2011-12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LSU FIVE NCAA FINAL FOURS • 20 NCAA TOURNAMENTS GAME 4 #20/21 LSU Lady Tigers (2-1) LSU LADY TIGERS ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 2011-12 Schedule/Results Record: 2-1 Record: 0-3 vs. Ranking: No. 20 Associated Press Ranking: NR Associated Press NOVEMBER (2-1) No. 21 USA Today/ESPN NR ESPN/USA Today 14 at Wichita State W, 64-56 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Coaches Coaches 16 #14/16 Georgetown W, 51-40 Coach: Nikki Caldwell Conference: SWAC 19 at Tulane W, 65-62 OT Golden Lions School Record: 2-1 (.667/first Coach: Cary Shelton 21 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7 p.m. year) Last Game: lost at Memphis, 22 Northwestern (CST) 7 p.m. (0-3) Career Record: 74-27 (.733/ 89-60, on Nov. 19 in Memphis 27 at Ohio State (BTN) 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, 2011 • 7 p.m. CT fourth year) DECEMBER Maravich Center (13,215) Caldwell vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 11 Alabama State 2 p.m. first meeting 13 UCLA (CST) 7 p.m. Baton Rouge, La. Last Game: lost to Tulane, 65-62, 16 at McNeese State 6 p.m. in overtime on Saturday in New 18 Lamar 2 p.m. Orleans 22 Grambling 3 p.m. 29 at Louisiana Tech 7 p.m. JANUARY TONIGHT’S STORYLINES 1 * at Ole Miss 2 p.m. No. 20/21 LSU Lady Tigers Host Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Monday 5 * at Mississippi State 7 p.m. The 20th-ranked LSU women’s basketball team will seek to rebound from its first loss of the season with home games in con- 8 * Alabama (SECN) 1 p.m. secutive days against Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Northwestern (Ill.) beginning at 7 p.m. Monday in the Pete Maravich Assembly 12 * South Carolina 7 p.m. Center. In what will be three games in four days for the Lady Tigers, Big 10 conference foe Northwestern will be in the Maravich 15 * at Florida (CSS) Noon Center at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Both contests will be carried live on the LSU Sports Radio Network on 107.3 FM in Baton Rouge. Live 19 * at Tennessee (CSS) 6 p.m. 22 * Arkansas (FSN) 2 p.m. streaming HD video and audio is available to members of the Geaux Zone on www.LSUsports.net/live. 24 at East Tennessee State 6 p.m. • The Lady Tigers suffered their first loss of the season by a score of 65-62 in overtime at Tulane on Saturday night. The Green 29 * at Vanderbilt 2 p.m. Wave shot 10-of-20 from three-point range while LSU was held to 2-of-11 from beyond the arc. Danielle Bragg’s game-winning FEBRUARY layup in the final seconds gave Tulane its first victory over LSU in New Orleans since 1999. LaSondra Barrett had 11 points. 2 * Florida (CST) 6 p.m. • The Georgetown win was the highest non-conference home win for LSU since beating No. 5 Ohio State, 75-51, on Dec. 10, 5 * Kentucky (CST) 2 p.m. 2006. The 40 points scored by the Hoyas were the fewest ever by a top-10 team against the Lady Tigers, fewer than the previ- 9 * Mississippi State (CST) 6 p.m. ous low of 45 scored by No. 7 Rutgers on Nov. 25, 2007. 12 * at Alabama (CSS) 1 p.m. • UAPB is making its first trip to Baton Rouge since Nov. 27, 1987, when the Lady Tigers won the season-opening 16 * at Arkansas 7 p.m. Thanksgiving Invitational, 96-55. 19 * Auburn 2 p.m. • Nikki Caldwell is in her first season as head coach of the Lady Tigers. Caldwell returns to her SEC roots after playing for and 23 * Vanderbilt 8 p.m. serving as an assistant coach for Pat Summitt at Tennessee. Caldwell spent three seasons as head coach at UCLA where she 26 * at Georgia (ESPN2) 4 p.m. compiled a 72-26 record, two NCAA Tournament appearances and elite recruiting classes. She was hired last April. MARCH • Sr. F LaSondra Barrett is a candidate for the State Farm Wade Trophy, John Wooden Award and Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. 1-4 SEC Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.) Barrett, a first-team All-SEC selection, is coming off a junior season in which she averaged 12.2 points and a team-best 6.3 18 NCAA First Round (Baton Rouge, La.) rebounds per game. Barrett is now the 22nd all-time leading scorer in LSU history with 1,156 points. 20 NCAA Second Round (Baton Rouge, La.) • Nikki Caldwell has won 82.4 percent of her games (478-103) as a player, graduate assistant, assistant coach and head 24-27 NCAA Regionals (TBA) coach dating back to her freshman season of 1990-91 at Tennessee. APRIL 1 & 3 NCAA Final Four (Denver, Colo.) • LSU owns a 45-13 record in the month of November dating back to 2002-03 season. • This will be the second of three games in four days for LSU who hosts Northwestern of the Big 10 tomorrow. * - denotes SEC game • LSU remained 20th in the Associated Press poll that was released on Monday. PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP FSN - Fox Sports Net; CSS - Comcast Sports Southeast; SECN - SEC Network; CST - Cox Sports Television G 20 Destini Hughes 5-10 Sr. 6.7 ppg 2.3 rpg 2.3 apg All times Central and subject to change. • Back as the starter at PG after backing up L. Eason last season ... 28 career starts ... 10 pts, 4 steals, 2 threes vs. Gtown G 5 Jeanne Kenney 5-8 So. 8.7 ppg 4.0 rpg 3.7 apg Broadcast Information • LSU’s second-leading 3-point shooter last year (32) ... Scored 16 points, made 4-of-5 clutch threes in first start at Wichita TV: none F 55 LaSondra Barrett 6-2 Sr. 12.7 ppg 5.3 rpg 2.0 apg Announcers: n/a • 65 career double-figure games ... 11 career double-doubles ... 15th all-time leading reb. in LSU history (583) ... 86 starts Internet: Geaux Zone LSUsports.net/live (audio only) F 22 Courtney Jones 6-2 Sr. 5.3 ppg 5.7 rpg 1.3 apg Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network on 107.3 WBRP-FM in Baton Rouge • 27 career starts, came off the bench last season ... 17 career double-figure scoring games ... 8 pts, 8 reb. vs. Georgetown Announcers: Patrick Wright, Jeff Palermo F/C 25 Swayze Black 6-2 Sr. 1.0 ppg 1.7 rpg 0.3 bpg • 8 career starts ... Made her first start since her soph. season last Monday ... Career highs: points (10), rebounds (13) 2011-12 LSU Lady Tigers Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl./Exp. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 3 Bianca Lutley G 5-11 Jr./2L Pensacola, Fla./American Heritage HS 4 Anne Pedersen G 6-1 Fr./HS Copenhagen, Denmark/The Rock School (Fla.) 5 Jeanne Kenney G 5-8 So./1L Baton Rouge, La./St. Michael the Archangel 10 Adrienne Webb G 5-9 Jr./2L Madison, Ala./Sparkman HS 12 Krystal Forthan F 6-4 Fr./HS Portland, Ore./Georgetown (Texas) HS 20 Destini Hughes G 5-10 Sr./3L Fort Worth, Texas/Kennedale HS 22 Courtney Jones F 6-2 Sr./3L Midfield, Ala./Midfield HS 23 Shanece McKinney F 6-4 So./1L Mobile, Ala./LeFlore HS 24 Theresa Plaisance F 6-5 So./1L Houma, La./Vandebilt Catholic HS 25 Swayze Black F 6-3 Sr./3L Brookhaven, Miss./Brookhaven HS 35 Taylor Turnbow F 6-2 Sr./3L Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson HS 42 Sheila Boykin F 6-2 Fr./HS Los Angeles, Calif./Long Beach Poly HS 55 LaSondra Barrett F 6-2 Sr./3L Jackson, Miss./William B. Murrah HS Head Coach: Nikki Caldwell (Tennessee, 1994) Assistant Coach: Tasha Butts (Tennessee, 2004) Pronunciation Guide Assistant Coach: Tony Perotti (Tennessee, 1999) 5 Jeanne Kenney Zhahn (rhymes with Sean) 20 Destini Hughes Des-TUH-knee Assistant Coach: Stacie Terry (UT-Arlington, 1998) 23 Shanece McKinney Shuh-NEECE Director of Basketball Operations: Jon Silver (UCLA, 2009) 24 Theresa Plaisance Tuh-REE-suh Play-SAWNCE Director of Video Operations: Angel Elderkin (Southern Maine, 1999) 55 LaSondra Barrett Luh-SAWN-druh Athletics Trainer: Micki Collins (Nebraska, 2000) Tony Perotti Puh-row-tee Strength & Conditioning Coordinator: Melissa Moore (Southern Miss, 2000) Angel Elderkin El-dur-ken IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS LSU Sports Information Office: (225) 578-8226 LSU Media Services LSU Sports Information FAX: (225) 578-1861 LSU Sports Information Interviews During The Week Maravich Center Press Row: (225) 578-8226 Bill Martin, LSU SID Cell: (225) 270-1665 Bill Martin, Associate Sports Information Director, handles Head coach Nikki Caldwell and LSU players are available Bill Martin, LSU SID Office: (225) 578-8204 all publicity for the LSU women’s basketball team. He can during the week upon request. Please email requests to LSU Athletics Ticket Office: (225) 578-8204 be reached at (225) 578-8204 (office), (225) 270-1665 Bill Martin 24 hours in advance. There will be several LSU Television Department: (225) 578-1797 (cell) or [email protected] (email.) media sessions throughout the season held in the LSU Sports Radio Network: (225) 578-1882 media interview room of the Practice Facility. Any phone Home Postgame Interviews interviews for Coach Caldwell will be taken on a case-by- Head coach Nikki Caldwelll and two LSU players will case basis. MAILING ADDRESS address members of the media following a cooling off LSU Sports Information period after the game. Interviews will be conducted in Media Credentials P.O.