LSU Women's Basketball LSU Combined Team Statistics (As of Nov 21, 2007) All Games
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2007-008 LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TODAY’S GAME QUICK FACTS LSU head coach: Van Chancellor Game #6 Chancellor’s career record: 443-155 (20th year) Chancellor’s LSU record: 4-1 (1st year) (4-1, 0-0 SEC) Rutgers head coach: C. Vivian Stringer LSU Lady Tigers School record: 259-126 (13th year) No. 6 AP/No. 5 Coaches Career record: 779-261 (37th year) at Series record: Rutgers leads 4-1 Last meeting: Rutgers defeated LSU, 59-35, in the 2007 national semifinal in Cleveland. Rutgers (2-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) Television: ESPN2 (Beth Mowins, Carolyn Peck, Rebecca Lobo) No. 7 AP/No. 7 Coaches Satellite feed: None Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network (Patrick Nov. 25, 2007 • Louis Brown Center (8,000) Wright & Brian Miller) New Brunswick, N.J. • 1:30 p.m. CST • ESPN2 Officials: Bill Titus Yvette Mckinney , Angela Lewis LADY TIGERS’ PROBABLE STARTERS LSU Sports Information: Brian Miller G 5 Erica White 5-3 Sr. 5.3 ppg 0.8 rpg 3.3 apg C: 225-939-0204 E-mail: [email protected] • Has started 60 games in her career Rutgers Sports Information: Stacey Brann G 12 RaShonta LeBlanc 5-7 Sr. 5.8 ppg 5.0 rpg 3.0 spg C: 732-445-3063 E-mail: [email protected] • Has started 59 games in her career G 15 Quianna Chaney 5-11 Sr. 16.8 ppg 2.6 rpg 3.6 apg • Has started 43 games in her career SCHEDULE/RESULTS F 54 Ashley Thomas 6-0 Sr. 3.0 ppg 3.6 rpg 1.6 apg • Has started 60 games in her career OCTOBER C 34 Sylvia Fowles 6-6 Sr. 19.2 ppg 9.4 rpg 2.4 spg 31 All-Stars (Exh.) W, 94-35 NOVEMBER • Has started 78 games in her career 5 Houston Jaguars (Exh.) W, 82-51 SCARLET KNIGHTS’ PROBABLE STARTERS 9 Samford + W, 86-38 11 TCU + W, 73-54 G 5 Essence Carson 6-0 Sr. 13.0 ppg 6.7 rpg 3.0 apg 15 #17/18 Michigan State + W, 64-41 G 10 Ephiphany Prince 5-9 So. 13.7 ppg 6.0 rpg 3.7 apg 18 at #3/3 Maryland + L, 75-62 G 22 Matee Ajavon 5-8 Sr. 11.7 ppg 2.0 rpg 3.0 rpg 21 UL-Lafayette W, 72-37 25 at #7 Rutgers (ESPN2) 1:30 p.m. F 21 Heather Zurich 6-1 Jr. 4.7 ppg 3.0 rpg 1.7 apg 29 at Houston 7 p.m. C 15 Kia Vaughn 6-4 Jr. 8.0 ppg 8.3 rpg 4.0 bpg DECEMBER 2 at Tulane 4 p.m. LAST TIME OUT 16 at Louisiana Tech (CST) 2 p.m. Sylvia Fowles became the sixth woman in college basketball to dunk in a game in leading LSU to a 72- 18 vs. Illinois-Chicago ^ 3 p.m. 37 victory over UL-Lafayette on Wednesday. Fowles finished the game with 21 points and 12 rebounds, 19 vs. Miami (Fla.) ^ 3:15 p.m. while Erica White added 11 points and Allison Hightower scored 10. Mesha Williams chipped in eight 28 at Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. points and seven rebounds off the bench. LSU used a 17-0 run in the first half to pull away from the Ragin 30 New Orleans (CST) 2 p.m. Cajuns and led 35-16 at the break. The Lady Tigers shot 41.3 percent from the floor and held ULL to 28.3 JANUARY percent. 3 at Florida State 6 p.m. 10 at Arkansas * 7 p.m. ABOUT RUTGERS 13 Vanderbilt * (SEC-TV) 4 p.m. The Scarlet Knights, out of the BIG EAST Conference, are 2-1 overall this season with wins over 20 Mississippi State * (CST-delay) 2 p.m. Creighton and at George Washington. Rutgers lone loss was at home to Stanford. C. Vivian Stringer, in 24 at Auburn * 6 p.m. her 13th season as the head coach at Rutgers, owns a 259-126 record with the Scarlet Knights. She has 27 at Kentucky * (SEC-TV) 1:30 p.m. compiled a career 779-261 record in her 37th season as a head coach.. 31 South Carolina * 7 p.m. FEBRUARY THE SERIES 3 at Florida * (SEC-TV) 11 a.m. This will be the sixth meeting between the two schools. Rutgers owns a 4-1 series advantage, including 7 at Alabama * 6 p.m. two straight wins over the Lady Tigers.The Scarlet Knights won the only other game played in New 10 Georgia * (ESPN2) 1 p.m. Brunswick, a 51-49 victory in OT on Jan. 5, 2005. Rutgers also won the last meeting, a 59-35, triumph in 14 at Tennessee * (SEC-TV) 6 p.m. the NCAA Tournament national semifinal in Cleveland on April 1, 2007. 17 Ole Miss * 2 p.m. UP NEXT 21 Kentucky * (CST-delay) 7 p.m. 25 Connecticut (ESPN2) 6 p.m. LSU will continue the seven-game road swing in Houston on Thursday when they visit the Univ. of Houston for a 7 p.m. CST tip. 28 Arkansas * (CST) 7 p.m. MARCH NOTE WORTHY... 2 at Mississippi State * (SEC-TV) 2:30 p.m. • Sylvia Fowles sits seventh on LSU’s career scoring list and second in career rebounds (page 4). 6-9 SEC Tournament ! TBA • Sylvia Fowles and Erica White earned preseason All-SEC accolades (page 7). * - denotes Southeastern Conference game; + - Preseason WNIT; ^ - • LSU was picked to finish second in the SEC by the media (page 7). 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 14). 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 - 19 Tuesday - 20 Wednesday - 21 Thursday - 22 Friday - 23 Saturday - 24 Sunday - 25 Practice GAME Practice GAME Practice 9 - 11 a.m. HAPPY at Rutgers OFF 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. vs. UL-Lafayette 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PMAC Main THANKSGIVING 2:30 p.m. PMAC Main 7 p.m. PMAC Main Depart for Rutgers ESPN2 1 p.m. Monday - 26 Tuesday - 27 Wednesday - 28 Thursday - 29 Friday - 30 Saturday - 1 Sunday - 2 Practice Practice GAME Practice 9 - 11 a.m. GAME Depart for Houston OFF 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. at Houston 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PMAC Main at Tulane 1 p.m.