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2007-008 LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TODAY’S GAME QUICK FACTS LSU head coach: Van Chancellor Game #10 Chancellor’s career record: 446-156 (20th year) Chancellor’s LSU record: 7-2 (1st year) (7-2, 0-0 SEC) UIC head coach: Lisa Ryckbosch LSU Lady Tigers School record: 81-74 (6th year) No. 8 AP/No. 8 Coaches Career record: 81-74 (6th year) vs. Series record: First meeting Last meeting: First meeting Television: None Illinois-Chicago (3-5, 0-0 Horizon) Satellite feed: None Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network (Jeff Palermo NR AP/NR Coaches & Brian Miller) Officials: Tommy Salerno, Chaney Muench, Dec. 18, 2007 • Moon Palace Resort Steve Lawrence Cancun, Mexico • 2:30 p.m. CST LSU Sports Information: Brian Miller C: 225-939-0204 E-mail: [email protected] LADY TIGERS’ PROBABLE STARTERS UIC Sports Information: Beth Usewicz G 5 Erica White 5-3 Sr. 4.1 ppg 2.3 rpg 3.8 apg C: 314-283-8369 E-mail: [email protected] • Has started 64 games in her career G 12 RaShonta LeBlanc 5-7 Sr. 6.8 ppg 3.8 rpg 3.1 apg • Has started 63 games in her career G 15 Quianna Chaney 5-11 Sr. 13.4 ppg 2.9 rpg 2.7 apg • Has started 47 games in her career SCHEDULE/RESULTS F 54 Ashley Thomas 6-0 Sr. 4.2 ppg 4.4 rpg 1.8 spg • Has started 64 games in her career OCTOBER C 34 Sylvia Fowles 6-6 Sr. 17.9 ppg 9.7 rpg 1.6 bpg 31 All-Stars (Exh.) W, 94-35 NOVEMBER • Has started 82 games in her career 5 Houston Jaguars (Exh.) W, 82-51 FLAMES’ PROBABLE STARTERS 9 Samford + W, 86-38 11 TCU + W, 73-54 G 3 Jessica Miller 5-8 So. 13.5 ppg 4.4 rpg 3.5 apg 15 #17/18 Michigan State + W, 64-41 G 12 Briana Hinkle 5-7 So. 11.8 ppg 3.6 rpg 2.5 spg 18 at #3/3 Maryland + L, 75-62 G 22 Meghan Hutchens 6-0 Jr. 5.3 ppg 2.9 rpg 1.4 apg 21 UL-Lafayette W, 72-37 25 at #7/7 Rutgers (ESPN2) L, 45-43 F 35 Ashley Hluska 6-1 Jr. 5.7 ppg 4.3 rpg 1.0 spg 29 at Houston W, 77-46 C 30 Nikki Grobbecker 6-2 Jr. 2.9 ppg 7.6 rpg 0.9 bpg DECEMBER 2 at Tulane W, 52-36 LAST TIME OUT 16 at Louisiana Tech (CST) W, 76-45 Sylvia Fowles 16 points led four players in double figures in LSU’s 76-45 victory at Louisiana Tech on 18 vs. Illinois-Chicago ^ 2:30 p.m. Sunday. In addition to Fowles, who also added eight rebounds, Ashley Thomas, RaShonta LeBlanc and 19 vs. Miami (Fla.) ^ 2:30 p.m. Marian Whitfield each scored 10 points. LSU shot 50.0 percent from the floor in the game and held 28 at Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. Louisiana Tech to just 26.7 percent from the floor, including 21.2 percent in the second half. The Lady 30 New Orleans (CST) 2 p.m. Tigers won the battle on the boards as well, grabbing 46 to Tech’s 39. JANUARY 3 at Florida State 6 p.m. ABOUT ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 10 at Arkansas * 7 p.m. The Flames, out of the Horizon League, are 3-5 overall this season with wins over Northwestern, Eastern 13 Vanderbilt * (SEC-TV) 4 p.m. Illinois and Northern Illinois. UIC enters the game having dropped three straight games.Lisa Ryckbosch, 20 Mississippi State * (CST-delay) 2 p.m. in her sixth season as head coach, leads the Flames with a 81-74 career record. 24 at Auburn * 6 p.m. 27 at Kentucky * (SEC-TV) 1:30 p.m. 31 South Carolina * 7 p.m. THE CARIBBEAN CLASSIC FEBRUARY This LSU’s two games in Cancun for the Caribbean Classic marks the school’s first visit 3 at Florida * (SEC-TV) 11 a.m. to Mexico. This is only the fourth trip off of the mainland for the Lady Tigers who also 7 at Alabama * 6 p.m. played in Nassau, Bahamas in 1996, Honolulu, Hawaii in 1997 and in St. Thomas, Virgin 10 Georgia * (ESPN2) 1 p.m. Islands in 2000. LSU will face UIC on Tuesday and Miami on Wednesday before heading 14 at Tennessee * (SEC-TV) 6 p.m. back to Baton Rouge. 17 Ole Miss * 2 p.m. 21 Kentucky * (CST-delay) 7 p.m. UP NEXT 25 Connecticut (ESPN2) 6 p.m. The Lady Tigers take break for the holidays and return to action at Middle Tennessee State on Dec. 28 28 Arkansas * (CST) 7 p.m. before hosting New Orleans on Dec. 30. MARCH 2 at Mississippi State * (SEC-TV) 2:30 p.m. NOTE WORTHY... 6-9 SEC Tournament ! TBA • Sylvia Fowles sits seventh on LSU’s career scoring list and second in career rebounds (page 5). * - denotes Southeastern Conference game; + - Preseason WNIT; ^ - • Sylvia Fowles is one double double away from the school record (page 5). Caribbean Classic in Cancun, Mexico; ! - SEC Tournament in Nashville, Tenn..; SEC-TV - aired on Fox Sports Net;CST - Cox Sports Television; • LSU is nine wins away from 700 as a program (page 6). All times central. • See head coach Van Chancellor’s career record (page 19). 2007-08 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 1 2007-08 LADY TIGERS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl./Exp. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 1 Katherine Graham G 5-11 Fr./HS Birmingham, Ala./Ramsay HS 3 Latear Eason G 5-8 Fr./HS Chicago, Ill./John Hope Academy 5 Erica White G 5-3 Sr./3L Jacksonville, Fla./Ribault HS 10 Khalilah Mitchell G 5-11 Sr./3L New Orleans, La./St. Mary’s HS 12 RaShonta LeBlanc G 5-7 Sr./3L Port Arthur, Texas/Memorial HS 15 Quianna Chaney G 5-11 Sr./3L Baton Rouge, La./Southern Lab HS 23 Allison Hightower G 5-10 So./1L Arlington, Texas/Juan Seguin HS 24 Marian Whitfield G 5-9 Sr./3L Augusta, Ga./Glenn Hills HS 25 Mesha Williams C 6-3 Sr./1L St. Louis, Mo./Gateway Tech HS (Moberly CC) 34 Sylvia Fowles C 6-6 Sr./3L Miami, Fla./Edison HS 44 Kristen Morris F 6-2 Jr./2L Lathrup Village, Mich./Detroit Country Day School 54 Ashley Thomas F 6-0 Sr./3L Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson HS Head Coach: Van Chancellor (Mississippi State, 1965) Associate Head Coach: Bob Starkey PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Assistant Coach: Travis Mays (Texas, 1990) Assistant Coach: Yolanda Wells-Broughton (Grambling State, 1995) 3 Latear Eason lah-TEAR Dir. of Basketball Operations: Joe Carvalhido (St. John’s, 1999) 10 Khalilah Mitchell kah-LIL-la Athletics Trainer: Micki Collins 12 RaShonta LeBlanc rah-SHON-tay lay-BLONK Strength & Conditioning Coach: Melissa Moore 15 Quianna Chaney KEY-on-ah 25 Mesha Williams MEE-sha Student Assistant Trainer: Jarrod Swanson 34 Sylvia Fowles fouls Student Managers: Brittany Ward, Ebonie Matthews, Erica Killum Sports Information: Brian Miller SPORTS INFORMATION INTERVIEW POLICIES MEDIA CREDENTIALS Brian Miller handles the sports information duties Requests to interview coach Van Chancellor or All requests for working press, photo and broad- for the Lady Tigers basketball team. He can be other members of the Lady Tigers basketball cast credentials for LSU 2007-2008 home basket- reached in his office at (225) 578-8204 or 8226, team should be made at least 24 hours in ball games should be made online at via e-mail at [email protected], at home at (225) advance to Brian Miller. Requests will be met www.LSUsports.net/media by filling out the 261-7941 or by cell phone at (225) 939-0204. based on the players class and practice sched- form for credentials. Credentials must be request- ules. ed no later than NOON the day before a game. All THE NET credentials can be picked up at the will-call media Information about the Lady Tigers basketball MEDIA.LSUSPORTS.NET table inside the Northeast Corridor entrance of team is also available on LSU’s official athletics Media can now access images for all LSU athlet- the Maravich Center. website, www.LSUSports.net. Information about ics team, including action shots, head shots and the Southeastern Conference is available at logos. Contact Brian Miller for a login and pass- www.sec.org. word to enter the site and retrieve photos. This service is for media only. LADY TIGERS UPCOMING SCHEDULE (subject to change) Monday - 10 Tuesday - 11 Wednesday - 12 Thursday - 13 Friday - 14 Saturday - 15 Sunday - 16 GAME OFF TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA at Louisiana Tech 2 p.m. CST Monday - 17 Tuesday - 18 Wednesday - 19 Thursday - 20 Friday - 21 Saturday - 22 Sunday - 23 Depart from Houston GAME GAME for Cancun vs. Illinois-Chicago vs. Miami (Fla.) OFF OFF OFF OFF 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m. CST 2:30 p.m. CST 2007-08 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 2 PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR AND ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATE SYLVIA FOWLES FOWLES’ CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES FOWLES VS. THE TOP 25 2004-05 (12) 43. at South Florida (Jan. 3, 2007) 15 16 2004-2005 (11 games) OPPONENT PTS REB BLK S OPPONENT PTS REBS 44. vs. #15 Georgia (Jan. 7, 2007) 20 12 vs. #8 Baylor 8 4 3 2 1. vs. Maine (Nov. 11, 2004) 13 11 45. at Ole Miss (Jan. 11, 2007) 25 19 vs. #22 Maryland 18 15 4 1 2. at Temple (Nov.