2007-008 LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TODAY’S GAME QUICK FACTS LSU head coach: Van Chancellor Game #13 Chancellor’s career record: 448-157 (20th year) Chancellor’s LSU record: 9-3 (1st year) (9-3, 0-0 SEC) UNO head coach: Amy Champion LSU Lady Tigers School record: 21-76 (5th year) No. 8 AP/No. 8 Coaches Career record: 21-76 (5th year) vs. Series record: LSU leads 18-5 Last meeting: LSU defeated UNO, 65-45 on Nov. 27, 2006 in New Orleans New Orleans (7-4, 2-0 SBC) Television: Cox Sports - live (Lyn Rollins & Victor Howell) NR AP/NR Coaches Satellite feed: None Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network (Patrick Dec. 30, 2007 • Maravich Center (13,472) Wright & Brian Miller) Baton Rouge, La. • 2 p.m. CST • Cox Sports TV Officials: Bob Trammell, Denise Brooks-Clauser, Felicia Cushenberry LADY TIGERS’ PROBABLE STARTERS LSU Sports Information: Brian Miller G 5 Erica White 5-3 Sr. 5.4 ppg 2.5 rpg 3.6 apg C: 225-939-0204 E-mail: [email protected] • Has started 67 games in her career UNO Sports Information: Jason Plotkin G 12 RaShonta LeBlanc 5-7 Sr. 6.1 ppg 3.4 rpg 3.2 apg C: 504-615-6714 E-mail: [email protected] • Has started 66 games in her career G 15 Quianna Chaney 5-11 Sr. 13.5 ppg 3.1 rpg 2.8 apg • Has started 50 games in her career SCHEDULE/RESULTS G 23 Allison Hightower 5-10 So. 9.0 ppg 3.1 rpg 2.2 apg • Has started four games in her career OCTOBER F 54 Ashley Thomas 6-0 Sr. 4.8 ppg 4.8 rpg 1.8 spg 31 All-Stars (Exh.) W, 94-35 NOVEMBER • Has started 67 games in her career 5 Houston Jaguars (Exh.) W, 82-51 BLUE RAIDERS’ PROBABLE STARTERS 9 Samford + W, 86-38 11 TCU + W, 73-54 G 2 Brittany Helm 5-8 So. 10.3 ppg 4.5 rpg 3.4 apg 15 #17/18 Michigan State + W, 64-41 G 12 Jada Frazier 5-10 Jr. 8.2 ppg 2.2 rpg 75.8 FT% 18 at #3/3 Maryland + L, 75-62 G 22 Le’Della English 5-9 Sr. 9.0 ppg 2.7 rpg 1.5 apg 21 UL-Lafayette W, 72-37 25 at #7/7 Rutgers (ESPN2) L, 45-43 F 24 Candice McGee 5-11 So. 8.8 ppg 7.3 rpg 1.1 bpg 29 at Houston W, 77-46 F 33 Andrea Williams 6-2 Sr. 1.0 ppg 2.4 rpg 1.1 bpg DECEMBER 2 at Tulane W, 52-36 LAST TIME OUT 16 at Louisiana Tech (CST) W, 76-45 LSU could not overcome a 41-point performance by Middle Tennessee’s Amber Holt in a 67-56 loss on 18 vs. Illinois-Chicago ^ W, 86-44 Friday night in Murfreesboro. The Lady Tigers, playing without Sylvia Fowles, shot 37.7 percent from the 19 vs. Miami (Fla.) ^ W, 63-52 floor and committed 21 turnovers. MTSU shot 38.9 percent from the floor and converted the LSU 28 at Middle Tennessee L, 67-56 turnovers into 24 points. Allison Hightower led the way with 13 points in her fourth career start, while 30 New Orleans (CST) 2 p.m. Quianna Chaney added 11 points and Marian Whitfield scored a career-high 10 and grabbed a career- JANUARY best six boards. 3 at Florida State 6 p.m. 10 at Arkansas * 7 p.m. ABOUT NEW ORLEANS 13 Vanderbilt * (SEC-TV) 4 p.m. The Privateers, out of the Sun Belt Conference, are 7-4 this season overall and 2-0 in conference play. 20 Mississippi State * (CST-delay) 2 p.m. UNO has won three of the four games, including a pair of SBC victories at home over Arkansas-Little Rock 24 at Auburn * 6 p.m. and Arkansas State. Amy Champion, in her fifth season as head coach, leads UNO with a 21-76 overall 27 at Kentucky * (SEC-TV) 1:30 p.m. 31 South Carolina * 7 p.m. record. FEBRUARY 3 at Florida * (SEC-TV) 11 a.m. THE SERIES 7 at Alabama * 6 p.m. This will be the 24th meeting between the two schools LSU owns a 18-5 series lead, including a 6-4 mark 10 Georgia * (ESPN2) 1 p.m. in gammes played in Baton Rouge. The Lady Tigers have won three straight over UNO and two in a row 14 at Tennessee * (SEC-TV) 6 p.m. in the Maravich Center. 17 Ole Miss * 2 p.m. 21 Kentucky * (CST-delay) 7 p.m. UP NEXT 25 Connecticut (ESPN2) 6 p.m. The Lady Tigers open the new year at Tallahassee, Fla., to face Florida State at 6 p.m. CST. 28 Arkansas * (CST) 7 p.m. MARCH NOTE WORTHY... 2 at Mississippi State * (SEC-TV) 2:30 p.m. • Sylvia Fowles will be out 2-4 weeks after knee surgery (page 6). 6-9 SEC Tournament ! TBA • Sylvia Fowles has tied the school record for career double doubles (page 5). * - denotes Southeastern Conference game; + - Preseason WNIT; ^ - • LSU is seven wins away from 700 as a program (page 6). Caribbean Classic in Cancun, Mexico; ! - SEC Tournament in Nashville, Tenn..; SEC-TV - aired on Fox Sports Net;CST - Cox Sports Television; • Quianna Chaney is 27 points away from 1,000 (page 8). All times central. • See head coach Van Chancellor’s career record (page 19). 2007-08 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 1 2007-08 LADY TIGERS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl./Exp. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 1 Katherine Graham G 5-11 Fr./HS Birmingham, Ala./Ramsay HS 3 Latear Eason G 5-8 Fr./HS Chicago, Ill./John Hope Academy 5 Erica White G 5-3 Sr./3L Jacksonville, Fla./Ribault HS 10 Khalilah Mitchell G 5-11 Sr./3L New Orleans, La./St. Mary’s HS 12 RaShonta LeBlanc G 5-7 Sr./3L Port Arthur, Texas/Memorial HS 15 Quianna Chaney G 5-11 Sr./3L Baton Rouge, La./Southern Lab HS 23 Allison Hightower G 5-10 So./1L Arlington, Texas/Juan Seguin HS 24 Marian Whitfield G 5-9 Sr./3L Augusta, Ga./Glenn Hills HS 25 Mesha Williams C 6-3 Sr./1L St. Louis, Mo./Gateway Tech HS (Moberly CC) 34 Sylvia Fowles C 6-6 Sr./3L Miami, Fla./Edison HS 44 Kristen Morris F 6-2 Jr./2L Lathrup Village, Mich./Detroit Country Day School 54 Ashley Thomas F 6-0 Sr./3L Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson HS Head Coach: Van Chancellor (Mississippi State, 1965) Associate Head Coach: Bob Starkey PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Assistant Coach: Travis Mays (Texas, 1990) Assistant Coach: Yolanda Wells-Broughton (Grambling State, 1995) 3 Latear Eason lah-TEAR Dir. of Basketball Operations: Joe Carvalhido (St. John’s, 1999) 10 Khalilah Mitchell kah-LIL-la Athletics Trainer: Micki Collins 12 RaShonta LeBlanc rah-SHON-tay lay-BLONK Strength & Conditioning Coach: Melissa Moore 15 Quianna Chaney KEY-on-ah 25 Mesha Williams MEE-sha Student Assistant Trainer: Jarrod Swanson 34 Sylvia Fowles fouls Student Managers: Brittany Ward, Ebonie Matthews, Erica Killum Sports Information: Brian Miller SPORTS INFORMATION INTERVIEW POLICIES MEDIA CREDENTIALS Brian Miller handles the sports information duties Requests to interview coach Van Chancellor or All requests for working press, photo and broad- for the Lady Tigers basketball team. He can be other members of the Lady Tigers basketball cast credentials for LSU 2007-2008 home basket- reached in his office at (225) 578-8204 or 8226, team should be made at least 24 hours in ball games should be made online at via e-mail at [email protected], at home at (225) advance to Brian Miller. Requests will be met www.LSUsports.net/media by filling out the 261-7941 or by cell phone at (225) 939-0204. based on the players class and practice sched- form for credentials. Credentials must be request- ules. ed no later than NOON the day before a game. All THE NET credentials can be picked up at the will-call media Information about the Lady Tigers basketball MEDIA.LSUSPORTS.NET table inside the Northeast Corridor entrance of team is also available on LSU’s official athletics Media can now access images for all LSU athlet- the Maravich Center. website, www.LSUSports.net. Information about ics team, including action shots, head shots and the Southeastern Conference is available at logos. Contact Brian Miller for a login and pass- www.sec.org. word to enter the site and retrieve photos. This service is for media only. LADY TIGERS UPCOMING SCHEDULE (subject to change) Monday - 24 Tuesday - 25 Wednesday - 26 Thursday - 27 Friday - 28 Saturday - 29 Sunday - 30 Practice 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. GAME Practice Practice GAME PMAC Main at Middle OFF Merry Christmas 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. 12:30 - 2 p.m. vs. New Orleans Depart for Tennessee PMAC Main PMAC Main 2 p.m. CST Murfreesboro 7 p.m. CST 1 p.m. Monday - 31 Tuesday - 1 Wednesday - 2 Thursday - 3 Friday - 4 Saturday - 5 Sunday - 6 Practice Depart for GAME 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. Happy New Year! Tallahassee at Florida State TBA TBA TBA PMAC Main 11 a.m. 6 p.m. CST 2007-08 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 2 PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR AND ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATE SYLVIA FOWLES FOWLES’ CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES FOWLES VS. THE TOP 25 2004-05 (12) 43. at South Florida (Jan. 3, 2007) 15 16 2004-2005 (11 games) OPPONENT PTS REB BLK S OPPONENT PTS REBS 44.