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2012-13 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LSU FIVE NCAA FINAL FOURS • 21 NCAA TOURNAMENTS GAME 9 LSU Lady Tigers (5-3, 0-0 SEC) vs. LSU LADY TIGERS LOUISIANA TECH 2012-13 Schedule/Results Record: 5-3 (0-0 SEC) Record: 3-5 (0-0 WAC) (notes Louisiana Tech Ranking: NR Associated Press completed prior to Friday night NOVEMBER (3-2) NR USA Today Coaches game vs. Oral Roberts) 11 Wichita State (Cox4) W, 72-70 Lady Techsters Coach: Nikki Caldwell Ranking: NR Associated Press 16 at Hampton L, 58-67 (3-5, 0-0 WAC) School Record: 28-14 (.667/ NR USA Today Coaches 19 at Georgetown L, 69-71 second year) Coach: Teresa Weatherspoon 23 ^ vs. #12/14 West Virginia W, 71-63 Career Record: 100-40 (.714/ School Record: 76-39 (fifth year) 25 ^ at Florida International W, 76-69 Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012 • 2 p.m. CT fifth year) Career Record: 76-39 (fifth year) DECEMBER (1-1) Maravich Center (13,215) Caldwell vs. LT: 1-0 Last Game: played Oral Roberts 2 NC State (CST) W, 81-73 Last Game: def. East Tennessee on Friday night in Ruston, La. 9 Tulane (CST) L, 64-66 OT Baton Rouge, La. State, 76-42, on Thursday night in 13 East Tennessee State (CST) W, 76-42 Baton Rouge 16 Louisiana Tech (CST) 2 p.m. 19 Grambling (CST) 7 p.m. 21 McNeese State 2 p.m. 28 at Florida Gulf Coast 6 p.m. TODAY’S STORYLINES 31 New Orleans 2 p.m. LSU, Louisiana Tech Set For In-State Showdown on Sunday JANUARY LSU continues a six-game homestand against Louisiana Tech at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Maravich Center. The contest will be 3 * Ole Miss 7 p.m. televised by CST HD with Lyn Rollins and Victor Howell handling the call. The LSU Sports Radio Network will carry it on 107.3 6 * at Florida (SECN) 1 p.m. 10 * at Arkansas 7 p.m. FM in Baton Rouge and to members of the Geaux Zone on LSUsports.net/live. Patrick Wright and Jeff Palermo call the action. 13 * Mississippi State (CST) 2 p.m. In-game updates are available via Twitter at www.Twitter.com/LSUwbkb. Live statistics are available through LSUsports.net. 17 * at South Carolina 6 p.m. • LSU dished out a season-high 24 assists and shot a season-best 54.0 percent from the floor in a 76-42 win over East 20 * Vanderbilt 2 p.m. Tennessee State on Thursday night. Three Lady Tigers reached double-figures led by a game-high 16 points from Theresa 27 * at Kentucky (FSN) 2 p.m. Plaisance. Shanece McKinney had a career-best nine rebounds, while Bianca Lutley dished out a career-best eight assists. 31 * at Auburn 6 p.m. • After winning the last seven meetings overall, LSU leads the series over Louisiana Tech 13-12. The last time the Lady FEBRUARY Techsters beat LSU was in the 1999 NCAA Tournament by a score of 73-52 in Los Angeles on March 20. LSU has won the last 4 * Texas A&M (ESPN2) 8 p.m. eight regular season meetings and three in a row over Louisiana Tech in the PMAC. 7 * Tennessee (CSS/CST) 8 p.m. • Nikki Caldwell is in her second season as head coach of the Lady Tigers. Caldwell reached the 100-win mark for her career on 10 * Georgia (ESPNU) 12:30 p.m. Thursday against ETSU. She won 72 games at UCLA and is 28-14 at LSU. She has won 81.5 percent of her games (505-115) as a 17 * at Mississippi State (FSN) 12:30 p.m. player, graduate assistant, assistant coach and head coach dating back to her freshman season of 1990-91 at Tennessee. 21 * at Missouri (FSN) 8 p.m. • Junior forward Theresa Plaisance is LSU’s leading scorer (18.4 ppg) and rebounder (8.8 rbg). Plaisance leads the SEC in scor- 24 * Kentucky 2 p.m. ing and blocks and she is 12th in the nation in blocks with 3.5 per game. Plaisance leads the SEC in 20-point games (4) and she 28 * Alabama 7 p.m. has combined for 88 points, 31 rebounds and 21 blocks in the last four contests. She owns two double-doubles on the season. MARCH • Guard Danielle Ballard, the SEC Freshman of the Week on Nov. 26, is second among all freshmen in the SEC in scoring with 3 * at Texas A&M (SECN) 1 p.m. 12.9 ppg. Ballard had career-high 25 points to lead LSU past No. 12 West Virginia on Nov. 23. Ballard is sixth in the SEC in steals 6-10 SEC Tournament (Duluth, Ga.) per game. She takes a streak of five consecutive double-figure scoring games into the Louisiana Tech contest. She’s the first 24 NCAA Tournament First Round (Baton Rouge) 26 NCAA Tournament Second Round (Baton Rouge) LSU freshman to do that since LaSondra Barrett in 2009. Ballard had 11 points in the win over ETSU on Thursday. APRIL • Sr. G Adrienne Webb is a Coaches All-SEC Second-Team selection. Webb ranks 15th in the SEC in scoring with 13.4 ppg. She 7 & 9 NCAA Final Four (New Orleans, La.) leads the Lady Tigers in career games played (103) and starts (66). Webb has accounted for 981 career points, 19 shy of 1,000. • LSU had its best defensive outing of the season on Thursday, surrendering a season-low 42 points and holding ETSU to 26.6 * - denotes SEC game percent shooting. Four of LSU’s last five opponents have shot under 40 percent. ^ - denotes FIU Thanksgiving Classic (Miami, Fla.) • After going with a four-guard lineup against NC State and Tulane, head coach Nikki Caldwell used a new lineup on Thursday, one that featured two post players in Shanece McKinney and Theresa Plaisance. Anne Pedersen also made her first start. FSN - Fox Sports Net; CSS - Comcast Sports Southeast; PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP SECN - SEC Network; CST - Cox Sports Television All times Central and subject to change. G 5 Jeanne Kenney 5-8 Jr. 6.5 ppg 2.0 rpg 4.4 apg • Career-best 8 assists vs. GU, FIU ... 6th in SEC in assists ... 6th in the SEC in minutes per game (31.9) ... 9 pts vs. ETSU G 10 Adrienne Webb 5-9 Sr. 13.4 ppg 4.3 rpg 1.0 apg Broadcast Information • Sixth in LSU career threes (134) and attempts (397) ... 55 career double-figure scoring games ... 19 pts away from 1,000 TV: CST (Cox Sports Television; HD ch. 1038 in BR) G 32 Danielle Ballard 5-9 Fr. 13.1 ppg 5.6 rpg 2.9 apg Announcers: Lyn Rollins (play-by-play); Victor Howell (analyst) • 2nd among all SEC freshmen in scoring ... 7th in SEC in steals per game (2.6) ... 5 straight double-figure scoring games Internet: Geaux Zone LSUsports.net/live pay-per- F 55 Theresa Plaisance 6-5 Jr. 18.4 ppg 8.8 rpg 3.5 bpg view (HD video and audio) • SEC leader in scoring, blocked shots ... 3rd in SEC in rebounding ... 7 straight double-figure games ... four 20-point games Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network on 107.3 WBRP-FM C 23 Shanece McKinney 6-4 Jr. 2.6 ppg 2.1 rpg 0.3 bpg Announcers: Patrick Wright, Jeff Palermo • Made first start of season on Thursday, grabbing a career-high nine rebounds and scoring eight points in 22 minutes 2012-13 LSU Lady Tigers Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl./Exp. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 1 Derreyal Youngblood C 6-4 Fr./HS Harvey, La./John Curtis HS 3 Bianca Lutley G 5-11 Sr./3L Pensacola, Fla./American Heritage HS 4 Anne Pedersen G 6-1 Fr./RS Copenhagen, Denmark/The Rock School (Fla.) 5 Jeanne Kenney G 5-8 Jr./2L Baton Rouge, La./St. Michael the Archangel 10 Adrienne Webb G 5-9 Sr./3L Madison, Ala./Sparkman HS 20 Kuaneshia “Coco” Baker G 5-10 Fr./HS Gretna, La./Helen Cox HS 23 Shanece McKinney C 6-4 Jr./2L Mobile, Ala./LeFlore HS 32 Danielle Ballard G 5-9 Fr./HS Memphis, Tenn./Memphis Central HS 42 Sheila Boykin F 6-2 So./1L Los Angeles, Calif./Long Beach Poly HS 55 Theresa Plaisance F 6-5 Jr./2L New Orleans, La./Vandebilt Catholic HS Head Coach: Nikki Caldwell (second season; Tennessee, 1994) Pronunciation Guide Assistant Coach: Tasha Butts (second season; Tennessee, 2004) 1 Derreyal Youngblood Dair-E-yale Assistant Coach: Tony Perotti (second season; Tennessee, 1999) 4 Anne Pedersen PEE-dur-suhn Assistant Coach: Stacie Terry (second season; UT-Arlington, 1998) 5 Jeanne Kenney Zhahn (rhymes with Sean) 20 Kuaneshia Baker Kwah-KNEE-shuh (nickname is “Coco”) Director of Basketball Operations: Jon Silver (second season; UCLA, 2009) 23 Shanece McKinney Shuh-NEECE Director of Video Operations: Michael Scruggs (first season; Tennessee, 2008) 24 Theresa Plaisance Tuh-REE-suh Play-SAWNCE Athletics Trainer: Micki Collins (Nebraska, 2000) 32 Danielle Ballard Dan-YELL Strength & Conditioning Coordinator: Melissa Moore (Southern Miss, 2000) IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS LSU Sports Information Office: (225) 578-8226 LSU Media Services LSU Sports Information FAX: (225) 578-1861 LSU Sports Information Interviews During The Week Maravich Center Press Row: (225) 578-8226 Bill Martin, LSU SID Cell: (225) 270-1665 Bill Martin, Associate Sports Information Director, handles Head coach Nikki Caldwell and LSU players are available Bill Martin, LSU SID Office: (225) 578-8204 all publicity for the LSU women’s basketball team.