LSU Women's Basketball LSU Combined Team Statistics (As of Jan 04, 2008) All Games
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2007-008 LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TONIGHT’S GAME QUICK FACTS LSU head coach: Van Chancellor Game #15 Chancellor’s career record: 450-157 (20th year) Chancellor’s LSU record: 11-3 (1st year) (11-3, 0-0 SEC) Chancellor vs. Arkansas: 8-3 LSU Lady Tigers Arkansas head coach: Tom Collen No. 11 AP/No. 11 Coaches School record: 15-0 (First year) at Career record: 222-70 (10th year) Series record: LSU leads 21-9 and 8-6 in Fayetteville Arkansas (15-0, 0-0 SEC) Last meeting: LSU defeated Arkansas, 86-65, in Fayetteville on Feb. 15, 2007 No. 20 AP/No. 18 Coaches Television: None Satellite feed: None Jan. 10, 2008 • Bud Walton Arena (19,500) Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network (Patrick Fayetteville, Ark. • 7 p.m. CST Wright & Brian Miller) Officials: LADY TIGERS’ PROBABLE STARTERS LSU Sports Information: Brian Miller G 5 Erica White 5-3 Sr. 5.3 ppg 2.3 rpg 3.9 apg C: 225-939-0204 E-mail: [email protected] • Has started 69 games in her career Arkansas Sports Information: Dr. Bill Smith G 12 RaShonta LeBlanc 5-7 Sr. 6.4 ppg 3.4 rpg 3.3 apg C: 479-601-1039 E-mail: [email protected] • Has started 68 games in her career G 15 Quianna Chaney 5-11 Sr. 14.5 ppg 2.9 rpg 2.9 apg • Has started 52 games in her career F 54 Ashley Thomas 6-0 Sr. 5.0 ppg 4.9 rpg 1.7 spg SCHEDULE/RESULTS • Has started 69 games in her career C 25 Mesha Williams 6-3 Sr. 3.7 ppg 3.8 rpg 1.0 bpg OCTOBER 31 All-Stars (Exh.) W, 94-35 • Has started the last two games NOVEMBER LADY BACKS’ PROBABLE STARTERS 5 Houston Jaguars (Exh.) W, 82-51 9 Samford + W, 86-38 G 25 Brittany Vaughn 5-7 Sr. 8.6 ppg 4.0 rpg 5.0 apg 11 TCU + W, 73-54 G 32 Charity Ford 5-8 So. 9.4 ppg 2.9 rpg 1.7 apg 15 #17/18 Michigan State + W, 64-41 G 34 Ayana Brereton 5-10 Jr. 10.4 ppg 4.3 rpg 1.3 bpg 18 at #3/3 Maryland + L, 75-62 21 UL-Lafayette W, 72-37 F 31 Whitney Jones 6-0 Jr. 12.3 ppg 7.3 rpg 50.3 FG% 25 at #7/7 Rutgers (ESPN2) L, 45-43 F 44 Lauren Ervin 6-3 Jr. 16.2 ppg 11.4 rpg 2.8 apg 29 at Houston W, 77-46 DECEMBER LAST TIME OUT 2 at Tulane W, 52-36 LSU picked up a big road victory on Jan. 3 at Florida State, 73-61. Quianna Chaney scored the first 14 16 at Louisiana Tech (CST) W, 76-45 points for the Lady Tigers, including an 8-0 to start the game. FSU was never able to get any closer than 18 vs. Illinois-Chicago ^ W, 86-44 four points after the quick start for LSU. Chaney finished the game with a career-high 27 points, while 19 vs. Miami (Fla.) ^ W, 63-52 Sylvia Fowles returned to action to post 11 points and six rebounds. LSU led 38-26 at the break before 28 at Middle Tennessee L, 67-56 FSU cut the lead to 45-41, but the Lady Tigers used a 9-2 run to pull away for good. LSU shot 54.0 per- 30 New Orleans (CST) W, 73-46 cent from the floor and held FSU to 35.7 percent. The Lady Tigers also forced 16 turnovers and collect- JANUARY ed 11 steals that led to 25 points. 3 at Florida State W, 73-61 10 at #20/18 Arkansas * 7 p.m. ABOUT ARKANSAS 13 Vanderbilt * (SEC-TV) 4 p.m. The Lady Razorbacks enter Southeastern Conference play with a perfect 15-0 mark and ranked in the top 20 Mississippi State * (CST-delay) 2 p.m. 25 of both polls. Arkansas has defeated its opponents by an average of 18.5 points per game. The Lady 24 at Auburn * 6 p.m. Backs are coming off an 80-57 victory over Texas Tech. Tom Collen, in his first season at Arkansas a 27 at Kentucky * (SEC-TV) 1:30 p.m. 31 South Carolina * 7 p.m. head coach, owns a 222-70 record as a head coach. FEBRUARY 3 at Florida * (SEC-TV) 11 a.m. THE SERIES 7 at Alabama * 6 p.m. This will be the 31st meeting between the to two conference rivals. LSU owns a 21-9 series advantage, 10 Georgia * (ESPN2) 1 p.m. including a 8-6 mark in Fayetteville. The Lady Tigers have won 10 straight over the Lady Backs, includ- 14 at Tennessee * (SEC-TV) 6 p.m. ing a sweep of the home-and-home series last season. 17 Ole Miss * 2 p.m. 21 Kentucky * (CST-delay) 7 p.m. UP NEXT 25 Connecticut (ESPN2) 6 p.m. The Lady Tigers host Vanderbilt in the SEC home opener on Sunday at 4 p.m. CST in the Maravich 28 Arkansas * (CST) 7 p.m. Center. MARCH 2 at Mississippi State * (SEC-TV) 2:30 p.m. NOTE WORTHY... 6-9 SEC Tournament ! TBA • Sylvia Fowles has tied the school record for career double doubles (page 5). * - denotes Southeastern Conference game; + - Preseason WNIT; ^ - • LSU is five wins away from 700 as a program (page 6). 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 - 31 Tuesday - 1 Wednesday - 2 Thursday - 3 Friday - 4 Saturday - 5 Sunday - 6 Practice Depart for GAME Practice 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. Happy New Year! Tallahassee at Florida State OFF OFF 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. PMAC Main 11 a.m. 6 p.m. CST PMAC Main Monday - 7 Tuesday - 8 Wednesday - 9 Thursday - 10 Friday - 11 Saturday - 12 Sunday - 13 Practice Practice Depart for GAME Practice Practice GAME 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. Fayetteville at Arkansas 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. vs. Vanderbilt PMAC Main PMAC Main 1 p.m. 7 p.m. CST PMAC Main PMAC Main 4 p.m. 2007-08 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 2 PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR AND ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATE SYLVIA FOWLES FOWLES’ CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES FOWLES VS.