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2005-06 SEASON QUICK FACTS LSU head coach: Pokey Chatman Final Notes Chatman’s career record: 64-7 (2nd year) Chatman’s LSU record: 64-7 (2nd year) SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL CHAMPIONS NCAA Tournament Appearance: 16th NCAA Tournament Record: 28-16 Chatman in the NCAA Tournament: 8-2 LSU LADY TIGERS Last year: LSU, the No. 1 seed in the Chattanooga Region, defeated Stetson, (31-4, 13-1 SEC) Arizona, Liberty and Duke to advance to a sec- ond straight Final Four. The Lady Tigers fell to No. 5 AP/No. 4 Coaches Baylor in the national semifinals. Television: ESPN (Mike Patrick and Doris SEC Regular Season Champions Burke) Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network (Patrick Third Straight NCAA Final Fours Wright and Brian Miller) LSU Sports Information: Brian Miller LADY TIGERS PROBABLE STARTERS O: (225) 578-8204 C: (225) 939-0204 G 5 Erica White 5-3 So. 5.6 ppg 2.6 rpg 5.4 apg • Started the last 20 games G 32 Scholanda Hoston 5-10 Sr. 8.6 ppg 2.5 rpg 2.2 apg • Started 84 games in her career SCHEDULE/RESULTS G 33 Seimone Augustus 6-1 Sr. 22.7 ppg 4.7 rpg 56.1 FG% NOVEMBER • Started a school record 140 games in her career 13 vs. #13 Texas Tech + (ESPN2) W, 76-68 F 54 Ashley Thomas 6-0 So. 4.5 ppg 4.8 rpg 1.1 spg 22 Southern (Cox Sports) W, 107-39 • Started 22 games 25 vs. Nebraska % W, 74-55 C 34 Sylvia Fowles 6-6 So. 15.9 ppg 11.6 rpg 60.7 FG% 26 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi % W, 74-45 • Started all 35 games this season DECEMBER 12 New Orleans W, 72-41 LADY TIGERS OFF THE BENCH 15 at #4 Ohio State (ESPN2) W, 64-48 F 22 Florence Williams 6-1 Sr. 6.0 ppg 3.8 rpg 47.7 FG% 18 at Kentucky * (SEC-TV) W, 66-36 20 Tulane (Cox Sports) W, 89-60 G 12 RaShonta LeBlanc 5-7 So. 3.2 ppg 2.3 rpg 3.2 apg 28 #10/12 Michigan State W, 72-52 G 15 Quianna Chaney 5-11 So. 6.1 ppg 2.2 rpg 1.6 apg 30 South Florida (Cox Sports) W, 87-44 F 44 Kristen Morris 6-2 Fr. 2.2 ppg 2.3 rpg 48.1 FG% JANUARY 1 North Carolina A&T W, 99-35 G 10 Khalilah Mitchell 5-11 So. 1.3 ppg 1.1 rpg 0.9 apg 4 at Auburn * (SEC-TV) W, 65-38 G 24 Marian Whitfield 5-9 So. 1.6 ppg 0.8 rpg 0.5 apg 7 #15 Minnesota (CBS) W, 66-45 12 South Carolina * W, 79-46 ANOTHER SOLID SEASON 16 at #5/7 Connecticut $ (ESPN2) L, 51-48 LSU completed the season with a 31-4 record and a trip to the program’s third straight Final Four. 19 Alabama * W, 79-43 The Lady Tigers posted a 13-1 record in the Southeastern Conference and claimed a second 22 at #13/16 Georgia * (SEC-TV) W, 65-64 straight regular season title. The season opened with 14 straight wins, including road victories over 26 #22 Vanderbilt * (SEC-TV) W, 75-53 No. 13 Texas Tech and No. 4 Ohio State and home wins over No. 10 Michigan State and No. 15 30 #10 Baylor (ESPN2) W, 88-57 Minnesota. A two-point loss at No. 5 UConn snapped the winning streak, but LSU rebounded to win FEBRUARY 2 at Arkansas * W, 93-59 eight straight, including a pair of wins over Georgia, a win over Baylor and the program’s first vic- 5 Ole Miss * (Cox Sports-TD) W, 78-63 tory at Tennessee. Florida upset LSU, 79-78, in overtime for the school’s lone blemish in SEC play. 9 at #5 Tennessee * (ESPN2) W, 72-69 Seimone Augustus highlighted LSU’s individual performances. The senior moved into second- 12 #13 Georgia * (ESPN2) W, 68-61 place on LSU’s career scoring list, owns the NCAA record for double figure scoring games and was 16 at Florida * L, 79-78 ot named the National Player of the Year for a second straight season. The Baton Rouge native was 19 Arkansas * (Cox Sports-TD) W, 64-42 also named the SEC Player of the Year for the second straight season and was joined as a first- 23 at Alabama * W, 86-61 team All-SEC selection by Sylvia Fowles. Scholanda Hoston earned second-team All-SEC hon- 26 Mississippi State * (SEC-TV) W, 62-48 MARCH ors. 3 vs. Ole Miss ! (SEC-TV) W, 91-73 4 vs. Kentucky ! (SEC-TV) W, 79-52 NOTE WORTHY.. 5 vs. #8/9 Tennessee ! (ESPN2) L, 63-62 • Seimone Augustus ranks second in career points at LSU with 2,702 (page 4). 18 vs. Florida Atlantic ~ (ESPN2) W, 72-48 • Seimone Augustus holds the NCAA record for career double figure scoring games (page 4). 20 vs. Washington ~ (ESPN2) W, 72-49 • Seimone Augustus led the nation in scoring average (page 9). 25 vs. #13 DePaul $ (ESPN) W, 66-56 • Sylvia Fowles had a team and SEC-best 23 double doubles (page 5). 27 vs. #13 Stanford $ (ESPN) W, 62-59 • Sylvia Fowles is 17 points away from 1,000 in her career (page 5). APRIL 2 vs. #4 Duke @ (ESPN) L, 64-45 • Scholanda Hoston ranks 15th in LSU’s career scoring list and seventh in career steals (page 6). * - denotes Southeastern Conference games; @ - NCAA Final Four in • LSU completed its 2005-06 home schedule with a perfect 15-0 mark, extending the streak to 31 Boston; $ - NCAA Tournament Regional in San Antonio; ~ - NCAA straight wins at home (page 7). Tournament First-and SecondRound games in Nashville, Tenn.; ! - SEC Tournament in N. Little Rock, Ark.; + - State Farm Tip-Off Classic hosted • Three Lady Tigers earned SEC postseason honors, including the Player of the Year (page 12). by Texas Tech in Lubbock; % - Miami Thanksgiving Classic held in Miami, Fla; $ - Game played in the Hartford Civic Center; SEC-TV - aired on Fox Sports Net; All times central. 2005-06 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 1 2005-06 LADY TIGERS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl./Exp. Hometown/High School(Previous School) 4 Katie Antony G 5-10 Jr./TR* Anacoco, La./Anacoco HS(Vanderbilt) 5 Erica White G 5-3 So./1L Jacksonville, Fla./Ribault HS 10 Khalilah Mitchell G 5-11 So./1L New Orleans, La./St. Mary’s HS 12 RaShonta LeBlanc G 5-7 So./1L Port Arthur, Texas/Memorial HS 15 Quianna Chaney G 5-11 So./1L Baton Rouge, La./Southern Lab HS 22 Florence Williams F 6-1 Sr./3L Miami, Fla./Edison HS 24 Marian Whitfield G 5-9 So./1L Augusta, Ga./Glenn Hills HS 32 Scholanda Hoston G 5-10 Sr../3L Miami, Fla./Edison HS 33 Seimone Augustus G 6-1 Sr./3L Baton Rouge, La./Capitol HS 34 Sylvia Fowles C 6-6 So./1L Miami, Fla./Edison HS 44 Kristen Morris F 6-2 Fr./HS Lathrup Village, Mich./Detroit Country Day School 54 Ashley Thomas F 6-0 So./1L Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson HS * - will sit out the 2005-06 season after transfering Head Coach: Pokey Chatman (LSU, 1991) Assistant Coach: Bob Starkey Assistant Coach: Carla Berry (LSU, 1993) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Assistant Coach: Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech, 2000) 10 Khalilah Mitchell kah-LIL-la Dir. of Basketball Operations: Joe Carvalhido (St. John’s, 1999) 12 RaShonta LeBlanc rah-SHON- tay LAY-blonk Athletics Trainer: Micki Collins 15 Quianna Chaney KEY-on-ah Student Assistant Trainer: Ashante’ Simms 31 Sylvia Fowles fouls 32 Scholanda Hoston SHOW-lahn-da HAHS-ton Student Managers: Ashley Darville, Traci Moore 33 Seimone Augustus sah-MOAN Sports Information: Brian Miller SPORTS INFORMATION INTERVIEW POLICIES MEDIA.LSUSPORTS.NET Brian Miller handles the sports information Requests to interview coach Pokey Media can now access images for all LSU duties for the Lady Tigers basketball team. 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LADY TIGERS UPCOMING SCHEDULE (subject to change) Monday - 27 Tuesday - 28 Wednesday - 29 Thursday - 30 Friday - 31 Saturday - 1 Sunday - 2 Practice Practice GAME Depart for GAME 1 - 3 p.m. 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. vs. Stanford OFF Boston TBA vs. Duke PMAC Main News Conference approx. 8 p.m. 1 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Closed 1:45 - 2:15 p.m. Monday - 3 Tuesday - 4 Wednesday - 5 Thursday - 6 Friday - 7 Saturday - 8 Sunday - 9 WNBA Draft TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Noon 2005-06 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 2 SEIMONE IN THE BOOKS FINISHED SECOND! SEIMONE IN THE NATION Senior Seimone Augustus became the CAREER POINTS second leading scorer in LSU history with ACTIVE CAREER POINTS (end of season) RK PLAYER G PTS AVG RK PLAYER G PTS AVG 1.