2007-008 LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TONIGHT’S GAME QUICK FACTS LSU head coach: Van Chancellor Game #7 Chancellor’s career record: 443-156 (20th year) Chancellor’s LSU record: 4-2 (1st year) (4-2, 0-0 SEC) Houston Itm. head coach: Danny Hughes LSU Lady Tigers School record: 2-5 (1st year) No. 8 AP/No. 7 Coaches Career record: 2-5 (1st year) at Series record: LSU leads 4-3 Last meeting: LSU defeated Houston, 88-44, on Nov. 28, 1998 in Baton Rouge. Houston Cougars (2-5, 0-0 C-USA) Television: none Satellite feed: None NR AP/NR Coaches Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network (Patrick Wright & Brian Miller) Nov. 29, 2007 • Hofheinz Pavilion (8,479) Officials: Jeff Caudle, Gator Parrish, David Houston, Texas • 7 p.m. CST Kramer LSU Sports Information: Brian Miller LADY TIGERS’ PROBABLE STARTERS C: 225-939-0204 E-mail: [email protected] G 5 Erica White 5-3 Sr. 4.8 ppg 1.6 rpg 3.0 apg Houston Sports Information: Ryan Koslen • Has started 61 games in her career C: 713-598-8666 E-mail: [email protected] G 12 RaShonta LeBlanc 5-7 Sr. 6.2 ppg 4.5 rpg 2.7 spg • Has started 60 games in her career G 15 Quianna Chaney 5-11 Sr. 16.7 ppg 2.8 rpg 3.0 apg • Has started 44 games in her career SCHEDULE/RESULTS F 54 Ashley Thomas 6-0 Sr. 2.5 ppg 3.3 rpg 1.5 spg • Has started 61 games in her career OCTOBER C 34 Sylvia Fowles 6-6 Sr. 18.2 ppg 9.8 rpg 2.2 spg 31 All-Stars (Exh.) W, 94-35 NOVEMBER • Has started 79 games in her career 5 Houston Jaguars (Exh.) W, 82-51 COUGARS’ PROBABLE STARTERS 9 Samford + W, 86-38 11 TCU + W, 73-54 G 25 Alona Obaze 5-6 Sr. 2.9 ppg 2.4 rpg 15 #17/18 Michigan State + W, 64-41 G 30 Twiggy McIntyre 5-5 Sr. 12.4 ppg 3.7 rpg 18 at #3/3 Maryland + L, 75-62 G 34 Jasmine Johnson 5-6 Fr. 5.0 ppg 2.7 rpg 21 UL-Lafayette W, 72-37 25 at #7/7 Rutgers (ESPN2) L, 45-43 F 15 Ryan Meyers 6-1 Sr. 5.9 ppg 5.1 rpg 29 at Houston 7 p.m. F 24 Courtney Taylor 6-0 Fr. 9.3 ppg 7.2 rpg DECEMBER 2 at Tulane 4 p.m. LAST TIME OUT 16 at Louisiana Tech (CST) 2 p.m. LSU lost for the second time this season on the road to a top 10 opponent. Quianna Chaney’s three-point 18 vs. Illinois-Chicago ^ 3 p.m. shot with less then seven second left in the game did not fall and No. 7 Rutgers upended the Lady tigers, 19 vs. Miami (Fla.) ^ 3:15 p.m. 45-43, on Sunday afternoon. Chaney finished the game with a game-high 16 points, while Sylvia Fowles 28 at Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. added 13 points and 12 rebounds. LSU shot just 36.0 percent from the floor and committed 19 turnovers, 30 New Orleans (CST) 2 p.m. but held Rutgers to 38.6 percent from the floor and forced 20 turnovers in the defensive side. RaShonta JANUARY LeBlanc added eight points and held Rutgers’ Matee Ajavon to 2-12 shooting. 3 at Florida State 6 p.m. 10 at Arkansas * 7 p.m. ABOUT HOUSTON 13 Vanderbilt * (SEC-TV) 4 p.m. The Cougars, out of Conference USA, are 2-5 overall this season with wins over Texas Southern and 20 Mississippi State * (CST-delay) 2 p.m. McNeese State. Head coach Joe Curl, in his 10th season, is sidelined after suffering a heart attack on 24 at Auburn * 6 p.m. Oct. 27. Assistant coach Danny Hughes is the interim head coach and is 2-5. 27 at Kentucky * (SEC-TV) 1:30 p.m. 31 South Carolina * 7 p.m. FEBRUARY THE SERIES 3 at Florida * (SEC-TV) 11 a.m. This will be the eighth meeting between the two schools. LSU owns a 4-3 advantage overall, but has never 7 at Alabama * 6 p.m. won in Houston, losing all three meetings. The Lady Tigers won the last meeting, 88-44, on Nov. 28, 1998 10 Georgia * (ESPN2) 1 p.m. in Baton Rouge. The last time they played in Houston, the Cougars won, 66-59, on Nov. 14, 1997. 14 at Tennessee * (SEC-TV) 6 p.m. 17 Ole Miss * 2 p.m. CHANCELLOR REACHES MILESTONE 21 Kentucky * (CST-delay) 7 p.m. When LSU takes the floor Thursday against at Houston, it will be the 600th college game coach by Van 25 Connecticut (ESPN2) 6 p.m. Chancellor. The Hall of Famer has coached against 131 different opponents in his 600 games. 28 Arkansas * (CST) 7 p.m. MARCH NOTE WORTHY... 2 at Mississippi State * (SEC-TV) 2:30 p.m. • Sylvia Fowles sits seventh on LSU’s career scoring list and second in career rebounds (page 5). 6-9 SEC Tournament ! TBA • Sylvia Fowles and Erica White earned preseason All-SEC accolades (page 8). * - denotes Southeastern Conference game; + - Preseason WNIT; ^ - • LSU was picked to finish second in the SEC by the media (page 8). Caribbean Classic in Cancun, Mexico; ! - SEC Tournament in Nashville, Tenn..; SEC-TV - aired on Fox Sports Net;CST - Cox Sports Television; • See head coach Van Chancellor’s career record (page 15). All times central. 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. 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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 - 26 Tuesday - 27 Wednesday - 28 Thursday - 29 Friday - 30 Saturday - 1 Sunday - 2 Practice Practice GAME Practice 9 - 11 a.m. GAME Depart for Houston OFF 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. at Houston 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PMAC Main at Tulane 1 p.m. PMAC Main 7 p.m. PMAC Main Depart for Tulane 4 p.m. 4 p.m. Monday - 3 Tuesday - 4 Wednesday - 5 Thursday - 6 Friday - 7 Saturday - 8 Sunday - 9 OFF TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 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. vs. #15 Georgia (Jan. 7, 2007) 20 12 vs.