TONIGHT’S GAME QUICK FACTS Game #26 LSU head coach: Pokey Chatman Chatman’s career record: 56-5 (2nd year) Chatman’s LSU record: 56-5 (2nd year) LSU LADY TIGERS (23-2, 11-1 SEC) Alabama head coach: Stephany Smith School record: 9-16 (1st year) No. 3 AP/No. 3 Coaches Career record: 162-104 (9th year) at Series record: LSU leads 24-16 overall. Alabama leads 11-7 in Tuscaloosa. ALABAMA (9-16, 3-9 SEC) Last meeting: LSU defeated Alabama, 79- 43, on Jan. 19 in Baton Rouge. NR AP/NR Coaches Television: none Satellite highlight feed: Feb. 23, 2006 • Coleman Coliseum (15,341) Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network (Patrick Tuscaloosa, Ala. • 7 p.m. CST Wright and Brian Miller) Officials: Tina Napier, Yvette McKinney, LADY TIGERS PROBABLE STARTERS Dock Sisk G 5 Erica White 5-3 So. 5.4 ppg 2.1 rpg 5.5 apg LSU Sports Information: Brian Miller • Started the last 10 games O: (225) 578-8204 C: (225) 939-0204 G 32 Scholanda Hoston 5-10 Sr. 8.6 ppg 2.7 rpg 2.6 apg Alabama SID: Corey Hoodjer • Started 74 games in her career O: (205) 348-7496 C: (515) 451-9670 G 33 Seimone Augustus 6-1 Sr. 21.9 ppg 4.8 rpg 57.9 FG% • Started all 130 games of her career F 54 Ashley Thomas 6-0 So. 4.3 ppg 4.3 rpg 0.5 bpg • Has started the last 14 games C 34 Sylvia Fowles 6-6 So. 16.5 ppg 11.6 rpg 62.1 FG% SCHEDULE/RESULTS • Has started all 25 games this season NOVEMBER 2 Everyone’s Internet (exh) W, 84-66 CRIMSON TIDE PROBABLE STARTERS 7 Henderson State (exh) W, 107-50 G 10 Leah Drury 5-8 So. 3.6 ppg 2.2 rpg 2.1 apg 13 vs. #13 Texas Tech + (ESPN2) W, 76-68 G 21 Kate Mastin 5-9 Jr. 9.4 ppg 2.4 rpg 2.0 apg 22 Southern (Cox Sports) W, 107-39 G 34 Navonda Moore 5-10 Jr. 12.4 ppg 4.7 rpg 1.9 apg 25 vs. Nebraska % W, 74-55 26 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi % W, 74-45 F 50 Harriet Barnes 6-2 Jr. 7.5 ppg 7.0 rpg 0.9 spg DECEMBER C 52 Dee Merriweather 6-4 Sr. 7.5 ppg 8.5 rpg 54.8 FG% 12 New Orleans W, 72-41 15 at #4 Ohio State (ESPN2) W, 64-48 LAST TIME OUT 18 at Kentucky * (SEC-TV) W, 66-36 Seimone Augustus' 26 points led LSU to a 64-42 victory over Arkansas on Sunday afternoon in front of 20 Tulane (Cox Sports) W, 89-60 a sold-out Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The Lady Tigers moved on game closer to clinching a second 28 #10/12 Michigan State W, 72-52 straight to a Southeastern Conference regular season title, holding onto a one-game lead over Tennessee 30 South Florida (Cox Sports) W, 87-44 with two games left. Arkansas jumped out to an early 7-2 lead, but LSU proceeded to rattle off a 17-0 run JANUARY to take a commanding 19-7 lead with 5:56 left in the first half. The Lady Tigers led 27-14 at the break and 1 North Carolina A&T W, 99-35 opened the second half on an 11-2 run to lead, 38-16 with 16:43 left to play. The Lady Razorbacks never 4 at Auburn * (SEC-TV) W, 65-38 got any closer than 18 points the rest of the game. 7 #15 Minnesota (CBS) W, 66-45 ABOUT ALABAMA 12 South Carolina * W, 79-46 The Crimson tide are 9-16 overall and 3-9 in the Southeastern Conference. Alabama has dropped eight 16 at #5/7 Connecticut $ (ESPN2) L, 51-48 of the last nine games, including falling at home to Tennessee on Sunday. Stephany Smith leads 19 Alabama * W, 79-43 Alabama in her first season as the Crimson Tide head coach. She owns a 9-16 record at Alabama and a 22 at #13/16 Georgia * (SEC-TV) W, 65-64 162-104 career mark in her 10th season. 26 #22 Vanderbilt * (SEC-TV) W, 75-53 30 #10 Baylor (ESPN2) W, 88-57 THE SERIES FEBRUARY This will be the 41st meeting between the two schools. LSU owns a 24-16 series lead, including five 2 at Arkansas * W, 93-59 straight wins. Alabama leads the series, 11-7, in Tuscaloosa and have won nine of the last 10 in Coleman 5 Ole Miss * (Cox Sports-TD) W, 78-63 Coliseum. LSU won the earlier meeting this season, 79-43, on Jan. 19 in Baton Rouge. 9 at #5 Tennessee * (ESPN2) W, 72-69 UP NEXT 12 #13 Georgia * (ESPN2) W, 68-61 LSU hosts Mississippi State for Senior Day on Sunday at 2 p.m. CST. It will be the final home game for 16 at Florida * L, 79-78 ot seniors Seimone Augustus, Scholanda Hoston and Florence Williams. 19 Arkansas * (Cox Sports-TD) W, 64-42 23 at Alabama * 7 p.m. NOTE WORTHY... 26 Mississippi State * (SEC-TV) 2 p.m. • Seimone Augustus ranks third in career points at LSU with 2,454 (page 3). MARCH • Seimone Augustus is the NCAA’s active leading scorer (page 3). 2-5 SEC Tournament TBA • Sylvia Fowles has a team-best 16 double doubles this season (page 4). * - denotes Southeastern Conference games; + - State Farm Tip-Off • Scholanda Hoston ranked 18th in career points at LSU with 1,144 (page 5). Classic hosted by Texas Tech in Lubbock; % - Miami Thanksgiving • The Lady Tigers have won 30 straight games in the Maravich Center (page 6). Classic held in Miami, Fla; $ - Game played in the Hartford Civic Center; SEC-TV - aired on Fox Sports Net; All times central. 2005-06 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 1 2005-06 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 So./1L Jacksonville, Fla./Ribault HS 10 Khalilah Mitchell G 5-11 So./1L New Orleans, La./St. Mary’s HS 12 RaShonta LeBlanc G 5-7 So./1L Port Arthur, Texas/Memorial HS 15 Quianna Chaney G 5-11 So./1L Baton Rouge, La./Southern Lab HS 22 Florence Williams F 6-1 Sr./3L Miami, Fla./Edison HS 24 Marian Whitfield G 5-9 So./1L Augusta, Ga./Glenn Hills HS 32 Scholanda Hoston G 5-10 Sr../3L Miami, Fla./Edison HS 33 Seimone Augustus G 6-1 Sr./3L Baton Rouge, La./Capitol HS 34 Sylvia Fowles C 6-6 So./1L Miami, Fla./Edison HS 44 Kristen Morris F 6-2 Fr./HS Lathrup Village, Mich./Detroit Country Day School 54 Ashley Thomas F 6-0 So./1L Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson HS * - will sit out the 2005-06 season after transfering Head Coach: Pokey Chatman (LSU, 1991) Assistant Coach: Bob Starkey Assistant Coach: Carla Berry (LSU, 1993) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Assistant Coach: Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech, 2000) 10 Khalilah Mitchell kah-LIL-la Dir. of Basketball Operations: Joe Carvalhido (St. John’s, 1999) 12 RaShonta LeBlanc rah-SHON- tay LAY-blonk Athletics Trainer: Micki Collins 15 Quianna Chaney KEY-on-ah Student Assistant Trainer: Ashante’ Simms 31 Sylvia Fowles fouls 32 Scholanda Hoston SHOW-lahn-da HAHS-ton Student Managers: Ashley Darville, Traci Moore 33 Seimone Augustus sah-MOAN Sports Information: Brian Miller SPORTS INFORMATION INTERVIEW POLICIES MEDIA.LSUSPORTS.NET Brian Miller handles the sports information Requests to interview coach Pokey Media can now access images for all LSU duties for the Lady Tigers basketball team. 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LADY TIGERS UPCOMING SCHEDULE (subject to change) Monday - 20 Tuesday - 21 Wednesday - 22 Thursday - 23 Friday - 24 Saturday - 25 Sunday - 26 PRACTICE GAME PRACTICE PRACTICE Depart for GAME 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. vs. Mississippi 12:30 - 3 p.m. 2 - 3 p.m. Tuscaloosa at Alabama OFF PMAC main State PMAC main PMAC main 2 p.m. 7 p.m. (Closed) 2 p.m. Monday - 27 Tuesday - 28 Wednesday - 1 Thursday - 2 Friday - 3 Saturday - 4 Sunday - 5 PRACTICE PRACTICE Depart for North at SEC at SEC at SEC PRACTICE 12:30 - 3 p.m. 12:30 - 3 p.m. Little Rock, Ark. TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT TBA PMAC main PMAC main TBA TBA TBA TBA 2005-06 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 2 SEIMONE IN THE BOOKS THIRD-PLACE! SEIMONE IN THE NATION Senior Seimone Augustus moved past CAREER POINTS Cornelia Gayden for third-place on LSU’s ACTIVE CAREER POINTS (as of 2/19) RK PLAYER G PTS AVG RK PLAYER G PTS AVG 1.