LSU Women's Basketball LSU Combined Team Statistics (As of Mar 29, 2008) All Games
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2007-008 LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT QUICK FACTS LSU head coach: Van Chancellor NCAA Tournament New Orleans Regional Final Chancellor’s career record: 469-159 (20th year) Chancellor’s LSU record: 30-5 (1st year) Chancellor in NCAA Tournament: 18-14 No. 2 seed • New Orleans Region LSU’s NCAA Tournament Appearance: 18th LSU’s NCAA Tournament Record: 35-17 LSU Lady Tigers Last Year: LSU, the No. 3 seed in the Fresno Regional, defeated UNC Ashville, West Virginia, (30-5, 14-0 SEC) • SEC Champions Florida State and Connecticut to advance to a fourth straight Final Four. The Lady Tigers fell to Rutgers in the national semifinal in Cleveland. No. 6 AP/No. 5 Coaches Television: ESPN (Eric Collins & Carolyn Peck) Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network (Patrick March 31, 2008 • New Orleans Arena Wright & Brian Miller) New Orleans, La. • ESPN LSU Sports Information: Brian Miller C: 225-939-0204 E-mail: [email protected] LADY TIGERS’ PROBABLE STARTERS G 5 Erica White 5-3 Sr. 7.7 ppg 2.9 rpg 4.4 apg • Has started 89 games in her career G 12 RaShonta LeBlanc 5-7 Sr. 6.4 ppg 3.5 rpg 3.5 apg SCHEDULE/RESULTS • Has started 87 games in her career NOVEMBER G 15 Quianna Chaney 5-11 Sr. 14.6 ppg 2.6 rpg 3.2 apg 9 Samford + W, 86-38 • Has started 74 games in her career 11 TCU + W, 73-54 F 54 Ashley Thomas 6-0 Sr. 5.4 ppg 4.7 rpg 1.5 spg 15 #17/18 Michigan State + W, 64-41 • Has started 90 games in her career 18 at #3/3 Maryland + L, 75-62 C 34 Sylvia Fowles 6-6 Sr. 17.1 ppg 10.0 rpg 59.7 FG% 21 UL-Lafayette W, 72-37 25 at #7/7 Rutgers (ESPN2) L, 45-43 • Has started 105 games in her career 29 at Houston W, 77-46 LADY TIGERS’ OFF THE BENCH DECEMBER 2 at Tulane W, 52-36 G 23 Allison Hightower 5-10 So. 7.4 ppg 2.5 rpg 1.6 apg 16 at Louisiana Tech (CST) W, 76-45 C 25 Mesha Williams 6-3 Sr. 4.2 ppg 3.5 rpg 0.9 bpg 18 vs. Illinois-Chicago ^ W, 86-44 F 44 Kristen Morris 6-2 Jr. 2.5 ppg 2.8 rpg 0.4 bpg 19 vs. Miami (Fla.) ^ W, 63-52 28 at Middle Tennessee L, 67-56 G 10 Khalilah Mitchell 5-11 Sr. 2.4 ppg 1.0 rpg 1.6 apg 30 New Orleans (CST) W, 73-46 G 24 Marian Whitfield 5-9 Sr. 3.9 ppg 1.3 rpg 0.9 apg JANUARY G 1 Katherine Graham 5-11 Fr. 1.7 ppg 1.3 rpg 0.5 apg 3 at Florida State W, 73-61 10 at #20/18 Arkansas * W, 76-54 G 3 Latear Eason 5-8 Fr. 0.8 ppg 0.6 rpg 0.6 apg 13 Vanderbilt * (SEC-TV) W, 62-51 SEC CHAMPIONS 20 Mississippi State * (CST) W, 84-31 LSU won its third outright regular season Southeastern Conference championship in four seasons in 2008 by 24 at #25/22 Auburn * W, 79-59 posting a perfect 14-0 league record. The Lady Tigers earned the No. 1 seed in the SEC Tournament by winning 27 at Kentucky * (SEC-TV) W, 72-46 the title. The perfect run in through the conference is the second for LSU and the second in four seasons. The 31 South Carolina * W, 67-37 Lady Tigers also went 14-0 in the SEC to win the 2005 crown. LSU also won the league title in 2006 with a 13- FEBRUARY 1 record. 3 at Florida * (SEC-TV) W, 85-71 7 at Alabama * W, 89-53 CAPPING THE SEASON 10 #24/21 Georgia * (ESPN2) W, 63-57 LSU enters the New Orleans Regional Final with a 30-5 overall record after wins over Jackson State and Marist 14 at #1/1 Tennessee * (SEC-TV) W, 78-62 in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The Lady Tigers claimed the Southeastern Conference regular 17 Ole Miss * W, 78-48 season title with a 14-0 mark and reached the championship game of the SEC Tournament, but fell to Tennessee. 21 Kentucky * (CST-delay) W, 52-48 The season began with a runner-up finish to Maryland in the Preseason WNIT and after a late December loss at 25 #1/1 Connecticut (ESPN2) L, 74-69 Middle Tennessee, LSU rattled off 14 straight wins before falling to Connecticut on Feb. 25. Mary milestones 28 Arkansas * (CST) W, 83-46 were reached in 2007-08 starting with head coach Van Chancellor coaching in his 600th collegiate game on MARCH Nov. 29 at Houston. The Lady Tigers collected the program’s 700th win with a victory over Kentucky on Jan. 27. 2 at Mississippi State * (SEC-TV) W, 64-49 Quianna Chaney scored her 1,000 career point on Jan. 3 and Sylvia Fowles became the fifth player at LSU to 7 vs. Ole Miss ! (SEC-TV) W, 80-36 reach the 2,000 point plateau on Feb 14th. Fowles later became the SEC’s career double doubles leader (Feb. 8 vs. Kentucky ! (SEC-TV) W, 66-49 10) and LSU’s and SEC’s career leader in rebounds (March 2 & March 24). Fowles cleaned up when the SEC’s 9 vs. #3/3 Tennessee ! (ESPN2) L, 61-55 post season honors were announced. The senior was named the Player and Defensive Player of the Year and 22 Jackson State ~ (ESPN2) W, 66-32 earned first-team All-SEC and all-defensive accolades. Chaney joined Fowles with first-team All-SEC honors and 24 #22/22 Marist ~ (ESPN2) W, 68-49 Erica White was a second-team selection. Chancellor was named the SEC Coach of the Year, while Allison 29 #13/14 Oklahoma State $ (ESPN) W,67-52 Hightower was named the 6th Woman of the Year. 31 #2/2 North Carolina $ (ESPN) 6:30 p.m. NOTE WORTHY... * - denotes Southeastern Conference game; $ - NCAA Tournament Regional in New Orleans, La.; ~ - NCAA Tournament first and second • Sylvia Fowles and Van Chancellor received SEC’s top honors (page 9). round in Baton Rouge; ! - SEC Tournament in Nashville, Tenn.; + - • Sylvia Fowles became is LSU’s and the SEC’s all-time leader in rebounds (page 6). Preseason WNIT; ^ - Caribbean Classic in Cancun, Mexico; SEC-TV - aired on Fox Sports Net;CST - Cox Sports Television; All times central. • Sylvia Fowles became the SEC’s all-time leader in double doubles (page 6). • See head coach Van Chancellor’s career record (page 28). 2007-08 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 2 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. 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