2012-13 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LSU FIVE NCAA FINAL FOURS • 21 NCAA TOURNAMENTS GAME 4 LSU Lady Tigers (1-2, 0-0 SEC) vs. LSU LADY TIGERS WEST VIRGINIA 2012-13 Schedule/Results Record: 1-2 (0-0 SEC) MOUNTAINEERS #12/14 Ranking: RV Associated Press Record: 3-0 (0-0 Big 12) NOVEMBER (1-2) RV USA Today Coaches Ranking: No. 12 Associated Press 11 Wichita State (Cox4) W, 72-70 West Virginia Coach: Nikki Caldwell No. 14 USA Today Coaches 16 at Hampton L, 58-67 School Record: 24-13 (.649/ Coach: Mike Carey 19 at Georgetown L, 69-71 Mountaineers first year) School Record: 230-127 (12th 23 ^ vs. #12/14 West Virginia 7 p.m. (3-0, 0-0 Big 12) Career Record: 96-39 (.711/fourth year) 25 ^ vs. Florida International/Iowa 12 p.m./2 pm Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 • 7 p.m. CT year) Career Record: 518-229 (25th DECEMBER Caldwell vs. WVU: first meeting year) 2 NC State (CST) 2 p.m. U.S. Century Bank Arena (5,000) Last Game: lost at Georgetown, Last Game: def. USC Upstate, 9 Tulane (CST) 2 p.m. Miami, Fla. 71-69, on Monday night in 75-45, on Saturday, Nov. 17 in 13 East Tennessee State (CST) 7 p.m. Washington, D.C. Morgantown, W.V. 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. TONIGHT’S STORYLINES 31 New Orleans 2 p.m. LSU Faces No. 12/14 West Virginia In FIU Thanksgiving Classic Friday JANUARY LSU begins the Florida International Thanksgiving Classic against 12th-ranked West Virginia at 7 p.m. CT Friday in U.S. Century 3 * Ole Miss 7 p.m. Bank Arena in Miami, Fla. The contest will be carried live on the LSU Sports Radio Network on 107.3 FM in Baton Rouge and to 6 * at Florida (SECN) 1 p.m. 10 * at Arkansas 7 p.m. members of the Geaux Zone at LSUsports.net. Follow in-game updates at www.Twitter.com/LSUwbkb. Host FIU takes on Iowa 13 * Mississippi State (CST) 2 p.m. in the first game at 6 p.m. The championship and consolation game will be played on Sunday. 17 * at South Carolina 6 p.m. • LSU lost its second straight game on Monday by a score of 71-69 at Georgetown in Washington, D.C. The Lady Tigers trailed 20 * Vanderbilt 2 p.m. by nine points with 1:22 remaining and nearly tied the game. LSU had a three pointer to tie that missed with less than 0:20. 27 * at Kentucky (FSN) 2 p.m. • LSU is facing its first ranked team of the season on Friday. Georgetown dropped out of the polls on Monday afternoon prior 31 * at Auburn 6 p.m. to the LSU-Georgetown contest. The Lady Tigers were 5-5 against ranked teams last season in Nikki Caldwell’s first season. FEBRUARY • LSU is playing in the FIU Thanksgiving Classic for the third time. The Lady Tigers went 2-0 in 2002, beating Washington State, 4 * Texas A&M (ESPN2) 8 p.m. 87-50, and FIU, 68-54. LSU was also 2-0 in 1987 defeating FIU, 81-58 and Maryland 67-57. 7 * Tennessee (CSS/CST) 8 p.m. • LSU is in its 38th season of women’s basketball. The program is 798-371 (.684) all-time since the first season of 1975-76. 10 * Georgia (ESPNU) 12:30 p.m. The Lady Tigers stand two wins away from becoming the fourth school in SEC history to win at least 800 games. 17 * at Mississippi State (FSN) 12:30 p.m. • Nikki Caldwell is in her second season as head coach of the Lady Tigers. Caldwell is four victories away from 100 in her head 21 * at Missouri (FSN) 8 p.m. coaching career. She has won 81.8 percent of her games (501-114) as a player, graduate assistant, assistant coach and head 24 * Kentucky 2 p.m. coach dating back to her freshman season of 1990-91 at Tennessee. 28 * Alabama 7 p.m. • Under coach Nikki Caldwell, LSU is 18-3 overall when leading at the half and 12-1 at home when leading at the half. MARCH • Sr. G Adrienne Webb is a Coaches All-SEC Second-Team selection. Webb is a career 9.4 ppg scorer and she leads the Lady 3 * at Texas A&M (SECN) 1 p.m. Tigers in career games played (99) and starts (62). Webb buried 21 points, including 14 in the second half, at Georgetown on 6-10 SEC Tournament (Duluth, Ga.) Monday. It was her third career 20-plus point game and first since Feb. 6, 2011, when she scored 23 points vs. Ole Miss. 24 NCAA Tournament First Round (Baton Rouge) 26 NCAA Tournament Second Round (Baton Rouge) • LSU is 3-0 all-time against West Virginia and this is the third meeting between the two teams at a neutral site. The two last APRIL met in the second round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament as No. 3 seed LSU beat No. 11 seed West Virginia 49-43 in Austin. 7 & 9 NCAA Final Four (New Orleans, La.) • Junior forward Theresa Plaisance is averaging a double-double and leading LSU in scoring (15.3 ppg) and rebounding (11.0 rpg). She has combined for 46 points and 33 rebounds in the Lady Tigers’ three contests. Plaisance had her first career double- * - denotes SEC game double at Hampton and followed that up with a career-high 20 points at Georgetown. She had 17 of her 20 in the second half. ^ - denotes FIU Thanksgiving Classic (Miami, Fla.) • LSU is facing a Big 12 Conference opponent for the first time in the Nikki Caldwell era and the first time since the 2008 NCAA New Orleans Sweet 16 when the Lady Tigers topped Oklahoma State, 67-52, before advacing to their fifth straight Final Four. 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. 9.0 ppg 1.3 rpg 4.0 apg • Ninth in the SEC in assists ... Had career-best 8 assists last time out vs. Georgetown ... Leads SEC in minute per/g (36.7) G 10 Adrienne Webb 5-9 Sr. 15.0 ppg 4.0 rpg 0.3 apg Broadcast Information • Sixth in LSU career threes (129) and attempts (384) ... 52 career double-figure scoring games ... Game-high 21 at Gtown TV: none G 3 Bianca Lutley 5-11 Sr. 13.3 ppg 3.0 rpg 2.7 apg Announcers: n/a Internet: Geaux Zone LSUsports.net/live (audio only) • Career-high 19 pts, 7 free throws vs. Wichita ... Leads LSU in FT Pct., 10th in SEC (73.7) ... 18th in the SEC in scoring Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network on 107.3 WBRP-FM F 55 Theresa Plaisance 6-5 Jr. 15.3 ppg 11.0 rpg 2.0 bpg Announcers: Patrick Wright • Career-high 15 rebounds vs. Wichita ... 1 career double-double ... 2nd in SEC in rebounding, 10th in SEC in scoring F 42 Sheila Boykin 6-2 So. 2.0 ppg 3.3 rpg 0.3 apg • Career-high in points is 6, rebounds is 6 ... Started all three games this season ... Tied career high in rebounds at Gtown 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. He can during the week upon request.