LSU Lady Tigers (29-1, 14-0 SEC) Two Titles (1991, 2003) Chatman Is the SEC Tournament: 2-0 No
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SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT QUICK FACTS Game #31 LSU head coach: Pokey Chatman Chatman’s career record: 29-1 (1st year) No. 1 seed Chatman’s LSU record: 29-1 (1st year) LSU’s SEC Tournament Record: 21-23, LSU Lady Tigers (29-1, 14-0 SEC) two titles (1991, 2003) Chatman is the SEC Tournament: 2-0 No. 1 AP/No. 1 Coaches Record as the No. 1 seed: 2-0 vs. Last Year: LSU, the No. 2 seed, defeated Ole Miss in the second round before falling No. 2 seed Tennessee (25-4, 13-1 SEC) to eventual champion Vanderbilt in the semi- final. No. 5 AP/No. 4 Coaches Television: ESPN2 -live (Ch. 36 in Baton Rouge) Mar. 6, 2005 • BI-LO Center • Greenville, S.C. • 6 p.m. CST Radio: Live on the LSU Sports Network (107.3 FM) with Patrick Wright and Brian LADY TIGERS PROBABLE STARTERS Miller. G 2 Temeka Johnson 5-3 Sr. 9.9 ppg 7.4 apg 3.1 rpg LSU Sports Information: Brian Miller • Has started 121 straight games O: (225) 578-8204 C: (225) 939-0204 G 32 Scholanda Hoston 5-10 Jr. 8.8 ppg 2.5 rpg 2.3 spg • Started 43 games in her career F 33 Seimone Augustus 6-1 Jr. 20.0 ppg 4.5 rpg 55.4 FG% • Started all 99 games of her career F 34 Wendlyn Jones 6-1 Jr. 5.3 ppg 5.2 rpg SCHEDULE/RESULTS • Has started 47 straight games NOVEMBER C 52 Tillie Willis 6-3 Sr. 3.1 ppg 3.8 rpg 50.6 FG% 2 Everyone’s Internet (exh.) W, 78-70 11 Maine ^ W, 81-50 • Has started 33 straight games 12 Arizona State ^ W, 65-54 LADY TIGERS OFF THE BENCH 14 vs. #8 Baylor + (ESPN2) W, 71-70 21 vs. Southern Miss & W, 80-35 C 31 Sylvia Fowles 6-5 Fr. 12.1 ppg 9.1 rpg 2.8 bpg 23 at Temple W, 65-51 G 15 Quianna Chaney 5-11 Fr. 5.2 ppg 0.8 rpg 35.4 3FG% 26 vs. #22 Maryland % W, 64-51 27 vs. Colorado % (FSN-RM) W, 75-44 F 22 Florence Williams 6-1 Sr. 3.0 ppg 2.5 rpg 30 North Texas W, 77-51 G 5 Erica White 5-3 Fr. 1.4 ppg 0.8 rpg 1.1 apg DECEMBER C 55 Crystal White 6-5 Sr. 1.7 ppg 1.9 rpg 0.8 bpg 14 at #13 Minnesota (ESPN2) W, 75-67 18 at Southwest Missouri St. # (FSN) W, 66-54 SEC CHAMPS! 21 at UC-Santa Barbara W, 72-52 30 Texas State W, 78-38 LSU won its first Southeastern Conference regular season championship with a perfect 14-0 JANUARY record. The perfect record marked the 13th time a school completed the schedule unblem- 2 Tulane (Cox Sports) W, 79-45 ished and the second school (Tennessee four times) to do it since the league went to a 14- 5 at #14 Rutgers L, 51-49 ot game schedule in 1998. The Lady Tigers’ run to the title included home wins over Georgia, 8 #17 Georgia * (CBS) W, 76-52 13 at Florida * (Sunshine) W, 64-47 Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Tennessee, Kentucky and Florida and road wins over Florida, 16 Alabama * (Cox Sports-TD) W, 76-51 Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Auburn and Arkansas. 20 Arkansas * (Cox Sports-TD) W, 91-45 23 at #17 Vanderbilt * (SEC-TV) W, 79-68 30 Auburn * (SEC-TV) W, 57-52 IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, AGAIN FEBRUARY LSU advanced to the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game for the third 3 at Ole Miss * W, 82-58 time in the past four seasons and the fifth time overall with victories over Alabama in the sec- 6 at Mississippi State * W, 67-40 ond round and Georgia in the semifinals. The Lady Tigers appeared in the 2002 and 2003 10 #5 Tennessee * (ESPN2) W, 68-58 13 at South Carolina * W, 66-36 championship game, winning the title in 2003 with a victory over Tennessee in Little Rock, Ark. 17 Kentucky * (Cox Sports) W, 81-58 LSU also advanced to the championship game in 1986 and again in 1991, winning the title in 20 at Auburn * W, 62-57 Albany, Ga., with a win over Tennessee. 24 at Arkansas * (SEC-TV) W, 90-64 27 Florida * (SEC-TV) W, 76-52 MARCH IN CONCLUSION... 4 vs. Alabama (SEC-TV) ! W, 60-59 LSU completed the regular season with a 27-1 record, the best regular season mark in the 5 vs. #21 Georgia (SEC-TV) ! W, 79-65 program’s history. The Lady Tigers started the season with 13 straight wins and enter the tour- 6 vs. #5 Tennessee (ESPN2) ! 6 p.m. nament riding a 14-game win streak. The team has been ranked No. 1 in the polls for 11 week * - denotes Southeastern Conference game; ! - Southeastern Conference and have not dropped below No. 3 all season. Temeka Johnson highlighted the individual Tournament in Greenville, S.C.; ^ - Women’s Sports Foundation Classic hosted by LSU; + - State Farm Tipoff Classic in Austin, Texas; & - Hosted performances by becoming the SEC’s all-time assist leader and currently ranks ninth in NCAA by LSU in the Houma (La.) Civic Center; % - Coors Classic hosted by Colorado in Boulder; # - Triple Crown Classic in Springfield, Mo.; all times history. Seimone Augustus led the team by averaging 20.0 points per game, while Sylvia central. Fowles is averaging 12.3 points and 9.2 rebounds per game as a freshman. 2004-05 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 1 2004-05 LADY TIGERS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl./Exp. Hometown/High School(Previous School) 2 Temeka Johnson G 5-3 Sr./3L New Orleans, La./Bonnabel HS 5 Erica White G 5-3 Fr./HS Jacksonville, Fla./Ribault HS 10 Khalilah Mitchell G 5-11 Fr./RS New Orleans, La./St. Mary’s HS 12 RaShonta LeBlanc G 5-7 Fr./HS Port Arthur, Texas/Memorial HS 15 Quianna Chaney G 5-11 Fr./HS Baton Rouge, La./Southern Lab HS 22 Florence Williams F 6-1 Sr./2L Miami, Fla./Edison HS 24 Marian Whitfield G 5-9 Fr./RS Augusta, Ga./Glenn Hills HS 31 Sylvia Fowles C 6-5 Fr./HS Miami, Fla./Edison HS 32 Scholanda Hoston G 5-10 Jr../2L Miami, Fla./Edison HS 33 Seimone Augustus G 6-1 Jr./2L Baton Rouge, La./Capitol HS 34 Wendlyn Jones F 6-1 Jr./2L Blytheville, Ark./Blytheville HS 42 Hanna Biernacka F 6-1 So./1L Sodertalje, Sweden/Telge Energi Club 52 Tillie Willis F 6-3 Sr./3L Mabelton, Ga./Cumberland Christian HS 54 Ashley Thomas F 6-0 Fr./HS Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson HS 55 Crystal White C 6-5 Sr./2L Mount Clemens, Mich./Mount Clemems HS(Duke) Head Coach: Pokey Chatman (LSU, 1991) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Assistant Coach: Bob Starkey Assistant Coach: Carla Berry (LSU, 1993) 2 Temeka Johnson TAH-me-kah 10 Khalilah Mitchell kah-LIL-ah Assistant Coach: Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech, 2000) 12 RaShonta LeBlanc rah-SHON- tay LAY-blonk Administrative Assistant: Joe Carvalhido (St. John’s, 1999) 15 Quianna Chaney KEY-on-ah Athletics Trainer: Micki Sandy 31 Sylvia Fowles fouls Student Assistant Trainer: Patrick Whitley 32 Scholanda Hoston SHOW-lahn-da HAAS-ton 33 Seimone Augustus sah-MOAN Student Managers: Ashley Darville, Traci Moore 42 Hanna Biernacka beer-naash-ka 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. Chatman or other members of the Lady athletics team, including action shots, head He can be reached in his office at (225) 578- Tigers basketball team should be made at shots and logos. Contact Brian Miller for a 8204 or 8226, via E-mail at least 24 hours in advance to Brian Miller in login and password to enter the site and [email protected], at home at (225) 261- the LSU Sports Information Office located retrieve photos. This service is for media 7941 or by cell phone at (225) 939-0204. on the 5th floor of the Athletics only. Administration building. Requests will be THE NET met bases on the players class and practice Information about the Lady Tigers basket- schedules. ball team is also available on LSU’s official athletics website, www.LSUSports.net. Visit www.seimone33.com for the latest photos, video and statistics Information about the Southeastern for Player of the Year candidate Seimone Augustus. Conference is available at www.sec.org. LADY TIGERS UPCOMING SCHEDULE (subject to change) Monday - 28 Tuesday - 1 Wednesday - 2 Thursday - 3 Friday - 4 Saturday - 5 Sunday - 6 Practice Practice Travel to GAME OFF PMAC Main PMAC Main Greenville, S.C. vs. Alabama/Florida TBA TBA 2:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Noon Noon CST Monday - 7 Tuesday - 8 Wednesday - 9 Thursday - 10 Friday - 11 Saturday - 12 Sunday - 13 NCAA Selection Show OFF TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA. PMAC Main 4 p.m. 2004-05 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 2 “Pokey has all the makings of a Pokey Chatman great coach, I believe she will HEAD COACH find immediate success.” 29-1 (first year) 14th season as a coach at LSU -LSU ATHLETICS DIRECTOR SKIP BERTMAN Birthdate: June 18, 1969 Age: 34 THE CHATMAN FILE Hometown: Ama, La. AS A PLAYER AT LSU: College: LSU, 1991 Year Record Post-Season Highlights 1988 18-11 NCAA First Round Freshman All-SEC Team It happens every so often in college 1989 19-11 NCAA Sweet 16 First Team All-SEC sports: a legend becomes synonymous with a 1990 21-9 NCAA First Round First Team All-SEC school's program.