LSU LEGACY NCAA Final Fours 5 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 SEC Championships SEC Tournament Championships 3 2005 • 2006 • 2008 2 1991 • 2003 NCAA25 Tournament Coaches9 First-Team SEC2 Tournament Naismith2 Basketball WNBA2 Rookies Appearances All-Americans MVPs Hall of Famers of the Year NCAA8 Tournament SEC3 Player of the SEC57 Player of the Women’s2 Basketball WNBA15 All-Star Player Elite Eights Year Honors Week Honors Hall of Famers Appearances NCAA14 Tournament SEC4 Coach of the SEC67 Academic Honor U.S.8 Olympic Medals WNBA1 MVP Sweet 16s Year Honors Roll Members National2 Player of the First-Team40 All-SEC All-Time258 SEC Wins WNBA17 Draft Picks WNBA1 All-Star Year Awards Recipients Game MVP National2 Freshman of SEC20 All-Tournament All-Time887 Victories WNBA1 Draft No. 1 Pick WNBA3 Finals MVP the Year Honors Team Honors Table of Contents INTRODUCTION / MEDIA 55 Assist / Turnover Records 1 LSU Legacy 56 Blocks Records 2 Table of Contents 57 Steals Records 3 Quick Facts 58 Miscellaneous Records/Opponent Records 4-5 Media Guidelines 59 Miscellaneous Individual Records 6 2017-18 Schedule 60 NCAA/SEC Leaders 7-9 LSU vs. SEC Opponents 61-62 Leaders By Class 10 All-Time Record vs. Opponents 63 Special Games 11 2017-18 Roster 64 Facing Ranked Teams / Final Polls LADY TIGERS HISTORY 12-14 Raigyne (Moncrief) Louis 65-72 Year-by-Year Results 15-16 Chloe Jackson 73-75 Year-by-Year Statistics 17-18 Tatum Neubert 76 Head Coaches / All-Time Assistant Coaches 19-20 Shanice Norton 77-78 Hall of Famer Sue Gunter 21 Yasmine Bidikuindila 79 SEC Tournament Results 22-23 Ayana Mitchell 80 SEC Tournament Records 24-25 Jaelyn Richard-Harris 81 NCAA Tournament Results 26 Rakell Spencer 82 NCAA Tournament Records 27 Faustine Aifuwa 83 NIT/AIAW/Regular Season Tourney Results 28 Jailin Cherry, Dekeriya Patterson, 84 NCAA Final Four Recaps Raven Farley, Khayla Pointer 85 AIAW Tournament Recap 86-92 NCAA Tournament Teams COACHES & STAFF 93-94 SEC Championships 29-32 Head Coach Nikki Fargas 95 Streaks 33 Assistant Coach Tasha Butts 96 National Player / Coaches of the Year 34 Assistant Coach Mickie DeMoss 97 WBCA All-Americans 35 Assistant Coach Charlene Thomas-Swinson 98 All-Americans 36 Shaeeta Williams / Mike Harkness 99-102 LSU Honor Roll 37 Support Staff 103 First-Team All-SEC 104 All-Time Letterwinners 2016-17 REVIEW 105 All-Time Uniform Numbers 38 Individual Statistics 106 All-Time Starting Lineups 39 Results 107-108 Final Four Legacy 40 Game-by-Game Statistics 109 Championship Legacy 110 Trophy Case RECORD BOOK 111-112 Great Moments 41-44 Career 1,000-Point Scorers 113-116 Lady Tiger Timeline 45 Career 500 Rebounds / 275 Assists 117-119 WNBA Lady Tigers 46 Scoring Records 120-121 USA Basketball 47 30+ Point Games 122-123 Olympic Games 48-49 Field Goal Records 50-51 3-Point Field Goal Records PMAC / Academics 52-53 Free Throw Records 124-127 Pete Maravich Assembly Center 54 Rebounding Records 128 Academic Success Credits EDITOR & LAYOUT: Judy Willson PHOTOGRAPHY Steve Franz, Chris Parent, Gus Stark, Ryan McCarble, Bridgette Hogan, MG Miller, Brad Messina, Elizabeth LAYOUT & DESIGN: Clint Self Oliver, Jesse Garrabant, Garret Ellwood, Steve Frischling, Jamie Schwaberow, Michael Short, Paul Levy, The Braden Naquin Advocate, Travis Spradling, Arthur D. 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Head Coach Nikki Fargas Founded 1860 Alma Mater, Year Tennessee, 1994 Enrollment 31,527 Record at LSU (Seasons) 113-83 (6) Nickname Lady Tigers Career Record (Seasons) 185-109 (9) Colors Purple (PMS 268) & Gold (PMS 123) Assistant Coach Tasha Butts Mascot Mike VII (Bengal tiger) Alma Mater, Year Tennessee, 2004 Facility (Capacity) Pete Maravich Assembly Center (13,215) Season at LSU 7th Season Conference Southeastern Assistant Coach Mickie DeMoss President/Chancellor Dr. F. King Alexander Alma Mater, Year Louisiana Tech, 1977 Faculty Representative Dr. Bill Demastes Season at LSU 2nd Season Assistant Coach Charlene Thomas-Swinson ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT Alma Mater, Year Auburn, 1992 Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Joe Alleva Season at LSU 3rd Season Deputy Director of Athletics Verge Ausberry Director of Basketball Operations Shaeeta Williams Sr. Associate AD/SWA Miriam Segar Alma Mater, Year Duke, 1998 Season at LSU 3rd Season TEAM INFORMATION Director of Player Development LaSondra Barrett 2016-17 Record 20-12 (H: 13-3; A: 3-6, N: 4-3) Alma Mater, Year LSU, 2012 2016-17 SEC Record (Finish) 8-8 (7th) Season at LSU 1st Season 2017 Postseason First Round Director of Video Operations Mike Harkness 2017 Final Ranking NR Alma Mater, Year Maryland, 2003 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 7/5 Season at LSU 3rd Season Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 Athletic Trainer Micki Collins Newcomers 5 Alma Mater, Year Nebraska, 2000 Seasons at LSU 17th Season PROGRAM HISTORY Strength & Conditioning Coach Chris White All-Time Record (Years) 887-441 (42) Alma Mater, Year Cal Poly, 2008 All-Time SEC Record (Years) 258-183 (35) Season at LSU 1st Season SEC Regular Season Titles (Years) 3 (2005, 2006, 2008) SEC Tournament Record (Years) 36-37 (38) FOLLOW ON DIGITAL & SOCIAL SEC Tournament Titles (Years) 2 (1991, 2003) Website www.LSUsports.net NCAA Tournament Record (Appearances) 43-25 (25) Women’s Basketball Twitter @LSUWBKB NCAA Final Four Appearances (Years) 5 (2004, 2005, Women’s Basketball Instagram @LSUWBKB 2006, 2007, 2008) Women’s Basketball Facebook /lsuwbkb Coach Fargas Twitter @LSUNikkiFargas COMMUNICATIONS Coach Fargas Instagram @LSUNikkiFargas Associate AD/Communications Michael Bonnette Associate Communications Director/Women’s Basketball LSU RADIO & TELEVISION NETWORKS Judy Willson Women’s Basketball Flagship Station WYPY-FM, 107.3 Willson’s Email Address [email protected] Director of Broadcasting Chris Blair Willson’s Office Phone (225) 578-1869 Women’s Basketball Play-By-Play Patrick Wright Willson’s Cell Phone (225) 436-7968 The Nikki Fargas Radio Show Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m. CT Mailing Address LSU Athletics Administration Building, Inside Lady Tigers Basketball Tuesdays (beginning Jan. 9) Communications - Fifth Floor, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Live Audio/On-Demand www.LSUSports.net/live Overnight Address LSU Athletics Administration Building, Communications - Room 501, Nicholson Drive at North Stadium Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK TWITTER Follow the Lady Tigers on Instagram from your Join the LSU Women’s Basketball page at Stay updated with what’s happening with LSU mobile devices and tablets (@LSUwbkb & facebook.com/LSUwbkb for breaking news, Women’s Basketball on your mobile device. @LSUNikkiFargas). View exclusive photos from exclusive content and your chance to interact Follow head coach @LSUNikkiFargas or our main behind the scenes with the team during their with fans about LSU women’s basketball. Twitter page @LSUwbkb for breaking news and travels this season. Share your fan photos as in-game updates. well. 2017-18 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 3 Media Guidelines MEDIA CREDENTIALS Requests for working press, photo and broadcast credentials for LSU home women’s basketball games should be made by emailing Women’s Basketball SID Judy Willson at jwillson@ lsu.edu.Single-game credentials must be requested 24 hours in advance. All credentials which cannot be mailed are left at the will-call media table inside the Northeast Corridor entrance of the Maravich Center. News media covering the Lady Tigers on a regular basis will be issued a season parking pass. Other parking passes will be handled on a game- by-game basis. Requests are honored from sports editors of daily newspapers and sports directors of television and radio stations. Requests from individuals not employed by a media outlet will not be considered. Spouses, dates, non-workers and children are not permitted in the working press area. LSU reserves the right to refuse any credential request deemed not to be in the best interest of the University. MEDIA INFORMATION The 2017-18 LSU Women’s Basketball Media No credentials will be issued to freelance Guide is a source of information for the news COVERING PRACTICES photographers, cutline writers, and equipment Please contact Judy Willson at (225) 578-1869 or media. Additional information is available upon carriers. Photographers will not be permitted to request from the LSU Sports Information Office. [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to practice shoot from the sidelines. All photographers must if you wish to attend any of LSU’s practices. News releases, photographs, digital images remain seated on the floor in areas directly in and video will be made available to accredited Most of LSU’s practices are open to the media. front of fans on the baseline. Videotaping from a Interviews with Coach Fargas and the student- members of the media. kneeling position will not be permitted. The LSU Sports Information Office is located athletes will be conducted before practice on Photo positions may be assigned by the LSU select days prior to competitions. on the fifth floor of the Athletic Administration Sports Information Office prior to selected games. Building. Please see the credential and access guidelines for more information.