2013-14 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL FIVE NCAA FINAL FOURS • 22 NCAA TOURNAMENTS GAME 21 • TWITTER: @LSUWBKB #14/14 LSU Lady Tigers (16-4, 5-2 SEC) LSU LADY TIGERS MSU BULLDOGS 2013-14 Schedule/Results Record: 16-4 (5-2 SEC) Record: 15-6 (2-5 SEC) vs. Ranking: No. 14 Associated Press Ranking: NR Associated Press NOVEMBER (6-1) No. 14 USA Today Coaches NR USA Today Coaches 8 Stephen F. Austin ^ W, 86-58 Mississippi State Coach: Nikki Caldwell Coach: Vic Schaefer 10 Saint Joseph’s ^ W, 80-64 School Record: 61-27 (.693/ School Record: 28-23 (.549/ 14 at #4/5 Louisville ^ L, 88-67 Bulldogs 3rd year) 2nd year) 20 Hampton W, 73-54 Career Record: 133-53 (.715/ Career Record: 108-133 (.448/ 23 at Louisiana Tech W, 81-69 (15-6, 2-5 SEC) 6th year) 9th year) 29 vs. Rutgers + W, 69-65 Caldwell vs. MSU: 4-0 Schaefer vs. LSU: 0-2 30 vs. Michigan + W, 64-62 Pts p/g Leader: Plaisance 14.6 Pts p/g Leader: Alwal 15.5 DECEMBER (4-1) Reb. p/g Leader: Plaisance 7.4 Reb. p/g Leader: Alwal 8.7 3 Indiana State W, 83-66 Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 • 7 p.m. CT Asst. p/g Leader: Kenney 3.8 Asst. p/g Leader: May 5.7 15 at Arkansas-Little Rock W, 58-51 Maravich Center • Baton Rouge Steals p/g Leader: Moncrief 2.1 Steals p/g Leader: Carter 2.5 17 Florida Gulf Coast (CST) W, 69-46 Blocks p/g Leader: McKinney 1.5 Blocks p/g Leader: Alwal 2.3 20 at North Carolina State L, 89-79 30 Jackson State W, 72-45 TODAY’S @LSUWBKB STORYLINES JANUARY (6-2) 2 at #5/5 Tennessee * (CSS/CST) W, 80-77 No. 14/14 LSU Continues Thursday Homestand with Mississippi State • The No. 14/14 LSU women’s basketball team heads into the heart of three consecutive Thursday home games as Mississippi 5 at Tulane W, 63-35 State visits the Maravich Center. 9 Texas A&M * (CST) L, 52-48 12 Florida * (ESPNU) W, 82-68 • The Lady Tigers have won 45 of the 51 all-time meetings with Mississippi State which includes seven straight victories dating 16 at Missouri * W, 87-68 back to the 2008-09 season. An in-depth look at the series history can be found on page 4. 19 at #24/25 Vanderbilt * (FSN) L, 79-70 • LSU is coming off back-to-back wins over Auburn and Ole Miss last week. The Lady Tigers scored the final nine points of their 23 Auburn * W, 71-60 66-56 victory over Ole Miss and forced the Rebels to misfire on their last 15 field goal attempts. 26 at Ole Miss * (SECTV) W, 66-56 • F Theresa Plaisance is a 2014 National Player of the Year candidate and was named among the 2014 Wooden Award Top 20 30 Mississippi State * (CST) 7 p.m. Midseason List on Jan. 17. She has turned in team-highs with 14.6 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. The New Orleans native FEBRUARY has reeled off 10 straight 10-plus scoring efforts. Plaisance, the reigning SEC Player of the Week, has raised her average to 17.6 2 at #13/12 Kentucky * (FSN) 11 a.m. points per game in conference play which is fourth-best in the SEC rankings. She has tallied back-to-back double-doubles for 6 Missouri * 7 p.m. the second time in his career.. 9 at Texas A&M * (FSN) 1:30 p.m. • G Danielle Ballard has come away with a balanced 9.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game. She has started 16 South Carolina * (ESPN2) 2:30 p.m. in LSU’s last nine games and pumped in 23 points, her second-highest output of the season, at No. 24 Vanderbilt. Ballard has 20 at Georgia * 6 p.m. produced four of her seven 10-plus point efforts during that stretch. She has made 41.2 percent of her field goal attempts and 23 Arkansas * (CST) 1 p.m. posted 1.3 assist-to-turnover ratio in SEC action. 27 Tennessee * (CSS/CST) 8 p.m. • G Jeanne Kenney has picked up her scoring especially from a three-point territory. The senior guard is averaging 14.7 points and MARCH canned 30 triples over her last 10 games. Kenney has buried 43.2 percent of her triples, second-highest on the SEC leaderboard. 2 at Alabama * (SECTV) 1 p.m. She also has handed out 4.7 assists per game during that stretch. Kenney poured in a career-best 30 points fueled by a career- 5-9 SEC Tournament (Duluth, Ga.) high tying six triples at Missouri. It was one of eight 30-point performances in the SEC on the season and the first for a LSU player 23 NCAA Tournament First Round (Baton Rouge) 25 NCAA Tournament Second Round (Baton Rouge) since Allison Hightower against Ole Miss during the 2009-10 season. APRIL • G Raigyne Moncrief has pumped in 10.7 points per game which ranks fifth among SEC freshmen. She also has garnered 4.7 6 & 8 NCAA Final Four (Nashville, Tenn.) rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.1 steals per game. The 2.1 steals are seventh in the SEC. Moncrief returned to double figures with a 15-point outing against Auburn, her first since the Jackson State game on Dec. 30. * - denotes SEC game • Head coach Nikki Caldwell is in her third season at LSU and sixth season overall. Caldwell has led LSU to two NCAA Tournament ^ - denotes Preseason WNIT appearances, a Sweet 16 and a 61-27 record. Caldwell has won 80.8 percent of her games (538-128) as a player, graduate assis- + - denotes Barclays Center Invitational (Brooklyn, NY) tant, assistant coach and head coach dating back to her freshman season of 1990-91 at Tennessee. FSN - Fox Sports Net; CSS - Comcast Sports Southeast; CST - Cox Sports Television PROJECTED @LSUWBKB STARTING LINEUP • BASED ON PREVIOUS GAME All times Central and subject to change. G 5 Jeanne Kenney 5-8 Sr.-3L 11.1 ppg 4.0 rpg 3.8 apg • LSU active leader in assists (332) ... Seven of 10 with 10-plus points ... Tallied career-best 30 points with six treys at Mizzou. G 11 Raigyne Moncrief 5-10 Fr.-HS 10.7 ppg 4.7 rpg 2.3 spg Broadcast Information • 2013 No. 18 HS Player in America ... Scored in double figures in 10 of 20 games ... 5th among SEC freshmen with 10.7 PPG. TV: CST G 32 Danielle Ballard 5-9 So.-1L 9.5 ppg 6.3 rpg 3.3 apg Announcers: Lyn Rollins, Victor Howell • Started nine straight games ... Matched career-high 25 points at TENN ... Secured 23 points, 7 rebs, 5 asts at VANDY. Internet: www.LSUsports.net/live Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network • Talk 107.3 FM F 55 Theresa Plaisance 6-5 Sr.-3L 14.6 ppg 7.4 rpg 1.0 bpg in Baton Rouge/www.LSUsports.net/live • Provided 10-plus in 17 of 20 games and nine straight ... Reigning SEC POW after season-high 23 pts and 10 rebs at OM. Announcers: Patrick Wright, Jeff Palermo C 21 Shanece McKinney 6-4 Sr.-3L 7.8 ppg 4.1 rpg 1.5 bpg • Collected 13 straight starts ... Garnered 10 pts, 5 rebs at OM, LSU is 7-0 when #21 scores 10+ pts ... 110 career blks - 5th at LSU. 2013-14 LSU Lady Tigers Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl./Exp. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 1 Derreyal Youngblood C 6-4 So./1L Harvey, La./John Curtis HS 3 Akilah Bethel * G 6-0 Jr./TR Baltimore, Md./West Virginia University 4 Anne Pedersen G 6-1 So./1L Copenhagen, Denmark/The Rock School (Fla.) 5 Jeanne Kenney G 5-8 Sr./3L Baton Rouge, La./St. Michael the Archangel 10 Jasmine Rhodes G 5-10 Fr./HS Mobile, Ala./Faith Academy 11 Raigyne Moncrief G 5-10 Fr./HS Fort Lauderdale, Fla./American Heritage HS 13 Rina Hill G 5-7 Fr./HS Nagoya-Shi, Japan/IMG Academy (Fla.) 21 Shanece McKinney C 6-4 Sr./3L Mobile, Ala./LeFlore HS 24 DaShawn Harden G 5-9 Jr./JC Olathe, Kan./Johnson County (Kan.) CC 31 Ann Jones * F 6-3 Jr./TR Jackson, Tenn./University of Memphis 32 Danielle Ballard G 5-9 So./1L Memphis, Tenn./Memphis Central HS 42 Sheila Boykin F 6-2 Jr./2L Los Angeles, Calif./Long Beach Poly HS 55 Theresa Plaisance F 6-5 Sr./3L New Orleans, La./Vandebilt Catholic HS * - will sit out 2013-14 season (NCAA transfer rules) Head Coach: Nikki Caldwell (third season; Tennessee, 1994) Pronunciation Guide Assistant Coach: Tasha Butts (third season; Tennessee, 2004) 1 Derreyal Youngblood (Dair-E-yale) 3 Akilah Bethel (Ah-KEY-lah BETH-ul) Assistant Coach: Tony Perotti (third season; Tennessee, 1999) 4 Anne Pedersen (PEE-dur-suhn) Assistant Coach: Angel Elderkin (second season; Southern Maine, 1999) 5 Jeanne Kenney (Zhahn) (rhymes with Sean) Director of Basketball Operations: Jon Silver (third season; UCLA, 2009) 11 Raiygyne Moncrief (RAY-jean MAHN-creef) 21 Shanece McKinney (Shuh-NEECE) Michael Scruggs (second season; Tennessee, 2008) 24 DaShawn Harden (DAY-Shawn) (rhymes with yawn) Director of Video Operations: 32 Danielle Ballard (Dan-YELL) Athletics Trainer: Micki Collins (Nebraska, 2000) 55 Theresa Plaisance (Tuh-REE-suh Play-SAWNCE) Strength & Conditioning Coordinator: Melissa Moore (Southern Miss, 2000) Tony Perotti (Puh-row-TEE) Angel Elderkin (El-dur-ken) LSU Media Services IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS LSU Sports Information Office: (225) 578-8226 LSU Sports Information Interviews During The Week LSU Sports Information FAX: (225) 578-1861 Matt Dunaway, Associate Sports Information Director, Head coach Nikki Caldwell and LSU players are available Maravich Center Press Row: (225) 578-8226 handles all publicity for the LSU women’s basketball team.