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TODAY’S GAME QUICK FACTS Game #23 LSU head coach: Pokey Chatman Chatman’s career record: 54-4 (2nd year) Chatman’s LSU record: 54-4 (2nd year) LSU LADY TIGERS (21-1, 9-0 SEC) Georgia head coach: Andy Landers School record: 615-204 (27th year) No. 3 AP/No. 4 Coaches Career record: 733-225 (31st year) vs. Series record: Georgia leads 18-12 with the series tied 5-5 in Baton Rouge. GEORGIA (17-5, 7-2 SEC) Last meeting: LSU defeated Georgia, 65- 64, in Athens on Jan. 22 earlier this season. No. 13 AP/No. 13 Coaches Television: ESPN2 (Beth Mowins and Nancy Lieberman) Feb. 12, 2006 • Maravich Center (13,373) Satellite highlight feed: none Baton Rouge, La. • 2:20 p.m. CST • ESPN2 Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network (Patrick Wright and Kent Lowe) LADY TIGERS PROBABLE STARTERS Officials: Lisa Mattingly, Bob Trammell, G 5 Erica White 5-3 So. 5.1 ppg 2.0 rpg 5.1 apg Yvette McKinney • Started the last seven games LSU Sports Information: Brian Miller G 32 Scholanda Hoston 5-10 Sr. 9.0 ppg 2.6 rpg 2.8 apg O: (225) 578-8204 C: (225) 939-0204 • Started 71 games in her career Georgia SID: Mike Mobley G 33 Seimone Augustus 6-1 Sr. 21.3 ppg 4.8 rpg 56.4 FG% O: (706) 542-1621 C: (706) 540-7486 • Started all 127 games of her career F 54 Ashley Thomas 6-0 So. 4.7 ppg 4.5 rpg 74.3 FT% • Has started the last 11 games C 34 Sylvia Fowles 6-6 So. 16.6 ppg 11.6 rpg 62.6 FG% SCHEDULE/RESULTS • Has started all 22 games this season NOVEMBER 2 Everyone’s Internet (exh) W, 84-66 LADY BULLDOGS PROBABLE STARTERS 7 Henderson State (exh) W, 107-50 G 11 Sherill Baker 5-8 Sr. 17.6 ppg 4.7 rpg 4.9 spg 13 vs. #13 Texas Tech + (ESPN2) W, 76-68 G 21 Cori Chambers 5-9 Jr. 12.2 ppg 3.6 rpg 90.9 FT% 22 Southern (Cox Sports) W, 107-39 G 31 Alexis Kendrick 5-7 Sr. 8.0 ppg 3.7 rpg 2.8 apg 25 vs. Nebraska % W, 74-55 26 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi % W, 74-45 F 24 Megan Darrah 6-3 So. 11.4 ppg 4.8 rpg 85.1 FT% DECEMBER F 34 Tasha Humphrey 6-3 So. 20.8 ppg 9.2 rpg 83.1 FT% 12 New Orleans W, 72-41 15 at #4 Ohio State (ESPN2) W, 64-48 LAST TIME OUT 18 at Kentucky * (SEC-TV) W, 66-36 Seimone Augustus’ 32 points led LSU to a thrilling, 72-69, victory at Tennessee on Thursday night. The 20 Tulane (Cox Sports) W, 89-60 victory extended LSU’s Southeastern Conference win streak to 23 straight and snapped the Lady Vols’ 28 #10/12 Michigan State W, 72-52 home-court SEC streak at 64 straight games. Scholanda Hoston added 18 points, while Sylvia Fowles 30 South Florida (Cox Sports) W, 87-44 had 10 points and 15 rebounds. LSU led by as many as 13 early in the game before, leading 37-31 at the JANUARY break. UT opened the second half with a 12-4 run to take the lead, but LSU regained the lead with just 1 North Carolina A&T W, 99-35 over eight minutes to play and sealed the victory with late lay-ups by Hoston and Fowles. 4 at Auburn * (SEC-TV) W, 65-38 ABOUT GEORGIA 7 #15 Minnesota (CBS) W, 66-45 The Lady Bulldogs are 17-5 overall this season and 7-2 in the Southeastern Conference. Georgia has won 12 South Carolina * W, 79-46 four straight since falling at home to LSU on Jan. 22. Andy Landers, in his 27th season as head coach, 16 at #5/7 Connecticut $ (ESPN2) L, 51-48 owns a 615-204 record at Georgia and a 733-255 career record in his 31st season. 19 Alabama * W, 79-43 22 at #13/16 Georgia * (SEC-TV) W, 65-64 THE SERIES 26 #22 Vanderbilt * (SEC-TV) W, 75-53 This will be the 31st meeting between the two schools. Georgia holds a 18-12 series lead, but LSU has 30 #10 Baylor (ESPN2) W, 88-57 won four straight against the Lady Bulldogs, including a 65-64 victory in Athens on Jan. 22. The series in FEBRUARY Baton Rouge is tied 5-5. 2 at Arkansas * W, 93-59 UP NEXT 5 Ole Miss * (Cox Sports-TD) W, 78-63 LSU hits the road to face Florida in Gainesville on Thursday at 6 p.m. CST before hosting Arkansas on 9 at #5 Tennessee * (ESPN2) W, 72-69 Sunday at 2 p.m. CST. 12 #13 Georgia * (ESPN2) 2 p.m. 16 at Florida * 6 p.m. NOTE WORTHY... 19 Arkansas * (Cox Sports-TD) 2 p.m. • Seimone Augustus ranks fourth in career points at LSU with 2,376 (page 3). 23 at Alabama * 7 p.m. • Seimone Augustus is the NCAA’s active leading scorer (page 3). 26 Mississippi State * (SEC-TV) 2 p.m. • Sylvia Fowles became the fourth player in history to record a 20-20 game (page 4). MARCH • Scholanda Hoston ranked 18th in career points at LSU with 1,126 (page 5). 2-5 SEC Tournament TBA • The Lady Tigers have won 28 straight games in the Maravich Center (page 6). * - denotes Southeastern Conference games; + - State Farm Tip-Off • LSU has won 23 straight Southeastern Conference games (page 7). Classic hosted by Texas Tech in Lubbock; % - Miami Thanksgiving • Sylvia Fowles is the only LSU player to record six straight double doubles (page 14). Classic held in Miami, Fla; $ - Game played in the Hartford Civic Center; SEC-TV - aired on Fox Sports Net; All times central. 2005-06 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 1 2005-06 LADY TIGERS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl./Exp. Hometown/High School(Previous School) 4 Katie Antony G 5-10 Jr./TR* Anacoco, La./Anacoco HS(Vanderbilt) 5 Erica White G 5-3 So./1L Jacksonville, Fla./Ribault HS 10 Khalilah Mitchell G 5-11 So./1L New Orleans, La./St. Mary’s HS 12 RaShonta LeBlanc G 5-7 So./1L Port Arthur, Texas/Memorial HS 15 Quianna Chaney G 5-11 So./1L Baton Rouge, La./Southern Lab HS 22 Florence Williams F 6-1 Sr./3L Miami, Fla./Edison HS 24 Marian Whitfield G 5-9 So./1L Augusta, Ga./Glenn Hills HS 32 Scholanda Hoston G 5-10 Sr../3L Miami, Fla./Edison HS 33 Seimone Augustus G 6-1 Sr./3L Baton Rouge, La./Capitol HS 34 Sylvia Fowles C 6-6 So./1L Miami, Fla./Edison HS 44 Kristen Morris F 6-2 Fr./HS Lathrup Village, Mich./Detroit Country Day School 54 Ashley Thomas F 6-0 So./1L Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson HS * - will sit out the 2005-06 season after transfering Head Coach: Pokey Chatman (LSU, 1991) Assistant Coach: Bob Starkey Assistant Coach: Carla Berry (LSU, 1993) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Assistant Coach: Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech, 2000) 10 Khalilah Mitchell kah-LIL-la Dir. of Basketball Operations: Joe Carvalhido (St. John’s, 1999) 12 RaShonta LeBlanc rah-SHON- tay LAY-blonk Athletics Trainer: Micki Collins 15 Quianna Chaney KEY-on-ah Student Assistant Trainer: Ashante’ Simms 31 Sylvia Fowles fouls 32 Scholanda Hoston SHOW-lahn-da HAHS-ton Student Managers: Ashley Darville, Traci Moore 33 Seimone Augustus sah-MOAN Sports Information: Brian Miller SPORTS INFORMATION INTERVIEW POLICIES MEDIA.LSUSPORTS.NET Brian Miller handles the sports information Requests to interview coach Pokey Media can now access images for all LSU duties for the Lady Tigers basketball team. 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LADY TIGERS UPCOMING SCHEDULE (subject to change) Monday - 30 Tuesday - 31 Wednesday - 1 Thursday - 2 Friday - 3 Saturday - 4 Sunday - 5 GAME PRACTICE Depart for GAME PRACTICE PRACTICE GAME vs. Baylor 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Fayetteville at Arkansas 2:30 - 3 p.m. 9 - 11 a.m. vs. Ole Miss 6 p.m. PMAC main 2:15 p.m. 7 p.m. PMAC Main PMAC main 2 p.m. Monday - 6 Tuesday - 7 Wednesday - 8 Thursday - 9 Friday - 10 Saturday - 11 Sunday - 12 PRACTICE PRACTICE Depart for GAME PRACTICE PRACTICE GAME 12:30 - 3 p.m. 12:30 - 3 p.m. Knoxville at Tennessee 12:30 - 3 p.m. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m vs. Georgia PMAC main PMAC main 2 p.m. 6 p.m. PMAC aux PMAC main 2 p.m.