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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. 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