2008-009 LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Five Straight NCAA Final Fours • 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 • Three SEC Championships • 2005, 2006, 2008

SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 6 NOVEMBER 5 Loyola-New Orleans + W, 68-50 LSU Lady Tigers 11 Houston Jags + W, 68-30 (2-3) 16 #16/14 Notre Dame ^ (ESPN2) L, 52-63 LSU LADY TIGERS LOUISIANA TECH 24 Tulane (CST) W, 63-47 vs. 26 #25 Xavier L, 48-57 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters Record: 2-3 (0-0 SEC) Record: 5-4 (0-0 WAC) 30 Middle Tennessee L, 75-79 Ranking: NR Associated Press Ranking: NR Associated Press (5-4) NR ESPN/USA Today NR ESPN/USA Today DECEMBER Coaches Coaches 1 Texas Southern W, 61-30 Monday, Dec. 15 • 7 p.m. CST Coach: Van Chancellor Coach: Chris Long 15 Louisiana Tech (CST) 7 p.m. Maravich Center • Baton Rouge, La. School Record: 33-9 (second School Record: 61-35 (fourth 18 Southeastern Louisiana 7 p.m. year) season) 20 at Centenary Noon TV: CST (cable ch. 37 in Baton Rouge) Career Record: 472-163 (21st Career Record: 61-35 (fourth 28 Florida State (CST) 2 p.m. Announcers: Lyn Rollins (play-by-play); Victor Howell (ana- year) season) lyst) Chancellor vs. LT: 2-3 (1-0 at Long vs. LSU: 0-2 Last Game: def. Sam Houston JANUARY Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network; 107.3 FM in Baton Rouge LSU) Last Game: def. Texas Southern, State, 82-59, in Ruston, La. 1 Nebraska 1 p.m. and in the Geaux Zone on www.LSUsports.net 61-30, in Baton Rouge on Dec. 1 3 at Connecticut (CBS) 11 a.m. Announcers: Patrick Wright (play-by-play), Jeff Palermo 8 at Arkansas 7 p.m. (analyst) 11 Alabama 2 p.m. 14 at New Orleans 7 p.m. LSU, LOUISIANA TECH TO MEET IN BATON ROUGE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1990 18 at Vanderbilt 2 p.m. After a 14-day layoff for final exams, the LSU women's basketball returns to the court in a rivalry game against Louisiana 22 Mississippi State (CST) 7 p.m. Tech at 7 p.m. CST Monday in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. For the first time since 1990, the Lady Tigers and Lady 25 at Kentucky Noon 29 at South Carolina 6 p.m. Techsters will be meeting in Baton Rouge. The contest will be televised live on Cox Sports Television and can be heard on 107.3 FM in the Baton Rouge area. Live streaming audio and video can also be accessed in the Geaux Zone on FEBRUARY www.LSUsports.net. LSU (2-3) is playing its first game since dismantling Texas Southern, 61-30, on Dec. 1 in Baton Rouge. 1 Auburn (CST) 2 p.m. The Lady Tigers turned a close game at the half into a blowout with a 23-0 second-half run that was sparked by 14 points 5 Arkansas (SECRN) 8 p.m. from freshman point guard Destini Hughes. Hughes averages 5.0 points and a team-best 2.0 assists per game. Preseason 8 at Mississippi State 2 p.m. All-Southeastern Conference guard Allison Hightower leads LSU in scoring with 12.6 points per contest while ranking sec- 15 Florida (FSN) Noon 19 at Georgia 6 p.m. ond on the squad in rebounds with 5.2 a game. Freshman forward LaSondra Barrett is second on the team in scoring with 22 Kentucky 2 p.m. 8.6 points per contest this season. Louisiana Tech (5-4) visits the Maravich Center on a three-game winning streak. The 26 Tennessee (SECRN) 8 p.m. Lady Techsters downed Arizona, 68-53, on Dec. 6, defeated Grambling State, 75-46, on Dec. 9 and then blewout Sam Houston State, 82-59, on Saturday night. However, Louisiana Tech is 0-3 in road games this season. The Lady Techsters MARCH are led by junior forward Shanavia Dowdell, who nearly averages a double-double a game with 17.1 points and 9.3 1 at Ole Miss 2 p.m. 5-8 SEC Tournament TBA rebounds. Louisiana Tech boasts three players who average double-figures in scoring. Monday night's game will be the first 22 NCAA Tournament First Round TBA meeting between the two schools in the Maravich Center in 18 years. Louisiana Tech and LSU last met in Baton Rouge on 24 NCAA Tournament Second Round TBA Dec. 8, 1990, when the Lady Tigers knocked off the fifth-ranked Lady Techsters, 84-75. Tech leads the overall series, 12-9 and holds a 4-3 mark in games played in Baton Rouge. LSU has won five out of the last six meetings and captured three + - denotes exhibition game straight in the series. Last season, the Lady Tigers provided their biggest win ever in the series with a 76-45 rout in Ruston. ^ - denotes State Farm Tip-Off Classic * - denotes Southeastern Conference game That was LSU's first trip to Ruston in nearly 17 years. Head coach Van Chancellor is 2-3 all-time against Louisiana Tech SECRN - aired on Fox Sports Net;CST - Cox Sports and 1-0 at LSU. Monday night's game is the first of three games in six days for the Lady Tigers. LSU takes on Television Southeastern Louisiana at 7 p.m. CST Thursday in the Maravich Center before traveling to Shreveport, La., for the first All times central and subject to change. road game of the season against Centenary at noon CST Saturday.

BY THE NUMBERS LSU PROBABLE STARTERS G 20 Destini Hughes 5-10 Fr. 5.0 ppg 1.2 rpg 2.0 apg 7 - Blocks by Taylor Turnbow vs #25 Xavier, • 2008 McDonald’s All-American ... Has started four games this season ... 14 second-half points to lead blowout win of Texas Southern tying for the fourth-most in school history G 1 Katherine Graham 5-11 So. 3.4 ppg 5.6 rpg 1.6 apg • Has started every game this season ... Leads team in rebounding at 5.6 boards per game 5 - straight NCAA Final Fours, only the sec- G 23 Allison Hightower 5-10 Jr. 12.6 ppg 5.2 rpg 2.0 apg ond school in NCAA women’s basketball his- • 2008-09 Preseason All-SEC Coaches First Team ... 2007-08 SEC Sixth Woman of the Year ... Career-high 19 points twice this season tory to achieve that F 22 Courtney Jones 6-2 Fr. 6.8 ppg 4.2 rpg 0.8 apg • 2008 Miss Alabama Basketball & Alabama Gatorade Player of the Year ... Third on team in points per game ... Has made four starts 3 - straight wins by LSU over Louisiana Tech F 55 LaSondra Barrett 6-2 Fr. 8.6 ppg 4.4 rpg 2.0 spg in the series • 2008 McDonald’s All-American ... Second on the team in scoring and has made three starts ... Career-high 15 points vs. Middle Tennessee 51.7 - percent of total points scored by LSU LOUISIANA TECH PROBABLE STARTERS true freshmen this season (155 of the 300) G 10 Sidney Stewart 5-10 So. 5.6 ppg 3.6 rpg G 22 Tiawana Pringle 5-8 Jr. 5.9 ppg 5.4 rpg 23 - consecutive wins by LSU over Louisiana opponents G 23 Whitney Jones 5-7 So. 14.3 ppg 5.8 rpg F 33 Adrienne Johnson 5-10 So. 12.3 ppg 6.5 rpg 55.0 - points allowed per game LSU, a fig- F 42 Shanavia Dowdell 6-2 Jr. 16.7 ppg 9.7 rpg ure that ranks fifth in SEC and 36th in nation

LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 6 NOTES • VS. LOUISIANA TECH • DEC. 15, 2008 2008-09 LSU LADY TIGERS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl./Exp. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 1 Katherine Graham G 5-11 So./1L Birmingham, Ala./Ramsay HS 3 Latear Eason G 5-8 So./1L Chicago, Ill./John Hope Academy 5 Crystal Riley G 5-5 Fr./HS Arlington, Tenn./Hillcrest HS 11 Andrea Kelly G 5-9 Jr./JC Shalimar, Fla./Choctawhatchee HS (Okaloosa-Walton CC) 20 Destini Hughes G 5-10 Fr./HS Fort Worth, Texas/Kennedale HS 22 Courtney Jones F 6-2 Fr./HS Midfield, Ala./Midfield HS 23 Allison Hightower G 5-10 Jr./2L Arlington, Texas/Juan Seguin HS 24 Ayana Dunning F/C 6-3 Fr./HS Columbus, Ohio/Eastmoor HS 25 Swayze Black F 6-3 Fr./HS Brookhaven, Miss./Brookhaven HS 41 Taylor Turnbow F 6-2 Fr./HS Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson HS 44 Kristen Morris F 6-2 Sr./3L Lathrup Village, Mich./Detroit Country Day School 55 LaSondra Barrett F 6-2 Fr./HS Jackson, Miss./William B. Murrah HS

Head Coach: Van Chancellor (Mississippi State, 1965) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Associate Head Coach: Bob Starkey 3 Latear Eason La-TEAR Assistant Coach: Travis Mays (Texas, 1990) 11 Andrea Kelly An-DREE-uh Assistant Coach: Kenya Larkin-Landers (Texas, 2002) 20 Destini Hughes Des-TUH-knee Director of Basketball Operations: Brittany Dietz (Oklahoma State, 2005) 24 Ayana Dunning Eye-ON-nah Athletics Trainer: Micki Collins (Nebraska, 2000) 55 LaSondra Barrett Luh-SAWN-druh Sports Information: Bill Martin (LSU, 2007) Managers: Ebonie Mathews, Jasmyn Clark, Jenna Bond Student Trainers: Amanda Barbee, Danielle Davis

LSU SPORTS INFORMATION HOME POSTGAME INTERVIEWS MEDIA CREDENTIALS Bill Martin handles the sports information duties for the All postgame interviews are held in the Press Conference All requests for working press, photo and broadcast cre- Lady Tigers basketball team. He can be reached in his (Curtain Room) of the Maravich Center. The order of the dentials for LSU 2008-09 home basketball games should office at (225) 578-8204 or 8226, via e-mail at postgame press conference is as follows: LSU players, be made online at www.LSUsports.net/media by filling out [email protected] by cell phone at (225) 270-1665. opposing coach and players followed by LSU head coach the form for credentials. Credentials must be requested no Van Chancellor. A member of the LSU Sports Information later than NOON the day before a game. All credentials can ON THE INTERNET staff will gather player interview requests at the under-four be picked up at the will-call media table inside the Information about the Lady Tigers basketball team is also official timeout of the second half. Transcripts of the press Northeast Corridor entrance of the Maravich Center. available on LSU’s official athletics website, conference can be found in the Media Workroom. www.LSUSports.net. Information about the Southeastern IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Conference is available at www.secsports.com. PRESS ROW/MEDIA ROOM WIRELESS ACCESS LSU Sports Information Office: (225) 578-8226 Wireless Internet is available in both the Media Workroom LSU Sports Information FAX: (225) 578-1861 INTERVIEW POLICIES and press row of the Maravich Center. See Bill Martin or a Maravich Center Press Row: (225) 578-8226 Requests to interview coach Van Chancellor or other member of the LSU Sports Information staff for a login and Bill Martin, LSU SID Cell: (225) 270-1665 members of the Lady Tiger basketball team on non-game- password to the LSU Guest wireless Internet system. Bill Martin, LSU SID Office: (225) 578-8204 days should be made at least 24 hours in advance to Bill LSU Athletics Ticket Office: (225) 578-8204 Martin. Requests will be met based on the players class MEDIA.LSUSPORTS.NET and practice schedules. Typically, interviews will be held fol- Media can now access images for all LSU athletics team, lowing practice at the Maravich Center. including action shots, head shots and logos. Contact Bill Martin for a login and password to enter the site and retrieve photos. This service is for media only.

LADY TIGERS UPCOMING SCHEDULE (subject to change) Monday - 15 Tuesday - 16 Wednesday - 17 Thursday - 18 Friday - 19 Saturday - 20 Sunday - 21 Game 6: Game 7: Game 8: Practice Practice Depart for Shreveport, vs. Louisiana Tech vs. Southeastern La. at Centenary 12:30-3 p.m. (Main) 11:30-2 p.m. (Main) La. at noon 7 p.m. CST 7 p.m. CST Noon Interviews Interviews Hotel Headquarters: Off Maravich Center Maravich Center Gold Dome 3 p.m. 2 p.m. Holiday Inn Downtown TV: CST TV: None Shreveport, La. (318) 222-7717 TV: None Monday - 22 Tuesday - 23 Wednesday - 24 Thursday - 25 Friday - 26 Saturday - 27 Sunday - 28

Practice Game 9: Practice 12-2 p.m. (Aux.) vs. Florida State 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Main) Off Off Off Off 2 p.m. Interviews Maravich Center NO INTERVIEWS 2 p.m. TV: None

FIVE STRAIGHT NCAA FINAL FOURS • THREE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS TONIGHT’S MATCHUP STATISTICAL COMPARISON SERIES HISTORY: LOUISIANA TECH LEADS, 12-9 LSU Category LTU 60.0 Points Per Game 66.2 Feb. 18, 1976 Tech 64, LSU 49 Baton Rouge, La. Mar. 5, 1976 LSU 85, Tech 77 New Orleans, La. (AIAW State Tournament) 55.0 Opp. Points Per Game 57.6 Jan 22, 1977 Tech 86, LSU 68 Ruston, La. .379 Field Goal Percentage .383 Feb. 1, 1977 LSU 92, Tech 72 Baton Rouge, La. .405 Opp. Field Goal Percentage .342 Feb. 25, 1977 Tech 101, LSU 88 Ruston, La. (AIAW State Tournament) Feb. 25, 1978 #2 LSU 77, #20 Tech 59 Baton Rouge, La. (AIAW State Tournament) .333 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage .282 Mar. 11, 1978 #2 LSU 78, #20 Tech 76 Nacogdoches, Texas (AIAW Regional Tournament) .333 Opp. 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage .200 Feb. 24, 1979 #4 Tech 96, LSU 80 Monroe, La. (AIAW State Tournament) .644 Free Throw Percentage .547 Jan. 14, 1980 #1 Tech 84, LSU 56 Baton Rouge, La. -1.8 Rebound Margin +2.5 Feb. 2, 1980 #3 Tech 93, LSU 61 Ruston, La. Mar. 7, 1980 #2 Tech 91, LSU 50 Baton Rouge, La. (AIAW Regional Tournament) 2.6 3-Pts. Per Game 4.1 Mar. 23, 1984 #2 Tech 92, #8 LSU 67 Ruston, La. (NCAA Midwest Regional) 3.4 Opp. 3-Pts. Per Game 2.6 Jan. 7, 1989 #2 Tech 87, #9 LSU 60 Ruston, La. 5.0 Blocks Per Game 6.5 Feb. 27, 1989 #3 Tech 68, LSU 60 Baton Rouge, La. Mar. 23, 1989 #3 Tech 85, LSU 68 Ruston, La. (NCAA Midwest Regional) 12.0 Steals Per Game 9.8 Dec. 8, 1990 #24 LSU 84, #5 Tech 75 Baton Rouge, La. 11.4 Assists Per Game 12.9 Feb. 14, 1991 #12 LSU 76, Tech 70 Ruston, La. 14.0 Turnovers Per Game 18.4 Mar. 20, 1999 #3 Tech 73, #20 LSU 52 Los Angeles, Calif. (NCAA West Regional) 20.8 Turnovers Forced Per Game 20.9 Mar. 30, 2003 #3 LSU 69, #6 Tech 63 Palo Alto, Calif. (NCAA West Regional) Dec. 30, 2006 #6 LSU 61, Tech 44 New Orleans, La. (Katrina Relief Classic) Dec. 16, 2007 #8 LSU 76, Tech 45 Ruston, La. LAST MEETING: #8 LSU 76, LOUISIANA TECH 45 • 12/16/07 Series Record at Baton Rouge: Tech leads 4-3 After nearly 17 years without a trip to Ruston, the No. 8 LSU women's basketball team Series Record at Ruston: Tech leads 6-2 looked right at home against its northern rival Louisiana Tech on Sunday. The Lady Tigers Series Record at Neutral Site: LSU leads 4-2 held the Lady Techsters to 26.7-percent shooting in a 76-45 blowout at Thomas Assembly Center. LSU used a 14-2 run in the final seven minutes of the first half to extend its lead to 18. Center Sylvia Fowles, who led four players in double figures scoring with 16 points, grabbed eight rebounds. RaShonta LeBlanc played well on both ends of the court, scor- ing 10 points on 4-of-6 field goals while dishing six assists and recording four steals. Ashley Thomas added 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting, while guard Marian Whitfield came off the bench to score a career-best 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting in the final 10 minutes. Point guard Erica White added six assists and three steals. Center Mesha Williams had eight rebounds. After the Lady Tigers missed five-straight, Louisiana Tech cut the lead to three with 12 minutes left in the first half. However, the Lady Techsters went cold and couldn't recover. The Lady Techsters started 6-of-10 from the field but missed 14-of-17 shots to the end the half and got outscored 22-7 in that span.

THE LSU LEGACY LOUISIANA TECH RETURNS TO PMAC LAST TIME OUT: DEF. TEXAS SOUTHERN LSU became only the second school in NCAA women's For the first time since 1990 (18 years), LSU will take on Freshman guard Destini Hughes scored all 14 of her history to reach five straight Final Fours after doing so last Louisiana Tech at home in the Maravich Center. In 1990, points in the second half, and LSU overcame a sluggish season in Tampa, Fla. The Lady Tigers advanced to Final 24th-ranked LSU knocked off No. 5 Louisiana Tech, 84- start with a remarkable 23-0 run that propelled the Lady Fours in 2004, '05, '06, '07 and '08. Connecticut is the 75. This will be only the eighth meeting between the two Tigers past Texas Southern, 61-30, on Monday night at only other school to achieve the feat, doing so from 2000- in Baton Rouge since the series began in 1976. Tech the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. LSU saw its two- 04. LSU has produced three SEC Championships, two leads the overall series, 12-9, and holds a 4-3 advantage game home losing streak come to an end while amassing SEC Tournament championships, two National Player of on the Lady Tigers in Baton Rouge. Last season, LSU its largest run since the Lady Tigers put together a 24-0 the Year awards and two United States gold medal downed the Lady Techsters, 76-45, in Ruston. LSU has spurt in the second half at Arkansas on Feb. 15, 2007. Olympians. Fourteen Lady Tigers have been picked in the won five out of the last six meetings between the two Texas Southern went nearly 10 minutes without a field WNBA Draft, including last year's No. 2 selection Sylvia schools and won three straight in the series. LSU and goal. Jasmine Greer pulled TSU to within four points, 21- Fowles of the Chicago Sky. Fowles and former All- Louisiana Tech are playing for the third straight season 17, at the 18:14 mark, and Texas Southern would not American Seimone Augustus helped lead Team USA to since resuming its rivalry in 2006. Prior to that, the two did score again until Greer accounted for another jumper with the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics earlier this not play a regular-season game against each other since 8:20 left in the contest. Senior Kristen Morris enjoyed her summer. 1991 in Ruston. The two teams have met four times in best game to date and nearly finished with a double-dou- NCAA Tournament play with Louisiana Tech holding a 3-1 ble with eight points and nine rebounds in 14 minutes of RETURN FROM FINAL EXAMS margin in those advantages. Last season, LSU provided action. Freshman forward LaSondra Barrett added eight After a 14-day layoff for final exams, LSU resumes its its biggest win ever in the series with a 76-45 rout in points and five boards, and sophomore guard Latear schedule with three games in six days starting tonight Ruston. That was LSU’s first trip to Ruston in nearly 17 Eason tallied a season-best four steals. LSU shot 37 per- against Louisiana Tech at 7 p.m. in the Maravich Center. years. Head coach Van Chancellor is 2-3 all-time against cent (23-of-63) for the game and held Texas Southern to The Lady Tigers will then take on Southeastern Louisiana the Lady Techsters and 1-0 at LSU. He was 1-3 against just 26 percent on 11 made field goals. LSU forced 27 at 7 p.m. Thursday at home before traveling to Centenary Louisiana Tech as head coach at Ole Miss. turnovers, while Texas Southern’s 30 points were the low- for a noon tip on Saturday at the Gold Dome in est by an opponent since McNeese State had 28 points in Shreveport, La. Saturday’s game marks LSU’s first road FOUR DIFFERENT LINEUPS a 83-28 loss to the Lady Tigers on Dec. 20, 2006. game of the season. That contest will represent the latest LSU head coach Van Chancellor has used four different LSU has played its first road of a season since Dec. 28, lineup combinations this season. The Lady Tigers expect TURNBOW’S BLOCK PARTY 1995. On that date, the Lady Tigers played their first road to start Destini Hughes, Allison Hightower, Katherine Freshman forward Taylor Turnbow ranks second in the game of the 1995-96 season at Tulane and won 61-58. Graham, LaSondra Barrett and Courtney Jones against SEC and 32nd in the nation in blocks per game with 2.4. That contest was LSU’s eighth game of the year that sea- Louisiana Tech. That lineup is the third time that combina- Turnbow is the only true freshman in the SEC’s top eight son. Saturday’s game at Centenary will also be the Lady tion will see the floor together as that group started in blocks per game. On Nov. 26 against 25th-ranked Tigers’ eighth game of this season. against Tulane and No. 25 Xavier on Nov. 24 and Nov. 26, Xavier (Ohio), Turnbow swatted seven shots in the game, respectively. Once again, three true freshmen will start. the most by an LSU player since former All-American

FIVE STRAIGHT NCAA FINAL FOURS • THREE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS THE POLLS Tracking The Lady Tigers Associated Press - Dec. 9 USA Today/ESPN Coaches - Dec. 9 Week AP Coaches Rk. Team Rec. Pts. Pv. Rk. Team Record Pts. Pv. Preseason 24 22 1. Connecticut (45) 6-0 1125 1 1. Connecticut (31) 6-0 775 1 Wk 1: 11/18 RV RV 2. North Carolina 10-0 1076 2 2. North Carolina 9-0 741 2 Wk 2: 11/25 RV RV 3. Stanford 6-1 1010 4 3. Texas A&M 8-0 694 4 Wk 3: 12/2 NR NR 4. Texas A&M 8-0 940 5 4. Stanford 6-1 669 5 Wk 4: 12/9 NR NR 5. Oklahoma 7-2 878 6 5. Texas 8-0 624 6 (tie) Wk 5: 12/16 6. Texas 8-0 846 9 6. Oklahoma 6-2 595 6 (tie) 7. Tennessee 7-1 844 7 7. California 7-1 565 3 8. Notre Dame 7-1 784 11 8. Notre Dame 7-0 559 8 9. California 8-1 763 3 9. Baylor 8-1 520 10 10. Baylor 8-1 721 10 10. Tennessee 6-1 518 9 11. Duke 6-1 685 12 11. Auburn 10-0 431 13 12. Louisville 8-1 645 13 12. Duke 6-1 423 14 13. Auburn 10-0 637 14 13. Louisville 7-1 419 15 14. Rutgers 5-2 526 15 Rutgers 4-2 419 12 15. Maryland 8-2 514 8 15. Virginia 7-2 285 19 16. Pittsburgh 6-1 419 24 16. Maryland 7-2 280 11 17. Virginia 7-2 380 20 17. Ohio State 7-2 263 18 18. Ohio State 7-2 365 18 18. Kansas State 7-0 218 23 19. TCU 8-2 317 22 19. Vanderbilt 8-2 171 16 20. Vanderbilt 8-2 202 16 20. Pittsburgh 6-1 155 NR 21. Purdue 5-4 164 17 21. Arizona State 6-2 131 25 22. Arizona State 6-2 161 25 22. TCU 8-2 118 NR 23. Florida 10-1 138 NR 23. Purdue 5-3 112 20 24. Oklahoma State 3-2 91 19 24. Oklahoma State 3-2 58 17 25. Kansas State 8-0 90 NR 25. Minnesota 8-1 48 NR Receiving Votes: Georgia Tech 79, Wisconsin 36, Old Receiving Votes: South Dakota State 43; Florida 38; Dominion 29, South Dakota St. 27, Xavier 27, New Xavier 37; Iowa State 29; Old Dominion 28; Marist 26; Mexico 18, Minnesota 14, Marist 13, Michigan St. 13, Georgia Tech 25; Nebraska 15; Gonzaga 7; Florida State Gonzaga 10, DePaul 9, Marquette 7, Bradley 4, Wake 6; DePaul 5; Fresno State 5; Georgia 4; Hartford 4; New Forest 4, Wis. Green Bay 4, AR Little Rock 2, St. Mexico 4; Houston 2; Wisconsin-Green Bay 2; Arkansas- Bonaventure 2, Utah 2, Cincinnati 1, Iowa St. 1. Little Rock 1; North Carolina A&T 1; Quinnipiac 1. Sylvia Fowles blocked seven shots against Tennessee in Middle Tennessee on Nov. 30. Hightower has set or THREE TRUE FRESHMEN START the SEC Tournament on March 5, 2006. The seven matched career highs in five categories. Her 19 points LSU has started three true freshmen three times this sea- blocks are the most by any player in the SEC in a game eclipsed her previous mark of 17 points versus Samford son and the Lady Tigers are expected to do the same this season and tied for the fourth-most in LSU history. on Nov. 9, 2007. Hightower’s 19 points were the most by Monday night against Louisiana Tech. LSU started three Turnbow is believed to be only the second true freshman an LSU guard since Quianna Chaney had 20 points true freshmen against Tulane on Nov. 24 when forward in the SEC since 2001 to block at least seven shots in a against Arkansas on Feb. 28 last season. LaSondra Barrett, guard Destini Hughes and forward game. In research conducted through the SEC’s SIDs, Courtney Jones took the floor. It was the first time three Candace Parker of Tennessee was the only other player DECEMBERS TO REMEMBER true freshmen have started for LSU since Feb. 27, 1993 to block at least seven shots in a game as a freshman, LSU is 34-1 in the month of December since 2001 and when India Sholars, Roberta Lacaze and Candice doing so in 2004-05. Turnbow also joins a prestigious list have won 34 of its last 35 games in the month. The Lady Brookins stated at Mississippi State. Sholars (11), of SEC true freshmen that have blocked at least seven Tigers’ only loss during that span was at Middle Brookins (10) and Lacaze (21) started several games shots in a game, including Tennessee’s Sheila Frost Tennessee on Dec. 28, 2007. Prior to that game, LSU had together that season. LSU started two true freshman (1985-86) and Florida’s Quientella Bonner (1976-76). not lost in the month of December since Dec. 29, 2001. against Notre Dame for the first time since the 2000-01 LSU was 5-0 in 2002-03, 9-0 in 2003-04, 4-0 in 2004-05, season. Barrett and Hughes both made starts against the FANTASTIC FRESHMEN 6-0 in 2005-06, 5-0 in 2006-07 and 5-1 last season. The Irish in their collegiate debuts. On Nov. 25, 2000, fresh- LSU’s roster features seven true freshmen who have Lady Tigers have not lost a home game in the month of men sisters Doneeka Hodges and Roneeka Hodges start- accounted for 155 (51.7 percent) of the Lady Tigers’ 300 December since dropping an 86-81 double-overtime ed against eighth-ranked Penn State in the Paradise Jam points this season. Three of LSU’s top four scorers are thriller to No. 14 Michigan on Dec. 16, 2001. Classic, the last time that occurrence happened. true freshmen. LaSondra Barrett ranks second on the team in scoring at 8.6 points per game, while Courtney VS. LOUISIANA OPPONENTS LEADING AT THE HALF Jones (6.8 ppg) and Taylor Turnbow (6.4 ppg) rank third LSU has won 23 straight games against Louisiana oppo- LSU has not trailed at the half this season in five games. and fourth, respectively. nents. The last time the Lady Tigers lost to an in-state The Lady Tigers held halftime leads on No. 25 Xavier, opponent was Dec. 31, 1999 at Tulane by a score of 76- Middle Tennessee, Tulane and Texas Southern while NOTING HIGHTOWER 72. LSU has won 30 consecutive home games against being tied with No. 16/14 Notre Dame into the locker room Junior guard Allison Hightower, a preseason first-team Louisiana opponents. The last time the Lady Tigers lost to on Nov. 16. All-SEC selection by the league’s coaches, has been the an in-state foe in the Maravich Center was Jan. 18, 1995 Lady Tigers’ most valuable player to date. Hightower leads against Tulane by a score of 57-50. Head coach Van 12 PLAYERS FROM 10 STATES LSU in four categories: minutes (33.0), assists (2.0), steals Chancellor is 5-0 vs. in-state opponents at LSU. One look at the LSU roster and you will notice the Lady (2.6) and points per game (12.6). Hightower ranks in the Tigers do not feature a player from the state of Louisiana SEC’s top 10 in four categories: minutes played (fourth), A NEW LOOK that will play in 2008-09. Erica Williams hails from steals (tied for seventh), field goal percentage (eighth) and LSU lost all five starters from its Final Four team of a year Gonzales, La., but transferred from Southern Miss and will scoring (10th). ago but brings in a talented group of freshmen that was be eligible in 2009-10. It is believed to be the first time in ranked the third-best in the nation by HoopGurlz.com. The school history, LSU does have a player on the roster from A CAREER NIGHT FOR HIGHTOWER Lady Tigers feature seven true freshmen, including three the state of Louisiana. The fewest players from Louisiana After struggling for only six points against Notre Dame in McDonald's All-Americans in Destini Hughes, LaSondra has ever had on a roster was one during the 1986-87 sea- the season-opener, junior guard Allison Hightower erupt- Barrett and Ayana Dunning. son. The 2008-09 roster features 12 players from 10 dif- ed for a career-high 19 points on Nov. 24 against Tulane ferent states. LSU has two players each from Texas, and then equaled her career-high with 19 points against Mississippi and Alabama.

FIVE STRAIGHT NCAA FINAL FOURS • THREE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS CHANCELLOR BEGINS SECOND SEASON AT LSU IN THE PMAC RECRUITING CLASS RANKED 16TH IN NATION LSU LSU’s recruiting class during the early signing period in Hall of Famer Van Chancellor enters his second season Season Gms Rcrd SEC Non November was ranked 16th in the nation by at LSU and his 21st at the collegiate level. In his first sea- 1975-76 14 7-7 0-0 7-7 HoopGurlz.com. The four players will be eligible to com- son, Chancellor advanced to his first NCAA Final Four, led 1976-77 11 10-1 2-0 8-1 pete during the 2009-10 season and include Bianca 1977-78 14 14-0 2-0 12-0 LSU to its third outright Southeastern Conference champi- Lutley, a 5-11 guard from Plantation, Fla.; Adrienne Webb, 1978-79 7 5-2 2-1 3-1 a 5-10 wing player from Madison, Ala.; Jasmine Nelson, a onship and was named SEC Coach of the Year for his 1979-80 15 10-5 1-0 9-5 efforts. Chancellor's career winning percentage of .746 1980-81 13 8-5 1-2 7-3 6-2 forward from New Orleans; and Erica Williams, a 5-8 (472-162) ranks 12th all-time among NCAA Division I 1981-82 10 6-4 2-2 4-2 transfer guard from Gonzales, La. Lutley, ranked the 24th- coaches. Chancellor was selected to the Naismith 1982-83 14 12-2 4-1 8-1 best player in the nation and the fourth-best point guard Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007. He is also a member of 1983-84 11 10-1 3-0 6-2 by HoopGurlz.com, will play her senior season at the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. 1984-85 12 8-4 2-2 7-0 American Heritage High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 1985-86 14 14-0 4-0 10-0 after lettering for three seasons at Pensacola (Fla.) High 1986-87 14 10-4 3-2 7-2 School. Lutley earned Class 4A All-State honors as a jun- O’CANADA 1987-88 14 11-3 4-0 7-3 LSU played in a two-day Labor Day exhibition trip in 1988-89 13 10-3 3-2 7-1 ior after averaging 22.5 points, 10.1 rebounds and 3.1 Vancouver, Canada, in late August. It was the first time 1989-90 13 11-2 3-1 8-1 assists a game. She became the fastest player in school any Lady Tiger team had played in Canada, and the trip 1990-91 11 9-2 3-2 6-0 history to eclipse the 1,000-point mark. Webb, one of the allowed the players to earn valuable game experience 1991-92 14 10-4 3-2 7-2 top 50 overall players in America, stars at Sparkman (Ala.) 1992-93 13 6-7 0-6 6-1 prior to the start of October practice. According to NCAA High School. She averaged 22 points and six rebounds 1993-94 10 5-5 1-3 4-2 per game as a junior last season when she helped lead regulations, teams are allowed to make a trip away from 1994-95 14 5-9 0-6 5-3 the school to a 28-5 overall record and a Class 6A elite the United States every four years and prior to such trips, 1995-96 14 10-4 2-4 8-0 the teams are allowed to practice up to a maximum of 10 1996-97 15 14-1 5-1 9-0 eight appearance. She was named Super All-Metro Co- days. LSU won all three of its games in Canada, defeating 1997-98 14 13-1 6-1 7-0 Player of the Year by The Huntsville Times for her efforts Trinity Western, 81-27, and then British Columbia, 74-46, 1998-99 16 15-1 6-1 9-0 while also being a finalist for the Alabama Sports Writers in a Saturday doubleheader. The two victories were fol- 1999-00 18 17-1 6-1 11-0 Association State 6A Player of the Year. Nelson plays for 2000-01 14 11-3 4-3 7-0 lowed up with another convincing win, 71-47, over Simon Trinity Valley (Texas) Community College, a tradition-rich 2001-02 16 13-3 6-1 7-2 program that has claimed five junior college national Fraser University that Sunday. 2002-03 15 14-1 6-1 8-0 championships and the same program where current LSU LSU's Labor Day Canada Exhibition Trip 2003-04 17 16-1 6-1 10-0 Date Opponent Score High Scorer 2004-05 12 12-0 7-0 5-0 assistant Kenya Larkin-Landers served as an assistant 8/30 Trinity Western W, 81-27 Turnbow (14) 2005-06 15 15-0 7-0 8-0 coach and former player. 8/30 British Columbia W, 74-46 Hightower (17) 2006-07 16 13-2 6-1 7-1 8/31 Simon Fraser W, 71-47 Hightower (19) 2007-08 15 14-1 7-0 7-1 RECAPPING THE 2007-08 SEASON 2008-09 5 2-3 0-0 2-3 LSU compiled a 31-6 overall record and advanced to pro- Totals 452 360-92 117-48 244-44 JUST WHO ARE THESE NEW FRESHMEN? gram's fifth straight NCAA Final with NCAA Tournament With the loss of eight seniors comes one of the nation's wins over Jackson State, Marist, Oklahoma State and most elite recruiting classes comprised of seven true HIGHTOWER NAMED PRESEASON FIRST-TEAM North Carolina. The Lady Tigers claimed the Southeastern freshmen and one junior college transfer. LSU's Class of ALL SEC BY COACHES Conference regular season title with a 14-0 mark and 2008 was ranked the third-best in the nation by The preseason honors continue to roll in for LSU junior reached the championship game of the SEC Tournament. HoopGurlz.com. Here is a closer look at the new players: guard Allison Hightower, who was named to the All- The season began with a runner-up finish to Maryland in Southeastern Conference First Team in a vote of the the Preseason WNIT and after a late December loss at No. Name Pos. league's coaches. Hightower was picked to the Preseason Middle Tennessee, LSU rattled off 14 straight wins before 5 Crystal Riley G All-SEC Second Team by the media. Hightower, a native falling to Connecticut on Feb. 25. Mary milestones were 11th-best PG in nation; Miss Tennessee Basketball finalist or Arlington, Texas, was the 2007-08 SEC Sixth Woman of reached in 2007-08 starting with head coach Van 11 Andrea Kelly G the Year after averaging 7.1 points and 2.5 rebounds as a Chancellor coaching in his 600th collegiate game on Nov. Played two seasons at Okaloosa-Walton CC; pure shooter sophomore on the 2008 NCAA Final Four and SEC cham- 29 at Houston. The Lady Tigers collected the program's 20 Destini Hughes G pion team. 700th win with a victory over Kentucky on Jan. 27. Nation's No. 2 ranked PG and a 2008 McDonald's All- Quianna Chaney scored her 1,000 career point on Jan. 3 American LSU PICKED TO FINISH FIFTH IN SEC BY and Sylvia Fowles became the fifth player at LSU to reach 22 Courtney Jones F MEDIA, COACHES the 2,000 point plateau on Feb 14th. Fowles later became Top 20 forward prospect; 2008 Miss Alabama Basketball The Lady Tiger basketball team was picked to finish fifth the SEC's career double doubles leader (Feb. 10) and 24 Ayana Dunning F/C in the Southeastern Conference in a voting of both region- LSU's and SEC's career leader in rebounds (March 2 & 12th-best player in Class of '08; McDonald's All-American al and national media members and in the coaches poll as March 24). Fowles cleaned up when the SEC's post sea- 25 Swayze Black F well. LSU received 183 points on the media side while son honors were announced. The senior was named the One of top players in Mississippi; Most Valuable Defensive Vanderbilt topped the order of finish with 273 points. The Player and Defensive Player of the Year and earned first- Player Commodores were also picked to win the league by the team All-SEC and all-defensive accolades. Chaney joined 41 Taylor Turnbow F coaches. Fowles with first-team All-SEC honors and Erica White Competed at USA Basketball U20 tryouts this summer was a second-team selection. Chancellor was named the SEC Coach of the Year, while Allison Hightower was 55 LaSondra Barrett F HOME SWEET PMAC named the 6th Woman of the Year. Fowles, a consensus Nation's No. 12 ranked player; 2008 McDonald's All- Since the 2004-05 season, LSU is 56-5 at home and over All-American, was named the WBCA Defensive Player of American the past seven seasons, LSU is 86-7 at home. In SEC the Year. games, LSU is 67-10 (.870) at home over the past 11 THREE LADY TIGERS BACK TO FULL years and 154-14 (.917) at home over the past 11 years in STRENGTH all games. Three LSU true freshmen had offseason surgeries and have returned to full strength. Forward Ayana Dunning had some minor work done to her left knee in the sum- mer. Forward LaSondra Barrett had her knee scoped and has fully recovered, and guard Destini Hughes had surgery to straighten her right pinky out in the summer.

FIVE STRAIGHT NCAA FINAL FOURS • THREE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008-09 STARTING LINEUPS Game Player Player Player Player Player #16/14 Notre Dame (Nov. 16) Hughes Hightower Graham Barrett Morris Tulane (Nov. 24) Hughes Hightower Graham Barrett Jones #25 Xavier (Nov. 26) Hughes Hightower Graham Barrett Jones Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) Eason Hightower Graham Turnbow Jones Texas Southern (Dec. 1) Hughes Hightower Graham Turnbow Jones

FIVE STRAIGHT NCAA FINAL FOURS • THREE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS LSU SUPERLATIVES FIRST HALF Most points scored in the first half ...... 37 vs. Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) Fewest points scored in the first half ...... 21 vs. Texas Southern (Dec. 1) Fewest points allowed in the first half ...... 15 vs. Texas Southern (Dec. 1) Most points allowed in the first half ...... 31 vs. Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) Best FG percentage in the first half ...... 48.0 (12-25) vs. Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) Worst FG percentage in the first half ...... 32.1 twice (9-28), last vs. Xavier (Nov. 26) Best FG percentage by an opponent in the first half ...... 50.0 (13-26) by Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) Worst FG percentage by an opponent in the first half ...... 23.8 (5-21) by Texas Southern (Dec. 1) Most rebounds in the first half ...... 24 vs. Xavier (Nov. 26) Fewest rebounds in the first half ...... 13 vs. Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) Most rebounds by an opponent in the first half ...... 21 by Texas Southern (Dec. 1) Fewest rebounds by an opponent in the first half ...... 15 by Tulane (Nov. 24) SECOND HALF Most points scored in the second half ...... 40 vs. Texas Southern (Dec. 1) Fewest points scored in the second half ...... 24 vs. Xavier (Nov. 26) Fewest points allowed in the second half ...... 15 vs. Texas Southern (Dec. 1) Most points allowed in the second half ...... 48 vs. Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) Best FG percentage in the second half ...... 44.7 (17-38) vs. Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) Worst FG percentage in the second half ...... 32.1 (9-28) vs. Xavier (Nov. 26) Best FG percentage by an opponent in the second half ...... 65.4 (17-26) by Middle Tennesse (Nov. 30) Worst FG percentage by an opponent in the second half ...... 28.6 (6-21) by Texas Southern (Dec. 1) Most rebounds in the second half ...... 26 vs. Texas Southern (Dec. 1) Fewest rebounds in the second half ...... 14 vs. Middle Tenneessee (Nov. 30) Most rebounds by an opponent in the second half ...... 23 twice, last by Xavier (Nov. 26) Fewest rebounds by an opponent in the second half ...... 15 by Texas Southern (Dec. 1) GAME Most points scored ...... 75 vs. Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) Fewest points scored ...... 48 vs. Xavier (Nov. 26) Fewest points allowed ...... 30 vs. Texas Southern (Dec. 1) Most points allowed ...... 79 vs. Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) Best FG percentage ...... 46.0 (29-63) vs. Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) Worst FG percentage ...... 32.1 (18-56) vs. Xavier (Nov. 26) Best FG percentage by an opponent ...... 57.7 (30-52) by Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) Worst FG percentage by an opponent ...... 26.2 (11-42) by Texas Southern (Dec. 1) Most rebounds ...... 43 vs. Xavier (Nov. 26) Fewest rebounds ...... 27 vs. Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) Most rebounds by an opponent ...... 43 by Xavier (Nov. 26) Fewest rebounds by an opponent ...... 34 by Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) MISCELLANEOUS Largest margin of victory ...... 31 (61-30) vs. Texas Southern (Dec. 1) Smallest margin of victory ...... 16 (63-47) vs. Tulane (Nov. 24) Largest margin of defeat ...... 9 vs. Notre Dame (Nov. 16) and vs. Xavier (Nov. 26) Smallest margin of defeat ...... 4 (79-75) vs. Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) Largest halftime lead ...... 14 (32-18) vs. Tulane (Nov. 24) Smallest halftime lead ...... 5 (24-19) vs. Xavier (Nov. 26) Largest halftime deficit ...... none Smallest halftime deficit ...... none Largest rebounding margin ...... 6 vs. Texas Southern (Dec. 1) Smallest rebounding margin ...... n/a Opponent’s largest rebounding margin ...... 7 by Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30)

LADY TIGERS RECORD WHEN ... Leading at the half ...... 2-2 Shoots higher FG% than opponent ...... 2-0 Trailing at the half ...... 0-0 Shoots lower FG% than opponent ...... 0-3 Tied at the half ...... 0-1 Shoots same FG% as opponent ...... 0-0 Scores 100+ points ...... 0-0 Shoots higher FT% than opponent ...... 2-2 Scores 90-99 points ...... 0-0 Shoots lower FT% than opponent ...... 0-1 Scores 80-89 points ...... 0-0 Shoots same FT% as opponent ...... 0-0 Scores 70-79 points ...... 0-1 Outrebounds opponent ...... 1-0 Scores 60-69 points ...... 2-0 Outrebounded by opponent ...... 1-2 Scores fewer than 60 points ...... 1-1 Equal rebounds as opponent ...... 0-1 Holds opponent to 41-50 points ...... 1-0 Versus ranked opponents ...... 0-2 Holds opponent to 31-40 points ...... 0-0 Versus non-ranked opponents ...... 2-1 Holds opponent to 30 points or under ...... 1-0 In overtime ...... 0-0 Shoots 50% FG or better ...... 0-0 In double-overtime ...... 0-0 Shoots 40-49% FG ...... 1-1 In triple-overtime ...... 0-0 Shoots under 39% FG ...... 1-2 In games decided by 3 points or less ...... 0-0 Hold opponents to under 40% FG ...... 2-1 In games decided by 5 points or less . . . . .0-1 Hold opponents to under 35% FG ...... 1-0 In games decided by 7 points or less ...... 0-1 Holds opponent to under 30% FG ...... 1-0

FIVE STRAIGHT NCAA FINAL FOURS • THREE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS THE LAST TIME ...... an LSU player scored 20 points ...... Sylvia Fowles, 24 vs. Tennessee (April 6, 2008 - NCAA) scored 25 points ...... Sylvia Fowles, 26 vs. Connecticut (Feb. 25, 2008) scored 30 points ...... Seimone Augustus, 30 vs. Ole Miss (March 3, 2006 - SEC) scored 35 points ...... Seimone Augustus, 35 at Florida (Feb. 16, 2006) scored 40 points ...... Cornelia Gayden, 49 vs. Jackson State (Feb. 9, 1995) scored 45 points ...... Cornelia Gayden, 49 vs. Jackson State (Feb. 9, 1995) scored double figures in 5 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 16 straight (Feb. 7, 2008 - April 6, 2008) scored double figures in 10 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 16 straight (Feb. 7, 2008 - April 6, 2008) scored double figures in 15 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 16 straight (Feb. 7, 2008 - April 6, 2008) scored double figures in 20 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 26 straight (Nov. 25, 2006 - March 17, 2007) scored double figures in 25 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 26 straight (Nov. 25, 2006 - March 17, 2007) scored double figures in 30 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 97 straight (Dec. 20, 2003 - April 2, 2006) scored double figures in 40 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 97 straight (Dec. 20, 2003 - April 2, 2006) scored double figures in 50 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 97 straight (Dec. 20, 2003 - April 2, 2006) scored double figures in 60 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 97 straight (Dec. 20, 2003 - April 2, 2006) scored double figures in 70 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 97 straight (Dec. 20, 2003 - April 2, 2006) scored double figures in 80 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 97 straight (Dec. 20, 2003 - April 2, 2006) scored double figures in 90 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 97 straight (Dec. 20, 2003 - April 2, 2006) scored 20 points in 2 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 2 straight (March 31, 2008- April 6, 2008) scored 20 points in 3 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 3 straight (March 19, 2007 - March 26, 2007) scored 20 points in 4 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 9 straight (Feb. 16, 2006 - March 20, 2006) scored 20 points in 5 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 9 straight (Feb. 16, 2006 - March 20, 2006) scored 20 points in 6 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 9 straight (Feb. 16, 2006 - March 20, 2006) scored 20 points in 7 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 9 straight (Feb. 16, 2006 - March 20, 2006) scored 20 points in 8 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 9 straight (Feb. 16, 2006 - March 20, 2006) scored 20 points in 9 straight games ...... Seimone Augustus, 9 straight (Feb. 16, 2006 - March 20, 2006) scored 20 points in 10 straight games ...... Cornelia Gayden, 13 straight (Mar. 1, 1993 - Jan. 1, 1994) scored 20 points in 13 straight games ...... Cornelia Gayden, 13 straight (Mar. 1, 1993 - Jan. 1, 1994) scored 30 points in 2 straight games ...... Elaine Powell, 31 vs. UCSB (Mar. 21, 1996 NWIT), 32 vs. Northwestern (Mar. 22, 1996 NWIT) scored 30 points in 3 straight games ...... Cornelia Gayden, three straight (Feb. 4 - Feb. 9, 1995) made 10 field goals in a game ...... Sylvia Fowles, 10 vs. Tennessee (April 6, 2008 - NCAA) made 15 field goals in a game ...... Seimone Augustus, 15 at Alabama (Feb. 23, 2006) attempted 15 field goals in a game ...... Allison Hightower, 18 vs. Tulane (Nov. 24, 2008) attempted 20 field goals in a game ...... Sylvia Fowles, 24, vs. Tennessee (April 6, 2008 - NCAA) attempted 25 field goals in a game ...... Seimone Augustus, 25 vs. Mississippi State (Feb. 26, 2006) shot 100 % from the floor (min. 10) ...... Seimone Augustus (11-11) vs. North Texas (Nov. 30, 2004) made 10 free throws in a game ...... Sylvia Fowles, 10 vs. Connecticut (Feb. 25, 2008) made 15 free throws in a game ...... Pokey Chatman, 18 vs. Georgia (Feb. 10, 1991) attempted 10 free throws in a game ...... Sylvia Fowles, 11 vs. Tennessee (April 6, 2008 - NCAA) attempted 15 free throws in a game ...... Erica White, 16 at Tennessee (Feb. 14, 2008) attempted 20 free throws in a game ...... Pokey Chatman, 21 vs Georgia (Feb. 10, 1991) made 5 three-pointers in a game ...... Quianna Chaney, 6 vs. Arkansas (Feb. 28, 2008) made 7 three-pointers in a game ...... Cornelia Gayden, 12 vs. Jackson State (Feb. 9, 1995) made 10 three-pointers in a game ...... Cornelia Gayden, 12 vs. Jackson State (Feb. 9, 1995) attempted 7 three-pointers in a game ...... Quianna Chaney, 8 vs. North Carolina (March 31, 2008 - NCAA) attempted 10 three-pointers in a game ...... Quianna Chaney, 11 vs. Connecticut (Feb. 25, 2008) attempted 15 three-pointers in a game ...... Doneeka Hodges, 15 at Georgia (Jan. 25, 2004) had 10 rebounds ...... Allison Hightower, 11 vs. Xavier (Nov. 26, 2008) had 15 rebounds ...... Sylvia Fowles, 20 vs. Tennessee (April 6, 2008 - NCAA) had 20 rebounds ...... Sylvia Fowles, 20 vs. Tennessee (April 6, 2008 - NCAA) had 10 rebounds in 2 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 4 straight (March 24, 2008 - April 6, 2008) had 10 rebounds in 3 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 4 straight (March 24, 2008 - April 6, 2008) had 10 rebounds in 4 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 4 straight (March 24, 2008 - April 6, 2008) had 10 rebounds in 5 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 6 straight (Feb. 7, 2008 - Feb. 25, 2008) had 10 rebounds in 10 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 19 straight (Dec. 30, 2006 - March 3, 2007) had 10 offensive rebounds ...... Sylvia Fowles, 10 vs. Auburn (Jan. 28, 2007) had 10 defensive rebounds ...... Sylvia Fowles, 16 vs. Tennessee (April 6, 2008 - NCAA) had 10 assists ...... Erica White, 12 at Arkansas (Jan. 10, 2008) had 15 assists ...... Temeka Johnson, 15 vs. Liberty (Mar. 26, 2005 NCAA) had 10 assists in 2 straight games ...... Erica White, 3 straight (Jan. 22, 2006 - Jan. 30, 2006) had 10 assists in 3 straight games ...... Erica White, 3 straight (Jan. 22, 2006 - Jan. 30, 2006) had 10 assists in 4 straight games ...... never happened had 5 blocks in a game ...... Taylor Turnbow, 7 vs. Xavier (Nov. 26, 2008) had 7 blocks in a game ...... Taylor Turnbow, 7 vs. Xavier (Nov. 26, 2008) had 5 steals in a game ...... Ashley Thomas, 5 vs. Oklahoma State (March 31, 2008 - NCAA) had 7 steals in a game ...... Temeka Johnson, 7 vs. Santa Barbara (Feb. 15, 2003) had 10 steals in a game ...... Cornelia Gayden, 10 vs. Southwestern La. (Feb. 7, 1995) had a double-double ...... Allison Hightower, 15 pts. & 11 reb. vs. Xavier (Nov. 26, 2008) had a double-double in 2 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 4 straight (March 24, 2008 - April 6, 2008) had a double-double in 3 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 4 straight (March 24, 2008 - April 6, 2008)

FIVE STRAIGHT NCAA FINAL FOURS • THREE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS THE LAST TIME ...... an LSU player (continued) had a double-double in 4 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 4 straight (March 24, 2008 - April 6, 2008) had a double-double in 5 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 6 straight (Feb. 7, 2008 - Feb. 25, 2008) had a double-double in 10 straight games ...... Sylvia Fowles, 19 straight (Dec. 30, 2006 - March 3, 2007) had a triple-double ...... Cornelia Gayden, 32 pts-15 reb-10 stl vs. Southwestern Louisiana (Feb. 7, 1995) Had two players record a double double ...... Seimone Augustus and Sylvia Fowles vs. Minnesota (Jan. 7, 2006) played 40 minutes ...... Allison Hightower vs. Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30, 2008) played 40 minutes in 2 straight games ...... Quianna Chaney, 2 straight (March 31, 2008 - April 6, 2008) played 40 minutes in 3 straight games ...... Temeka Johnson, 8 straight (Feb. 17, 2002 - Mar. 17, 2002) played 40 minutes in 4 straight games ...... Temeka Johnson, 8 straight (Feb. 17, 2002 - Mar. 17, 2002) played 40 minutes in 5 straight games ...... Temeka Johnson, 8 straight (Feb. 17, 2002 - Mar. 17, 2002) played 40 minutes in 8 straight games ...... Temeka Johnson, 8 straight (Feb. 17, 2002 - Mar. 17, 2002) fouled out ...... Katherine Graham, vs. Notre Dame (Nov. 16, 2008)

... an LSU opponent player scored 40 or more points ...... 41 by Amber Holt of Middle Tennessee (Dec. 28, 2007) scored 30 or more points ...... 37 by Alysha Clark of Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30, 2008) attempted 25 field goals ...... 27 by Candace Parker of Tennessee (April 6, 2008 - NCAA) recorded a double-double ...... Alysha Clark of Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30, 2008) had 10 or more assists ...... Rochelle Vaughn of Arkansas, 10 at Arkansas (Jan. 22, 2004) had 15 or more rebounds ...... 15 by Candace Parker of Tennessee (April 6, 2008 - NCAA) had 20 or more rebounds ...... 20 by Khara Smith of DePaul (March 25, 2006- NCAA) made 13 or more field goals ...... 14 by Alysha Clark of Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30, 2008) made 15 or more free throws ...... 18 by Ashley McElhiney of Vanderbilt (Feb. 15, 2001)

... Miscellaneous LSU scored 100 points or more ...... 105 vs. Eastern Washington (Nov. 25, 2006) an opponent scored 100 points or more ...... 100 by Tennessee, OT (March 1, 1997 SEC Tournament) LSU scored 100 points away from home ...... 105 vs. Eastern Washington (Nov. 25, 2006) in San Antonio LSU scored 100 points and lost ...... 102 at Georgia, 108-102 OT (Feb. 10, 1991) LSU scored 50 or fewer and won ...... 49 vs. West Virginia, 49-43 (March 19, 2007 - NCAA) LSU had a +15 rebound margin ...... 16 vs. Jackson State (March 22, 2008 - NCAA) LSU had a +20 rebound margin ...... 25 vs. Eastern Washington (Nov. 25, 2006) an opponent has a +15 rebound margin ...... 16 at Maryland (Nov. 18, 2007) an opponent had a +20 rebound margin ...... 22 at Baylor (Nov. 21, 2006) LSU attempted 30 free throws ...... 32 at Tennessee (Feb. 14, 2008) LSU attempted 35 free throws ...... 40 vs. Ole Miss (Feb. 26, 2004) an opponent attempted 35 free throws ...... 40 by Kentucky (Feb. 26, 1999 SEC) LSU made 25 free throws ...... 26 at Alabama (Feb. 7, 2008) LSU made 30 free throws ...... 31 vs. Mississippi State (Jan. 3, 1998) an opponent made 30 free throws ...... 30 by Kentucky (Feb. 26, 1999 SEC) LSU attempted 20 3-pointers ...... 20 vs. Ole Miss (Feb. 17, 2008) LSU had 25 assists ...... 32 at Arkansas (Jan. 10, 2008) LSU had 30 assists ...... 32 at Arkansas (Jan. 10, 2008) LSU had 35 assists ...... 38 vs. UNC Ashville (Nov. 23, 1999) an opponent had 25 assists ...... 25 by Alabama (Jan. 28, 1995) LSU forced 25 turnovers ...... 27 vs. Texas Southern (Dec. 1, 2008) LSU forced 30 turnovers ...... 31 vs. New Orleans (Dec. 20, 2007) LSU forced 35 turnovers ...... 37 vs. Tulsa (Nov. 24, 2006) LSU had 15 steals ...... 17 vs. Texas Southern (Dec. 1, 2008) LSU had 20 steals ...... 20 vs. Samford (Nov. 9, 2007) blocked 10 shots ...... 10 vs. Texas Southern (Dec. 1, 2008) LSU scored 50 points or less ...... 48 vs. Xavier (Nov. 26, 2008) LSU scored 40 points or less ...... 35 vs. Rutgers (April 1, 2007 - NCAA) an opponent scored 20 points or less ...... 19 by Alabama State (Dec. 7, 2002) an opponent scored 30 points or less ...... 30 by Texas Southern (Dec. 1, 2008) an opponent scored 40 points or less ...... 30 by Texas Southern (Dec. 1, 2008) an opponent scored 40 pts or less in consecutive games ...... Virginia Tech, 40 pts (Nov. 14, 2006) and UL-Lafayette, 31 pts (Nov. 16, 2006) beat a ranked team ...... vs. No. 2 North Carolina (March 31, 2008 - NCAA) beat a top 5 ranked team ...... vs. No. 2 North Carolina (March 31, 2008 - NCAA) beat a ranked team away from home ...... vs. No. 2 North Carolina (March 31, 2008 - NCAA) beat a ranked team on the road ...... at No. 1 Tennessee (Feb. 14, 2008) kept every player on a team out of double-figures ...... vs. Mississippi State (Jan. 20, 2008) had all five starters score in double figures ...... at Tennessee - Thomas, Fowles, White, LeBlanc, Chaney (Feb. 14, 2008) had four starters score in double figures ...... vs. Oklahoma State - White, Fowles, LeBlanc, Chaney (March 29, 2008 - NCAA) had five players score in double figures ...... at Tennessee - Thomas, Fowles, White, LeBlanc, Chaney, Hightower (Feb. 14, 2008) had six players score in double figures ...... at Tennessee - Thomas, Fowles, White, LeBlanc, Chaney, Hightower (Feb. 14, 2008) had four players score at least 20 points or more ...... at Alabama - Augustus, Johnson, Hodges, Hoston (Feb. 5, 2004) had no player reach double figures in scoring ...... vs. Rutgers (April 1, 2007 - NCAA) overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to win ...... at Arkansas, 33-23 (Jan. 22, 2004) overcame a 15-point halftime deficit to win ...... vs. Oregon, 35-18 (Nov. 23, 1985) overcame a 15-point first-half deficit to win ...... at Tennessee, 21-2 (Feb. 14, 2008)

FIVE STRAIGHT NCAA FINAL FOURS • THREE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS GAME-BY-GAME (POINTS-REBOUNDS-ASSISTS) 13 5112022232425414455 Opponent Graham Eason Riley Kelly Hughes Jones Hightower Dunning Black Turnbow Morris Barrett #16/14 Notre Dame (Nov. 16) 0-9-2 4-1-2 0-0-0 10-1-0 0-2-1 8-2-1 6-1-3 2-0-0 7-3-0 8-3-1 2-1-0 6-4-0 Tulane (Nov. 24) 0-5-0 4-0-1 2-0-0 3-2-2 6-1-3 9-7-0 19-7-3 0-1-1 2-1-0 8-5-2 2-2-0 8-3-0 #25 Xavier (Nov. 26) 7-7-2 4-2-3 DNP 0-1-0 0-1-2 8-9-0 15-11-2 DNP DNP 8-5-2 DNP 6-5-1 Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) 4-1-2 4-2-2 DNP 8-1-1 5-1-3 7-1-2 19-6-0 DNP 2-1-0 4-4-0 7-3-0 15-5-3 Texas Southern (Dec. 1) 6-6-2 3-1-2 4-1-0 6-3-0 14-1-1 2-2-1 4-1-2 DNP 2-4-0 4-7-1 8-9-1 8-5-0

SPECIALTY STATISTICS (LSU-OPPONENT) Opponent Bench Points Points in the Paint Points off Turnovers 2nd Chance Points Fast Break Points Largest Lead #16/14 Notre Dame (Nov. 16) 39-20 22-26 18-13 8-13 4-0 2 (4:46 - 1st) Tulane (Nov. 24) 21-12 26-18 20-10 13-8 4-0 25 (7:16 - 2nd) #25 Xavier (Nov. 26) 12-18 26-26 8-12 8-13 0-2 5 (0:39 - 1st) Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) 37-15 36-32 25-2 11-4 8-0 10 (1:44 - 1st) Texas Southern (Dec. 1) 31-4 30-16 24-8 16-5 2-2 31 (0:21 - 2nd) TOTALS 140-69 140-48 95-45 56-43 18-4 31 vs. Texas So. (Dec. 1)

FIVE STRAIGHT NCAA FINAL FOURS • THREE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS LEAD-DEFICIT COMPARISON OPPONENT Largest Lead Largest Deficit Largest Run Lead Changes Ties Result #16/14 Notre Dame (Nov. 16) 2 (4:46-1st) 13 (6:30-2nd) 10-0 (1st) 2 5 L, 53-62 Tulane (Nov. 24) 25 (7:16-2nd) 3 (14:45-1st) 6-0 (1st) 4 4 W, 63-47 #25 Xavier (Nov. 26) 5 (0:39-1st) 9 (0:07-2nd) 6-0 (1st) 7 12 L, 48-57 Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) 10 (1:44-1st) 4 (0:02-2nd) 10-0 (1st) 24 10 L, 75-79 Texas Southern (Dec. 1) 31 (0:21-2nd) 1 (19:22-1st) 23-0 (2nd) 1 0 W, 61-30

SCORING BREAKDOWN OPPONENT Front Court Back Court Seniors Junior Sophomore Freshmen Starters Bench #16/14 Notre Dame (Nov. 16) 33 (62.3) 20 (37.7) 2 (3.7) 16 (30.1) 2 (7.5) 31 (58.4) 14 (26.4) 39 (73.6) Tulane (Nov. 24) 29 (46.0) 34 (54.0) 2 (3.2) 22 (34.9) 4 (6.3) 35 (55.5) 44 (69.8) 19 (30.2) #25 Xavier (Nov. 26) 22 (45.8) 26 (54.2) DNP 15 (31.3) 11 (22.9) 22 (45.8) 36 (75.0) 12 (25.0) Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) 35 (46.7) 40 (53.3) 7 (9.3) 27 (36.0) 8 (10.7) 33 (44.0) 38 (50.7) 37 (49.3) Texas Southern (Dec. 1) 24 (39.3) 37 (60.7) 8 (13.1) 10 (16.4) 9 (14.8) 34 (55.7) 30 (49.2) 31 (50.8) TOTAL 143 (47.7) 157 (52.3) 19 (6.3) 90 (30.0) 34 (11.3) 155 (51.7) 162 (54.0) 138 (46.0)

FIVE STRAIGHT NCAA FINAL FOURS • THREE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS/BOX SCORES GAME 1 GAME 3 GAME 5 #16/14 NOTRE DAME 62, #24/22 LSU 53 #25 XAVIER 57, LSU 48 LSU 61, TEXAS SOUTHERN 30 STATE FARM TIP-OFF CLASSIC MARAVICH CENTER (BATON ROUGE, LA.) • NOV. 26, 2008 • Att.: 2,907 MARAVICH CENTER (BATON ROUGE, LA.) • DEC. 1, 2008 • Att.:2,815 MARAVICH CENTER (BATON ROUGE, LA.) • NOV. 16, 2008 • Att.: 7,954 Junior guard Allison Hightower registered her first career double-double, but No. 25 Freshman guard Destini Hughes scored all 14 of her points in the second half, and The 22nd-ranked LSU women’s basketball team gave No. 14 Notre Dame all it could Xavier broke a 42-42 tie with an 8-0 run in the final five minutes of the game to deal LSU overcame a sluggish start with a remarkable 23-0 run that propelled the Lady handle on Sunday afternoon, but the Fighting Irish used a 10-0 run down the stretch the LSU women’s basketball team its second loss, 57-48. With the game tied at 42 Tigers past Texas Southern, 61-30. LSU saw its two-game home losing streak come to defeat the Lady Tigers, 62-53, in the first game of the State Farm Tip-Off Classic. apiece, the Muskeeters then mounted their 8-0 run starting at the 3:00 mark. Dee to an end while amassing its largest run since the Lady Tigers put together a 24-0 Both teams shot below 37 percent, and the Irish held a slim advantage on the Dee Jernigan had five of the eight points during the spurt. Jernigan made the front spurt in the second half at Arkansas on Feb. 15, 2007. With LSU clinging to a 21-17 boards. LSU trailed by as many as nine points in the first half before rallying to tie end of her free throws and missed her second, but Phillips broke through the lane lead through the first minute of the second half, freshman forward Taylor Turnbow the score at 24 apiece at halftime. Junior guard Allison Hightower started the and scored on a putback to give Xavier a 47-42 lead with 2:16 to play. LSU’s Taylor knocked down a jumper at the 16:51 mark to ignite the 23-0 run. Hughes then took comeback with a jumper at the 7:27 mark. However, the Irish responded out of the Turnbow blocked seven shots, tying for the fourth-most in a single game in school over the game with nine points in the next two minutes on a mid-range jumper and 3- locker room with a 14-4 run that saw the lead extend to double-digits at 59-48 on a history. pointers from the right wing and top of the key, respectively. Texas Southern went made basket by Barlow with 16:41 remaining. LSU once again sliced into the lead nearly 10 minutes without a field goal. and came as close as three points when Hightower stole a pass at midcourt and Xavier FG 3FG FT PTS R A TO B S MIN drove to the basket for the easy lay-up. Notre Dame led 43-40 with 9:39 to play, and F- April Phillips 6-13 0-1 0-1 12 7 0 2 0 2 26 Texas Southern FG 3FG FT PTS R A TO B S MIN the Irish put together another run midway through the second half to put the game C- Ta’Shia Phillips 6-8 0-0 0-2 12 7 1 2 1 1 20 F- Jasmine Greer 5-13 0-0 0-1 10 4 0 6 0 0 33 out of reach with 10 unanswered points. G- Special Jennings 0-2 0-0 5-7 5 3 1 2 0 1 25 F- Inisha Daughtry 1-2 0-0 1-2 3 3 0 1 2 1 26 G- Tudy Reed 2-12 2-5 0-0 6 5 3 1 1 0 30 G- Camille Parks 1-9 0-4 2-4 4 4 0 5 0 2 35 Notre Dame FG 3FG FT PTS R A TO B S MIN G- Jerri Taylor 1-6 0-3 2-2 4 1 3 2 0 2 24 G- Jasmine Cannon 2-7 0-0 3-4 7 2 2 5 0 1 30 F- Becca Bruszewski 1-3 0-0 4-4 6 3 0 0 0 2 19 Tyeasha Moss 1-3 1-2 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 0 18 G- Trikeyia East 1-5 0-0 0-0 2 10 0 3 0 1 33 C- Erica Williamson 0-3 0-0 2-3 2 4 1 1 0 0 19 Dee Dee Jernigan 5-10 1-3 4-9 15 8 2 2 0 0 26 Jaquenta Richard 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 2 0 1 15 G- Ashley Barlow 7-13 2-4 3-4 19 5 0 4 0 2 35 Alesia Barringer 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 Brandi Justice 0-4 0-1 0-2 0 4 0 2 0 1 11 G- Melissa Lechlitner 1-6 0-0 0-0 2 5 5 4 0 1 36 Maureen Hester 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Jamelah Lewis 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 G- Lindsay Schrader 5-12 0-0 3-5 13 6 1 5 0 3 33 Megan Askew 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 Tina Brown 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 2 0 0 0 0 14 Erica Solomon 1-3 0-0 4-6 6 2 0 1 1 1 11 Brittney Moore 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Team 4 2 Kellie Watson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Team 10 Totals 11-42 0-5 8-15 30 36 3 27 2 7 200 Fraderica Miller 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 21-58 4-15 11-21 57 43 11 13 2 7 200 Devereaux Peters 6-7 0-0 0-3 12 6 2 2 3 3 28 LSU (2-3) FG 3FG FT PTS R A TO B S MIN Natalie Novosel 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 2 0 3 0 0 17 LSU (1-2) FG 3FG FT PTS R A TO B S MIN F- Courtney Jones 1-6 0-2 0-0 2 2 1 1 2 0 27 Team 5 1 F- Courtney Jones 4-9 0-3 0-0 8 9 0 1 0 0 29 F- Taylor Turnbow 2-8 0-0 0-2 4 7 1 0 1 0 18 Totals 21-47 2-4 18-27 62 38 9 21 4 12 200 F- LaSondra Barrett 2-8 0-0 2-4 6 5 1 1 0 1 24 G- Katherine Graham 3-7 0-0 0-2 6 6 2 2 0 2 17 G- Katherine Graham 1-6 0-1 5-6 7 7 2 0 1 2 36 G- Destini Hughes 4-7 3-4 3-3 14 1 1 3 1 3 28 LSU (0-1) FG 3FG FT PTS R A TO B S MIN G- Destini Hughes 0-2 0-0 0-3 0 1 2 3 0 0 17 G- Allison Hightower 2-7 0-0 0-0 4 1 2 0 3 3 23 F- Kristen Morris 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 14 G- Allison Hightower 5-14 0-3 5-6 15 11 2 4 0 2 39 Latear Eason 1-3 0-0 1-2 3 1 2 1 0 4 10 F- LaSondra Barrett 1-6 0-0 4-6 6 4 0 2 0 1 23 Latear Eason 2-8 0-1 0-0 4 2 3 0 0 0 23 Crystal Riley 2-3 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 0 0 1 12 G- Katherine Graham 0-5 0-1 0-0 0 9 2 3 1 2 29 Andrea Kelly 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 Andrea Kelly 2-7 2-6 0-0 6 3 0 1 0 0 22 G- Destini Hughes 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 1 5 0 1 16 Taylor Turnbow 4-7 0-0 0-0 8 5 2 2 7 2 27 Swayze Black 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 2 1 0 12 G- Allison Hightower 3-12 0-1 0-0 6 1 3 2 0 4 30 Team 2 2 Kristen Morris 2-4 0-0 4-4 8 9 1 0 1 1 14 Latear Eason 2-5 0-0 0-0 4 1 2 2 0 1 24 Totals 18-56 0-812-19 48 4312 14 8 7 200 LaSondra Barrett 3-7 0-0 2-5 8 5 0 2 1 3 17 Crystal Riley 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Team 2 1 Andrea Kelly 2-3 0-0 6-6 10 1 0 1 0 0 16 Xavier 19-38-57 Totals 23-63 5-12 10-18 61 42 10 13 10 17 200 Courtney Jones 4-9 0-1 0-0 8 2 1 2 0 0 17 LSU 24-24-48 Ayana Dunning 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Officials: Bob Trammell, Lawson Newton, Wesley Dean Texas Southern 15-15-30 Swayze Black 2-2 0-0 3-5 7 3 0 1 0 1 7 Technical Fouls: None LSU 21-40-61 Taylor Turnbow 3-6 0-0 2-2 8 3 1 0 1 1 20 Officials: Scott Yarbrough, Melanie Davis, Kym Davis Team 5 Technical Fouls: None Totals 18-53 0-417-21 53 32 10 18 2 11 200 GAME 4 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 79, LSU 75 Notre Dame 24-38-62 MARAVICH CENTER (BATON ROUGE, LA.) • NOV. 30, 2008 • Att.: 3,015 LSU 24-29-53 Officials: Lisa Mattingly, Bryan Enterline, Bruce Morris Allison Hightower scored 19 points, but Middle Tennessee guard Alysha Clark Technical Fouls: None poured in a game-high 37 points to deal LSU a 79-75 loss to the Blue Raiders. The Lady Tigers saw a double-digit second half lead evaporate and lost two home games in a row for the first time since the 1995-96 season. In a game that featured 24 lead GAME 2 changes and 10 ties, the Blue Raiders regained the lead when Brandi Brown LSU 63, TULANE 47 knocked down another 3-pointer to make it 72-69 with 3:57 to go. LSU held for the MARAVICH CENTER (BATON ROUGE, LA.) • NOV. 24, 2008 • Att.: 3,017 last shot of the game, but Clark delivered again, this time on the defensive end of the floor when she blocked a LaSondra Barrett shot attempt on the base line with five Junior guard Allison Hightower scored 19 points and added seven rebounds to seconds to play. Anne Lanning iced the game on two made free throws to preserve pace the LSU women’s basketball team to a 63-47 win over Tulane on Monday night the 79-75 margin. at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. LSU trailed 10-7 at the 14:45 mark before putting together a 25-8 run to close the first half. Andrea Kelly drained the Lady Middle Tennessee FG 3FG FT PTS R A TO B S MIN Tigers’ first 3-pointer of the season, and Hightower added one from behind the arc F- Emily Queen 5-12 1-4 0-0 11 5 1 1 0 1 26 two minutes later that gave the Lady Tigers a 19-14 lead. LSU quickly built the G- Chelsia Lymon 0-5 0-2 0-0 0 2 5 7 0 4 36 advantage to 20 points out of the locker room when Destini Hughes connected for G- Jackie Pickel 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 3 5 0 0 0 38 her first career 3-pointer and Hightower knocked down a mid-range jumper. G- Alysha Clark 14-20 1-2 8-9 37 12 3 10 1 2 38 G- Anne M. Lanning 5-7 4-4 2-2 16 4 6 2 0 1 40 Tulane FG 3FG FT PTS R A TO B S MIN Tina Stewart 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 F- Brittany Lindsey 7-13 0-0 1-2 15 5 1 1 0 0 29 Brandi Brown 5-6 3-4 0-0 13 2 1 0 1 0 16 F- Brett Benzio 3-0 0-0 2-4 8 9 1 4 0 2 31 Dana Garrett 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 G- Ashley Langford 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 3 0 0 25 Team 4 2 G- Megan Valicevic 0-3 0-2 4-4 4 3 1 0 0 2 26 Totals 30-52 9-17 10-11 79 34 22 22 2 8 200 G- Indira Kaljo 2-5 1-4 1-2 6 5 3 1 0 0 24 Roshaunda Barnes 1-4 0-1 1-3 3 4 4 4 0 0 20 LSU (1-3) FG 3FG FT PTS R A TO B S MIN Tiffany Aidoo 2-3 1-1 1-2 6 4 1 4 0 0 22 F- Courtney Jones 3-8 1-2 0-0 7 1 2 0 1 1 21 Chassity Brown 1-8 0-2 1-2 3 1 0 3 0 0 15 F- Taylor Tunrbow 2-7 0-0 0-1 4 4 0 0 1 0 14 Kiara Slaton 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 G- Katherine Graham 1-2 0-0 2-2 4 1 2 1 0 2 22 Team 4 1 G- Latear Eason 2-6 0-1 0-0 4 2 2 2 0 2 17 Totals 17-488 2-10 11-19 47 38 11 21 0 4 200 G- Allison Hightower 8-12 0-0 3-5 19 6 0 0 1 1 40 Andrea Kelly 3-3 2-2 0-0 8 1 1 0 0 1 19 LSU (1-1) FG 3FG FT PTS R A TO B S MIN Destini Hughes 2-6 1-3 0-2 5 1 3 4 0 3 23 F- Courtney Jones 2-6 1-1 4-6 9 7 0 1 0 1 27 Swayze Black 0-3 0-0 2-2 2 1 0 1 0 0 9 F- LaSondra Barrett 1-3 0-0 6-8 8 3 0 1 0 2 17 Kristen Morris 3-4 0-0 1-2 7 3 0 1 0 0 13 G- Katherine Graham 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 5 0 3 0 1 20 LaSondra Barrett 5-12 0-0 5-7 15 5 3 2 0 3 22 G- Destini Hughes 2-7 1-3 1-3 6 1 3 0 0 2 26 Team 2 G- Allison Hightower 8-18 1-2 2-2 19 7 3 1 0 3 33 Totals 29-63 4-8 13-2175 27 1311 3 13 200 Latear Eason 1-3 0-0 2-2 4 0 1 1 0 1 13 Crystal Riley 1-1 0-0 0-1 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 Middle Tenn. 31-48-79 Andrea Kelly 1-3 1-1 0-0 3 2 2 3 0 0 20 LSU 37-38-75 Ayana Dunning 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 Officials: Bill Titus, Mark Zentz, Ken Drayton Swayze Black 1-1 0-0 0-1 2 2 0 2 0 0 7 Technical Fouls: None Team 2 Totals 22-55 4-7 15-25 6336 1214 2 12 200

Tulane 18-29-47 LSU 32-32-63 Officials: June Courteau, Eric Koch, Jules Gallien Technical Fouls: None

FIVE STRAIGHT NCAA FINAL FOURS • THREE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS VAN CHANCELLOR 2007-08 SEC COACH OF THE YEAR 33-8 at LSU (second season) 472-162 Career (21st season in college)

Van Chancellor, a veteran head coach of 30 years at both the collegiate and professional levels, THE CHANCELLOR FILE brought an impeccable resume to LSU, one that included leading the United States to a gold medal Birthdate: September 27, 1943 Age: 65 in the 2004 Olympics Games, four WNBA titles with Hometown: Louisville, Miss Alma Mater: Mississippi St., 1965 the Houston Comets and 14 NCAA Tournament Wife: Betty Children: John and Renee appearances at Ole Miss. Grandchildren: Nicholas, Jacob, Joseph and Zachary Chancellor enhanced his legacy in his first sea- Education son in Baton Rouge, leading the Lady Tigers back to Undergraduate: Mississippi State, '65 (Bachelor's in Math and Physical Education) the Final Four for the fifth straight season and guid- Graduate: Ole Miss, '73 (Master's in Physical Education) ing the program to its third Southeastern Conference regular season title in four seasons. Coaching Experience: For his efforts Chancellor was named Head coach at Ole Miss, 1978-97; Head coach of the Houston Comets (WNBA), 1997-2006; Head coach U.S. Olympic Team, 2004; Head Coach USA Basketball Women's World Championship Team, 2002.; Head coach Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year by both LSU, 2007-present. the coaches and the media and was one of four finalists for the Naismith National Coach of the Year Coaching Highlights: award. He became the third coach of LSU to earn Named SEC Coach of the Year in 2007-08 in first season at LSU ... Inducted into the Naismith Memorial SEC Coach of the Year honors. Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007; Head coach of the United States' gold medal women's basketball team in the In the process, Chancellor led the Lady Tigers 2004 Olympics; Head coach of four WNBA titles with the Houston Comets; Winningest coach in WNBA history to a perfect 14-0 SEC record and the school's third with 211 wins; Winningest coach in Ole Miss history with 439 victories; Coached U.S. Women's Basketball team outright regular season league title. During the to a 38-0 mark in International competition in 2004; Named WNBA Coach of the Year three times; Named SEC team's 2007-08 run, he coached his 600th career Coach of the Year three times at Ole Miss; Named 2002 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year; Inducted game on Nov. 29 at Houston. into Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001; Named 1992 National Women's Basketball Coach of the Year by In his first season back at the collegiate level, the Women's Basketball News Service. Chancellor helped LSU become only the second College school in the history of NCAA women's basketball to YEAR TEAM RECORD PCT. NOTES advance to five straight Final Fours. It was also the 1978-79 Ole Miss 31-9 .775 AIAW State Tournament Champions first Final Four appearance for him as a head coach. 1979-80 Ole Miss 23-14 .662 Today, Chancellor sits at 472 wins in 20 collegiate 1980-81 Ole Miss 14-12 .538 seasons, and his winning percentage of .746 ranks 1981-82 Ole Miss 27-5 .844 NCAA First Round 1982-83 Ole Miss 26-6 .813 NCAA Second Round as the 12th-best mark among active Division I head 1983-84 Ole Miss 24-6 .800 NCAA Second Round coaches. That mark also puts the Hall of Famer 1984-85 Ole Miss 29-3 .906 NCAA Elite Eight among the game's elites with the 12th-highest win- 1985-86 Ole Miss 24-8 .750 NCAA Elite Eight ning percentage of all-time. 1986-87 Ole Miss 25-5 .833 NCAA Sweet 16 Chancellor became LSU's fifth women's bas- 1987-88 Ole Miss 24-7 .774 NCAA Sweet 16 ketball coach when he was officially hired on April 1988-89 Ole Miss 23-8 .742 NCAA Elite Eight 11, 2007 by then Athletic Director Skip Bertman. 1989-90 Ole Miss 22-10 .688 NCAA Sweet 16 In addition to his 2007 induction into the 1990-91 Ole Miss 20-9 .690 NCAA First Round 1991-92 Ole Miss 29-3 .906 SEC Champion/NCAA Elite Eight Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, along 1992-93 Ole Miss 19-10 .655 with the likes of Roy Williams, Phil Jackson and 1993-94 Ole Miss 24-9 .727 NCAA Second Round Mendy Rudolph, Chancellor is also a member of the 1994-95 Ole Miss 21-8 .724 NCAA First Round Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. 1995-96 Ole Miss 18-11 .621 NCAA First Round Success has followed Chancellor at every turn, 1996-97 Ole Miss 16-11 .593 as he posted a 38-0 mark in International competi- 2007-08 LSU 31-6 .838 NCAA Final Four/SEC Champion tion as head coach of the United States Olympic 2008-09 LSU 2-3 .667 Team. TOTALS 21 years 472-163 .743 Ole Miss 19 years 439-154 .741 Most recently, Chancellor served for 10 years LSU 2 years 33-9 .786 as head coach of the Houston Comets from 1997- 2006. During that time, Chancellor was named the Professional WNBA Coach of the Year three times (1997, 1998, YEAR TEAM RECORD PCT. PLAYOFF RECORD NOTES 1999) and he led the franchise to the league's first 1997 Houston Comets 18-10 .685 2-0 WNBA Champions four titles. Under Chancellor's direction, the Comets 1998 Houston Comets 27-3 .900 4-1 WNBA Champions were the only team in the WNBA to make the play- 1999 Houston Comets 26-6 .813 4-2 WNBA Champions offs in each of the first seven seasons of the league. 2000 Houston Comets 27-5 .844 6-0 WNBA Champions 2001 Houston Comets 19-13 .594 0-2 WNBA Playoffs His 1998 Comets team still holds the record for 2002 Houston Comets 24-8 .750 1-2 WNBA Playoffs highest winning percentage in the history of NBA 2003 Houston Comets 20-14 .588 1-2 WNBA Playoffs and WNBA basketball with a 27-3 mark (.900). 2004 Houston Comets 13-21 .382 0-0 In 10 years with the Comets, Chancellors' 2005 Houston Comets 19-15 .559 2-3 WNBA Conference Finals teams posted a 211-111 record, which makes him 2006 Houston Comets 18-16 .529 0-2 WNBA Playoffs the winningest coach in the history of the league. TOTALS 10 years 211-111 .655 20-14 Chancellor had the distinction of coaching the Western Conference All-Star Team three times dur- USA Basketball YEAR TEAM EVENT RECORD FINISH ing his career and he was also named the coach of 2004 U.S. National Team Olympics 8-0 Gold Medal the WNBA's All-Decade Team in June of 2006. 2004 U.S. National Team Pre-Olympics Exhibition Games 16-0 -- As head coach of the Comets, Chancellor 2002 U.S. National Team FIBA World Championships 9-0 Gold proValuable Player five times, the WNBA Defensive 2002 U.S. National Team Opals World Challenge 4-0 1st Place Player of the Year three times and the league's most 2002 U.S. National Team WBCA All Star Challenge 1-0 improved player twice. TOTALS 38-0

FIVE STRAIGHT NCAA FINAL FOURS • THREE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS Chancellor had the distinction of coaching the Western Conference All-Star Team three times during CHANCELLOR VS. ALL OPPONENTS his career and he was also named the coach of the OPPONENT RECORD (WITH LSU) Northwestern State 2-1 WNBA's All-Decade Team in June of 2006. Abilene Christian 1-0 Notre Dame 0-1 As head coach of the Comets, Chancellor pro- Alabama 18-8 (1-0) Ohio State 2-0 duced the WNBA Most Valuable Player five times, the Alabama-Huntsville 1-0 Oklahoma State 2-0 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year three times and Alcorn State 13-1 Old Dominion 1-2 the league's most improved player twice. Appalachian State 2-0 Oral Roberts 2-0 Before his jump to the professional ranks, Arizona 0-1 Oregon State 1-0 Chancellor spent 19 seasons at Ole Miss, developing Arizona State 1-0 Pacific 1-0 the Lady Rebels into one of the nation's premier Arkansas 10-3 (2-0) Penn State 2-1 women's basketball programs. As the Ole Miss head Arkansas State 5-1 Pittsburgh 1-0 coach, Chancellor guided the Lady Rebels to the Auburn 16-16 (1-0) Prairie View A&M 1-0 NCAA Tournament 14 times, which included 11 con- Austin Peay 1-0 Purdue 1-0 secutive appearances from 1982 to 1992. Baylor 1-0 Rice 1-0 In 19 years at Ole Miss, Chancellor's teams won Belhaven 2-0 Rutgers 1-1 (0-1) at least 20 games 15 times, including a school-record Blue Mountain 2-0 Samford 1-0 (1-0) 31 wins in 1978-79. He also led the Lady Rebels to top Butler 1-0 Santa Clara 0-1 20 final rankings 13 times, with top 10 finishes four Centenary 0-0 Siena 1-0 times (No. 5 in 1992, No. 6 in 1985, No. 8 in 1987, and Central Arkansas 1-0 South Alabama 2-0 No. 10 in 1984). Central Florida 2-0 South Carolina 8-3 (1-0) Chancellor led Ole Miss to the Elite Eight at the Central Missouri 1-0 Southeast Missouri 1-0 NCAA Tournament four times, while his teams made Cheyney State 0-1 Southeastern Louisiana 8-0 the Sweet 16 on three other occasions. Connecticut 0-1 (0-1) Southern 5-0 Chancellor was named the SEC Coach of the Dayton 1-0 Southern Illinois 1-0 Year three times at Ole Miss, including the 1992 sea- Delta State 18-3 Southern Mississippi 8-3 Drake 1-1 Southern Utah 1-0 son when the Lady Rebels were 29-3 overall and Evansville 1-0 St. John's 1-0 claimed the league's regular season title with a perfect Fairfield 1-0 St. Joseph's 1-0 11-0 mark. That year, the Lady Rebels reached the Florida 9-5 (1-0) Stetson 1-0 NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight before falling to Florida International 2-0 Stanford 0-1 Southwest Missouri State. Florida State 4-1 (1-0) Stephen F. Austin 3-3 Chancellor played two years of basketball at East Georgia 7-13 (1-0) St. Mary's College 0-1 Central Junior College in Decatur, Miss., before trans- Gonzaga 0-1 St. Peter's 1-0 ferring to Mississippi State, where he earned a bache- Grambling 4-0 TCU 3-0 (1-0) lor's degree in math and physical education in 1965. Hawaii 1-0 Temple 1-0 He also entered the coaching ranks during his Houston 2-0 (1-0) Tennessee 8-16 (1-2) senior year at Mississippi State, serving as head coach Illinois-Chicago 1-0 (1-0) Tennessee-Chattanooga 2-0 of the boy's basketball team at Noxapater High School. Indiana 1-0 Tennessee State 1-0 Chancellor went on to coach boy's and girl's basketball Indiana State 0-1 Tennessee Tech 10-1 at Horn Lake High School and Harrison Central High Jackson State 17-1 (1-0) Texas 1-4 School in Mississippi. Chancellor received his master's Jacksonville State 1-0 Texas A&M 0-1 degree in physical education from Ole Miss in 1973. James Madison 1-0 Texas-Arlington 3-0 Kansas 1-0 Texas-Pan American 2-0 Kentucky 16-2 (3-0) Texas Southern 1-0 Chancellor’s Staff at LSU Lamar 2-0 Texas State 1-0 Long Beach State 0-2 Texas Tech 1-0 Long Island 1-0 Toledo 0-1 Louisiana-Lafaytette 2-0 (1-0) Troy State 1-0 Louisiana-Monroe 12-2 Tulane 3-1 (2-0) Louisiana Tech 2-3 (1-0) UAB 3-2 Loyola-Chicago 1-0 UMKC 3-0 LSU 18-8 UNC Greensboro 1-0 Maine 1-0 Union 5-0 Marist 1-0 (1-0) UNLV 1-1 Maryland 0-1 (0-1) U.S. International 1-0 McNeese State 3-0 Utah 1-0 Mercer 6-1 Valdosta State 1-2 Bob Starkey Kenya-Larkin Memphis 21-7 Vanderbilt 11-10 (1-0) Associate Head Coach Landers Miami (Fla.) 2-1 (1-0) Villanova 1-0 20th season Assistant Coach Michigan State 1-0 (1-0) Virginia Tech 2-0 First season Middle Tennessee 10-4 (0-2) Washington 0-1 Ole Miss 2-0 (2-0) West Virginia 2-0 Mississippi College 17-4 Western Kentucky 2-2 Mississippi State 39-1 (2-0) Wisconsin 1-0 Mississippi Valley 8-1 Wright State 1-0 Missouri 1-0 Xavier 0-1 Missouri-Saint Louis 2-0 Missouri State 0-1 BOLD indicates 2008-09 opponents. Montana State 1-0 Mississippi University for Women 6-2 Murray State 1-0 Nebraska 0-0 New Mexico State 0-1 Brittany Dietz New Orleans 7-0 (1-0) Travis Mays Nevada-Reno 1-0 Director of Assistant Coach North Carolina 1-1 (0-1) Basketball Operations Second season North Carolina State 1-1 First season

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