LSU 2 0 0 6 -00 7 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2007 NCAA Tournament Fresno Regional Final • Fresno, Calif. QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION Location: Baton Rouge, La. Women’s Basketball SID: Brian Miller Founded: 1860 SID Office Phone: (225) 578-8226 Enrollment: 31,584 Miller’s Office Phone: (225) 578-8204 Nickname: Lady Tigers SID Fax: (225) 578-1861 Colors: Purple & Gold Miller’s Home Phone: (225) 261-7941 Print specifications: Purple-PMS 268, Gold-PMS 123 Miller’s Cell Phone: (225) 939-0204 Mascot: Mike V (live Bengal tiger) Miller’s E-Mail Address: [email protected] Arena: Pete Maravich Assembly Center LSU Website: www.LSUsports.net Capacity: 13,472 Press Row Phone: (225) 578-8226 Year opened: 1972 SID Mailing Address: P.O. Box 25095 All-time record in PMAC 344-88 (32 years) Baton Rouge, LA 70894-5095 Playing Floor: Portable Wood Overnight Address: Fifth Floor Conference: Southeastern Athletics Admin. Building Band: Bengal Brass Basketball Band Nicholson Drive and North Stadium Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70894 UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION President: Dr. William L. Jenkins Pretoria '58 LSU SPORTS RADIO NETWORK Chancellor: Sean O’Keefe Loyola '77 Assistant AD/Radio: Jim Hawthorne Faculty Representative: Ken Carpenter Oklahoma '62 WBB Play-by-Play: Patrick Wright WBB Color: Brian Miller ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT Network Address: P.O. Box 25095 Athletics Director: Stanley “Skip” Bertman Miami '61 Baton Rouge, LA 70894-5095 Sr. Assoc. AD/SWA: Judy Southard Coker '70 Sr. Assoc. AD/Operations: Verge Ausberry LSU '90 Sr. Assoc. AD/External Affairs:Herb Vincent LSU '83 Assoc. AD/Internal Relations: Bo Bahnsen LSU '82 Assoc. AD/Business: Mark Ewing LSU '78 Assoc. AD/Compliance: Chris Howard Kansas '97 Assist. AD/Operations: Eddie Nunez Florida '98 Assist. AD/Student Services: Miriam Segar LSU '94 SPORTS INFORMATION Assistant AD/SID: Michael Bonnette LSU '93 Senior Associate SID: Kent Lowe LSU-Shreveport '79 Associate SID (WBB): Brian Miller Northeastern (Mass.) '96 Associate SID: Bill Franques LSU '85 Associate SID: Melissa Reynaud LSU '97 Associate SID: Laurie Cannon Utah State '00 Publications Coordinator: Jason Feirman LSU '00 Graphic Design Coordinator: Peter Hoang LSU '05 Graphic Design Coordinator: Kystral Bennett LSU '06 Photography Coordinator: Steve Franz LSU '93 Administrative Secretary: Pat Fredericks 2006-07 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 1 LSU 2 0 0 6 -00 7 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT QUICK FACTS LSU acting head coach: Bob Starkey NCAA Tournament Regional Starkey’s career record: 3-0 (1st year) No. 3 seed • Fresno Regional Starkey’s LSU record: 3-0 (1st year) NCAA Tournament Appearance: 17th NCAA Tournament Record: 31-16 LSU Lady Tigers Last Year: LSU, the No. 1 seed in the San Antonio Region, defeated Florida Atlantic, (28-7, 10-4 SEC) Washington, DePaul and Stanford to advance to a third straight Final Four. The Lady Tigers No. 12 AP/No. 11 Coaches fell to Duke in the national semifinal. Television: ESPN (Pam Ward, Jimmy Dykes March 26, 2007 • Save Mart Center and Beth Mowins) Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network (Patrick Fresno, Calif. • ESPN Wright and Brian Miller) LADY TIGERS’ PROBABLE STARTERS LSU Sports Information: Brian Miller G 5 Erica White 5-3 Jr. 8.1 ppg 3.5 rpg 4.4 apg C: 225-939-0204 E-mail: [email protected] • Has started 54 games in her career G 12 RaShonta LeBlanc 5-7 Jr. 6.2 ppg 2.8 rpg 3.1 apg • Has started 52 games in her career SCHEDULE/RESULTS G 15 Quianna Chaney 5-11 Jr. 12.1 ppg 2.7 rpg 2.3 apg NOVEMBER • Started all 36 games this season 12 West Virginia + W, 64-25 F 54 Ashley Thomas 6-0 Jr. 4.5 ppg 3.9 rpg 1.0 spg 13 Howard + W, 88-44 • Returned to the starting lineup against Vanderbilt on March 4 14 Virginia Tech + W, 70-40 C 34 Sylvia Fowles 6-6 Jr. 17.1 ppg 12.6 rpg 1.9 bpg 16 UL-Lafayette (Cox Sports) W, 65-31 • Has started 71 games in her career 19 at Tulane W, 59-39 21 at #15 Baylor L, 64-60 LADY TIGERS’ OFF THE BENCH 24 vs. Tulsa & W, 61-37 G 23 Allison Hightower 5-10 Fr. 6.0 ppg 2.3 rpg 1.6 apg 25 vs. Eastern Washington & W, 105-52 27 at New Orleans W, 65-45 F 22 Porsha Phillips 6-2 Fr. 3.9 ppg 3.0 rpg 1.0 bpg DECEMBER G 4 Katie Antony 5-10 Jr. 3.2 ppg 1.6 rpg 80.6 FT% 2 Detroit W, 80-44 G 10 Khalilah Mitchell 5-11 Jr. 2.3 ppg 1.5 rpg 1.5 apg 10 #5 Ohio State (Cox Sports) W, 75-51 17 at #18 Michigan State W, 65-50 G 24 Marian Whitfield 5-9 Jr. 3.0 ppg 1.0 rpg 76.0 FT% 20 McNeese State W, 83-28 F 25 Mesha Williams 6-3 Jr. 3.0 ppg 2.5 rpg 50.6 FG% 30 vs. Louisiana Tech $ (Cox Sports) W, 61-44 F 44 Kristen Morris 6-2 So. 2.8 ppg 2.0 rpg 48.1 FG% JANUARY 3 at South Florida W, 60-48 CAPPING THE SEASON 7 #15 Georgia * (Cox Sports-TD) W, 57-55 LSU entered the NCAA Tournament without the services of head coach Pokey Chatman who stepped 11 at Ole Miss * L, 77-74 down from her post on March 7. Assistant coach Bob Starkey will serve as acting head coach for the 14 at Mississippi State * W, 77-50 remainder of the post season. LSU, the No. 3 seed in the Fresno Region, defeated UNC Ashville and West 18 Kentucky * W, 76-58 Virginia in Austin, Texas, and Florida State the regional semifinal to advance to the program’s fifth straight 21 at Alabama * W, 61-45 25 Arkansas * (Cox Sports-TD) W, 70-53 Elite Eight. During the regular season, the Lady Tigers compiled a 26-7 overall record and finished tied 28 Auburn * W, 65-45 for third in the Southeastern Conference with a 10-4 mark. LSU was the SEC Tournament runner-up after FEBRUARY upsetting top seeded Tennessee in the semifinal. LSU opened the season with a school-best 15-1 record. 1 at #14 Georgia * (SEC-TV) L, 53-51 The lone early blemish came at No. 15 Baylor in mid-November. A loss at Ole Miss early in conference 4 at South Carolina * W, 49-46 play disrupted LSU’s bid at a third straight league title. LSU entered February with a 20-2 record, but loss- 8 Florida * (SEC-TV) W, 79-66 es at Georgia, to UConn, to Tennessee and at Vanderbilt put a sour note on the end of the Lady Tigers’ 11 #5/4 Connecticut (ESPN2) L, 72-71 season. LSU avenged earlier losses to Ole Miss and Tennessee in the SEC Tournament only to fall to the 15 at Arkansas * W, 86-65 Commodores in the title game. Sylvia Fowles was one of the individual highlights of the season. The 6- 19 #2/3 Tennessee * (ESPN2) L, 56-51 6 junior center became LSU’s all-time blocked shots leader, joined the 1,000 career points and 1,000 22 at #12 Vanderbilt * (SEC-TV) L, 68-58 career rebounds lists and became the first player in SEC history to record a double double in every con- 25 Alabama * (Cox Sports-TD) W, 70-27 ference game. Fowles enters the NCAA Tournament ranked 10th in career points and second in career MARCH rebounds and is one of two LSU players with over 1,500 points and 1,100 rebounds in the program’s his- 2 vs. Ole Miss ! (SEC-TV) W, 52-46 tory. Fowles was a unanimous first-team All-SEC selection by the coaches and the media. Quianna 3 vs. #2 Tennessee ! (SEC-TV) W, 63-54 Chaney earned second-team All-SEC by the coaches. 4 vs. #13 Vanderbilt ! (ESPN2) L, 51-46 17 vs. UNC Ashville ~ (ESPN2) W, 77-39 19 vs. West Virginia ~ (ESPN2) W, 49-43 NOTE WORTHY.. 24 vs. Florida State $ (ESPN2) W, 55-43 • Sylvia Fowles sits ninth on LSU’s career scoring list (page 5). 26 vs. #4 Connecticut $ (ESPN) 8 p.m. • Sylvia Fowles sits second on LSU’s career rebounding list (page 5). * - denotes Southeastern Conference game; $ - NCAA Tournament • Sylvia Fowles became the first SEC player to record a double double in all 14 league games (page 6). Regional in Fresno, Calif.; ~ - NCAA Tournament first and second round • LSU leads the nation in field goal percentage defense and scoring defense (page 8). in Austin, Texas; ! - SEC Tournament in Duluth, Ga.; + - Basketball Travelers Classic hosted by LSU; & - Roadrunner Thanksgiving Classic • Sylvia Fowles was a unanimous first-team All-SEC selection by the coaches and media (page 9). in San Antonio hosted by UT-San Antonio; $ - Katrina Relief Basketball Classic hosted by LSU at New Orleans Arena; SEC-TV - aired on Fox • LSU is 21-0 this season when holding opponents to 50 or fewer points this season (page. 16). Sports Net; All times central. 2006-07 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 2 2006-07 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 Jr./2L Jacksonville, Fla./Ribault HS 10 Khalilah Mitchell G 5-11 Jr./2L New Orleans, La./St. Mary’s HS 12 RaShonta LeBlanc G 5-7 Jr./2L Port Arthur, Texas/Memorial HS 15 Quianna Chaney G 5-11 Jr./2L Baton Rouge, La./Southern Lab HS 22 Porsha Phillips F 6-2 Fr./HS Stone Mountian, Ga./Redan HS 23 Allison Hightower G 5-10 Fr./HS Arlington, Texas/Juan Seguin HS 24 Marian Whitfield G 5-9 Jr./2L Augusta, Ga./Glenn Hills HS 25 Mesha Williams C 6-3 Jr./TR St.