2008-009 LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Five Straight NCAA Final Fours • 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 • Three SEC Championships • 2005, 2006, 2008 SCHEDULE/RESULTS SEC TOURNAMENT • GAME 27 NOVEMBER (1-3) 5 Loyola-New Orleans + W, 68-50 No. 3 seed LSU Lady Tigers 11 Houston Jags + W, 68-30 (17-9, 10-4 SEC) 16 #16/14 Notre Dame ^ (ESPN2) L, 52-63 LSU LADY TIGERS 2009 SEC TOURNAMENT 24 Tulane (CST) W, 63-47 vs. 26 #25 Xavier L, 48-57 No. 6 seed Mississippi St. (21-8, 8-6 SEC) Record: 17-9 (10-4 SEC) All-time Record: 27-27 30 Middle Tennessee L, 75-79 Ranking: RV Associated Press Appearances: 29 -or- No. 11 seed S. Carolina (10-17, 2-12) NR ESPN/USA Today Championships: 2 (1991, 2003) DECEMBER (4-1) Coaches Last Year’s Finish: Runner-up; 1 Texas Southern W, 61-30 Friday, March 6, 2009 • 9 p.m. CST Coach: Van Chancellor lost to Tennessee, 61-55, in cham- 15 Louisiana Tech (CST) W, 51-41 Alltel Arena (15,936) • North Little Rock, Ark. School Record: 48-15 (.762, pionship game 18 Southeastern Louisiana W, 65-40 second year) 20 at Centenary W, 74-31 TV: FSN (First Three Rounds); ESPN2 (championship) Career Record: 487-169 (.742, MSU Record: 21-8 (8-6 SEC) Announcers: Dave Neal (play-by-play); Carol Ross (analyst); 28 Florida State (CST) L, 57-61 21st year) Coach: Sharon Fanning Teresa Edwards (analyst) on FSN ... Pam Ward (analyst); Chancellor vs. MSU: 39-3 (2-2 at Series: LSU leads 38-6 Carolyn Peck (analyst); Rebecca Lobo (analyst) on ESPN2 JANUARY (6-3) LSU) Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network; 107.3 FM in Baton Rouge Chancellor vs. SC: 9-3 SC Record: 10-17 (2-12 SEC) 1 Nebraska W, 64-50 and in the Geaux Zone on www.LSUsports.net Last Game: def. Ole Miss, 59-48, Coach: Dawn Staley 3 at #1 Connecticut (CBS) L, 63-76 Announcers: Patrick Wright (play-by-play) in Oxford, Miss., on March 1 Series: LSU leads 18-3 8 at Arkansas W, 62-42 Satellite Feed: TBA 11 Alabama W, 55-34 14 at New Orleans W, 67-48 NO. 3 SEED LSU LADY TIGERS TAKE FIVE-GAME WIN STREAK TO SEC TOURNAMENT 18 at #18 Vanderbilt L, 75-67 The LSU women’s basketball team takes a five-game winning streak into the 2009 Southeastern Conference Tournament 22 Mississippi State (CST) L, 36-38 that begins Thursday at Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, Ark. The Lady Tigers earned a bye on the tournament’s first day for 25 at Kentucky W, 59-56 29 at South Carolina W, 63-56 the eighth straight year. LSU, the No. 3 seed, will play the winner of No. 6 seed Mississippi State versus No. 11 seed South Carolina at 9 p.m. CST Friday in Alltel Arena. The contest will be televised live on Fox Sports Net South/Southwest. The FEBRUARY (5-2) game will be carried on the LSU Sports Radio Network on 107.3 FM in the Baton Rouge area. Members of the Geaux Zone 1 #5/4 Auburn (CST) L, 55-66 on www.LSUsports.net may access live audio. Live statistics are available at www.secsports.com. 5 Arkansas (SECRN) W, 68-53 8 at Mississippi State L, 55-65 15 #9/11 Florida (FSN) W, 66-47 NOTING THE LSU LADY TIGERS 19 at Georgia W, 57-46 > LSU is currently on a season-long, five-game winning streak that has included victories against No. 9 Florida, at Georgia, 22 Kentucky W, 57-56 Kentucky, No. 18 Tennessee and at Ole Miss. The last time LSU lost was at Mississippi State on Feb. 8. 26 #18/23 Tennessee (SECRN) W, 63-61 > LSU owns a 27-27 all-time record in SEC Tournament play. The Lady Tigers have won the tournament crown twice. MARCH (1-0) > Junior guard Allison Hightower was named to the 2009 All-SEC First-Team and All-Defensive Team on Tuesday. 1 at Ole Miss W, 59-48 > Forward LaSondra Barrett was named SEC Co-Freshman of the Year with Arkansas’ Ceira Ricketts. Barrett becomes the 6 Mississippi State/S. Carolina % 9 p.m. second player in LSU history to earn the award joining Seimone Augustus who won it in 2003. 22 NCAA Tournament First Round TBA > LSU head coach Van Chancellor is 13 wins shy of reaching 500 career victories. 24 NCAA Tournament Second Round TBA > LSU owns the most SEC regular season wins since 2005 with 61. The Lady Tigers were the first to 60 wins since 2005. + - denotes exhibition game > The Lady Tigers have led the SEC in scoring defense for the fifth straight season, allowing only 52.5 points per game. ^ - denotes State Farm Tip-Off Classic * - denotes Southeastern Conference game > This is the eighth straight season LSU has earned a bye in the SEC Tournament, which is the longest current streak. % - denotes SEC Tournament game (North Little Rock, Ark.) > LSU sits at 17-9 overall and finished SEC play with a 10-4 mark. It marks the seventh straight season of double-digit SEC SECRN - aired on Fox Sports Net; CST - Cox Sports TV wins, the longest current streak in the league. All times Central and subject to change. > LSU was once 2-2 in league play and in a tie for seventh but managed to finish with a share of second place with Vanderbilt. > LSU is playing host to the NCAA Tournament First and Second Rounds. LSU is going for its 11th straight NCAA postseason. BY THE NUMBERS LSU PROBABLE STARTERS (17-9, 10-4 SEC) 2 - SEC Tournament championships LSU G 3 Latear Eason 5-8 So. 3.4 ppg 2.2 rpg 2.2 apg has to its credit (1991 & 2003) • Has made 15 starts this season ... Career-high 16 points vs. Arkansas on Feb. 5 ... Career-high six assists vs. Florida ... 15 ast. last 4 gms G 1 Katherine Graham 5-11 So. 5.6 ppg 5.0 rpg 2.7 apg 5 - straight NCAA Final Fours, only the sec- • Returned to the starting lineup on Feb. 5 after suffering knee injury at UNO on Jan. 14 ... Made game-winning free throws against Tenn. ond school in NCAA women’s history G 23 Allison Hightower 5-10 Jr. 14.3 ppg 4.4 rpg 2.9 apg • 2008-09 All-SEC First Team, All-Defensive Team ... Ranks 6th in SEC in ppg, 2nd in minutes pg, 4th in FG% ... 13 straight double-figures 6 - times LSU has held an SEC opponent to F 55 LaSondra Barrett 6-2 Fr. 11.6 ppg 5.7 rpg 1.2 apg 50 points or less this season • 2008-09 SEC Co-Freshman of the Year ... 27 points at Arkansas on Jan. 8 (LSU Fr. record) ... F 44 Kristen Morris 6-2 Sr. 5.8 ppg 3.9 rpg 0.5 apg 46.1 - percent of total points scored by LSU true freshmen this season (720 of the 1,504) • Averaged 2.8 points through 16 games but has responded with 9.6 ppg since ... Made game-winning steal in final second vs. Tennessee OFF THE BENCH FOR LSU 14 - straight double-figure scoring games by G 11 Andrea Kelly 5-9 Jr. 4.9 ppg 1.3 rpg 0.7 apg preseason All-SEC guard Allison Hightower G 20 Destini Hughes 5-10 Fr. 2.3 ppg 1.7 rpg 1.3 apg 52.5 - points allowed per game by LSU, F 22 Courtney Jones 6-2 Fr. 5.6 ppg 3.5 rpg 0.9 apg which ranks first in the SEC and fifth in the F 24 Ayana Dunning 6-3 Fr. 5.2 ppg 4.3 rpg 0.5 apg nation F 41 Taylor Turnbow 6-2 Fr. 3.1 ppg 2.9 rpg 1.1 bpg LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 27 NOTES • 2009 SEC TOURNAMENT • MARCH 5-8, 2009 2008-09 LSU LADY TIGERS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl./Exp. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 1 Katherine Graham G 5-11 So./1L Birmingham, Ala./Ramsay HS 3 Latear Eason G 5-8 So./1L Chicago, Ill./John Hope Academy 11 Andrea Kelly G 5-9 Jr./JC Shalimar, Fla./Choctawhatchee HS (Okaloosa-Walton CC) 20 Destini Hughes G 5-10 Fr./HS Fort Worth, Texas/Kennedale HS 22 Courtney Jones F 6-2 Fr./HS Midfield, Ala./Midfield HS 23 Allison Hightower G 5-10 Jr./2L Arlington, Texas/Juan Seguin HS 24 Ayana Dunning F/C 6-3 Fr./HS Columbus, Ohio/Eastmoor HS 25 Swayze Black F 6-3 Fr./HS Brookhaven, Miss./Brookhaven HS 41 Taylor Turnbow F 6-2 Fr./HS Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson HS 44 Kristen Morris F 6-2 Sr./3L Lathrup Village, Mich./Detroit Country Day School 55 LaSondra Barrett F 6-2 Fr./HS Jackson, Miss./William B. Murrah HS Head Coach: Van Chancellor (Mississippi State, 1965) Associate Head Coach: Bob Starkey PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Assistant Coach: Travis Mays (Texas, 1990) 3 Latear Eason La-TEAR Assistant Coach: Kenya Larkin-Landers (Texas, 2002) 11 Andrea Kelly An-DREE-uh Director of Basketball Operations: Brittany Dietz (Oklahoma State, 2005) 20 Destini Hughes Des-TUH-knee Athletics Trainer: Micki Collins (Nebraska, 2000) 24 Ayana Dunning Eye-YA-nah Sports Information: Bill Martin (LSU, 2007) 55 LaSondra Barrett Luh-SAWN-druh Managers: Ebonie Mathews, Jasmyn Clark, Jenna Bond Student Trainers: Amanda Barbee, Danielle Davis LSU SPORTS INFORMATION HOME POSTGAME INTERVIEWS MEDIA CREDENTIALS Bill Martin handles the sports information duties for the All postgame interviews are held in the Press Conference All requests for working press, photo and broadcast cre- Lady Tigers basketball team.