state championship at Country Day. TOTAL DUNKS -- "Both Coach Bethea and Coach McGuire are two excellent basketball coaches," Johnson said. "So we feel that both these young men are coming in DOUBLE FIGURE SCORING GAMES -- to our program well-prepared to have an immediate impact." DOUBLE DOUBLE -- Ludwig led the Cajuns to the Class 1A state finals the past two seasons. After scoring 13.5 points per game as a sophomore, he averaged 23.2 points and 13.5 rebounds as a junior. Ludwig was the District 10-1A MVP and was PLAYERS SCORING IN DOUBLE FIG- selected to the New Orleans All-Metro team as a junior. The Cajuns finished URES BY GAME 29-12 and 25-15 the past two seasons. Ludwig, who selected LSU over Wake 1 2 3 4 5 6/more Forest, Davidson, Tulane, California and Vanderbilt, was the Louisiana Sports Writers Association's Class 1A Most Outstanding Player. Dotson was rated a four-star recruit and the 89th-ranked prospect in his class and 22nd-ranked shooting guard according to Rivals.com and 22nd ranked shooting guard by Scout.com. Dotson averaged 13.5 points a game last season and his team won the Class 3A state championship. Seattle is also where LSU Coach Johnson grew up. Several prominent players have gone from Ranier to either college or professional ranks including Doug Christie (for- merly with Seattle and LA Clippers), Jamaal Crawford and Nate Robinson (both presently with the NY Knicks), Roderick Stewart (member of last year's championship team at Kansas) and Louisville senior Terrence Williams. It marks the 12th consecutive year that someone from Ranier Beach has signed a Division I scholarship. Dotson chose LSU over Louisville, Washington and SMU.

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL Next Up - The LSU Invitational One of the most unique exempt events ever attempted will take place in the Maravich Center beginning on Thursday, Nov. 20 - the two-weekend, five- team, four-game round-robin event known as the LSU Invitational. The event, which features LSU, Alcorn State from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, Centenary from The Summit League, Northwestern State from the Southland Conference and Troy from the Sun Belt, has the following schedule:

Thursday, Nov. 20 Troy vs. Centenary, 4:30 p.m. Alcorn State vs. LSU, 7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 21 Troy vs. Alcorn State, 1:30 p.m. Centenary vs. Northwestern State, 4 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 23 Northwestern State vs. LSU, 2 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 28 Northwestern State vs. Alcorn State, 4:30 p.m. Centenary vs. LSU, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 29 Northwestern State vs. Troy, 4:30 p.m. Centenary vs. Alcorn State, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 30 Troy vs. LSU, 6 p.m.

Note: On nights LSU plays, tickets will be available as normal for LSU games with admission starting at $5. On the two dates that LSU does not play, admission for those doubleheaders will be free.

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL Streaking... Consecutive Games in Double Figures

Consecutive Games Without Fouling Out

Consecutive Gms. With A Three-Point FG

Consecutive Games Scored in

Consecutive Games Started

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL The Last Time LSU ... ALL GAMES Scoring Rebounds Less Than 50 points ...... 45 -- vs. UCLA (NCAAFF) (45-59), 4/1/06 Had 20-29 rebounds...... 29 -- vs. Southeastern La., 11/12/07 50-59 points ...... 56 -- at Georgia (56-50), 2/17/07 Had 30-39 rebounds...... 37 -- vs. Ole Miss (SECT), 3/9/07 60-69 points ...... 60 -- vs. Ole Miss (SECT) (60-80), 3/9/07 Had 40-49 rebounds...... 41 -- vs. Tennessee (SECT), 3/8/07 70-79 points ...... 72 -- vs. Southeatern La (72-62), 11/12/07 Had 50-59 rebounds...... 50 -- vs. Miss. State, 2/15/06 80-89 points ...... 88 -- vs. ULM (88-57), 11/19/06 Had 60 or more rebounds ...... 60 -- vs. Troy State, 12-22-98 90-99 points ...... 92 -- vs. Miss. Valley (92-58), 12/28/06 100 or more points ...... 104 -- vs. Nicholls State (104-57), 11/21/05 Opponent Rebounds Less than 20 rebounds...... 19 -- by South Carolina, 1-12-05 Opponents Scoring 20-29 rebounds ...... 22 -- by Florida, 2/24/07 Less than 50 points ...... 49 -- by UConn (49-66), 1/6/07 30-39 rebounds ...... 39 -- by Southeastern La., 11/12/07 50-59 points ...... 52 -- by South Carolina (52-61), 3/3/07 40-49 rebounds ...... 40 -- vs. Georgia, 1/28/07 60-69 points ...... 62 -- by Southeastern La. (62-72), 11/12/07 50-59 rebounds ...... 51 -- by Wyoming, 1-3-01 70-79 points ...... 70 -- by Kentucky (70-63), 2/20/07 80-89 points ...... 80 -- by Ole Miss (SECT) (80-60), 3/9/07 Assists 90-99 points ...... 96 -- by Arkansas (75-96), 1-26-00 Less than 5 assists...... 4 -- vs. UCLA (NCAAFF), 4/1/06 100 or more points ...... 101 -- by Ohio State (101-113), 1-15-05 5-10 assists ...... 10 -- vs.Tennessee (SECT), 3/8/07 11-15 assists ...... 13 -- vs. Southeastern La., 11/12/07 Field Goal Percentage 16-20 assists ...... 16 -- at Ole Miss, 2/14/07 Shot 20-29 percent...... 27.9 -- vs. Ole Miss (12-43), 2-7-01 21-25 assists ...... 21 -- vs. Miss. Valley, 12/28/06 Shot 30-39 percent...... 32.8 -- vs. Ole Miss (SECT) (20-61), 3/9/07 26-30 assists ...... 26 -- vs. ULM, 11/19/06 Shot 40-49 percent...... 44.9 -- vs. South Carolina (22-49), 3/3/07 31 or more assists ...... 33 -- vs. Georgia State, 12-28-94 Shot 50-59 percent...... 51.0 -- vs. Southeastern La. (26-51), 11/12/07 Shot 60-69 percent...... 60.9 -- vs. Ole Miss (28-46), 2/14/07 Opponent Assists Shot 70 percent or above...... 70.3 -- vs. Centenary (45-64), 1-15-03 Less than 5 assists...... 4 -- by UConn, 1/6/07 5-10 assists ...... 6 -- by Southeastern La., 11/12/07 Opponents Field Goal Percentage 11-15 assists...... 12 -- by Ole Miss (SECT), 3/9/07 Shot 20-29 percent ...... 28.3 -- by McNeese State (17-60), 11/29/06 16-20 assists ...... 17 -- by Auburn, 2/28/07 Shot 30-39 percent ...... 39.7 -- by Southeastern La. (25-63), 11/12/07 21-25 assists ...... 21 -- by Tennessee, 1-6-99 Shot 40-49 percent ...... 44.7 -- by Florida (21-47), 2/24/07 26-30 assists ...... 28 -- by Fresno State, 11-26-97 Shot 50-59 percent ...... 51.9 -- by Ole Miss (27-52), 3/9/07 31 or more assists ...... 33 -- by Kentucky, 1-16-96 Shot 60-69 percent ...... 60.0 -- by W. Va. (33-55), 11-27-04 Blocks Three-Point FG Percentage 0 blocks ...... 0 -- vs. South Carolina, 1-12-05 Shot less than 10 percent...... 0.0 -- vs. UCLA (NCAA FF) (0-6), 4/1/06 1-5 blocks ...... 4 -- vs. South Carolina, 3/3/07 Shot 10-19 percent...... 13.0 -- vs. Ole Miss (SECT) (3-23), 3/9/07 6-10 blocks ...... 8 -- vs. Southeastern La., 11/12/07 Shot 20-29 percent...... 25.0 -- vs. Alabama (3-12), 1/31/07 11-15 blocks ...... 11 -- vs. Iona (NCAA1), 3/16/06 Shot 30-39 percent...... 37.5 -- vs. Southeastern La. (6-16), 11/12/07 16 or more blocks...... 16 -- vs. Texas, 1-2-90 Shot 40-49 percent...... 42.9 -- at Auburn (6-14), 2/28/07 Shot 50-59 percent...... 57.1 -- at Ole Miss (4-7), 2/14/07 Opponent Blocks Shot 60 percent or more...... 63.6 -- vs. Georgia (7-11), 1/25/06 0 blocks ...... 0 -- by Florida, 2/24/07 1-5 blocks ...... 1 -- by Southeastern La., 11/12/07 Opponents Three-Point FG Percentage 6-10 blocks ...... 6 -- by Arkansas, 2/10/07 Shot less than 10 percent...... 7.1 -- by Georgia (1-14), 1/25/06 11-15 blocks ...... 11 -- by UConn, 1/7/06 Shot 10-19 percent...... 11.7 -- by Florida (2-17), 2/24/07 Shot 20-29 percent...... 21.1 -- by Southeastern La. (4-19), 11/12/07 Steals Shot 30-39 percent...... 30.8 -- by Ole Miss (SECT)(4-13), 3/9/07 0 steals ...... 0 -- vs. Georgia Tech, 3-17-90 Shot 40-49 percent...... 48.1 -- by Miss. State (13-27), 2/3/07 1-5 steals ...... 5 -- at Auburn, 2/28/07 Shot 50-59 percent...... 53.3 -- by Auburn (8-15), 2/28/07 6-10 steals ...... 8 -- vs. Ole Miss (SECT), 3/9/07 Shot 60 percent or more...... 61.5 -- by Washington (8-13), 12/20/06 11-15 steals ...... 11 -- vs. Southeastern La., 11/12/07 16 or more steals ...... 22 -- vs. Arkansas, 2-17-01 Free Throw Percentage Shot less than 50 percent...... 46.4 -- vs. UCLA (NCAAFF), (13-28), 4/1/06 Opponent Steals Shot 50-59 percent ...... 55.6 -- vs. Tennessee (SECT)(19-25), 3/8/07 0 steals ...... 0 -- by Florida, 2/19/05 Shot 60-69 percent...... 66.7 -- vs. Florida (16-24), 2/24/07 1-5 steals ...... 4 -- by Kentucky, 2/20/07 Shot 70-79 percent...... 70.0 -- vs. Southeastern La. (14-20), 11/12/07 6-10 steals ...... 7 -- by Southeastern La., 11/12/07 Shot 80-89 percent...... 81.0 -- vs. Ole Miss (SECT)(17-21), 3/9/07 11-15 steals ...... 14 -- by Tennessee (SECT), 3/8/07 Shot 90-99 percent...... 93.5 -- vs. Ohio State (29-31), 1-15-05 16 or more steals ...... 16 -- by Miami (Fla.), 12-27-01 Shot 100 percent ...... 100.0 -- vs. Alabama (9-9), 1/31/07

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL The Last Time An LSU Player... ALL GAMES Scored 20-24 points ...... 24 Tasmin Mitchell, vs. South Carolina, 3/3/07 Scored 25-29 points ...... 27 Marcus Thornton, vs. Southeastern La., 11/12/07 Scored 30-34 points ...... 32 Darrel Mitchell, vs. Ohio State, 1-15-05 Scored 35-39 points ...... 35 Maurice Carter, vs. Arkansas, 1-2-99 Scored 40-45 points ...... 40 Ronnie Henderson, vs. Alabama, 2-11-95 Scored 45-49 points ...... 46 Chris Jackson, vs. Vanderbilt, 2-18-90 Scored 50-54 points ...... 51 Chris Jackson, vs. Texas, 1-2-90 Scored 55-59 points ...... 55 Chris Jackson, vs. Ole Miss, 3-4-89 Scored 60 or more...... 64 Pete Maravich, vs. Kentucky, 2-21-70

Scored double figures in 5 straight games...... 10 Tasmin Mitchell 1/3/107 to 3/3/07 Scored double figures in 10 straight games...... 10 Tasmin Mitchell 1/3/107 to 3/3/07 Scored double figures in 15 straight games...... 48 Glen Davis, 3/5/05 to 12/17/06 Scored double figures in 20 straight games...... 48 Glen Davis, 3/5/05 to 12/17/06 Scored double figures in 25 straight games...... 48 Glen Davis, 3/5/05 to 12/17/06 Scored double figures in 30 straight games...... 48 Glen Davis, 3/5/05 to 12/17/06 Scored double figures in 35 straight games...... 48 Glen Davis, 3/5/05 to 12/17/06 Scored double figures in 40 straight games...... 48 Glen Davis, 3/5/05 to 12/17/06 Scored double figures in 45 or more straight game ...... 48 Glen Davis, 3/5/05 to 12/17/06

Scored 20 points or more in 2 straight games...... 2 Tasmin Mitchell, 24 at Auburn, 2/28/07; 21 vs. South Carolina, ...... 3/3/07 Scored 20 points or more in 3 straight games...... 3 Glen Davis, 24 vs. Texas A&M, 12/5/06; 21 vs. Texas, ...... 12/10/06; 22 at Oregon State, 12/17/06 Scored 20 points or more in 4 straight games...... 4 Glen Davis, 20 at Tulane, 12/2/06; 24 vs. Texas A&M, 12/5/06; 21 ...... vs. Texas, 12/10/06; 22 at Oregon State, 12/17/06 Scored 20 points or more in 5 straight games...... Scored 30 points or more in consecutive games...... 3 Ronnie Henderson, 40 vs. Alabama, 2-11-95; 30 vs. Ole Miss, ...... 2-15-95; 33 vs. Georgia, 2-18-95

Made 10-14 field goals in a game...... 10 Tasmin Mitchell, at Auburn, 2/28/07 Made 15 or more field goals in a game ...... 18 Shaquille O’Neal, vs. Northern Arizona, 12-28-91

Attempted 15-19 field goals in a game...... 20 Tasmin Mitchell, at Auburn, 2/28/07 Attempted 20-24 field goals in a game...... 20 Tasmin Mitchell, at Auburn, 2/28/07 Attempted 25-29 field goals in a game...... 25 Ronnie Henderson, vs. Nicholls State, 1-23-96 Attempted 30 or more field goals in a game ...... 34 Ronnie Henderson, vs. Oklahoma State, 12-20-94

Made 5 three pointers in a game ...... 5 Terry Martin, vs. Auburn, 1/13/07 Made 6-9 three pointers in a game...... 6 Antonio Hudson, vs. UL Lafayette, 11-21-04 Made 10 or more three pointers in a game ...... 10 Chris Jackson, vs. Tennessee, 2-10-90

Attempted 7 three pointers in a game ...... 7 Marcus Thornton, vs. Southeastern La., 11/12/07 Attempted 8-10 three pointers in a game ...... 8 Terry Martin, vs. Ole Miss (SECT), 3/9/07 Attempted 11 or more three pointers in a game ...... 12 Torris Bright, vs. Mississippi State, 1-26-02

Had 10-14 rebounds ...... 13 Marcus Thornton, vs. Southeastern La., 11/12/07 Had 15-19 rebounds ...... 15 Glen Davis, vs. Tennessee (SECT), 3/8/07 Had 20 or more rebounds...... 21 Jaime Lloreda, vs. McNeese State, 11-24-03

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL The Last Time An LSU Player... ALL GAMES Had 10 or more rebounds in 2 straight games ...... 2 Glen Davis, 18 vs. Arkansas, 2/10/07; 10 at Ole Miss, 2/14/07 Had 10 or more rebounds in 3 straight games ...... 3 Glen Davis, 13 at Tennessee, 2/7/07; 18 vs. Arkansas, 2/10/07; 10 ...... at Ole Miss, 2/14/07 Had 10 or more rebounds in 4 straight games ...... 4 Glen Davis, 10 at Miss. State, 2/3/07; 13 at Tennessee, 2/7/07; 18 ...... vs. Arkansas, 2/10/07; 11 vs. Ole Miss, 2/14/07 Had 10 or more rebounds in 5 straight games ...... 5 Glen Davis, 13 vs. Miss. State, 2/15/06; 11 at Auburn, 2/18/06; 11 ...... at Vandy, 2/22/06; 15 vs. Kentucky, 2/25/06, 10 vs. S. Carolina, ...... 2/28/06 Had 10 or more rebounds in 6 or more games ...... 8 Glen Davis, 11 at Alabama, 2/4/06; 16 vs. Arkansas, 2/8/06; 15 at ...... Florida, 2/11/06; 13 vs. Miss. State, 2/15/06; 11 at Auburn, ...... 2/18/06; 11 at Vandy, 2/22/06; 15 vs. Kentucky, 2/25/06; 10 at ...... S. Carolina, 2/28/06

Had 9 offensive rebounds in a game ...... 9 Glen Davis, vs. Tennessee (SECT), 3/8/07 Had 10 defensive rebounds in a game...... 12 Anthony Randolph, vs. Southeastern La., 11/12/07

Had 5-7 assists ...... 5 Garrett Temple, vs. Florida, 2/24/07 Had 8-10 assists ...... 8 Darrel Mitchell, vs. Kentucky, 2/25/06 Had 11-15 assists ...... 12 Torris Bright, vs. McNeese State, 12-7-02 Had 16 or more assists ...... 18 Randy Livingston, vs. George Mason, 12-3-94

Had 3-5 blocks in a game ...... 5 Garrett Temple, vs. Tennessee (SECT), 3/8/07 Had 6-8 blocks in a game ...... 6 Anthony Randolph, vs. Southeastern La., 11/12/07 Had 9-10 blocks in a game ...... 9 Tyrus Thomas, vs. Tennessee, 1/14/06 Had 11 or more blocks in a game ...... 11 Stromile Swift, vs. Alabama, 2-10-99

Had 3-5 steals in a game ...... 4 Anthony Randolph, vs. Southeastern La., 11/12/07 Had 6-7 steals in a game ...... 6 Darrel Mitchell, vs. McNeese State, 12/10/05 Had 8-9 steals in a game ...... 8 Clarence Ceasar, vs. Auburn, 1-8-94 Had 10 or more steals in a game ...... 10 Shawn Griggs, vs. Tennessee, 2-23-91

Had a double-double...... Anthony Randolph, vs. Southeastern La., 19 pts-13 reb., 11/12/07 Had a double-double in 2 straight games ...... Glen Davis, vs. Arkansas, 19 pts-18 reb., 2/1/07; at Ole Miss, 26 ...... pts-11 reb., 2/14/07 Had a double-double in 3 or more straight games ...... 3 Glen Davis, vs. Louisiana Tech, 23 pts-14 reb., 12/23/06; vs...... Wright State, 26 pts-12 reb., 12/27/06; vs. Miss. Valley, 19 pts- ...... 13 reb., 12/28/06

Had a triple-double ...... Shaquille O’Neal, 26 pts-13 reb-11 blks, vs. BYU, 3-19-92

Played 40 minutes in a game ...... 40 Tasmin Mitchell, vs. Tennessee (SECT), 3/8/07

Played 41-49 minutes in a game...... 42 Garrett Temple, vs. Tennessee (SECT), 3/8/07

Played 50 or more minutes in a game ...... 54 Maurice Carter, vs. Alabama, 2-10-99

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL Previous Game Boxscores

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL