LSU Women's Basketball LSU Combined Team Statistics (As of Nov 09, 2007) All Games
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2007-008 LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TODAY’S GAME QUICK FACTS LSU head coach: Van Chancellor Game #2 Chancellor’s career record: 440-154 (20th year) Chancellor’s LSU record: 1-0 (1st year) (1-0, 0-0 SEC) TCU head coach: Jeff Mittie LSU Lady Tigers School record: 174-83 (9th year) No. 5 AP/No. 5 Coaches Career record: 325-142 (16th year) vs. Series record: LSU leads 4-0 Last meeting: LSU defeated TCU, 83-74, on Dec. 21, 1997 in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU Lady Frogs (1-0, 0-0 MWC) Television: None Satellite feed: None RV AP/NR Coaches Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network (Patrick Wright & Jeff Palermo) Nov. 11, 2007 • Maravich Center (13,472) Officials: Not available Baton Rouge, La. • 2 p.m. CST LSU Sports Information: Brian Miller C: 225-939-0204 E-mail: [email protected] LADY TIGERS’ PROBABLE STARTERS TCU Sports Information: Andy Anderson G 5 Erica White 5-3 Sr. 7.0 ppg 0.0 rpg 4.0 apg C: 817-343-6465 E-mail: [email protected] • Has started 57 games in her career G 12 RaShonta LeBlanc 5-7 Sr. 6.0 ppg 4.0 rpg 3.0 apg • Has started 55 games in her career G 15 Quianna Chaney 5-11 Sr. 25.0 ppg 1.0 rpg 5.0 apg • Has started 39 games in her career SCHEDULE/RESULTS F 54 Ashley Thomas 6-0 Sr. 0.0 ppg 3.0 rpg 2.0 spg • Has started 56 games in her career OCTOBER C 34 Sylvia Fowles 6-6 Sr. 10.0 ppg 6.0 rpg 4.0 spg 31 All-Stars (Exh.) W, 94-35 NOVEMBER • Has started 74 games in her career 5 Houston Jaguars (Exh.) W, 82-51 LADY FROGS’ PROBABLE STARTERS 9 Samford + W, 86-38 11 TCU + 2 p.m. G 11 Helen Roden 5-8 Sr. 18.0 ppg 5.0 rpg 2.0 apg 21 UL-Lafayette 7 p.m. G 14 Lori Butler-Rayford 5-11 Sr. 12.0 ppg 8.0 rpg 3.0 apg 25 at Rutgers (ESPN2) 1:30 p.m. G 33 Adrianne Ross 5-8 Sr. 10.0 ppg 1.0 rpg 1.0 apg 29 at Houston 7 p.m. DECEMBER F 4 Helena Sverrisdottir 6-2 Fr. 12.0 ppg 9.0 rpg 4.0 spg 2 at Tulane 4 p.m. F 40 Jenna Lohse 6-2 Sr. 6.0 ppg 4.0 rpg 16 at Louisiana Tech (CST) 2 p.m. 18 vs. Illinois-Chicago ^ 3 p.m. LAST TIME OUT 19 vs. Miami (Fla.) ^ 3:15 p.m. Quianna Chaney’s career-high 25 points led LSU to a 86-38 victory over Samford in the opening round 28 at Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. og the 2007 Preseason WNIT on Friday night. Chaney sparked a 17-0 run for the Lady Tigers in the first 30 New Orleans (CST) 2 p.m. half that led to a 44-19 score at the break. Allison Hightower added a career-high 17 points off the bench, JANUARY while Sylvia Fowles scored 10 points and grabbed six rebounds in the win. LSU shot 57.4 percent from 3 at Florida State 6 p.m. the floor, including 8-17 from 3-point range, while Samford hit just 27.7 percent and were 6-23 from long 10 at Arkansas * 7 p.m. range. 13 Vanderbilt * (SEC-TV) 4 p.m. 20 Mississippi State * (CST-delay) 2 p.m. ABOUT TCU 24 at Auburn * 6 p.m. The Lady Frogs, out of the Mountain West Conference, defeated Radford, 74-63, in the opening round of 27 at Kentucky * (SEC-TV) 1:30 p.m. the WNIT on Friday. TCU posted a 21-11 overall record last season, including a 11-5 MWC mark. The 31 South Carolina * 7 p.m. Lady Frogs advanced to the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Jeff Mittie, in his ninth season as head FEBRUARY coach, leads TCU. He owns a 174-83 record as the head coach of the Lady Frogs. 3 at Florida * (SEC-TV) 11 a.m. 7 at Alabama * 6 p.m. THE SERIES 10 Georgia * (ESPN2) 1 p.m. This will be the fifth meeting between LSU and TCU and the first since the 1997-98 season. LSU won the 14 at Tennessee * (SEC-TV) 6 p.m. previous four meetings, including a 83-74 decision of Dec. 21, 1997. The Lady Tigers own a 1-0 advan- 17 Ole Miss * 2 p.m. tage over TCU in Baton Rouge, a 88-38 victory on Nov. 29, 1990. 21 Kentucky * (CST-delay) 7 p.m. THE WNIT 25 Connecticut (ESPN2) 6 p.m. For the first time LSU will participate in the Preseason Women’s Invitational Tournament (WNIT). The 28 Arkansas * (CST) 7 p.m. Lady Tigers advanced to the second round with a 86-38 win over Samford. The semifinals will take MARCH place either Thursday or Friday at a host school and the championship game is slated for Sunday. 2 at Mississippi State * (SEC-TV) 2:30 p.m. 6-9 SEC Tournament ! TBA NOTE WORTHY... * - denotes Southeastern Conference game; + - Preseason WNIT; ^ - • Sylvia Fowles sits ninth in LSU’s career scoring list (page 4). Caribbean Classic in Cancun, Mexico; ! - SEC Tournament in Nashville, • Sylvia Fowles sits second in LSU’s career rebounding list (page 4). Tenn..; SEC-TV - aired on Fox Sports Net;CST - Cox Sports Television; All times central. • Sylvia Fowles and Erica White earned preseason All-SEC accolades (page 7). • LSU was picked to finish second in the SEC by the media (page 7). • See head coach Van Chancellor’s career record (page 14). 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 - 5 Tuesday - 6 Wednesday - 7 Thursday - 8 Friday - 9 Saturday - 10 Sunday - 11 GAME Practice Practice GAME Practice GAME vs. Houston OFF 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. vs. Samford 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. vs. TCU Jaguars PMAC Main PMAC Main 7 p.m. PMAC Aux 2 p.m. 7 p.m. Monday - 12 Tuesday - 13 Wednesday - 14 Thursday - 15 Friday - 16 Saturday - 17 Sunday - 18 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 2007-08 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 2 PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR AND ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATE SYLVIA FOWLES FOWLES’ CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES FOWLES VS. THE TOP 25 2004-05 (12) 43. at South Florida (Jan.