2009-2010 LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Five NCAA Final Fours • 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 • Three SEC Championships • 2005, 2006, 2008 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 8 • SUE GUNTER CLASSIC NOVEMBER (5-0) 15 Centenary W, 92-19 #5/12 LSU Lady Tigers 18 #24 Middle Tennessee (CST) W, 61-40 (7-0, 0-0 SEC) 21 Houston W, 72-54 LSU LADY TIGERS HOUSTON BAPTIST 22 Nicholls State W, 86-49 vs. 25 at Tulane W, 73-65 OT Houston Baptist Huskies Record: 7-0 (0-0 SEC) Record: 2-7 (0-0 Great West) (2-7) Ranking: No. 5 Associated Press Ranking: NR Associated Press DECEMBER (2-0) No. 12 ESPN/USA Today NR ESPN/USA Today Coaches Coach: Todd Buchanan 1 at Louisiana Tech W, 77-74 Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 • 7 p.m. CST Coaches 13 New Orleans (CST) W, 57-33 Coach: Van Chancellor School Record: 79-50 (fifth year) Maravich Center (13,472) • Baton Rouge, La. School Record: 57-17 (.770, third Career Record: 98-86 (seventh 15 ^ Houston Baptist (CST) 7 p.m. year) year) 16 ^ TBA 7 p.m. TV: CST (cable channel 37 in Baton Rouge) Career Record: 496-171 (.743/22nd Last Game: lost to Stephen F. 20 at #20 Nebraska 1 p.m. Announcers: Lyn Rollins (play-by-play), Victor Howell (analyst) year) Austin, 92-46, on Dec. 12 in Houston 22 Southeastern Louisiana 7 p.m. Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network, 107.3 FM in Baton Rouge and Chancellor vs. HBU: 0-0 30 at Xavier (Ohio) 6 p.m. in the Geaux Zone on LSUsports.net Last Game: def. New Orleans, 57-33, Announcers: Patrick Wright (play-by-play), Jeff Palermo on Sunday in Baton Rouge JANUARY Satellite Feed: None 3 * at South Carolina (ESPNU) 5 p.m. 7 * at Arkansas 7 p.m. 10 * Auburn (FSN) 2 p.m. NO. 5 LSU LADY TIGERS HOST INAUGURAL SUE GUNTER CLASSIC 17 * at Ole Miss (CSS) 2 p.m. One of women’s college basketball’s greatest pioneers will be honored with a two-day event in her name that begins Tuesday in the Pete 21 * South Carolina (CST) 6 p.m. Maravich Assembly Center. The fifth-ranked LSU Lady Tigers take on Houston Baptist at 7 p.m. CST Tuesday in the inaugural Sue Gunter 24 * Tennessee (ESPNU) 5 p.m. Classic, named in honor of the late LSU Hall of Fame coach. LSU (7-0) and Houston Baptist (2-7) tip in the second-half of the doubleheader. 28 * Kentucky (CST) 7 p.m. 31 * at Alabama 2 p.m. That game will be televised live by Cox Sports Television and feature live streaming audio and video in the Geaux Zone on www.LSUsports. net. The contest will be broadcast live on the LSU Sports Radio Network on 107.3 FM in Baton Rouge. UL-Lafayette (2-6) takes on North FEBRUARY Carolina A&T (3-4) in the first game at 4:30 p.m. CST. The two winners meet in the championship game at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The consola- 4 * at Georgia (CSS) 6 p.m. tion game will be played at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. 7 * Ole Miss (SECN) 1 p.m. NOTING THE LSU LADY TIGERS 11 * at Florida 6 p.m. 14 * at Auburn (FSN) 3 p.m. > Head coach Van Chancellor is in his third year at LSU and 22nd overall at the collegiate level. He is just four wins shy of 500 career victo- 18 * Vanderbilt (FSN) 7 p.m. ries. Chancellor is 57-17 in three seasons with the Lady Tigers having guided them to a Final Four and two NCAA Tournament appearances. 22 * at Tennessee (ESPN2) 6 p.m. LSU is off to its best start in the Chancellor era. 25 * Arkansas (CSS) 8 p.m. > LSU remained at No. 5 in the Associated Press poll this week. The ranking is LSU’s highest in the AP poll since the Lady Tigers were fourth 28 * Mississippi State 2 p.m. on Nov. 12, 2007. > Sue Gunter, a 2005 Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, became the third women’s coach in history to reach 700 career victories as she MARCH 4-7 SEC Tournament (Duluth, Ga.) finished with 708 wins. She won 442 games in 22 seasons at LSU, guiding the Lady Tigers to 14 NCAA Tournament appearances, one NCAA 20-23 NCAA First and Second Rounds Final Four, four NCAA Elite Eight appearances and two SEC Tournament title. This inaugural tournament is named in her honor. 27-30 NCAA Regionals > Allison Hightower enters the week as the SEC Co-Player of the Week, sharing the honor with MSU’s Alexis Rack. She is the first SEC Player 4-6 (April) NCAA Final Four of the Week for LSU since former All-American Sylvia Fowles won the award on Feb. 17, 2008. > Hightower scored a career-high 32 points in a 77-74 win at Louisiana Tech on Dec. 1. She followed that up with her third 20-plus point ^ - denotes Sue Gunter Classic game of the season against UNO on Sunday. She has combined to score 52 points in her past two games, the most in a two-game span by * - denotes Southeastern Conference game an LSU player since Seimone Augustus had 59 points in consecutive games against Alabama and Mississippi State on Feb. 23 and 26, 2006. FSN - Fox Sports Net; CSS - Comcast Sports Southeast; > LSU is off to its best start since 2005 and is seeking an 8-0 start to the season since winning the first 14 games of the 2005-06 season. SECN - SEC Network; CST - Cox Sports Television All times Central and subject to change. LSU leads the SEC in four categories: scoring defense (47.7), free throw percentage (.744), rebounding margin (+10.7) and rebounding defense (32.6). The Lady Tigers have held four of its seven opponents to 50 points or less. BY THE NUMBERS 5 - NCAA Final Fours since 2004 which leads the LSU PROBABLE STARTERS (7-0, 0-0 SEC) nation G 3 Latear Eason 5-8 Jr. 4.6 ppg 1.9 rpg 3.4 apg • Ranks second in the SEC in assist/turnover ratio (2.4; 24 ast., 10 TO) ... Tied for the team lead in assists per game ... Has only 50.2 -points allowed by LSU a game, which ranks committed more than one turnover in two games ... Played all 40 minutes at Tulane, a first in her career first in the SEC for the sixth straight season G 1 Katherine Graham 5-11 Jr. 6.6 ppg 5.6 rpg 2.7 apg • First career double-double against Houston with 10 points and a career-high 11 boards ... 11 points at Tulane, including five 5 - consecutive wins by LSU over UNO, dating back points in overtime that helped LSU remain undefeated to 2000 G 23 Allison Hightower 5-10 Sr. 18.3 ppg 3.4 rpg 2.7 apg • The 2010 SEC Preseason Player of the Year and current SEC Co-Player of the Week ... Ranks 4th in the SEC in PPG ... Career- 1,051 - career points by Allison Hightower as she high 32 points at Louisiana Tech in last game ... 20 pts against UNO and has combined 52 points in last two games became the 28th Lady Tiger in school history to F 55 LaSondra Barrett 6-2 So. 10.4 ppg 5.7 rpg 1.0 apg reach the 1,000-point plateau • Poured in 22 points -- seven in overtime -- to lift LSU past Tulane ... Made 11 free throws vs. Wave, the most since Temeka Johnson made 12 vs. Ole Miss in 2004 ... Ranks 29th in the SEC in scoring. 67-9 - LSU’s record at home since 2004-05 F 35 Taylor Turnbow 6-2 So. 9.1 ppg 6.3 rpg 0.9 apg season • Leads LSU and ranks seventh in SEC in field goal percentage (.522) ... Also leads LSU in rebounds per game and ranks 18th in SEC ... Career high 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead LSU past #24 Middle Tennessee on Nov. 18 ... First career double-double 31 - straight wins over Louisiana opponents LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 8 NOTES • VS. HOUSTON BAPTIST • DEC. 15, 2009 2009-2010 LSU LADY TIGERS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl./Exp. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 1 Katherine Graham G 5-11 Jr./2L Birmingham, Ala./Ramsay HS 2 Jasmine Nelson F 6-2 Jr./JC New Orleans, La./McDonogh 35 (Trinity Valley CC) 3 Latear Eason G 5-8 Jr./2L Chicago, Ill./John Hope Academy 10 Adrienne Webb G 5-9 Fr./HS Madison, Ala./Sparkman HS 11 Andrea Kelly G 5-9 Sr./1L Shalimar, Fla./Choctawhatchee HS (Okaloosa-Walton CC) 15 Bianca Lutley G 5-11 Fr./HS Plantation, Fla./American Heritage HS 20 Destini Hughes G 5-10 So./1L Fort Worth, Texas/Kennedale HS 22 Courtney Jones F 6-2 So./1L Midfield, Ala./Midfield HS 23 Allison Hightower G 5-10 Sr./3L Arlington, Texas/Juan Seguin HS 24 Taylor Booze G 5-5 Jr./JC Carrollton, Texas/Duncanville HS (Okla. St./Trin. Valley) 25 Swayze Black F 6-3 So./1L Brookhaven, Miss./Brookhaven HS 32 Erica Williams G 5-8 Jr./TR Gonzales, La./Dutchtown HS (Southern Miss) 35 Taylor Turnbow F 6-2 So./1L Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson HS 55 LaSondra Barrett F 6-2 So./1L Jackson, Miss./William B. Murrah HS Head Coach: Van Chancellor (Mississippi State, 1965) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Associate Head Coach: Bob Starkey 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 Carvalhido (Oklahoma State, 2005) 20 Destini Hughes Des-TUH-knee Athletics Trainer: Micki Collins (Nebraska, 2000) 55 LaSondra Barrett Luh-SAWN-druh Sports Information: Bill Martin (LSU, 2007) LSU SPORTS INFORMATION HOME POSTGAME INTERVIEWS MEDIA CREDENTIALS Bill Martin handles the sports information duties for the Lady All postgame interviews are held in the Press Conference (Curtain All requests for working press, photo and broadcast credentials for Tigers basketball team.