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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 24 NOVEMBER (1-3) 5 Loyola-New Orleans + W, 68-50 LSU Lady Tigers 11 Houston Jags + W, 68-30 (14-9, 7-4 SEC) 16 #16/14 Notre Dame ^ (ESPN2) L, 52-63 LSU LADY TIGERS KENTUCKY WILDCATS 24 Tulane (CST) W, 63-47 vs. 26 #25 Xavier L, 48-57 Kentucky Wildcats Record: 14-9 (7-4 SEC) Record: 14-12 (4-7 SEC) 30 Middle Tennessee L, 75-79 Ranking: NR Associated Press Ranking: NR Associated Press (14-12, 4-7 SEC) NR ESPN/USA Today NR ESPN/USA Today DECEMBER (4-1) Coaches Coaches 1 Texas Southern W, 61-30 Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009 • 2 p.m. CST Coach: Van Chancellor Coach: Matthew Mitchell 15 Louisiana Tech (CST) W, 51-41 Maravich Center (13,472) • Baton Rouge, La. School Record: 45-15 (.750, School Record: 31-28 (second 18 Southeastern Louisiana W, 65-40 second year) year) 20 at Centenary W, 74-31 TV: None Career Record: 484-169 (.741, Career Record: 61-57 (fourth Announcers: None 28 Florida State (CST) L, 57-61 21st year) year) Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network; 107.3 FM in Baton Rouge Chancellor vs. UK: 7-13 (1-0 at Mitchell vs. LSU: 0-4 and in the Geaux Zone on www.LSUsports.net Last Game: def. #13/19 JANUARY (6-3) LSU) Announcers: Patrick Wright (play-by-play); Jeff Palermo Last Game: def. Georgia, 57-46, Tennessee, 66-56, in Lexington on 1 Nebraska W, 64-50 (analyst) in Athens on Feb. 19 Feb. 19 3 at #1 Connecticut (CBS) L, 63-76 Satellite Feed: 4:45 - 5:00pm CT; Galaxy 28, Transponder 8 at Arkansas W, 62-42 12 (C-Band); Downlink Freq: 3940 MHz Horizontal 11 Alabama W, 55-34 14 at New Orleans W, 67-48 SURGING LSU LADY TIGERS GO FOR THREE WINS IN A ROW ON SUNDAY VERSUS UK 18 at #18 Vanderbilt L, 75-67 The stretch run for the LSU women's basketball team continues at 2 p.m. CST Sunday as the Lady Tigers go for three wins 22 Mississippi State (CST) L, 36-38 in a row when they take the floor against the Kentucky Wildcats at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The game will be 25 at Kentucky W, 59-56 29 at South Carolina W, 63-56 broadcast live on the LSU Sports Radio Network in the Baton Rouge area on 107.3 FM. Live streaming audio and video is also available to members of the Geaux Zone on www.LSUsports.net. LSU, which sits at 14-9 overall and 7-4 in SEC play, FEBRUARY (2-2) goes into Sunday in a tie for fourth place in the league standings with Tennessee. The Lady Tigers are one-half game back 1 #5/4 Auburn (CST) L, 55-66 of Florida for third place. Only two games separate fourth place from eighth place while Auburn and Vanderbilt vie for the 5 Arkansas (SECRN) W, 68-53 SEC Tournament's No. 1 seed with a 10-2 record. Kentucky (14-12, 4-7 SEC) is coming off a monumental victory against 8 at Mississippi State L, 55-65 No. 13 Tennessee last Thursday in Lexington. The Wildcats defeated the Lady Volunteers for the first time since 1986 in 15 #9/11 Florida (FSN) W, 66-47 19 at Georgia W, 57-46 Memorial Gymnasium. Kentucky is in the midst of a tough scheduling stretch that has featured three consecutive games 22 Kentucky 2 p.m. against ranked opponents -- No. 20 Vanderbilt, No. 4 Auburn and Tennessee. Senior center Eleia Roddy is one of three 26 Tennessee (SECRN) 8 p.m. Wildcats who average double-figures. Roddy, who posts 12.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, led all scorers with 22 points when the two teams met earlier this season on Jan. 25 in Lexington. LSU was a 59-56 winner in that contest sparked MARCH by 15 points from junior guard Andrea Kelly, including five 3-pointers. Kelly buried back-to-back 3-pointers in the final six 1 at Ole Miss 2 p.m. 5-8 SEC Tournament TBA minutes that put the Lady Tigers in front for good. LSU's defense continues to be dominant on a national level, and the Lady 22 NCAA Tournament First Round TBA Tigers have not trailed in their two previous games. LSU has held two straight opponents to 50 points or less. Georgia man- 24 NCAA Tournament Second Round TBA aged only a 34.7 shooting effort from the field in a 57-46 loss to the Lady Tigers on Thursday. All five LSU starters scored, and junior guard Allison Hightower poured in 16 points with five assists. Hightower has reached double-figures in 11 + - denotes exhibition game straight games and averages a team-high 14.1 points per game. The Arlington, Texas, native has racked up 14 steals in her ^ - denotes State Farm Tip-Off Classic * - denotes Southeastern Conference game four previous games with seven blocks. Freshman forward LaSondra Barrett is coming off her second career double-dou- SECRN - aired on Fox Sports Net; CST - Cox Sports ble with 15 points and 10 boards. Barrett scores 11.0 points per game and leads the Lady Tigers with 5.8 rebounds per con- Television test. LSU has won the last 15 meetings against Kentucky and owns a 27-7 mark all-time in the series. The Wildcats have All times Central and subject to change. not won a game this decade against the Lady Tigers. UK last defeated LSU on Feb. 26, 1999, at the SEC Tournament in Chattanooga, Tenn. BY THE NUMBERS LSU PROBABLE STARTERS (14-9, 7-4 SEC) 21-4 - Van Chancellor’s record in SEC regu- G 3 Latear Eason 5-8 So. 3.5 ppg 2.1 rpg 2.0 apg lar season games at LSU • Has made 11 starts this season ... Career-high 16 points vs. Arkansas on Feb. 5 ... Career-high six assists vs. Florida G 1 Katherine Graham 5-11 So. 5.4 ppg 5.2 rpg 2.7 apg 5 - straight NCAA Final Fours, only the sec- • Returned to the starting lineup on Feb. 5 after suffering knee injury at UNO on Jan. 14 ... 4th in SEC in assist/turnover ratio (1.7) ond school in NCAA women’s history G 23 Allison Hightower 5-10 Jr. 14.1 ppg 4.5 rpg 2.7 apg • 2008-09 Preseason All-SEC Coaches First Team ... Ranks 6th in SEC in ppg, 2nd in minutes pg, 4th in FG% ... 21 pts vs. Florida 5 - times LSU has held an SEC opponent to F 55 LaSondra Barrett 6-2 Fr. 11.0 ppg 5.8 rpg 1.3 apg 50 points or less this season • 27 points at Arkansas on Jan. 8 (LSU Fr. record) ... Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week ... 12 points vs. Florida 47.8 - percent of total points scored by LSU F 44 Kristen Morris 6-2 Sr. 5.3 ppg 3.9 rpg 0.4 apg true freshmen this season (661 of the 1,384) • 47 points in last 4 games ... Averaged 2.8 points through 16 games but has responded with 9.6 ppg since ... Playing her 101st career gm KENTUCKY PROBABLE STARTERS (14-12, 4-7 SEC) 11 - straight double-figure scoring games by F 34 Victoria Dunlap 6-1 So. 12.1 ppg 9.0 rpg preseason All-SEC guard Allison Hightower C 1 Eleia Roddy 6-3 So. 12.2 ppg 8.5 rpg 52.2 - points allowed per game by LSU, G 24 Amber Smith 5-5 Sr. 7.9 ppg 3.7 rpg which ranks first in the SEC and fifth in the G 25 Amani Franklin 5-11 Jr. 10.8 ppg 4.3 rpg nation G 00 Carly Ormerod 5-8 So. 5.7 ppg 3.2 rpg LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 24 NOTES • VS. KENTUCKY • FEB. 22, 2009 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 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) Associate Head Coach: Bob Starkey PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Assistant Coach: Travis Mays (Texas, 1990) 3 Latear Eason La-TEAR Assistant Coach: Kenya Larkin-Landers (Texas, 2002) 11 Andrea Kelly An-DREE-uh Director of Basketball Operations: Brittany Dietz (Oklahoma State, 2005) 20 Destini Hughes Des-TUH-knee Athletics Trainer: Micki Collins (Nebraska, 2000) 24 Ayana Dunning Eye-YA-nah Sports Information: Bill Martin (LSU, 2007) 55 LaSondra Barrett Luh-SAWN-druh 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.