TONIGHT’S GAME QUICK FACTS Game #12 LSU head coach: Pokey Chatman Chatman’s career record: 44-3 (2nd year) Chatman’s LSU record: 44-3 (2nd year) LSU LADY TIGERS (11-0, 1-0 SEC) Auburn head coach: Nell Fortner School record: 25-17 (2nd year) No. 3 AP/No. 3 Coaches Career record: 42-28 (3rd year) at Series record: Auburn leads 26-11 and 12-4 in games played in Auburn. AUBURN (9-4, 0-0 SEC) Last meeting: LSU defeated Auburn 62-57 on Feb. 20, 2005 in Auburn. NR AP/NR Coaches Television: Fox Sports Net (Leah Secondo and Debbie Antonelli) Jan. 4, 2006 • Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum (10,500) Satellite feed: none Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network (Patrick Auburn, Ala. • 8 p.m. CST • SEC-TV Wright and Brian Miller) LADY TIGERS PROBABLE STARTERS Officials: Scott Yarbrough, Eric Brewton, G 12 RaShonta LeBlanc 5-7 So. 5.1 ppg 2.9 rpg 3.9 apg Kim Watt • Has started all 11 games this season LSU Sports Information: Brian Miller G 32 Scholanda Hoston 5-10 Sr. 8.1 ppg 1.9 rpg 3.4 apg O: (225) 578-8204 C: (225) 939-0204 • Started 60 games in her career Auburn Sports Information: Mendy Nestor G 33 Seimone Augustus 6-1 Sr. 19.6 ppg 5.3 rpg 58.4 FG% O: (334) 844-9900 C: (334) 750-1387 • Started all 116 games of her career F 22 Florence Williams 6-1 Sr. 5.5 ppg 3.1 rpg 1.5 apg • Has started all 11 games this season SCHEDULE/RESULTS C 34 Sylvia Fowles 6-6 So. 16.8 ppg 10.3 rpg 66.4 FG% • Has started all 11 games this season NOVEMBER 2 Everyone’s Internet (exh) W, 84-66 TIGERS PROBABLE STARTERS 7 Henderson State (exh) W, 107-50 G 3 Nitasha Brown 5-8 Sr. 11.3 ppg 2.4 rpg 5.4 apg 13 vs. #13 Texas Tech + (ESPN2) W, 76-68 G 24 DeWanna Bonner 6-4 Fr. 13.9 ppg 5.9 rpg 2.1 apg 22 Southern (Cox Sports) W, 107-39 25 vs. Nebraska % W, 74-55 G 44 Whitney Boddie 5-9 Fr. 9.8 ppg 7.8 rpg 50.6 FG% 26 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi % W, 74-45 F 41 Aileen Rossouw 6-1 So. 3.3 ppg 2.5 rpg 1.0 spg DECEMBER C 10 Marita Payne 6-5 Sr. 9.8 ppg 7.8 rpg 3.1 bpg 12 New Orleans W, 72-41 15 at #4 Ohio State (ESPN2) W, 64-48 LAST TIME OUT 18 at Kentucky * (SEC-TV) W, 66-36 A near record breaking offensive performance and solid defense led LSU to a 99-35 victory over North 20 Tulane (Cox Sports) W, 89-60 Carolina A&T on Sunday. LSU shot 69.9 percent from the floor, the second highest shooting percentage 28 #10/12 Michigan State W, 72-52 in school history, and held North Carolina A&T to 19.3 percent shooting and forced 22 turnovers while col- 30 South Florida (Cox Sports) W, 87-44 lecting 12 steals. Five players scored in double figures with Quianna Chaney leading the way with a JANUARY career-high 19. Kristen Morris (15), Ashley Thomas (13) and RaShonta LeBlanc (10) also reached 1 North Carolina A&T W, 99-35 career-highs in points, while Seimone Augustus added 13 to extend her streak to 73 straight double fig- 4 at Auburn * (SEC-TV) 8 p.m. ure scoring games. 7 Minnesota (CBS) 11 a.m. ABOUT AUBURN 12 South Carolina * 7 p.m. The Tigers are 9-4 entering Southeastern Conference play. Auburn is riding a five-game winning streak 16 at Connecticut $ (ESPN2) 6 p.m. that includes wins on the road over Furman, UC-Davis and Loyola (Md.). Nell Fortner leads the Tigers in 19 Alabama * 7 p.m. her second season as head coach. She owns a 25-17 record at Auburn and a 42-28 career record. 22 at Georgia * (SEC-TV) 2 p.m. 26 Vanderbilt * (SEC-TV) 8 p.m. THE SERIES 30 Baylor (ESPN2) 6 p.m. This will be the 38th meeting between the two schools. Auburn leads the series 26-11, but LSU has won FEBRUARY two straight. Auburn also leads the series 12-4 in games played on the Plains. Last season LSU swept 2 at Arkansas * 7 p.m. the home-and-home series, winning 57-52 in Baton Rouge and 62-57 in Auburn. 5 Ole Miss * (Cox Sports-TD) 2 p.m. UP NEXT 9 at Tennessee * (ESPN2) 6 p.m. LSU will host Minnesota in a non-conference made for TV match-up on Saturday at 11 a.m. CST. The 12 Georgia * (ESPN2) 2 p.m. game is Pack the PMAC, an annual LSU promotion and will be broadcast on CBS. 16 at Florida * 6 p.m. 19 Arkansas * (Cox Sports-TD) 2 p.m. NOTE WORTHY... 23 at Alabama * 7 p.m. • Seimone Augustus ranks fourth in career points at LSU with 2,123 (page 3). 26 Mississippi State * (SEC-TV) 2 p.m. • Scholanda Hoston became the 25th player in Lady Tigers’ history to reach 1,000 career points in the MARCH game against South Florida (page 4). 2-5 SEC Tournament TBA • LSU is ranked No. 3 in both polls (page 5). * - denotes Southeastern Conference games; + - State Farm Tip-Off • The Lady Tigers have won 22 straight games in the Maravich Center (page 5). Classic hosted by Texas Tech in Lubbock; % - Miami Thanksgiving • LSU rides a 15 game SEC win streak into Auburn (page 6). 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 HASS-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 - 2 Tuesday - 3 Wednesday - 4 Thursday - 5 Friday - 6 Saturday - 7 Sunday - 8 PRACTICE GAME PRACTICE PRACTICE GAME Depart for Auburn 1:30 - 3 p.m. at Auburn 2-3:30 p.m. 11-1 p.m. vs. Minnesota OFF 11 a.m. PMAC main 8 p.m. PMAC aux PMAC aux 11 a.m. Monday - 9 Tuesday - 10 Wednesday - 11 Thursday - 12 Friday - 13 Saturday - 14 Sunday - 15 PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE GAME PRACTICE PRACTICE Depart for Hartford 1:30 - 3 p.m. 1:30 - 3 p.m. 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. vs. South Carolina 1:30 - 3 p.m. 9 - 10:30 a.m. TBA PMAC main PMAC main PMAC aux 7 p.m. PMAC aux PMAC aux 2005-06 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 2 SEIMONE IN THE BOOKS GOT TWO GRAND SEIMONE IN THE NATION Senior Seimone Augustus collected her CAREER POINTS 2,000 point of her career with 5:08 left in the ACTIVE CAREER POINTS (as of 1/1) RK PLAYER G PTS AVG RK PLAYER G PTS AVG 1.