TONIGHT’S GAME QUICK FACTS Game #9 LSU head coach: Pokey Chatman Chatman’s career record: 41-3 (2nd year) Chatman’s LSU record: 41-3 (2nd year) LSU LADY TIGERS (8-0, 1-0 SEC) MSU head coach: Joanne P. McCallie School record: 109-58 (6th year) No. 3 AP/No. 3 Coaches Career record: 276-131 (14th year) vs. Series record: First meeting Last meeting: N/A MICHIGAN STATE (8-2, 1-0 Big Ten) Television: none Satellite feed: none No. 10 AP/No. 12 Coaches Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network (Patrick Wright and Kent Lowe) Dec. 28, 2005 • Maravich Center (13,373) Officials: Dee Kantner, Scott Yarbrough, Bob Trammell Baton Rouge, La. • 7 p.m. CST LSU Sports Information: Brian Miller LADY TIGERS PROBABLE STARTERS O: (225) 578-8204 C: (225) 939-0204 G 12 RaShonta LeBlanc 5-7 So. 5.0 ppg 2.6 rpg 3.4 apg MSU Sports Information: Ben Phlegar • Has started all eight games this season O: (517) 355-2271 C: (517) 896-0031 G 32 Scholanda Hoston 5-10 Sr. 6.4 ppg 1.5 rpg 3.3 apg • Started 57 games in her career G 33 Seimone Augustus 6-1 Sr. 21.5 ppg 5.8 rpg 57.3 FG% • Started all 113 games of her career F 22 Florence Williams 6-1 Sr. 5.5 ppg 3.0 rpg 83.3 FT% SCHEDULE/RESULTS • Has started all eight games this season C 34 Sylvia Fowles 6-6 So. 16.9 ppg 9.8 rpg 65.9 FG% NOVEMBER • Has started all eight games this season 2 Everyone’s Internet (exh) W, 84-66 7 Henderson State (exh) W, 107-50 SPARTANS PROBABLE STARTERS 13 vs. #13 Texas Tech + (ESPN2) W, 76-68 G 20 Lindsay Bowen 5-7 Sr. 14.4 ppg 3.4 rpg 3.4 apg 22 Southern (Cox Sports) W, 107-39 G 24 Rene Haynes 5-10 Jr. 10.0 ppg 4.0 rpg 2.8 apg 25 vs. Nebraska % W, 74-55 G 31 Victoria Lucas-Perry 5-9 Jr. 8.7 ppg 4.2 rpg 93.8 FT% 26 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi % W, 74-45 DECEMBER F 52 Liz Shimek 6-1 Sr. 21.3 ppg 8.7 rpg 61/6 FG% 12 New Orleans W, 72-41 C 54 Laura Hall 6-3 So. 4.3 ppg 4.3 rpg 52.4 FG% 15 at #4 Ohio State (ESPN2) W, 64-48 18 at Kentucky * (SEC-TV) W, 66-36 LAST TIME OUT 20 Tulane (Cox Sports) W, 89-60 LSU defeated Tulane, 89-60, on Dec. 20 in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center to close out the pre-hol- 28 #10/12 Michigan State 7 p.m. iday schedule. Seimone Augustus led the way with 20 points, while Sylvia Fowles added 19 points and 30 South Florida (Cox Sports) 2 p.m. 10 rebounds and Ashley Thomas had 11 points and five rebounds off the bench. The Lady Tigers shot JANUARY 45.8 percent from the floor and held Tulane to 40.7 percent. LSU also forced 23 turnovers and collected 1 North Carolina A&T 1 p.m. 17 steals and outrebounded the Green Wave, 45-31. 4 at Auburn * (SEC-TV) 8 p.m. 7 Minnesota (CBS) 11 a.m. ABOUT MICHIGAN STATE 12 South Carolina * 7 p.m. The Spartans are 8-2 this season with the two losses coming to Tennessee and Maryland in the Virgin 16 at Connecticut $ (ESPN2) 6 p.m. Islands. Michigan State is led by Joanne P. McCallie in her sixth season as head coach. The 2004-05 19 Alabama * 7 p.m. Associated Press Coach of the Year owns a 109-58 record at MSU, including a trip to the 2005 NCAA 22 at Georgia * (SEC-TV) 2 p.m. Final Four national championship game. 26 Vanderbilt * (SEC-TV) 8 p.m. THE SERIES 30 Baylor (ESPN2) 6 p.m. These two teams have never met in women’s basketball. FEBRUARY 2 at Arkansas * 7 p.m. UP NEXT 5 Ole Miss * (Cox Sports-TD) 2 p.m. LSU will continue its three-game home stand with South Florida on Friday at 2 p.m. CST. Please note the 9 at Tennessee * (ESPN2) 6 p.m. time change due to LSU’s football team in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl later that evening. The Lady Tigers 12 Georgia * (ESPN2) 2 p.m. will close out the home stand on Jan. 1 by hosting North Carolina A&T at 1 p.m. CST. 16 at Florida * 6 p.m. NOTE WORTHY... 19 Arkansas * (Cox Sports-TD) 2 p.m. • Seimone Augustus ranks fourth in career points at LSU with 2,079 (page 3). 23 at Alabama * 7 p.m. • Scholanda Hoston needs 23 points to become the 25th player in LSU history to reach 1,000 points in 26 Mississippi State * (SEC-TV) 2 p.m. a career (page 4). MARCH • LSU is ranked No. 3 in both polls (page 5). 2-5 SEC Tournament TBA • The Lady Tigers have won 19 straight games in the Maravich Center (page 5). * - denotes Southeastern Conference games; + - State Farm Tip- Off Classic hosted by Texas Tech in Lubbock; % - Miami Thanksgiving 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 HASS-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 - 26 Tuesday - 27 Wednesday - 28 Thursday - 29 Friday - 30 Saturday - 31 Sunday - 1 PRACTICE PRACTICE GAME PRACTICE GAME PRACTICE GAME 4-6 p.m. 1-3 p.m. vs. Michigan State 1-3 p.m. vs. South Florida 1-3 p.m. vs. N. Carolina A&T PMAC main PMAC main 7 p.m. PMAC main 2 p.m. PMAC main 1 p.m. Monday - 2 Tuesday - 3 Wednesday - 4 Thursday - 5 Friday - 6 Saturday - 7 Sunday - 8 PRACTICE GAME PRACTICE PRACTICE GAME Depart for Auburn 1:30 - 3 p.m. at Auburn 2-3:30 p.m. 11-1 p.m. vs. Minnesota OFF 10 a.m. PMAC main 8 p.m. PMAC aux PMAC aux. 11 a.m. 2005-06 LSU LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL 2 SEIMONE IN THE BOOKS GOT TWO GRAND SEIMONE IN THE NATION Senior Seimone Augustus collected her CAREER POINTS 2,000 point of her career with 5:08 left in the ACTIVE CAREER POINTS (as of 12/21) RK PLAYER G PTS AVG RK PLAYER G PTS AVG 1. Joyce Walker, 80-84 117 2906 24.8 first half of LSU’s win over New Orleans on 1. Seimone Augustus - LSU 113 2079 18.4 2. Julie Gross, 76-80 131 2488 18.9 Dec. 12.