Louisiana Tech Women's Basketball Media Guide

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Table of Contents Media Information.................................................... 2 LA Tech Radio Network............................................ 3 Athletics Council....................................................... 4 Welcome to the Family............................................ 5 LA Tech Roster......................................................... 50 LA Tech Radio/TV Roster........................................ 51 Outlook.................................................................... 52 Head Coach Teresa Weatherspoon........................ 56 Associate Head Coach Daron Park........................ 58 Assistant Coaches.................................................. 59 Support Staff.......................................................... 60 Lady Techster Players............................................. 62 2009-10 Statistics................................................... 82 Season in Review................................................... 83 Western Athletic Conference................................. 96 All-Time Conference Standings............................. 98 Lady Techster History........................................... 103 Kodak All-Americans............................................ 115 Letterwinners........................................................ 117 Conference Players of the Year............................ 118 Honor Roll............................................................. 119 All-Time Uniform Numbers................................. 120 All-Time Roster by State...................................... 121 All-Time Scores..................................................... 122 Year-by-Year Coaching Records........................... 129 Overtime History.................................................. 129 Series Records...................................................... 130 All-Time Results vs. Opponents.......................... 131 1,000-Point Club.................................................... 135 Statistical Trends................................................... 137 Milestone Victories/Streaks................................. 137 30-Point Club......................................................... 139 Individual Game Records..................................... 140 Individual Single Season Records....................... 141 Individual Career Leaders.................................... 142 Single Season Records by Classification........... 143 Year-by-Year Leaders............................................. 145 100-Point Games................................................... 146 Team Single Season Highs.................................. 147 Team Single Game Records................................. 148 Career Double-Doubles........................................ 149 All-Time Triple-Doubles........................................ 149 Thomas Assembly Center.................................... 150 Thomas Assembly Center Records..................... 152 NCAA Tournament History................................... 153 Final Four Results................................................. 154 Postseason Tournament Scores........................... 155 Week-by-Week Top 25........................................... 156 Final Polls.............................................................. 157 Game-by-Game vs. AP Top 25.............................. 159 Tech vs. AP Top 25................................................. 160 Tech President Dan Reneau................................. 162 Athletics Director Bruce Van De Velde................ 163 Athletic Administration........................................ 164

2010-2011

Lady Techster Basketball

Louisiana Tech Athletic Mission

Athletic Mission Statement

Louisiana Tech University will be a conference leader in performance by investing strategically in student-athletes’ development, providing superior facilities, and enhancing program support to achieve a local and national image of success and dominance.

Embody excellence in everything we do. Develop student-athletes to maximize their potential in mind, body and spirit. Bring pride, admiration, and loyalty to the University family, community and state. Win with integrity.

The 2010-11 Louisiana Tech women’s basketball media guide was published by the Louisiana Tech Athletic Media Relations Office. It has been designed as a source of information for the news media and Lady Techster fans. Every effort has been made to include pertinent information. Should you need additional information such as feature materials, and/or statistics, please direct your inquiries to the media relations office. Call 318-257-3144. For all the latest on the Lady Techsters and all of the Louisiana Tech programs, visit www.latechsports.com. Editors: Malcolm Butler, Patrick Walsh, Steven Schoon, Austin Staton Contributors: Malcolm Butler, Louisiana Tech News Bureau and Media Relations Students Covers and Layout: Courtney Pugh of Donnie Bell Design, Inc. Photography: Donny Crowe, Tom Morris, Darrell James, Malcolm Butler, Donald Page, USA Basketball

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS

Media Information Quick Facts General Name of School: Louisiana Tech Location: Ruston, La. Founded: 1894 Enrollment: 11,500 Nickname: Lady Techsters Colors: Red, Blue Arena: Thomas Assembly Center (8,000) Affiliation: Division I Conference: Western Athletic President: Dr. Dan Reneau (Louisiana Tech, 1963) Athletic Director: Bruce Van De Velde (Iowa State, 1982) SWA: Mary Kay Hungate Faculty Rep: Dr. James Liberatos Athletic Department Phone: 318-257-4111 Coaching Staff Head Coach: Teresa Weatherspoon (Louisiana Tech, 2008) Record at School: 32-11 (3rd season) Career Record: Same Basketball Office Phone: 318-257-4111 Associate HC: Daron Park (Montana State, 1994) Assistants: Sara Carter (South Alabama, 2004), Ebony Felder (Georgia, 2006) Team Information 2009-10 Record: 23-9, 11-5 WAC Conference Record/Finish: 11-5, 2nd Final AP Poll: na Final Coaches Poll: na Starters Returning/Lost (from 09-10): 3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost (from 09-10): 8/2 Newcomers: 4 History First Year of Basketball: 1974-75 Overall All-Time Record: 976-204 National Titles: 3 (1981 AIAW, 1982 NCAA, 1988 NCAA) Years in NCAA Tournament/Last: 26/2010 Last Postseason Opponent: L, Florida State, 1st round, 2010 NCAA Media Relations Director/WBB Contact: Malcolm Butler Office Phone: 318-257-3144 Cell Phone: 318-614-4513 Email: mbutler@latech.edu Fax: 318-257-3757 Press Row: 318-257-3144 Address: PO Box 3166, Ruston, La. 71272

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Malcolm Butler Associate AD Media Relations

Patrick Walsh Associate Director

Steven Schoon Assistant Director

Austin Staton Assistant Director

Welcome to another exciting season of Lady Techster basketball. The entire media relations staff at Louisiana Tech is looking forward to working with media members this season - so feel free to call and request any information concerning the Techsters. Director Malcolm Butler will be the person primarily responsible for Lady Techster basketball within the office, but be assured that you can get assistance from anyone. The Louisiana Tech Athletics Media Relations Office looks forward to working with you during the 2010-11 basketball season. Any member of the office can answer your questions or direct you to someone who can, so please feel free to call us at (318) 257-3144. The media relations office is a vital part of the success of the Lady Techster basketball program. Butler and assistants Patrick Walsh, Steven Schoon and Austin Staton strive to run one of the finest departments in the nation. Credentials: For media members requesting passes for Lady Techster basketball, please contact the Louisiana Tech Athletics Media Relations Office at least 24 hours in advance. Press Parking: The media is encouraged to park along the north side of the Thomas Assembly Center. Limited space is available and no parking passes are available. Press Room: Located in the media relations office, the press room serves as a writing and transmitting area after the games. More than adequate working space is an Assembly Center trademark, and telephones are available at no cost, as is one fax machine. Wireless high-speed internet connections and ethernet connections are also available. Light refreshments are available during games. Broadcast Rights: Visiting radio stations are welcome. “Official” stations are provided two courtesy lines including both ISDN and analog lines. Address all broadcast questions to Malcolm Butler. Social Media: Louisiana Tech fans can access the most in-depth information regarding all the University’s programs through social media opportunities available online. LA Tech All-Access: LA Tech All-Access is a subscription based platform that Tech fans can access live video/audio streams of almost every Tech home sporting event and live audio streams of road football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and selected baseball and softball games plus press conferences and other special events. For only $9.95 per month or $79.95 for the year, Bulldog and Lady Techster fans can be a part of all of the action. Facebook: Louisiana Tech athletics has its own facebook page that updates daily with all of the latest information on the Bulldogs and Lady Techsters. Become a friend of LA Tech athletics at http://www.facebook.com/LATechAthletics. Twitter: Members of the Louisiana Tech media relations department will be tweeting throughout the year with the latest news and in-game score updates. To follow them, simply find them on www.twitter.com. LATechMButler: football, women’s basketball, softball, men’s golf and more LATechPWalsh: football, men’s and women’s cross country, indoor track and outdoor track LATechSSchoon: soccer, men’s basketball, tennis LATechAStaton: volleyball, baseball, bowling CoverItLive: Louisiana Tech will be conducting its own chat rooms during games this year for football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball. LA Tech fans can join in the chat throughout the in-game action for the majority of the contests for these sports. Simply log onto www.latechsports.com 30 minutes prior to the start of the contests and click on the CoverItLive icon.


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LA Tech Sports Network

LA Tech Sports Properties begins its third year as part of the University’s athletic family and is in charge of the LA Tech Sports Network which will cover every Lady Techster basketball game this season. Every regular season, conference tournament and postseason contest will air live with a 30-minute pregame show and a 30-minute postgame wrap-up. The LA Tech Sports Network consists of KXKZ 107.5 FM (Ruston), ESPN 97.7 FM (Ruston), KPCH 99.3 FM (Ruston), KLKL 95.7 FM (Shreveport/Bossier City), KVCL 92.1 FM (Winnfield), KJVC 92.7 FM (Mansfield), and KTKC 92.9 (Springhill). During the 2010-11 basketball season, the Lady Techsters will air live on ESPN 97.7 FM with the exception of the Nov. 13 game against Prairie View (KPCH 99.3) and the Nov. 27 game against Missouri State (KXKZ 107.5). Louisiana Tech Associate Athletics Director Malcolm Butler enters his 12th season providing the live play-by-play action of Lady Techster basketball while also serving as the program’s SID. Butler began his broadcasting during the 1999-2000 season serving as the color analyst before taking over the following year as the play-by-play voice. All Lady Techster games can be accessed via the internet by logging onto www.latechsports.com and subscribing to LA Tech All-Access, a subscription based web service that will provide the audio feed of every game (home and away) and the video feed of the home games. For more information on the LA Tech Sports Network, call General Manager Mason Ellenberger at 318-257-5331.

Inside Tech Basketball Inside Tech Basketball begins its second year as part of the LA Tech Sports Network as the one-hour radio show features Lady Techster head coach Teresa Weatherspoon and Bulldog head coach Kerry Rupp. Each of the 13 shows will air at 6 p.m. from Counter Culture in downtown Ruston as each coach will discuss all the latest developments in their respective programs. The show will feature a half hour segment with Weatherspoon and the Voice of the Lady Techsters Malcolm Butler and a half hour segment with Rupp and the Voice of the Bulldogs Dave Nitz reviewing and previewing the latest with the two teams. Every show will air on ESPN 97.7 FM (Ruston). Tech fans can hear all the shows over the internet by subscribing to LA Tech AllAccess at www.latechsports.com.

Schedule for Inside Tech Basketball Radio Show Thursday, Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16 at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10 at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17 at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24 at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31 at 6 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14 at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. Wed., March 2 at 6 p.m. Monday, March 7 at 6 p.m.

Lady Techster Radio Schedule Date Opponent Time Station 11/13 WBB vs. Prairie View A&M 6 pm KPCH 99.3 11/16 WBB vs. Western Kentucky 7 pm ESPN 97.7 11/19 WBB @ UALR 7 pm ESPN 97.7 11/23 WBB vs. Houston 7 pm ESPN 97.7 1127 WBB @ Missouri State 2 pm KXKZ 107.5 12/1 WBB @ Mississippi State 7 pm ESPN 97.7 12/12 WBB vs. Southern 2 pm ESPN 97.7 12/15 WBB vs.Arkansas State 7 pm ESPN 97.7 12/17 WBB @ Tulane 7 pm ESPN 97.7 12/19 WBB @ LSU 3 pm ESPN 97.7 FIU Fun and Sun Classic (Dec. 29 & 30 in Miami, Fla) 12/29 WBB vs. Georgia 7 pm ESPN 97.7 12/30 WBB vs. FIU/Marquette TBA ESPN 97.7 1/2 WBB vs Southern Mississippi 2 pm ESPN 97.7 1/6 WBB @ San Jose State 7 pm ESPN 97.7 1/8 WBB @ Hawaii 11 pm ESPN 97.7 1/13 WBB @ Fresno State 9 pm ESPN 97.7 1/20 WBB vs. Utah State 7 pm ESPN 97.7 1/22 WBB vs. Nevada 7 pm ESPN 97.7 1/27 WBB @ Idaho 8 pm ESPN 97.7 1/29 WBB @ Boise State 8 pm ESPN 97.7 2/5 WBB vs. Fresno State 7 pm ESPN 97.7 2/7 WBB vs. New Mexico State 7 pm ESPN 97.7 2/12 WBB @ New Mexico State 8 pm ESPN 97.7 2/17 WBB vs. Hawaii 7 pm ESPN 97.7 2/19 WBB vs. San Jose State TBA ESPN 97.7 2/26 WBB @ Utah State 8 pm ESPN 97.7 2/27 WBB @ Nevada 9 pm ESPN 97.7 3/3 WBB vs. Boise State 6 pm ESPN 97.7 3/5 WBB vs. Idaho 2 pm ESPN 97.7 ESPN 97.7 3/10-13 WBB @ WAC Tourney- Las Vegas TBA

The Ruston Daily Leader O.K. “Buddy” Davis 208 West Park Ave. Ruston, LA 71270 Phone: (318) 255-4353 The News-Star Ethan Conley 411 North 4th St. Monroe, LA 71210 Phone: 1-800-259-7788 The Shreveport Times Jimmy Watson P. O. Box 30222 Shreveport, LA 71130-0222 Phone: 1-800-462-6436 KNOE-TV (CBS) Aaron Dietrich P. O. Box 4067 Monroe, LA 71211 Phone: (318) 388-8888 KTVE-TV/KARD-TV (NBC) Gene Ponti 200 Pavilion Road West Monroe, LA 71292 Phone: (318) 323-1972

KTAL-TV (NBC) Brandon Dunn 3150 North Market St. Shreveport, LA 71107 Phone: (318) 629-6000 KSLA-TV (CBS) Colin McElroy 1812 Fairfield Shreveport, LA 71101 Phone: (318) 222-1212 KTBS-TV (ABC) Tim Fletcher 312 E. Kings Hwy. Shreveport, LA 71104 Phone: (318) 861-5880 KXKZ-FM Sean Fox P. O. Box 430 Ruston, LA 71273 Phone: (318) 255-5000

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Athletics Council

Dr. Marvin Green Alumni Rep.

Dr. Les Guice

Mary Kay Hungate

Dr. James Liberatos Chairman

Lisa Cole

Steve Davison

Bruce Van De Velde

Dr. Sean Dwyer

Dr. Guthrie Jarrell Alumni Rep.

Dr. Terry McConathy

Dr. Ken Rea

Sam Speed

Donna Thomas

Leah Beasley Assistant A.D./ Marketing

Eric Buskirk Associate A.D./ External Affairs

Malcolm Butler Associate A.D./ Media Relations

Mason Ellenberger G.M.-LA Tech Sports Properties

Missy Farrar Student Success Specialist

Adam McGuirt LTAC Director

Lisa Merritt Assistant A.D./ Academics

Administrative Support

Bill Graham Special Events

Brenda Milton WBB Coordinator

Lori Hamilton Asst. to A.D.

Sandra Kane Assistant Director for Compliance

Linda Lewis Media Relations Coordinator

Marshall Ticket Operations

Josh McDaniel Webmaster/Kid’s Club Director

Josh Perot Act. Exec.-LA Tech Sports Properties

Dana Pettit Accounting Technician

Marie Pipes Associate A.D./ CFO

Renee Puckett Men’s Basketball Coordinator

Tommy Sisemore Director of Facilities

Kim Tanner Facilities Coordinator

Zach Williams Assistant A.D./ Ticket Operations

Head Coaches

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Jeff Parks Golf

Kerry Rupp Men’s Basketball

Wade Simoneaux Baseball

Kevin Sherry Soccer

Matt Sonnichsen Volleyball

Sarah Dawson Softball

Sonny Dykes Football

Shawn Jackson Bowling

Gary Stanley Track & Field

Teresa Weatherspoon Women’s Basketball

Quintin Yray Tennis


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we are louisiana tech university

welcome to the family

“ Louisiana Tech will be a top research university. And every top research university in the United States has a top athletic program. That’s our goal. We’re developing a road map for Tech athletics.” -- Tech President Dr. Dan Reneau

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS

LADY TECHSTER

MYSTIQUE

By the Numbers

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• 36 Straight Winning Seasons • 30 Seasons of 20 or more wins • 20 WNBA Players • 17 Seasons of 30 or more wins • 19 Conference Championships in 23 years • 16 Kodak All-Americans • 4 Olympians • 4 Hall of Famers • 3 Wade Trophy Winners

976-204

Louisiana Tech’s all-time record ranks No. 1 in the history of the game for winning percentage (.827)


www.latechsports.com Top Women’s Basketball Programs of All-Time All-Time by Wins

All-Time by Percentage

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Tennessee

1130

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Louisiana Tech

976-204

.827

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Louisiana Tech

976

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Tennessee

1130-253

.817

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Old Dominion

909

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Connecticut

761-178

.810

4.

Stephen F. Austin 892

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Montana

740-218

.772

5.

James Madison

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Texas

848-281

.751

880

NCAA TOURNAMENT SUCCESS

Tech’s AP Top 25 Dominance

• 26 NCAA Tournaments • 13 Final Fours • 8 National Title Games • 3 National Titles

• 589 Total Weeks • 443 Weeks Tech in Top 25 • 371 Weeks Tech in Top 10 • 279 Weeks Tech in Top 5

BCS Busters: Louisiana Tech has won 72 percent of its games against current members of the SEC, Big East, PAC-10, Big 12, ACC and Big Ten. vs. Big 12 63-10 vs. PAC 10 31-5 vs. Big 10 34-10 vs. ACC 13-8 vs. Big East 9-6 vs. SEC 72-48 [17-25 vs. Tennessee (55-23 vs. rest ofSEC)] Overall 222-87 (.718%)

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NCAA SUCCESS

Louisiana Tech has participated in 29 national postseason tournaments, 13 Final Fours, 8 national championship games and won 3 national titles.

A LADY TECHSTER Tradition

The Lady Techsters have played in 89 NCAA Tournament games in their program’s history, surpassing all but two programs in this impressive feat. Tech has won 65 of those games, the third most wins in the NCAA Tournament.

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Louisiana Tech won the last AIAW National Title in 1981 and the first ever NCAA National Title in 1982. Tech also won the 1988 NCAA National Title.

NCAA Tournament Games

NCAA Tournament Wins

1.

Tennessee

127

1.

Tennessee

106

2.

Connecticut

92

2.

Connecticut

77

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Louisiana Tech

89

3.

Louisiana Tech

65

4.

Stanford

83

4.

Stanford

61

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Georgia

77

5.

Georgia

50

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Purdue

61

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Duke

43

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Vanderbilt

60

7.

Purdue

42

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Duke

60

8.

North Carolina 39

7.

North Carolina

60

8.

LSU

38

10. Multiple Teams

58

10.

Vanderbilt

37


www.latechsports.com Postseason Success – A Louisiana Tech Tradition Louisiana Tech has played in four of the top seven highest rated televised games in NCAA Tournament history. Louisiana Tech’s win over Cheyney State in the 1982 NCAA National Championship game is the highest rated televised game in the history of the NCAA Tournament (7.3 rating; 5,950,000 homes).

Louisiana Tech is one of only three programs to earn at least ten No. 1 seeds, and trails only Tennessee and Connecticut in this category.

Louisiana Tech is one of only three programs in the nation to have participated in at least 26 NCAA Tournaments.

Louisiana Tech is one of only two programs to participate in 13 Final Fours, trailing only Tennessee in this category.

No. 1 Seeds 1.

Tennessee

20

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Connecticut

13

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Louisiana Tech

10

4.

Duke

7

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Stanford

7

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Old Dominion

5

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Georgia

4

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Southern Cal

4

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Texas

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NCAA Tournaments 1.

Tennessee

29

2.

Georgia

27

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Louisiana Tech

26

3.

Old Dominion

25

5.

Virginia

24

5.

Texas

24

5.

Stanford

24

8.

Vanderbilt

23

9.

Connecticut

22

9.

North Carolina

22

FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES 1.

Tennessee

22

2.

Louisiana Tech

13

3.

Connecticut

11

4.

Stanford

8

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Old Dominion

6

5.

Immaculata

6

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LSU

6

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Southern Cal

5

8.

Georgia

5

10.

Multiple Teams

4

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going to the big dance

national pub ESPN.com took notice of LA Tech’s return to the NCAA Tournament following the Lady Techsters 68-66 win over Fresno State in the finals of the 2010 WAC Tournament.

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CELEBRATION TIME Members of the Louisiana Tech basketball team, University administration and friends of the program gathered at President Dr. Dan Reneau’s house to watch the NCAA Selection Show Party as Teresa Weatherspoon and Co. learned it would be a No. 14 seed and would be traveling to Tallahassee, Florida to face the ACC champion Florida State Seminoles.


www.latechsports.com The day prior to LA Tech’s first round game, head coach Teresa Weatherspoon accompanied Shanavia Dowdell, Tiawana Pringle and Adrienne Johnson to the press conference to answer questions pertaining to its contest. LA Tech also conducted one hour of open practice at the Donald L. Tucker Center the day prior to the game where the Lady Techsters took a few minutes to pose for the team picture prior to going through workouts. Although very few of the national experts gave them a chance against the Florida State Seminoles, Louisiana Tech played toe-to-toe with the eighth-ranked ACC champions. Shanavia Dowdell was unstoppable in the game, scoring 28 points and grabbing 12 rebounds against the much bigger Seminoles. Tech led by nine points with just over five minutes to play in the first half as the Lady Techsters shot 50 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes of play. Jasmine Bendolph’s three-pointer with two minutes to play in the game cut the FSU lead to four points. However, LA Tech’s upset bid came up short as Florida State won 75-61.

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS

a pipeline to the WNBA

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Amisha Carter (Oakland, Calif.)

Cheryl Ford (Summerfield, La.)

Trina Frierson (Vicksburg, Miss.)

Tamicha Jackson (Dallas, Texas)

Vickie Johnson (Coushatta, La.)

Janice Lawrence (Lucedale, Miss.)

Betty Lennox (Independence, Missouri)

Takeisha Lewis (Pineville, La.)

Monica Maxwell (East Chicago, Indiana)

Ayana Walker (Houston, Texas)

Alisa Burras (Chicago, Ill.)

Amanda Wilson (Shreveport, La.)


www.latechsports.com Did You Know? Former Louisiana Tech star Cheryl Ford led the Detroit Shock to three WNBA titles.

“There is no doubt that (my) four years at Louisiana Tech prepared me for this level. It prepared me competition-wise as well as physically and mentally. The people I practiced against every day at Tech only made me better and that helped me make the adjustment to the WNBA.� --- Cheryl Ford, former Techster and 2003 WNBA Rookie of the Year

WNBA Rookies of the Year Former Techsters Betty Lennox and Cheryl Ford have both earned the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award.

Teresa Weatherspoon is just one of 20 WNBA players who played collegiately at Louisiana Tech.

Iron Woman Former Techster Vickie Johnson retired following the 2009 season after a stellar 13-year WNBA career that saw her play more than 12,000 minutes. Lady Techsters in WNBA Draft 2010, Shanavia Dowdell 2nd Round 18th overall Washington Mystics 2005, Erica Taylor 2nd Round 19th overall Washington Mystics 2004, Amisha Carter 2nd Round 17th overall N. Y. Liberty 2004, Trina Frierson 2nd Round 19th overall Seattle Storm 2003, Cheryl Ford 1st Round 3rd overall Detroit Shock 2002, Ayana Walker 2nd Round 20th overall Detroit Shock 2002, Takeisha Lewis 3rd Round 35th overall Seattle Storm 2000, Betty Lennox 1st Round 6th overall Minnesota Lynx 2000, Tamicha Jackson 1st Round 8th overall Detroit Shock 2000, Shaka Massey 4th Round 59th overall Charlotte Sting 1999, Alisa Burras 1st Round* 4th overall Portland Fire 1999, Amanda Wilson 4th Round 46th overall Phoenix Mercury 1997, Vickie Johnson 2nd Round 12th overall N. Y. Liberty (Elite Draft) 1997, Racquel Spurlock 3rd Round 17th overall Houston Comets 1997, Debra Williams 3rd Round 23rd overall Charlotte Sting

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Louisiana Tech boasts six former players/ coaches that have been enshrined into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, includingfour in the last five years.

Kim Mulkey (Class of 2000) led LA Tech to a mark of 130-6 during her four years as a Lady Tech-

Kim Mulkey

sters in the early 1980s while also leading the program to four straight Final Fours and two national championship titles. Mulkey then served as an assistant coach at LA Tech for 15 years.

Leon Barmore (Class of 2003) was on the LA Tech coaching staff for 25 years, including the

Leon Barmore

Janice Lawrence-Braxton

final 20 as the head coach. Barmore led LA Tech to an overall record of 576-87 during his legacy as head coach, which include nine Final Four appearances, five national championship game appearances and the 1988 national title.

Janice Lawrence-Braxton (Class of 2006) was a two-time Kodak All-American during her playing days in the early 1980s while leading the Lady Techsters to a 130-6 record, which included four Final Fours and two national titles. Lawrence-Braxton earned the Wade Trophy in 1984 and still ranks as the second leading scorer in the program’s history. Pam Kelly (Class of 2007) is still considered arguably the greatest player in the history of the

Pam Kelly

LA Tech program. The only three-time Kodak All-American in Lady Techster history, Kelly earned the 1982 Wade Trophy as the nation’s top player while leading Louisiana Tech to a mark of 143-10 during her four seasons, which included two national titles. She is still the program’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder.

Sonja Hogg (Class of 2009) was instrumental in starting the LA Tech women’s basketball

Sonja Hogg

program along with former President F. Jay Taylor. Hogg was the first head coach in the program’s history, leading LA Tech to a mark of 307-55, six Final Fours and two national titles.

Teresa Weatherspoon (Class of 2010 ) lettered for LA Tech in the mid 1980s where she

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Teresa Weatherspoon

was a two-time Kodak All-American and the recipient of the 1988 Wade Trophy as the nation’s top player. Weatherspoon led LA Tech to a mark of 118-14 during that time, two national championship appearances and the 1988 national title. She is the program’s all-time leader in assists and steals.


www.latechsports.com 3 Wade Trophy Winners

UConn LA Tech Old Dominion Texas

This award goes to the top player in women’s basketball every year. Louisiana Tech is one of only four schools to boast at least three Wade Trophy winners, including Pam Kelly, Janice Lawrence and Teresa Weatherspoon. Louisiana Tech boasts more Wade Trophy winners than programs such as Tennessee, Sothern Cal and Georgia.

Janice Lawrence

Pam Kelly

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Teresa Weatherspoon

Kodak Corner A Kodak All-American team is selected each year honoring the top collegiate players. Since the team’s inception in 1975, Louisiana Tech ranks in the top five all-time with 16 Kodak All-American selections trailing only Tennessee, UConn and Stanford.

Kodak All-Americans 1.

Tennessee

32

2.

Connecticut

21

3.

Stanford

17

4.

Louisiana Tech

16

5.

Georgia

12

Kodak All-Americans Kodak All-Americans 2000, Tamicha Jackson 1999, Amanda Wilson 1996, Debra Williams, Vickie Johnson 1995, Vickie Johnson 1990, Venus Lacy 1989, Nora Lewis 1988, Teresa Weatherspoon 1987, Teresa Weatherspoon 1985, Pam Gant 1984, Janice Lawrence 1983, Janice Lawrence 1982, Angela Turner, Pam Kelly 1981, Pam Kelly 1980, Pam Kelly

Venus Lacy

Nora Lewis

Vickie Johnson

Amanda Wilson

Debra Williams

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS

conference Domination from 35 team titles...

During its 23-years as a member of a conference, Louisiana Tech has dominated to the tune of 19 conference regular season titles and 16 conference tournament titles while posting an eye-popping record of 298-39 in conference regular season games.

ALL-TIME CONFERENCE TITLES

Teresa Weatherspoon and the Lady Techsters cut down the nets at the 2010 WAC Tournament.

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1987-88 American South Champions (Season, Tournament) 1988-89 American South Champions (Season, Tournament) 1989-90 American South Champions (Season, Tournament) 1990-91 American South Champions (Tournament) 1992-93 Sun Belt Champions (Season) 1993-94 Sun Belt Champions (Season, Tournament) 1994-95 Sun Belt Champions (Season) 1995-96 Sun Belt Champions (Season, Tournament) 1996-97 Sun Belt Champions (Season, Tournament) 1997-98 Sun Belt Champions (Season, Tournament) 1998-99 Sun Belt Champions (Season, Tournament) 1999-00 Sun Belt Champions (Season, Tournament) 2000-01 Sun Belt Champions (Season, Tournament) 2001-02 Western Athletic Champions (Season, Tournament) 2002-03 Western Athletic Champions (Season, Tournament) 2003-04 Western Athletic Champions (Season, Tournament) 2004-05 Western Athletic Champions (Season) 2005-06 Western Athletic Champions (Season, Tournament) 2006-07 Western Athletic Champions (Season) 2008-09 Western Athletic Champions (Season) 2009-10 Western Athletic Champions (Tournament)


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...to 18 conference players of the year

Shanavia Dowdell

Shan moore

Tasha Williams

Amisha Carter

6-2, Junior, Forward Calera, Ala. 2009 & 2010 WAC Player of the Year

5-10, Senior, Guard Minden, La. 2007 WAC Player of the Year

5-7, Junior, Guard Kingsland, Ark. 2005 WAC Player of the Year

6-2, Senior, Forward Oakland, Calif. 2004 WAC Player of the Year

Cheryl Ford

Betty Lennox

Amanda Wilson

Alisa Burras

6-3, Junior/Senior, Center Summerfield, La. 2002 & 2003 WAC Player of the Year

Vickie Johnson

5-8, Senior, Guard Independence, Mo. 2000 SBC Player of the Year

6-1, Senior, Forward Shreveport, La. 1998 & 1999 SBC Player of the Year

6-3, Junior, Center Chicago, Ill. 1997 Sun Belt Player of the Year

5-9, Junior/Senior, Guard Coushatta, La. 1995 & 1996 SBC Player of the Year

Pam Thomas

5-3, Senior, Guard Shreveport, La. 1994 SBC Player of the Year

Shantel Hardison 5-9, Senior, Guard Natchitoches, La. 1992 SBC Player of the Year

6-4, Junior/Senior, Center Chattanooga, Tenn. 1989 & 1990 ASC Player of the Year

Teresa Weatherspoon

Chris Long

Kurt Budke

Leon Barmore

5-8, Senior, Guard Pineland, Texas 1988 ASC Player of the Year

2006 WAC Coach of the Year

2003, 2004 WAC Coach of the Year

Venus Lacy

10-Time Conference Coach of the Year

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Lady Techsters in A total of 15 Lady Techsters have competed for various USA Basketball teams, including at least one player in each of the last four decades.

Lady Techsters have captured a total of 28 medals playing for various USA Basketball teams, including 22 gold medals, three silver medals and three bronze medals.

Amy Brown 1993 US Olympic Festival-South 4-0 / Gold Nicole Collins 1991 US Olympic Festival-South 3-1 / Gold Sandra Felton 1981 US Olympic Festival-South 3-1 / Gold Pam Gant 1981 US Olympic Festival-Midwest 2-2 / Bronze Vickie Green 1982 US Olympic Festival-South 4-0 / Gold Tamicha Jackson 1997 FIBA U19 World Championships 6-1 / Gold

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Kay Konerza 1982 US Olympic Festival-North 1-3 / Fourth

Louisiana Tech players have competed in the Olympics, the World Championships, the World University Games, the Pan American Games, the Goodwill Games, the Junior World Championships, the R. William Jones Cup and the US Olympic Festival.

Venus Lacy 1997 USA Basketball International Invitational 3-1 / Gold 1996 Olympics 8-0 / Gold 1991 Pan American Games 4-2 / Bronze 1989 FIBA Americas Championship / Tournament of the Americas 3-4 / Fourth Janice Lawrence 1984 Olympics 6-0 / Gold 1984 R. William Jones Cup 8-0 / Gold 1983 World Championships 6-2 / Silver 1983 Pan American Games 5-0 / Gold 1981 US Olympic Festival-South 3-1 / Gold Kim Mulkey 1984 Olympics 6-0 / Gold 1984 R. William Jones Cup 8-0 / Gold 1983 World Championships 6-2 / Silver 1983 Pan American Games 5-0 / Gold 1981 US Olympic Festival-South 3-1 / Gold

Amber Obaze 2002 FIBA Americas U20 Championship 4-0 / Gold Lori Scott 1983 World University Games 5-1 / Gold Racquel Spurlock 1994 R. William Jones Cup 8-0 / Gold 1993 FIBA U19 World Championship 5-2 / Seventh Ayana Walker 2001 World University Games 7-1 / Gold 1999 World University Games 4-2 / Silver Teresa Weatherspoon 1992 Olympics 4-1 / Bronze 1988 Olympics 5-0 / Gold 1987 World University Games 4-1 / Fifth 1986 World Championships 7-0 / Gold 1986 Goodwill Games 5-0 / Gold


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Teresa Weatherspoon Venus Lacy (1996), Janice Lawrence (1984), Kim Mulkey (1984) and Teresa Weatherspoon (1988) all won Olympic Gold Medals during their USA Basketball playing days.

Amber Obaze

Kim Mulkey

Venus Lacy

Lady Techsters have led their respective US National Teams to a mark of 155-28 alltime, including a mark of 29-1 in the Olympics.

Janice Lawrence

Ayana Walker

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LOUISIANA TECh

THOMAS ASSEMBLY CENTER Toughest Place in the Country to Play!

Ruston, La. is home to Louisiana Tech University and is one of the toughest places in the country to play. Louisiana Tech has won more than 91 percent of its games played in Ruston since the program’s inception in 1974.

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A Crowded House More than 1.5 million Techster fans have filled the home arenas in Ruston to watch Louisiana Tech play. Louisiana Tech annually ranks in the Top 40 in home attendance. Tech has played before at least 7,000 fans in the Thomas Assembly Center 15 times in the program’s history.

474-45 IN RUSTON TOP 15 CROWDS OF ALL-TIME 1.

8,975

01.22.1985

Tech 79, UL-Monroe 77 (OT)

2.

8,825

01.14.1984

Tech 88, UL-Monroe 67

3.

8,700

12.04.1982

USC 64, Tech 58

4.

8,635

01.09.1995

Tennessee 62, Tech 56

5.

8,372

11.30.1998

Tennessee 92, Tech 73

6.

8,370

01.03.1984

Tech 75, USC 66

7.

8,340

02.09.1983

Tech 104, UL-Monroe 56

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8,110

02.18.1986

UL-Monroe 82, Tech 74

TOUGHEST PLACES TO PLAY

9.

7,650

03.23.1984

Tech 92, LSU 67

City (university)

10. 7,633

12.10.2000

Tennessee 70, Tech 62

record percentage

Knoxville, Tenn. (Tennessee) 477-44

91.57%

11.

7,526

02.24.1997

Tech 98, Tennessee 80

Ruston, La. (LA Tech)

474-45

91.32%

12. 7,476

02.10.1995

Tech 83, W. Kentucky 72

Missoula, Mont. (Montana)

450-56

88.93%

13. 7,321

01.07.2001

Connecticut 71, Tech 55

Salt Lake City, Utah (Utah)

421-55

88.44%

14. 7,240

01.07.1989

Tech 87, LSU 60

Austin, Texas (Texas)

459-89

83.76%

15. 7,160

02.14.1989

Tennessee 72, Tech 65

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game day

KARL MALONE COURT Thanks to the generous donation by Louisiana Tech legend Karl Malone, the Lady Techsters are competing on a new surface. The state-ofthe-art Karl Malone Court is a beautiful new hardwood surface that is the same type of playing surface that NBA teams use at their facilities.

LOUISIANA TECH MILESTONE WINS IN RUSTON

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No. 1

TECH 97, LSU 83

01.24.1975, Memorial Gym

No. 50

TECH 93, LSU 61

02.02.1980, Memorial Gym

No. 84

TECH 82, Kentucky 60

03.20.1982, Memorial Gym (Last in arena)

No. 85

TECH 83, Alabama 56

12.09.1982, Assembly Center (1st in arena)

No. 100

TECH 91, M. Tennessee 59

03.17.1983, Assembly Center

No. 200

TECH 87, UL-Monroe 49

12.05.1989, Assembly Center

No. 250

TECH 99, Texas Southern 57

12.03.1993, Assembly Center

No. 300

TECH 66, Southern Cal 47

12.07.1996, Assembly Center

No. 400

TECH 74, Ohio State 61

03.25.2003, Assembly Center

No. 450

TECH 70, San Jose State 54

02.16.2008, Assembly Center

WNBA superstar Cheryl Ford is one of a number of great players that have played before packed Thomas Assembly Center crowds during the 28 year history of the facility.


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Hoop Troop Led by one of the all-time great band directors in Jim Robken, Louisiana Tech’s Hoop Troop is considered one of the top collegiate basketball bands in the entire country. The Hoop Troop has earned this reputation by traveling all over the nation following the Lady Techsters during their conference tournament and NCAA Tournament play.

The Red Carpet Treatment Prior to the tipoff of each home game, the Louisiana Tech Lady Techster basketball team is introduced to their fans with a first-class spotlight intro as the players run from the tunnel down the red carpet to mid-court.

fNB Fan Zone Louisiana Tech’s raucous student section sits in the FNB Fan Zone. This loyal group of Lady Techster fans start entering the Thomas Assembly Center an hour before tip-off painted in blue and ready to cheer on their team. Louisiana Tech’s student section is located on court level, allowing them to make their presence known to all opponents.

Banners Red, white and blue. These banners fly high in the rafters of the Thomas Assembly Center marking Louisiana Tech’s 13 Final Fours, 8 National Title Appearances, and 3 National Titles.

Great Competition Louisiana Tech has always scheduled home games against some of the top teams in the country, making the Thomas Assembly Center experience even more enjoyable. In the last decade the TAC has hosted some of the nations top teams including UCONN, Tennessee, Penn State, Vanderbilt, Arizona, LSU, Mississippi State and more.

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LADY TECHSTER

LOCKER ROOM

“We recruit some of the top basketball players in the country, and we want them to be proud of their locker room facility. We’ve done some major renovations to the locker room over the last few years as a commitment to the student-athletes who have committed four years of their lives to us. Now when players walk into this facility and see the WNBA mural and Kodak All-American display, they instantly understand the tradition and incredible history of this program. Our locker room is a reminder of the ultimate goal – to win championships.”

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-- Head Coach Teresa Weatherspoon


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LOUISIANA TECH’S women’s basketball locker room has been completely renovated over the past few years and is considered one of the top locker facilities in the collegiate game. The Lady Techster locker room features: • new hardwood floors • new carpet • WNBA mural • WNBA display • Kodak All-American display • championship trophy display • glass display highlighting Louisiana Tech’s postseason accomplishments • big screen plasma television for watching video during scouting sessions of opponents • newly constructed player lounge featuring a big screen TV, audio sound system, couches, and a computer work station • 15 hardwood lockers complete with personal lock boxes • state-of-the-art video editing equipment

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Karl Malone

weightroom Louisiana Tech legend Karl Malone recently funded new state-of-the-art equipment in the Karl Malone Weightroom. Malone was considered one of the most well-conditioned athletes in the history of the NBA. He returned to Louisiana Tech as a member of the strength and conditioning staff while also assisting with marketing the university’s athletic programs.

New State of the Art Equipment

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• 8 powerlift nine-foot combo power racks with platforms • 8 powerlift glute ham machines • 15 hammer strength machines • 2 sets of iron grip GX dumb bells (5 to 150 lbs)


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Dr. William bundrick

Sports medicine center

Louisiana Tech Athletics can claim one of the top orthopedic sur-

More than 3,800 square feet of athletic training facility built in 2001. Contains

• • • • •

swimex therapy pool cardiovascular equipment training tables private staff offices physicians examination room

geons in the country as one of its own. Dr. William Bundrick lettered for the Bulldogs in the late 1950s before graduating and moving on to LSU Medical School in New Orleans. Today, he is not only the Lady Techsters’ team physician, but he is also the benefactor of the Sports Medicine Department located in the Charles Wyly Athletic Center.

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LIFE AS A

LADY TECHSTER

It’s amazing what can be accomplished when no one cares who receives the credit.

We all are equal in that we have 24 hours in a day. It’s what we choose to do with those 24 hours that determines our GREATNESS. Choose to be GREAT. Choose to be a LADY TECHSTER.

God + Family + Education + Basketball = Success Any team will be successful when the parts of the team never forget what the whole of the team is

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DISCIPLINE:

Doing what you don’t want to do when you don’t want to do it.

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LIFE AS A lady techster Lady Techster Philosophy 1 - The program is bigger than anyone of us, but the program is each of us. 2 - We acknowledge our differences but focus on what we have in common. 3 - Team membership means making the team a priority. 4 - Lead, follow, or get out of the way. 5 - Everyone, everyday, on the same page.

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Chemistry means that when a team steps on the floor, they all want the same thing. It is having the same goal. Chemistry is necessary to win games.

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Head Coach

Teresa Weatherspoon - National Champion - Olympic Gold Medalist - WNBA All-Star - Hall of Famer All-American Teresa Weatherspoon played with a fire and passion that few people possess during her four-year career at Louisiana Tech (1984-88). She led the Lady Techsters to four NCAA Tournaments, two Final Fours and the 1988 National Championship title while earning Kodak All-American honors as a junior and senior. During her four year career, Teresa led LA Tech to a mark of 118-14 and was awarded the 1988 Wade Trophy, as the nation’s top player.

Gold Medalist Following her LA Tech career, Teresa Weatherspoon played for the US National Team in two Olympics – the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea and the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. Weatherspoon led Team USA to a mark of 9-1 during those two Olympic competitions, including a perfect 5-0 record and the gold medal in 1988.

WNBA All-Star Following a stint playing basketball overseas, Teresa Weatherspoon returned to the States and began an eight-year professional career in the WNBA where she played seven seasons for the New York Liberty and her final season with the Los Angeles Sparks. She started 220 straight games and led New York to three WNBA championship series appearances. She was a four-time WNBA All-Star, a four-time all-WNBA second teamer and the two-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year.

WAC Champion It’s no surprise to anyone that Teresa Weatherspoon has already made her mark on the Lady Techster program in just two short years. After being named interim head coach in February of 2009, Spoon led the Lady Techsters to the 2009 Western Athletic Conference regular season title and then the 2010 WAC Tournament Title. Tech has earned postseason berths both years.

Hall of Famer

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All-American. Gold Medalist. WNBA All-Star. WAC Champion Coach. All of it adds up to a spot in the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame … which is exactly where Teresa Weatherspoon now resides as she was inducted as part of the Class of 2010.


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Leon Barmore Legendary LA Tech Hall of Fame Coach “ I’m so pleased and excited that Spoon is coaching the Lady Techsters. If anyone can get it done and bring the program back to the ‘glory days’, Spoon can. I know her teams will hustle and play defense with the same passion and fire that she played with during her playing days. Her team will go all out on each possession and she will accept nothing but their very best. Spoon is a winner and will make Louisiana Tech one.”

Karl Malone Former Utah Jazz All-Star and 2-time NBA MVP “ Teresa’s hiring was a no-brainer. She is clearly the right person to lead the Lady Techster program back to the national scene. She has a tremendous love and passion for the university and for the game. As smart as she is and as much knowledge that she has for the game, she is going to be a great head coach.”

Kim Mulkey Former Tech All-American and current Baylor head coach “ I am thrilled Teresa is the head coach of the Lady Techsters. She has the personality to bring out the best in players. She learned from Coach Leon Barmore how to demand the best from everyone in order to provide a product on the floor that makes everyone proud. With support from administration and resources, she will be awesome as the Lady Techster coach.”

Isiah Thomas Legendary NBA guard and current Florida International head coach “ Teresa is a hard worker with great intensity and passion for the game. Her lifelong love for the game will transfer into her being a great coach.”

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this is

Louisiana Tech

At Louisiana Tech YOU are not a number, YOU are family. louisiana tech ranked in Tier 3 among National Universities in 2010 US News & World Report Best Colleges report - highest ranking in University of Louisiana System (ULS) and second only to LSU among public institutions in state. is the highest ranked Louisiana public university in Washington Monthly’s 2009 Best National Universities list. ranked in top 10 in the nation for graduating students with the least amount of debt, according to 2010 US News & World Report’s Best Colleges report. ranked as one of the 100 Best Values in Public Colleges in the nation by Kiplinger’s Magazine (2009 and 2010).

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All classes are taught by full professors, not teaching assistants.


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More than 700 companies worldwide travel to campus eAch yeAR to RecRUit loUisiAnA tech gRAdUAtes

Louisiana Tech President Dr. Dan Reneau is known as one of the top collegiate presidents in the country and a staunch supporter of both academics and athletics.    “ Louisiana Tech is an institution of excellence and is considered a model of leadership.” -- James Fisher, national educational consultant

Quarter System – Big Advantage for the Student-Athlete Louisiana Tech has a unique advantage of being on the quarter system as opposed to the semester system. The quarter system provides significant advantages for the students, including: Lighter workload (take 3 classes instead of 5) Shorter academic sessions (12 weeks instead of 18) More frequent breaks during and between academic sessions More opportunities to withdraw or drop a class and still remain TOPS eligible

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helping put the student into

student-athlete

The Bulldog Achievement Resource Center (BARC) is committed to the success of Louisiana Tech’s student-athletes.

Programs Provided by BARC Tutoring and group help sessions in all subjects

Supplemental instruction from students who have already successfully completed a certain course

Writing assistance

Advising opportunities Referral program for students needing additional assistance

Computer labs and study hall space

“I’ve always felt like I’ve gotten the support I need from my teachers, coaches and other support personnel. There are a lot of great people at Louisiana Tech who want to make your college experience a positive one. You really couldn’t ask for anything more.” – Meghan Krieg Lady Techster Softball (Kinesiology)

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Antoinette Cobb Track standout Antoinette Cobb earned the 22nd Annual Honda Inspiration Award in 2010 after overcoming colon cancer at age 19 and going on to lead the Lady Techsters to eight WAC titles in her career. She graduated cum laude in the May and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in biology with aspirations of attending medical school.

Lisa Merritt and Missy Farrar team up in the Louisiana Tech athletics academic center to help the University’s studentathletes excel in the classroom and ultimately earn their degrees, something that is the No. 1 goal for the administration and coaches at Tech.

clint ewing Louisiana Tech baseball letterwinner Clint Ewing became the 14th LA Tech student-athlete to ever earn Academic All-American honors this year when he was named third team ESPN The Magazine’s Academic All-American. Ewing held a 4.0 grade point average in civil engineering.

“ There are many resources available on campus. My biggest help has been the math tutors available in the BARC. There’s also a career center to assist you with selecting a major or exploring different opportunities. Louisiana Tech is a unique school in the way the University interacts with the student body.” – Olu Ashaolu Bulldog Basketball (Business Administration)

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todayÂŤs freshman is

tomorrowÂŤs graduate

louisiana tech has seen more than 750 student-athletes earn Academic all-WAC honors since joining the league in 2001, including 94 student-athletes in 2009-10. saw eight of its 16 NCAA sanctioned programs record their highest multi-year APR rate ever while seven of the programs recorded their highest single year APR score ever. Four of the programs also earned a perfect 1,000 score on the single year rate. ranked No. 1 in the state of Louisiana among Football Bowl Subdivision public institutions in the four-year average studentathlete graduate rate in the most recent Federal Graduation Rate Report (fall of 2009). saw its soccer team earn the Team Academic Award the past two years for its cumulative team grade point average. It was presented by the National Soccer Association of America and Adidas.

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The National Football Foundation and the College Football Hall of Fame honored former Bulldog football player Quin Harris as a National Scholar-Athlete. Harris, who was a finalist for the coveted Draddy Trophy -- considered the academic Heisman -- , was the first LA Tech player to ever receive the prestigious accolade.

louisiana tech boasts the University of Louisiana System’s highest graduation rate at 53.1 percent. boasts the ULS’ fastest time to completion for first time baccalaureates at 4.9 years. boasts the ULS’ highest average freshman ACT scores at 23.5.

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Quest for Excellence – Meeting the Needs of Tech’s Student-Athletes The construction of a 90,000-plus square-foot multipurpose facility in the south end zone of Joe Aillet Stadium will benefit every student-athlete at Louisiana Tech University.

Student-Athlete Benefits Include: • New academic center • New state-of-the-art sports medicine facility • New strength and conditioning complex • N ew coaches offices and locker rooms for football, baseball, soccer, tennis, softball, golf and track and field • Video room with state-of-the-art capabilities • New auditorium for team and departmental meetings

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More than $9 million of the projected $20 million was already committed when the press conference was held to announce the capital campaign in late June. Tech alums Steve Davison, Terry Bradshaw and Drake Mills form the Leadership Team that is spearheading the fundraising for the facility, along with Tech Athletics Director Bruce Van De Velde.

Louisiana Tech already ranks among the state and conference leaders in student-athlete graduation rate and in Academic Progress Report rate, and the new academic center will further enhance and emphasize the University’s commitment to the classroom. Since Louisiana Tech joined the WAC in 2001, its athletic programs have captured 25 team championships and dozens of individual titles. Louisiana Tech has contracted with renowned sports architectural firm Populous to develop a master facility plan. Populous has created some of the most recognizable professional sports venues in the country, including : “ This project addresses many of the needs of our student-athletes, enhances recruiting and provides a source of pride for our alumni and fans. Our vision is a quest for excellence and a desire, focus and commitment to be an institution that values academic and athletic excellence.”

• Yankee Stadium • Busch Stadium • AT&T Park • Pepsi Center • PNC Park • PETCO Park • Oriole Park at Camden Yards

– Tech Athletics Director Bruce Van De Velde

• Reliant Stadium “ Quest for Excellence is a watershed event in the history of our athletics program and, through the private contributions of our friends and supporters, will put our University shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the most progressive and respected programs in the nation.” -- Tech President Dr. Dan Reneau

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success breeds

success

Louisiana Tech was one of only five schools in the country to have a studentathlete selected in the NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB and NPF Drafts during this past year – joining Texas, Florida State, Oklahoma and Stanford. Louisiana Tech’s Athletic Department: won the 2010 Turnkey PRISM Awards, given to the college that best exemplifies development in the four categories of Marketing/Branding, Fan Development, Community Relations, and Customer/Client Service. ranked eighth in the country in the Excellence in Management Cup, one of only four programs in the country to earn a top 10 spot in each of the last two years. won the NCAA Pack the House Challenge for the WAC for the third straight year, one of only two schools in the country to win it three straight years (Hartford of America East Conference).

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www.latechsports.com On the playing fields: Bulldog football averaged 20,000 fans for home games for only the second time in program history, including season-high crowds for nationally televised games against Hawaii and Top 10 Boise State. Lady Techster volleyball completed an 11-game turnaround, and its 15 wins tied for the most since 2005, including a program record-tying number of Western Athletic Conference wins. Lady Techster soccer set a program record with 12 victories, including its first ever win in Western Athletic Conference play. Tech will host the WAC Championships this fall. Bulldog basketball won 24 games, the most in 25 years, and advanced to the second round of the Collegeinsider.com Invitational Tournament win a win over CUSA foe Southern Miss. Lady Techster basketball won the 2010 WAC Tournament title and participated in its first NCAA Tournament since 2006. Lady Techster bowling set a school record with 44 wins and also earned its highest ranking ever at 14th in the country. Bulldog golf earned its highest ranking in more than two decades despite having a squad that featured only one senior. Lady Techster tennis registered its first ever Western Athletic Conference victory win it defeated San Jose State during the spring. Bulldog baseball played the first ever game at Target Field, the new Minnesota Twins ballpark as they defeated the University of Minnesota in the contest. Lady Techster softball recorded its third straight winning season and played its first nationally televised game in program history. Lady Techster and Bulldog indoor track and field teams combined for 17 WAC titles during the conference championship meet while the ladies won their fifth team title in the last six years. Lady Techster and Bulldog outdoor track and field combined to outscore all other schools in the WAC championships while the women captured their sixth consecutive title.

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louisiana tech

campus life

Welcome to University Park Your home away from home

It’s a community of Tech students who want the convenience of on-campus living and the privacy and sophistication of hightech, spacious apartments and townhouses with a signature Louisiana Tech view.

University Park Amenities 2- and 4-bedroom designs Townhouse features a spiral staircase to a loft with two bedrooms and a bath Private bedroom phone and cable television Kitchen equipped with range and refrigerator High speed internet access

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More than 11,000 students call the Louisiana Tech campus home during the year and find more than enough to keep them entertained when not attending classes. Some of the top hot spots on campus include:

Tolliver Hall a cyber café with plasma TVs, webcams and wireless internet

Student Center a large cafeteria-style area that allows students to choose from a variety of eating establishments including Chick-Fil-A and Burger King as well as a cafeteria

Local Restaurants students get plenty of Louisiana flavor as Ruston is full of local restaurants that range from a little Cajun spice to southern downhome cooking

Quadrangle one of the most frequented areas of campus where students hang out under century-old oak trees to study and socialize

lambright intramural Center a recreational facility complete with basketball courts, racquetball courts, a bowling alley, men’s and women’s weightrooms, an indoor track, saunas, steamrooms and plenty of cardio equipment

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student activities

Recent Entertainers on Campus Include:

• The Wallflowers

• Three Days Grace

• Goo Goo Dolls

• Puddle of Mudd

• Better Than Ezra

• Motion City Soundtrack

• 3 Doors Down

• Ben Folds

The Miss Tech pageant is just one of many annual student events on campus, including unity step shows, Greek Week, Spring Fling, homecoming, talent shows, theatrical and musical productions and more.

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M.S. Carroll Natatorium Construction has begun on the $12.5 million M.S. Carroll Natatorium begins this summer. The facility will be built onto the existing Lambright Intramural Center as part of a $50 million recreational construction project on campus that also includes new tennis courts, a new track and a new bowling alley – all of which have been completed. The swimming pool part of the project will include: 2 pools including a 25-yard indoor completion pool and an outdoor recreational pool with 3-50 meter lanes An outdoor whirlpool A rock-climbing wall An atrium An outdoor café

Tech students are some of the best fans in the South as all of the University’s athletic teams have great followings on game days whether football, basketball or any of the 16 NCAA Division I sanctioned programs.

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Dan Reneau is the President of Louisiana Tech University and a member of the Executive Committee of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Faith Jenkins was the first runner-up in the 2001 Miss America Pageant and now is an attorney at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy in New York.

Former Bulldog basketball AllAmerican Karl Malone is a two-time NBA MVP and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in August.

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prominent alumni While Louisiana Tech continues to excel on the playing fields, the University consistently turns out some of the world’s top politicians, businessmen, entertainers and professional athletes. A degree from Louisiana Tech University is more than just a diploma to hang on the wall … it’s a door opening to a world of opportunities.

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Trace Adkins: country music star; named Top New Male Vocalist in 1997 by the Academy of Country Music Award

James Davison: Developer of Squire Creek Country Club; Board of Directors for Genesis Energy; former Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System

Leon Barmore: Winningest coach in history of NCAA women’s basketball; 5-time Hall of Famer

Rosemary Ellis: Executive Editor of Working Woman Magazine, editor of Prevention Magazine, and editor of Good Housekeeping Magazine

Albert Bourland: President of Daimler-Benz Washington, Inc., manufacturers of Mercedez Benz

Guthrie Jarrell, M.D.: Physician for more than 40 years in local community

John Caruthers, Jr.: President of Caruthers Producing Co., Inc. and president of the Seven States I-69 Mid-Continent Highway Coalition

Angela Turner Johnson: served as controller for Motown Records and Bellmark Records as well as senior accounting manager at Coca Cola.


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Kix Brooks Kix Brooks is a member of the country music duo Brooks and Dunn which has won more awards than any act in the history of country music.

Former Bulldog All-American Terry Bradshaw was the No. 1 pick of the 1970 NFL Draft, won four Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers and is a member of the Fox NFL Sunday broadcast team.

Jimmy Love: Secretary and Chairman of the Executive Committee, T. L. James & Company Inc.

Michael McCallister: President/CEO of Humana Inc.

Current LA Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon won both a national championship and an Olympic gold medal during her playing career and was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in June.

Lionel Alford: Corporate Vice President of the Boeing Company Milburn Baker, Jr.: President of United Gas Pipe Line George Breazeal: Comptroller of Murphy Oil Corporation and the director of Camp Fire Girls and United Way John Cordaro: President of Louisiana Power & Light

Glen Post, III: Chief Executive Officer and President of CenturyLink

Max Watson, Jr.: Founder and President of BMC Software, Inc.; Forbes Magazine named him in Top 15 of 200 Best Small Companies Charles Wyly: Vice Chairman of Sterling Software, Inc.; Founder of University Computing; Vice Chairman of Michael’s Stores, Chairman, Communities Foundation of Texas Sam Wyly: Chairman of Sterling Software, Inc., Chairman Michaels’s Stores; Co-Founder of Green Mountain Energy

Roy Adams: Chairman and CEO of Gulf Financial Companies of Bermuda

Robert Aillet: Principal and CEO of Aillet, Fenner, Jolly & McClelland Engineers

James Dennis: Associate Justice in the Supreme Court of Louisiana Kim Gandy: President of the National Coalition of Women Marvin T. Green, Jr., M.D.: Local surgeon who served on Boards of University Foundation, Lincoln General Hospital and Ruston State Bank Elizabeth Haley, Ph.D.: Dean Emeritus, College of Human Sciences at Texas Tech University and Associate Vice Chancellor of Texas Tech University for College Development Programs J.E. Mitcham, Sr.: Owner and President of Mitcham Farms, Inc. Edward Moyers: President and CEO of Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, CEO Illinois Central Railroad, CEO Mid-South Rail Corporation Patricia Wells Schultz: widely acclaimed for performances in opera Charles Spruell: President, Mobil Exploration and Producing, U.S. Inc.

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2 Brietta Thomas

G

3 Kiara Young

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5-11

Sr/3L

Baton Rouge, La. (University HS)

G/F

5-9

Jr/2L

Rogersville, Ala. (Lauderdale County HS)

4 Jelena Vucinic

G

5-9

Fr/HS

Nelson, New Zealand (Waimea College)

10 Reina Kempt

F

5-11

So/1L

Baton Rouge, La. (McKinley HS)

12 Shantale Bramble-Donaldson

F

6-1

Jr/TR

Bronx, NY (Indian River State College)

13 Kassietta Brown

G

5-9

So/TR

14 Tarkeisha Wysinger-Mackey

G/F

5-7

Sr/3L

Many, La. (Many HS)

21 Martina Holloway

G

5-5

Sr/1L

Albuquerque, N.M. (College of Southern Idaho)

22 Angie Felton

G

5-10

Jr/TR

Leesburg, Fla. (Gulf Coast CC)

23 Whitney Jones

G

5-7

Sr/3L

West Monroe, La. (Baylor)

30 Tavasha Anderson

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6-3

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Grenada, Miss. (Grenada HS)

32 Jasmine Bendolph

G

5-7

Jr/2L

Mobile, Ala. (Davidson HS)

33 Adrienne Johnson

F

6-0

Sr/3L

Franklin, La. (Franklin HS)

West Monroe, La. (Southern Mississippi)

Coaching Staff Head Coach: Teresa Weatherspoon (Louisiana Tech, 2008) Associate Head Coach: Daron Park (Montana State, 1994) Assistant Coach: Sara Carter (South Alabama, 2004) Assistant Coach: Ebony Felder (Georgia, 2006) Support Staff Radio/Sports Information Director: Malcolm Butler (Louisiana Tech, 1994) Athletic Trainer: Michele Dummett (Iowa State, 2002) Director of Basketball Operation: Nicholas Love (Grambling State, 2006)

Pronounciation Guide Tavasha (tuh-VAH-shuh) Anderson Jasmine (JAZZ-men) Bendolph (BEN-dolf) Shantale (SHAN-tell) Bramble-Donaldson Reina (RAY-nuh) Kempt Brietta (BRY-eh-tuh) Thomas Jelena (Yell-n-uh) Vucinic (VIEW-cheh-nech) Tarkeisha (tar-KEY-shuh) Wysinger-Mackey (Y-singer ma-KEY) Kiara (KEY-air-uh) Young

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2 Brietta Thomas

3 Kiara Young

4 Jelena Vucinic

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Reina Kempt

Shantale BrambleDonaldson

G • 5-11 • Sr/3L Baton Rouge, La.

G/F • 5-9 • Jr/2L Rogersville, Ala.

G • 5-9 • Fr/HS Nelson, New Zealand

F • 5-11 • So/1L Baton Rouge, La.

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Kassietta Brown

Tarkeisha WysingerMackey

Martina Holloway

Angie Felton

Whitney Jones

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Tavasha Anderson

Jasmine Bendolph

Adrienne Johnson

Sara Carter

Ebony Felder

G • 5-9 • So/TR West Monroe, La.

G/F • 5-7 • Sr/3L Many, La.

F • 6-3 • Fr/RS Grenada, Miss.

Teresa Weatherspoon Head Coach

Daron Park

Associate Head Coach

G • 5-5 • Sr/1L Albuquerque, N.M.

G • 5-7 • Jr/2L Mobile, Ala.

Assistant Coach

G • 5-10 • Jr/TR Leesburg, Fla.

F • 6-1 • Jr/TR Bronx, NY

G • 5-7 • Sr/3L West Monroe, La.

F • 6-0 • Sr/3L Franklin, La.

Assistant Coach

Nicholas Love

Director of Basketball Operations

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The Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters will be hosting their own reality show this year. Just call it “Life without Shanavia Dowdell.” That’s what the Lady Techsters are facing after graduating the two-time Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year and second round WNBA draft pick following last season. Although she acknowledges Dowdell’s physical presence and allaround game will be missed, it’s not something that head coach Teresa Weatherspoon is losing sleep over. “Life without Shanavia Dowdell will be challenging at first,” Weatherspoon said. “Our style of basketball will change from that traditional inside-outside style to a more up-tempo one. She brought so much to us in rebounding, scoring and defending. “It will be tough, but it gives other people the opportunity to step up and do great things. We are not looking for anyone to be Shanavia Dowdell; we want each kid to be the best they can be. If they are able to do that, we will be a good team.” Good or great. That is a question that many Louisiana Tech fans are wondering heading into the upcoming season as Weatherspoon enters her third as the head coach. A program that is so rich in tradition that it almost seeps from the 13 Final Four and 3 national championship

banners that hang from the Thomas Assembly Center rafters found its way back into the NCAA Tournament last season. It looks for the same - if not more this year. “Hopefully last season’s success built some confidence and gave our kids an idea of what it takes to accomplish their goals,” Weatherspoon said. “Hopefully, it built a hunger in each player to get back (to the NCAA Tournament). We don’t want to fall off the ladder, but instead we want to continue to build.” As Weatherspoon continues to build, she does starting with a solid foundation as Louisiana Tech is still considered one of the most storied programs in the history of the women’s game. A program that has experienced 26 NCAA Tournaments, 13 Final Fours, 8 national title appearances and three national championships ranks second to only Tennessee in most of these categories. That’s not bad company. LA Tech will also look to join the Lady Vols in another column this year as the Lady Techsters need only 24 more victories to become only the second program to ever win 1,000 games in its history. So as a roster that includes eight letter winners, one red-shirt freshman and four newcomers prepares for the upcoming season, it does so with all eyes focused on one ultimate goal - re-

turning to the NCAA Tournament. The ending to “Life without Shanavia Dowdell” won’t be determined until March. However, one thing is for sure. This reality show will be one that Lady Techster fans won’t want to miss. Point Guard No one knows the value of the point guard position better than Teresa Weatherspoon. Considered one of the greatest floor generals in the history of women’s basketball, Weatherspoon has the luxury of coaching a pretty good one in junior Jasmine Bendolph. The two-year starter has overcome health issues during her college career to lead the Lady Techsters, and time after time, she has shown she has ice in her veins. During her sophomore campaign, Bendolph averaged 7.8 points, 3.8 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game while shooting 40 percent from the field and the three-point line and 87 percent from the free throw line. “If Jasmine Bendolph is healthy, she will be one of the best point guards around,” Weatherspoon said. “She has great composure which is what every coach wants. She can score at will, but she also does what most traditional point guards do and that is get everyone else involved. If we have a healthy JB, we will do great things.”


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While scoring in double figures 10 times last year, Bendolph saved some of her biggest games for the postseason. During the Lady Techsters run to the WAC Tournament title (and eventually the NCAA Tournament), Bendolph scored a career-high 24 points in the opening round win over Utah State. She then recorded a career-high eight assists in Tech’s 80-77 win over Nevada in the WAC semifinals and then hit the game-winning shot with only 34 seconds to play in the championship game victory over Fresno State. Senior Martina Holloway and junior Angie Felton will also see playing time at the point guard position for the Lady Techsters this season. Holloway saw action in 30 games last year while averaging 1.8 points, 2.2 assists and 1.1 rebounds. She ranked second on the team with 66 assists and shot 40 percent from the field and 36 percent from the three-point line. “Martina came back in great shape this year,” Weatherspoon said. “She lost 17 or 18 pounds and really dedicated herself to having a better senior season. She has come back with an entirely different mentality and has been incredible in individual workouts. We are looking for great things from her. She passes the ball well and has done a great job of getting better defensively. She has made herself an all-around better player.” The Albuquerque native showed her talents during an 86-76 win over

Memphis last year when she scored 10 points, grabbed eight rebounds and recorded five assists against the Tigers. Felton is a junior college transfer from Gulf Coast Community College where she helped lead the program to a 32-1 mark and the 2010 National Junior College Athletic Association title. “Angie Felton will be a combo guard for us as she will play both the one and the two,” Weatherspoon said. “She is a good shooter; a great slasher as she really attacks the basket. People might not see the flashiness or quickness, but she plays smart basketball. She uses her knowledge to get where she wants to be on the court. She is a very smart player.” Like Bendolph, Felton has proven to be a big-game player as she scored 20 points in Gulf Coast’s 83-61 win over Jefferson College in the NJCAA title game. On the year, she averaged 8.7 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists while also earning all-tournament honors during the national tournament. Off-Guard LA Tech will have plenty of depth at the off-guard position this year as Weatherspoon can turn to seniors Whitney Jones, Brietta Thomas and Tarkeisha Wysinger-Mackey, junior Kiara Young and freshman Jelena Vucinic. Jones returns for her senior season with something to prove after struggling during her junior campaign. Despite

averaging 10.3 points and 3.5 rebounds per game while starting 30 contests, Jones shot only 36 percent from the field and only 31 percent from the threepoint line. “We are glad to have Whitney back,” Weatherspoon said. “I think she will have a better season than last year as she feels she has something to prove. She is a great shooter for us, and probably our best defender. She has come back ready to take on the responsibility of scoring for us and being our defensive stopper.” Jones is an explosive scorer at times as proven by her 31-point outburst against Utah State as a sophomore. She scored in double figures 19 times last year including 13 points in the WAC championship game win over Fresno State - a game in which she hit four three-pointers. Thomas took huge strides during her junior season and is considered arguably Tech’s top three-point threat as the lanky 5-foot-11 guard is primed for her best season yet. “Bri started to come on during her junior year,” Weatherspoon said. “She has better understanding and vision of what it takes to be great at what she does. She is a great shooter who gives us such a three-point threat. Bri has done a really good job of putting the ball on the floor and getting to the basket. She needs to do a better job of rebounding and being a little more physical and aggressive. She’s worked

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hard on getting better defensively.” Thomas made four starts while seeing action in all 31 games last year for Tech, averaging 5.7 points and 2.8 rebounds per contest. The Baton Rouge native shot 40 percent from the field, 35 percent from the three-point line and 77 percent from the free throw line while scoring in double figures six times, including a career-high 22 points in a win over Centenary. Wysinger-Mackey is finally 100 percent healthy after battling injuries during each of the past two years as the senior is also sporting a new last name after getting married in early October. Considered one of the most versatile players on the roster, Wysinger-Mackey will play at both the guard and forward positions this year. “Tarkeisha is who she is,” Weatherspoon said. “She does basically everything for us. We are asking a lot of her to play multiple positions, but she is capable of doing it because of her versatility. She can get down in the paint and

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play with the best of them because she likes to get physical. She will also play the three for us because of her ability to defend. We will do a lot more with her through the course of the season.” During her junior year, TK averaged 8.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.3 steals while shooting 41 percent from the field. Never known as a prolific scorer, she scored a career-high 25 points in an overtime loss to eventual NCAA Tournament participant Fresno State while also scoring 13 points and grabbing seven rebounds against Final Four participant Baylor. Young will get an opportunity to move back to her natural position after playing the first two years in the post for the Lady Techsters. The 5-foot-9 showed her grit by battling down low but will take her game out to the perimeter this season. “Kiara is going to be a tremendous surprise to a lot of people,” Weatherspoon said. “We played her out of position last year and she took on that challenge. I think this year by putting her at the three position, she will definitely be more productive for us. She is an incredibly strong young lady. She goes to the rim hard. She has great jumping ability. She needs to be more consistent with her jump shot, but I think she will be another scoring threat for us this year.” Young averaged 3.0 points and 3.3 rebounds last year while shooting 38 percent from the field. She started the year by recording her first career double double with 10 points and 14 rebounds in a win over Centenary and added nine points in a come-from-behind win over Southern Miss in early January. True freshman Jelena Vucinic is a long way from home as the New Zealand native becomes only the second foreign born player to ever don a Lady Techster uniform (joining former Techster Margaret DeCiman). Vucinic is a southpaw who has already shown that she has deep range and a tenacious work ethic. “Jelena is an unbelievable kid,” Weatherspoon said. “She came in here in great shape. She works so hard and doesn’t like to lose in anything we do. She is a lefty who shoots the ball very, very well. Her range is outside of the gym. She is probably one of the hardest workers I’ve been around in a long, long time.” Vucinic comes by her athleticism

and basketball ability honestly as her mother, Tatjana, and her father, Nenad, both played for the New Zealand national teams. During her time at Waimea College (high school in New Zealand), Vucinic was named team MVP four straight years while helping the program to the 2008 and 2009 South Island Premiership championship titles. This summer she also was selected to the Tall Ferns, the New Zealand women’s national team. Southern Miss transfer Kassietta Brown will sit out this year due to the NCAA transfer rules but will then have three years of eligibility remaining. “Kassietta has to sit out this year, but I think it will be a great learning experience for her in learning the game and our philosophy,” Weatherspoon said. “She will be another threat for us shooting the ball. She can put the ball on the floor and get to the rim and knock down jumpers. We just want her to get better defensively for us.”


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As a true freshman, Brown averaged 4.0 points a game while shooting 37 percent from the field, 34 percent from the three-point line and 61 percent from the free throw line. She scored a career-high 15 points in a win over Marshall and added eight points in the loss against the Lady Techsters. Forwards Weatherspoon has the luxury of relying upon the best post player in the Western Athletic Conference in senior forward Adrienne Johnson. Johnson, who has played alongside of Dowdell for the past three years, will now shoulder an even larger role in the Techster game plan as she looks to become the first LA Tech player in more than a decade to earn three straight first team all-conference honors. “Adrienne is on a mission this year,” Weatherspoon said. “The one thing that she wants to do is put this team on her shoulders. It’s something we don’t want her to do, but she is capable of doing it. She has truly changed her game during her career, putting her back to the basket, facing the rim, stretching defenses. She has gotten better at handling the ball and can play the three though the five position. With that type of versatility, she will really be able to put other teams at a disadvantage.” Johnson, who eclipsed the 1,000-point plateau last season, averaged 16.0 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.6 blocks per game while shooting 48 percent from the field and 76 percent from the free throw line. She scored in double figures 26 times, including a season-high 29 points in an 80-77 win over Nevada in the WAC Tournament semifinals, and recorded six double doubles. Red-shirt freshman Tavasha Anderson will provide LA Tech its biggest body as the 6-foot-3-inch forward looks to return to the hardwood after missing the majority of her senior year of high school and her freshman year of college due to injuries. “Tavasha is the kind of back-to-thebasket player we need,” Weatherspoon said. “She could be the Venus Lacy that everyone knew. She takes up a lot of the paint, using her strength and length. She is one player we will go to in the paint because of her size. She can also stretch defenders by stepping out. We are working with her on putting the ball

on the floor and getting to the rim. She has a big body which will help her defend the painted area. She blocks shots so well. I think last year was a great learning experience for her.” Anderson was a McDonald’s AllAmerican nominee at Grenada High School in Mississippi where she averaged almost a double double her junior year. Sophomore Reina Kempt returns for her second season after playing a limited amount of minutes as a true freshman behind both Johnson and Dowdell. Weatherspoon said she has been pleased with what she has seen from Kempt this fall. “Reina did a tremendous job of working during the off-season,” Weatherspoon said. “She didn’t get to play much last year, and I think people will see a difference in the work she put in this summer. Everything she learned from last season she has implemented in her game. She is getting to the rim and using her body to finish at the rim. She has come back ready to contribute.” Kempt saw action in only eight games last year, scoring a career-high four points in the win over Centenary. Shantale Bramble-Donaldson begins her first season at LA Tech after

signing out of Indian River State College in Florida where she led the program to back-to-back Southern Conference championships. The 6-foot-1-inch forward should see significant action for Tech immediately. “Shantale is just an incredible athlete,” Weatherspoon said. “You can play her anywhere. To have her alongside Adrienne will create such a difficult matchup for opposing teams. She has nice range as she can step out and shoot although we would like her to become more consistent on her jump shot. She defends well but we want her to learn to defend even better. She is a great rebounder; has a nose for the basketball. We are looking for her to put up some big numbers.” Bramble-Donaldson averaged 14.8 points and 12.5 rebounds per game as a sophomore while shooting 54 percent from the field and 60 percent from the free throw line. She ranked fourth nationally in rebounding while being named the Southern Conference Player of the Year.

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Louisiana Tech boasts one of the legendary players in women’s basketball and one of the rising young stars in the coaching business in head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. Weatherspoon, who was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in June, returned to her alma mater as the associate head coach in 2008 and less

than two full years later led the Lady Techsters back to the NCAA Tournament. A two-time all-American during her playing days at LA Tech, Weatherspoon led the Lady Techsters to 23-9 record in 200910 - her first full year as the head coach - as well as the 2010 Western Athletic Conference Tournament title and the programs 26th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, its first since 2006. The Lady Techsters played toe-to-toe with some of the nation’s top teams during the season, including: • falling to 4th ranked Baylor by only 10 points in Waco. Baylor advanced to the Final Four. • leading ACC champion and 9th ranked Florida State by nine points in the first half and only trailing by four with two minutes to play before losing. The Seminoles advanced to the Elite Eight. • leading 21st ranked Mississippi State by 10 points in the second half before falling by four to the Lady Bulldogs. MSU advanced to the Sweet 16. • Trailing 25th ranked LSU by 16 before fighting back to trail by one with less than a minute to play before losing by three. LSU advanced to the field of 32. And although Weatherspoon was not satisfied or content with any of the losses, it was proof that the model of intensity on the sideline has the Lady Techsters on the right path. In just two short years, Weatherspoon has recorded an overall coaching record of 32-11. Weatherspoon also help mold two-time WAC Player of the Year Shanavia Dowdell into one of the nation’s top posts. Dowdell led the country with 22 double doubles and was selected 18th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics. Weatherspoon was rewarded for her efforts by being named the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Maggie Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year. It was just another distinguished honor to put on an already endless list of awards won by Weatherspoon during her playing and coaching days. A quick glance at some of Weather-

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spoon’s career accomplishments tell the story of one of the top players to ever play the game collegiately, internationally and professionally. • 2-time Kodak All-American • 1988 Wade Trophy Winner • 1988 NCAA National Champion • 2-time Olympian • 5-time WNBA All-Star • 2-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year And now Weatherspoon is already adding to that resume on the coaching side. After being hired as the associate head coach in April of 2008, it didn’t take long for her to move up in the coaching ranks. The legendary collegiate and WNBA guard was named only the fifth head coach in the storied history of the Lady Techster basketball program during a press conference held in the Charles Wyly Athletic Center April 2, 2009. Weatherspoon earned the promotion after she took over the program as interim head coach on Feb. 9, 2009 and guided Louisiana Tech to a 9-2 mark down the stretch, the 2009 Western Athletic Conference regular sea-

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gram in the history of the game. Weatherspoon was hired as the associate head coach at Louisiana Tech last April after spending eight seasons as a player in the WNBA -- seven with the New York Liberty and one with the Los Angeles Sparks. During her time in the league, Weatherspoon started 220 straight games and led the Liberty to three WNBA championship appearances in 1997, 1999 and 2000. She was a five-time WNBA All-Star, a four-time all-WNBA second teamer and the two-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year. She still ranks No. 3 in career assists (1,338) and No. 8 in career steals (465) in the history of the WNBA. Her professional playing experience started in 1988 when she went overseas to play. Weatherspoon spent six years in Italy -- where she was named a six-time all-star -and two years in Russia. And as impressive as her professional playing resume is, it doesn’t hold a candle to the one she built as a player at Louisiana Tech. During her Louisiana Tech playing career which spanned from 1984 through 1988, Weatherspoon was a two-time Kodak AllAmerican (1987, 1988) and won the prestigious Wade Trophy as the top player in the country during her senior season. In fact as a senior, Weatherspoon earned an incredible trifecta as she was named the state player of the year, the American South Conference Player of the Year and the national player of the year. In that same year (1988), Weatherspoon won a national championship title -- LA Tech defeated Auburn 56-54 in the NCAA title game -- and an Olympic gold medal as part of the US National Team. She said she owes it all to her days of playing for Barmore, the five-time Hall of Fame coach who retired as the winningest coach (percentagewise) in the history of the game.

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WNBA ALL-STAR

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ITALIAN LEAGUE

“Knowing I played here under the best - and I capitalize every letter on Coach Barmore’s name - it’s truly overwhelming to return,” Weatherspoon said. “It’s only right for me to give back to a place and a program that gave so much to me.” She led the Lady Techsters to a mark of 118-14 during her career and two national championship game appearances in 1987 and 1988, earning spots on the All-Final Four teams both years. She was instrumental in leading Tech to a remarkable second half comeback against Auburn to claim the 1988 National Championship Title. Weatherspoon -- whose No. 11 jersey is retired at LA Tech -- was named to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Team of the Decade for the 1980’s. A member of the 1,000-point club (1,087) at LA Tech, she still ranks No. 1 in career assists (958) and career steals (411). Weatherspoon also earned distinction in USA Basketball circles, leading the US to the gold medal in the 1988 Olympics and the bronzemedal in the 1992 Olympics. She also earned gold medals in the 1986 World Championships, the 1986 Goodwill Games and the 1987 World University Games. Although this is Weatherspoon’s first collegiate head coaching position, she served as the head coach of the America Basketball Association’s Westchester Phantoms in 2008. Weatherspoon earned her bachelor’s degree from Louisiana Tech.

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Daron Park was a big reason for Louisiana Tech’s return to the NCAA Tournament last year as the Lady Techster associate head coach brought a wealth of knowledge with him when he joined Teresa Weatherspoon’s staff prior to the 2009-10 season. Park came to LA Tech after spending two years as an assistant coach on Brenda Frese’s staff at Maryland where he was an integral part of the Terrapins success, helping Maryland to a pair of Elite Eight appearances in the NCAA Tournament and an ACC regular season and tournament title. “Teacher,” Weatherspoon said. “Daron is a great teacher of this game. He knows so much about the game of basketball. He has been there and done that. He coached at Maryland and everyone knows about the success of that program during the last decade. “What I really like about Daron is he wants to be here, and he wants to be a part of this program. He wants to help with the rebuilding process as we put the program back on its foundation.” During his first year at Louisiana Tech, Park worked closely with the Lady Techster post players as Shanavia Dowdell and Adrienne Johnson both earned first team all-WAC honors. Dowdell averaged a double double while ranking in the top 5 in the country in rebounding and earning her second straight WAC Player of the Year award. She was selected in the second round of the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics.

Individual success stories like there are not unfamiliar to Park. During his coaching career, he has worked with a number of high-profile players including Kristi Toliver (AllAmerican, Lieberman Award winner, WNBA 1st round selection), Marissa Coleman (WNBA 1st round), Crystal Langhorne (All-American, WNBA 1st round), Laura Harper (WNBA 1st round), Shona Thorburn (WNBA 1st round) and Kim Smith (WNBA 1st round). During his first year at Maryland while head coach Brenda Frese was on leave for part of the season, Park served as acting head coach and led the Terrapins to an 8-1 mark with the lone loss coming in double overtime to No. 3 North Carolina. Included in those eight victories was a road win against Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium, completing the first sweep of the Blue Devils for the Terps in more than 15 years. Park’s responsibilities at LA Tech include on-the-floor coaching of the Techster post players, serving as the recruiting coordinator, overseeing the operating budget for the program, as well as overseeing scouting reports and game preparations. “I am so excited to be a part of Coach Weatherspoon’s staff and the tradition-rich program at Louisiana Tech,” Park said. “Her passion for the university was evident from the first moment I spoke with her, and it is easy to see the positive impact she has had since her return to Ruston. “There is an amazing amount of

pride and support for women’s basketball in the local community. I am anxious to continue to help Coach Weatherspoon build a program that will make past, present and future Lady Techsters proud.” Park was instrumental in helping Maryland earn a pair of Top 5 national rankings, a preseason WNIT Championship, two No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament, and 64 victories, including a 24-4 mark in ACC games. Prior to his stint at Maryland, Park served as an assistant coach for legendary Utah coach Elaine Elliott from 2004 through 2007 as the Utes won two Mountain West Conference championships and earned two appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2006. During his three years at Utah, the Utes won 72 games. Park also has head coaching experience as he served as the head coach at NAIA Westminster College for four years (2000-04) during which time the program boasted 30 academic all-conference recipients and eight Academic All-Americans. Park began his college coaching career as an assistant at Westminster in 1999. The Great Falls, Montana native earned his bachelor’s degree in health enhancement from Montana State in 1994. Park and his wife Laura have one daughter, Rylee (10), and one son, Dillon (5).


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Carter

Assistant Coach

During her playing days at South Alabama, Sara Carter was known for her intensity, fundamentals and drive to excel. Thus, its no surprise that head coach Teresa Weatherspoon has Carter on her staff working with the Lady Techster guards. Afterall, Weatherspoon was a player in that same mold. “Fire,” Weatherspoon said. “If I use one word to describe Sara, it’s firey. She is a great instructor. She is in charge of developing our guards, and they have a great understanding of what we expect from them because of the job she does. Everything offensively and defensively starts with the guard position, and so it’s vital that we have someone with Sara’s ability working with them.” Carter has served an instrumental role as an assistant coach in the Lady Techsters 2009 Western Athletic Conference regular season championship and 2010 WAC Tournament titles the past two years. During her first two seasons at Louisiana Tech, Carter worked closely with the Lady Techster guards, a group that has seen a vast improvement in assist to turnover ratio. In each of the past two years the LA Tech point guards have recorded impressive numbers led by junior Jasmine Bendolph who has made steady strides. In addition to Carter’s responsibilities with the Tech guards, she also oversees the players academic progress, serves as the liaison to academic coordinator Lisa Merritt, oversees scheduling, devises scouting reports and serves as the technology coordinator for the program, and assists in recruiting high school athletes in the southern region as well as all junior college recruiting. Carter came to Tech after working three years on the women’s basketball staff at Ole Miss. Carter was one of the key components to turning the South Alabama program into a contender during her playing days (2000-04). During her career, she was a two-time team captain and was named to the Sun Belt Conference preseason team prior to her senior season. The Gulfport, Miss. Native was a four-time recipient of the Sun Belt Conference all-academic award and also won the Wilma Rudolph Award (2004) as the Outstanding Woman Athlete of the Year. She earned her bachelor’s in physical education from South Alabama in 2005 and her master’s in health promotion from Ole Miss in 2007. specified by head coach, assisting with post player development, and assisting with Assistant Coach scouting and game Ebony Felder knew what it took to be successful in colpreparation during lege basketball after lettering at the University of Georgia, season. where she helped lead the program to three NCAA TournaDuring her ment appearances. playing days at Felder took that knowledge and work ethic to a program Georgia, Felder in Louisiana Tech that is just as steeped in NCAA Tournament helped lead Andy success, boasting an incredible 26 appearances. Landers and Co. As Felder begins her fourth year with the Lady Techsters to NCAA Tourna-- her second as a full-time assistant -- she is the perfect ment appearances complement to head coach Teresa Weatherspoon’s staff. in 2002, 2003 and “Ebony is a young lady who fights for perfection,” Weath2004. erspoon said. “She always wants to learn more. She doesn’t Felder, a want anyone else to do a better job than her. She’s a perfecsecond generation tionist. I like that. She’s a go-getter. Parade All-Amer“She might not be as experienced as some coaches in ican in women’s this game, but she understands the game of basketball and basketball - her she knows where she wants to go. She’s always on the same mother Pam McDonald Felder was named to the first ever page as me and that’s important.” team in 1977 - , averaged 7.4 points and 5.2 rebounds during After being promoted to an assistant coach prior to last her career despite chronic knee problems. season, Felder helped the Lady Techsters return to the NCAA The Jackson, Miss., native was named to the 2002 AllTournament for the first time since 2006. Along the way, she SEC Freshman team by league coaches after finishing as one worked side-by-side with associate head coach Daron Park of the league’s top rebounders in her rookie season. and the LA Tech post players led by two-time WAC Player of Felder was named first team All-American by the Womthe Year Shanavia Dowdell. en’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) during her senior Felder is responsible for assisting Weatherspoon in year at Murrah High School. specified administrative duties, directing summer basketShe earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Georball camps, coordinating freshmen and overall player affairs gia in 2006 and her master’s degree in English from Louisiana (housing), coordinating community service/relations projects Tech in 2009. for women’s basketball program, coordinating recruiting as

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Nicholas

Love

Director of Basketball Operations Nicholas Love enters his second year as the Director of Basketball Operations for the Louisiana Tech Lady Techster basketball program and head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. Love’s responsibilities include include enhancing the Lady Techsters digital media presence while he has been instrumental in returning The Lady Techster Show. He also assists with the teams travel and other day to day administrative duties. The Michigan native comes to LA Tech after working in the television

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industry for the past few years. Love worked the past two years for ESPN serving as a writer producer, editor and talent for ESPN.com’s Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) football coverage as well as Mobile ESPN’s coverage of Black History Month. He also worked as a business development intern for NBC Universal for six months in 2006. Love served as a player coordinator for the American Century Championship, an annual celebrity golf event that attracts some of the biggest names in the sports industry. In addition he also executed multiple event summary presentations for various NBC Sports venture properties. Love earned his bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Grambling State in 2006 and is currently working on his master’s in sports administration.

Butler

Associate AD/Media Relations Malcolm Butler begins his 12th year in the Louisiana Tech athletics department, his fourth as the associate athletics director in charge of media relations. A 1994 graduate of the Louisiana Tech journalism department, Butler joined the athletic department in July of 1999 as the assistant athletic media relations director. Butler was then promoted to the director’s position four months later and served in that capacity until the fall of 2007 when he was promoted to associate athletic director. The 40-year-old is in charge of media relations for women’s basketball, softball and men’s golf and also serves as the secondary contact for football while overseeing the daily operations for the entire department. During his time at Louisiana Tech, Butler has worked closely with a number of highly-successful head coaches, including 4-time Hall of Famer Leon Barmore, current Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley and current Lady Techster women’s basketball coach Teresa Weatherspoon. Over the course of his tenure, Tech’s media relations department has proven to be one of the best in the state of Louisiana. Over the past nine years, members of the Tech media relations department have won a total of 28 awards at the annual Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) state SID contest -- the second most behind only LSU. During that same period of time, Butler has garnered 22 of those awards which is tied for the most among any state SID with LSU Associate Athletics Director Michael Bonnette. Butler is part of a senior staff at LA Tech that has been instrumental in garnering a number of national awards, including the 2010 Turnkey PRISM Award - which recognizes colleges for managerial excellence across four areas: marketing/branding; fan development; community relations; and customer/client service. The Tech athletics department has also finished in the Top 10 the past two years in the Excellence in Management Cup, which recognizes the most efficient athletic departments in the nation.

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He was instrumental in the forming the partnership between Louisiana Tech and CBS College Sports in the fall of 2007 in the redesign and hosting of the athletic departments website, www.latechsports.com. As part of the agreement with CBS College Sports, a new webstreaming platform - LA Tech AllAccess was created - which allows fans from all over the world to watch live streams of almost all of the university’s home athletic events. In 2009-10, LA Tech All-Access streamed more than 100 live events. Butler has served as the host media coordinator for three NCAA Women’s Basketball First- and Second-Round sites hosted by Louisiana Tech (2000, 2001 and 2003) while also serving as the host media coordinator for the 2008 WAC Baseball Championships hosted by Louisiana Tech at J.C. Love Field in Ruston. In addition to his media relations responsibilities, Butler has served as the radio broadcaster for the nationally-prominent Louisiana Tech Lady Techster basketball team for the past 11 years, including the past 10 as the play-by-play announcer. During that time, he has broadcast more than 325 women’s basketball games - including 14 NCAA Tournament games. He has also broadcast in excess of 50 softball games, including four in the 2008 NCAA Tournament, and served as the color commentator on a number of Bulldog football broadcasts. Butler is also the host of Inside Tech Basketball with Teresa Weatherspoon, a 30-minute radio show. He is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA), United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) and Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).

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Brenda Milton returns for her 12th year in the Louisiana Tech Athletic Department, her third year as the office coordinator for the Louisiana Tech Lady Techster basketball/soccer teams. Prior to joining the women’s basketball program, Milton spent the previous three years working as the ticket manager after serving the previ-

ous six years as men’s basketball secretary. Prior to joining the Louisiana Tech Athletics Department, Milton worked in the corporate banking industry before spending four years working within the Louisiana Tech Continuing Education Center. Milton, who is also an accompanist at Cook Baptist Church, is married to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance and Investment Specialist Bryan Milton. The couple has three sons, Brandon, Josh, and Jared, all are graduates of Louisiana Tech.


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Bundrick

Head Team Physician/Orthopedic Surgeon When it comes to athletic injuries at Louisiana Tech, the Bulldogs and Lady Techsters turn to one of their own as well as one of the best orthopedic surgeons in the United States in Dr. Billy Bundrick. Dr. Bundrick, who runs the Bone and Joint Clinic in Bossier City, has been a familiar face to the Louisiana Tech athletic programs for many years. Since returning to work with his alma mater in 1973, Bundrick has been serving the student-athletes at Louisiana Tech for almost 40 years. “I enjoy working with the athletes at Louisiana Tech,” Dr. Bundrick said. “It is a joy to work with athletes because they are people who want to get better and get back on the field.” It was in 1957 that Dr. Bundrick, a young standout football player, decided to transfer from Texas A&M to Louisiana Tech. He earned three letters in football at Tech, including cocaptaining the 1959 team to a 9-1 record. Following the 1959 season, Bundrick made the decision to give up football so he could focus on his studies as he graduated from Louisiana Tech before heading to LSU Medical School in New Orleans. In 1969, Dr. Bundrick joined the staff at the Bone and Joint Clinic in Shreveport, and he has earned the reputation as one of the top orthopedic doctors in the country ever since. He regained his connection with Louisiana Tech in 1973 when former Bulldog coach Pat Collins saw him at a Captain Shreve High School football game and asked him if he could travel to Ruston to help with the medical treatment of the players during practices. Dr. Bundrick agreed and has been going back and forth from Shreveport to Ruston for almost four decades. Dr. Bundrick’s love for his alma mater shows as he has been a generous benefactor including funding the state-of-

Dr. Shane

Phillips

Team Physician

One of Louisiana Tech’s own returned home in 2003 as Dr. Shane Phillips opened his private medical practice and took over as the primary care physician for the Bulldogs and Lady Techster athletic programs. Dr. Phillips attended Cedar Creek High School in Ruston before picking up his undergraduate degree at Louisiana Tech in 1993. He then moved on to medical school at Louisiana State University of Medicine in New Orleans where he graduated in 1999. He completed his residency at the University of Alabama Family Practice Residency Program in Tuscaloosa and wrapped up his fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham. During his fellowship, he worked closely with Samford University and Birmingham Southern University, serving as those schools’ team physician. The 39-year-old also serves as team physician for Cedar Creek High School. Dr. Phillips, who is the great grandson of Thomas Assembly Center namesake Sam Thomas, is a member of TeamMD, an area high school sports medicine outreach program that covers 22 local high schools in the north Louisiana area. Dr. Phillips is married to Lauren DeCou and he has a 17-year-old stepson named Zach, a four-year-old son named Beau and a two-year-old daughter Emma.

the-art William S. Bundrick Sports Medicine Center at Louisiana Tech located in the Charles Wyly Athletic Center. This beautiful 3,800-square foot facility contains a Swimex therapeutic pool, cardiovascular equipment, private staff offices and a physician’s examination room. He is a member of the Louisiana Tech Athletics Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Tech Hall of Fame and was named the Louisiana Tech Alumnus of the Year in 1986. He also earned the Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Medicine from the Ark-La-Tex Sports Museum of Champions in 2010. Dr. Bundrick is a member of the Herodicus Sports Medicine Society, and elite group comprised of sports medicine physicians in the United States, Canada and Europe. He is also a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Orthopedics Society of Sports Medicine. In 2005, the American Orthopedics Society of Sports Medicine awarded him the Thomas Broady Community Service Award. Dr. Bundrick serves on the board of trustees for the American Sports Medicine Institute, which continues to pioneer developments in the field of athletic medicine. He also serves on the board of directors for the Northwest Louisiana Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and in 1996, received the FCA Founders Award. He was also the 1991 Sports Foundation Sportsman of the Year. Dr. Bundrick is married to Linda C. Covington.

Michele

Dummett

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Michele Dummett begins her fifth year as an assistant athletic trainer at Louisiana Tech. Dummett’s main responsibilities include women’s basketball, women’s soccer and football. The Sanborn, Iowa, native received her undergrad degree from Iowa State with a bachelor of science degree in Athletic Training with a minor in health studies. While at Iowa State, Dummett worked with football, women’s swimming and diving along with women’s cross country/track and field. Dummett finished her master’s in public health care administration at Drake University where she worked with women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s tennis and football. Before coming to Tech, Dummett worked for WillisKnighton Health Systems as an outreach athletic trainer covering the Bossier City/Shreveport BattleWings and Byrd High School athletics while helping with Bulldog football. Dummett is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) and the Louisiana Athletic Trainers Association (LATA). She is licensed as an Athletic Trainer by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.

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Adrienne

Johnson


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Adrienne

Johnson

6-0 • SR • F • 3L • Franklin, La. (Franklin HS)

2009-10: Named first team all-WAC ... Named to the WAC all-Defensive Team ... Named to the WAC all-tournament team ... Named 1st team all-state by the LSWA ... 3-time WAC Player of the Week ... 2-time LSWA State Player of the Week ... Named the LA Tech Sports Network Player of the GAme nine times ... Started all 32 games during the season ... Averaged 16.0 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.6 blocks, and 1.3 steals per game ... Shot 48 percent from the field, 76 percent from the free throw line and hit 2-of-7 three-pointers ... Totaled 63 assists, 51 blocks and 42 steals ... Scored in double figures 26 times ... Recorded six double doubles ... Recorded nine 20-plus point performances on the year ... Scored a season-high 29 points in an 80-77 win over Nevada in the WAC Tournament semifinals ... Also scored 29 points in a season-opening win over Centenary ... Scored 23 points in wins over Memphis, Idaho, Boise State ... Totaled 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in road win over Western Kentucky ... Recorded career-high five assists in wins over Memphis and Nevada ... Had a career-high five blocks in win over Memphis ... WAC Statistical Rankings: No. 2 in blocks, No. 3 in scoring, No. 5 in rebounding, No. 5 in field goal percentage, No. 6 in free throw percentage ...

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2008-09: Named first team all-WAC ... Named to the WAC all-Defensive Team ... Named WAC Player of the Week (Dec. 29) ... Named LSWA Player of the Week (Feb. 24) ... Named Business Technology Group Player of the Game (LA Tech Radio Network) 14 times ... Started all 34 games for Louisiana Tech ... Averaged 15.5 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.7 steals, 1.4 blocks per game ... Shot 47 percent from the field and 72 percent from the free throw line ... Hit 2-of-17 three-pointers ... Scored in double figures 27 times ... Registered seven double doubles during the season ... Led the WAC with 11 20-plus point performances ... Scored a career-high 31 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a win over SMU March 19 in the first round of the WNIT ... Scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds in a win at Hawaii Feb. 22 ... Scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds in an overtime win at Idaho Jan. 23 ... Scored 21 points in a win over Arizona Dec. 6 ... Scored 18 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds in a win over New Mexico State March 11 in the quarterfinals of the 2009 WAC

Tournament ... WAC rankings: No. 2 in scoring, No. 3 in rebounding, No. 3 in field goal percentage, No. 7 in free throw percentage, No. 5 in steals, No. 6 in blocks, No. 3 in offensive rebounds (3.09), No. 12 in defensive rebounds (4.06) ... 2007-08: Named Tech Radio Network Player of the Game twice ... Saw action in all 31 games, making three starts for Louisiana Tech ... Averaged 7.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per game ... Shot 41 percent from the field, 35 percent from the three-point line and 71 percent from the free throw line ... Recorded 23 assists, 30 blocks and 23 steals ... Scored in double figures 12 times ... Recorded double figure rebounds twice ... Had two double doubles on the year ... Had 13 points and 10 rebounds in win over McNeese State (Dec. 31) ... Had 10 points and 10 rebounds in win over Hawaii (Feb. 2) ... Scored a career-high 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting in loss at Nevada (Jan. 24) ... Scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds while making a start at San Jose State (March 8) ... Had 15 points in win over Nevada in WAC Tournament quarterfinals (March 12) ... High School: Played for coach Ronnie Louis at Franklin High School in Louisiana for four years ... Helped win the District 7-3A title four years ... Helped lead Franklin to the Class 3A state title as a freshman and sophomore and the runner-up as a junior ... Led the program to the Class 3A state semifinals as a senior ... Named the Gatorade Louisiana Girls Player of the Year in 2007 ... Named the Louisiana Class 3A state MVP as a senior ... Named first team all-district four times ... Named first team all-state as a sophomore, junior and senior and honorable mention as a freshman ... Named the Class 3A state tournament MVP as a junior ... Named first team allAcadiana as a junior by the Daily Advertiser and first team all-area as a junior by the Daily Iberian ... Averaged 25.5 points, 13.4 rebounds, 5.4 blocks, 5.3 steals and 4.4 assists per game as a senior ... Played AAU ball for coach Allen Frey and the Kenner Angels ... Named an AAU All-America (2006) ... Ranked No. 60 in Michael White’s All-Star Girls Report (No. 11 among power forwards) ... Also rank track for Franklin High School ... Was the Louisiana Class 3A state champion in the triple jump in both 2006 and 2007 and the Class 3A state champion in the high jump in 2007 ... Personal: Daughter of Yvonne and Albert Johnson ... Has two sisters, Cherazar and Quovodas DeLaune ... Born Jan. 18, 1989, in Lafayette.

Johnson’s Career Stats Year G/GS Min/Avg 07-08 31/3 650/21.0 08-09 34/34 1122/33.0 09-10 32/32 1057/33.0 Totals 97/69 2829/29.2

FG-FGA/Pct 105-254/.413 211-454/.465 189-395/.478 505-1103/.458

3M-3A/Pct 8-23/.348 2-17/.118 2-7/.286 12-47/.255

FT-FTA/Pct Reb/Avg Ast 25-35/.714 163/5.3 23 103-143/.720 243/7.1 26 133-175/.760 229/7.2 63 261-353/.739 635/6.6 112

Blks St TP/Avg 30 23 243/7.8 46 59 527/15.5 51 42 513/16.0 127 124 1283/13.2

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Whitney

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Whitney

Jones

5-7 • SR • G • 3L • West Monroe, La. (Baylor) 2009-10: Named to the UTSA New Year’s Classic all-tournament team ... Named the LA Tech Sports Network Player of the Game one time ... Started 30 games during the year while seeing action in 31 contests ... Missed one game due to injury ... Averaged 10.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game ... Shot 36 percent from the field, 31 percent (40-128) from the three-point line and 76 percent from the free throw line ... Totaled 41 assists, 35 steals and three blocked shots ... Led Tech with 40 three-pointers made ... Scored in double figures 19 times during the year, including 10 straight during one stretch ... Scored a season-high 19 points in a win over CUSA foe Memphis ... Scored 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds in loss top 8th ranked Baylor ... Scored 18 points in win over Hawaii ... Scored 13 points and grabbed a season-high eight rebounds in win over SFA ... Scored 13 points, including hitting four three-pointers, and recorded a season-high five assists in win over Fresno State in WAC Tournament championship game ... WAC Statistical Rankings: No. 7 in free throw percentage, No. 15 in threepoint field goal percentage and No. 17 in scoring ...

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2008-09: Named to the Marriott Cavalier Classic all-tournament team (Virginia Tournament) ... Named the LA Tech Radio Network Player of the Game six times ... Started all 34 games for Louisiana Tech ... Averaged 13.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.5 steals per game for the Lady Techsters ... Shot 40 percent from the field, 34 percent (38-113) from the three-point line and 68 percent from the free throw line ... Totaled 86 assists, 51 steals and seven blocks ... Scored in double figures 25 times during the season, including a career-high 31 points in an overtime win over Utah State Jan. 10 ... She also added a career-high tying nine rebounds in the victory over the Aggies ... Scored 23 points and grabbed nine

rebounds in a loss to defending national champion Tennessee Nov. 23 in Knoxville ... Scored 22 points and grabbed seven boards in a win over New Mexico State Jan. 30, while hitting a career-high five three-pointers ... Had five games of 20plus points during the season ... Totaled a career-high seven assists in wins over Grambling State Dec. 9 and New Mexico State March 7 ... WAC Statistical Rankings: No. 5 in three-point field goal percentage, No. 8 in scoring, No. 9 in offensive rebounds (2.29), No. 11 in free throw percentage, No. 12 in assists, No. 14 in field goal percentage and No. 14 in three-pointers made per game (1.12) ... 2007-08: Saw action in seven games, making seven starts before going down with a season-ending injury ... Was injured and lost for the season Dec. 8 when she collided with a Southern Miss player with only 0.5 seconds remaining in the game ... Averaged 10.6 points and 4.0 rebounds per game ... Shot 33 percent from the field, 38 percent from the three-point line and 55 percent from the free throw line ... Recorded 12 assists and 15 steals ... Scored in double figures four times ... Scored a career-high 16 points (all in the second half) against eventual national champion Tennessee Nov. 26 ... Scored 15 points at Western Kentucky (Nov. 20) and against Stephen F. Austin (Dec. 1) ... Had at least two steals in six of her seven games ... Baylor (2006-07): Played in eight games for the Baylor Bears as a true freshman before transferring to Tech ... Averaged 1.1 points and 2.3 rebounds per contest ... High School: Lettered for coach Donnie Quin at West Monroe High School for four years ... Helped lead the Lady Rebels to the Louisiana Class 5A state championship as a sophomore ... Averaged 21.3 points, 9.1 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game as a senior ... Two-time Gatorade Louisiana Girls Basketball Player of the Year, joined former LSU star Semoine Augustus as the only other athlete from Louisiana to receive the honor twice ... Named all-state all four prep seasons ... Three-time Class 5A Most Outstanding Player ... Personal: Full name is Whitney Brion Jones ... Daughter of Tony and Glenda Jones ... Has one sister, NaPorsha ... Born Dec. 31, 1987, in Monroe, La.

Jones’s Career Stats Year G/GS Min/Avg 07-08 7/7 205/29.3 08-09 34/34 1110/32.6 09-10 31/30 893/28.8 Totals 72/71 2208/30.7

FG-FGA/Pct 25-77/.325 172-431/.399 107-298/.359 304-806/.377

3M-3A/Pct 6-16/.375 38-113/.336 40-128/.313 84-257/.327

FT-FTA/Pct Reb/Avg Ast TO St TP/Avg 18-33/.545 28/4.0 12 18 15 74/10.6 71-105/.676 165/4.9 86 82 51 453/13.3 65-86/.756 107/3.5 41 59 35 319/10.3 154-224/.688 300/4.2 139 159 101 846/11.8

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Brietta

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Brietta

Thomas

5-10 • SR • G • 3L • Baton Rouge, La. (University HS) 2009-10: Named the LA Tech Sports Network Player of the Game three times ... Started four games and saw action in 31 contests ... Averaged 5.7 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists, and 0.8 steals per game ... Also recorded 12 blocks -- third most on the team ... Shot 40 percent from the field, 35 percent (22-63) from the three-point line and 77 percent from the free throw line ... Recorded 31 assists and 24 steals ... Scored in double figures six times ... Scored a career-high 22 points in a victory over Centenary ... Scored 12 points in wins over Nicholls State and Utah State ... Scored 11 points in wins over San Jose State and Utah State ... Recorded a career-high four assists in win over Centenary and a career-high three blocks in win over UTSA ... Also registered a career-high nine rebounds in win over UTSA ...

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2008-09: Named the Business Technology Group Player of the Game (LA Tech Radio Network) twice ... Saw action in 32 games for Louisiana Tech ... Averaged 4.2 points, 2.3 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 0.4 steals per game for the Lady Techsters ... Shot 35 percent from the field, 31 percent (20-64) from the three-point line and 74 percent from the free throw line ... Totaled 22 assists, 14 steals and 10 blocked shots ... Scored in double figures four times during the year ... Scored a career-high 19 points in a win over Arizona on Dec. 6, hitting 7-of-10 field goals and 4-of-5 three-pointers ... Also scored 12 points in wins over Nicholls State and San Jose State

(twice) ... Pulled down a career-high seven rebounds in a 77-54 win over SMU in the first round of the WNIT March 19 ... Registered a career-high four steals in a win at Hawaii Feb. 22 ... 2007-08: Saw action in 15 games for Louisiana Tech ... Averaged 0.5 points and 0.4 rebounds per game ... Also had one steal ... Shot 13 percent from the field, 22 percent from the three-point line and 50 percent from the free throw line ... Scored her first collegiate points with a three-pointer in a win over McNeese State (Dec. 31) ... Also hit a three-pointer in a win at Idaho (Feb. 9) ... High School: Lettered for three years for coach Bonita Johnson at University High School in Baton Rouge ... Transferred from Catholic High Point Coupee where she played for three years (seventh grade through ninth grade) ... Led University to the state semifinals in Class 2A of the Louisiana state tournament as a senior ... Played in the Louisiana All-Star game following her senior season ... Named the District 8-2A Most Valuable Player as a junior ... Named all-district as sophomore and junior ... Named all-state honorable mention as a junior ... Led University High to the District 8-2A title and to the state playoffs last two years ... Named all-district second team and all-parish as an eighth grader ... Averaged 18.1 points and 3.9 assists as a junior ... Also played volleyball for University High for three years ... Named all-district in volleyball as a junior ... Personal: Brietta Katrice Thomas ... Daughter of Lovetta and Walter Thomas ... Has three brothers, Jordan and Jorrell (twins), and Khalil ... Born March 1, 1990, in Baton Rouge, La.

Thomas’s Career Stats Year G/GS Min/Avg 07-08 15/0 42/2.8 08-09 32/0 440/13.8 09-10 31/4 491/15.8 Totals 78/4 973/12.5

FG-FGA/Pct 2-15/.133 50-143/.350 68-169/.402 120-327/.367

3M-3A/Pct 2-9/.222 20-64/.313 22-63/.349 42-136/.309

FT-FTA/Pct Reb/Avg Ast TO St TP/Avg 1-2/.500 6/0.4 0 3 1 7/0.5 14-19/.737 74/2.3 22 29 14 134/4.2 20-26/.769 88/2.8 31 31 24 178/5.7 35-47/.745 168/2.2 53 63 39 319/4.1

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Tarkeisha

Wysinger-Mackey


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Tarkeisha

Wysinger-Mackey

5-8 • SR • G • 3L • Many, La. (Many HS) 2009-10: Named the LA Tech Sports Network Player of the Game five times ... Made five starts while seeing action in 29 games ... Averaged 8.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.3 assists per game ... Shot 41 percent from the field and 57 percent from the free throw line ... Hit 3-of-22 three-pointers ... Totaled 39 steals, 38 assists and nine blocked shots ... Scored in double figures 12 times during the year ... Scored a career-high 25 points in an overtime loss to NCAA Tournament participant Fresno State ... Scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds in loss to 8th ranked Baylor ... Scored 13 points and recorded a season-high four steals in win over CUSA foe Memphis ... Scored 13 points while playing all 45 minutes in overtime win over Idaho ... Scored 10 points and grabbed six rebounds in win over Fresno State in championship game of the 2010 WAC Tournament ...

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2008-09: Named preseason second team allWAC ... Saw action in 18 games for Louisiana Tech, missing 16 games due to injury ... Was named to the preseason All-WAC second team ... Averaged 4.3 points, 2.8 rebounds, 0.9 steals and 0.9 assists per game ... Shot 35 percent from the field, 33 percent (2-6) from the three-point line and 60 percent from the free throw line ... Totaled 16 steals and 15 assists on the year ... Scored a season-high 12 points in a win over Hawaii Feb. 22 in Honolulu ... Also scored nine points in a win over New Mexico State March 7 in Las Cruces ... Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds in a win over New Mexico State in the quarterfinals of the 2009 WAC Tournament March 12 ... Registered a season-high three steals in wins over Fresno State March 2 and New Mexico State March 7 ...

2007-08: Named to the Western Athletic Conference All-Freshman team ... Named Tech Radio Network Player of the Game five times ... Saw action in all 31 games, making 22 starts as a true freshman ... Averaged 9.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 2.1 assists per game ... Shot 34 percent from the field, 17 percent from the three-point line and 73 percent from the free throw line ... Registered a team high 67 steals ... Also ranked second on the team with 65 assists ... Totaled five blocks ... Scored in double figures 14 times ... Recorded double digits in rebounds six times ... Had three double doubles ... Scored 19 points and grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds against Northwestern State (Nov. 23) in only her second collegiate game ... Scored a career-high 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting in win over McNeese State (Dec. 31) ... Had 13 points and 11 rebounds in win over Utah State (Feb. 28) ... Also had 11 points and 10 rebounds in win at Utah State (Jan. 26) ... High School: Played for head coach Darren Dyess and Jeremy Leach at Many H i g h School in Louisiana ... Led Many to a 153-9 record during her career ... Named Miss Basketball in the state of Louisiana as a senior ... Named District 4-2A MVP four straight years ... Named All-Sabine Parish MVP four straight years ... Named first team all-area by the Shreveport Times four times ... Named All-CENLA MVP twice by the Alexandria Town Talk ... Named first team all-state four straight years ... Named Louisiana Class 2A state MVP three years ... Averaged 29.3 points, 11.1 rebounds and 6.0 steals per game as a junior ... Averaged 25.0 points per game as a sophomore ... Led Many to a 39-2 record and the Louisiana Class 2A state title as a junior ... Led Many to back-to-back Louisiana Class 2A titles as a sophomore and junior ... Led Many to the Class 2A runner-up as a senior ... Scored a Louisiana Class 2A state title game record 42 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in the 69-66 win over Iota in 2006 ... Personal: Daughter of Dorothy Sweet and Robert Sweet ... Has two sisters, Sinnissia and LaTressa, and one brother, Mack ... Sinnissia lettered four years at Ole Miss ... Married Derian Mackey on Oct. 2, 2010 … Born May 7, 1989, in Shreveport, La.

Wysinger-Mackey’s Career Stats Year G/GS Min/Avg 07-08 31/22 821/26.5 08-09 18/0 240/13.3 09-10 29/5 645/22.2 Totals 77/27 1706/22.2

FG-FGA/Pct 89-261/.341 23-66/.348 77-188/.410 189-515/.367

3M-3A/Pct 4-23/.174 2-6/.333 3-22/.136 9-51/.178

FT-FTA/Pct Reb/Avg Ast TO St TP/Avg 96-132/.727 175/5.6 65 83 67 278/9.0 29-48/.604 51/2.8 15 22 16 77/4.3 79-139/.568 132/4.6 38 72 39 236/8.1 204-319/.639 358/4.6 118 177 122 591/7.7

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Martina

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Martina

Holloway

5-5 • SR • G • 1L • Albuquerque, N.M. (College of Southern Idaho) 2009-10: Named the LA Tech Sports Network Player of the Game one time ... Saw action in 30 games for Louisiana Tech ... Averaged 1.8 points, 2.2 assists and 1.1 rebounds per game ... Shot 40 percent from the field, 36 percent (12-33) from the three-point line and 53 percent from the free throw line ... Ranked second on the team with 66 assists ... Had a 3:2 assist to turnover ratio ... Also totaled 12 steals and one blocked shot ... Scored a careerhigh 10 points, grabbed a career-high eight rebounds and recorded five assists in win over CUSA foe Memphis ... Scored seven points and recorded a career-high six assists in win over UTSA ...

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and 3.1 steals per game ... Shot 36 percent from the field, 38 percent (59-155) from the three-point line and 71 percent from the free throw line ... Ranked No. 1 in the country in assists and No. 27 in steals ... SFA: Signed with Stephen F. Austin out of high school ... Played one year for the Lady Jacks (2006-07) ... Saw action in all 32 games, making 19 starts at the point guard position ... Averaged 3.0 points, 2.4 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game ... Scored a season-high 17 points in a win over Sam Houston State ... Led SFA to a mark of 21-12 ... High School: Started four years at Sandia High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico playing for coach Matt Daniels and coach Susan Kubala ... Earned allmetro, all-district and all-state honors during her junior season ... Personal: Full name is Martina Nicole Holloway ... Daughter of Madonna and Marco Holloway ... Has two sisters, Shayne and Danielle ... Born Nov. 12, 1987 in Albuquerque, N.M.

Junior College: Played for coach Randy Rogers at the College of Southern Idaho for one season (2008-09) ... Led the team to a 26-4 mark during the year ... Averaged 9.0 points, 9.4 assists

Holloway’s Career Stats Year G/GS Min/Avg 09-10 30/0 413/13.8 Totals 30/0 413/13.8

FG-FGA/Pct 17-43/.395 17-43/.395

3M-3A/Pct 12-33/.364 12-33/.364

FT-FTA/Pct Reb/Avg Ast TO St TP/Avg 9-17/.529 33/1.1 66 42 12 55/1.8 9-17/.529 33/1.1 66 42 12 55/1.8

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Jasmine

Bendolph


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Jasmine

Bendolph

5-7 • JR • G • 2L • Mobile, Ala. (Davidson HS) 2009-10: Named the LA Tech Sports Network Player of the Game five times ... Started all 32 games for Louisiana Tech ... Averaged 7.8 points, 3.8 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game ... Shot 40 percent from the field, 40 percent (21-53) from the three-point line and 87 percent from the free throw line ... Totaled 123 assists, 16 steals and one blocked shot ... Scored in double figures 10 times during the season ... Scored a career-high 24 points in a win over Utah State in the first round of the WAC Tournament ... Scored 16 points in a road win over Arkansas State ... Scored 15 points in an overtime loss to Fresno State ... Scored six points, including the game-winning jumper with 34 seconds to play, in a win over Fresno State in the WAC Tournament championship game ... Scored 13 points, including the game-tying three-pointer with 8 seconds to play in regulation, in an overtime win over Idaho ... Scored 14 points and recorded a career-high eight assists in a road win at CUSA foe Southern Mississippi ... Tied her career-high with eight assists in an 80-77 win over Nevada in the WAC Tournament semifinals ... WAC Statistical Rankings: No. 1 in assists (3.8) and No. 1 in free throw percentage ...

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2008-09: Named the Business Technology Group Player of the Game (LA Tech Radio Network) one time ... Saw action in 30 games for Louisiana Tech, making six starts ... Averaged 3.7 points, 2.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 0.5 steals per game ... Shot 31 percent from the field, 30 percent (6-20) from the three-point line and 69 percent from the free throw line ... Totaled 74 assists and 16 steals ... Scored in double figures twice ... Scored a career-high 18 points on 8-of-14 shooting in a 9188 overtime loss to Nevada March 12 in the semi-

finals of the WAC Tournament ... Also recorded six assists in the game against the Wolf Pack ... Scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds in a win over UMBC Dec. 28 ... Totaled nine points and four assists in a loss to defending national champion Tennessee on Nov. 23 ... Recorded a career-high seven assists in a win over Hawaii Feb. 22 in Honolulu ... WAC Statistical Rankings: No. 13 in assists ... High School: Played point guard for four years for coach Charlie Shipp at Davidson High School ... Averaged 14.8 points and 5.2 assists as a junior ... Led Davidson to the Alabama Class 6A state title game as a freshman and sophomore ... Led Davidson to the Class 6A Region 1 title as freshman and sophomore and the Class 6A Area 2 title as a junior ... Named the Alabama Sports Writers Association Player of the Year for Class 6A as a senior ... Named 2008 State of Alabama Super Five by the Alabama Sports Writers Association ... Nominated for the 2008 McDonald’s AllAmerican team ... Named Mobile Press Player of the Year as junior ... Mobile Press Top 5 player for three years ... Named all-state tournament team as a freshman and sophomore ... Named first team allstate three times ... Named MVP at the regional tournament as a sophomore ... Ranked in top five in Alabama according to www. hoopgurlz.com ... Named preseason honorable mention allAmerican by The Sporting News Magazine and by Dan Olson’s Collegiate Girls Basketball Report (prior to senior season) ... Played AAU for coach Krystle Johnson and the Alabama Twisters Black Elite team ... Helped lead the team to the open division national championship title in AAU in summer of 2008 ... Personal: Full name is Jasmine LaShawn Bendolph ... Daughter of Jacquelyn Bendolph ... Has two sisters, Julisa and Jessica ... Born Jan. 10, 1990, in Mobile, Ala.

Bendolph’s Career Stats Year G/GS Min/Avg 08-09 30/6 496/16.5 09-10 32/32 858/26.8 Totals 62/38 1354/21.8

FG-FGA/Pct 41-134/.306 83-210/.395 124-344/.360

3M-3A/Pct 6-20/.300 21-53/.396 27-73/.370

FT-FTA/Pct Reb/Avg Ast TO St TP/Avg 24-35/.686 61/2.0 74 58 16 112/3.7 64-74/.865 98/3.1 123 85 16 251/7.8 88-109/.807 159/2.6 197 143 32 363/5.9

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Kiara

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Young

5-9 • JR • G • 2L • Rogersville, Ala. (Lauderdale County HS) 2009-10: Saw action in 30 games during the season ... Averaged 3.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game ... Shot 38 percent from the field, 22 percent (522) from the three-point line and 44 percent from the free throw line ... Recorded 19 assists, eight steals and two blocks ... Recorded her first career double double with 10 points and 14 rebounds in win over Centenary -- both of those totals were career-highs ... Also recorded a careerhigh three assists against Centenary ... Scored nine points in a come-from-behind win over Southern Mississippi ... Also scored seven point on four different occasions -- all wins ...

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2008-09: Saw action in 23 games for Louisiana Tech ... Averaged 1.7 points and 2.3 rebounds in 7.2 minutes per game ... Shot 35 percent from the field and 35 percent from the free throw line ... Hit 2-of-8 three-pointers ... Also added three assists and nine steals ... Scored a season-high seven points in a win over San Jose State on Feb. 20 ... Scored six points on four different occasions including wins over Nicholls State, Hawaii and New Mexico State and a loss to Mississippi State ... Registered a career-high eight rebounds in eight minutes in a win over SMU March 19 in the first round of the WNIT ...

High School: Lettered for five years for coach Brant Lewellyn at Lauderdale County High School ... Led Lauderdale County to the Class 3A state championship game as a sophomore and was named MVP after hitting the game-winning shot ... Led Lauderdale to a 26-9 record and the Elite 8 as a junior while averaging 24.1 points and 8.3 rebounds per game ... Named the Class 3A player of the year by the Alabama Sports Writers Association ... Was named first team all-state by the Alabama Sports Writers Association as a junior and senior and was a finalist for Miss Basketball ... Rated as the 32nd best player and fourth best shooting guard in the country by Dan Olson’s Collegiate Girls Basketball Report ... Ranked in top five in Alabama according to www.hoopgurlz.com ... Named preseason honorable mention all-American by The Sporting News Magazine and by Dan Olson’s Collegiate Girls Basketball Report (prior to senior season) ... Played AAU for the North Alabama Twisters ... Helped lead the team to the open division national championship title in AAU in summer of 2008 ... Personal: Kiara Shonte Young ... Daughter of Tracey and Leander Young ... Has two sisters, Leandra and Aysia ... Born Dec. 5, 1989, in Decatur, Ala.

Young’s Career Stats Year G/GS Min/Avg 08-09 23/0 165/7.2 09-10 30/0 375/12.5 Totals 53/0 540/10.2

FG-FGA/Pct 16-46/.348 38-99/.384 54-145/.372

3M-3A/Pct 2-8/.250 5-23/.217 7-31/.225

FT-FTA/Pct Reb/Avg Ast TO St TP/Avg 6-17/.353 53/2.3 3 5 9 40/1.7 10-23/.435 98/3.3 19 22 8 91/3.0 16-40/.400 151/2.8 22 27 17 131/2.5

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Shantale

Bramble-Donaldson

6-1 • JR • F • TR • Bronx, N.Y. (Indian River State College) Junior College: Lettered for coach David Caputo at Indian River State College ... Helped lead the program to back-to-back Southern Conference championship titles ... Averaged 13.3 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game as a freshman while shooting 56 percent from the field and 60 percent from the free throw line ... Averaged 14.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game as a sophomore while shooting 54 percent from the field and 60 percent from the free throw line ... Ranked fourth nationally in rebounding ... Helped lead the team to a 21-5 mark ... Named third team all-American as a sophomore ... Named the Southern Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore ... Named first team all-Southern Conference as a freshman and sophomore ... Named all-region VIII as a sophomore ... Ranked 5th in state and 25th in nation in rebounding as a freshman ... Recorded seven double doubles ... Registered three games of 20-plus points and 15-plus rebounds ... Ranked as the 7th best small forward in the junior college ranks by Dan Olson’s Basketball Girls Report ... Ranked as the 57th best JC player in the country by BGR ...

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High School: Lettered four years for Coach Jaywana Bradley at Manhattan Center for Science and Math in New York ... Ranked as one of the Top 20 players in New York City in the Class of 2008 ... Helped lead the program to the state playoffs all four years, including an appearance in the Public School Athletic League championship game at Madison Square Garden as a senior ... Scored over 900 points and collected over 600 rebounds ... Two-time all-city performer ... Personal: Full name Shantale Bramble-Donaldson ... Daughter of Thelma Bramble and Eliston Donaldson ... Has two sister, Sonyah Bramble and Valerie Bramble-Donaldson ... Born July 2, 1990 in Montreal, Quebec.

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Angie

Felton

5-8 • JR • G • TR • Leesburg, Fla. (Gulf Coast Community College) Gulf Coast: Lettered for two years for coach Roonie Scovel at Gulf Coast Community College ... Helped lead Florida Gulf Coast to a 32-1 mark and the 2010 NJCAA championship title ... Named to the all-tournament team ... Scored 20 points in the 83-61 win over Jefferson College in the national title game ... Averaged 8.7 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.6 steals per game while shooting 36 percent from the field, 30 percent from the three-point line and 90 percent from the free throw line as a sophomore ... Helped lead the program to a 27-3 mark in 2008-09 ... Averaged 9.0 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.9 steals per game while shooting 40 percent from the field, 41 percent from the three-point line and 70 percent from the free throw line as a freshman ...

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High School: Lettered two years for Coach Mark Q. Oates and the Leesburg Yellow Jackets ... Helped lead the team to the district title in 2008 ... Named second team all-state 5A as a senior ... Named first team all-district as a senior ... Hit 53 three-pointers her senior year in high school ... Personal: Full name is Angela Denise Felton ... Daughter of Kenneth Felton Sr. and Theresa Graham ... Has two brothers, Jonathan Small and Kenneth Felton Jr. ... Has one sister, Imani Felton ... Born Aug. 18, 1990 in Clearwater, Fla.

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Reina

Kempt

5-11 • SO • F • 1L • Baton Rouge, La. (McKinley HS) 2009-10: Saw action in eight games as a true freshman ... Averaged 0.9 points and 0.4 rebounds per game ... Shot 1-of-8 from the field and 5-of-13 from the free throw line ... Totaled two steals, one assist and one block ... Scored a career-high four points and added two steals in win over Centenary ... Also scored three points in win over McNeese State ... Recorded her first collegiate block in win over San Jose State ...

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High School: Lettered four years for coach Corey Grant at McKinley High School ... Helped lead the Panthers to the state playoffs all four years in high school ... Named first team All-District 7-4A as a junior and senior ... Received the George E. Meiner Athletic Award which is given to the top scholar-athlete at McKinley High School each year ... Averaged 15.1 points and 9.2 rebounds per game as a senior ... Played AAU basketball for coach Riley Harbor and the Bayou Angels ... Personal: Full name is Reina Jaliese Kempt ... Daughter of Ava and John Kempt ... Has one brother, John III ... Born June 10, 1991 in Baton Rouge.

Kempt’s Career Stats Year G/GS Min/Avg 09-10 8/0 35/4.4 Totals 8/0 35/4.4

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FG-FGA/Pct 1-8/.125 1-8/.125

3M-3A/Pct 0-1/.000 0-1/.000

FT-FTA/Pct Reb/Avg Ast TO St TP/Avg 5-13/.385 3/0.4 1 2 2 7/0.9 5-13/.385 3/0.4 1 2 2 7/0.9


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Kassietta

Brown

5-8 • SO • G • TR • West Monroe, La. (Southern Mississippi)

13 eight-point loss to Louisiana Tech ...

Southern Miss: Saw action in 27 games off the bench for the Golden Eagles ... Averaged 4.0 points, 1.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game while averaging 15.1 minutes ... Shot 37 percent from the field, 34 percent from the three-point line and 61 percent from the free throw line ... Scored a career-high 15 points in a loss at Marshall ... Also scored 10 points in a

Personal: Full name is Kassietta Danielle Brown ... Daughter of Anthony and Tammy Smith ... Has one brother, Anthony Smith Jr. ... Born July 9, 1990 in Monroe, La.

High School: A three-year letterwinner for Coach John Green at West Monroe High School ... Averaged 18.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per game as a senior ... An all-state selection in 2008 and 2009 ... Played in the Louisiana All-Star Game ... Earned all-district honors four times and was named the district MVP ... Garnered all-Northeast Louisiana accolades ... Played AAU for the Arkansas Mavericks and Coach Ronald Rogers ... While playing for the Arkansas Mavericks 16U team, she helped the team capture the Arkansas State championship in 2008 ... Played on teams that finished fifth in the nation in 2007 at the 15U AAU National Championships ...

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Tavasha

Anderson

6-3 • FR • C • RS • Grenada, Miss. (Grenada HS) 2009-10: Redshirted due to injury ... High School: Lettered for coach Ken Ross at Grenada High School in Mississippi for two years ... Was a McDonald’s AllAmerican nominee ... Named all-state as a senior despite missing much of the year with an injury ... Team captain ... Averaged 9.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per game as a junior ... Shot 56 percent from the field as a junior ... Recorded 12 games of double digit rebounds ... Was also a member of the Grenada High School track and field team ... Competed in the shot put and the discus ...

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Personal: Full name is Tavasha Danielle Anderson ... Daughter of Henry and Jean Anderson ... Has two brothers, Jaylon and Cameron ... Born March 23, 1991.

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Jelena

Vucinic

5-8 • FR • G • HS • Nelson, New Zealand (Walmea College) High School: Lettered for five years at Waimea College while playing for her mother, Tatjana Zizic ... The school competed in the Nelson Women’s A Grade ... Helped lead the program to the 2008 and 2009 South Island Premiership Championship titles ... Was named team captain in 2008-2009 ... Named team MVP for four straight years ... Was a national tournament team selection for four straight years ... Helped lead the program to three consecutive Top 4 finishes in the national tournament ... Was a member of the 2009 national high school champion volleyball team ... Was the 2009 Sports Captain for Waimea College ... Was the track and field champion for her high school from 2005 through 2009 and the cross country champion from 2005 through 2009 ... Earned numerous awards in high school, including the 2009 Janet Hunt Cupt for Excellence in academics and sports, the 2009 Girls Prefect Cup for general excellence in sports and the 2007 Glue Family Cup for greatest achievement in sports ...

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National Team Experience: Has plenty of national team experience, including the 2006 National Under 16 Team, 2007 National Under 18 Team, 2008 National Under 19 Junior Tall ferns, 2009 National Under 21 Emerging Tall Ferns, and 2010 National Under 20 Team ... Was the top scorer on the 2010 National Under 20 Team at the Australian U20 State Championships (sixth leading scorer in the tournament) ... Personal: Daughter of Tatjana Zizic and Jan Suchanek (stepfather) and Nenad Vucinic and Jasmina Davicevic (stepmother) ... Has two brothers, Jovan and Milan ... Both of her parents played international basketball ... Her father played for the national New Zealand Team and is the current head Coach of the national team ... Her mother played for Yugoslavian age group teams and also for the New Zealand national team ... Born Aug. 1, 1991 in Nelson, New Zealand.

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2009-10 Louisiana Tech Lady Techster Statistics Record All Games Conference Non-Conference # 42 33 23 14 32 02 22 03 21 10

Overall (23-9) (11-5) (12-4)

Away (10-4) (5-3) (5-1)

Neutral (4-1) (0-0) (4-1)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |---F-THROW---| Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-A/Pct 3FG-A/Pct FT-A/Pct Dowdell, Shanavia 32-32 1116-34.9 235-446/.527 4-16/.250 101-153/.660 Johnson, Adrienne 32-32 1057-33.0 189-395/.478 2-7/.286 133-175/.760 Jones, Whitney 31-30 893-28.8 107-298/.359 40-128/.313 65-86/.756 Wysinger, Tarkeisha 29-5 645-22.2 77-188/.410 3-22/.136 79-139/.568 Bendolph, Jasmine 32-32 858-26.8 83-210/.395 21-53/.396 64-74/.865 Thomas, Brietta 31-4 491-15.8 68-169/.402 22-63/.349 20-26/.769 Pringle, Tiawana 28-25 567-20.3 48-144/.333 15-60/.250 27-40/.675 Young, Kiara 30-0 375-12.5 38-99/.384 5-23/.217 10-23/.435 Holloway, Martina 30-0 413-13.8 17-43/.395 12-33/.364 9-17/.529 Kempt, Reina 8-0 35-4.4 1-8/.125 0-1/.000 5-13/.385 TEAM Total Opponents

TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game

Score by Periods 1st Louisiana Tech 1131 Opponents 943

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6450 6450

LATECH 2363 73.8 +9.1 863-2000 .432 124-406 .305 3.9 513-746 .688 16.0 1418 44.3 +5.9 463 14.5 546 17.1 +0.4 0.8 225 7.0 120 3.8 30449 14-2342 -

2nd 1208 1102

863-2000/.432 766-2049/.374

OPP 2069 64.7 766-2049 .374 152-554 .274 4.8 385-584 .659 12.0 1230 38.4 346 10.8 558 17.4 0.6 262 8.2 134 4.2 33442 15-1759 4-1765

OT Totals 24 2363 24 2069

124-406/.305 152-554/.274

513-746/.688 385-584/.659

Date 11/13/09 11/20/09 11/24/09 12/01/09 12/05/09 12.09/09 12/12/09 12/16/09 12/22/09 12/29/09 12/30/09 1/03/10 * 1/06/10 * 1/13/10 * 1/16/10 * 1/21/10 * 1/23/10 * 1/26/10 * 1/30/10 * 2/3/10 * 2/6/10 * 2/14/10 * 2/17/10 * 2/20/10 * 2/24/10 * 2/27/10 * 3/3/10 * 3/6/10 # 3/10/10 # 3/12/10 # 3/13/10 $ 3/20/10

|----REBOUNDS----| O-D-Tot Avg 119-279-398 12.4 90-139-229 7.2 29-78-107 3.5 63-69-132 4.6 25-73-98 3.1 19-69-88 2.8 17-46-63 2.3 34-64-98 3.3 3-30-33 1.1 0-3-3 0.4 76-93-169 475-943-1418 445-785-1230

44.3 38.4

PF FO A 85 1 40 85 3 63 65 0 41 59 1 38 44 1 123 42 0 31 64 3 41 49 1 19 22 0 66 5 0 1 1 521 631

10 25

463 346

TO Blk Stl Pts 80 39 30 575 96 51 42 513 59 3 35 319 72 9 39 236 85 1 16 251 31 12 24 178 49 1 17 138 22 2 8 91 42 1 12 55 2 1 2 7 8 546 558

Opponent CENTENARY W at Nicholls State W at Arkansas State W #7 LSU L at #8 Baylor L at Western Kentucky W MISSISSIPPI STATE L MCNEESE STATE W MEMPHIS STATE W vs. SFA W at UTSA W at Southern Miss W UTAH STATE L at San Jose State W NMSU W HAWAII W at Fresno State L at Nevada L IDAHO W (OT) BOISE STATE W at Utah State W SAN JOSE STATE W at NMSU W at UH W FRESNO STATE L (OT) NEVADA W at Idaho W at Boise State L vs Utah State W at Nevada W vs. Fresno State W at Florida State L

* = Conference game # = WAC Tournament (Reno, Nevada) $ = NCAA Tournament (Tallahassee)

120 134

Avg 18.0 16.0 10.3 8.1 7.8 5.7 4.9 3.0 1.8 0.9

225 2363 73.8 262 2069 64.7

Score 88-41 90-50 71-59 74-77 67-77 63-52 68-72 94-61 86-76 65-61 82-72 76-68 66-69 92-48 78-64 75-62 61-71 56-69 74-71 75-53 74-54 81-66 62-55 79-71 78-81 69-56 63-56 65-74 82-65 80-77 68-66 75-61

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Season in Review Louisiana Tech 88, Centenary 41 Nov. 13, 2010 • Thomas Assembly Center RUSTON - Adrienne Johnson scored 29 points and Brietta Thomas added a career-high 22 points to lead Louisiana Tech to an 88-41 win over Centenary Friday night before 1,015 fans at the Thomas Assembly Center. Tech (1-0) dressed only eight players for the game due to injuries as the Lady Techsters improved to 31-5 all-time in home openers, including 24-4 at the Thomas Assembly Center. “We didn’t get off to a good start, but we will learn from our mistakes,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “This is exactly what we needed. We can watch film - film doesn’t lie. We can show the young ladies what they did wrong and work on getting better over the next week.” Johnson hit 14-of-19 field goals to earn top scoring honors on the night while adding four rebounds, four steals, two blocks and two assists. Thomas, making the start in place of the injured Tiawana Pringle, connected on 9-of-13 field goals, including 4-of-6 three-pointers, as she edged her previous career-high of 19 points scored last year in a win over Arizona. “I was proud of both Adrienne and Brietta,” Weatherspoon said. “Adrienne is a freakish athlete. She is so incredible and can do so many things as people saw tonight. Brietta is really doing a better job of staying patient on the offensive end and letting things come to her. She is not forcing her shot.” Sophomore Kiara Young came off the bench to record her first career double double with 10 points and a game-high 14 rebounds while Whitney Jones added 14 points. “What people don’t realize is Kiara is a good rebounder,” Weatherspoon said. “She’s is starting to get comfortable (on the college level). We are working on her becoming more consistent as a player.” After getting off to a slow start that saw Centenary build an early 5-0 lead and hold LA Tech without a field goal for the first four-plus minutes, the Lady Techsters started catching their rhythm. Despite reigning WAC Player of the Year Shanavia Dowdell sitting the final 17 minutes of the first half on the bench with two personal fouls, Tech caught fire. Trailing 10-9 with 11 minutes to play in the opening stanza, Tech used a 20-2 run over a five minute stretch to build a 29-12 lead as Thomas scored 11 points during the run. Despite missing six of its first seven shots, Tech ended the half by nailing 17 of its final 28 field goals to lead 42-22 at the break. Tech didn’t let up in the second half, hitting 61 percent (19-of-31) of its field goals. After Centenary scored 11 points in the first five minutes of the second half, Tech held the Ladies to only eight points over the final 15 minutes of the game. Centenary shot only 22 percent (7-32) from the field in the second half, including only 3 of 25 down the stretch. For the game, Tech shot 56 percent (37-of-66) while holding the Ladies to only 26 percent (15-of-58). Tech also recorded 23 assists while only committing 11 turnovers. Ashley Jackson led Centenary with 14 points while Anne Farrell recorded a double double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Louisiana Tech 90, Nicholls State 50 November 20, 2009 • Stopher Gym THIBODAUX, La. - Adrienne Johnson score 18 points to lead five players in double figures as Louisiana Tech defeated Nicholls State 90-50 before 204 fans at Stopher Gym Friday night. With the victory LA Tech improved to 2-0 on the young season setting up its biggest test of the year

when it travels to Jonesboro, Arkansas Tuesday to face Arkansas State. Despite shooting 58 percent from the field and outrebounding Nicholls State 44-27, Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon was not nearly satisfied with her team’s performance. “We did a lot of things well,” Weatherspoon said. “However, we have a long way to go. We have to learn how to start games and we have to learn how to finish games. We weren’t very good at either tonight.” Weatherspoon saw her team get off to a slow start as the Lady Techsters committed turnovers on each of its first four possessions of the game before Johnson hit a shot at the 17:33 mark to tie the game at 2-2 and start a 9-0 run. Once the Lady Techters settled down offensively, they hit their first five shots from the field and built as much as a 28-14 lead with 9:05 to play. However, Nicholls State hit back-to-back three-pointers to cut the lead to 28-20 as the Colonels appeared to set to make a run. However, junior guard Whitney Jones scored 10 points to ignite a 24-3 run to close the half as the Lady Techsters entered the locker room leading 52-23. Tech hit 68 percent (22-32) of its field goals in the opening half while limiting Nicholls State to only 28 percent (9-32). Jones (14 points), Johnson (14 points) and Dowdell (12 points) each recorded double figures in the opening 20 minutes of play. “I thought we settled down offensively after the first few minutes and played well in the first half,” Weatherspoon said. “We knew that if we ran our offense, they were going to have trouble guarding us. Nicholls State plays hard and they scrap. We just had an advantage with our size and we utilized it.” Tech came out in the second half and struggled offensively, committing 11 turnovers over the final 20 minutes. The Lady Techsters scored only eight points in the first eight minutes of the final half in large part to missing a number of easy shots. “We did miss a lot of close shots in the second half but I will say we did a good job of always hustling back to the defensive end,” Weatherspoon said. “Our effort was there. We got a little sloppy on the defensive end late and committed some fouls and sent them to the free throw line. It’s another game we will learn from as we move forward.” In addition to Johnson’s 18-point performance, Jones added 16 points, Dowdell 14 points and 10 rebounds, Brietta Thomas 12 points and Tarkeisha Wysinger 12 points in the victory. Rischanda Bickham led Nicholls State with 18 points although she only hit 6-of-22 field goals while Jasmine Hoskins added 13 points. For the game, Tech shot 58 percent (35-60) from the field, including 5-of-8 from the three-point line. The Lady Techsters also hit 15-of-19 from the free throw line. Louisiana Tech 71, Arkansas State 59 November 24, 2009 • Convocation Center JONESBORO, Ark. - Louisiana Tech used a strong performance at the free throw line down the stretch to overcome 24 turnovers and down Arkansas State 71-59 Tuesday night at the Convocation Center. Tech (3-0) hit 22-of-25 free throws in the second half including 14-of-16 over the final three minutes of the game to hold off a scrappy effort by the Red Wolves (2-4) who held a 29-26 halftime lead. Sophomore guard Jasmine Bendolph recorded arguably the best game of her Tech career, scoring a game-high 16 points while grabbing four rebounds and recording three assists. Bendolph committed only one turnover despite being pressure full court most of the night by a plethora of Arkansas State defenders.

“I’m so proud of Jasmine,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “She didn’t feel very well tonight but she didn’t let it affect her on the court. She came over to me midway through the second half and said `Coach, I’m going to tough it out.’ She showed a lot of toughness tonight.” After neither team was able to score in the first three minutes of the game, Tech finally got rolling and pulled out to a 12-4 lead at the 12:45 mark of the first half behind six early points from senior Shanavia Dowdell. Leading 14-6, Tech then went cold as Arkansas State used a 12-0 run over a three minute stretch to grab an 18-14 lead as the Lady Techsters committed four turnovers and missed all three shot attempts during the spell. A Kiara Young jumper at the 7:46 mark of the half snapped the scoreless drought but the Lady Techsters were unable to reclaim the lead as they entered the halftime locker room trailing 29-26. Fourteen first half turnovers by Tech led to 16 points by the Red Wolves. “We didn’t do a good job of taking care of the basketball tonight,” Weatherspoon said. “But what I saw was a team that stuck with the game plan and stayed focused. We overcame a lot of adversity tonight and found a way to win.” Tech scored the first six points of the second half to take a 32-29 lead and although Arkansas State was never able to pull back ahead, the game remained tight. A Whitney Jones layup at the midway mark of the half gave Tech a 45-37 lead, matching its biggest of the game. A Dowdell jumper with 4:35 to go in the game increased the Tech advantage to 57-48. It would be the last field goal of the game for the Lady Techsters as the final 14 points of the contest were scored at the free throw line. In addition to Bendolph’s offensive output, Adrienne Johnson and Jones each added 14 points while Dowdell chipped in with 12 points and a game-high 16 rebounds. Johnson also pulled down 10 rebounds for her first double double of the year as the Lady Techsters dominated the glass, outrebounding Arkansas State 5330. Ebonie Jefferson scored 20 points for Arkansas State. #7 LSU 77, Louisiana Tech 74 Dec. 1, 2009 • Thomas Assembly Center RUSTON - If Tuesday night against 7th-ranked LSU was a statement game for Louisiana Tech, the Lady Techsters sent a pretty loud message to the women’s basketball world. One of the most storied programs in the history of the game is making a comeback. Head coach Teresa Weatherspoon and Co. used an incredible second half offensive performance to whittle a 17-point deficit down to one in the final minute before the Lady Tigers hit two clutch free throws with 12 seconds to play to escape with a 77-74 victory before 4,924 fans at the Thomas Assembly Center. “I’m so proud of this basketball team,” Weatherspoon said. “Make no mistake about it; there is no moral victory tonight. We came into this game expecting to win. We didn’t show up hoping to play LSU close. “ With Tech (3-1) trailing 75-74 on a Whitney Jones layup with 17 seconds to play, the Lady Techsters fouled LSU guard Allison Hightower with 16 seconds left, sending her to the free throw line. Hightower, who scored a game-high 32 points, missed the front end of a oneand-one but LaSondra Barrett pulled down an offensive rebound. Tech then fouled Latear Eason with 12.6 seconds to play and Eason calmly sank both free throws to up the LSU advantage to 77-74. After a timeout, Tech tried to get

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Brietta Thomas open for a three-pointer but LSU guarded the play well and junior forward Adrienne Johnson was forced to attempt a desperation three-pointer at the buzzer that fell just short. “That was a great basketball team we just played,” Weatherspoon said. “That was a great basketball game. It was two teams who both gave full effort for 40 minutes. We made some mistakes and we have to learn from them. I know we will.” With just over 17 minutes to play in the game, Weatherspoon had seen more mistakes then she probably cared to admit as LSU used a 12-2 run to close the first half to grab a 43-28 halftime advantage. A LaSondra Barrett bucket with 17:02 to play in the second half gave LSU a 52-35 advantage before the Lady Techsters showed that they have the talent and desire to play with the best teams in the country. Reigning Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year Shanavia Dowdell scored with 16:47 to play to trigger a 10-0 LA Tech run over the next three minutes as the Lady Techsters cut the deficit to 52-45. Five different Techsters scored during the run as Weatherspoon saw her team turn up the defensive intensity on LSU guard Allison Hightower, who torched Tech for 25 first half points. Hightower hit 8-of-13 field goals, 3-of-4 threepointers including a one-handed 30-footer with the shot clock running down and 6-of-9 free throws in the opening 20 minutes to single-handedly give the Tigers the 15-point halftime lead. However, Tech adjusted and limited the All-American candidate to only seven points in the second half on

WACO - Brittney Griner scored 22 pionts, grabbed eight rebounds and recorded six blocks to lead 8th ranked Baylor to a 77-67 win over Louisiana Tech before 6,582 fans at the Ferrell Center Saturday afternoon. The Lady Bears improved to 7-1 on the season although the win wasn’t easy as LA Tech fought for 40 minutes before dropping its second game to a Top 10 team in five days. And Griner’s points didn’t come easy. Tech AllAmerican candidate Shanavia Dowdell battled the 6-foot8-inch freshman center most of the night. In fact it wasn’t until Dowdell was whistled for her third foul at the 8:25 mark of the first half that Baylor started to separate itself from LA Tech. With Baylor leading 15-11 after a three-pointer by sophomore Jasmine Bendolph at the 9:21 mark of the opening half, Griner pulled down an offensive rebound and scored on the putback as the officials called the third personal foul of the game on Dowdell. The call drew loud protest from Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon, who was assessed a technical foul. Dowdell had to sit, Baylor hit all three free throws and the five-point possession started a 17-1 run over the next two minutes as the Bears eventually led 43-24 at the half. “I thought we were really battling with them up to that point,” Weatherspoon said. “Shanavia was giving up six inches to (Griner) and had to be physical. It changed the complexion of the game for us when she picked up her third foul. “Baylor is a very big, physical basketball team and when we had to go small, it made it tough. I thought Shanavia was doing a tremendous job against Griner up to that point. It was tough for us to match up the rest of the half.” Prior to Dowdell exiting the game, Griner and post teammate Morghan Medlock had only combined for eight points but the duo scored 15 the remainder of the half against the smaller LA Tech lineup. Tech hit only 29 percent (10-34) of its field goals in the first half, including only 1-of-10 from beyond the arc, while Baylor hit 46 percent (16-35) of its shots. The second half didn’t start much better for LA Tech as Dowdell was called for her fourth personal foul at the 18:35 mark on a call away from the basketball once

again trying to battle with Griner. Weatherspoon chose to keep her senior in the game and the decision paid off as Dowdell scored 13 of her game-high 17 points the rest of the way while adding nine rebounds and two blocked shots. “What people need to see Shanavia Dowdell for who she is . one of the best post players in the country,” Weatherspoon said. “To have two post players like her and Adrienne Johnson doing what they are doing, that’s special. They are undersized but they are still two of the best.” Baylor upped its advantage to as many as 24 at 53-29 with 15:44 to play before LA Tech started chipping away at the Bears lead. A 15-6 run by the Lady Techsters sparked by six points from Dowdell during a four-minute stretch trimmed the Baylor lead to 59-44 with 11:58 to play in the game. The Bears would push the advantage out to 22 at 68-46 with 9:39 to play on a Shanay Washington layup before Tech closed the game on a 21-9 run - it all coming against Baylor’s starters. Tech shot 49 percent (16-33) from the field in the second half and scored 43 points over the final 20 minutes against a Baylor defense that ranked No. 1 in the country in field goal percentage defense. For the game, Tech hit 39 percent (26-67) of its field goals. “We aren’t about moral victories,” Weatherspoon said. “However, our kids came in here and did exactly what we asked of them. The effort was there. We just have to learn that we have to do all the little things for 40 minutes in order to be successful. “I saw some good things. We just have to continue to build on the little things and to get better as a team. These young ladies will continue working hard to do just that, and we will get better.” In addition to Dowdell’s 17 points, Tarkeisha Wysinger came off the LA Tech bench to score 13 points and grab seven rebounds while battling against the bigger Baylor lineup. Whitney Jones and Johnson each added 11 points while Bendolph scored nine. Medlock added 15 points and nine rebounds for the Bears. Baylor outrebounded LA Tech 41-40 in the game. Louisiana Tech 63, Western Kentucky 52 Dec. 9, 2009 • E. A. Diddle Arena BOWLING Green, Kentucky - Through the first 28 minutes of its game Wednesday night, Louisiana Tech appeared to be on life support as the Lady Techsters fell behind by 14 points on the road to Western Kentucky. However, junior guards Tarkeisha Wysinger and Brietta Thomas provided the spark needed to resuscitate the Lady Techsters as LA Tech used a 37-12 run to close the game and defeat the Lady Toppers 63-52 at E.A. Diddle Arena. After an Amy McNear jumper gave the Lady Toppers a 40-26 lead with 12:48 to play in the game, LA Tech forward Adrienne Johnson hit a jumper that started a 7-0 mini-run that was capped by a Jasmine Bendolph threepointer and seemed to bring the Lady Techsters back to life. “I just told them that we can’t continue to not play for 40 minutes and expect to win,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “We won. We got our backs against the wall and started fighting. However, once again, we didn’t do the little things that we needed to do in order to not fall behind. “This was a very good Western Kentucky basketball team we just played. We came out and didn’t execute like we needed to and that’s why we fell behind. We can learn a lot of lessons from this game tonight.” Tech eventually cut the WKU lead down to one on a pair of free throws by Shanavia Dowdell with 5:28 to play and after a missed jumper by McNear, Johnson gave the Lady Techsters their first lead of the game at 49-48 on a 17-footer with 4:46 left.


www.latechsports.com That’s when Wysinger and Thomas came up huge. With Tech leading 51-50 with less than three minutes to play, Bendolph missed a jumper in the lane but Wysinger pulled down the offensive rebound and made the putback to up the Lady Techster advantage to 53-50. After a turnover by WKU on its ensuing possession, Thomas made arguably the biggest shot of the night as she drained an 18-footer with a Lady Topper defender in her face just as the shot clock was about to go off, giving Tech a 55-50 lead. Western would get no closer as Tech hit 7-of-8 free throws in the final 80 seconds to snap a four-game losing streak to the Lady Toppers. “I thought Brietta and Tarkeisha both gave us energy off the bench,” Weatherspoon said. “They both made big plays down the stretch for us. We needed stops on the defensive end and we needed to rebound and they both helped us at that end as well. Western was really doing a number on us on the glass. It was when we started defending and rebounding that we made our run.” For the fourth straight game, LA Tech found itself trailing at the half as WKU led 25-20 at intermission after the Lady Techsters hit only 6-of-28 field goals in the opening half. Tech didn’t start the second half much better, hitting only 3-of-9 shots to begin the frame before connecting on 10 of its final 15 shot attempts. Tech also hit 15-of-17 free throws in the second half and ended the game 23-of-27 from the charity stripe for 85 percent. Johnson led Tech with 17 points and 10 rebounds while Dowdell also recorded a double double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. However, it was the job that the duo did down the stretch on WKU’s Arnika Brown that paved the way for the win. Brown, who ended the game with 16 points and 15 rebounds, scored only four points down the stretch as WKU hit only two of its final 10 field goal attempts. The Lady Techsters also held a good three-point shooting team to only 3-of-17 for the game. Bendolph added 13 points for Tech. Thomas, who didn’t play in the first half, was 3-for-3 for seven points and Wysinger scored six points. McNear led the Lady Toppers with 19 points. The Lady Techsters outrebounded Western Kentucky 43-37.

Mississippi State 72, Louisiana Tech 68 Dec. 12, 2009 • Thomas Assembly Center RUSTON - Mississippi State used a 15-0 run midway through the second half to erase a 10-point deficit and defeat Louisiana Tech 72-68 before 1,930 fans at the Thomas Assembly Center Saturday night. After an Adrienne Johnson free throw at the 10:16 mark of the second half gave the Lady Techsters (4-3) a 49-39 lead, Alexis Rack scored 11 points in a 15-0 Lady Bulldogs run over the next three-plus minutes as Mississippi State (6-3) took a 54-49 advantage. The Lady Bulldogs upped the advantage to 57-51 on a Tysheka Grimes three-pointer at the 5:43 mark of the final period before LA Tech used a Tarkeisha Wysinger conventional three-point play and a Tiawana Pringle three-point shot to tie the game at 57-57 with under four minutes to play. With the game tied at 61-61 on a Johnson layup with 2:12 to play, Mississippi State guard Armelie Lumanu started a 7-0 run for the Lady Bulldogs with a layup as State grabbed a 68-61 advantage with less than a minute remaining. However, Tech would not go away quietly as Pringle scored seven straight points, including her second three-pointer of the game with 24 seconds to play as the Lady Techsters pulled to within 70-68. Lumanu sealed the win for State with a pair of free throws with 16 seconds left as Mississippi State won for the third straight time in the series. The story of the night for Tech was missed opportunities as the Lady Techsters lost despite shooting 49 percent (25-51) from the field and holding Mississippi State to only 34 percent (22-64) shooting. Tech also outrebounded the bigger Lady Bulldogs team 41-34. However, Tech was doomed by 24 turnovers and the hot-hand of Rack, who ended the night with 32 points, including 20 points in the final half of play. Rack, who entered the game averaging 19.1 points a contest, hit 9-of-20 shots, including 6-of-14 from beyond the arc, while also connecting on 9-of-12 free throws. She also added six steals as State recorded 17 steals in the contest. The first half saw the two teams trade the lead five times. Rack gave State a 22-17 lead on a three-pointer with 7:06 to play in the opening half before the Lady

Techsters finished on a 14-5 run sparked by eight points from Johnson. Tech opened the second half strong pushing its lead to 39-32 when Grimes was assessed a technical foul after arguing following being called for a personal foul going for a loose basketball with Johnson. However, Johnson hit only 1-of-2 free throws on the technical and then missed the front end of the one-and-one as the Lady Techsters were only able to extend the lead to eight points on the play. For the game, Johnson led Tech with 18 points and seven rebounds while Shanavia Dowdell added 16 points and eight rebounds. Pringle scored all 12 of her points in the final five minutes of the game. Lumanu added 20 points for Mississippi State. Louisiana Tech 94, McNeese State 61 December 16, 2009 • Thomas Assembly Center RUSTON - Adrienne Johnson scored 22 points and Shanavia Dowdell added 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead Louisiana Tech to a 94-61 win over McNeese State before 1,862 fans at the Thomas Assembly Center Wednesday night. Tech (5-3) led from start to finish although the Cowgirls (3-6) kept things close for the first 25 minutes before the Lady Techsters pulled away for the 33-point victory. “I give McNeese State a lot of credit,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “They play extremely hard. We didn’t do as good of a job early in the game of defending them as we needed to and some of that is a credit to them. They played with great effort tonight. I thought we did a lot of good things too.” Whitney Jones, who entered the game having hit only 2-of-15 three-pointers on the year, connected on 4-of-6 from beyond the arc to score 12 points while Tarkeisha Wysinger once again provided a spark off the bench with 10 points, two rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two assists in 18 minutes. Tiawana Pringle added nine points while Jasmine Bendolph and Kiara Young each scored seven. All 10 LA Tech players who saw action scored in the game. However, it was Dowdell who dominated the game early, scoring the first seven points of the game and 15 first half points to lead LA Tech to a 44-28 halftime advantage. Dowdell hit 7-of-9 field goals in the opening 20 minutes and almost had recorded a double double by the half with nine boards. “Adrienne and Shanavia are such tough match-ups for a lot of teams and tonight was no different,” Weatherspoon said. “Whitney (Jones) shot the ball well; she has been shooting well all week in practice so it didn’t surprise me. We got a chance to play everyone and we needed to be able to do that. I still had to play Adrienne and Shanavia longer than I had planned.” A Wysinger layup at the 12:44 mark of the first half gave Tech its first double digit lead of the game at 21-10 before the Lady Techsters went cold, going more than four minutes without a point while McNeese State cut the advantage down to 21-15 on a pair of free throws by Raiyawna Gatlin at the 9:50 mark. However, Wysinger got Tech started again with a bucket at the 8:22 mark as Tech outscored the Cowgirls 23-13 over the remainder of the first half. Tech hit 53 percent (19-36) of its field goals in the first half, including 4-of-8 from the three-point line, while holding McNeese State to only 31 percent (11-35). The Cowgirls kept things close by outrebounding Tech 24-22, including pulling down eight offensive boards. “Putbacks really hurt us in the first half,” Weatherspoon said. “They were forcing us under the basketball and getting the offensive rebounds. We have to do a better job than we did tonight in that area.” After McNeese State cut the Tech lead down to 11 early in the second half, Johnson warmed up scoring 15 of her game-high 22 points in the final 20 minutes of play

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as Tech started to pull away. Kendra Wells and Kiara Johnson proved tough to defend for LA Tech as Wells scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Johnson added 18 points. For the game, Tech shot 55 percent (35-64) from the field, hit 8-of-18 three-pointers and connected on 16-of-23 free throws. The Lady Techsters also recorded 18 assists and only 13 turnovers while registering seven blocks and seven steals. McNeese State hit only 32 percent (23-71) of its field goals. Louisiana Tech 86, Memphis 76 Dec. 22, 2009 • Thomas Assembly Center

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RUSTON - Ten minutes into Tuesday night’s game against Memphis, Louisiana Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon wasn’t having a Merry Christmas. However, the Lady Techsters settled down and defeated Memphis 86-76 at the Thomas Assembly Center. Weatherspoon had just watched her team commit five turnovers in a two-minute span that led to a 13-0 Tigers run and a 28-15 Memphis advantage. Following a 30-second timeout by Weatherspoon, her team responded erupting for a 16-0 run over the next four-plus minutes. A jumper by Adrienne Johnson at the 5:40 mark of the half gave the Lady Techsters a 31-28 lead. “We got off to an awful start,” said Weatherspoon, who saw her team surrender 30 points off of 21 turnovers in the game. “We couldn’t get the ball into the front court during that one stretch. We gave up five straight layups off turnovers. “Memphis was picking us up full court because we felt they would have had a tough time against us in the half court, and then we played right into their hands with all the turnovers. We started settling down and taking it at them, and we got some easy baskets.” Although Memphis (5-6) would lead 40-39 at the break, the Lady Techsters (6-3) were right back in the game. “I thought the 16-0 run and how quickly it happened for us was critical,” Weatherspoon said. “I’m not sure if we could have gotten back into the game tonight if we had stayed down (double digits) for any length of time. At the end of the day, we found a way to win.” Although Johnson (11 points) and Whitney Jones (10) led LA Tech in scoring in the first half, it was the play of reserves Tarkeisha Wysinger and Martina Holloway that triggered the energy needed to fight back. “We also talk to the girls about how they never know when they will be called upon,” Weatherspoon said. “With Jasmine out tonight, we needed those two and they both responded. They made some big plays for us tonight.”

Bendolph, Tech’s starting point guard, played only six minutes early in the game trying to contribute despite being sick but the sophomore simply didn’t have the energy or strength to combat the Memphis press. Holloway responded by logging career highs in points (10), rebounds (8), assists (5) and minutes (30), including a couple of big three-pointers in the second half. Her second trifecta of the night at the 14:36 mark gave Tech its biggest lead of the night at 55-48. However, Memphis responded, using a 12-4 run over the next three minutes to retake the lead at 60-59 on a long three-pointer by Alex Winchell. With the two teams tied at 62-62, Tech scored six straight points capped by a three-point play by Wysinger at the 9:15 mark to take a 68-62 lead. Memphis would close the gap to 76-73 with three minutes to play before Shanavia Dowdell hit a 15-footer to make it 78-73 and then Johnson hit back-to-back shots to give the Lady Techsters a more comfortable 82-73 lead with just over a minute to play. “We haven’t even come close to tapping the potential that Adrienne has,” Weatherspoon said. “She was all over the place tonight. She was huge on the offensive end and then came up with some big blocks at critical times on the defensive end.” Johnson ended the night with 23 points, eight rebounds, a career-high five assists, a season-high five blocks and three steals in 37 minutes. Jones added a season-high 19 points while Dowdell scored 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Wysinger scored 13 points, grabbed seven rebounds, and recorded four steals in 23 minutes. Defensively, the Lady Techsters held Brittany Carter, the nation’s 14th leading scorer, to only 10 points on 4-of-20 shooting. Winchell led Memphis with 18 points while Ramses Lonlack added 16 points. Tech shot 48 percent (30-63) from the field but struggled at the free throw line, hitting only 21-of-35 for the game. Memphis shot 44 percent (32-73) from the field. The Lady Techsters outrebounded Memphis 45-42. Louisiana Tech 65, Stephen F. Austin 61 Dec. 29, 2009 • Convocation Center SAN ANTONIO - Adrienne Johnson scored 20 points while Shanavia Dowdell added 14 points and 16 rebounds to lead Louisiana Tech to a 65-61 win over Stephen F. Austin in the first game of the 2009 UTSA New Year’s Classic at the Convocation Center Tuesday evening. However, it was a couple of key plays by junior guard Whitney Jones late that propelled the Lady Techsters (7-3) to the four-point victory. After seeing SFA (5-4) storm back from a 17-point

second half deficit to take its first and only lead of the game at 61-60 with 1:48 to play on a jumper by Ebony Alexander, Jones sprinted up the court and scored on a fast break layup nine seconds later to give LA Tech a 62-61 advantage. Jones then blocked a jumper by SFA’s Whitney Cormier with 33 seconds to play in the game as Dowdell pulled down the rebound and was fouled. Following two free throws by Dowdell which upped Tech’s advantage to 64-61, Jones came up big one final time, forcing Cormier into an off-balance fade-away three-pointer with 21 seconds left. Tech guard Tiawana Pringle pulled down the miss and hit 1-of-2 free throws as Tech pulled away for its seventh victory of the season. “Whitney was focused defensively for us,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “We knew that Cormier was an incredible offensive player for them and Whit did a great job of keeping her under control all night. She also came through offensively in a crucial moment late, running the floor and giving us the lead by taking the basketball to the goal. Whitney did all the little things late and gave us a chance to be successful.” Jones’ late heroics were necessary after LA Tech saw a 17-point lead early in the second half evaporate. A three-pointer by Jones - one of only two made by LA Tech all night - gave the Lady Techsters 43-26 advantage with 18:57 to play. However, a conventional three-point play by Alexander started a 12-0 Ladyjacks run over the next five minutes as Tech committed seven turnovers and missed all three of its field goal attempts during the timeframe. A Dowdell layup at the 14:23 mark broke the scoreless streak for Tech as the Techsters pushed the advantage back out to as many as nine. With Tech lead 55-49 with just under 10 minutes to play SFA used a 6-0 run to tie the game at 55-55 on a pair of free throws by Toni Davis, the first time the game had been tied since the opening tip. With Tech leading 60-59 on a Johnson free throw with 4:38 to play, both teams went cold before Alexander finally scored with 1:48 to play, giving SFA its only lead of the game and setting up the final heroics for Jones. Tech won despite committing 27 turnovers in the game and allowing 22 offensive rebounds by the smaller SFA Ladyjacks. “It’s unbelievable that we won,” Weatherspoon said. “Playing as poorly as we did in the second half and allowing them to get back into the game; committing 27 turnovers and allowing 22 offensive rebounds. You wouldn’t think we would have won. Give SFA credit. Their players played hard for 40 minutes. “Our kids continued to fight when things weren’t going well for us. That’s a positive. We must clean things up and sharpen our game in order to win.” Jones finished with 13 points and eight rebounds for Tech, which won despite starting point guard Jasmine Bendolph only playing eight minutes and top reserve Tarkeisha Wysinger not touching the floor due to health issues. Alexander was the lone SFA player in double figures with 13 points. Tech shot 40 percent (23-57) from the field, but hit only 8-of-26 field goals in the second half. The Lady Techsters outrebounded SFA 55-47. Louisiana Tech 82, UTSA 72 Dec. 30, 2009 • Convocation Center SAN ANTONIO - Shanavia Dowdell had a career performance Wednesday night as she led Louisiana Tech to an 82-72 win over Texas-San Antonio at the Convocation Center before 804 fans in the finals of the UTSA New Year’s Classic. Dowdell scored a career-high 30 points and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds, hitting 13-of-17 field goals and 4-of-6 free throws while playing all 40 minutes.


www.latechsports.com “She was simply unstoppable,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon , who saw her team improve to 8-3. “She dominated inside for us. She worked hard all night to get position and then she finished. She’s our workhorse. “Our guards did a nice job of delivery her the basketball at the right time and place. They were patient and it paid off.” Dowdell earned all-tournament team honors along with teammate Whitney Jones, who struggled mightily for the first 31 minutes of the game before coming up big down the stretch. Jones, who entered the game averaging over 12.0 points per game, was scoreless until she hit a three-point at the 8:39 mark of the game, upping the Tech advantage to 62-49. Jones then converted a pair of conventional three-point plays - one at the 3:46 mark and another at the 3:15 mark - to keep UTSA at arm’s length. However, arguably her biggest contribution came with 1:10 to play and Tech clinging to a four-point lead when she found Dowdell inside, who delivered with a spin move baseline as the Lady Techsters upped the advantage to six. Jones hit two free throws with 29 seconds to play to seal the victory for Tech. “Whitney settled in finally,” Weatherspoon said. “She came up with some clutch plays when we needed them. She didn’t allow herself to be affected late by her struggles early.” Dowdell and Jones were joined in the big-night category by guards Tarkeisha Wysinger and Brietta Thomas off the bench. Wysinger scored 12 points in 18 minutes while Thomas added 10 points, a career-high nine rebounds and a career-high three blocks in 28 minutes. The first half saw 10 lead changes and six ties as UTSA led 23-21 before Martina Holloway hit a threepointer with 8:10 to play igniting a 9-0 Lady Techster run. Tech would never trail again. Dowdell scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the opening 20 minutes of play to offset an impressive performance by Roadrunner guard Whitney York, who scored 19 of her 27 points in the first stanza. Tech led 39-31 at the half. UTSA quickly closed the lead to 39-35 in the second half before the Lady Techsters used a 15-5 run to grab its biggest lead of the game at 54-40 on a jumper by Wysinger with 11:40 to play in the game. However, Ashleigh Franklin scored 26 of her teamhigh 29 points over the final 20 minutes to almost single handedly keep the Roadrunners in the game. Franklin scored 16 straight points for UTSA late in the game but it wasn’t enough as Tech won its fourth straight game. For the game, Tech hit 44 percent (30-68) of its field goals while hitting 6-of-23 three-pointers and 16-of-24 free throws. UTSA hit only 34 percent (23-67) of its field goals, 1-of-13 three-pointers and 25-of-39 free throws. Tech outrebounded UTSA 52-42. Louisiana Tech 76, Southern Miss 68 Jan. 3, 2010 • Reed Green Coliseum HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Sophomore guard Jasmine Bendolph scored 14 points and recorded a career-high eight assists to lead Louisiana Tech a 76-68 come-frombehind win over Southern Mississippi Sunday afternoon at Reed Green Coliseum. Bendolph, who had only played a total of 26 minutes due to health reasons in Tech’s last three games, played 38 minutes and hit a key basket with 36 seconds remaining to propel LA Tech (9-3) to its fifth straight win. With the Lady Techsters clinging to a 69-68 lead, Bendolph drove the right side of the lane and hit a running one-hander off the glass with the shot clock running down to push the advantage to three. USM (4-9) would get no closer the rest of the way. “I get emotional whenever I talk about (Jasmine),”

said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “People don’t know what this young lady goes through trying to get herself ready to play. She’s always saying, `Coach, I don’t want to let you down.’ “She was so big for us today. For her to play almost the entire game and do what she did, it just says so much about her heart.” Tech found itself trailing by six at the officials timeout under the four minute mark of the game, before the Lady Techsters ended the game on a 15-1 run. Down 67-61, Adrienne Johnson hit a three-pointer from the top of the key with 3:09 to play to pull LA Tech to within 67-64. Shanavia Dowdell, who led all scorers with 26 points, then hit an 18-footer on the next possession to make the score 67-66. After a defensive stop, Dowdell gave Tech only its third lead of the game with a conventional three-point play with 1:40 to play. USM would only score one point in the final five minutes of the game, it coming on a Candace Rucker free throw with 1:03 to play. “We were focused defensively down the stretch,” Weatherspoon said. “I challenged Adrienne Johnson (in the final media timeout). They were sagging so much on Shanavia that she had a wide open shot from the top of the key. I told her that I knew she could knock that shot down. She did and it was huge.” USM jumped out to an early lead behind a strong effort on the boards as Tech found itself trailing 16-4 with 15:04 to play as the Eagles pulled down the first 10 rebounds in the game. Tech trailed 29-18 with just under eight minutes to play in the half before it used a 16-7 run to close the half and trail by only two entering the halftime locker room. A Bendolph jumper at the 17:21 mark of the second half tied the game at 38-38, the first tie since the opening tipoff. Johnson followed with a jumper to give the Lady Techsters their first lead of the contest at 40-38 before USM used a 9-2 run to regain the 47-42 advantage. USM led 51-45 with 13:40 to play before Whitney Jones scored five points in a quick 7-0 run as Tech took only its second lead at 52-51. However, once again, the Lady Eagles responded using a 16-9 run over the next eight minutes to lead 67-61 setting up the final heroics. Dowdell ended with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 4 steals while Jones added 12 points. Kiara Young chipped in with nine points and five rebounds off the bench. USM senior Pauline Love, the nation’s leading rebounder, finished with 20 points and 8 rebounds while Rucker added 15 points. Tech shot 41 percent (29-70) from the field to USM’s 47 percent (27-58), but the Lady Techsters outrebounded the Lady Eagles 41-35, including 19 offensive boards. Utah State 69, Louisiana Tech 66 Jan. 6, 2010 • Thomas Assembly Center RUSTON - Amber White scored 18 points to lead four players in double figures as Utah State shocked Louisiana Tech 69-66 Wednesday night in the Western Athletic Conference opener at the Thomas Assembly Center. For the fifth time in five games, the Lady Techsters (9-4, 0-1 WAC) played with fire but for the first time they finally got burned as LA Tech led by as many as 10 points in the second half before the Aggies (9-5, 1-0 WAC) scrapped and clawed their way back for the win. “What’s disappointing is for us to implement a game plan, and then not have the (girls) execute the game plan,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “They decided to try to win their own way. We went away from the game plan we put in place. “Against a team like Utah State that is so deliberate and wants to play at a slower pace, you have to take advantage of your opportunities. We didn’t do that. You can’t commit 24 turnovers and expect to win any game, much less against a good team.” Despite outrebounding Utah State 50-31, including

pulling down 19 offensive boards, Louisiana Tech lost for the first time in its last six games as the Aggies defeated the Lady Techsters for the first time in the series history. After a first half that saw the two teams trade the lead five times before the Lady Techsters finally took a 32-27 advantage into intermission, Louisiana Tech came out in the second half and pushed its advantage out to 44-34 with 15:39 to play on a three-pointer by Whitney Jones. The Aggies made some mini-runs cutting the advantage to as few as four points a couple of times as the lead remained in single digits for the rest of the game. Tech led 61-57 on a Adrienne Johnson free throw with 2:23 to play before Utah State scored 10 straight points as TaHara Williams and Alice Coddington hit backto-back three-pointers to start the game-deciding run. During that stretch, Tech committed two turnovers and missed its only shot attempt. By the time Martina Holloway hit a layup to snap the run with 0:18 to play, the game was basically out of reach. Shanavia Dowdell led Tech with 17 points and 14 rebounds while Johnson added 16 points and Whitney Jones scored 14. In addition to White’s big night, Coddington scored 15 points, Williams added 14 and LaCale Pringle-Buchanan scored 13 points.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. - Shanavia Dowdell scored 18 points and Adrienne Johnson added 16 to lead Louisiana Tech to a 92-48 win over San Jose State in Western Athletic Conference action Wednesday night at The Events Center. Tech (10-4, 1-1 WAC) led from the opening tip and never looked back in defeating the Spartans for the 17th straight time in the series. “This win started in practice,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “It didn’t start tonight when we stepped on the floor. These kids were focused all week long; they knew that they had to prepare to win. “We shot the ball well in practice all week. We shot the ball well today in shoot-around. It’s all a mindset and this week we came with the right attitude and work ethic. I’m proud of how we rebounded after such a disappointing loss last week.” Tiawana Pringle and Jasmine Bendolph hit backto-back three-pointers to open the game as Tech built and early 6-0 advantage. After San Jose State (4-12, 0-3 WAC) cut the Tech lead down to 7-6 on a jumper by Sayja Sumler at the 16:12 mark of the half, the Lady Techsters used a 15-0 run over the next six minutes to push the advantage to 22-6. A Tarkeisha Wysinger layup at the 8:37 mark of the opening stanza gave LA Tech its first 20-point lead of the night at 30-10. With Tech leading 39-19, the Lady Techsters closed the half on a 17-3 run to push their lead to 56-22 at the half. Whitney Jones closed the half with a running 25-foot three-pointer as the buzzer sounded as the Lady Techsters connected on 51 percent (22-43) of their shots in the opening half, including 7-of-13 from beyond the

arc. All nine LA Tech players that saw the floor in the first half scored led by Dowdell’s 10 points and Bendolph’s eight. Pringle, Jones and Brietta Thomas all added seven first half points as the Lady Techsters scored the most points in a half this season. Tech outscored the Spartans 23-0 off of turnovers in the first half as San Jose State committed 16 turnovers to only five by the Lady Techsters. The second half wasn’t much better for the Spartans as Tech pushed the lead to 40 at 70-30 on a Jones threepointer at the 13:35 mark. Johnson then hit a milestone a few minutes later as she hit two free throws at the 8:30 mark of the second stanza to become the 39th Lady Techster to ever score 1,000 points in a career. She also pulled down her 500th career rebound in the game. With Tech leading 90-36 with just over five minutes to play, Weatherspoon pulled Dowdell, Johnson, Jones and Bendolph as San Jose State ended the game on a 12-2 run. For the game, Tech hit 52 percent (35-68) of its field goals and 10-of-22 from the three-point line while holding SJSU to only 34 percent (21-61) from the field. Jones added 13 points while Thomas chipped in with 11 points. Britney Bradley led the Spartans with 12 points while Marnesha Hall added 10 points. Tech held SJSU’s leading scorer Chasity Shavers to only two points on 1-of-7 shooting. Louisiana Tech 78, New Mexico State 64 Jan. 16, 2010 • Thomas Assembly Center RUSTON - Shanavia Dowdell scored 23 points and 16 rebounds and Louisiana Tech hit 14-of-18 free throws after the final officials timeout as the Lady Techsters held

on to defeat New Mexico State 78-64 Saturday night at the Thomas Assembly Center. Tech (11-4, 2-1 WAC), which led by as many as 21 points in the first half, found itself clinging to a 62-58 advantage with 3:48 to play before using a 16-6 run to end the game. Fourteen of the 16 points were scored at the charity stripe as the only bucket came on a Dowdell layup with two minutes remaining, giving Tech a 67-58 lead. “We simply have to learn how to develop that killer instinct,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “We have to learn to put teams away when we have a chance. New Mexico State is very, very good. There were a lot of things we could have done better at times, but that is a good win and I thought we played with energy for 40 minutes.” After NMSU guard Jasmine Lowe drained a threepointer to give the Aggies an early 3-0 lead, Tech went on a 20-0 run over the next nine minutes to grab a 20-3 advantage. New Mexico State missed 15 straight field goal attempts before Crystal Boyd finally broke the run with a jumper at the 10:08 mark of the half. “The first 10 minutes of the game was the best defense we’ve played this year,” Weatherspoon said. “We played great on ball defense and we played great help defense. We forced them into some very very tough shots. “Not only did we do a good job defensively, but we rebounded well not allowing them second and third chances. It was a very impressive 10-minute stretch of basketball.” Tech pushed the lead out to 28-7 on a Martina Holloway three-pointer at the 5:59 mark of the half as the Lady Techsters looked poised to put the game away. However, the Aggies (12-6, 2-2 WAC) wouldn’t go quietly, outscoring the Lady Techsters 14-4 over the remainder of the half to enter the locker room only trailing 32-21.


www.latechsports.com Tech held the lead despite hitting only 34 percent (11-32) of its field goals as it held NMSU to only 22 percent (8-37) shooting while outrebounding the Aggies 34-22 over the opening 20 minutes of play. NMSU pulled to within six points at 32-26 early in the second half before Tech gradually pushed the lead back out to 16 at 53-37 on a pair of Adrienne Johnson free throws with 11:42 to play. However, Lowe almost single handedly kept her team close, scoring 19 of her 26 points in the second half, including nine during a run that saw the Aggies pull to within 62-58 with 3:48 to play. In addition to Dowdell’s big night, Johnson added 18 points and eight rebounds while Whitney Jones chipped in with 13 points and five boards. It was Dowdell’s eighth double double of the season. Madison Spence score 14 points while Boyd added 11 points despite hitting only 3-of-15 field goals and committing seven turnovers. Tech outrebounded the Aggies 58-41. Louisiana Tech 75, Hawaii 62 Jan. 21, 2010 • Thomas Assembly Center RUSTON - Whitney Jones scored 18 points and Shanavia Dowdell and Adrienne Johnson each recorded double doubles to lead Louisiana Tech to a 75-62 win over Hawaii Thursday night but the frustration was written all over the face of head coach Teresa Weatherspoon following the game. For the second straight game and third time in four league games, Weatherspoon witnessed her team build a big lead only to allow an opponent to make a game of it down the stretch. This time the second year head coach saw her team build a 23-point lead with four minutes to play in the first half before Hawaii fought all the way back to cut it to 10 with six minutes remaining. The Lady Techsters held on for the win though. “It’s very frustrating to watch us allow teams back into games,” Weatherspoon said. “I’m not sure when we are going to learn to have that killer instinct; to put teams away when we have a chance. We haven’t done it recently and we didn’t do it tonight.” Hawaii (8-11, 2-4 WAC) jumped out to a quick 9-4 advantage after Tech committed turnovers on its first three possessions of the game as Rebecca Dew’s jumper with 15:55 to play in the first half gave the Rainbow Wahine the five-point advantage. However, a Dowdell layup 13 seconds later started a 29-3 run over the next 11-plus minutes as the Lady Techsters took a 35-12 advantage. During the outburst, Hawaii hit only 1-of-16 shots while committing nine turnovers. The Rainbow Wahine used a mini-run of 14-9 to end the half to grab a little momentum heading into the locker room trailing 44-26. “This game has so much to do with momentum,” Weatherspoon said. “You can’t let teams gain confidence when you have them down. We did that right before the half and starting the second half.” Hawaii opened the second half, holding Tech without a point for almost four minutes as the Rainbow Wahine cut the advantage to 13 on six different occasions in the first 10 minutes of the final stanza. Tech struggled shooting the basketball in the final 20 minutes, hitting only 9-of-27 shots while Hawaii hit 11 of its first 20 field goals. “We just didn’t get the shots we needed,” Weatherspoon said. “We didn’t see through the defense. We weren’t patient at times. We got the win but we have a lot to work on in the next few days. We are going to play a very very good Fresno State team (Saturday night) and we can’t make the same mistakes we made tonight.” Hawaii finally cut the Tech lead to 10 at 65-55 with 6:18 to play on a jumper by Dew before the Lady Techsters scored 10 straight points to put the game out of

reach. Johnson scored 16 points, grabbed 11 rebounds, recorded four assists and four steals while Dowdell added 14 points and 16 rebounds. Allie Patterson led Hawaii with 18 points while Dita Liepkalne added 15 points. Fresno State 71, Louisiana Tech 61 Jan. 23, 2010 • Save Mart Center FRESNO - Jaleesa Ross scored 31 points to lead Fresno State to a 71-61 win over Louisiana Tech before 3,449 fans at the Save Mart Center Saturday night in Western Athletic Conference basketball action. With the win, Fresno State improved to 15-5 on the year, 5-0 in the WAC, while Louisiana Tech fell to 12-5, 3-2 in league play. In a game that saw seven ties and seven lead

changes, Fresno State made the plays on both ends of the floor over the final 10 minutes to pull away for the victory. With the game tied at 55-55 on a Tarkeisha Wysinger layup with 10:46 to play, the Bulldogs outscored the Lady Techsters 16-6 down the stretch for the 10-point victory. “Defend, defend, defend,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “We didn’t defend. We let them drive right by us and shoot layups too many times in the second half. I’m furious. I don’t know what else to say. We have to take pride in our defense and tonight we didn’t do that.” LA Tech hit only 2-of-12 field goals over the final 10 minutes while also committing six turnovers. Fresno State also benefited from a questionable call in a crucial point of the game that helped the Bulldogs pull away. With the Bulldogs leading 61-57, Tech’s Adrienne Johnson drove through the lane and hit a running jumper while drawing contact with 4:57 to play as it appeared she would have an opportunity to complete a conventional three-point play and bring her team within one. However, the officials called Johnson for an offensive foul, waving off the basket and then assessed Weatherspoon with a technical foul. Ross hit one free throw and then hit a layup on the ensuing possession to push the advantage out to 64-57. Tech would not recover as Fresno State won for the sixth time in the last seven meetings between the two programs. “We didn’t help ourselves,” Weatherspoon said. “Thirteen turnovers in the second half is inexcusable, and we did it to ourselves. Too many times we were starting our offense too far away from the basket, and we just didn’t handle the basketball in the second half like we should have.” Fresno State built as much as a nine-point lead in the first half at 37-28 on a jumper by Emma Andrews with 3:18 to play before the Lady Techsters ended the half on a 7-0 run to cut the deficit to 37-35 at the half. Johnson scored 14 of her team-high 18 points in the first half while Wysinger added eight points in the opening stanza. Tech trailed by only two at the half despite the fact Shanavia Dowdell was 0-for-5 from the field with two points. Tech came out in the second half scoring the first five points and taking a 40-37 lead on a three-point play by Whitney Jones. Tech led five different times in the first five minutes of the second half but surrendered the tying or go-ahead basket to the Bulldogs on the ensuing possession each time. In addition to Johnson’s 18 points, Dowdell added 11 points and 15 rebounds while Jones scored 11 and Wysinger added 10. Hayley Munro scored 11 points for Fresno State. Tech outrebounded Fresno State 43-34 but hit only 38 percent (23-of-61) of its field goals. Nevada 69, Louisiana Tech 56 Jan. 26, 2010 • Lawlor Events Center RENO - Shanavia Dowdell scored 31 points and grabbed 20 rebounds but it wasn’t enough as Louisiana Tech fell 69-56 to Nevada Tuesday night at the Lawlor Events Center. Dowdell became the first Lady Techster since Belinda Jones in 1977-78 to score at least 30 points and grab at least 20 rebounds in a game and only the third in LA Tech history, joining Jones and LaVerne Henderson. However, Dowdell’s monster performance couldn’t offset an opening 20 minutes of basketball that saw the Lady Techsters hit only 6-of-33 field goals and trail 36-17 at the half. “It’s about effort,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “I don’t know what it’s going to take for our kids to figure out they have to play from the opening tip. It was a complete collapse on both ends of the floor in the first half. It’s unacceptable, and we are going to fix it. I can’t wait to get back on the floor for practice.”

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS With the loss, Tech fell to 12-6 overall, 3-3 in Western Athletic Conference play while Nevada improved to 10-9, 5-1 in league action. A Dowdell field goal at the 17:36 mark of the opening half was the only shot that the Lady Techsters hit in their first 13 attempts from the field. In fact Dowdell was the only Lady Techster to hit a shot from the field in the first 12 minutes of the game until Tiawana Pringle buried a three-pointer at the 8:00 minute mark, cutting the Wolf Pack lead to 21-9. However, Tech would get no closer than 10 points the rest of the half as it entered the locker room trailing 36-17. Dowdell scored eight points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the opening half of play. Trailing by 19 at the half, LA Tech fought the entire second half to try to get back into the game. After Nevada opened a 20-point advantage at 39-19 with 18:08 to play, the Lady Techsters kept clawing away and eventually whittled the lead down to 44-31 on a jumper by Kiara Young at the 12:46 mark of the game. Nevada pushed the advantage back out to 54-36 with 8;31 to play on a layup by Johnna Ward before Tech made on last run, closing the gap to 61-51 with 3:58 to play on a Dowdell layup. Dowdell scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the second half alone. “People don’t realize what Shanavia faces every night,” Weatherspoon said. “People gear their defense to stop her. She gets banged and pushed on but she still fights through it. Nevada couldn’t stop her tonight. She just didn’t have enough help tonight.” For the game, Tech hit only 17-of-63 field goals for a season-low 27 percent. Dowdell connected on 12-of-26 while the rest of the Techsters hit 5-of-37. Jasmine Bendolph and Adrienne Johnson were Tech’s next highest scorers with six points each. Tahnee Robinson scored 25 points for the Wolf Pack while Shavon Moore added 11 points. Louisiana Tech 74, Idaho 71 (OT) Jan. 30, 2010 • Thomas Assembly Center RUSTON - Jasmine Bendolph hit a game-tying three-point with eight seconds to play in regulation eventually sending Louisiana Tech to a 74-71 overtime win over Idaho Saturday night at the Thomas Assembly Center. With Tech trailing 60-57 after two free throws by Shaena Kuehu with 17 seconds to play, Lady Techster

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head coach Teresa Weatherspoon called a timeout to set up the final play and her sophomore point guard came through in the clutch. Bendolph took a pass from Shanavia Dowdell and buried the game-tying trey from 22-feet sending her team into the extra period as Idaho’s Yinka Olorunnife missed a game-winning attempt at the buzzer. “I give a lot of credit to Idaho,” Weatherspoon said. “They played so well and really executed their game plan. We knew that they had been leaving (Bendolph) open at times during the game and we ran the play to perfection. Once Dowdell touched the ball at the elbow, they all collapsed around her and she found J.B for the shot. “I was proud of the way our kids kept their composure down the stretch. We kept telling them if they would stay calm and focused, that we would give ourselves a chance and that’s exactly what happened.” Tech (13-6, 4-3) built a nine-point first half lead at 27-18 on a layup by Dowdell with 4:52 to play, but then went scoreless the rest of the half as Idaho cut the advantage down to 27-23 at the half. The Vandals (4-16, 2-5) were able to keep the game close due to their ability to keep the Lady Techsters off the offensive glass. Tech entered the game ranked No. 1 in the WAC in rebounding margin and offensive rebounds but Idaho - who was ranked last in rebounding margin held Tech to only one offensive rebound the entire game. Idaho came out in the second half of the game and built a six point lead at 41-35 on a three-pointer by Kanisha Bello at the 13:44 mark before the Lady Techsters answered with a 15-4 run over the next seven minutes to go up 50-45. However, Tech went cold as once again Idaho answered. Charlotte Otero’s two free throws with 28 seconds to play gave the Vandals a 58-54 advantage. Senior guard Tiawana Pringle then gave Tech life, nailing a step-back three-pointer with 18 seconds to play while being fouled by Otero. Pringle stepped to the free throw line with Tech trailing 58-57 with a chance to tie the game but misfired on her free throw as Kuehu pulled down the defensive rebound and was fouled. Kuehu made both, setting up Bendolph’s heroics. In overtime, Tech finally found its range from the free throw line. After making only 5-of-15 in regulation, the Lady Techsters hit 10-of-13 free throws in the fiveminute extra period. Although Idaho never led in overtime, the Vandals stayed close as the game wasn’t decided until Bello

missed a potential game-tying three-pointer with one second left as Dowdell pulled down the rebound as the buzzer sounded. For the game, Tech hit 53 percent (28-53) of its field goals while Idaho converted on only 36 percent (25-70). The Vandals became the first WAC team this year to outrebound Tech, holding a 41-37 advantage on the boards. Dowdell led the Lady Techsters with 22 points and 11 rebounds, her 12th double double - her sixth in seven league games. Tarkeisha Wysinger, starting in place of the injured Whitney Jones, scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds while playing all 45 minutes. Bendolph added 13 points and Adrienne Johnson chipped in with 10 points. Olorunnife led Idaho with 17 points while Kuehu and Rachele Kloke each scored 16 and Bello added 13 points. Louisiana Tech 75, Boise State 53 Feb. 3, 2010 • Thomas Assembly Center RUSTON - Adrienne Johnson scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Louisiana Tech to a 75-53 win over Boise State Wednesday night in Western Athletic Conference action at the Thomas Assembly Center. Johnson, who had only scored a total of 16 points in her last two games, erupted for her fourth double double of the season, hitting 7-of-14 field goals and 9-of11 free throws in 31 minutes of action. “Adrienne played under control tonight,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “She let the game come to her. She didn’t press. I thought she looked like her old self and she was so big for us.” Johnson was joined in double figures by four teammates as Shanavia Dowdell, Tarkeisha Wysinger, Whitney Jones and Jasmine Bendolph each scored 10 points. Dowdell added 17 rebounds for her WAC-leading 13th double double of the year. “Anytime we get that kind of production spread out we are going to be successful,” Weatherspoon said. “I thought Jasmine Bendolph was as healthy as she has been this year and you are really starting to see her come into her own.” While Tech’s two leading scorers were doing what they do best, Boise State’s normal offensive threats of Tasha Harris and Jessica Van Hoogen struggled, combing for only 13 points on 9-of-27 shooting. “They are so tough to defend,” Weatherspoon said. “We threw everyone at them. I thought we did a good job against them and that is a tribute to our players playing with great effort.” After Boise State held its only lead of the night at 3-2, Tech built a 19-10 advantage as six different Lady Techsters scored in the opening nine minutes of the game. A Heather Pilcher shot made it 19-12 before Tech used a 19-9 run to close the half and enter the locker room leading 38-21. “I told our players in the huddle (late in the half) that we needed to finish the half strong,” Weatherspoon said. “We needed to extend the lead and not allow Boise State to get any momentum. I thought we responded.” Tech quickly pushed the lead to 43-23 in the second half before the Broncos closed the gap to 50-39 on a layup by Kenzi Poteet with almost 13 minutes to play. However, Boise State would get no closer the rest of the game as Johnson scored 14 of her game-high 23 points in the second half. Dowdell passed former Techster great Cheryl Ford on the all-time scoring list with a jumper at the 17:23 mark of the second half as the Calera, Alabama native now ranks 22nd with 1,382 points. Ironically, Johnson passed her coach - Teresa Weatherspoon - and moved into 34th place on the all-time scoring list in the game as well. Poteet led the Broncos with 11 points while Janie Bos added 10 points. Tech shot 41 percent (28-69) from the field for the game while Boise State hit only 34 percent (23-68) of its


www.latechsports.com field goals. The Broncos also hit only 4-of-16 free throws and 3-of-22 three-pointers. The Lady Techsters outrebounded Boise State 5543. Louisiana Tech 74, Utah State 54 Feb. 6, 2010 • Dee Glen Smith Spectrum LOGAN - For the second straight game, Louisiana Tech played a complete basketball game and came away with an impressive 74-54 win over Utah State Saturday afternoon at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Western Athletic Conference action. Tech (15-6, 6-3 WAC) avenged a 69-66 loss against Utah State on Jan. 6 as the Lady Techsters dominated from the opening tip, winning for the fifth time in five trips to Logan. “Our kids came out and played with great effort,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “We attacked offensively; we attacked defensively. We were determined to perform better this time than the last time we played them. It showed.” Tech scored the first seven points of the game as a Whitney Jones trifecta at the 16:07 mark gave the Lady Techsters a 7-0 lead before Utah State scored seven straight to tie the game with 14:23 to play on a driving layup by LaCale Pringle-Buchanan. Just over one minute later Amber White gave the Aggies their only lead of the game at 11-9 on a layup as LA Tech then used a 15-0 run over the next six minutes to grab a commanding 24-11 advantage. White broke the drought for the Aggies (11-11, 3-6) at the 5:23 mark of the half on a jumper. However, Tech extended the lead out to as many as 18 in the opening stanza before entering the halftime locker room leading 38-22. Despite shooting only 34 percent (12-35) in the first half, the Lady Techsters led thanks to a dominating performance on the boards (31-15) and a dominating defensive effort that saw LA Tech hold Utah State to only 8-of-28 shooting. Adrienne Johnson led Tech with 12 points in the first half while Shanavia Dowdell and Jones each added eight points. Utah State tried to rally early in the second half as Lydia Whitehead scored two straight baskets to cut the Tech advantage to 38-26 but a Tiawana Pringle threepointer pushed it back out to 15. Tech led 48-32 before using a 6-0 run to build its biggest lead of the game to that point at 54-32 with 11:19 to play. The Aggies would get no closer than 18 points the rest of the way. Johnson led Tech with 16 points and nine rebounds while Jones added 14 points and Dowdell and Brietta Thomas each scored 12 points. Dowdell added 13 rebounds to post her 14th double double of the season - the eighth in nine WAC games. Tarkeisha Wysinger added four points, eight rebounds, two assists and two steals while Martina Holloway recorded a team-high five assists. “We have to get that kind of production across the board to be successful,” Weatherspoon said. “This was a team effort. These young ladies remembered how they played a month ago.” Pringle-Buchanan led Utah State with 17 points while white added 12 points. Tech outrebounded Utah State 56-36 and held the Aggies to only 29 percent (19-of-65) shooting. Louisiana Tech 81, San Jose State 66 Feb. 14, 2010 • Thomas Assembly Center RUSTON - Shanavia Dowdell scored 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Adrienne Johnson added 19 points to lead Louisiana Tech to an 81-66 win over San Jose State Sunday afternoon in Western Athletic Conference action at the Thomas Assembly Center.

Tech (16-6, 7-3 WAC) won its fourth straight contest and improved its all-time record against the Spartans to 18-0 while San Jose State (5-19, 1-10 WAC) lost its sixth straight despite a valiant effort. “The one thing I can say about that basketball team is they play extremely hard,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “They didn’t let anything keep them from playing hard. Travel issues, score ... nothing stopped them. You have to give them a lot of credit. “This game will do us a lot of good. There will be a lot of good film for us to show the girls.” The performances by Dowdell and Johnson offset an impressive showing from San Jose State guards Chasity Shavers and Sayja Sumler. Shavers scored 27 points while Sumler added 17 points in the loss. “Shavers took it personally,” said Weatherspoon, referring to Tech holding the guard to only two points in the first meeting of the year. “She had a lot of family here and she wanted to redeem herself. You have to give her credit. We didn’t play as well defensively as we should but they played with great effort.” After San Jose State took an early 2-0 lead on a bucket by Shavers off the opening tip, Tech responded with six straight points including back to back field goals by Dowdell. The two teams stayed close as Tech led only 22-18 with 8:33 to play before using a 7-0 run to grab a 29-18 advantage on a shot by Tarkeisha Wysinger. The Lady Techsters led 49-31 at the half thanks to 16 points by Johnson, who hit 8-of-8 free throws in the opening stanza. Dowdell added 12 points while Wysinger scored nine. Over the final 20 minutes of play, Tech was unable to completely put San Jose State away while the Spartans were never able to really threaten the Lady Techster lead. Tech’s biggest lead came at 72-50 with 6:21 to play on a layup by Johnson before the Spartans scored 10 straight points to close the deficit to 72-60. Sumler and Shavers each scored four points during the mini-run. Dowdell recorded her 15th double double of the year and the 39th of her career, moving into sixth place in the Tech record books trailing only Pam Kelly, Venus Lacy, Elinor Griffin, Nora Lewis and Janice Lawrence. In addition to Dowdell and Johnson’s double digit performances, Wysinger added 11 points while Tiawana Pringle scored nine points. Tech shot 45 percent (29-65) from the field while hitting 78 percent (21-27) of its free throws and outrebounded San Jose State 41-32. The Spartans hit 50 percent (26-52) of their field goals, only the second time all season an opponent shot 50 percent or better against the Lady Techsters. Louisiana Tech 62, New Mexico State 55 Feb. 17, 2010 • Pan American Center LAS CRUCES - Adrienne Johnson and Shanavia Dowdell both recorded double doubles and the Louisiana Tech bench came up big as the Lady Techsters defeated New Mexico State 62-55 Wednesday night in Western Athletic Conference action at the Pan American Center. Johnson scored a game-high 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds while Dowdell added 14 points and grabbed 15 rebounds despite battling illness all night long. With Dowdell under the weather, head coach Teresa Weatherspoon turned to her bench and sophomore Kiara Young responded, scoring six points and grabbing seven rebounds in 14 minutes of action. “I thought our bench was the key tonight,” Weatherspoon said. “Kiara is really starting to understand her strengths and utilize them. She gave us some big minutes tonight. She played with confidence. She shot the ball with confidence. “Our entire bench came up big. Tarkeisha (Wysinger) and Brietta (Thomas) also gave us great energy off the bench.”

New Mexcico State (16-10, 6-6 WAC) took an early 6-1 lead behind the offensive onslaught of sophomore forward Tabytha Wampler, who scored the first eight points of the game for the Aggies and ended with a season-high 18 points. However, Johnson scored eight points during a 12-0 Lady Techster run as LA Tech held New Mexico State without a point for over eight minutes. By the time Wampler snapped the scoring drought with a bucket at the 9:06 mark, Tech led 13-8. The Lady Techsters would hold a seven-point lead on four different occasions in the opening stanza, including a 23-16 advantage with less than a minute to play. New Mexico State closed the half by scoring five straight points, including a three-pointer by Jasmine Lowe at the buzzer. Tech led only 23-21 at the half despite holding the Aggies to only 24 percent (9-37) shooting, including only 1-of-11 from beyond the arc. “We didn’t execute very well offensively in the first half,” Weatherspoon said. “We let them back into the game because of that. We played well defensively at times but we have to learn to close out the end of the half and of the games. You can’t let shooters get open looks and we did a couple of times and it cost us.” NMSU tied the game early in the second half before LA Tech started pulling away, building as much as a 13-point lead at 52-39 on a three-pointer by Whitney Jones at the 6:45 mark of the game. Tech’s lead remained in double figures with just over two minutes to play before Wampler and Kaitlyn Soto hit back-to-back threepointers to cut the lead to 56-52. After a LA Tech turnover, NMSU had an opportunity to cut even further into the lead but Johnson stepped in

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HONOLULU - For the second straight game, Shanavia Dowdell and Adrienne Johnson recorded double doubles to lead Louisiana Tech to a 79-71 win over Hawaii Saturday night at the Stan Sheriff Center in Western Athletic Conference action. With the win, Tech (18-6, 9-3 WAC) moves into sole possession of second place in the league standings entering this week’s two-game homestand against first place Fresno State (22-5, 13-0) and third place Nevada (15-12, 9-4). The Lady Techsters have won six straight games, matching their longest winning streak of the season as they position themselves for the upcoming WAC Tournament March 10-14 in Reno. On Saturday night, it was Dowdell and Johnson who were in the right position most of the night as the duo combined to score 46 points, grab 23 rebounds, record four assists, four steals and three blocks. Dowdell notched her 17th double double of the season - and 10th straight - with 26 points and 12 rebounds while Johnson recorded her fifth with 20 points and 11 boards. It didn’t come easy as Hawaii used 6-foot-4-inch Rebecca Dew and 6-foot-3-inch Katie Wilson to pound on Dowdell all night; however, the reigning WAC Player of the Year showed she was up to the challenge. Dowdell scored 18 of her game-high total in the final 20 minutes of play including eight points down the stretch after Hawaii cut what had been an 18-point lead down to four at 62-58 with 5:58 to play. “I didn’t think Shanavia was as aggressive as she needed to be in the first half,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “However, when you have a player like her and Adrienne, you have to go to them. We are an inside-out team. Some people call that old school basketball but that’s what we do. “Both of them can hurt you inside and they can both step out and hurt you outside. Hawaii tried to get physical with them tonight and they showed that they can handle that type of challenge.” After Hawaii jumped out to a 16-11 lead on a Dita Liepkalne bucket at the 14:36 mark, Tech responded with a 22-5 run over the next 10 minutes of play to grab a 33-21 advantage. The Lady Techsters went into the halftime locker room leading 43-31 thanks to 12 first half points by Johnson and a combined 14 points off the bench from Tarkeisha Wysinger, Brietta Thomas and Martina Holloway. LA Tech quickly built the lead up to 52-34 as Dowdell scored the first six points of the second half while Whitney Jones buried a three-pointer at the 16:28 mark for the biggest lead of the game. Hawaii (9-18, 3-11) wouldn’t surrender. Behind the play of guard Keisha Kanekoa and reserves Julita Bungaite and Wilson, the Rainbow Wahine fought back to eventually cut the Tech lead down to four before the Lady Techsters pulled out the win. For the game, Tech hit 46 percent (30-66) of its field goals and 15-of-19 free throws while Hawaii shot 42 percent (30-70) from the field.

Hawaii became only the second league team to outrebound Tech all season as the Rainbow Wahine led 41-38, including 17 offensive boards. Kanekoa led Hawaii with 16 points while Bungaite added 13 points and Wilson 12. Fresno State 81, Louisiana Tech 78 (OT) Feb. 24, 2010 • Thomas Assembly Center RUSTON - Louisiana Tech junior Tarkeisha Wysinger scored a career-high 25 points but it wasn’t enough as Fresno State defeated the Lady Techsters 8178 in overtime before 1,893 fans Wednesday night at the Thomas Assembly Center. Tech led 68-66 on a pair of Adrienne Johnson free throws with 22 seconds to play before Fresno State guard Jaleesa Ross drove down the right side of the lane and collided with Johnson with only 4 seconds to play. Johnson was whistled for a blocking foul, her fifth of the game, and Ross calmly sank two free throws to send the contest into overtime. Early on in the extra period sophomore guard Jasmine Bendolph gave the Lady Techsters a 75-69 lead scoring seven straight points but once again Fresno State wouldn’t go away quietly. After a missed threepointer on Tech’s next possession, Bulldog guard Emma Andrews drove down the lane and scored while being fouled. She converted the conventional three-point play with 2:28 to play, igniting a game-closing 12-3 run that sent the Bulldogs to 14-0 in Western Athletic Conference play. “I hurt more for my kids right now than anything,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “They played their hearts out there tonight. It’s tough to lose a game like this.” Tech led 77-76 with under a minute to play in the extra period when Wysinger appeared to steal the ball at the top of the key from Andrews. However, as she turned to start the fast break up the court, a whistle was blown sending Andrews to the free throw line where she hit two more shots as Fresno State took a 78-77 advantage. The Bulldogs (23-5, 14-0) made only 1-of-5 field goals in overtime but hit 11-of-14 free throws including 11 straight at one point while the Lady Techsters hit only 4-of-8 from the charity stripe in the extra session. “You saw some fatigue affect us in overtime,” Weatherspoon said. “There were a couple of times we

didn’t get back defensively like we should have and it cost us.” LA Tech (18-7, 9-4 WAC) led 35-30 at the half despite shooting only 12-of-32 from the field in the first half thanks in large part to the effort of Wysinger off the bench. Wysinger, who surpassed her previous careerhigh of 24 points set as a freshman against Sam Houston State, hit 7-of-11 field goals, including a pair of threepointers, while hitting 9-of-15 free throws. She scored 12 of her points in the opening 20 minutes to lead all scorers. “I told Daron (Park) today that I thought TK would have a good game tonight,” Weatherspoon said. “I felt it. She has been putting in some extra work and it paid off tonight. She is a good shooter and tonight she stepped up and shot with confidence.” In a game that saw 10 ties and 14 lead changes, Fresno State found itself leading by two late in regulation before Whitney Jones driving layup with 49 seconds to play tied the game at 66-66. After a missed layup by Fresno State forward Joh-Teena Filipe, Johnson pulled down the rebound and was fouled sending her to the free throw line to give Tech the lead with only 22 seconds to play. In addition to Wysinger’s big night, Shanavia Dowdell recorded her 18th double double of the year with 17 points and a career-high tying 20 rebounds while Bendolph added 15 points. LaShay Fears led Fresno State with 22 points while Andrews added 16 and Munro and Filipe each scored 11. Louisiana Tech 69, Nevada 56 Feb. 27, 2010 • Thomas Assembly Center RUSTON - Senior Shanavia Dowdell scored 24 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and recorded three blocks to power Louisiana Tech to a 69-56 win over Nevada before 2,034 fans at the Thomas Assembly Center Saturday afternoon. With the victory, Tech (19-7, 10-4) took sole possession of second place in the Western Athletic Conference standings while Nevada (15-13, 9-5) fell to third place. Both teams still have two regular season games remaining as the Lady Techsters travel to Idaho and Boise State while Nevada hosts New Mexico State and Idaho. Playing in the final home game of their careers, Dowdell and teammate Tiawana Pringle were instrumental in the victory.


www.latechsports.com Dowdell recorded her 19th double double of the year (tied for the most in the nation), including her 12th straight, and the 43rd of her career, tying former Kodak All-American Janice Lawrence for fifth place in the LA Tech record books. After Nevada jumped out to an early 6-3 lead on a jumper by Amanda Johnson at the 17:38 mark of the half, senior Tiawana Pringle ignited a 14-0 LA Tech run scoring eight straight points as the Lady Techsters led 17-6 with 12 minutes to play. “Shanavia and Tiawana have meant so much to this university and this program during their four years here,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “Not only on the court but off. They’ve both been such great role models for youngsters and have always handled their business in the classroom. They are two special people to me.” Nevada then used a run to close the gap to 22-17 on a free throw by Marissa Hammond at the 7:43 mark before Brietta Thomas knocked down a pair of threepointers in a 9-0 Lady Techster run. Tech eventually pushed the advantage up to 16 at 36-20 with 2:45 to play in the half on a layup by Adrienne Johnson before the Wolf Pack closed the gap to 39-29 at the half. “We had a couple of possessions down the stretch in the first half where we didn’t execute and Nevada took advantage of it,” Weatherspoon said. “It allowed them to have the momentum going into the half and our kids have to learn to value every possession.” The second half was a back and forth affair as Nevada cut the Tech lead to 42-37 on a Tahnee Robinson free throw with 16:04 to play before Tech used a 12-2 run to push the advantage out to 54-39 midway through the stanza. After the Wolf Pack made one last run closing the lead to 54-46 on a Kayla Williams layup at the 9:29 mark, Tech pushed the lead back out and eventually led by as many as 19 points at 67-48 on a Martina Holloway bucket with 5:36 to play. Johnson added nine points, eight rebounds, three assists and two blocks while Pringle and Thomas added eight points. Robinson led Nevada with 17 points, 14 coming in the first half. Nicole Williams added 11 points. Louisiana Tech 63, Idaho 56 March 3, 2010 • Cowan Spectrum MOSCOW, Idaho - Adrienne Johnson scored 23 points to lead Louisiana Tech to a 63-56 win over Idaho Wednesday night at the Cowan Spectrum in Western Athletic Conference women’s basketball action. Johnson scored 16 of her game-high 23 points in the first half to help the Lady Techsters (20-7, 11-4) build a 32-22 halftime lead despite the fact that Shanavia Dowdell played only six minutes due to foul trouble. Dowdell picked up her second personal foul at the 13:43 mark of the half with LA Tech trailing 13-8 but a Johnson layup one minute later triggered a 16-2 run that gave the Lady Techsters a 24-15 advantage. Johnson scored 10 of the 16 points during the run. Head coach Teresa Weatherspoon also turned to her bench as Tarkeisha Wysinger, Brietta Thomas, Martina Holloway and Kiara Young played key minutes during the half and contributed on both ends of the floor. After Idaho cut the Tech lead to 26-22 with just over four minutes to play in the half, Weatherspoon inserted the trio of reserve guards back into the game and they turned up the defensive pressure as Tech held Idaho without a point in claiming the 10-point halftime lead. Dowdell, who entered the game with 12 straight double doubles, was in jeopardy of having that streak broken as she only had six points and one rebound at the half. However, the reigning WAC Player of the Year came up big in the second half as she ended the night with 11 points and 11 boards for her 20th double double of the season.

Tech’s starting three guards of Tiawana Pringle, Jasmine Bendolph and Whitney Jones - who combined for only two points in the opening half - scored 15 second half points as the Lady Techsters built as 22-point lead at 56-34 with only 7:42 to play in the game. However, the Vandals (9-19, 7-8) wouldn’t go away quietly as Bianca Cheever’s layup ignited a 20-5 run over the next six minutes as Idaho cut the lead to 61-54 with just under two minutes to play. Charlotte Otero, who led Idaho with 18 points, scored seven points while Cheever added eight during the run which saw Tech hit an offensive cold spell. Idaho had an opportunity to cut into the sevenpoint deficit with just over a minute to play but the Vandals turned the basketball over and then inexplicably decided not to foul down the stretch as Tech posted the 63-56 victory. Tech shot 48 percent (29-61) from the field while holding the Vandals to only 35 percent (23-66), including only 7-of-31 from beyond the arc. Boise State 74, Louisiana Tech 65 March 6, 2010 • Taco Bell Arena BOISE, Idaho - Shanavia Dowdell became the Western Athletic Conference’s all-time leading rebounder Saturday but it wasn’t enough as Boise State defeated Louisiana Tech 74-65 at Taco Bell Arena. Dowdell pulled down nine rebounds to go along with 14 points and her final rebound of the game - the 974th of her career - tied her with former Fresno State forward Omelogo Udeze for first place in the league record books. The Calera, Alabama natives final rebound came in the waning seconds of the game as the final seconds ticked off the clock and LA Tech fell for only the second time in the last 10 games. “I hate to say it but Boise State played like they wanted it more,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “It was senior day and they were playing for their seeding in the league tournament. “Those aren’t excuses. We didn’t get the job done. This type of game we need to learn from and get ready to play in the tournament next week.” A Tiawana Pringle three-pointer at the 18:17 mark of the first half gave Louisiana Tech a 5-4 lead - its only one of the game. Boise State then used a 23-7 run over the next eight minutes to lead 27-12 as the Broncos hit on 8 of their first 11 shots from the field. Freshman forward Lauren Lenhardt, who entered the game averaging only 4.0 points per game, scored 10 points in the first 12 minutes of the game as the Boise State post players accounted for 23 of the team’s first 29 points. “It was really disappointing how we allowed them to get so many easy looks in the paint,” Weatherspoon said. “That was one of our points of emphasis coming into the game ... keep them out of the paint. We simply didn’t do that today.” Tech (20-8, 11-5 WAC) turned up the defensive intensity over the final 10 minutes of the first half holding the Broncos to only five points as the Lady Techsters closed the halftime deficit to 32-26. An Adrienne Johnson driving layup to open the second half cut the Boise State lead to 32-28; however, Tech would miss eight of its next 10 shot attempts as the Broncos pushed the advantage back out to 45-33 with 14:10 to play. The lead remained double digits until midway through the second half when Tech used an 8-0 run as Jasmine Bendolph’s jumper at the 8:27 mark closed the gap to 54-49. After an empty Broncos possession, Tech had an opportunity to shave even more points off the lead but Bendolph’s open three-pointer fell short and Johnson’s follow was off the mark as Boise State once again pushed the lead out to 58-49. Late in the game, Whitney Jones hit back-to-back

three-pointers to cut the lead to 67-63 with 49 seconds to play but Boise State hit its free throws down the stretch to pull away for the win. For the game, Tech shot 34 percent (24-70) from the field and hit only 50 percent (13-26) of its free throws while the Broncos shot 39 percent (26-66) from the field and 73 percent (19-26) from the charity stripe. And for only the third time in WAC play, Tech was outrebounded as Boise State owned the glass by a 54-40 margin. “We gave up 17 offensive rebounds and that is unacceptable,” Weatherspoon said. Dowdell and Bendolph led Tech with 14 points each while Jones added 11 points and Johnson scored 10. Tasha Harris led Boise State with 18 points, 14 coming at the free throw line, while Lenhardt and Rebecca Kepilino each scored 13 points. Louisiana Tech 82, Utah State 65 March 10, 2010 • Lawlor Events Center RENO, Nevada - Jasmine Bendolph scored a career-high 24 points and Adrienne Johnson added 22 points to lead Louisiana Tech to an 82-65 win over Utah State in the first round of the 2010 Western Athletic Conference Tournament at the Lawlor Events Center Wednesday night. The duo’s performances were huge considering

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS two-time WAC Player of the Year Shanavia Dowdell was saddled with foul trouble in the first half and ended the night with a season-low two points and no made field goals. “I had to do a little bit more tonight (with Shanavia in foul trouble) and step it up,” Bendolph said. “As a team we played together and shared the basketball.” Bendolph hit 8-of-13 field goals, including a pair of three-pointers, and 6-of-6 free throws to best her previous career-high of 18 points which came at the same venue in last year’s semifinal loss to Nevada in the WAC Tournament. “It’s always big when Jasmine plays the way she did tonight,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “Both JB and Adrienne are incredible athletes and are capable of taking games over at any time.” After Dowdell picked up her second personal foul less than four minutes into the game, Johnson and Bendolph combined to score 25 points in the first half to propel the Lady Techsters (21-8) out to a 41-28 halftime advantage. Tech shot 50 percent (17-34) from the field in the opening half while holding Utah State to only 33 percent (11-33). The Lady Techsters opened the second half by pushing their lead out to 50-34 on a pair of Bendolph free throws with 15:39 to play before Utah State (13-17) fought back, using a 12-0 run over the next four minutes to cut the deficit to 50-46. “I loved our effort in the second half and the character that we showed,” said Utah State head coach Raegan Pebley. “We split with Louisiana Tech in the regular season and believed we could beat them here on a neutral floor. We didn’t, and it’s disappointing.” Junior guard Brietta Thomas ended the run by nailing a three-pointer - one of three she hit in the game - with 11:30 to play as Tech quickly pushed the advantage back out to 59-48. Another Thomas trifecta at the 2:49 mark of the half gave Tech an insurmountable 69-54 advantage. Thomas ended the night with 11 points while Tarkeisha Wysinger added 11 points and Kiara Young seven as the Lady Techster bench scored 32 points in the contest. “It was a very, very tough game and our team never gave up,” Weatherspoon said. Louisiana Tech 80, Nevada 77 March 12, 2010 • Lawlor Events Center

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RENO, Nevada - Adrienne Johnson scored 29 points and Shanavia Dowdell added 24 points to lead Louisiana Tech to an 80-77 win over Nevada in the semifinals of the 2010 Western Athletic Conference Tournament Friday afternoon at Lawlor Events Center. With the victory, Tech advances to Saturday’s championship game against top-seed Fresno State, which defeated Idaho 80-66 in the first semifinal game of the day. Although a team effort in the win, Tech road the backs of their first team all-WAC duo as both Johnson and Dowdell each scored 17 points after intermission to lead the Lady Techsters (22-8) to a come-from-behind win in a game that saw 15 lead changes and 11 ties. “It was a hard fought battle between two teams who didn’t want to lose,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “Nevada is very well coached. I have great respect for Jane Albright. We had to fight hard down the stretch to win.” Johnson, who hit 11-of-12 field goals in the game, gave LA Tech the lead on a 17-foot jumper with 2:23 to play as Tech would not relinquish the lead down the stretch. “We knew we didn’t want to go home like last year,” Johnson said. “We knew it was going to be a fight, and we had to come out and play hard from the opening tip. We did.”

Tech survived a potential game-tying three-point attempt by Nevada guard Johnna Ward after the Wolf Pack stole the inbounds pass with less than six seconds remaining and trailing by three. However, Ward’s open look from 22 feet away missed left and the buzzer sounded as Tech avenged a heart-breaking 91-88 overtime loss to Nevada in last year’s WAC Tournament semifinal game. “This was two great teams,” said Nevada head coach Jane Albright. “You can’t play with any more heart and soul than we did tonight. This was just one of those nights. We played one of the best games we’ve played all year.” Nevada (17-15) took a 34-31 halftime lead thanks to a superb effort on the glass as the Wolf Pack outrebounded Tech 23-13 in the first half. Wolf Pack forward Kayla Williams recorded a double double in the opening 20 minutes scoring 11 points and grabbing 10 rebounds before intermission. Williams ended with 15 points and 11 boards. The second half was a back and forth affair as neither team had more than a four-point lead at any time as the lead changed hands nine times. Dowdell, who scored only seven points in the first half, came to life early in the second half and dominated inside scoring at will at times while also getting Nevada’s frontline of Williams and Shavon Moore into foul trouble. Moore gave Nevada its last lead of the night with a jumper at the 2:45 mark of the game before Tech answered right back with Johnson’s jumper, giving the Lady Techsters a 74-73 advantage. After a turnover by Amanda Johnson, Tech junior guard Whitney Jones hit two free throw with 1:18 to play to push the lead to 76-73. Ward then answered with an 18-foot jumper 10 seconds later to cut the Tech lead down to 76-75. However, Johnson had the answer one more time driving down the right side of the lane to score with 43 seconds to play as Tech once again led by three. After a missed jumper by Nevada, Jasmine Bendolph hit two free throws with 25 seconds left to push the lead out to 80-75. Moore scored with 6.3 seconds to play

to bring the score within 80-77. After a Nevada timeout, Moore stole away the inbounds pass and hit Ward for the potential game-tying three which was off the mark as the buzzer sounded. Tech, which played without senior guard Tiawana Pringle who was injured in Wednesday’s win over Utah State, saw all five of its starters play the final 20 minutes of the game in the win. The Lady Techsters shot 53 percent from the field, including an eye-popping 68 percent (19-28) in the final half. Louisiana Tech 68, Fresno State 66 March 13, 2010 • Lawlor Events Center RENO - Sophomore guard Jasmine Bendolph drained an 18-foot jumper with 34 seconds to play to give Louisiana Tech the lead and the Lady Techsters got the defensive stops they needed down the stretch to defeat Fresno State 68-66 in the championship game of the 2010 Western Athletic Conference Tournament Saturday afternoon at Lawlor Events Center. With Tech trailing 66-65 and the shot clock running down, Bendolph calmly sank the jumper from the top of the key as the Lady Techsters snapped Fresno State’s 19-game winning streak and earned the automatic berth into the 2010 NCAA Tournament - Tech’s first since 2006. “Our kids played their hearts out today,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “We played a tough Nevada team (Friday) and a tough Fresno State team who is very aggressive, but our team doesn’t give up. They’re resilient and they fought hard. Today we wanted it more.” The victory didn’t come easy as the final 30 seconds of regulation was filled with opportunities for both teams. After Tech took the one-point lead on Bendolph’s jumper, Fresno State forward Joh-Teena Filipe missed a three-pointer with 14 seconds to play and Whitney Jones pulled won the defensive rebound and was fouled. Jones then missed the front end of a one-and-one and Fresno State pulled the defensive rebound down but Tech guard Tarkeisha Wysinger picked the pocket of Bulldog guard Jaleesa Ross, knocking the loose basket-


www.latechsports.com ball to Shanavia Dowdell. Dowdell, who was named the WAC Tournament MVP scoring 20 points and grabbing 19 rebounds in the win, stepped to the free throw line with 6.3 seconds to play and calmly sank the first free throw to push the advantage to 68-66. However, Dowdell missed the second free throw and Fresno State had one last opportunity. Bulldog guard LeShay Fears took an outlet pass around midcourt and drove down the right side of the lane but misfired on a last second shot sending the Tech bench into a wild celebration on the floor. “Congratulations to Louisiana Tech,” said Fresno State coach Adrian Wiggins. “It was a good tournament win for them. It was a hard-fought game. We just came up short in some areas.” For the second straight day, Tech (23-8) played a complete basketball game. From the opening tip, the Lady Techsters executed on both ends of the floor as Tech shot 47 percent (28-60) from the field while holding Fresno State (27-6) to only 34 percent (24-71) shooting. Tech also kept the three-point shooting of Fresno State in check as the Bulldogs hit only 8-of-28 for 29 percent. Behind Dowdell’s rebounding dominance, Tech won the war of the boards 49-35 in a very physical but well-played basketball game. “I was getting beat up down there,” Dowdell said. “I had a bloody nose, but I just had to play hard and not give up. I was tired at the end, but as Coach (Weatherspoon) said, ‘This is our season.’ We all wanted to go to the Big Dance so we just pushed through it.” In a game that saw six ties and seven lead changes, Tech built a 10-point first half lead at 33-23 as Dowdell knocked down a three-pointer at the 4:00 minute mark of the opening half. But the Bulldogs would answer, using a 14-3 run to close the half as Fresno State held a 37-36 lead heading into the halftime locker room. Tech came out of the half on fire as Jones hit backto-back three-pointers in the first two minutes of the second half to spark a 10-0 Lady Techster run that gave them a 46-37 advantage. The two teams continued to exchange punches like a heavyweight fight as Fresno State fought back to take the lead at 59-58 on a three-point play by Hayley Munro with 8:40 to play. After Ross gave the Bulldogs a 61-58 lead on a basket on their next possession, Tech guard Brietta Thomas drained a three-pointer with 7:40 left to tie the game at 61-61. Neither team would lead by more than two points the rest of the game. “It was a great game,” Wiggins said. “They’re physical and teams are physical in the NCAA Tournament. It was a reminder of how physical the game can be. We got outrebounded by 14 and that’s not acceptable.” In addition to Dowdell’s big night, Jones added 13 points, six rebounds and five assists while Adrienne Johnson scored 10 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Wysinger also added 10 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals. Thomas finished with nine points. With the victory, Tech clinched its 16th conference tournament title in program history - its fifth WAC Tournament title in nine years - and will play in its 26th NCAA Tournament.

eton in its first round contest. “First, congratulations to Florida State who is a very good basketball team,” said Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “I am so proud of how my young ladies played. They played with every ounce of energy, effort and heart that we asked of them all season long. No one would ever imagine the battles that they have fought behind closed doors. Yet and still, they went between the four lines and played basketball. “You cannot ask for more than that with these kids. I am super proud of the way we performed and the way we represented Louisiana Tech and the Lady Techster program, being back in the NCAA tournament, a place where we belong.” Dowdell, the two-time WAC Player of the Year, showed early and often that she belonged as she scored 22 of her game-high 28 points in the first half to lead LA Tech to a nine-point lead before foul trouble did what the Seminoles were unable to do - slow down Dowdell. “Dowdell is a handful,” said Florida State head coach Sue Semrau. “She is going to be a great player in the pros, and we just take our hats off to Louisiana Tech. They came out and played an exceptional basketball game.” With Tech leading 34-27, Dowdell - who had hit 10of-11 field goals - was whistled for her third foul with 4:31 to play on an offensive foul call and sat the remainder of the half as Florida State took advantage tying the game at 40-40. “Of course whenever a player fouls they don’t think it was a foul, so I really don’t think it was a foul,” Dowdell said. “I think it was they had the momentum going and it just played into their hands. I don’t think it was a foul. I just knew I had to come back in the second half and try to stay out of foul trouble.” Tech shot 50 percent (16-32) from the field in the opening half while outrebounding Florida State 23-15, including 12 offensive rebounds.

Florida State, which tried to guard LA Tech man-toman in the first half, played entirely zone over the final 20 minutes of basketball and the change proved successful. With Dowdell sandwiched between two and three Seminoles, LA Tech hit only 5-of-30 field goals in the second half for 17 percent. However, despite the poor shooting, Tech was in the game until the end. Adrienne Johnson fouled out of the game with 5:51 to play and Tech trailing 61-53 and eventually the Seminoles pushed the advantage to 65-55 with 4:06 to play. However, Tech scored six straight points as Jasmine Bendolph hit a three-pointer with 1:59 to play to cut the FSU advantage to 65-61. “Our kids are fearless,” Weatherspoon said. “It doesn’t matter who they are going against. They feel like they are capable of defending and playing well. The ball must go in the basket, regardless. We do the best that we can defensively to keep people from their comfort zone. “Our kids feel very comfortable playing against anyone. But the difference here is when we lose those two [Dowdell and Adrienne Johnson], when you look down our bench, we are not very big at all. So, it’s very difficult to do things when those two are not on the floor.” After a timeout, FSU used a back-door play to free up Alexa Deluzio and Dowdell was whistled for her fifth and final foul. The Seminoles would hit 10-of-10 free throws in the final 1:39 of the game while Tech missed its final seven field goal attempts. Dowdell recorded her 22nd double double of the season with 28 points and 12 rebounds while Bendolph added 11 points and four assists. FSU was led by Malone and Courtney Ward with 16 points while Chasity Clayton and Deluzio each scored 10 points.

#10 Florida State 75, Louisiana Tech 61 March 20, 2010 • Donald L. Tucker Center TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State used a 10-0 run over the final 90 seconds of the game to pull away and defeat Louisiana Tech 75-61 Saturday at the Donald L. Tucker Center in the first round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament but the majority of the talk following the game center around Lady Techster forward Shanavia Dowdell. The win sends Florida State (27-5) into a second round matchup against St. John’s which defeated Princ-

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In its nearly 50 years of existence, the Western Athletic Conference continues to evolve and MEDIA feature some of the nation’s best intercollegiate competition. One thing that remains unchanged is the persistent nature of the nine schools in the WAC to advance their programs to contend at the top levels of the NCAA. The WAC provides its student-athletes the chance to travel to scenic destinations and gain exposure in some of the nation’s most diverse markets. In addition, the WAC’s student-athletes work to achieve the highest levels of success with the academic support of their respective institutions. The WAC has experienced tremendous success. The WAC has sent a total of 31 teams to bowl games since 2001, including more than half of its teams in 2008 with a record-tying five teams. Boise State has won 102 football games since joining the conference, the most in the nation during that time span (2001-09). The conference has sent teams to BCS bowl games in three of the last four seasons as Boise State made a repeat appearance with a victory in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl this past year following Hawai‘i’s 2008 Sugar Bowl and Boise State’s unforgettable victory in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. In men’s basketball, the WAC has sent at least two teams to the NCAA Tournament in 24 of the past 27 seasons. Every current school in the WAC has competed in the NCAA Tournament since 1990. In baseball, the WAC has boasted two national champions since 2003 including Fresno State’s College World Series victory in 2008. In women’s sports, Fresno State softball has competed in every NCAA Tournament ever held while Louisiana Tech basketball has played in all but three. In 2009, Hawai‘i made its fourth trip to the NCAA Volleyball Final Four since 2000. Current WAC alums have made their presence felt as well. David Carr (Fresno State) was the first player selected in the 2002 NFL Draft. Cheryl Ford (Louisiana Tech) was named the WNBA Rookie of the Year and helped the Detroit Shock win the league’s championship in 2003. In 2004, the United States’ softball team won the Olympic gold medal with former Fresno State players Laura Berg and Lovie Jung. Jeff Weaver (Fresno State) earned the win in the St. Louis Cardinals’ World Series clinching victory in 2006. Quarterback Colt Brennan (Hawai‘i) finished third in the 2007 Heisman Trophy voting, and in 2008, Natasha Kai (Hawai‘i) helped the United States to a gold medal in soccer at the Olympics in Beijing. In 2001, the WAC partnered with ESPN for coverage of football and basketball giving the conference national exposure from one of the most respected broadcast entities in the country. An extension was signed in 2008 that guarantees over 300 regular season WAC contests and 45 championship events will be aired on the ESPN networks through the spring of 2017. The WAC also officially added WAC.tv in 2006 to give fans streaming internet access to many of its postseason championships

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including volleyball, soccer, swimming and diving, basketball, gymnastics, softball and baseball. The WAC is the sixth oldest among the nation’s 11 Division I-A conferences. Its history traces back to July 27, 1962, when the original six-team league of Arizona, Arizona State, Brigham Young, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming began competition. The first championship was held in November 1962, when Arizona won the men’s cross country title and New Mexico followed with the first WAC football title. Arizona finished second in the NCAA College World Series and, less than three years later, Arizona State claimed the league’s first NCAA title when the Sun Devils won the College World Series trophy. Fresno State was the last WAC school to earn an NCAA team title when it won the College World Series in 2008. Since 1962, several changes have occurred. UTEP and Colorado State became members in September 1967, while Arizona and Arizona State withdrew on June 30, 1978. The WAC then added San Diego State (1978), Hawai‘i (1979) and Air Force (1980). Before 1990, the WAC sponsored championships only in men’s sports. However, a merger with the High Country Athletic Conference formed a single conference under one administrative structure, and the 1990-91 athletic year was the first in which both men and women competed under the WAC name. Fresno State was added in 1992, and then in 1996, the women’s programs from Air Force and Hawai‘i along with six new schools (UNLV, Rice, San Jose State, SMU, TCU and Tulsa) came into the WAC. Air Force, Brigham Young, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, San Diego State, Utah and Wyoming withdrew on June 30, 1999. Nevada (2000), Boise State (2001) and Louisiana Tech (2001) were added while TCU withdrew following the 2000-01 season. The current membership was established on July 1, 2005, when Idaho, New Mexico State and Utah State joined the WAC after Rice, SMU, UTEP and Tulsa withdrew. The WAC has had just five commissioners in its history. Paul Brechler was named the first leader of the conference and held the position from 1962-1968. He was followed by Wiles Hallock (1968-71), Stan Bates (1971-80), Dr. Joe Kearney (1980-94) and Karl Benson (1994-present). Presently, the WAC crowns team and individual champions in 19 sports – eight men’s and 11 women’s. For the men, there are championships in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field. Championships for women are held in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track and field, outdoor track and fieldand volleyball. The WAC office has been located in the Denver area since the conference’s inception with the exception of a two-year stay in Phoenix from 1964-66.


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WAC Commissioner When Karl Benson was named the fifth commissioner in the history of the Western Athletic Conference on April 20, 1994, he brought with him a wealth of experience and a personal history of success to the position. Since that time, Benson not only has laid a strong foundation for the WAC’s future, he also steered the conference through unsettled times during the late 1990s and again a few years later when the defection of member institutions threatened the WAC. Through his leadership and vision, it didn’t take long for the WAC to regain its place among the nation’s top Division I conferences. Benson has spearheaded conference expansion with the additions of Nevada, Boise State and Louisiana Tech earlier this decade and an additional round of expansion with the invitations of New Mexico State, Utah State and Idaho a few years ago. Nationally, Benson has earned the respect of his peers after serving on the NCAA Management Council from 1999-2002, and a five-year term on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee from 2002-06. Benson hit the ground running when he was hired in 1994 and initiated several programs that improved the conference’s national position in virtually ever category. He was instrumental in developing multi-year agreements with the Holiday Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Copper Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, Silicon Valley Football Classic, GMAC Bowl and currently, the Humanitarian Bowl, Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl, New Mexico Bowl, Poinsettia Bowl and Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. In the summer of 2005, he implemented “Play Up” a new marketing campaign to improve the public and private perceptions of the WAC and its members through national, local and regional touch points. The conference officially added WAC.tv prior to the 2006-07 season, giving fans streaming video access to many of the postseason championships of the sports offered by the WAC. In 1995-96, the WAC signed an exclusive multi-year agreement with ESPN for the unprecedented live telecast of its basketball and football. Included in that deal was a women’s basketball contract, the first in conference history. In 2008, Benson negotiated an extension with ESPN that gives the WAC over 300 regular season contests and 45 championship events that will be aired through the 2016-17 season. Benson came to the WAC after four successful

years as the commissioner of the Mid-American Conference. There, he implemented several innovative projects and was instrumental in the formation of the Las Vegas Bowl. Prior to taking the reins of the MAC, Benson served on the NCAA staff for more than four years where he was the director of NCAA championships when selected as MAC commissioner. Benson joined the NCAA staff in January, 1986, as a compliance representative and was appointed assistant director of championships in June, 1987. He was promoted to director of championships in 1988. In that position, Benson actively supervised eight assistant directors in their administration of 68 NCAA championships. A native of the state of Washington, Benson graduated from high school in Pullman in 1970, attended Spokane Falls Community College and then received a bachelor of science degree in physical education from Boise State University in 1975. He has also completed course work toward his master’s degree in athletics administration at the University of Utah. Benson played baseball at both Spokane Falls Community College and Boise State University before serving as the baseball coach at Fort Steilacoom Community College in Tacoma, Wash., for eight years and as the director of athletics at Fort Steilacoom from 1979-84. From 1984-86, he was an assistant baseball coach and an administrative assistant in the athletics department at Utah. He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Boise State in April of 2006. Benson was born on December 1, 1951 and has one daughter, Jessie, 18.

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All-Time Conference Standings American South (1987-1991) 1987-88 Conference Team W L Pct. Tech 9 0 1.00 UNO 8 1 .889 ULL 5 4 .555 Lamar 4 5 .444 ASU 3 6 .333 UTPA 0 9 .000

Overall W L Pct. 32 2 .941 25 7 .781 18 11 .621 14 14 .500 17 14 .548 0 27 .000

1988 Tournament (at Ruston, La) First Round: UL-Lafayette 95, UTPA 47; Lamar 67, Arkansas State 65; Semifinals: New Orleans 77, UL-Lafayette 67; Tech 93, Lamar 67; Championship: Tech 86, New Orleans 64 1987-88 All-Conference Teresa WeatherspoonPOY Tech Nora Lewis Tech Carvie Upshaw UNO Cassie Brooks Lamar Kim Perrot ULL

Sun Belt (1991-2001) 1991-92 Team Lamar WKU Tech ASU UNO USA UCF UTPA USL

Conference W L Pct. 13 3 .813 13 3 .813 12 4 .750 12 4 .750 12 4 .750 5 11 .313 5 11 .313 2 14 .125 0 16 .000

Overall W L Pct. 21 4 .750 24 7 .788 20 10 .667 25 7 .781 25 7 .781 8 20 .286 10 18 .357 10 18 .357 0 27 .000

1992 Tournament (at Bowling Green, Ky.) First Round: Lamar 104, UTPA 64; Arkansas St. 74, New Orleans 55; Tech 73, South Alabama 41; Western Kentucky 89, Central Fla. 45; Semifinals: Arkansas State 76, Lamar 63; Western Kentucky 72, Tech 66 (OT); Championship: Western Kentucky 65, Arkansas St. 62 1992 All-Tournament Player Nicole Wilkett Sonja Tate Shantel Hardison Kim PehlkeMVP R. Westmoreland

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Cl. Pos. Sr. F Jr. G Sr. G Sr. G Jr. G

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1991-92 All-Conference Shantel HardisonPOY Sr. G Tech Nicole Wilkett Sr. F ASU Kim Pehlke Sr. G ASU Sonja Tate Jr. G ASU Barbara Hickey Sr. G Lamar Brenda Hatchett Sr. G Lamar Uirannah Jackson Sr. C Lamar Ernie Middleton Sr. G UNO Chanta Powell Sr. F USA Paulette Monroe Jr. C WKU

1988-89 Team Tech UNO Lamar ASU ULL UTPA

Conference W L Pct. 10 0 1.00 7 3 .700 6 4 .600 5 5 .500 2 8 .200 0 10 .000

Overall W L Pct. 32 4 .889 15 13 .536 18 12 .643 15 12 .556 10 17 .370 0 27 .000

1989-90 Team Tech Lamar UNO ASU ULL UTPA

Conference W L Pct. 10 0 1.00 7 3 .700 5 5 .500 4 6 .400 4 6 .400 0 10 .000

Overall W L Pct. 32 1 .970 19 10 .655 10 18 .357 12 14 .462 11 17 .393 3 24 .111

1989 Tournament (at Ruston, La) Semifinals: Louisiana Tech 108, Arkansas State 29; Lamar 59, New Orleans 58; Championship: Louisiana Tech 109, Lamar 56

1990 Tournament (at Ruston, La) Semifinals: Lamar 80, New Orleans 75; Louisiana Tech 124, UL-Lafayette 51; Championship: Louisiana Tech 79, Lamar 58

1988-89 All-Conference Tech Nora Lewis POY Venus Lacy Tech Cassie Brooks Lamar Carvie Upshaw UNO Aronji Johnson UNO

1989-90 All-Conference Tech Venus LacyPOY Sheila Ethridge Tech Uirannah Jackson Lamar Missy Lynn UNO Kim Perrot ULL

1992-93 Conference Team W L Pct. Tech 13 1 .929 WKU 13 1 .929 ASU 10 4 .714 UNO 7 7 .500 Lamar 4 10 .286 USA 4 10 .286 UTPA 3 11 .214 USL 2 12 .143

1993-94 Conference Team W L Pct. Tech 14 0 1.000 WKU 11 3 .786 ASU 10 4 .714 UNO 8 6 .571 Lamar 5 9 .357 USL 4 10 .286 USA 3 11 .214 UTPA 1 13 .071

Overall W L Pct. 26 6 .813 24 7 .774 24 7 .774 18 10 .643 10 16 .385 9 18 .333 6 21 .222 4 22 .154

Overall W L Pct. 31 4 .886 24 10 .706 22 9 .710 16 12 .571 8 19 .296 6 21 .222 5 22 .185 4 23 .148

1990-91 Team Lamar Tech ASU UNO UCF UTPA ULL

Conference W L Pct. 12 0 1.00 9 3 .750 7 5 .583 6 6 .500 4 8 .333 2 10 .167 2 10 .167

Overall W L Pct. 29 4 .879 18 12 .600 19 9 .678 14 14 .500 10 15 .400 7 20 .259 3 24 .111

1991 Tournament (at Ruston, La) Semifinals: Louisiana Tech 83, Arkansas State 79; Lamar 87, New Orleans 74; Championship: Louisiana Tech 77, Lamar 76 1990-91 All-Conference Brenda HatchettPOY Lamar Barbara Hickey Lamar Tari Phillips UCF Sonja Tate ASU Sheila Ethridge Tech

1994-95 Conference Team W L Pct. Tech 13 1 .929 WKU 12 2 .857 Lamar 10 4 .714 ASU 9 5 .643 UNO 6 8 .429 USA 2 12 .143 USL 2 12 .143 UTPA 2 12 .143

Overall W L Pct. 28 5 .848 28 4 .875 16 12 .571 20 10 .667 11 16 .407 6 21 .222 4 23 .148 3 24 .111

1993 Tournament (at Ruston, La.) First Round: New Orleans 66, So. Alabama 58; Western Kentucky 96, USL 37; Arkansas State 70, UTPA 53; Semifinals: Tech 67, New Orleans 60; Western Kentucky 61, Arkansas St. 70; Championship: Western Kentucky 81, Tech 73

1994 Tournament (at Bowling Green) First Round: New Orleans 72, Lamar 66; Tech 80, UTPA 34; Arkansas State 78, USL 35; Western Kentucky 84, So. Alabama 46; Semifinals: Tech 50, New Orleans 42; Western Kentucky 61, Arkansas State 52; Championship: Tech 68, Western Kentucky 43

1995 Tournament (at Ruston, La.) First Round: Lamar 85, South Alabama 76; Western Kentucky 88, USL 41; Arkansas State 88, New Orleans 82; Tech 95, UTPA 34; Semifinals: Western Kentucky 76, Lamar 70; Tech 72, Arkansas State 51; Championship: Western Kentucky 71, Tech 68

1993 All-Tournament Player Cl. Pos. Paulette MonroeMVP Sr. C Kristie Jordan Sr. G R. Westmoreland Sr. G Debra Williams Fr. G Vickie Johnson Fr. F

1994 All-Tournament Player Cl. Pos. Debra WilliamsMVP So. G Pam Thomas Sr. G Tara Cosby Jr. F Denise Hill Sr. F Dawn Warner So. G

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1995 All-Tournament Player Cl. Pos. Racquel SpurlockMVP Jr. C Debra Williams Jr. G Tara Cosby Sr. C Veronica Cook Sr. G Kendra Neal Jr. G Vickie Johnson Jr. G

1993-94 All-Conference Shyla Tucker Sr. G C. Lumpkins Sr. F Vickie Johnson So. F Dawn Beachler Sr. F Sr. G Pam ThomasPOY Travesa Gant Jr. F/C Racquel Spurlock So. C Gwen Doyle Jr. F Dina Jones Jr. F Debra Williams So. G Veronica Cook Jr. F Evevetta Crawford Jr. F/C

ASU UNO Tech UTPA Tech Lamar Tech WKU USA Tech WKU ASU

Team WKU WKU WKU Tech Tech

1992-93 All-Conference Sr. G/F ASU Sonja TatePOY Shyla Tucker Jr. G ASU R. Westmoreland Sr. G WKU Travesa Gant Jr. F/C Lamar Paulette Monroe Sr. C WKU C. Lumpkins Jr. F UNO Vickie Johnson Fr. F Tech Kenya Robinson Sr. F UNO D. Whitehurst Sr. F Tech Ramona Jones Sr. G Lamar

Team Tech Tech WKU WKU Tech Tech

1994-95 All-Conference Lisa McMahon Fr. G LU Vickie JohnsonPOY Jr. G Tech Debra Williams Jr. G Tech Kayone Hankins Sr. F UNO Gwen Doyle Sr. F WKU Evevetta Crawford Sr. F ASU Emma Clements Fr. F/C Lamar Dina Jones Sr. F USA Veronica Cook Sr. F WKU Tara Cosby Sr. C WKU


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1995-96 Conference Team W L Pct. Tech 14 0 1.000 WKU 11 3 .786 ASU 9 5 .643 Lamar 8 6 .571 USA 6 8 .429 UNO 5 9 .357 UTPA 3 11 .214 USL 0 14 .000

Overall W L Pct. 31 2 .939 19 13 .594 17 10 .630 14 15 .483 12 15 .483 9 19 .321 10 17 .370 2 25 .074

1996-97 Conference Team W L Pct. Tech 12 2 .857 WKU 12 2 .857 ASU 10 4 .714 UNO 10 4 .714 USA 5 9 .357 UTPA 3 11 .214 Lamar 2 12 .143 USL 2 12 .143

Overall W L Pct. 31 4 .886 22 9 .710 20 8 .714 17 12 .586 11 16 .407 5 22 .185 5 22 .185 3 24 .111

1996 Tournament (at Jonesboro, Ark.) First Round: Lamar 70, South Alabama 65; Tech 89, USL 37; Western Kentucky 95, UTPA 50; New Orleans 72, Arkansas State 54; Semifinals: Tech 86, Lamar 46; Western Kentucky 89, New Orleans 63; Championship: Tech 71, Western Kentucky 53

1997 Tournament (at Bowling Green, Ky.) First Round: New Orleans 85, UTPA 60; Tech 100, Lamar 42; Western Kentucky 103, USL 36; Arkansas State 70, South Alabama 51; Semifinals: Tech 87, New Orleans 59; Western Kentucky 76, Arkansas St. 61; Championship: Tech 80, Western Kentucky 68

1996 All-Tournament Player Cl. Pos. Team Racquel SprulockMVP Sr. C Tech Kendra Neal Sr. G Tech Debra Williams Sr. G Tech Lara Webb So. G Lamar Tarshia Bronner Jr. F WKU

1997 All-Tournament Player Cl. Pos. Tamicha JacksonMVP Fr. G Alisa Burras Jr. C Monica Maxwell So. F Danielle McCuly Jr. F Leslie Johnson Jr. C

1995-96 All-Conference Vickie JohnsonPOY Sr. Lara Webb So. D. Featherston Sr. Dawn Warner Sr. Phyllis Kelly Sr. Tamara Carter So. LaTanya Jones Jr. Kendra Neal Sr. Racquel Spurlock Sr. Debra Williams Sr.

1996-97 All-Conference Alisa BurrasPOY Jr. C Tech Tamara Carter Jr. F USA Julie Hagood Fr. G ASU Tamicha Jackson Fr. G Tech Leslie Johnson Jr. F WKU Monica Maxwell So. F Tech Danielle McCully Jr. C WKU Amy Towne Jr. G ASU Laurie Townsend Jr. G WKU Amanda Wilson* So. F Tech

1999-00 Conference Team W L Pct. Tech 16 0 1.000 WKU 13 3 .813 FIU 10 6 .625 Denver 10 6 .625 ASU 8 8 .500 UNO 7 9 .438 ULL 5 11 .313 USA 2 14 .167 UALR 1 15 .063

W 31 22 16 16 18 11 12 8 5

G Tech G Lamar G ASU G WKU F USA F USA F ASU G Tech C Tech G Tech

Overall L Pct. 3 .912 10 .688 13 .552 11 .593 11 .621 17 .393 16 .428 21 .276 23 .179

2000 Tournament (Bowling Green, Ky.) Play In Game: South Alabama 73, Arkansas-Little Rock 58; First Round: Florida International 64, New Orleans 60; Louisiana Tech 95, South Alabama 51; Western Kentucky 88, UL-Lafayette 80; Arkansas State 76, Denver 69; Semifinals: Louisiana Tech 91, Arkansas State 81; Western Kentucky 77, Florida International 67; Championship: Louisiana Tech 97, Western Kentucky 94

Team Tech Tech Tech WKU WKU

2000 All-Tournament Player Cl. Pos. Betty LennoxMVP Sr. G Tamicha Jackson Sr. G Julie Haygood Sr. G ShaRae Mansfield Jr. C Jaime Walz Sr. G Natalie Powers So. G

Team Tech Tech ASU WKU WKU WKU

1999-00 All-Conference Sr. Betty LennoxPOY Tamicha Jackson Sr. ShaRae Mansfield Jr. Jaime Walz Sr. Tanisha Johnson Sr. Jamie Britt Sr. Julie Haygood Sr. G. Slavtcheva Jr. Jen Ludwicki Jr. M. Pavlickova Jr.

Tech Tech WKU WKU ASU WKU ASU FIU UNO Denver

G G C G F G G F F C

1997-98 Conference Team W L Pct. Tech 13 1 .929 WKU 12 2 .857 ASU 11 3 .786 UNO 7 7 .500 USL 7 7 .500 USA 4 10 .286 Lamar 2 12 .143 UTPA 0 14 .000

Overall W L Pct. 31 4 .886 26 9 .743 20 10 .667 12 16 .429 9 18 .333 7 20 .259 5 22 .185 1 26 .037

1998 Tournament (at Ruston, La.) First Round: Arkansas State 78, South Alabama 59; Western Kentucky 113, Lamar 47; Tech 91, UTPA 56; New Orleans 66, USL 63; Semifinals: Western Kentucky 103, Arkansas State 88; Tech 91, New Orleans 54; Championship: Tech 69, Western Kentucky 68 1998 All-Tournament Player Cl. Pos. Amanda WilsonMVP Jr. F Tamicha Jackson So. G Leslie Johnson Sr. C Danielle McCulley Sr. F Julie Hagood So. G 1997-98 All-Conference Jenny Anderson Jr. Alisa Burras Sr. Julie Hagood So. Tamicha Jackson So. Leslie Johnson Sr. Danielle McCulley Sr. Monica Maxwell Jr. LaQuan Stallworth Jr. Amy Towne Sr. Amanda WilsonPOY Jr.

G C G G C F F G G F

Team Tech Tech WKU WKU ASU UNO Tech ASU Tech WKU WKU Tech Tech ASU Tech

2000-01 East Division Conference Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Tech 16 0 1.000 31 5 .861 FIU 11 5 .688 20 10 .667 MT 9 7 .563 17 13 .567 ASU 8 8 .500 14 14 .500 WKU 8 8 .500 19 14 .576 UALR 0 16 .000 6 22 .214 West Division Conference Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Denver 14 2 .875 24 7 .774 UNT 10 6 .625 19 11 .633 UNO 7 9 .438 15 14 .517 NMSU 6 10 .375 10 18 .357 USA 5 11 .313 13 16 .448 ULL 2 14 .125 8 20 .286 2001 Tournament (Mobile, Ala.) Play In Game: So. Ala. 59, Ark. St. 54; WKU 96, N.M. St. 57; MTSU 78, UL Lafayette 59, UNO 72, UALR 62; First Round: Denver 51, So. Ala. 41; Tech 86, WKU 63; North Texas 72, MTSU 54; FIU 98, UNO 76; Semi-Finals: Denver 78, FIU 67; Tech 74, North Texas 57; Championship: Tech 67, Denver 55

1998-99 Conference Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Tech 12 0 1.000 30 3 .909 FIU 9 3 .750 23 7 .767 WKU 8 4 .667 21 7 .750 ASU 7 5 .583 18 14 .563 UNO 4 8 .333 11 16 .407 USA 2 10 .167 7 19 .269 ULL 0 12 .000 1 26 .037 1999 Tournament (Jonesboro, Ark.) First Round: Western Kentucky 91, South Alabama 70; Florida International 73, UL-Lafayette, 42; Arkansas State 87, New Orleans 85 (OT); Semifinals: Florida International 76, Western Kentucky 65; Louisiana Tech 114, Arkansas State 67; Championship: Louisiana Tech 84, FIU 60 1999 All-Tournament Player Cl. Pos. Dalma Ivanyi Sr. G Betty Lennox Jr. G Shea Lunsford Sr. F Zuzana Michalcova Sr. F MVP Amanda Wilson Sr. F

Team FIU Tech WKU FIU Tech

1998-99 All-Conference Jenny Anderson Sr. G/F Julie Haygood Jr. G Dalma Ivanyi Sr. G Tamicha Jackson Jr. G Tanisha Johnson Jr. F Shea Lunsford, Sr. F ShaRae Mansfield So. F/C Zuzana Michalcova Sr. F/C POY Amanda Wilson Sr. F Katashia Witcher Sr. G

UNO ASU FIU Tech ASU WKU WKU FIU Tech WKU

2001 All-Tournament Player Cl. Pos. Team G. Slavtcheva Jr. F FIU Jalie Mitchell Sr. G UNT Nikki Weddle Jr. G Denver M. Pavlickova Sr. C Denver Brooke Lassiter Jr. G Tech Ayana WalkerMVP Jr. G Tech 2000-01 All-Conference Keeshia Evans Sr. G ASU Brooke Lassiter Jr. G Tech Takeisha Lewis Jr. C Tech S. Mansfield Sr. F WKU Jalie Mitchell Jr. G UNT Sr. F Denver M. PavlickovaPOY Natalie Powers Jr. G WKU G. Slavtcheva Jr. F FIU Jamie Thomatis Jr. F MT Ayana Walker Jr. F Tech

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2001-02 Conference Team W L Pct. Tech 17 1 .944 Rice 14 4 .778 Hawaii 14 4 .778 SJSU 12 6 .667 Tulsa 11 7 .611 Nevada 6 12 .333 SMU 6 12 .333 BSU 5 13 .278 FSU 4 14 .222 UTEP 1 17 .056

Overall W L Pct. 25 5 .833 21 8 .724 23 7 .767 17 11 .607 17 13 .567 9 19 .321 12 18 .400 10 20 .333 9 20 .303 3 25 .107

2002 Tournament (Tulsa, Okla.) First Round: SMU 73, UTEP 66; Boise State 66, Fresno State 54 (OT); Quarterfinals: Hawaii 45, Nevada 41; Rice 80, SMU 53; Louisiana Tech 70, Boise State 53; Tulsa 66, San Jose State 63; Semifinals: Hawaii 59, Rice 36; Louisiana Tech 57, Tulsa 42; Finals: Louisiana Tech 53, Hawaii 50 2001-02 All-Conference First Team C Cheryl FordPOY Ayana Walker F Kate Smith C Cricket Williams G Leela Farr F Second Team Lindsay Logan Janka Gabrielova Amber Obaze Kimya Murray Carla Morrow

Tech Tech Nevada SJSU Tulsa

G G G G G/F

FSU Hawaii Tech UTEP Tulsa

All-Defensive Team Amber Obaze Essence Perry Ayana Walker Laura Ingham Cricket Williams

G G F G G

Tech Tech Tech Nevada SJSU

All-Newcomer Team Aritta Lane Erica Smith Elisa Inman Kimya Murray Alyssa Shriver

F G F G C

FSU Tech Rice UTEP Tulsa

2002 All-Tournament Team Tech Ayana WalkerMVP Cheryl Ford Tech Kim Willoughby Hawaii Janka Gabrielova Hawaii Christen Roper Hawai

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2002-03 Conference Team W L Pct. Tech 18 0 1.00 Rice 12 6 .667 FSU 11 7 .222 Hawaii 9 9 .500 Tulsa 9 9 .611 SJSU 9 9 .500 SMU 8 10 .444 BSU 6 12 .333 UTEP 5 13 .278 Nevada 3 15 .167

Overall W L Pct. 31 3 .912 15 13 .523 21 13 .618 16 14 .533 14 16 .466 13 15 .464 16 15 .516 10 20 .333 10 19 .345 10 19 .345

2003-04 Conference Team W L Pct. Tech 17 1 .944 Rice 16 2 .889 Tulsa 11 7 .611 UTEP 10 8 .556 SMU 9 9 .500 SJSU 7 11 .389 FSU 7 11 .389 Hawaii 6 12 .333 BSU 5 13 .278 Nevada 2 16 .111

Overall W L Pct. 29 3 .906 22 10 .686 19 12 .613 16 13 .552 13 15 .464 16 13 .552 12 16 .429 8 20 .286 9 20 .310 3 26 .103

2003 Tournament (Tulsa, Okla.) First Round: SMU 60, Nevada 49; Boise State 75, UTEP 58; Quarterfinals: SMU 58, Rice 55; Fresno State 63, San Jose 57; Louisiana Tech 80, Boise State 55; Hawaii 62, Boise State 58; Semifinals: Fresno State 81, SMU 67; Louisiana Tech 85, Hawaii 58; Finals: Louisiana Tech 89, Fresno State 57

2004 Tournament (Fresno, Calif.) First Round: Boise State 59, Hawaii 56; San Jose State 68; Nevada 60; Quarterfinals: Tech 100, Boise State 56; UTEP 80, SMU 73 (OT); Rice 67, San Jose State 54; Tulsa79, Fresno State 55; Semifinals Tech 74, UTEP 47; Rice 55 Tulsa 42; Championship: Tech 76, Rice 52

2002-03 All-Conference First Team C Cheryl FordPOY Trina Frierson F Allison Curtin G Johnetta Hayes C Cricket Williams G

2003-04 All-Conference First Team Jade Abele F F Amisha CarterPOY Trina Frierson F Lauren Neaves F Jillian Robbins F

Second Team Laura Ingham Omelogo Udeze Dragana Zoric Amber Obaze Erica Smith All-Defensive Team Amber Obaze Erica Smith Laura Ingham Kim Lawson Tiffany Simon All-Newcomer Team Allison Curtin Sarah Davis Kia Dowell Jamie Hawkins V. Zagurskyte

G F F G G G G G G F G G G F G

Tech Tech Tulsa Rice SJSU

Hawaii Tech Tech Rice Tech

Nevada FSU UTEP Tech Tech

Second Team Lindsey Maynard Amber Obaze E. Smith-Taylor Cricket Williams Vaida Zagurskyte

Tech Tech Nevada Rice Fresno

2003-04 All-Defensive Team Amisha Carter F Amber Obaze G Lauren Neaves F Jillian Robbins F E. Smith-Taylor G

Tulsa SMU UTEP Boise UTEP

2003 All-Tournament Team Tech Cheryl FordMVP Ayana Walker Tech Trina Frierson Tech Lindsay Logan FSU Omelogo Udeze FSU

F G G G G

Rice Tech Tech SJSU UTEP Tech Tech Rice Tulsa Tech

2003-04 All-Freshman Team Michelle Hessing C BSU Lauren Neaves F Rice Charnette Phelps F UTEP Jillian Robbins F Tulsa Janevia Taylor G Hawaii 2004 All-Tournament Team Amisha CarterMVP Trina Frierson Erica Smith-Taylor Lauren Neaves Jillian Robbins

Tech Tech Tech Rice Tulsa

2004-05 Conference Team W L Pct. Tech 14 4 .778 Rice 14 4 .778 Tulsa 11 7 .611 FSU 10 8 .556 SMU 10 8 .556 SJSU 10 8 .556 Hawaii 7 11 .389 UTEP 7 11 .389 BSU 4 14 .222 Nevada 3 15 .200

Overall W L Pct. 20 10 .667 24 9 .727 19 11 .633 20 11 .645 19 11 .633 18 12 .600 11 15 .423 12 17 .414 10 19 .345 8 22 .267

2005 Tournament (Reno, Nevada) First Round: Boise State 55, UTEP 50; Nevada 65, Hawaii 61; Quarterfinals: Tech 81, Boise State 68; Fresno State 71, SMU 53; San Jose State 63, Tulsa 60; Rice 64, Nevada 54; Semifinals Tech 92, Fresno State 87 2OT; Rice 76, San Jose State 68; Championship: Rice 86, Tech 66 Player of the Year: Tasha Williams, Tech Coach of the Year: Cristy McKinney, Rice Newcomer of the Year: Janielle Dodds, SMU 2004-05 All-Conference First Team Lam. Augustine F Tasha WilliamsPOY G Janielle Dodds F Amy Parrish F Jillian Robbins F

SJSU Tech SMU Fresno Tulsa

Second Team Lakiste Barkus Amber Jackson Lauren Neaves Amy Sanders Michelle Woods

G F C G F

Tech SJSU Rice Hawaii Rice

All-Defensive Team Tasha Williams Lakiste Barkus Krystal Frazier Lauren Neaves Jillian Robbins

G G G C F

Tech Tech Rice Rice Tulsa

All-Freshman Team Janielle Dodds Tasha Harris Amber Jackson Meghan McGuire Shalana Taylor

C G F F G

SMU Boise SJSU Nevada UTEP

2005 All-Tournament Team Mirenda Swearingen Tasha Williams Erica Taylor Krystal Frazier Lauren NeavesMVP

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www.latechsports.com 2005-06 Conference Team W L Pct. Tech 15 1 .938 FSU 14 2 .875 Hawaii 9 7 .563 SJSU 8 8 .50 Nevada 8 8 .50 BSU 6 10 .375 Idaho 5 11 .313 NMSU 5 11 .313 USU 2 14 .125

Overall W L Pct. 26 5 .839 24 8 .750 18 10 .643 13 15 .464 13 17 .433 15 15 .500 10 19 .345 10 20 .333 3 24 .111

2006 Tournament (Reno, Nevada) First Round: Idaho 70, USU 59; Quarterfinals: BSU 72, Hawaii 63; NMSU 74, FSU 66; Nevada 76, SJSU 61; Tech 80, Idaho 57; Semifinals: NMSU 60, BSU 59; Tech 69, Nevada 60; Championship: Tech 63, NMSU 39 Player of the Year: Mirenda Swearengin, FSU Coach of the Year: Chris Long, Tech Newcomer of the Year: Brandi Fitzgerald, Nevada 2005-06 All-Conference First Team Lamisha Augustine F Amber Jackson F Amy Parrish F Mirenda SwearenginPOY G Tasha Williams G

SJSU SJSU FSU FSU Tech

Second Team Emily Faurholt Leilani Mitchell Shan Moore Ty Moore Aarica Ray-Boyd

Idaho Idaho Tech Tech Tech

All-Defensive Team Lamisha Augustine Brittany Grice Leilani Mitchell Jasmine Plummer Tasha Williams All-Freshman Team Dellena Criner Brandi Fitzgerald Eboni Mangum Danyelle Sneigro Jessica Thompson

P G G F G F C G G G

SJSU Hawaii Idaho FSU Tech

G Nevada G Nevada G Tech G USU G BSU

All-Tournament Team Leilani Mitchell Idaho Deliena Criner Nevada Shan Moore Tech Jenean Ford NMSU Tech Tasha WilliamsMVP

2006-07 Conference Team W L Pct. Tech 12 4 .750 BSU 12 4 .750 Nevada 10 6 .625 FSU 9 7 .563 Hawaii 9 7 .563 USU 7 9 .438 NMSU 6 10 .375 SJSU 4 12 .250 Idaho 3 13 .188

Overall W L Pct. 17 13 .576 24 9 .727 17 14 .548 18 13 .581 15 14 .517 11 18 .379 13 18 .419 5 27 .156 6 22 .214

2007 Tournament (Las Cruces, N.M.) First Round: San Jose State 72, Idaho 66; Quarterfinals: Fresno State 72, Hawaii 47; Boise State 81, San Jose State 64; NMSU 63, Louisiana Tech 57; Nevada 61, Utah State 60; Semifinals: Boise State 68, Fresno State 59; NMSU 73, Nevada 62; Championship: Boise State 49, NMSU 46 Player of the Year: Shan Moore, Tech Coach of the Year: Gordy Presnell, Boise State Newcomer of the Year: Katie Madison, Idaho 2006-07 All-Conference First Team Dellena Criner G Nevada G Tech Shan MoorePOY Ty Moore F Tech Chantella Perera G FSU Tanya Smith F Hawaii Jessica Thompson G BSU Second Team Traci Graham Michelle Hessing Katie Madison Sherell Neal Tierre Wilson

G F F F G

Nevada BSU Idaho NMSU FSU

All-Defensive Team Amber Metoyer Dellena Criner Brittany Grice Ty Moore Sherell Neal

G G C F F

Tech Nevada Hawaii Tech NMSU

All-Freshman Team Shanavia Dowdell Marianne Lombardi Katie Madison Charlotte Otero Brittany Powell

F F F G F

Tech Nevada Idaho Idaho SJSU

All-Tournament Team BSU Jessica ThompsonMVP Dellena Criner Nevada Sherell Neal NMSU Tasha Harris BSU Cecilia Russell-Nava NMSU

2007-08 Conference Team W L Pct. BSU 14 2 .875 FSU 14 2 .875 NMSU 11 5 .688 Nevada 9 7 .563 Tech 9 7 .563 Hawaii 6 10 .375 USU 5 11 .313 Idaho 3 13 .188 SJSU 1 15 .063

Overall W L Pct. 24 8 .750 22 11 .667 23 9 .719 18 12 .600 16 15 .516 12 18 .400 9 20 .310 4 25 .138 3 28 .097

2008 Tournament (Las Cruces, N.M.) First Round: San Jose State 70, Idaho 63; Quarterfinals: Louisiana Tech 82, Nevada 56; Fresno State 87, San Jose State 67; New Mexico State 55, Hawaii 40; Boise State 61, Utah State 47; Semifinals: Fresno State 85, Louisiana Tech 58; New Mexico State 72, Boise State 66; Championship: Fresno State 72, New Mexico State 56 Player of the Year: Tierre Wilson, Fresno State Defensive Player of the Year: Dellena Criner, Nevada Coach of the Year: Adrian Wiggins, Fresno State Newcomer of the Year: Jaleesa Ross, Fresno State 2007-08 All-Conferencce First Team Dellena Criner G Nevada Tasha Harris G Boise State Sherell Neal F NMSU JoKeirra Sneed F Tech FSU Tierre WilsonPOY G Second Team Anikia Jawara Katie Madison Jaleesa Ross Tanya Smith Jessica Thompson

F F G C G

NMSU Idaho FSU Hawaii BSU

All-Defensive Team Dellena Criner G Nevada Cherlanda Franklin F Nevada Tasha Harris G Boise State Sherell Neal F NMSU Tanya Smith F Hawaii All-Freshman Team Hayley Munro G/F Yinka Olorunnife F Jaleesa Ross G Madison Spence G Tarkeisha Wysinger G All-Tournament Team Tasha Harris Anikia Jawara Emma Andrews Tierre Wilson Jaleesa RossMVP

FSU Idaho FSU NMSU Tech BSU NMSU FSU FSU FSU

2008-09 Conference Team W L Pct. Tech 12 4 .750 FSU 12 4 .750 Nevada 10 6 .625 Idaho 10 6 .625 BSU 9 7 .563 USU 9 7 .563 NMSU 5 11 .313 Hawaii 4 12 .250 SJSU 1 15 .063

Overall W L Pct. 21 13 .618 24 9 .727 18 14 .563 13 15 .464 16 15 .516 16 15 .516 9 22 .290 8 23 .258 2 28 .067

2009 Tournament (Reno, Nevada): First Round: Hawaii 70, SJSU 57; Quarterfinals: Utah State 59, Idaho 58 (OT), Fresno State 65, Hawaii 50; Nevada 73, Boise State 65; LA Tech 81, New Mexico State 68; Semifinals: Fresno State 57, Utah State 54; Nevada 91, LA Tech 88 (OT); Championship: Fresno State 56, Nevada 49 Player of the Year: Shanavia Dowdell, LA Tech Defensive Player of the Year: Dellena Criner, Nevada Newcomer of the Year: Derisa Telani, Idaho Coach of the Year: Jon Newlee, Idaho 2008-09 All-Conference (First Team) Dellena Criner PG Nevada Shanavia Dowdell F Tech Adrienne Johnson F Tech Jaleesa Ross G FSU Danyelle Snelgro G Utah State Second Team Hayley Munro G/F Yinka Olorunnife PG Ana Pares G Madison Spence G Derisa Taleni G

FSU Idaho Utah State NMSU Idaho

All-Defensive Team Dellena Criner PG Jenna Galassi F Adrienne Johnson F Yinka Olorunnife PG Danyelle Snelgro G

Nevada Boise State Tech Idaho Utah State

All-Freshman Team Shaena-Lyn Kuehu G Heather Pilcher G Kaitlyn Soto G Courtney Van Brocklin G Tabytha Wampler F

Idaho BSU NMSU BSU NMSU

All-Tournament Team Dellena Criner PG Shanavia Dowdell F Joh-Teena Filipe F Shavon Moore F Jaleesa RossMVP G

Nevada Tech FSU Nevada FSU

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS 2009-10 Conference Team W L Pct. FSU 16 0 1.00 Tech 11 5 .688 Nevada 10 6 .625 BSU 8 8 .500 NMSU 8 8 .500 Idaho 8 8 .500 USU 5 11 .312 Hawaii 4 12 .250 SJSU 2 14 .125

Overall W L Pct. 27 6 .818 23 9 .719 17 16 .515 19 12 .613 18 14 .562 11 20 .355 13 17 .433 10 20 .333 6 23 .207

2010 Tournament (Reno, Nevada): Quarterfinals: Fresno State 83, Hawaii 55; Idaho 75, NMSU 63; Nevada 64, Boise State 59; LA Tech 82, Utah State 65; Semifinals: Fresno State 80, Idaho 66; LA Tech 80, Nevada 77; Championship: LA Tech 68, Fresno State 66 Player of the Year: Shanavia Dowdell, LA Tech Defensive Player of the Year: Jaleesa Ross, Fresno State Newcomer of the Year: Tahnee Robinson, Nevada Coach of the Year: Adrian Wiggins, Fresno State 2009-10 All-Conference (First Team) Shanavia Dowdell F Tech Adrienne Johnson F Tech Tasha Harris G Boise State Tahnee Robinson G Nevada Jaleesa Ross G FSU Second Team Crystal Boyd G NMSU Rachele Kloke G Idaho Shavon Moore F Nevada Hayley Munro G/F FSU Amber White G Utah State All-Defensive Team Alice Coddington G Utah State Shanavia Dowdell F Tech Adrienne Johnson F Tech Shavon Moore F Nevada Jaleesa Ross G FSU All-Freshman Team Bann Diop F Lauren Lenhardt F Julia Marshall G Rosie Moult G Camila Rosen G

USU Boise St. Boise St. FSU NMSU

All-Tournament Team Shanavia DowdellMVP F

Adrienne Johnson Haley Munro Yinka Olorunnife Jaleesa Ross

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Year-by-Year Conference Champions Year Conference Regular Season Champion Tournament Champion 1987-88 American South Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech 1988-89 American South Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech 1989-90 American South Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech 1990-91 American South Lamar Louisiana Tech 1991-92 Sun Belt Lamar Western Kentucky 1992-93 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech Western Kentucky Western Kentucky 1993-94 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech 1994-95 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech Western Kentucky 1995-96 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech 1996-97 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Western Kentucky 1997-98 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech 1998-99 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech 1999-00 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech 2000-01 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech (East) Louisiana Tech Denver (West) 2001-02 Western Athletic Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech 2002-03 Western Athletic Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech 2003-04 Western Athletic Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech 2004-05 Western Athletic Louisiana Tech Rice Rice 2005-06 Western Athletic Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech 2006-07 Western Athletic Louisiana Tech Boise State Boise State 2007-08 Western Athletic Fresno State Fresno State Boise State 2008-09 Western Athletic Louisiana Tech Fresno State Fresno State 2009-10 Western Athletic Fresno State Louisiana Tech


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Techster History

When Louisiana Tech President F. Jay Taylor appointed physical education instructor Sonja Hogg as the first head coach in the history of the Lady Techsters women’s basketball program in 1973, very few people ever dreamed it was the birth of one of the premier programs in the country - but history proves this to be a fact. “There was no way to expect the outpouring of devotion when it all started back in 1974,” Hogg said. “Of course, we couldn’t really envision the scope and magnitude of what might be accomplished by this program, either.” Hogg and Taylor were staples in the program’s early success, and the addition of a young Leon Barmore as an assistant in 1977 and eventually the head coach in 1982 only strengthened an already dominating Lady Techsters program. After 20 years as head coach of Tech, Barmore retired Aug. 22, 2002, as the winningest coach percentage wise in the history of collegiate basketball -- men’s or women’s -- with an incredible mark of 576-87 (.869). One day after Barmore’s announcement, Louisiana Tech Athletic Director Jim Oakes named Kurt Budke as the third head coach in the illustrious history of Lady Techster basketball. Budke responded by leading the Lady Techsters to a 31-3 record and the Sweet 16 of the 2003 NCAA Tournament in his first year. Following the season, Budke departed Tech and President Dan Reneau and Athletic Director Jim Oakes along with the Tech Athletic Council decided to promote six-year assistant coach Chris Long as the fourth head coach in the program’s history. Long’s first season was a success as he was named the WAC Coach of the Year after leading Tech to a 26-5 mark and the program’s 25th straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Former Kodak All-American, Wade Trophy winner and WNBA AllStar Teresa Weatherspoon was promoted from associate head coach to the fifth head coach in the program’s history in April of 2009 after she guided the Lady Techsters to a 9-2 mark over the final 11 games of the 2008-09 season and a share of the WAC regular season title. This past year she led the Lady Techsters back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006 as Tech captured the WAC Tournament title with a 68-66 win over Fresno State in the championship game. Heading into its 37th season, Louisiana Tech is still considered one of the top five women’s basketball programs in the history of the game, and rightly so. The numbers tell the story. LA Tech has the chance this season to join Tennessee as the only two programs to ever register 1,000 wins as the Lady Techsters currently stand at 976. No one can argue the incredible success this mid-major school has seen on the women’s basketball front over the years. The stories are numerous and the memories are various - however, the results have always been the same ... a winning tradition.

1974-1980

Record: 148-45 (.766) Head Coach: Sonja Hogg (1974-1980). Conference Titles: no conference affiliation. NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1978-79/AIAW; 1979-80/AIAW). Kodak All-American Selections: 1 (Pam Kelly, 1979-80). Wade Trophy Winners: 0. Final Fours: 2 (1978-79/AIAW; 1979-80/AIAW). National Championship Titles: 0

1975

Louisiana Tech embarked on its new adventure Jan. 7, 1975, when the 12-member Lady Techster squad under the direction of Coach Sonja Hogg lost to Southeastern Louisiana 59-55 at Memorial Gym in Ruston. The Lady Techsters would rebound and post the school’s first ever victory Jan. 24, when Tech downed Louisiana State University

97-83 in Memorial Gym. Tech eventually finished the regular season 11-7 before splitting four games at the Louisiana AIAW State Tournament. Tech’s season ended with a two-point defeat to McNeese State at the tournament, but the foundation had been set for years to come. Statistical Leaders: Belinda Jones, 22.5 ppg; LaVerne Henderson, 15.6 rpg (still school record) Honors: Mickie DeMoss — All-Louisiana

1975-76

Tech’s second year of women’s basketball proved to be even better than the first as the Lady Techsters posted a 19-10 record. Tech’s 14-member roster was comprised of all Louisiana athletes with freshman Kay Ford and sophomore Mary Robertson coming from farthest away — Alexandria, La., located less than 100 miles from Ruston. Hogg’s team opened the season with two convincing wins over Ouachita Baptist and Nicholls State before dropping a 74-63 decision to Panola Junior College. On three separate occasions during the season, Tech posted four-game winning streaks. Once again the Lady Techsters earned a bid to the Louisiana AIAW State Tournament where they won two games before being ousted by LSU. Statistical Leaders: Kay Ford, 18.5 ppg; Belinda Jones, 13.4 rpg Honors: Ford, Mandy Warren, DeMoss — All-Louisiana

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS points). After coasting through the state and regional tournaments, the Lady Techsters won their first national post-season contest defeating Kansas 100-61. Two more victories over Northwestern and Tennessee moved Tech into the National Championship game against Old Dominion where the Lady Techsters lost 75-65. Tech ended the season ranked No. 2 in the country. The Lady Techsters also posted milestone victory No. 100 defeating Southern 105-83 in the LAIAW Tournament. Statistical Leaders: Pam Kelly, 19.0 ppg; Elinor Griffin, 11.1 rpg; Mary Nell Kendrick, 7.2 apg Honors: Angela Turner — Louisiana MVP; Kelly, Griffin — AllLouisiana

1979-80

1976-77

The Lady Techsters posted the first of 23 20-plus winning seasons by registering a 22-9 mark and earning the school’s first ever trip to the AIAW Regional Tournament. Once again an all-Louisiana roster rolled along as the Techsters posted a 15-7 regular season mark before entering the state AIAW Tournament for the third consecutive year. However, this time Tech’s balanced attack - featuring four players averaging double figures -was simply too much for opponents as the Lady Techsters captured the state title by winning four consecutive games. In the regional tournament, Tech opened with a convincing victory over Oklahoma State before falling to Baylor in a tight contest. Two more Lady Techster wins, over Texas-Arlington and Northwestern State, advanced them to the title game where they fell 94-85 to Texas. Statistical Leaders: Elinor Griffin, 16.0 ppg; Griffin, 13.3 rpg Honors: Kay Ford, Belinda Jones, Griffin — All-Louisiana

1977-78

Although the Lady Techsters posted another 20-win season and earned its second trip to the AIAW Regional Tournament, the big news was the hiring of a 33-year-old assistant named Leon Barmore. Barmore, who lettered for the Tech men’s program for three years, came to Tech after coaching in the high school ranks for 11 seasons at Bastrop and Ruston High Schools. Barmore’s vast coaching knowledged combined with Hogg’s recruiting prowess formed one of the most talented coaching staffs in the country. On the playing court, Tech posted a 20-8 record on the road to earning the school’s first ever national ranking. After making its third straight appearance in the AIAW Regional Tournament and splitting four games, the Lady Techsters ended the season ranked 20th in the country. Statistical Leaders: Elinor Griffin, 19.4 ppg; Griffin, 12.6 ppg Honors: Griffin, Belinda Jones — All-Louisiana

1978-79 -- The 1978-79 season saw Louisiana Tech turn the cor-

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ner and develop into one of the top teams in the country. The Lady Techsters shattered the school record for victories with a 34-4 record and earned their first trip to the AIAW National Tournament. Led by freshman post player Pam Kelly, Tech recorded a regular season mark of 24-3 (the three losses were by a combined four

Expectations were high entering the season as Tech returned the nucleus of its national title game team and Lady Techster fans would not be disappointed. Once again the Lady Techsters cruised through the regular season before advancing through the state and regional AIAW Tournaments. Tech defeated Kansas and Long Beach State to earn its second Final Four appearance before falling to Old Dominion and South Carolina to finish fourth in the country. The 40-5 mark still stands as the national and school record for the most victories in a season. Once again Pam Kelly dominated inside, scoring 932 points during the season, a mark that still stands in the Tech record books. Kelly earned the program’s first Kodak All-American honor for her efforts. Statistical Leaders: Pam Kelly, 20.7 ppg; Kelly, 10.9 rpg; Jennifer White, 8.1 apg Honors: Kelly — Kodak All-American, All-Louisiana; Angela Turner — All-Louisiana


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Record: 312-25 (.926) Head Coach: Sonja Hogg (1980-1985), Leon Barmore (1982-1990) Conference Titles: 3 American South titles (1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 10 (1980-81/AIAW; 1981-82, 82-83, 83-84, 84-85, 85-86, 86-87, 87-88, 88-89, 89-90). Final Fours: 8 (1980-81/AIAW; 1981-82, 82-83, 83-84, 86-87, 87-88, 88-89, 89-90). National Championship Titles: 3 (1980-81/AIAW; 1981-82, 1987-88). Kodak All-American Selections: 9 Pam Kelly, 80-81, 81-82; Angela Turner, 1981-82; Janice Lawrence, 1983-84; Pam Gant, 1984-85; Teresa Weatherspoon, 1986-87, 1987-88; Nora Lewis, 1988-89; Venus Lacy, 198990 Wade Trophy Winners: 3 Pam Kelly, 1981-82; Janice Lawrence, 1983-84; Teresa Weatherspoon, 1987-88

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This was a special season. After coming so close to winning a national championship the previous two years, Louisiana Tech had its eyes set on one goal entering the season - claiming the national title. However, no one envisioned the dominating performance the Lady Techsters would put on throughout the year, destroying the competition on its way to a perfect 34-0 record and the school’s first AIAW National

1980-1981 Roster

Lyn Anastasio Pam Kelly Janice Lawrence Kim Mulkey Ann Pendegrass Debbie Primeaux Debra Rodman Rita Rust Lori Scott Tia Sossamon Angela Turner Julie Wilkerson Jennifer White

5-9 6-0 6-3 5-4 5-8 5-2 6-2 5-7 5-10 6-2 5-8 5-8 5-9

Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. So. So. Jr. So. So.

Hampton, Va. Columbia, La. Lucedale, Miss Hammond, La. Ruston, La. Bell City, La. Dallas, Texas Shreveport, La. Jackson, Miss. Raymore, Mo. Saline, La. Tioga, La. Loretto, Tenn.

1980-81 (34-0) National Champions A H H H A H N N H H H N H H A A A A H H H A A A

Coach: Sonja Hogg Louisiana Col W 102-70 McNeese State W 101-48 Wayland Baptist W 89-40 South Carolina W 97-70 UL-Monroe W 90-50 Tennessee W 77-53 Kansas W 75-72 Rutgers W 67-60 Mississippi Col W 89-53 SLU W 110-57 Louisiana Col. W 100-60 Oral Roberts W 94-67 Stephen F. Austin W 81-57 Old Dominion W 81-47 San Francisco W 69-58 Cal St-Long Bch W 78-73 UCLA W 99-61 UNLV W 97-73 UL-Monroe W 95-53 NW (La) State W 115-67 SLU W 101-56 Stephen F. Austin W 79-61 Mississippi Col. W 92-45 Old Dominion W 75-59

LAIAW STATE TOURNAMENT N New Orleans W 121-59 N NW (La.) State W 90-36 N Southern W 86-59 AIAW REGION 4 TOURNAMENT N Oklahoma W 88-68 N Southern W 75-58 A Stephen F. Austin W 98-67 AIAW NATIONAL TOURNAMENT H Jackson State W 97-50 H UCLA W 87-54 N Southern Calif. W 66-50 N Tennessee W 79-59 Starters: C-Pam Kelly 20.3, 9.1 F-Janice Lawerence 14.9, 8.3 G-Angela Turner 13.6, 5.4 F-Lori Scott 10.1, 7.4 G-Jennifer White 6.1, 4.1apg Top Subs: Debra Rodman 9.1, 7.9 Kim Mulkey 7.4, 5.8apg

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Championship title. After defeating Southern California 66-50 in the semifinal game of the Final Four in Eugene, Oregon, Tech faced Tennessee. The contest was nationally televised on NBC-TV as the nation watched Tech down the Lady Vols 79-59 in what would eventually become the top rivalry in women’s basketball. The win marked the 27th time in 34 games that the Lady Techsters had won by 20 or more points. “We knew with the schedule we were playing that it would be exciting for our fans and that we would certainly find out how good we were,” said Leon Barmore. However, perhaps only Street & Smith’s had the foresight to know as the preseason publication had picked Tech to win it all in October. It wouldn’t be Tech’s last. Statistical Leaders: Pam Kelly, 17.5 ppg; Kelly, 9.5 rpg; Kim Mulkey, 5.8 apg Honors: Kelly — Kodak All-American; Angela Turner — Final Four MVP

1981-82

As dominating as the previous years Tech team was, the 1981-82 squad might have been the best ever. Although they did falter once during the season, the Lady Techsters marched through the playoffs and captured the first national championship game in NCAA history. In addition to its second straight national title, Tech set a women’s collegiate basketball record with 54 consecutive victories (the streak was snapped in a 61-58 loss at Old Dominion in the middle of the season), was ranked No. 1 for every week of the season for the second straight year, another record, and once again closed out the season on national

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1981-1982 Roster

Sandra Felton Pam Gant Pam Kelly Janice Lawrence Kim Mulkey Ann Pendergrass Debbie Primeaux Debra Rodman Rita Rust Lori Scott Tia Sossamon Angela Turner Julie Wilkerson Jennifer White

5-9 5-7 6-0 6-3 5-4 5-8 5-2 6-2 5-7 5-10 6-2 5-8 5-8 5-9

Fr. Fr. Sr. So. So. Sr. So. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr.

Cordele, Ga. Joliet, Ill Columbia, La. Lucedale, Miss Hammond, La. Ruston, La. Bell City, La. Dallas, Texas Shreveport, La. Jackson, Miss. Raymore, Mo. Saline, La. Tioga, La. Loretto, Tenn.

1981-82 (35-1) National Champions Coach: Sonja Hogg

N Illinois State W 71-56 N Stephen F. Austin W 97-59 N Kansas W 70-39 H Mississippi Col. W 100-55 A New Orleans W 106-59 A McNeese State W 80-38 H Valdosta State W 97-54 H Tulane W 103-50 H Illinois State W 67-42 N Rutgers W 83-73 N Old Dominion W 68-51 H UL-Monroe W 102-47 A South Carolina W 71-58 A Tennessee W 72-64 H Montclair State W 95-48 A Stephen F. Austin W 69-59 H Cal St-Long Bch W 74-46 H Oral Roberts W 94-53 A Clemson W 68-63 N Georgia W 83-60 A Old Dominion L 61-58 A Maryland W 73-56 A UL-Monroe W 93-40 H Baylor W 104-61

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NCAA TOURNAMENT Tennessee Tech W 114-53 Arizona State W 92-54 Kentucky W 82-60 Tennessee W 69-46 Cheyney State W 76-62

Starters: C-Pam Kelly 20.3, 9.1 F-Janice Lawerence 14.7, 7.0 G-Angela Turner 10.4, 4.9 F-Lori Scott 10.1, 7.4 G-Kim Mulkey 5.6, 5.6apg Top Subs: Debra Rodman 9.1, 7.9 Jennifer White 3.8, 4.1apg


www.latechsports.com television. Tech’s record-setting starting lineup was comprised of Pam Kelly, Lori Scott, Angela Turner, Kim Mulkey and Janice Lawrence. The Lady Techsters 76-62 win over Cheyney State in the championship game was once again nationally televised. During the course of the season, Tech won the 200th game in the program’s history with a 94-53 victory over Oral Roberts in Ruston. Statistical Leaders: Pam Kelly, 20.3 ppg; Kelly, 9.1 rpg; Kim Mulkey, 5.6 apg. Honors: Kelly — Kodak AllAmerican, Wade Trophy; Angela Turner — Kodak AllAmerican; Janice Lawrence — Final Four MVP

1982-83

The 1982-83 season brought with it much change for the Lady Techsters. Gone were three-time Kodak AllAmerican Pam Kelly and one-time All-American Angela Turner. Also, Leon Barmore was promoted to co-Head Coach before the start of the season. Probably the biggest change for the program was a new home as the 8,000seat Thomas Assembly Center opened, replacing old Memorial Gym. However, one thing did remain the same as the Lady Techsters kept rolling along, earning a fifth straight Final Four and a third straight title game appearance. The only thing that stood in the way of another perfect season was Southern California who defeated the Lady Techsters twice, in the home opener at the TAC (64-58) and in the national title game (69-67). Tech finished the season 31-2. Statistical Leaders: Janice Lawrence, 20.7 ppg; Debra Rodman, 10.7 rpg; Kim Mulkey, 7.0 apg Honors: Lawrence — Kodak All-American, State MVP; Lori Scott — All-Louisiana; Kim Mulkey — All-Louisiana

1983-84

The one-two combination of Janice Lawrence and Kim Mulkey returned for their senior seasons with hopes of reclaiming the national title. And after starting the season with 18 straight wins, including a 75-66 win over Southern California at the TAC, it looked like little could stop Barmore and Hogg’s team. Only two close losses against Memphis State and Old Dominion blemished Tech’s regular season mark and the Lady Techsters cruised through the first three rounds of the NCAA Tournament to advance to a sixth straight Final Four. However, for the second season in a row, Tech was knocked off by Southern California in the Final Four as the Lady Techsters ended the year 30-3.

Statistical Leaders: Janice Lawrence, 21.3 ppg; Debra Rodman, 9.4 rpg; Kim Mulkey, 7.3 apg Honors: Lawrence — Kodak All-American, Wade Trophy, Louisiana MVP; Mulkey — Naismith Small POY, All-Louisiana; Pam Gant — AllLouisiana

1984-85

Although a number of impressive streaks ended, this was another exciting season of Lady Techster basketball. Tech opened the year with 18 straight wins, including a memorable 79-77 overtime victory over I-20 and Top 25 rival UL-Monroe in front of a Thomas Assembly Center record crowd of 8,975. Tech stumbled at the midway point, dropping three of five games, including a loss in the rematch against ULM. However, the Lady Techsters - in Hogg’s last season as coach - won seven straight games to end the regular season and gain momentum entering the NCAA Tournament. After two lopsided wins in the first two rounds, Tech and ULM faced off for a third time, with the Lady Indians prevailing 85-76. The loss prevented two streaks from continuing as Tech’s 29-4 mark ended a string of six straight years with 30 or more wins and it also prevented the Lady Techsters from earning a seventh straight Final Four. Tech did capture the 300th win in the program’s history with a 78-59 victory over Oral Roberts. Statistical Leaders: Pam Gant, 23.6 ppg; Tori Harrison, 9.2 rpg; Teresa Weatherspoon, 7.2 apg; Honors: Gant — Kodak All-American, AllLouisiana

1985-86

A new era began in 1985-86 as Leon Barmore took over the sole reigns of the Lady Techsters after Sonja Hogg’s retirement. Barmore led a relatively young team - featuring only one senior - to a 25-4 regular season mark, including impressive road victories over Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma State. Tech was 13-1 on the season before freshman Nora Lewis, who was averaging 13.3 points and 7.1 rebounds, suffered a season-ending knee injury. The Lady Techsters entered the NCAA Tournament and promptly defeated Washington and Long Beach State before exiting with a 80-64 loss to Southern California in the third round. Tech ended the season with an impressive 27-5 mark, and Barmore claimed milestone victory No. 100 in a win over UCLA Jan. 4, 1986, in Ruston. Statistical Leaders: Tori Harrison, 16.3 ppg; Harrison, 7.7 rpg; Teresa Weatherspoon, 7.9 apg Honors: Harrison — All-Louisiana

1986-87

Entering the season, no one had higher expectations than Head Coach Leon Barmore. With the nucleus of the previous year’s team returning, everyone in Ruston, La., had their sights set on a return to the Final Four. Tech would not disappoint as the Lady Techsters

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1987-88

Just call them the Cardiac Kids. After losing so convincingly in the national championship game the season before, Louisiana Tech felt it had plenty to prove entering the season - its first as a member of the newlyformed American South Conference. After Tech shot out of the gates winning the first 20 games of the season, including only one by less than 10 points, they dropped two consecutive last second contests against Tennessee and Penn State. The losses would be the last of the season. After easily claiming the ASC regular season and tournament titles, the Lady Techsters entered the NCAA Tournament and downed Kansas and Mississippi, setting up a third-round game against Texas in Austin. In what is still remembered as a classic, Tech downed the Lady Longhorns 83-80 in overtime to advance to yet another Final Four. The Lady Techsters got revenge over the earlier loss to Tennessee by downing the Lady Vols 68-59, setting up the national title game against Auburn. Just when it looked like Tech would drop a second straight title game - trailing by 14 at halftime - the Lady Techsters unloaded in the second half and won its third national championship 56-54 in Tacoma, Wash. “We were on the floor, flat on our backs,” Barmore said. “You find out a lot about yourself when you’re down. I’m proud that when we were down we had the kids on the floor who could get up and come back.” Tech ended the season 32-2. Statistical Leaders: Erica Westbrooks, 14.6 ppg; Nora Lewis, 9.8 rpg; Teresa Weatherspoon, 6.0 apg Honors: Westbrooks — Final Four MVP; Weatherspoon — Kodak AllAmerican, Wade Trophy

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After graduating three starters off its national championship team, many people thought this season would be a rebuilding one. However, Leon Barmore worked his magic again, posting a 32-4 mark. Tech cruised through the regular season, suffering close losses against Tennessee (twice) and Colorado, while claiming second straight ASC regular season and tournament titles. Tech downed Oklahoma State, LSU and Stanford to advance to another Final Four before Auburn ousted the Lady Techsters 76-71. During the course of the season two more milestones were set as the program won its 400th game in a 79-51 victory over Holy Cross, while Barmore won his 200th game as Tech defeated Arkansas State 91-46 Feb. 11, 1989, in Ruston.

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Tatia Brown Melinda Chambless Phoebe Dunn Sheila Ethridge Lisa Harvey Venus Lacy Angela Lawson Nora Lewis Beanie Lincoln Terri Meyer Paulette Stall Jocelyn Watson Teresa Weatherspoon Erica Westbrooks

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Tulsa, Okla. Chatham, La. Abernathy, Texas Ruston, La. Benton Harbor, Minn. Chattanooga, Tenn. Longview, Texas Peoria, Ill. Summerville, S.C. Levelland, Texas La Crosse, Wisc. McNeil, Ark. Pineland, Texas Camden, Ark.

1987-88 (32-2 ) National Champions Coach: Leon Barmore N E. Washington W 107-57 A New Orleans W 74-57 H Washington W 70-50 ASC TOURNAMENT A Georgia W 79-59 H Lamar W 93-67 H UNLV W 91-63 H New Orleans W 86-64 H Arkansas State W 113-50 NCAA TOURNAMENT H Alcorn State W 98-52 H Kansas W 89-50 H UL-Monroe W 81-50 N Mississippi W 80-60 N Nicholls State W 92-42 A Texas W 83-80OT N Pepperdine W 72-61 N Tennessee W 68-59 A Nevada-Reno W 80-46 N Auburn W 56-54 H Kentucky W 95-63 H Colorado W 66-59 Starters H Texas Tech W 107-62 F-Erica Westbrooks 14.6, 7.2 H Drake W 88-56 C-Venus Lacy 14.5, 9.2 H Utah W 83-58 F-Nora Lewis 13.6, 9.8 A Oklahoma State W 85-62 G-Angela Lawson 11.2, 3.6 A Kansas State W 77-45 G-T Weatherspoon 9.1, 6.0apg H Lamar W 106-49 Top Subs: H UL-Lafayette W 88-35 Sheila Ethridge 7.9, 3.5 A S F Austin W 69-51 Paulette Stall 6.0, 2.9 A Penn State L 66-62 A Tennessee L 76-74 A Old Dominion W 68-65 H UTPA W 98-21 A UL-Monroe W 71-43 A Tulane W 92-62


www.latechsports.com win over Lamar in the finals of the American South Conference Tournament kept the streak alive. The Lady Techsters would exit the NCAA Tournament after a first round loss at California State-Fullerton, the earliest exit ever. Statistical Leaders: Shelia Ethridge, 25.2 ppg (still school record); Danielle Whitehurst, 8.1 rpg; Lisa Payne, 2.9 apg Honors: Ethridge—All-American South

1991-92

This proved to be a transition year as the American South joined the Sun Belt Conference. On the hardwood, the Lady Techsters tried to regain their old form, but struggled through another season of mediocrity at 20-10. Barmore’s team failed to win either the SBC regular season or tournament titles, but did receive an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. However, it was one and out as Tech fell 77-71 in overtime at Northern Illinois in the first round. A bright spot for the Lady Techsters was the return of Shantel Hardison after a year off. Hardison became the first Lady Techsters to ever lead the team in points, rebounds and assists in the same season, which earned her SBC Player of the Year honors.

Statistical Leaders: Venus Lacy, 21.3 ppg; Lacy, 11.9 rpg; Pam Wells, 2.7 apg Honors: Lacy — ASC MVP; Lewis — Kodak All- American, All-ASC; Shelia Ethridge — All-ASC; Paulette Stall — All-ASC

1989-90

Louisiana Tech ended the decade of the ‘80s with a bang. Tech breezed through the regular season, winning all 27 games and claiming its third straight American South Conference regular season and tournament titles. The Lady Techsters took their No. 1 ranking into the NCAA Tournament and had little trouble defeating Southern Mississippi, Purdue and Texas before falling to Auburn in the national semifinals. In addition to the 32-1 record, Leon Barmore earned national coach of the year honors and was also named the co-Coach of the Decade along with Tennessee’s Pat Summitt. Barmore posted a 24324 mark during the decade. Statistical Leaders: Venus Lacy, 24.2 ppg; Lacy, 12.7 rpg; Shantel Hardison, 6.8 apg Honor: Shantel Hardison All-ASC; Shelia Ethridge — All-ASC; Lacy — Kodak All-American, ASC MVP, National Player of the Year

1990-2000

Record: 277-53 (.839) Head Coach: Leon Barmore (1990-2000); Conference Titles: 8 Sun Belt titles (1992-93, 93-94, 94-95, 95-96, 96-97, 97-98, 98-99, 99-2000). NCAA Tournament Appearances: 10 (every year); Final Fours: 3 (1993-94, 97-98, 98-99). National Championship Titles: 0. Kodak All-American Selections: 5 Vickie Johnson, 1993-94, 94-95; Debra Williams, 94-95; Amanda Wilson, 1998-99; Tamicha Jackson, 1999-2000 Wade Trophy Winners: 0 1990-91 As wonderful as the decade of the ‘80s was for Louisiana Tech, the ‘90s didn’t start as smoothly as the Lady Techsters posted a record of 18-12. The losses were the most in the history of the program, while the 18 wins were the fewest since the inaugural 1974-75 season. After starting the season 3-0, Tech set another school record with three straight defeats at the hands of LSU, UNLV and Notre Dame. After ending the regular season 16-11, Tech was in jeopardy of missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. However, an exhilarating 77-76

Statistical Leaders: Shantel Hardison, 17.8 ppg; Hardison, 8.9 rpg; Hardison, 4.0 apg; Honors: Hardison — SBC MVP, Women’s Basketball All-American, District 6/Kodak

1992-93

Just when it looked like the Lady Techster dynasty might be slowly folding, Leon Barmore brought in one of the nation’s Top 5 recruiting classes. And although Tech lost three of its first eight games - two against nationally ranked Tennessee and Texas Tech - the Lady Techsters slowly found their chemistry and by the end of the regular season looked poised to make a run at the Final Four. After winning the Sun Belt regular season title, Tech received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament after dropping the SBC Tournament title game to Western Kentucky. Tech’s resurgence surprised many as the Techsters won the first three games of the tournament before losing a 57-52 heart-breaker to No. 1 ranked Vanderbilt in the Midwest Finals. However, the 26-6 record showed Tech was back among the nation’s elite. During the course of the season, Tech also won the 500th game in the program’s history with a 93-72 win over Alabama in Ruston. Barmore also claimed his 300th coaching victory when the Lady Techsters downed Arkansas State 72-66 Feb. 15, 1993, in Ruston. Statistical Leaders: Vickie Johnson, 13.5 ppg; Danielle Whitehurst, 6.5 rpg; Pam Thomas, 3.5 apg Honors: Whitehurst - State MVP, All-SBC; Johnson - State and SBC Freshman of the Year

1993-94

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. That famous

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1994-95

With the loss of only two players from the prior season’s national title game team, Louisiana Tech was set to make yet another run at the national championship. After opening the season with a loss at top-ranked Tennessee, Tech won 12 straight before falling again to the Lady Vols. Tech then marched through the Sun Belt with only one blemish in claiming its third straight regular season title. Another loss in the SBC Tournament finals against the Lady Toppers left the Lady Techsters with an at-large bid to the NCAA’s. After two wins over Furman and Oklahoma in the first two rounds of the tournament, Tech dropped another one-point loss this time against Virginia in the regional semifinals. The Lady Techsters ended the season 28-5. Statistical Leaders: Vickie Johnson, 16.4 ppg; Racquel Spurlock, 8.4 rpg; Kendra Neal, 5.2 apg Honors: Vickie Johnson - Kodak All-American, USBWA All-American, 2nd team AP and Basketball Times All-American, SBC MVP; Debra Williams - All-SBC, honorable mention AP and USBWA All-American; Racquel Spurlcok - honorable mention AP All-American

1995-96

Another No. 1 ranking. Another Sun Belt Conference title. Another 30-win season. Another trip to the NCAA Tournament. It was business as usual for the Lady Techsters. After opening the season with a two-point overtime win over top-ranked Connecticut, Tech reeled off 15 more wins before falling at Tennessee. However, another 15 consecutive wins left the Lady Techsters in a showdown against Georgia in the regional finals. With Tech leading with only eight minutes remaining in the game, a career-ending injury to Maquisha Walker deflated the Techsters as they fell to the Lady Bulldogs. A 31-2 record and two more Kodak All-American selections highlighted the season. The program also reached milestone victory No. 600 with a 98-49 win over Western Kentucky. Statistical Leaders: Debra Williams, 17.7 ppg; Racquel Spurlock, 7.5 rpg; Kendra Neal, 5.2 apg Honors: Debra Williams - Kodak All-American, 2nd team AP and Basketball Times All-American, honorable mention UPI All-American, All-SBC; Vickie Johnson - Kodak All-American, SBC MVP; Racquel Spurlock - All-SBC, honorable mention AP and Basketball Times All-American; Kendra Neal - All-SBC, honorable mention AP and Basketball Times All-American; Monica Maxwell - SBC Freshman of the Year

1996-97

Many people thought Louisiana Tech was going to have to rebuild after losing four starters to graduation, but Leon Barmore simply reloaded - and kept winning. Tech started the season strong, winning the inaugural Preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament, defeating Tennessee 66-64 in the title game. Starting one freshman, three sophomores and a junior college transfer, Louisiana Tech proceeded to post a 31-4 record and win their fifth-straight regular season Sun Belt Conference title. After claiming a second consecutive SBC Tournament title, Tech entered the NCAA Tournament and promptly defeated St. Peter’s and Auburn before falling to Florida in the regional semifinals. Barmore won his 400th career contest with a 71-54 victory over North Carolina State in the Preseason WNIT. Statistical Leaders: Alisa Burras, 18.2 ppg; Burras, 9.5 rpg; LaQuan Stallworth, 3.9 apg Honors: Alisa Burras - SBC and State MVP, honorable mention Kodak and AP AllAmerican; Tamicha Jackson - All-SBC, State Freshman of the Year; Monica Maxwell All-SBC; Amanda Wilson - All-SBC; LaQuan Stallworth - SBC Defensive Player of the Year

1997-98

Entering the 24th season of Lady Techster basketball, there were few records this storied program hadn’t already set. However, they managed to find one and promptly broke it. After posting another 31-4 season, winning its sixth straight Sun Belt regular season title and its third straight SBC tournament title, Tech advanced to its eighth national championship game in school history. And although the Techsters fell 93-75 to undefeated Tennessee in the title game, Tech’s success led to all five starters being named to the All-Sun Belt Conference team another first in not only Tech history but also league history.

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www.latechsports.com Stallworth, 6.4 apg Honors: Amanda Wilson - SBC and State MVP, SBC Defensive Player of the Year, AP honorable mention All-American, 2nd team Basketball Times All-American; Tamicha Jackson - All-SBC; LaQuan Stallworth - All-SBC; Alisa Burras - 2nd team AP All-American, USBWA AllAmerican, All-SBC; Monica Maxwell - All-SBC

1998-99

Ranked No. 2 in every preseason publication, a senior laden Lady Techster squad took to the floor for the 25th anniversary season. Compiling a 30-3 record on their way to a 13th Final Four appearance, Tech dominated the SBC once again winning its seventh straight regular season title and fourth straight tournament title. Tech’s only defeats came against No. 1 ranked Tennessee and the eventual national champion Purdue Boilermakers twice. The Lady Techsters defeated Central Florida, Penn State, LSU and UCLA on their way to another Final Four appearance. A 77-63 loss to Purdue in the national semifinals ended the season. However, the program posted its 700th victory with a 97-57 win over New Orleans during regular season conference play. Statistical Leaders: Amanda Wilson, 16.6 ppg; Amanda Wilson, 7.9 rpg; LaQuan Stallworth, 4.2 apg Honors: Amanda Wilson - Kodak All-American; SBC and State MVP; Basketball Times All-American; 2nd team AP All-American; 4th team Women’s Basketball Journal All-American; Tamicha Jackson - All-SBC, 3rd team Basketball Times All-American, honorable mention AP and Kodak All-American

1999-2000

After losing three players to the professional ranks, Leon Barmore was faced with a team that had only one player with more than one year of Lady Techster experience in point guard Tamicha Jackson. However, like clockwork, Barmore built a machine using the athletic ability of Jackson and Betty Lennox as the Lady Techsters simply ran through, around and away from the competition for most of the year. Tech would extend its SBC title streak to eight straight while also claiming its fifth straight tournament title. After posting three impressive wins in the NCAA Tournament, including a memorable 66-65 win over Vanderbilt in the second round, the Lady Techsters were ousted in the Midwest Regional finals by Penn State. However, Barmore reached another milestone when he claimed coaching victory No. 500 as the Techsters defeated South Alabama

90-33 Jan. 10, 2000, in Ruston. Barmore won 500 games faster than any coach in collegiate history, doing so in only his 576th career game. Statistical Leaders: Betty Lennox, 17.3 ppg; Ayana Walker, 7.1 rpg; Betty Lennox, 3.4 apg; Tamicha Jackson, 3.4 apg Honors: Tamicha Jackson - Kodak All- American, 3rd team AP All-American, Women’s Basketball Times All-Defensive Team, AllSBC, SBC Defensive Player of the Year; Betty Lennox - SBC MVP, USBWA All-American, 3rd team AP All-American, 5th team Women’s Basketball Journal All-American

2000-Present

Record: 178-44 (.802) Head Coach: Leon Barmore (2000-2002), Kurt Budke (2002-2005), Chris Long (2005-present) Conference Titles: 1 Sun Belt title (2001), 6 Western Athletic Conference title (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 6 (2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04); Elite Eights: 1 (2000-01) Final Fours: 0; National Championship Titles: 0

2000-01

Tech returned only one starter from the previous season and lost super sophomore Catrina Frierson with a torn ACL prior to the start of the year. Once again many national publications called for the Techsters demise but Leon Barmore would have none of it. After starting the season by capturing the prestigious preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament with a win over No. 4 Purdue, the seniorless Lady Techsters never looked back. Tough losses to nationally ranked Tennessee and Connecticut didn’t deter Tech as Barmore and company claimed their ninth straight Sun Belt Conference regular season title and sixth straight tournament title. The Lady Techsters won three games in the NCAA Tournament before falling to Connecticut but finished the season 31-5. With the 31 wins, Barmore became the first coach in NCAA Division I history to record six straight 30-plus win seasons. Statistical Leaders: Ayana Walker, 16.0 ppg; Takeisha Lewis, 9.0 rpg; Brooke Lassiter, 5.0 apg Honors: Ayana Walker - Kodak All-American finalist, honorable mention AP All-American, All-SBC, SBC Defensive Player of the Year; Takeisha Lewis - All-SBC, East Region all-tournament; Brooke Lassiter - All-SBC; Amber Obaze - SBC Freshman of the Year

2001-02

Louisiana Tech returned all five starters from its Elite Eight team of the year before as it entered its first year as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. However, after downing No. 17 Michigan in the season opener, the Lady Techsters went on arguably the toughest three-game road stretch in the program’s history, playing Tennessee, Duke and Connecticut (all eventual Final Four teams) in a two-week period. The Techsters ran away with the WAC regular season title -- the program’s 10th straight regular season conference title -- before claiming the WAC Tournament title and the automatic bid to the program’s 21st straight NCAA Tournament. The Lady Techsters finished the season 25-5 after falling to UC-Santa Barbara on a last-second shot in the NCAA Tournament, the 25th time in 28 years Tech had won 20 or more games. Junior center Cheryl Ford was named the WAC Player of the Year while senior forward Ayana Walker and sophomore guard Amber Obaze both made the Kodak All-District team. Senior guard Brooke Lassiter finished her four-year Tech career as the NCAA career leader in free throw percentage at 91.8 percent (269 of 293). Walker and senior center Takeisha Lewis were both selected in the 2002 WNBA Draft. Statistical Leaders: Ayana Walker, 13.5 ppg; Ayana Walker, 8.7 rpg; Essence Perry 4.4 apg Honors: Ayana Walker - Kodak District VII team, 1st team, All-WAC,

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Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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2003-04

The Kurt Budke era began at Louisiana Tech with question marks surrounding the Lady Techster program after the loss of five seniors from the previous team. However, Budke and Co. showed the nation early that Louisiana Tech was once again going to be mentioned among the nation’s elite as the Lady Techsters downed No. 7 Texas Tech 85-76 in the season opener. The ride on Cloud 9 was shortlived as Tech lost two of its next three games and came to a cross roads in its season heading down to Tulane for a match-up against the Green Wave. Tech responded with a resounding 68-53 win, the first of what would be 29 straight. Tech entered Christmas break defeating No. 25 ranked New Mexico at The Pit, the loss would be the only one at home during the regular season for the Lobos, proving what a feat the Lady Techsters had accomplished. The Western Athletic Conference had hopes that the Lady Techsters could be beaten (after the Rice Owls had accomplished the feat at the end of the 2001-02 season). However, led by Cheryl Ford, who would win her second straight Conference Player of the Year Award while destroying both the school and league rebounding records, the Lady Techsters posted a perfect 18-0 mark in WAC play, claiming yet another conference title. After winning the WAC Tournament title and advancing to the program’s 22nd straight NCAA Tournament, Louisiana Tech defeated both Pepperdine and No. 20 Ohio State before falling to No. 3 ranked LSU 69-63 in the Sweet 16. In addition to Ford’s honor, Trina Frierson also earned first team All-WAC honors while guards Amber Obaze and Erica Smith both were named to the All-WAC second team and the league’s all-defensive unit. Budke earned the WAC Coach of the Year Award. Following the season, Ford was the third overall selection in the 2003 WNBA Draft by the Detroit Shock and would earn that league’s 2003 Rookie of the Year Award. During the season, the retired Leon Barmore was announced as a member of the 2003 Class for both the Women’s Basketball Hall of

Statistical Leaders: Cheryl Ford, 15.7 ppg; Cheryl Ford, 12.9 rpg; Amber Obaze, 3.5 apg Honors: Cheryl Ford - WAC Player of the Year, 1st team All-WAC, LSWA, All-Louisiana 1st team, LSWA State MVP, WAC Tournament MVP; Trina Frierson - 1st team All-WAC, All-WAC Tournament team, LSWA All-Louisiana first team; Amber Obaze - 2nd team All-WAC, WAC All-Defensive team, LSWA All-Louisiana 2nd team; Erica Smith 2nd team All-WAC, WAC All-Defensive team

Louisiana Tech returned the nucleus of a team that went 31-3 the previous season although the Lady Techsters had to find a replacement for the departure of center Cheryl Ford, who won the 2003 WNBA Rookie of the Year Award. The Lady Techsters started strong winning their first three games, including posting an impressive road victory over Illinois in late November. Following an early December road loss at Tennessee, Tech reeled off five more wins in a row. The pinnacle of the out of conference schedule was a memorable 87-84 win over No. 6 ranked Penn State on the home floor of the Nittney Lions, a PSU team that had already deafeted LSU, Texas and Kansas State. After Penn State hit a three-pointer with 7.5 seconds remaining to tie the game up, Tech’s Amber Obaze hit a 35-footer with 1.2 seconds remaining to lead the Techsters to the win. After falling 87-84 to Rice in the second WAC game of the conference season, the Lady Techsters responded and promptly reeled off 16 straight wins to claim their third straight league title. Tech then won three straight contests in the WAC Tournament by an average margin of 31.6 points to earn the automatic berth in the program’s 23rd straight NCAA Tournament. Two wins in Missoula, Montana, including a memorable 81-77 victory over host Montana before a soldout crowd of over 7,500 screaming Lady Griz fans, sent the Techsters to the East Regional in Norfolk, Va. Tech’s season came to an end with a 63-49 loss to No. 1 ranked Duke as the Lady Techsters finished with a 29-3 mark. Senior forward Amisha Carter was named the 2004 WAC Player of the Year, while senior Trina Frierson was first team All-WAC and a finalist for the Naismith Player of the Year award. Guards Amber Obaze and Erica Smith-Taylor both earned second team All-WAC honors as well as WAC All-Defensive Team accolades. Statistical Leaders: Amisha Carter 16.9 ppg; Amisha Carter, 10.8 rpg; Erica Smith-Taylor, 3.7 apg Honors: Amisha Carter - WAC Player of the Year, 1st team All-WAC, LSWA All-Louisiana 1st team, WAC Tournament MVP; Trina Frierson - 1st team All-WAC, All-WAC Tournament team, LSWA All-Louisiana first team; Amber Obaze - 2nd team All-WAC, WAC All-Defensive team, LSWA All-Louisiana 3rd team; Erica Smith-Taylor - 2nd team AllWAC, WAC All-Defensive team; 3rd team All-WAC

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The Lady Techsters entered the season with only one returning starter on the floor for the season opener against Ole Miss after graduating three All-WAC performers from the previous year. Also playing a huge role in Tech’s early season inexperience was the fact Preseason WAC Player of the Year Erica Taylor was sidelined, giving birth to her and husband Jermain’s first child, daughter Nia Jay on Dec. 15. With Taylor not returning to the Tech lineup until late January, junior point guard Tasha Williams was Tech’s lone starter from the previous year. Crain and Co. met a tough out-of-conference schedule, posting wins over Ole Miss, Arkansas State, Western Kentucky and Alcorn State, while falling to Tennessee, Oklahoma, Mississippi State and Illinos. Although Tech had won 10 straight regular season conference titles, many experts believed this would be the year the string was snapped. However, the Techsters made a statement early in conference play, overcoming a 16-point second half deficit to down Rice on New Year’s Day. Behind the play of Williams, who would see her scoring


www.latechsports.com average increase from 4.3 her sophomore season to 18.2 this year, and guards Lakiste Barkus and Shan Moore, the Techsters posted a 14-4 mark in the WAC, tying Rice for the regular season title. The Lady Techsters string of 23 straight NCAA Tournament appearances was on the line in the semifinals of the 2005 WAC Tournament as Tech overcame a 15-point deficit with 7:02 to play before downing Fresno State 92-87 in double overtime. Despite falling in the WAC Tournament Championship game to Rice, Tech received an at-large berth into the Tournament as a No. 11 seed. Tech traveled to Storrs, Conneticut, and faced No. 6 seed and Top 25 Temple in the first round. Despite dominating the Owls for the entire first half, the Lady Techsters eventually fell 66-61. In addition to Williams earning the WAC Player of the Year honor, Barkus was named second team all-WAC while the pair both made the WAC all-defensive team. One week following the conclusion of the season, head coach Kurt Budke departed for the head coaching job at Oklahoma State. On April 8th, 2005, Chris Long was named as the fourth head coach in the program’s history in a press conference in the Hall of Fame Room at the Thomas Assembly Center. Following the season, Taylor was selected in the second round of the WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics. Statistical Leaders: Tasha Williams 18.2 ppg; Tamika Kursh, 7.6 rpg; Tasha Williams, 4.2 apg Honors: Tasha Williams - WAC Player of the Year, 1st team All-WAC, LSWA All-Louisiana 1st team, WAC All-Defensive Team, WAC AllTournament team; Lakiste Barkus - 2nd team All-WAC, LSWA AllLouisiana third team; Erica Taylor - WAC All-Tournament team

2005-06

After opening his tenure as the head coach of the Louisiana Tech women’s basketball program with a loss at Western Kentucky, Chris Long and his team bounced right back in record-breaking fashion. Trailing by 19 points with less than eight minutes to play, Long and Co. rallied for a 95-91 double overtime win over Iowa in game No. 2 of the year ... setting the tone for another successful season. Behind the leadership of four-year starting point guard Tasha Williams and the record-breaking outside shooting of senior Aarica Ray-Boyd, Tech not only won its sixth straight regular season Western Athletic Conference title and earned the automatic berth to the program’s 25th straight NCAA Tournament, but they regained their rightful place among the nation’s Top 25. Tech overcame a lot of adversity and posted a very impressive 26-5 record on the season and earned a trip to Denver, Colo., for the first two rounds of the 2006 NCAA Tournament. Their opening round match-up against Florida State was considered one of the premier battles in the first round of the tournament by the women’s college basketball experts. However, only three days prior to the game, Williams suffered a severe ankle injury which proved costly to the Techsters and their

fans as the Seminoles downed Tech 80-71, ending the Lady Techsters season. Williams, Ray-Boyd, Shan Moore and Ty Moore all earned All-WAC honors during the season while Williams and RayBoyd both earned Kodak All-District accolades. Statistical Leaders: Aarica Ray-Boyd, 14.2 ppg; Ty Moore, 9.2 rpg; Tasha Williams, 4.5 apg Honors: Williams -- 1st team All-WAC, WAC All-Defensive Team, WAC Tournament MVP, Kodak All-District, LSWA 1st team; Aarica Ray-Boyd -- 2nd team All-WAC, Kodak AllDistrict, LSWA 1st team; Shan Moore -- 2nd team All-WAC, WAC All-Tournament; Ty Moore -- 2nd team All-WAC, LSWA 2nd team; Eboni Mangum -- WAC All-Freshman Team, LSWA Co-Freshman of the Year

2006-07

Louisiana Tech simply had a tough year. Between a tough non-conference schedule that featured eventual Final Four opponents in Tennessee and LSU and six losses by six points or less, 2006-07 wasn’t a typical Louisiana Tech season. The Techsters started out the year losing seven of their first nine games before rebounding and ending the year winning 15 of their last 21. Head coach Chris Long’s team was streaky at best, posting some impressive wins over the likes of Mississippi State, Rice, Alabama, and Boise State. When they were on, the Lady Techsters were tough to beat as proven by the program winning its sixth straight Western Athletic Conference regular season title. However, inconsistent offensive play eventually spelled doom as a first round loss in the 2007 WAC Tournament ended the program’s 25 year streak of making the NCAA Tournament. Senior Shan Moore was named the 2007 WAC Player of the Year while junior Jo Sneed was named the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Newcomer of the Year. Statistical Leaders: Shan Moore, 13.8 ppg; Ty Moore, 9.2 rpg; Eboni Mangum, 3.2 apg; Honors: Shan Moore -- 1st team All-WAC, WAC POY; LSWA 1st team, Ty Moore -- 1st team All-WAC, WAC All-Defensive Team; LSWA 1st team; Amber Metoyer -- WAC AllDefensive Team; Jo Sneed -- LSWA Newcomer of the Year; Shanavia Dowdell -- WAC All-Freshman Team

2007-08

For the second straight year, Louisiana Tech came up short in its bid for the NCAA Tournament as the Lady Techsters fell in the semifinals of the 2008 Western Athletic Conference Tournament. What started out as a season full of high hopes turned into a year of injuries and missed opportunities as the Lady Techsters finished 16-15. It was the program’s 34th straight winning season -- Tech has never had a losing campaign. However, in Ruston, La., expectations are always high and anything less than an NCAA Tournament berth is considered a down season. A preseason injury to freshman guard Sidney Stewart and a season-ending injury to sophomore guard Whitney Jones in the seventh game of the year increased the challenges for Tech head coach Chris Long and Co. The highlight of the season was the play of senior forward Jo Sneed, who averaged a double double and earned first team all-WAC and all-state honors, and the development of freshmen Adrienne Johnson and Tarkeisha Wysinger. Statistical Leaders: Jo Sneed, 15.5 ppg; Jo Sneed, 10.3 ppg; Tiawana Pringle, 2.8 apg; Honors: Jo Sneed --1st team All-WAC; 1st team AllLSWA; Shanavia Dowdell -- 2nd team All-LSWA; Tarkeisha Wysinger -- WAC All-Freshman team

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It proved to be an up and down season for the Lady Techsters in 2008-09 as LA Tech hovered around the .500 mark for most of the year. It took a late season run that saw the Lady Techsters win their final seven WAC regular season games to propel the program to a share of the conference title. Interim head coach Teresa Weatherspoon and Co. entered the WAC Tournament as the No. 2 seed and saw its eight-game winning streak snapped in a memorable 91-88 overtime loss to Nevada in the WAC Tournament semifinals. However, the Lady Techsters earned a berth in the WNIT where they dismantled Conference USA regular season champion SMU before falling in the second round to Illinois State. Tech posted a 21-13 mark on the year, the 29th season of 20 or more victories. Junior Shanavia Dowdell was named the WAC Player of the Year and first team all-state while sophomore Adrienne Johnson earned first team all-conference and all-state honors. Johnson was also named to the WAC All-Defensive team. Statistical Leaders: Shanavia Dowdell, 16.1 ppg; Shanavia Dowdell, 9.9 ppg; Tiawana Pringle, 2.9 apg; Honors: Shanavia Dowdell --WAC POY, 1st team All-WAC; 1st team All-LSWA; Adrienne Johnson -- 1st team All-WAC; WAC All-Defensive Team; 1st team All-LSWA

2009-10

Back to the Big Dance. The Lady Techsters returned to their rightful place in the postseason as Teresa Weatherspoon and Co. recorded a mark of 23-9 which included a heart-stopping 68-66 victory over Fresno State in the WAC Tournament championship game. The non-conference portion of the season was highlighted with matchups against Top 10 foes LSU and Baylor as the Lady Techsters dropped a tough 77-74 contest against the Tigers in Ruston before falling 77-67 to the eventual Final Four participant Bears in Waco. After splitting their first six WAC games of the year, the seasonchanger came in a home game against Idaho. Tech trailed by four points with 28 seconds to play, but back-to-back three-pointers including the game-tying one by Jasmine Bendolph with eight seconds to play sent the game into overtime. Tech won 74-71 which started a stretch of eight wins over a nine-game span. Entering the WAC Tournament as the No. 2 seed, Tech defeated Utah State easily in the Quarterfinals before downing host Nevada 80-77 in a semifinal classic -- setting up a showdown with Fresno State which had won 18 straight WAC games and 19 straight games overall. The Lady Techsters led by double digits in the first half before trailing 37-36 at the break. After building a nine-point lead in the final half, Tech watched Fresno State fight back to take a one-point lead with less than a minute to play. However, Bendolph sank an 18-footer with the shot clock running down and Tech hung on for the win. The Techsters earned a No. 14 seed and traveled to face ACC champion Florida State on their home floor in the NCAA Tournament. Behind 28 points from Shanavia Dowdell, Tech took the Seminoles down to the wire before falling. Dowdell earned her second straight WAC Player of the Year award while Teresa Weatherspoon was named the WBCA Maggie Dixon Rookie Coach of the Year. Statistical Leaders: Shanavia Dowdell, 18.0 ppg; Shanavia Dowdell, 12.4 ppg; Jasmine Bendolph 3.9 apg; Honors: Shanavia Dowdell --WAC POY, 1st team All-WAC; 1st team All-LSWA; Adrienne Johnson -- 1st team All-WAC; WAC All-Defensive Team; 1st team All-LSWA

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Kodak All-Americans When a program’s won 953 games, participated in 30 national postseason tournaments including 26 NCAA Tournaments, advanced to 13 Final Fours, competed in eight national championship games and won three national titles, then it’s been fortunate enough to recruit some of the top players in the history of the women’s game. That’s just what Louisiana Tech has accomplished. Over the 36 years of Lady Techster basketball, the Memorial Gym and Thomas Assembly Center crowds have watched 11 Kodak AllAmericans suit up in the Columbia blue and red Tech uniform. The names ring like a who’s who in the history of the game - Pam Kelly, Angela Turner, Janice Lawrence, Pam Gant, Teresa Weatherspoon, Nora Lewis, Venus Lacy, Vickie Johnson, Debra Williams, Amanda Wilson and Tamicha Jackson. Four of those individuals - Kelly, Lawrence, Weatherspoon and Johnson - have won the award multiple times thus Tech can claim 16 Kodak All-Americans.

Pam Kelly

(1978-82) Kodak Year(s): 1980, 1981, 1982 When people think about some of the most dominating post players in the history of women’s basketball, Louisiana Tech’s Pam Kelly has to be near the top of the list. Despite the fact Kelly was a mere 6-foot tall, the Columbia, La., native recorded one of the most remarkable careers in Lady Techster history. Tech’s only three-time Kodak All-America honoree first ever recipient, Kelly led Tech to two national championships - the 1980-81 AIAW title and the 1981-82 NCAA title. During her four year career, the 1982 Wade Trophy winner scored an incredible 2,979 points and grabbed 1,511 rebounds while leading the Lady Techsters to a 143-10 record - the most wins ever over a four-year period in the history of the program. Almost 20 years after Kelly’s playing days ended, she still ranks No. 1 in scoring, No. 1 in rebounding, No. 1 in field goals made (1,193), No.1 in free throws made (593), No. 2 in scoring average (19.5) and No. 7 in steals (274). Kelly - whose number is retired - was enshrined in the Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.

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Angela Turner (1978-1982) Kodak Year(s): 1982

Known affectionately as A.T. by all Lady Techster fans, the sharp-shooting Angela Turner is still considered today as one of the best all-around players in the history of Tech basketball. A key component to Tech’s early success in women’s basketball, Turner helped lead the Lady Techsters to four straight Final Fours and two national championship titles - the

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1981 AIAW and the 1982 NCAA. The Saline, La., native started from day one at Tech, averaging 16.0 points and 6.5 rebounds her freshman season, earning her the Louisiana Most Valuable Player award. Her sophomore year was even more impressive as Turner scored 817 points, which still stands No. 2 in the Tech record books for most points in a single season. Turner, who earned her Kodak All-American award her senior season as Tech won its second straight national championship title, exemplified the term studentathlete as she also garnered an NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship. Today, Turner is the only Lady Techster to rank in the Top 10 in points (No. 3 with 2,262), rebounds (No. 6 with 1,073), assists (No. 8 with 466) and steals (No. 3 with 358). She also ranks No. 2 in field goals made (1,021). Her No. 5 jersey has been retired at Tech.

Janice Lawrence (1980-1984) Kodak Year(s): 1983, 1984

Many people argue that Janice Lawrence is the greatest player in Louisiana Tech Lady Techster history - an argument that has plenty of factual support. The 6-foot, 3-inch center dominated women’s basketball during her four years at Tech, leading the Lady Techsters to a 136-6 record from 1980 through 1984. Even with her size, Lawrence possessed the ability to shot the 15-footer or put the ball and the floor and go past a defender at any time. The Lucedale, Miss., native participated in four Final Fours and won two national championships during her career while earning almost every individual honor imaginable. Lawrence earned her first Kodak All-American honor following a junior season that saw her average 20.8 points a game. However, that was just the beginning of her accolades. After her senior year, Lawrence earned Kodak All-American honors, and won the Wade Trophy and the Champion Player of the Year award. Today, Lawrence ranks No. 2 in points (2,403), No. 3 in scoring average (17.8), No. 5 in rebounds (1,097), No. 4 in blocked shots (189) and No.

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5 in steals (291). Lawrence proceeded to win a gold medal in the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles before playing for three seasons with the WNBA’s Cleveland Rockers. Lawrence, whose jersey has been retired at Tech, was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in July of 2005 and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Pam Gant

(1982-85) Kodak Year(s): 1985 Without a doubt the deadliest outside shooter in the history of Lady Techster basketball is Pam Gant. The 5-foot-7-inch guard lettered at Tech from 1982 through 1985 and unfortunately played prior to the NCAA’s adoption of the three-point line in women’s basketball. Her outside shooting prowess was known across the nation as Gant connected on an incredible 54.6 percent of her field goal attempts during her four-year career, including an even more amazing 57.5 percent her junior and senior seasons. Gant played on three Final Four teams, including the 1981-82 NCAA National Championship team as a freshman. The Joliet, Illinois, native earned her Kodak AllAmerican honor following the 1984-85 season, one in which Gant averaged 23.6 points a game - still a Louisiana Tech record. She recorded two games of 40-plus points during her career (second only to Sheila Ethridge’s three) including a career-best of 42 points in a win over Penn State and six games of 30-plus points. Gant currently ranks No. 12 in points (1,714), and No. 8 in steals (253).

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Teresa Weatherspoon (1984-1988) Kodak Year(s); 1987, 1988

Prior to her WNBA All-Star days with the New York Liberty and Los Angeles Sparks, Teresa Weatherspoon recorded an allstar career with the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters. A fearless leader on and off the

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court, Spoon exemplified the term emotional leader with a burning passion for the game. During Spoon’s playing days, Tech posted a 118-14 record and played in two national championship games. Spoon earned Kodak AllAmerican honors her final two seasons and capped off her spectacular career by winning the 1988 National Championship and earning the Wade Trophy as the nation’s top women’s collegiate basketball player. Known more for her ball-handling and passing abilities than scoring, the Pineland, Texas, native saved her best performances for some of the nation’s top teams, recording a career high 17 assists against then nationally-ranked Louisiana-Monroe and 10 steals against then nationally-ranked UCLA. During her career, Spoon scored 1,087 points, recorded 958 assists and totaled 411 steals with the assists and steals still ranking No. 1 in the Tech record books. Spoon - whose number is retired - captured an Olympic gold medal in the 1988 games prior to becoming a four-time WNBA All-Star starter with the Liberty. She is an enshrined member of the Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame and will be enshrined in the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.

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Nora Lewis

(1985-1989) Kodak Year(s): 1989

Nora Lewis’ Louisiana Tech career didn’t start out on the most positive note, but it sure ended on one. Midway through Lewis’ freshman season - one in which she was averaging 13.3 points and 7.1 rebounds - the forward suffered a season-ending knee injury and missed the remaining games. However, Lewis would not be deterred. The Peoria, Ill., native worked hard during the off-season and responded by averaging 14.2 points and 7.8 rebounds her sophomore campaign before helping guide Tech to the 1988 national championship game her junior season. Lewis earned her Kodak All-American honors following an incredible senior season that saw her average a double-double with 18.3 points and 10.9 rebounds a contest. The 6-foot forward also earned All-American South Conference and All-Louisiana honors her final two seasons. Currently, Lewis ranks No. 10 in points (1,760), No. 6 in free throws made (377) and No. 7 in rebounds (1,071). Her No. 40 jersey is retired.

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Venus Lacy (1987-1990) Kodak Year(s): 1990

One of the greatest players in the history of Louisiana Tech didn’t start out as a Lady Techster. After playing her freshman season at Old Dominion, Venus Lacy made the decision to transfer to Tech - a move that would pay off for both her and the Lady Techsters. A virtual unknown before her playing days in Ruston, Lacy turned into one of the greatest post players in the country in little time. The 6-foot, 4-inch post helped Tech capture its third national championship during her first season (the 1987-88 NCAA title), averaging 14.5 points and 9.2 rebounds. Her junior campaign Lacy earned the American South Conference and Louisiana Player of the Year honors scoring over 20 points a contest. However, her great career was capped off by earning Kodak All-American honors as well as USBWA and Champion National Player of the Year awards her following her senior season, one in which she averaged 24.2 points a game (still a Louisiana Tech record). The Chattanooga, Tenn., native finished her three-year Tech career ranking No. 4 in points (2,004), No. 1 in scoring average (20.0), No. 6 in field goals made (793), No. 4 in rebounds (1,125) and No. 7 in blocked shots (164). Lacy went on to win an Olympic gold medal in the 1996 games in Atlanta and played for two seasons with the WNBA’s New York Liberty. Her jersey is retired at Tech.

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Vickie Johnson (1993-96) Kodak Year(s): 1995, 1996

A two-time Kodak All-American (1995 and 1996), Johnson helped re-establish Louisiana Tech’s national prominence in the mid-90s after the Lady Techsters had suffered through two mediocre seasons in 1990 and 1991. Johnson was a four-time All-Sun Belt Conference selection during her playing days and earned Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year honors in 1995 and 1996. The Lady Techsters posted a 116-17 record during her four years including a trip to the national championship game in 199394. During her junior year, Johnson became only the second player since Pam Kelly to lead the team in scoring for three straight seasons. The Coushatta, La., native still

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remains in the Tech record books, ranking No. 5 in points (1,960), No. 9 in scoring average (15.0), No. 6 in field goals made (793). Johnson - whose jersey is retired - recently became only the seventh player in WNBA history to score 4,000 career points, and has played 12 seasons in the WNBA. She was enshrined in the Louisiana Tech HOF in 2007.

Debra Williams (1993-96) Kodak Year(s): 1996

Explosive. The perfect adjective to describe former Louisiana Tech great Debra Williams whose offensive moves became legendary around the Thomas Assembly Center during her playing days in the mid-90s. The 5-foot8-inch guard was blessed with talent and used it to her benefit as she teamed with Vickie Johnson to form the best one-two punch in women’s basketball during the time. Williams could hurt the opponent in a number of ways as her feathery touch from the three-point line was almost as deadly as her ability to take her defender off the dribble. The Houston, Texas, native earned All-Sun Belt Conference accolades three times and capped off her career with the Kodak honor in 1996. Williams earned the most valuable player award at the 1995 Sun Belt Conference Tournament as well as the Midwest Regional Tournament. One of the top three-point threats in Tech history, Williams ended her playing days as the Lady Techsters all-time leader in treys. Currently, she ranks No. 11 in points (1,749), No. 3 in three-pointers made (136) and attempted (378), No. 7 in field goals attempted (1,574) and No. 10 in three-point field goal percentage (34.0). Williams played for the Portland Power of the American Basketball League until 1998 when the league folded.

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Amanda Wilson (1996-99) Kodak Year(s): 1999

If ever a player possessed selfconfidence, Louisiana Tech’s Amanda Wilson was the one. After a stellar prep career at Shreveport’s Evangel High School, Wilson made the easy decision to sign with the Lady Techsters and make the 60-mile move to Ruston ... a move Tech fans were thrilled about. After averaging 8.0 points in only one

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Tamicha Jackson (1996-2000) Kodak Year(s): 2000

If Tech fans happened to blink while watching a game, they might just have missed the next Lady Techster Kodak All-American - Tamicha “Action” Jackson who proved lightning-quick during her career. Jackson started all four years for the Lady Techsters and starred from the beginning, scoring 428 points her rookie campaign while earning All-Sun Belt Conference honors. That was only the beginning as Jackson led Tech to the 1998 NCAA National Championship game against Tennessee. The Dallas, Texas, native became only the second Louisiana Tech player to earn all-conference honors four times and capped her brilliant career by being named the Sun Belt’s Defensive Player of the Year. Jackson is one of only two Tech players to ever score 1,500 points, record 400 assists and 300 steals in a career (joining Angela Turner). The 5-foot-7-inch lightning rod ended her career as the SBC’s all-time steals leader with 361. Jackson currently ranks No. 9 in points (1,822), No. 9 in field goals made (753), No. 1 in three-pointers made (187), No. 7 in assists (474) and No. 2 in steals (361). The WNBA’s Detroit Shock selected Jackson in the first round of the 2000 WNBA Draft with the sixth overall pick, and she played seven seasons in the league.

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Letterwinners Allen, Crystal 00 Anastasio, Lyn 81 Antony, Ashley 00-01 Bailey, Jackie 96-97 Bailey, Kathy 75-76-77 Baragona, Deb 75 Barkus, Lakuste 04-05 Bendolph, Jasmine 09-10 Bibbs, Kenya 01-02 Bolden, Barbara 90 Bond, Kenzi 02 Bowman, Melshika 98-00 Brown, Amy 92-93-94-95 Brown, LaShawn 92-93-94-95 Brown, Tatia 85-86-87-88 Burks, Debbie 75-76 Burn, Nicole 97-98 Burras, Alisa 97-98 Butler, Danielle 98 Carter, Amisha 03-04 Chambless, Melinda 85-8687-88 Cloud, Charlotte 75-76 Cochran, Katie 95-96-97-98 Coker, Connie 75 Collins, Nicole 91-93 Cook, Jane Ellen 76-77-78-79 Crawford, Pam 84 Davis, Stacey 84-85-86-87 DeCiman, Margaret 05-06 DeMoss, Mickey 75-76-77 Donner, Angie 78-79 Dowdell, Shanavia 07-08-09-10 Dunn, Phoebe 88 Ethridge, Sheila 88-89-90-91 Felton, Sandra 82 Ford, Cheryl 00-01-02-03 Ford, Kay 76-77-78-79 Freeman, Sandy 78-79 Frierson, Catrina 00-02-03-04 Fryer, Billie 76 Gant, Pam 82-83-84-85 George, Toya 03 Gibson, Joy 76-77 Gilmore, Priya 96-97-98-99 Gullion, Cara 89-90-91-92 Green, Vickie 83 Griffin, Elinor 77-78-79 Hall, Pennee 84-85 Hardison, Shantel 89-90-92 Harrison, Tori 84-85-86-87 Harvey, Lisa 86-87-88 Hays, Gail 76-77 Henderson, LaVerne 75 Hill, Stacey 96 Holloway, Martina 10 Jackson, DeJuna 91-92-93 Jackson, Tamicha 97-98-99-00

Johnson, Adrienne 08-09-10 Johnson, Sarah 04 Johnson, Vickie 93-94-95-96 Jones, Kara 08 Jones, Belinda 75-76-77-78 Jones, Whitney 08-09-10 Karvonen, Janet 84-85 Kelly, Pam 79-80-81-82 Kemp, Allene 78 Kempt, Reina 10 Kendrick, Mary Nell 76-7778-79 Kidd, Holly 77-78 Konerza, Kay 83-84-85-86 Kursh, Tamika 04-05-06-07 Lacy, Venus 88-89-90 Lassiter, Brooke 99-00-01-02 Lawrence, Janice 81-82-83-84 Lawson, Angela 85-86-87-88 Lawson, Tia 05-06-07 Lennox, Betty 99-00 Levingston, Nastassja 05-0607-08 Lewis, Ovlina 01-02 Lewis, Nora 86-87-88-89 Lewis, Takeisha 99-00-01-02 Lincoln, Beanie 86-88 Lockett, Annie 90-91 McCarn, Cindy 78 McClain, Kristie 01 McDonnald, Sherry 84-8586-87 McReynolds, Shakera 01 Malone, Catina 94-95 Malone, Latoshia 95 Mancil, Karla 78-79 Mangum, Eboni 06-07 Martin, Michelle 90-91-92 Massey, Shaka 99-00 Maxwell, Monica 96-97-98-99 May, Ann 76 Meyer, Terri 88-89-90-91 Metoyer, Amber 06-07 Moore, Beverly 00-01 Moore, Janice 79 Moore, Shan 04-05-06-07 Moore, Ty 03-05-06-07 Mulford, Janice 80 Mulford, Shordy 08-09 Mulkey, Kim 81-82-83-84 Neal, Kendra 93-94-95-96 Nixon, Sierra 07 Norris, Marilyn 77-78

Pringle, Tiawana 07-08-09-10 Quach, Yen 95-96 Ray-Boyd, Aarica 03-04-05-06 Riser, Joletta 91-92-93-94 Robertson, Mary 75-76 Rodman, Debra 81-82-83-84 Rust, Rita 80-81-82 Sandifer, Jessica 94 Scheppmann, Jamie 97-98-99 Scott, Lori 80-81-82-83 Sides, Christie 99-00 Singletary, Kathy 75 Smith-Taylor, Erica 02-03-04-05 Smith, Sebrena 90 Sneed, Jo 07-08 Snider, Anna 95-96-97 Sossamon, Tia 80-81-82-83 Speights, Jeannie 75 Speights, Patsy 75 Spurlock, Racquel 93-94-95-96 Stall, Paulette 86-87-88-89 Stallworth, LaQuan 96-9798-99 Stewart, Sidney 08-09 Sword, DeAngela 09 Thomas, Brietta 08-09-10 Thomas, Quantae 06 Thomas, Pam 92-93-94 Thompson, Tiffany 04-05 Turner, Angela 79-80-81-82 Walker, Ayana 99-00-01-02 Walker, Maquisha 94-95-96 Warren, Keshia 08-09 Warren, Mandy 76-77 Watson, Jocelyn 87-88-89-90 Watson, Linda 95-96 Weatherspoon, Teresa 85-8687-88 Wells, Pam 89-90 Westbrooks, Erica 85-86-87-88 White, Jennifer 80-81-82-83 Whitehurst, Danielle 90-9192-93 Wilkerson, Julie 80-81-82-83 Williams, April 07-08 Williams, Debra 93-94-95-96 Williams, Tasha 03-04-05-06 Willis, Mari 80 Wilson, Amanda 96-97-98-99 Wysinger, Tarkeisha 08-09-10 Young, Kiara 09-10

Obaze, Amber 01-02-03-04 Payne, Lisa 91-92 Pendergrass, Ann 79-80-81-82 Perry, Essence 01-02 Perry, Pashala 97-98 Pesnell, Jenn 94 Primeaux, Debbie 81-82-83-84

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Conference Players of the Year

Shanavia Dowdell

Tasha Williams

Amisha Carter

5-10, Senior, Guard Minden, La. 2007 WAC Player of the Year 13.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.8 spg, 1.6 apg

5-7, Junior, Guard Kingsland, Ark. 2005 WAC Player of the Year 18.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.2 apg, 1.9 spg

6-2, Senior, Forward Oakland, Calif. 2004 WAC Player of the Year 16.9 ppg, 10.8 rpg, 2.0 spg, 1.2 bpg

Cheryl Ford

Betty Lennox

Amanda Wilson

Alisa Burras

6-3, Junior/Senior, Center Summerfield, La. 2002 & 2003 WAC Player of the Year 15.7 ppg, 12.9 rpg, 1.9 bpg, 1.6 spg in 2003; 11.3 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 1.8 bpg in 2002

Vickie Johnson

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6-2, Junior, Forward Calera, Ala. 2009 & 2010 WAC Player of the Year 16.1 ppg, 9.9 rpg in 2009 18.0 ppg, 12.4 rpg in 2010

5-8, Senior, Guard Independence, Mo. 2000 SBC Player of the Year 17.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 3.4 apg, 2.9 spg

6-1, Senior, Forward Shreveport, La. 1998 & 1999 SBC Player of the Year 16.6 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 2.4 spg, 1.7 apg in 1999; 18.0 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 2.9 spg in 1998

6-3, Junior, Center Chicago, Ill. 1997 Sun Belt Player of the Year 18.2 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 1.6 bpg

5-9, Junior/Senior, Guard Coushatta, La. 1995 & 1996 SBC Player of the Year 15.1 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2.6 apg, 1.7 spg in 1996; 16.4 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.5 spg in 1995

Pam Thomas

5-3, Senior, Guard Shreveport, La. 1994 SBC Player of the Year 10.1 ppg, 4.9 apg, 3.3 rpg, 2.0 spg

Shantel Hardison 5-9, Senior, Guard Natchitoches, La. 1992 SBC Player of the Year 17.8 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 4.8 apg, 2.1 spg

6-4, Junior/Senior, Center Chattanooga, Tenn. 1989 & 1990 ASC Player of the Year 24.2 ppg, 12.7 rpg, 2.2 bpg in 1990; 21.3 ppg, 11.9 rpg, 1.2 bpg in 1989

Teresa Weatherspoon

Chris Long

Kurt Budke

Leon Barmore

5-8, Senior, Guard Pineland, Texas 1988 ASC Player of the Year 9.1 ppg, 6.0 apg, 4.4 rpg, 3.1 spg

2006 WAC Coach of the Year

2003, 2004 WAC Coach of the Year

Venus Lacy

10-Time Conference Coach of the Year


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Conference Player of the Year

American South (starting in 1988) Teresa Weatherspoon, 1988 Venus Lacy, 1989, 1990 Sun Belt Shantel Hardison, 1992 Pam Thomas, 1994 Vickie Johnson, 1995, 1996 Alisa Burras, 1997 Amanda Wilson, 1998,1999 Betty Lennox, 2000 Western Athletic (starting in 2002) Cheryl Ford, 2002, 2003 Amisha Carter, 2004 Tasha Williams, 2005 Shan Moore, 2007 Shanavia Dowdell, 2009, 2010

Conference Defensive Player of the Year Sun Belt LaQuan Stallworth, 1997 Amanda Wilson, 1998 Tamicha Jackson, 2000 Ayana Walker, 2001

Conference All-Defensive Team

Western Athletic Amber Obaze, 2002, 2003, 2004 Essence Perry, 2002 Ayana Walker, 2002 Erica Smith-Taylor, 2003, 2004 Amisha Carter 2004 Tasha Williams, 2005, 2006 Lakiste Barkus, 2005 Amber Metoyer, 2007 Ty Moore, 2007 Adrienne Johnson, 2009, 2010 Shanavia Dowdell, 2010

Conference Newcomer of the Year

American South (starting in 1988) Barbara Bolden, 1990 Sun Belt Alisa Burras, 1997

Conference Freshman of the Year Sun Belt Vickie Johnson, 1993 Monica Maxwell, 1996 Amber Obaze, 2001 Western Athletic Erica Smith-Taylor, 2002

Conference All-Freshman Team

Western Athletic Conference Eboni Mangum, 2006

Honor Roll

Shanavia Dowdell, 2007 Tarkeisha Wysinger, 2008

All-Conference

American South Nora Lewis, 1988, 1989 Teresa Weatherspoon, 1988 Venus Lacy, 1989, 1990 Pam Wells, 1989* Shelia Ethridge, 1989*, 1990, 1991 Shantel Hardison, 1990* Barbara Bolden, 1990* * second team Sun Belt Shantel Hardison, 1992 Vickie Johnson, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Danielle Whitehurst, 1993 Pam Thomas, 1994 Racquel Spurlock, 1994, 1996 Debra Williams, 1994, 1995, 1996 Kendra Neal, 1996 Alisa Burras, 1997, 1998 Tamicha Jackson, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Monica Maxwell, 1997, 1998 Amanda Wilson, 1997, 1998, 1999 LaQuan Stallworth, 1998 Betty Lennox, 2000 Brooke Lassiter, 2001 Takeisha Lewis, 2001 Ayana Walker, 2001 Western Athletic (starting in 2002) Cheryl Ford, 2002, 2003 Ayana Walker, 2002 Amber Obaze, 2002*, 2003*, 2004* Trina Frierson, 2003, 2004 Erica Smith-Taylor, 2003*, 2004* Amisha Carter, 2004 Tasha Williams, 2005, 2006 Lakiste Barkus, 2005* Aarica Ray-Boyd, 2006* Shan Moore, 2006*, 2007 Ty Moore, 2006*, 2007 Jo Sneed, 2008 Shanavia Dowdell, 2009, 2010 Adrienne Johnson, 2009, 2010 * second team

Conference AllTournament Team MVPs

American South Erica Westbrooks, 1988 Nora Lewis, 1989 Venus Lacy, 1990 Sheila Ethridge, 1991 Sun Belt Debra Williams, 1994 Racquel Spurlock, 1995, 1996 Tamicha Jackson, 1997 Amanda Wilson, 1998

Monica Maxwell, 1999 Betty Lennox, 2000 Ayana Walker, 2001 Western Athletic Ayana Walker, 2002 Cheryl Ford, 2003 Amisha Carter, 2004 Tasha Williams, 2006 Shanavia Dowdell, 2010

Conference All-Tournament Team

American South Erica Westbrooks 1988 Venus Lacy, 1988, 1989. 1990 Nora Lewis, 1989 Sheila Ethridge, 1990 Shantel Haridson, 1990 Sun Belt Shantel Hardison, 1992 Debra Williams, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Vickie Johnson, 1993, 1995 Pam Thomas, 1994 Racquel Spurlock, 1995, 1996 Kendra Neal, 1995, 1996 Tamicha Jackson, 1997, 1998, 2000 Alisa Burras, 1997, 1998 Amanda Wilson, 1998, 1999 Betty Lennox, 1999, 2000 Monica Maxwell, 1999 Ayana Walker, 2000 Brooke Lassiter, 2000 Western Athletic Ayana Walker, 2002 Cheryl Ford, 2002, 2003 Trina Frierson, 2003 Amber Obaze, 2003 Amisha Carter, 2004 Erica Smith-Taylor, 2004, 2005 Tasha Williams, 2005, 2006 Shan Moore, 2006 Shanavia Dowdell, 2009, 2010 Adrienne Johnson, 2010

Conference Coach of the Year

American South Leon Barmore, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 Sun Belt Leon Barmore, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Western Athletic Kurt Budke, 2003, 2004 Chris Long, 2006

NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Players Janice Lawrence, 1982 Erica Westbrooks, 1988

NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team

Janice Lawrence, 1982, 1983,

1984 Pam Kelly, 1982 Kim Mulkey, 1982 Jennifer White, 1983 Teresa Weatherspoon, 1987, 1988 Erica Westbrooks, 1988 Venus Lacy, 1989, 1990 Vickie Johnson, 1994 Pam Thomas, 1994 Tamicha Jackson, 1998

NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player

Pam Kelly, 1982 Janice Lawrence, 1983, 1984 Tori Harrison, 1987 Teresa Weatherspoon, 1988 Venus Lacy, 1989 Shantel Hardison, 1990 Danielle Whitehurst, 1993 Debra Williams, 1994 Alisa Burras, 1998 Amanda Wilson, 1999

NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team

Pam Kelly, 1982 Janice Lawrence, 1982, 1983, 1984 Lori Scott, 1983 Pam Gant, 1984, 1985 Tori Harrison, 1985, 1986, 1987 Angela Lawson, 1986 Nora Lewis, 1987, 1989 Teresa Weatherspoon, 1987, 1988 Venus Lacy, 1988, 1989, 1990 Shantel Hardison, 1990 Danielle Whitehurst, 1993 Pam Thomas, 1993, 1994 Debra Williams, 1994, 1996 Vickie Johnson, 1996 Racquel Spurlock, 1996 Alisa Burras, 1998 LaQuan Stallworth, 1998 Tamicha Jackson, 1998, 2000 Amanda Wilson, 1999 Monica Maxwell, 1999 Betty Lennox, 1999, 2000 Takeisha Lewis, 2001 Cheryl Ford, 2003

Kodak All-Americans

Pam Kelly, 1980, 1981, 1982 Angela Turner, 1982 Janice Lawrence, 1983, 1984 Pam Gant, 1985 Teresa Weatherspoon, 1987, 1988 Nora Lewis, 1989 Venus Lacy, 1990 Vickie Johnson, 1995, 1996 Debra Williams, 1996 Amanda Wilson, 1999 Tamicha Jackson, 2000

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All-Time Uniform Numbers

Marilyn Norris (1977) Pashala Perry (1997-98)

0

Lakiste Barkus (2004-05) Ashley Antony (2000) Ovlina Lewis (2001-02) Sarah Johnson (2004)

1 Shordy Mulford (2008-09) 2

Kenzi Bond (2002) Amber Metoyer (2006-07) Brietta Thomas (2008-0910)

3

Pam Crawford (1984) Sheila Ethridge (1988-89-9091) Linda Watson (1995-96) Shaka Massey (1999-2000) Ashley Antony (2001) Nastassja Levingston (2005-06-07-08) Kiara Young (2009-10)

4

Janet Karvonen (1984-85) Lisa Harvey (1986-87-88) Pam Thomas (1992-93-94) Jessica Sandifer (1994) Amanda Wilson (1996) Erica Smith-Taylor (200203-04-05)

5

RETIRED Angela Turner (1979-80-81 82)

10

Cindy McCarn (1978) Julie Wilkerson (1980-8182-83) Penee Hall (1984-1985) Shantel Hardison (1989-9092) Yen Quach (1995-96) LaQuan Stallworth (199798-99) Kristie McClain (2001) Tasha Williams (2003-0405-06) Sidney Stewart (2008-09) Reina Kempt (2010)

11

RETIRED Teresa Weatherspoon (1985-1986-1987-1988)

12

Sandy Freeman (1978-79) Nicole Collins (1991-93) Jennifer Pesnell (1994) Anna Snider (1995-96-97) Ayana Walker (1999-00-0102) Tiawana Pringle (2007) DeAngela Sword (2009)

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Allene Kemp (1978) Vickie Green (1983) Tori Harrison (1984-85-8687) Terri Meyer (1988-89-90-

191) Nicole Burn (1997-98)

14

Belinda Jones (1978) Angela Lawson (1985-8687-88) LaQuan Stallworth (1996) Beverly Moore (2000-01) Aarica Ray-Boyd (2003-0405-06) Tarkeisha Wysinger (200809-10)

15 Karla Mancil (1978-79)

Jennifer White (1980-81-8283) Melinda Chambless (1985-86-87-88) Katie Cochran (1995-96-97-98) Shakera McReynolds (2001) Toya George (2003-04)

20

RETIRED Kim Mulkey (1981-82-83 84)

21

Holly Kidd (1978) Kay Konerza (1983-84-85-86) DeJuna Jackson (1991-9293) Monica Maxwell (1996-9798-99) Tamaka Clay (2003) Shan Moore (2004-05-0607) Keshia Warren (2008-09) Martina Holloway (2010)

22 Mary Nell Kendrick (1978-

79) Pam Gant (1982-83-84-85) Phoebe Dunn (1988) Sebrena Smith (1990) Kendra Neal (1993-94-9596) Christie Sides (1999-2000) Ty Moore (2003-05-06-07) Tiawana Pringle (2008-0910)

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Sandra Felton (1982) Tatia Brown (1985-86-8788) Catina Malone (1994-95) Stacey Hill (1996) Danielle Butler (1998) Jo Sneed (2007-08) Whitney Jones (2009-10)

24

Lyn Anastasio (1981) Sherry McDonald (198485-86-87) Barbara Bolden (1990) Amy Brown (1992-93-9495) Jackie Bailey (1996-1997) Brooke Lassiter (1999-2000-01-02) Eboni Mangum (2006-07)

25 Marilyn Norris (1978)

Lori Scott (1980-81-82-83) Debra Williams (1993-9495-96) Betty Lennox (1999-2000) Amisha Carter (2003-2004) Margaret DeCiman (2005 06)

30

Kathy Bailey (1975-76-77) Paulette Stall (1986-87-88-89) Amanda Wilson (1997-9899) Sierra Nixon (2007)

41

Holly Kidd (1977) Pam Kelly (1979-80-81-82)

42 Patsy Speights (1975)

Mary Nell Kendrick (197677-78-79) Cara Guillon (1989-90-9192) Takeisha Lewis (1999-0001-02) Shanavia Dowdell (200708-09-10)

3 Mickie DeMoss (1975-76 31 Charlotte Cloud (1975-76) 4 RETIRED

Joletta Riser (1991-92-9394) Latoshia Malone (1995) Crystal Allen (2000)

77) Venus Lacy (1988-89-90) Racquel Spurlock (199394-95-96)

Debbo Baragona (1975) Ann Pendergrass (197980-81-82) Stacey Davis (1984-85-8687) Annie Lockett (1990-91) Maquisha Walker (1994-9596) Cheryl Ford (2000-01-0203) Quantae Thomas (2006) Whitney Jones (2008) Jasmine Bendolph (200910)

Connie Coker (1975) Debra Rodman (1981-8283-84) Erica Westbrooks (198586-87-88) Kenya Bibbs (2001-02) Sultra Harding (2003) Tashia Combs (2005)

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LaVerne Henderson (1975) Joy Gibson (1976-77) Beanie Lincoln (1986-88) Lisa Payne (1991-92) Jamie Scheppmann (199798-99) Essence Perry (2001-02) Tosha Christmas (2005) Adrienne Johnson (200809-10)

34 Belinda Jones (1975-76-

77) Mari Willis (1980) Debbie Primeaux (198182-83-84) Michelle Martin (1990-9192) Jackie Bailey (1995-96) Alisa Burras (1997-98) Amber Obaze (2001-02-0304)

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Mary Robertson (1975-76) Pam Wells (1989-90) Tamicha Jackson (1997-9899-2000) Tiffany Thompson (200405)

40

RETIRED Debbie Burks (1975-76) Nora Lewis (1986-87-8889) RETIRED

44

45

Kathy Singletary (1975) Danielle Whitehurst (199091-92-93) Tamika Kursh (2004-05-0607) Kara Jones (2008)

50 Jane Ellen Cook (1976-77-

78-79) Tia Sossamon (1980-8182-83) Jocelyn Watson (1987-8889-90) LaShawn Brown (1992-9394-95) Trina Frierson (2000-0203-04) April Williams (2007-08)

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RETIRED Gail Hays (1976-77) Janice Lawrence (1981-8283-84)

52

Kay Ford (2000) Rita Rust (1980-81-82) Priya Gilmore (1996-97-9899) Laura Beth Martin (2003) Tia Lawson (2005-06-07)

53 Mandy Warren (1976-77)

Angie Donner (1978-79)

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Janice Mulford (1980) Melshika Bowman (19982000)

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Aarica Ray-Boyd

Adrienne Johnson

Alabama Shanavia Dowdell, Calera Jasmine Bendolph, Mobile DeAngela Sword, Montgomery Kiara Young, Rogersville Arkansas Michelle Martin, Bentonville Janice Moore, Camden Erica Westbrooks, Camden Jamie Scheppmann, Cove Sidney Stewart, Damascus Tamika Kursh, Ft.Smith Brooke Lassiter, Hamburg Tasha Williams, Kingsland Kathy Jones, McGehee Jocelyn Watson, McNeil Angie Donner, Piggot Gail Sanders, Stephens Erica Smith-Taylor, Wheatley, Canada Margaret DeCiman, Saskatchewan California Lakiste Barkus, Long Beach Linda Watson, Los Angeles Amisha Carter, Oakland Colorado Amber Metoyer, Boulder Florida Jo Sneed, Belle Glade Priya Gilmore, Jacksonville Jackie Bailey, Pahokee Georgia Sandra Felton, Cordele Illinois Alisa Burras, Chicago Pam Grant, Joliet Yen Quach, Bloomington Nora Lewis, Peoria Indiana Monica Maxwell, East Chicago Anna Snider, Ramsey Cara Gullion, Scottsburg Kansas Kristie McClain, Wichita Kentucky Tamaka Clay, Lexington Louisiana Melshika Bowman, Alexandria Kay Ford, Alexandria Mary Robertson, Alexandria

Allene Kemp

Amber Obaze

Amber Metoyer

All-Time by State

Ashley Antony, Anacoco Maquisha Walker, Athens Christie Sides, Baker Reina Kempt, Baton Rouge Brietta Thomas, Baton Rouge Debbie Primeaux, Bell City Ann May, Benton Cindy McCarn, Benton Connie Coker, Calhoun Melinda Chambless, Chatham Jennifer Pesnell, Choudrant Pam Kelly, Columbia Karla Mancil, Columbia Vickie Johnson, Coushatta Debbie Burks, Delhi Mickie DeMoss, Delhi Pam Crawford, DeRidder Racqual Spurlock, Donaldsonville Billie Fryer, Epps Belinda Jones, Eros Adrienne Johnson, Franklin Tia Lawson, Geismar Holly Kid, Gibsland Kim Mulkey, Hammond Mandy Warren, Heflin Sierra Nixon, Houma Mary Nell Kendrick, Jena Joletta Riser, Jena Marilyn Norris, Jones Cynthia Loyd, Jonesboro-Hodge Elinor Griffin, Lake Providence Takeisha Lewis, Lisbon Jeannie Speights, Logansport Patsy Speights, Logansport Sebrena Smith, Mansfield Tarkeisha Wysinger, Many Shan Moore, Minden Beverly Moore, Monroe Shantel Hardison, Natchitoches Latoshia Malone, Opelousas Kendra Neal, Pelican Sherry McDonald, Pitkin Catina Malone, Quitman Stacy Hill, Rayville Nicole Burn, Ruston Sandy Freeman, Ruston Sheila Ethridge, Ruston Gail Hays, Ruston Nastassja Levingston, Ruston Ann Pendergrass, Ruston Angela Turner, Saline Barbara Bolden, Shreveport Danielle Butler, Shreveport Katie Cochran, Shreveport Ty Moore, Shreveport Rita Rust, Shreveport Pam Thomas, Shreveport Danielle Whitehurst, Shreveport Amanda Wilson, Shreveport Jane Ellen Cook, Simsboro DeJuna Jackson, Slidell Tarleshia Brown, St. Amant

Charlotte Cloud, Stonewall Kathy Bailey, Summerfield Cheryl Ford, Summerfield Pashala Perry, Tallulah Julie Wilkerson, Tioga Joy Gibson, Vivian Sarah Johnson, Welsh Whitney Jones, West Monroe Jessica Sandifer, West Monroe April Williams, West Monroe Mari Willis, West Monroe Maryland Tori Harrison, Townson Michigan Ovlina Lewis, Detroit Shakera McReynolds, Lansing Minnesota Lisa Harvey, Benton Harbor Kay Konerza, Lester Prairie Janet Karvonen, New York Mills Mississippi Toya George, Clinton Lori Scott, Jackson Janice Lawrence, Lucedale Tiawana Pringle, Meridian Kenya Bibbs, Starkville Catrina Frierson, Vicksburg Missouri Betty Lennox, Independence Tia Sossamon, Raymore New Mexico Martina Holloway, Albuquerque

Angie Donner

Annie Lockett

Shaka Massey, Arlington Janice Mulford, Bullard Vickie Green, Dallas Tamicha Jackson, Dallas Amber Obaze, Dallas Debra Rodman, Dallas Quantae Thomas, Dallas Tiffany Thompson, Dallas Annie Lockett, Garland Hartford Jackson, Grand Prairie Eboni Mangum, Houston Debra Williams, Houston Ayana Walker, Houston Chrystal Allen, Karnack Terri Meyer, Levelland Stacy Davis, Lewisville Pam Wells, Lewisville Kesia Warren, Lewisville Angela Lawson, Longview Kara Jones, Moody Pennee Hall, Mount Belvieu Teresa Weatherspoon, Pineland Nicole Collins, Round Rock LaQuan Stallworth, Silsbee Aarica Ray-Boyd, Texarkana Utah Shordy Mulford, West Valley City Virginia Lyn Anastasio, Hampton Wisconsin Paulette Stall, La Crosse Unknowns Debbo Baragona LaVerne Henderson Kathy Singletary

Ohio LaShawn Brown, Cleveland Lisa Payne, Columbus Sultra Harding, Xenia Oklahoma Kenzi Bond, Canton Judy Smith, Chandler Essence Perry, Lawton Tashia Combs, Midwest City Allene Kemp, Milburn Tatia Brown, Tulsa South Carolina Beanie Lincoln, Summerville Tennessee Venus Lacy, Chattanooga Amy Brown, Livingston Jennifer White, Loretta Texas Phoebe Dunn, Abernathy

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Starters: F-Belinda Jones 22.5, 10.2 C-Laverne Henderson 19.5,14.9 G-Mickie DeMoss 17.1, 2.9 F-Mary Robertson 9.7, 6.5 G-Charlotte Cloud 3.0, 1.8 Top Subs: Kathy Bailey 3.3, 1.0 Deb Baragona 3.1, 1.5 Coach: Sonja Hogg Jan. 7 H Southeastern La. L 59-55 Jan. 24 H LSU W 97-83 Jan. 27 A UL-Monroe L 84-78 Jan. 31 N Northwestern St. L 76-56 Jan. 31 N New Orleans W 80-55 Feb. 1 N Nicholls St. W 95-71 Feb. 1 N Northwestern St. L 86-77OT Feb. 4 H UL-Monroe W 99-76 Feb. 7 N New Orleans W 77-60 Feb. 7 N Northwestern St. W 87-83OT Feb. 8 N Southeastern La. L 81-44 Feb. 8 A Northwestern St. L 87-86 Feb. 10 N AAU All-Stars W 80-78 Feb. 12 A UL-Monroe L 84-80 Feb. 15 N UL-Monroe W 97-88 Feb. 15 N New Orleans W 104-73 Feb. 17 N UL-Monroe W 116-66 Feb. 18 A Northwestern St. W 79-78 LAIAW St. TOURNAMENT Feb. 20 N McNeese St. L 70-65 Feb. 21 N Nicholls St. W 85-62 Feb. 21 A LSU W 95-87 Feb. 21 N McNeese St. L 58-56

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Starters: C-Kay Ford 18.5, 9.7 F-Belinda Jones 14.1, 13.4 G-Kathy Bailey 10.1, 4.2 G-Mickie DeMoss 8.9, 2.4 F-Mandy Warren 8.8, 7.1 Top Subs: Jane Ellen Cook 8.7, 5.1 Mary Nell Kendrick 8.3, 3.7 Coach: Sonja Hogg Dec. 4 H Ouachita Baptist W 72-55 Dec. 5 A Nicholls St. W 97-75 Dec. 12 A Panola Jr Col L 74-63 Dec. 18 A McNeese St. W 85-78 Jan. 6 H Mississippi College L 80-70 Jan. 10 A New Orleans W 87-35 Jan. 14 A UL-Lafayette W 106-34 Jan. 15 H UL-Monroe W 81-72 Jan. 17 H Nicholls St. W 90-58 Jan. 20 A Northwestern St. L 76-70 Jan. 23 H Panola Jr Col W 72-66 Jan. 26 H McNeese St. L 56-55 Jan. 30 H New Orleans W 96-44 Feb. 6 H Louisiana College W 87-49 Feb. 10 H Northwestern St. W 83-71 Feb. 13 N Southern W 81-69 Feb. 14 N Northwestern St. L 84-73 Feb. 14 N Southern L 75-70 Feb. 17 A Southeastern La. L 76-72 Feb. 18 A LSU W 64-49 Feb. 21 N UL-Monroe W 63-61 Feb. 21 N McNeese St. W 64-53 Feb. 21 A Northwestern St. W 85-76 Feb. 25 A UL-Monroe L 73-66 Feb. 26 H UL-Lafayette W 93-65 LAIAW St. TOURNAMENT March 4 N UL-Lafayette W 84-62 March 5 N Northwestern St. L 83-80

March 6 N UL-Monroe March 6 N LSU

W 69-64 L 85-77

1976-77 (22-9)

Starters: C-Elinor Griffin 16.0, 13.3 F-Kay Ford 15.7, 7.5 F-Belinda Jones 14.4, 5.0 G-Jane Ellen Cook 13.1, 4.3 G-Mickie DeMoss 5.1, 1.5 Top Subs: Marilyn Norris 9.4, 6.5 Judy Smith 3.0, 1.6 Coach: Sonja Hogg Nov. 30 H Panola Jr. Col W 78-69 Dec. 2 H Northwestern St. W 88-70 Dec. 7 A Ouachita Baptist W 88-40 Jan. 11 H Mississippi College L 78-75 Jan. 13 H Southeastern La. L 104-102OT Jan. 17 A Panola Jr College W 80-60 Jan. 17 A Northwestern St. W 101-83 Jan. 19 A #2 Delta St. L 95-78 Jan. 22 H LSU W 86-73 Jan. 26 H UL-Monroe W 99-75 Jan. 28 A Nicholls St. W 90-67 Feb. 1 A LSU L 92-72 Feb. 2 A Southeastern La. L 106-96 Feb. 5 H Nicholls St. W 94-50 Feb. 9 H Louisiana College W 72-58 Feb. 11 N Southwest Texas W 85-53 Feb. 11 N Texas L 84-59 Feb. 12 N Northwestern St. W 67-59 Feb. 12 N Texas A & M W 69-67 Feb. 14 A Mississippi College L 117-108 Feb. 16 A UL-Monroe W 95-73 Feb. 18 A Louisiana College W 98-42 LAIAW St. TOURNAMENT Feb. 23 H Tulane W 99-52 Feb. 24 H Northwestern St. W 93-74 Feb. 25 H LSU W 101-88 Feb. 26 H Northwestern St. W 80-72 AIAW REGION 4 TOURNAMENT March 9 N Oklahoma St. W 93-74 March 10 N Baylor L 84-78 March 10 N Texas-Arlington W 106-70 March 11 N Northwestern St. W 89-81 March 12 N #18 Texas L 94-85

1977-78 (20-8)

Starters: C-Elinor Griffin 19.4, 12.6 G-Jane Ellen Cook 13.9, 4.5 F-Belinda Jones 13.0, 5.6 F-Kay Ford 2.5, 6.9 G-Mary Nell Kendrick 4.0, 2.9 Top Subs: Marilyn Norris 9.4, 6.5 Judy Smith 3.0, 1.6 Coach: Sonja Hogg Nov. 15 A Panola Jr Col W 71-66 Nov. 24 N Texas Tech W 59-54 Nov. 25 N Kansas St. W 90-82OT Nov. 26 A #3 Wayland Baptist L 75-61 Nov. 29 H Panola Jr College W 83-67 Dec. 5 A #4 Delta St. L 67-62 Dec. 8 H Louisiana College W 92-72 Dec. 12 H UL-Monroe W 96-67 Dec. 16 A McNeese St. W 88-67 Jan. 12 H UL-Lafayette W 102-45 Jan. 14 H Mississippi College W 91-74 Jan. 16 A Northwestern St. W 97-75 Jan. 21 A #15 Stephen F. Austin L 80-67 Jan. 23 A Mississippi College L 75-73 Jan. 31 H Northwestern St. W 92-69

Feb. 2 A Louisiana College W 76-64 Feb. 6 H McNeese St. W 90-69 Feb. 7 A Belhaven College W 78-65 Feb. 11 H #17 Stephen F. Austin W 74-73 Feb. 14 H #5 Delta St. L 74-71 Feb. 16 A UL-Monroe W 84-80 LAIAW St. TOURNAMENT Feb. 23 N UL-Lafayette W 84-52 Feb. 24 A Southern W 89-62 Feb. 25 A #2 LSU L 77-59 AIAW REGION 4 TOURNAMENT March 8 N Baylor W 91-78 March 9 N Oral Roberts W 80-61 March 10 N #3 Wayland Baptist L 87-81 March 11 N #2 LSU L 78-76

1978-79 (34-4)

Starters: C-Elinor Griffin 17.8, 11.1 G-Angela Turner 16.0, 6.5 G-Jane Ellen Cook 11.6, 3.7 F-Kay Ford 7.2, 5.5 G-Mary Nell Kendrick 3.9, 7.2apg Top Subs: Pam Kelly 19.0, 9.8 Angie Donner 2.6, 2.0 Coach: Sonja Hogg Nov. 19 A Nicholls St. W 90-51 Nov. 20 A UL-Lafayette W 88-44 Nov. 28 A Louisiana College W 61-52 Nov. 30 H Arkansas W 82-28 Dec. 1 H Memphis W 76-57 Dec. 5 H UL-Monroe W 86-50 Dec. 6 A Northwestern St. W 104-61 Dec. 14 N Central Missouri W 81-63 Dec. 14 A Miss. Women’s Univ. W 83-75 Dec. 15 N #13 Valdosta St. L 85-82 Dec. 16 N #1 Tennessee W 64-56 Dec. 30 A McNeese St. L 71-70 Jan. 10 A Pepperdine W 87-63 Jan. 12 A #10 UCLA W 85-81 Jan. 13 A Southern Cal W 76-68 Jan. 16 H Louisiana College W 98-45 Jan. 19 H #2 Stephen F. Austin W 76-68 Jan. 23 H McNeese St. W 101-46 Jan. 27 A #6 Wayland Baptist W 75-64 Jan. 30 H Belhaven College W 81-50 Feb. 2 N SMU W 72-50 Feb. 3 A Mississippi College W 81-80 Feb. 7 A UL-Monroe W 77-65 Feb. 8 H Wayland Baptist W 78-56 Feb. 10 A #2 Stephen F. Austin L 83-82 Feb. 12 H Northwestern St. W 89-66 Feb. 14 H #14 Delta St. W 89-66 LAIAW St. TOURNAMENT Feb. 22 N UL-Lafayette W 74-41 Feb. 23 N Southern W 105-83 Feb. 24 N LSU W 96-80 AIAW REGION 4 TOURNAMENT ??? N Texas A&M W 85-72 ??? N UL-Monroe W 90-68 ??? N #3 Texas W 77-74 March 10 N #11 Wayland Baptist W 72-59 AIAW NATIONAL TOURNAMENT March 16 N #14 Kansas W 100-61 March 17 N #18 Northwestern W 88-52 March 23 N ✩#3 Tennessee W 102-84 March 25 N ★#1 Old Dominion L 75-65 1979-80 (40-5) Starters: C-Pam Kelly 20.7, 10.9 G-Angela Turner 18.2, 7.0 F-Lori Scott 11.5, 9.2 F-Tia Sossamon 9.9, 5.8


www.latechsports.com G-Jennifer White 9.6, 8.1apg Top Subs: Janice Mulford 11.8, 6.8 Julie Wilkerson 4.0, 3.3 Coach: Sonja Hogg Nov. 19 A Southeastern La. W 107-64 Nov. 22 N Ohio St. W 89-67 Nov. 23 N Kansas W 78-76 Nov. 24 A Wayland Baptist W 72-70 Nov. 29 H Mississippi St. W 89-54 Nov. 30 A #20 Oregon W 92-73 Dec. 3 A UL-Monroe W 99-61 Dec. 5 H McNeese St. W 102-76 Dec. 7 A #4 Tennessee L 73-71 Dec. 10 A Northwestern St. W 111-63 Dec. 12 H Southern W 115-76 Dec. 14 N Texas A&M W 92-60 Dec. 15 N Baylor W 100-66 Dec. 18 A #15 UNLV W 73-61 Dec. 19 N #8 Long Beach St. W 86-82 Dec. 22 A #7 Rutgers W 89-83OT Dec. 23 N #1 Old Dominion W 59-57 Jan. 3 H Northwestern St. W 93-47 Jan. 4 H #14 UCLA W 93-77 Jan. 7 H #7 Maryland W 104-71 Jan. 10 A Louisiana College W 92-64 Jan. 11 H Nebraska W 88-64 Jan. 14 A LSU W 84-56 Jan. 17 H Southeastern La. W 92-67 Jan. 18 H Nicholls St. W 108-50 Jan. 21 A #4 Stephen F. Austin L 75-71 Jan. 23 H McNeese St. W 68-62 Jan. 28 A Memphis W 96-72 Feb. 2 H UL-Monroe W 100-52 Feb. 2 H LSU W 93-61 Feb. 6 H #4 Stephen F. Austin W 82-56 Feb. 8 H #17 UNLV W 74-63 Feb. 11 A Hawaii W 103-59 Feb. 12 A Hawaii W 84-54 Feb. 16 H Louisiana College W 76-52 LAIAW St. TOURNAMENT Feb. 21 H Northwestern St. W 90-71 Feb. 22 H Southern W 93-55 Feb. 23 H McNeese St. W 78-57 AIAW REGION 4 TOURNAMENT March 6 N Texas A&M W 80-57 March 7 A LSU W 91-50 March 8 N #5 Stephen F. Austin L 73-65 AIAW NATIONAL TOURNAMENT March 15 H #12 Kansas W 81-73 March 18 H #9 Long Beach St. W 96-70 March 21 N ✩#1 Old Dominion L 73-59 March 23 N #4 South Carolina L 77-69 1980-81 (34-0) Starters: C-Pam Kelly 20.3, 9.1 F-Janice Lawerence 14.9, 8.3 G-Angela Turner 13.6, 5.4 F-Lori Scott 10.1, 7.4 G-Jennifer White 6.1, 4.1apg Top Subs: Debra Rodman 9.1, 7.9 Kim Mulkey 7.4, 5.8apg NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Coach: Sonja Hogg Dec. 1 A Louisiana College W 102-70 Dec. 5 H McNeese St. W 101-48 Dec. 8 H Wayland Baptist W 89-40 Dec. 9 H #6 South Carolina W 97-70 Dec. 11 A UL-Monroe W 90-50 Dec. 15 H #3 Tennessee W 77-53 Dec. 19 N #5 Kansas W 75-72 Dec. 20 N #3 Rutgers W 67-60 Jan. 6 H Mississippi College W 89-53 Jan. 10 H Southeastern La. W 110-57 Jan. 12 H Louisiana College W 100-60 Jan. 14 N Oral Roberts W 94-67 Jan. 17 H #16 Stephen F. Austin W 81-57 Jan. 22 H #2 Old Dominion W 81-47

Jan. 26 A San Francisco W 69-58 Jan. 28 A #6 Long Beach St. W 78-73 Jan. 29 A #4 UCLA W 99-61 Jan. 31 A UNLV W 97-73 Feb. 5 H UL-Monroe W 95-53 Feb. 7 H Northwestern St. W 115-67 Feb. 9 H Southeastern La. W 101-56 Feb. 12 A #17 Stephen F. Austin W 79-61 Feb. 17 A Mississippi College W 92-45 Feb. 20 A #3 Old Dominion W 75-59 LAIAW St. TOURNAMENT Feb. 26 N New Orleans W 121-59 Feb. 27 N Northwestern St. W 90-36 Feb. 28 N Southern W 86-59 AIAW REGION 4 TOURNAMENT March 12 N Oklahoma W 88-68 March 13 N Southern W 75-58 March 14 A #19 Stephen F. Austin W 98-67 AIAW NATIONAL TOURNAMENT March 21 H Jackson St. W 97-50 March 24 H #10 UCLA W 87-54 March 27 N ✩#4 Southern Cal W 66-50 March 29 N ★#2 Tennessee W 79-59

1981-82 (35-1)

1982-83 (31-2)

Starters: C-Pam Kelly 20.3, 9.1 F-Janice Lawerence 14.7, 7.0 G-Angela Turner 10.4, 4.9 F-Lori Scott 10.1, 7.4 G-Kim Mulkey 5.6, 5.6apg Top Subs: Debra Rodman 9.1, 7.9 Jennifer White 3.8, 4.1apg NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Coach: Sonja Hogg Nov. 26 N Illinois St. W 71-56 Nov. 27 N #18 Stephen F. Austin W 97-59 Nov. 28 N #15 Kansas W 70-39 Dec. 1 H Mississippi College W 100-55 Dec. 4 A New Orleans W 106-59 Dec. 5 A McNeese St. W 80-38 Dec. 10 H Valdosta State W 97-54 Dec. 11 H Tulane W 103-50 Dec. 12 H Illinois St. W 67-42 Dec. 19 N #6 Rutgers W 83-73 Dec. 20 N #3 Old Dominion W 68-51 Jan. 6 H UL-Monroe W 102-47 Jan. 8 A #2 South Carolina W 71-58 Jan. 10 A #20 Tennessee W 72-64 Jan. 15 H Montclair St. W 95-48 Jan. 16 A #17 Stephen F. Austin W 69-59 Jan. 19 H #10 Long Beach St. W 74-46 Jan. 22 H Oral Roberts W 94-53 Jan. 25 A Clemson W 68-63 Jan. 27 N #16 Georgia W 83-60 Jan. 29 A #7 Old Dominion L 61-58 Feb. 1 A #5 Maryland W 73-56 Feb. 4 A UL-Monroe W 93-40 Feb. 6 H Baylor W 104-61 Feb. 12 H Stephen F. Austin W 105-58 Feb. 15 H Alcorn St. W 108-47 Feb. 17 H McNeese St. W 113-60 Feb. 20 H UCLA W 103-63 Feb. 22 A Oklahoma W 101-57 Feb. 23 A Oral Roberts W 89-51 March 2 A Mississippi College W 94-52 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 12 H Tennessee Tech W 114-53 March 18 H #17 Arizona St. W 92-54 March 20 H #14 Kentucky W 82-60 March 26 N ✩#8 Tennessee W 69-46 March 28 N ★#2 Cheyney St. W 76-62 Starters: F-Janice Lawerence 20.7, 9.1 C-Debra Rodman 13.3, 10.7 F-Lori Scott 12.9, 6.5 G-Kim Mulkey 6.7, 7.0apg

G-Jennifer White 6.6, 5.0apg Top Subs: Pam Gant 8.9, 2.6 Tia Sossamon 8.3, 4.4 NATIONAL FINALISTS Coaches: Sonja Hogg & Leon Barmore Nov. 30 A Mississippi College W 95-62 Dec. 4 H #1 Southern Cal L 64-58 Dec. 9 H Alabama W 83-56 Dec. 10 H Northwestern W 86-54 Dec. 11 H #8 Cheyney St. W 60-45 Dec. 14 H #9 Tennessee W 80-64 Dec. 19 N Washington W 103-51 Dec. 20 N #6 Texas W 86-64 Dec. 21 N #7 Long Beach St. W 91-59 Jan. 3 H Jackson St. W 80-42 Jan. 6 H #5 Old Dominion W 69-48 Jan. 8 H Arkansas W 74-34 Jan. 10 H Clemson W 98-71 Jan. 13 A UL-Monroe W 88-77 Jan. 15 H #19 South Carolina W 94-54 Jan. 17 H McNeese St. W 98-53 Jan. 22 N #1 Southern Cal W 58-56 Jan. 24 A #12 Long Beach St. W 74-57 Jan. 26 A #15 UCLA W 84-59 Jan. 28 A UNLV W 79-58 Feb. 7 H Memphis W 64-56 Feb. 9 H UL-Monroe W 104-58 Feb. 11 A Notre Dame W 81-39 Feb. 13 A Illinois St. W 81-66 Feb. 16 A Alcorn St. W 84-50 Feb. 18 H Stephen F. Austin W 81-56 Feb. 21 H Oklahoma W 105-75 March 10 H New Orleans W 84-49 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 17 H Middle Tennessee W 91-59 March 25 H #14 Auburn W 81-54 March 27 H #3 Texas W 72-58 April 1 A ✩#4 Old Dominion W 71-55 April 3 N ★#2 Southern Cal L 69-67 1983-84 (30-3) Starters: F-Janice Lawerence 21.3, 8.1 G-Pam Gant 16.3, 3.3 C-Debra Rodman 9.2, 9.4 G-Kim Mulkey 8.8, 7.3apg F-Pam Crawford 6.3, 3.4 Top Subs: Tori Harrison 9.4, 6.6 Stacey Davis 5.0, 3.9 Coaches: Sonja Hogg & Leon Barmore Nov. 29 A Arkansas W 75-52 Nov. 30 H Mississippi College W 109-60 Dec. 2 H #7 Kansas W 103-71 Dec. 3 H #18 Western Kentucky W 82-50 Dec. 10 H Indiana W 76-47 Dec. 12 A Northwestern St. W 82-46 Dec. 17 N Ohio St. W 79-57 Jan. 3 H #1 Southern Cal W 75-66 Jan. 4 H UCLA W 94-58 Jan. 6 H #4 Long Beach St. W 73-57 Jan. 12 H Notre Dame W 83-56 Jan. 14 H UL-Monroe W 88-67 Jan. 18 A #12 Tennessee W 81-63 Jan. 20 N Cheyney St. W 100-72 Jan. 21 A Penn St. W 86-61 Jan. 27 A Southeastern La. W 88-45 Jan. 28 H UNLV W 90-60 Feb. 1 A UL-Monroe W 86-72 Feb. 4 A #7 Old Dominion L 64-66 Feb. 6 A #13 Auburn W 80-68 Feb. 10 A Jackson St. W 69-65 Feb. 11 A Memphis L 72-69 Feb. 16 A Stephen F. Austin W 87-58 Feb. 18 H Houston W 92-58 Feb. 21 H Oral Roberts W 98-61 Feb. 25 A Cal Poly-Pomona W 83-43 Feb. 28 A Hawaii W 95-53 Feb. 29 A Hawaii-Pacific W 97-51

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS March 10 A McNeese St. W 87-43 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 16 H Texas Tech W 94-68 March 23 H #8 LSU W 92-67 March 25 H #1 Texas W 85-60 March 30 N ✩#5 Southern Cal L 62-57

1984-85 (29-4)

Starters: G-Pam Gant 23.6, 4.3 C-Toni Harrison 14.5, 9.2 F-Stacey Davis 10.4, 8.0 F-Janet Karvonen 6.0, 2.4 G-T. Weatherspoon 5.9, 7.2apg Top Subs: Erica Westbrooks 7.0, 5.6 Titia Brown 5.0, 3.2 Coaches: Sonja Hogg & Leon Barmore Nov. 30 N Stephen F. Austin W 104-48 Dec. 1 A Kansas W 76-65 Dec. 5 H Southeastern La. W 92-39 Dec. 7 H Wisconsin W 86-51 Dec. 8 H Memphis W 86-54 Dec. 11 H Oklahoma St. W 73-64 Dec. 13 H #15 Tennessee W 73-57 Dec. 15 N Texas-San Antonio W 80-39 Dec. 17 A Houston W 71-58 Jan. 5 H Cal Poly-Pomona W 94-62 Jan. 7 H #10 Penn St. W 97-83 Jan. 9 H Kansas St. W 83-75 Jan. 12 H #12 Auburn W 85-65 Jan. 15 H SMU W 71-46 Jan. 17 A Stephen F. Austin W 98-58 Jan. 22 H #4 UL-Monroe W 79-77OT Jan. 26 A #8 Southern Cal W 83-792OT Jan. 29 A UCLA W 76-50 Jan. 31 A #3 Long Beach St. L 81-76 Feb. 2 A UNLV L 80-77 Feb. 6 H Middle Tennessee W 86-62 Feb. 9 H #20 Alabama W 76-51 Feb. 11 A #4 UL-Monroe L 80-67 Feb. 13 H #3 Old Dominion W 72-63 Feb. 16 A Oral Roberts W 78-59 Feb. 20 H Stephen F. Austin W 94-61 Feb. 22 N Loyola-Marymount W 79-46 Feb. 23 N North Carolina W 80-59 Feb. 24 N #9 Penn St. W 88-69 March 7 A Mississippi College W 100-68 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 15 H Illinois St. W 81-57 March 22 N #20 San Diego St. W 94-64 March 24 A #2 UL-Monroe L 85-76

1985-86 (27-5)

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Starters: C-Tori Harrison 16.3, 7.7 F-Nora Lewis 13.3, 7.1 G-Angela Lawson 11.4, 4.0 G-T Weatherspoon 8.8, 7.9apg F-Stacey Davis 5.8, 6.3 Top Subs: Ericia Westbrooks 10.9, 6.5 Paulette Stall 5.9, 2.6 Coach: Leon Barmore Nov. 22 N Florida A&M W 61-56 Nov. 23 A Kansas St. W 73-63 Nov. 25 A Oklahoma St. W 76-68 Dec. 3 H Kansas W 83-50 Dec. 6 H Illinois St. W 92-55 Dec. 7 H Drake W 87-78 Dec. 9 A Houston L 66-60 Dec. 11 A Hawaii-Pacific W 102-31 Dec. 12 A Hawaii W 92-49 Dec. 19 H Texas A&M W 79-49 Jan. 4 H UCLA W 73-59 Jan. 6 H #2 Southern Cal W 75-53 Jan. 10 H #6 Long Beach St. W 80-68 Jan. 13 H San Diego St. W 87-43 Jan. 17 A Old Dominion W 77-70

Jan. 23 A UL-Monroe L 86-76 Jan. 25 H Miami (Fla) W 81-40 Jan. 29 A Stephen F. Austin W 73-55 Feb. 1 H Texas Tech W 77-71 Feb. 3 H Memphis W 80-63 Feb. 6 H Mississippi College W 87-45 Feb. 10 A #14 Tennessee W 59-56 Feb. 12 A #15 Penn St. L 72-68 Feb. 15 H Creighton W 66-61 Feb. 18 H UL-Monroe L 82-74 Feb. 22 A Alabama W 82-77 Feb. 26 H Stephen F. Austin W 75-49 March 5 A UL-Lafayette W 50-42 March 7 A New Orleans W 70-50 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 15 H Washington W 79-54 March 20 A #8 Long Beach St. W 71-69 March 22 N #3 Southern Cal L 80-64

1986-87 (30-3)

1987-88 (32-2)

Starters: C-Tori Harrison 16.8, 7.7 F-Nora Lewis 14.2, 7.8 G-Angela Lawson 11.3, 4.2 G-T Weatherspoon 9.4, 8.15apg G-Stacey Davis 4.8, 6.1 Top Subs: Erica Westbrooks 7.5, 6.1 Paulette Stall 4.7, 2.3 NATIONAL FINALISTS Coach: Leon Barmore Nov. 28 N Michigan St. W 79-57 Nov. 29 N Kansas W 56-40 Dec. 5 H Central Michigan W 85-68 Dec. 6 H Kansas St. W 67-45 Dec. 10 H Oklahoma St. W 74-56 Dec. 12 N US International W 107-51 Dec. 13 A SMU W 95-54 Dec. 17 H #9 Georgia W 79-54 Dec. 20 A #8 Virginia L 77-66 Jan. 3 A Kentucky W 64-63 Jan. 6 H UL-Monroe W 82-48 Jan. 9 H UL-Lafayette W 82-36 Jan. 14 A #7 Long Beach St. L 99-95OT Jan. 16 A Northern Arizona W 76-53 Jan. 22 H Houston W 85-50 Jan. 28 A Texas Tech W 71-43 Jan. 30 A Texas A&M W 95-44 Feb. 2 H #16 Penn St. W 75-58 Feb. 7 H SMU W 78-44 Feb. 9 H #7 Tennessee W 72-60 Feb. 13 A Mississippi College W 72-41 Feb. 16 A UL-Monroe W 84-68 Feb. 19 H Stephen F. Austin W 76-42 Feb. 21 H Old Dominion W 90-57 March 1 A Drake W 55-52 March 3 A Florida Atlantic W 71-32 March 5 A Miami (Fla) W 76-58 March 9 H New Orleans W 82-52 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 14 H Northwestern W 82-60 March 19 N #16 Southern Illinois W 66-53 March 21 N #9 Iowa W 66-65 March 27 A ✩#1 Texas W 79-75 March 29 N ★#7 ennessee L 67-44

Starters: F-Erica Westbrooks 14.6, 7.2 C-Venus Lacy 14.5, 9.2 F-Nora Lewis 13.6, 9.8 G-Angela Lawson 11.2, 3.6 G-T Weatherspoon 9.1, 6.0apg Top Subs: Sheila Ethridge 7.9, 3.5 Paulette Stall 6.0, 2.9 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Coach: Leon Barmore Nov. 27 N Eastern Washington W 107-57

Nov. 28 H #15 Washington W 70-50 Dec. 4 A #11 Georgia W 79-59 Dec. 7 H #19 UNLV W 91-63 Dec. 11 H Arkansas St. W 113-50 Dec. 12 H Alcorn St. W 98-52 Dec. 15 H UL-Monroe W 81-50 Dec. 17 N Nicholls St. W 92-42 Dec. 18 N Pepperdine W 72-61 Dec. 19 A Nevada W 80-46 Jan. 4 H Kentucky W 95-63 Jan. 6 H Colorado W 66-59 Jan. 13 H Texas Tech W 107-62 Jan. 19 H Drake W 88-56 Jan. 23 H Utah W 83-58 Jan. 25 A Oklahoma St. W 85-62 Jan. 28 A Kansas St. W 77-45 Jan. 30 H Lamar W 106-49 Feb. 2 H UL-Lafayette W 88-35 Feb. 9 A #17 Stephen F. Austin W 69-51 Feb. 12 A Penn St. L 66-62 Feb. 15 A #3 Tennessee L 76-74 Feb. 20 A Old Dominion W 68-65 Feb. 22 H UTPA W 98-21 March 1 A UL-Monroe W 71-43 March 3 A Tulane W 92-62 March 5 A New Orleans W 74-57 ASC TOURNAMENT March 11 H Lamar W 93-67 March 12 H New Orleans W 86-64 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 19 H Kansas W 89-50 March 24 N #12 Mississippi W 80-60 March 26 A #4 Texas W 83-80OT April 1 N ✩#1 Tennessee W 68-59 April 3 N ★#3 Auburn W 56-54 1988-89 (32-4) Starters: F-Nora Lewis 18.3, 10.9 C-Venus Lacy 21.3, 11.9 F-Paulette Stall 10.1, 4.3 G-Sheila Ethridge 13.3, 5.4 G-Pam Wells 4.6, 5.8apg Top Subs: Shantel Hardison 8.2, 3.6 Tatia Brown 4.7, 4.5 Coach: Leon Barmore Nov. 25 A Hawaii W 71-52 Nov. 26 N #5 Iowa W 62-58 Nov. 27 N #1 Tennessee L 62-61OT Dec. 2 H Louisville W 77-47 Dec. 3 H Holy Cross W 79-51 Dec. 6 A UL-Monroe W 74-57 Dec. 10 H #7 Virginia W 88-66 Dec. 13 H #2 Georgia W 72-55 Dec. 16 A DePaul W 90-74 Dec. 18 A #12 Purdue W 62-49 Jan. 3 A Colorado L 61-60 Jan. 7 H #9 LSU W 87-60 Jan. 10 H UL-Monroe W 94-71 Jan. 14 A Texas Tech W 79-57 Jan. 17 H #17 Stephen F. Austin W 88-54 Jan. 20 A Memphis W 105-58 Jan. 22 A Arkansas St. W 66-33 Jan. 26 A Lamar W 67-51 Jan. 28 A UTPA W 111-28 Jan. 31 H New Orleans W 71-62 Feb. 4 H UL-Lafayette W 98-42 Feb. 9 H Old Dominion W 72-71 Feb. 11 H Arkansas St. W 91-46 Feb. 14 H #3 Tennessee L 72-65 Feb. 16 H Lamar W 99-49 Feb. 18 H UTPA W 126-25 Feb. 23 H Tulane W 77-39 Feb. 27 A LSU W 68-60 March 1 A New Orleans W 68-51 March 6 A UL-Lafayette W 86-37 ASC TOURNAMENT March 10 H Arkansas St. W 108-29 March 11 H Lamar W 109-56 NCAA TOURNAMENT


www.latechsports.com March 19 H Oklahoma St. March 23 H LSU March 25 H #4 Stanford March 31 N ✩#2 Auburn

W 103-78 W 85-68 W 85-75 L 76-71

1989-90 (32-1) Starters: F-Annie Lockett 7.4, 4.7 C-Venus Lacy 24.2, 12.7 F-Barbara Bolden 8.8, 6.5 G-Sheila Ethridge 15.2, 4.9 G-Shantel Hardison 10.4, 6.8apg Top Subs: Danielle Whithurst 5.4, 3.8 Sebrena Smith 5.3, 4.3 Coach: Leon Barmore Nov. 24 N Prairie View A&M W 87-24 Nov. 25 A Oklahoma St. W 74-59 Dec. 1 H Mississippi Valley St. W 95-51 Dec. 2 H #10 Iowa W 85-82 Dec. 5 H UL-Monroe W 87-49 Dec. 9 A #1 Tennessee W 59-58 Dec. 14 H #19 DePaul W 89-75 Dec. 18 H #11 Purdue W 66-50 Jan. 6 H Kansas St. W 100-54 Jan. 8 A North Texas W 92-56 Jan. 11 H Texas Tech W 95-54 Jan. 14 A Old Dominion W 79-65 Jan. 18 H UTPA W 98-35 Jan. 20 H Lamar W 85-55 Jan. 23 A #9 Stephen F. Austin W 69-56 Jan. 25 H Arkansas St. W 106-36 Jan. 29 A Alabama W 66-49 Feb. 1 A UL-Lafayette W 84-35 Feb. 3 A New Orleans W 86-45 Feb. 8 A UTPA W 90-48 Feb. 10 A Lamar W 81-42 Feb. 12 A UL-Monroe W 55-44 Feb. 17 A Arkansas St. W 94-65 Feb. 20 H New Orleans W 98-60 Feb. 22 H UL-Lafayette W 101-52 Feb. 24 A Stetson W 88-46 Feb. 26 A UCF W 121-57 ASC TOURNAMENT March 9 H UL-Lafayette W 124-51 March 10 H Lamar W 79-58 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 17 H #20 Southern Miss W 89-70 March 22 N #15 Purdue W 91-47 March 24 A #8 Texas W 71-57 March 30 N ✩#9 Auburn L 81-69 1990-91 (18-12)

Starters: G-Sheila Ethridge 25.2, 6.9 F-Annie Lockett 11.2, 7.1 F-D. Whitehurst 7.9, 8.0 G-Lisa Payne 6.0, 2.9apg C-Michelle Martin 4.5, 3.0 Top Subs: Cara Bullion 6.2, 3.6 Joletta Riser 4.9, 4.0 Coach: Leon Barmore Nov. 30 H West Virginia W 71-66 Dec. 1 H Central Michigan W 81-62 Dec. 5 A UL-Monroe W 60-57 Dec. 8 A #24 LSU L 84-75 Dec. 12 A #14 UNLV L 84-77 Dec. 28 N Notre Dame L 71-66 Dec. 29 N Arizona W 92-68 Jan. 3 H Alabama W 62-57 Jan. 5 A Arkansas St. L 76-75 Jan. 7 H UL-Monroe W 83-55 Jan. 10 H UL-Lafayette W 87-40 Jan. 14 H New Orleans W 72-58 Jan. 19 A UCF 88-54 Jan. 24 A Lamar L 83-72 Jan. 26 A UTPA W 94-64 Jan. 28 A Texas Tech L 79-67OT

Feb. 2 H Arkansas St. W 79-54 Feb. 5 H #5 Tennessee L 77-74 Feb. 7 A UL-Lafayette W 74-58 Feb. 9 H Old Dominion W 76-68 Feb. 14 H #12 LSU L 76-70 Feb. 16 H UCF W 104-79 Feb. 19 H #20 Stephen F. Austin L 77-74OT Feb. 21 H Lamar L 90-76 Feb. 23 H UTPA W 102-45 Feb. 25 A #21 Iowa L 72-57 March 3 A New Orleans W 67-66 ASC TOURNAMENT March 8 H Arkansas St. W 83-79 March 9 H #23 Lamar W 77-76 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 13 A Cal St.-Fullerton L 84-80

1991-92 (20-10)

1992-93 (26-6)

Starters: G-Shantel Hardison 17.8, 8.0 G-Lisa Payne 7.2, 4.7 C-LaShawn Brown 5.1, 5.4 F-Danielle Whitehurst 8.0, 5.5 F-Amy Brown 10.1, 4.1 Top Subs: Cara Gullion 7.4, 3.3 Pam Thomas 9.6, 2.9 Coach: Leon Barmore Nov. 22 A #1 Tennessee L 90-70 Nov. 29 N San Diego W 77-59 Nov. 30 N #15 Connecticut L 63-61 Dec. 1 N Montana W 70-66 Dec. 6 H North Texas W 81-53 Dec. 7 H Mississippi L 63-60 Dec. 10 A UL-Monroe W 77-66 Dec. 15 A UNLV W 70-67 Dec. 18 A New Orleans W 65-60 Jan. 7 H UL-Monroe W 96-65 Jan. 11 H South Alabama W 77-54 Jan. 13 H #5 Iowa L 61-57 Jan. 16 A Lamar L 80-73 Jan. 18 A UTPA W 71-58 Jan. 23 A Arkansas St. L 73-55 Jan. 25 H UL-Lafayette W 89-49 Jan. 27 H #19 Texas Tech W 69-66 Jan. 30 H New Orleans L 69-54 Feb. 1 A UCF W 80-69 Feb. 6 H #12 Western Kentucky W 79-66 Feb. 13 A South Alabama W 70-53 Feb. 15 H Lamar W 81-80 Feb. 20 H UTPA W 89-33 Feb. 22 H Arkansas St. W 71-58 Feb. 27 A UL-Lafayette W 73-43 March 5 H UCF W 100-51 March 8 A #16 Western Kentucky L 82-63 SBC TOURNAMENT March 12 N South Alabama W 73-41 March 13 A #16 Western Kentucky L 72-66OT NCAA TOURNAMENT March 18 A Northern Illinois L 77-71OT Starters: G-Pam Thomas 8.5, 3.5apg G-Vickie Johnson 13.5, 6.3 F-D Whitehurst 13.3, 6.5 F-Amy Brown 8.5, 3.8 C-LaShawn Brown 4.9, 5.0 Top Subs: Debra Williams 9.1, 4.2 Racquel Spurlock 8.8, 6.2 Coach: Leon Barmore Dec. 4 H Alcorn St. W 110-70 Dec. 5 H #14 Alabama W 93-72 Dec. 8 A UL-Monroe L 62-51 Dec. 11 N McNeese St. W 88-52 Dec. 12 A #9 Mississippi W 68-64OT Dec. 14 H UCF W 90-39 Dec. 18 H #1 Tennessee L 83-76

Dec. 21 A #14 Texas Tech L 74-71 Jan. 2 H Louisiana College W 96-61 Jan. 5 A New Orleans W 71-62 Jan. 9 H Lamar W 71-47 Jan. 11 H UL-Monroe W 76-49 Jan. 14 H South Alabama W 102-55 Jan. 21 A Lamar W 85-47 Jan. 23 A UTPA W 83-43 Jan. 26 H UL-Lafayette W 94-50 Jan. 30 A Arkansas St. W 54-53 Feb. 2 A #10 Stephen F. Austin W 78-63 Feb. 6 H UTPA W 82-42 Feb. 8 A UCF W 93-37 Feb. 13 H #18 Western Kentucky W 86-77 Feb. 15 H Arkansas St. W 72-66 Feb. 20 A South Alabama W 74-53 Feb. 25 H New Orleans W 54-47 Feb. 28 A #17 Western Kentucky L 63-62 March 4 A UL-Lafayette W 89-53 SBC TOURNAMENT March 12 H New Orleans W 67-60 March 13 H #16 Western Kentucky L 81-73 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 17 H DePaul W 70-59 March 20 A #16 Texas W 82-78 March 25 N SW Missouri St W 59-43 March 27 N #1 Vanderbilt L 58-53 1993-94 (31-4) Starters: G-Pam Thomas 10.1, 4.9apg G-Vickie Johnson 14.8, 7.0 G-Debra Williams 13.2, 4.5 F-Amy Brown 9.5, 4.0 C-Racquel Spurlock 10.5, 6.2 Top Subs: LaShawn Brown 4.9, 4.5 Kendra Neal 4.5, 2.4 NATIONAL FINALISTS Coach: Leon Barmore Nov. 27 N Butler W 65-61 Nov. 28 A #3 Iowa L 70-66 Dec. 3 H Texas Southern W 99-57 Dec. 4 H #25 Oklahoma St. W 75-70 Dec. 7 H UL-Monroe W 100-44 Dec. 11 A #16 Alabama L 99-77 Dec. 17 H Morgan St. W 109-21 Dec. 20 N Baylor W 78-68 Dec. 22 A #1 Tennessee L 94-60 Jan. 4 H Texas-Arlington W 81-41 Jan. 6 A UL-Lafayette W 98-44 Jan. 8 A UTPA W 104-61 Jan. 13 A New Orleans W 82-62 Jan. 15 H Lamar W 96-54 Jan. 20 H Arkansas St. W 77-65 Jan. 22 H #20 Western Kentucky W 82-50 Jan. 26 H Long Beach St. W 88-65 Jan. 29 A South Alabama W 96-43 Feb. 3 H South Alabama W 103-46 Feb. 5 A Arkansas St. W 65-45 Feb. 9 A UL-Monroe W 69-62 Feb. 12 H UL-Lafayette W 100-44 Feb. 19 H New Orleans W 68-53 Feb. 26 A #23 Western Kentucky W 87-82OT March 3 A UTPA W 91-60 March 5 A Lamar W 87-49 SBC TOURNAMENT March 10 N UTPA W 80-34 March 11 N New Orleans W 50-42 March 12 A Western Kentucky W 68-43 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 16 H SMU W 96-62 March 19 H #23 Mississippi W 82-67 March 24 N #1 Tennessee W 71-68 March 26 N #7 Southern Cal W 75-66 April 2 N ✩#16 Alabama W 69-66 April 3 N ★#4 North Carolina L 60-59

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1994-95 (28-5) Starters: G-Vickie Johnson 16.4, 6.9 G-Debra Williams 13.9, 3.6 C-Racquel Spurlock 11.3, 8.4 G-Kendra Neal 7.7, 3.8 F-Amy Brown 6.5, 3.3 Top Subs: LaShawn Brown 6.5, 6.6 Linda Watson 5.9, 2.4 Coach: Leon Barmore Nov. 20 N #1 Tennessee L 69-62 Nov. 27 A Long Beach St. W 88-56 Nov. 28 A San Diego W 83-51 Dec. 2 H #8 Washington W 81-47 Dec. 3 H #10 Colorado W 77-62 Dec. 6 H UL-Monroe W 89-47 Dec. 13 A Texas-Arlington W 87-46 Dec. 18 A Tennessee Tech W 62-33 Dec. 20 A Ohio St. W 98-81 Dec. 28 N Montana St. W 71-53 Dec. 30 N Marquette W 92-73 Jan. 5 A UTPA W 92-33 Jan. 7 H South Alabama W 90-45 Jan. 9 H #1 Tennessee L 62-56 Jan. 14 A Arkansas St. W 64-53 Jan. 16 H New Orleans W 108-63 Jan. 22 A #9 Western Kentucky L 79-71 Jan. 26 H Arkansas St. W 89-60 Jan. 28 H UL-Lafayette W 90-42 Feb. 2 A New Orleans W 100-52 Feb. 4 A South Alabama W 94-50 Feb. 7 H Alabama W 72-56 Feb. 10 H #9 Western Kentucky W 83-72 Feb. 16 A UL-Lafayette W 96-43 Feb. 18 A Lamar W 90-62 Feb. 25 H UTPA W 96-41 March 4 H Lamar W 105-56 SBC TOURNAMENT March 8 H UTPA W 95-34 March 9 H Arkansas St. W 72-51 March 11 H #11 Western Kentucky L 71-68 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 16 H Furman W 90-52 March 18 H Oklahoma W 48-36 March 23 N #10 Virginia L 63-62 1995-96 (31-2) Starters: G-Debra Williams 17.7, 4.8 G-Vickie Johnson 15.1, 6.8 C-Racquel Spurlock 10.9, 7.5 G-Kendra Neal 9.5, 3.0 F-Maquisha Walker 7.3, 6.2 Top Subs: Amanda Wilson 8.0, 5.2 Monica Maxwell 7.9, 5.8 Coach: Leon Barmore Nov. 19 N #1 Connecticut W 83-81OT Nov. 24 N Fresno St. W 77-59 Nov. 25 A #11 Colorado W 65-61 Dec. 1 H St John’s W 92-29 Dec. 2 H Massachusetts W 75-63 Dec. 7 H #22 DePaul W 90-56 Dec. 9 A SMU W 84-68 Dec. 12 H Ohio St. W 92-65 Dec. 18 A UL-Monroe W 95-37 Jan. 4 H Lamar W 97-57 Jan. 6 A Arkansas St. W 78-43 Jan. 10 H UL-Lafayette W 111-36 Jan. 13 A Lamar W 79-52 Jan. 15 A UTPA W 89-51 Jan. 17 H Tennessee Tech W 101-56 Jan. 19 H New Orleans W 103-58 Jan. 22 A #4 Tennessee L 77-72 Jan. 27 H Western Kentucky W 89-49 Feb. 1 A South Alabama W 67-46 Feb. 3 A New Orleans W 98-58 Feb. 5 H Texas-Arlington W 77-56

Feb. 9 A Western Kentucky W 72-52 Feb. 17 H South Alabama W 86-29 Feb. 24 H UTPA W 101-51 Feb. 29 A UL-Lafayette W 111-40 March 2 H Arkansas St. W 98-68 SBC TOURNAMENT March 7 H UL-Lafayette W 89-37 March 8 N Lamar W 86-46 March 9 N Western Kentucky W 71-53 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 16 H UCF W 98-41 March 18 H Southern Miss W 84-46 March 23 N #9 Texas Tech W 66-55 March 25 N #5 Georgia L 90-76 1996-97 (31-4) Starters: C-Alisa Burras 18.2, 9.5 G-Tamicha Jackson 12.2, 2.6 F-Monica Maxwell 11.7, 6.8 F-Amanda Wilson 12.9, 8.6 G-LaQuan Stallworth 8.4, 3.2 Top Subs: Jamie Scheppmann 6.4, 4.1 Coach: Leon Barmore Nov. 15 H Tulane W 77-50 Nov. 17 H Arizona W 73-60 Nov. 19 H #8 North Carolina State W 71-54 Nov. 20 H #3 Tennessee W 66-64 Nov. 24 A Washington W 73-70 Nov. 29 N Eastern Kentucky W 87-46 Nov. 30 N Texas-Arlington W 80-39 Dec. 6 H San Diego W 70-33 Dec. 7 H Southern Cal W 66-47 Dec. 14 A DePaul L 70-67 Dec. 16 A Texas-Arlington W 61-54 Dec. 27 N #4 Georgia W 71-69 Dec. 28 N Southern Utah W 85-55 Jan. 4 A UL-Lafayette W 87-30 Jan. 9 A South Alabama W 72-49 Jan. 11 A New Orleans L 66-63 Jan. 19 H #18 Western Kentucky W 82-65 Jan. 23 H Lamar W 99-61 Jan. 25 H South Alabama W 88-48 Jan. 28 H SMU W 88-60 Jan. 30 H New Orleans W 96-62 Feb. 5 A Arkansas St. W 80-59 Feb. 8 H UL-Lafayette W 97-34 Feb. 10 H UTPA W 95-52 Feb. 16 A #22 Western Kentucky L 73-65 Feb. 22 H Arkansas St. W 100-55 Feb. 24 H #8 Tennessee W 98-80 Feb. 27 A Lamar W 81-44 March 1 A UTPA W 87-41 SBC TOURNAMENT March 5 N Lamar W 100-42 March 6 N New Orleans W 87-59 March 8 A #22 Western Kentucky W 80-68 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 14 H St Peter’s W 94-50 March 16 H #13 Auburn W 74-48 March 22 N #7 Florida L 71-57

1997-98 (31-4)

Starters: F-Amanda Wilson 18.9, 8.8 G-Tamicha Jackson 14.6, 3.3 C-Alisa Burras 14.2, 8.1 F-Monica Maxwell 11.9, 6.4 G-L Stallworth 11.4, 3.9 Top Subs: G-J Scheppmann 5.0, 2.7 C-Melshika Bowman 3.1, 3.4 NATIONAL FINALISTS Coach: Leon Barmore Nov. 21 A #1 Tennessee L 75-61 Nov. 24 H Texas-Arlington W 83-38 Nov. 28 N UNLV W 73-43 Nov. 29 N #19 Stephen F. Austin W 85-53

Dec. 6 N Iowa W 83-58 Dec. 7 N #2 Old Dominion L 88-65 Dec. 13 H Florida St. W 86-60 Dec. 15 H UL-Monroe W 97-43 Dec. 20 A SMU W 76-74 Dec. 29 H Alcorn St. W 75-53 Dec. 30 H #10 Arizona W 75-64 Jan. 3 A South Alabama W 72-53 Jan. 8 H UL-Lafayette W 100-50 Jan. 10 A Arkansas St. W 71-67 Jan. 12 H South Alabama W 115-44 Jan. 17 H Lamar W 119-51 Jan. 21 H Penn St. W 88-58 Jan. 25 A #16 Western Kentucky L 88-86 Jan. 31 H UTPA W 103-41 Feb. 4 A Lamar W 104-53 Feb. 7 H #18 Western Kentucky W 84-76 Feb. 11 H New Orleans W 118-50 Feb. 14 A UTPA W 115-38 Feb. 21 H Arkansas St. W 89-63 Feb. 26 A UL-Lafayette W 83-36 Feb. 28 A New Orleans W 98-61 SBC TOURNAMENT March 5 H UTPA W 92-56 March 6 H New Orleans W 91-54 March 7 H #15 Western Kentucky W 69-68 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 14 H Holy Cross W 86-58 March 16 H #14 Clemson W 74-52 March 21 N #11 Alabama W 71-57 March 23 N #21 Purdue W 72-65 March 27 N ✩#10 NC State W 84-65 March 29 N ★#1 Tennessee L 93-75

1998-99 (30-3)

Starters: F-Amanda Wilson 16.6, 7.9 G-Tamicha Jackson 11.6, 1.9 F-Monica Maxwell 9.8, 6.2 C-Shaka Massey 9.1, 5.3 G-L Stallworth 8.6, 4.0 Top Subs: Betty Lennox 10.1, 4.1 Christie Sides 7.3, 2.1 NATIONAL SEMIFINALIST Coach: Leon Barmore Nov. 19 A Florida St. W 88-72 Nov. 25 A Nicholls St. W 87-50 Nov. 27 A Southeastern La. W 88-55 Nov. 30 H #3 Tennessee L 92-73 Dec. 4 N #18 Iowa St. W 89-60 Dec. 6 A Arizona W 85-72 Dec. 9 A UL-Monroe W 94-48 Dec. 14 A Texas-Arlington W 73-40 Dec. 16 H SMU W 91-63 Dec. 19 N #3 Purdue L 71-65 Dec. 28 H Cleveland St. W 130-55 Dec. 29 H Nicholls St. W 79-57 Jan. 7 H Florida International W 71-64 Jan. 9 A Michigan W 84-66 Jan. 14 H Arkansas St. W 94-48 Jan. 18 H #2 Connecticut W 90-76 Jan. 23 A Western Kentucky W 79-65 Jan. 27 A UL-Lafayette W 90-43 Jan. 30 H New Orleans W 110-50 Feb. 6 H South Alabama W 96-32 Feb. 9 A #24 Florida International W 80-65 Feb. 14 A Arkansas St. W 79-63 Feb. 18 H UL-Lafayette W 92-51 Feb. 20 H Western Kentucky W 95-70 Feb. 25 A South Alabama W 98-39 Feb. 27 A New Orleans W 97-57 SBC TOURNAMENT March 5 A Arkansas St. W 114-67 March 6 N #23 Florida International W 94-70 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 12 H UCF W 90-48 March 14 H #18 Penn St. W 79-62 March 20 N #21 LSU W 73-52 March 22 N #15 UCLA W 88-62 March 27 N ✩#1 Purdue L 77-63


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1999-00 (31-3)

Starters: G-Betty Lennox 17.3, 5.9 G-Tamicha Jackson 15.6, 2.6 F-Ayana Walker 10.1, 7.1 G-Christie Sides 5.8, 3.7 C-Shaka Massey 7.2, 3.9 Top Subs: Catrina Frierson 10.5, 4.6 Takeisha Lewis 8.5, 6.7 Coach: Leon Barmore Nov. 14 A #2 Tennessee W 69-64 Nov. 22 A Mississippi St. L 74-72 Nov. 27 N SE Missouri W 96-54 Nov. 28 N Weber St. W 84-47 Dec. 2 H Texas-Arlington W 80-31 Dec. 5 N #5 UCLA W 82-64 Dec. 13 H Michigan W 84-64 Dec. 16 A UL-Lafayette W 95-40 Dec. 21 H #11 Purdue W 94-62 Dec. 28 H Houston W 94-49 Dec. 29 H Akron W 88-61 Jan. 1 A #1 Connecticut L 90-63 Jan. 10 H South Alabama W 90-33 Jan. 20 A Florida International W 65-54 Jan. 23 A Western Kentucky W 85-61 Jan. 28 A UALR W 95-52 Jan. 31 H Denver W 90-45 Feb. 2 A South Alabama W 77-37 Feb. 5 A New Orleans W 91-52 Feb. 10 H Florida International W 89-62 Feb. 12 H Western Kentucky W 93-72 Feb. 15 H Arkansas St. W 95-59 Feb. 17 H UALR W98-36 Feb. 20 A Arkansas St. W 82-69 Feb. 26 A Denver W 92-48 March 2 H UL-Lafayette W 114-69 March 4 H New Orleans W 108-61 SBC TOURNAMENT March 9 N South Alabama W 95-51 March 10 N Arkansas St. W 91-81 March 11 A Western Kentucky W 97-94 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 18 H Alcorn St. W 95-53 March 20 H Vanderbilt W 66-65 March 25 N #14 Old Dominion W 86-74 March 27 N #6 Penn St. L 86-65

2000-01 (31-5)

Starters: G-Essence Perry 5.8, 2.9 G-Brooke Lassiter 10.2, 3.4 F-Ayana Walker 16.0, 8.5 G-Amber Obaze 9.2, 3.9 C-Takeisha Lewis 11.4, 9.0 Top Subs: Cheryl Ford 8.2, 5.1 Kenya Bibbs 9.0, 4.1 Coach: Leon Barmore Nov. 10 H UT-Chattanooga W 69-52 Nov. 12 H Rice W 85-54 Nov. 17 A Michigan L 69-66 Nov. 19 N #13 Virginia W 72-59 Nov. 20 A #4 Purdue W 68-63 Nov. 29 H Nicholls St. W 90-47 Dec. 2 N Indiana W 54-53 Dec. 3 A Houston L 71-52 Dec. 7 H #14 Mississippi St. W 83-65 Dec. 10 H #2 Tennessee L 70-62 Dec. 12 H Centenary W 100-34 Dec. 19 H Texas-Arlington W 89-44 Dec. 31 A Arkansas St. W 62-59 Jan. 3 H Denver W 66-46 Jan. 5 H UALR W 95-57 Jan. 7 H #1 Connecticut L 71-55 Jan. 11 A North Texas W 75-63 Jan. 13 H Arkansas St. W 82-62 Jan. 18 H Western Kentucky W 105-47

Jan. 25 A Middle Tennessee W 80-57 Jan. 27 A UALR W 83-52 Feb. 1 H Florida International W 65-58 Feb. 3 H South Alabama W 71-46 Feb. 8 A UL-Lafayette W 83-68 Feb. 10 A Western Kentucky W 67-52 Feb. 15 H Middle Tennessee W 83-64 Feb. 17 A New Mexico St. W 75-46 Feb. 22 H New Orleans W 92-64 Feb. 24 A Florida International W 70-63 SBC TOURNAMENT March 3 N Western Kentucky W 86-63 March 5 N North Texas W 74-57 March 6 N Denver W 67-55 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 17 H Georgia St. W 84-48 March 19 H TCU W 80-59 March 24 N Missouri W 78-67 March 26 N #1 Connecticut L 67-48 2001-02 (25-5) G-Essence Perry 4.9, 3.3 G-Brooke Lassiter 8.5, 3.8 F-Ayana Walker 13.5, 9.2 G-Amber Obaze 12.1, 4.7 C-Cheryl Ford 11.3, 8.7 Top Subs: Erica Smith 7.9, 2.6 Catrina Frierson 7.8, 4.9 Takeisha Lewis 6.4, 4.8 Coach: Leon Barmore Nov. 16 H #17 Michigan W 81-66 Nov. 20 H McNeese St. W 88-43 Nov. 23 A #2 Tennessee L 90-75 Dec. 2 N #12 Duke L 76-64 Dec. 9 A #1 Connecticut L 74-50 Dec. 13 A Centenary W 98-44 Dec. 21 H Western Kentucky W 87-47 Dec. 22 H Arkansas St. W 87-54 Dec. 28 A Nevada W 102-58 Dec. 30 A Fresno St. W 74-50 Jan. 3 H Boise St. W 106-58 Jan. 5 H UTEP W 90-53 Jan. 10 A San Jose St. W 79-49 Jan. 13 A Hawaii W 67-55 Jan. 20 A SMU W 68-45 Jan. 24 H Tulsa W 77-46 Jan. 26 H Rice W 88-42 Jan. 31 A UTEP W 73-59 Feb. 2 A Boise St. W 78-39 Feb. 7 H Hawaii W 82-53 Feb. 9 H San Jose St. W 87-47 Feb. 16 H SMU W 82-36 Feb. 21 A Rice L 57-56 Feb. 23 A Tulsa W 67-62 Feb. 28 H Fresno St. W 70-35 March 2 H Nevada W 95-65 WAC TOURNAMENT March 6 N Boise St. W 70-53 March 8 A Tulsa W 57-42 March 9 N Hawaii W 53-50 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 15 N UC-Santa Barbara L 57-56

2002-03 (31-3)

Starters: C-Cheryl Ford 15.7, 12.9 F-Trina Frierson 15.0, 7.3 G-Amber Obaze 11.8, 3.8 G-Erica Smith 11.4, 4.0 G-Tasha Crain 4.9, 2.4 Top Subs: Amisha Carter 6.0, 4.9 Aarica Ray 5.9, 2.0 Coach: Kurt Budke Nov. 10 N #7 Texas Tech W 85-76 Nov. 23 A Western Kentucky L 71-57 Nov. 25 A Arkansas St. W 72-54 Dec. 4 H #4 Tennessee L 60-35

Dec. 7 A Tulane W 68-53 Dec. 9 H UL Lafayette W 81-50 Dec. 14 H Nicholls St. W 93-50 Dec. 16 H Stephen F. Austin W 80-44 Dec. 21 A New Mexico W 67-54 Jan. 4 A SMU W 74-64 Jan. 9 H San Jose St. W 83-38 Jan. 11 H Hawaii W 60-52 Jan. 16 A Nevada W 83-54 Jan. 18 A Fresno St. W 63-53 Jan. 23 H Tulsa W 75-62 Jan. 25 H Rice W 79-65 Jan. 27 H Centenary W 97-47 Jan. 30 A Boise St. W 102-66 Feb. 1 A UTEP W 68-53 Feb. 6 A Hawaii W 67-44 Feb. 8 A San Jose St. W 66-59 Feb. 13 H Fresno St. W 87-62 Feb. 15 H Nevada W 79-67 Feb. 20 A Rice W 80-63 Feb. 22 A Tulsa W 85-66 Feb. 27 H UTEP W 108-54 March 1 H Boise St. W 98-60 March 6 H SMU W 89-56 WAC TOURNAMENT March 12 N Boise State W 80-55 March 14 N Hawaii W 85-58 March 15 N Fresno St. W 89-57 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 23 H Pepperdine W 94-60 March 25 H #20 Ohio St. W 74-61 March 30 N #3 LSU L 69-63

2003-04 (29-3)

Starters: Amisha Carter 16.9, 10.8 Trina Frierson 16.2, 7.0 Erica Smith-Taylor 13.8, 6.3 Amber Obaze 11.6, 4.1 Tasha Crain 4.4, 2.2 Top Subs: Lakiste Barkus 8.8, 2.3 Tiffany Thompson 2.1, 2.0 Shan Moore 3.9, 2.5

Coach: Kurt Budke Nov. 21 A Stephen F. Austin W 109-60 Nov. 24 A Illinois W 67-61 Dec. 2 H Tulane W 96-37 Dec. 7 A #3 Tennessee L 85-65 Dec. 9 H UALR W 81-58 Dec. 11 H Southern W 78-29 Dec. 14 H Mississippi St. W 94-65 Dec. 21 A #6 Penn St. W 87-84 Jan. 3 A Tulsa W 63-60 Jan. 5 A Rice L 87-84OT Jan. 8 H Nevada W 110-47 Jan. 10 H Fresno St. W 81-59 Jan. 15 A San Jose St. W 84-71 Jan. 17 A Hawaii W 67-50 Jan. 24 H SMU W 88-52 Jan. 29 H Boise St. W 95-57 Jan. 31 H UTEP W 75-58 Feb. 5 A Fresno St. W 85-52 Feb. 7 A Nevada W 98-57 Feb. 12 H Hawaii W 83-45 Feb. 14 H San Jose St. W 82-51 Feb. 21 A SMU W 89-79 Feb. 26 A UTEP W 83-60 Feb. 28 A Boise St. W 80-48 March 4 H Rice W 82-70 March 6 H Tulsa W 81-57 WAC TOURNAMENT March 10 N Boise St. W 100-56 March 12 N UTEP W 74-47 March 13 N Rice W 76-52 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 20 N Montana W 81-77 March 22 N #14 Texas Tech W 81-64 March 28 N #1 Duke L 63-49

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2004-05 (20-10) Starters: C-Margaret Deciman 5.9, 3.2 F-Tamika Kursh 6.5, 7.6 G-Tasha Crain 18.2, 4.5 G-Lakiste Barkus 12.5, 3.6 G-Shan Moore 10.6, 5.2 Top Subs: Erica Taylor 11.2, 4.1 Ty Moore 5.8, 6.2 Aarica Ray-Boyd 6.2, 3.0 Coach: Kurt Budke Nov. 24 A Mississippi W, 88-70 Nov. 28 H Arkansas St. W, 67-50 Nov. 30 A Mississippi St. L, 72-55 Dec. 2 H Western Kentucky W, 73-60 Dec. 4 H Illinois L, 71-65OT Dec. 13 A Alcorn St. W, 62-61 Dec. 15 H #9 Tennessee L, 70-59 Dec. 18 N Oklahoma L, 86-59 Dec. 30 H Tulsa W, 63-47 Jan. 1 H Rice W, 76-66 Jan. 6 A Nevada W, 69-52 Jan. 8 A Fresno St. W, 80-70 Jan. 13 H San Jose St. W, 66-52 Jan. 15 H Hawaii W, 68-54 Jan. 22 A SMU W, 69-62 Jan. 27 A Boise St. L, 62-59 Jan. 29 A UTEP W, 82-69 Feb. 3 H Fresno St. W, 86-76 Feb. 5 H Nevada W, 108-72 Feb. 10 A Hawaii L, 79-78OT Feb. 12 A San Jose St. W, 80-51 Feb. 19 H SMU W, 77-63 Feb. 24 H UTEP W, 81-66 Feb. 26 H Boise St. W, 85-48 March 3 A Rice L, 83-69 March 15 A Tulsa L, 74-70 WAC Tournament March 9 N Boise St. W, 81-68 March 11 N Fresno St. W, 92-872OT March 12 N Rice L, 86-66 NCAA Tournament March 20 N #15 Temple L, 66-61 2005-06 (26-5) Starters: Aarica Ray-Boyd 14.2, 4.5 Tasha Williams 12.9, 5.2 Ty Moore 10.8, 9.2 Shan Moore 10.8, 5.1 Tamika Kursh 6.6, 5.4 Top Subs: Eboni Mangum 7.5, 2.6 Amber Metoyer 4.8, 4.5 Margaret DeCiman 3.2, 2.2 Coach: Chris Long Nov. 19 A Western Kentucky L 80-59 Nov. 22 H Iowa W 95-912OT Dec. 2 N Texas San-Antonio W 75-67 Dec. 3 A Rice W 79-75 Dec. 6 A Kansas St. L 77-66 Dec. 10 H Grambling St. W 84-55 Dec. 13 H Mississippi St. W 52-41 Dec. 15 A #1 Tennessee L 83-59 Dec. 20 H #24 Mississippi W 84-71 Dec. 22 H Alcorn St. W 77-44 Dec. 29 A Arkansas St. W 76-64 Jan. 5 H Boise St. W 75-61 Jan. 7 H Idaho W 75-68 Jan. 12 A Hawaii W 71-66OT Jan. 14 A Fresno St. L 67-58 Jan. 21 A New Mexico St. W 79-72 Jan. 26 H San Jose St. W 74-51 Jan. 28 H Fresno St. W 70-61 Feb. 2 A Nevada W 72-57 Feb. 4 A Utah St. W 73-56 Feb. 9 H Nevada W 75-34 Feb. 11 H Utah St. W 88-54

Feb. 16 A San Jose St. W 78-48 Feb. 18 A Boise St. W 72-59 Feb. 23 H New Mexico St. W 77-53 Feb. 27 A Idaho W 55-40 March 4 H Hawaii W 91-52 WAC TOURNAMENT March 8 H Idaho W 80-57 March 10 N Nevada W 69-60 March 11 N New Mexico St. W 63-39 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 18 N Florida St. L 80-71

2006-07 (17-13)

Starters: Shan Moore 13.8, 4.4 Ty Moore 12.3, 9.2 Eboni Mangum 8.6, 2.3 Amber Metoyer 6.0, 6.9 Tamika Kursh 5.6, 5.2 Top Subs: Jo Sneed 7.7, 5.2 Sierra Nixon 4.0, 2.1 Shanavia Dowdell 3.9, 2.4 Coach: Chris Long Nov. 11 H Western Kentucky L 73-60 Nov. 17 A Stephen F. Austin L 65-55 Nov. 21 A Iowa W 77-59 Nov. 24 N Eastern Kentucky L 86-84 Nov. 25 N Grambling St. W 70-50 Nov. 28 H #4 Tennessee L 71-50 Dec. 3 A Arizona L 74-59 Dec. 5 H Kansas St. L 64-61 Dec. 8 A UL-Monroe L 58-54 Dec. 13 A Mississippi St. W 60-54 Dec. 16 H Alabama W 66-57 Dec. 21 H Rice W 86-58 Dec. 30 N #6 LSU L 61-44 Jan. 4 A San Jose St. W 65-52 Jan. 6 A Hawaii W 64-53 Jan. 13 H Boise St. L 68-47 Jan. 15 H Utah St. W 69-54 Jan. 18 H Nevada L 55-54 Jan. 21 A Idaho W 87-66 Jan. 27 H Fresno St. W 78-40 Feb. 1 A Nevada W 73-62 Feb. 3 A Boise St. W 79-63 Feb. 8 H San Jose St. W 71-61 Feb. 10 H Hawaii L 60-59 Feb. 14 A New Mexico St. W 69-53 Feb. 17 H Idaho W 78-71 Feb. 22 A Fresno St. L 72-57 Feb. 24 A Utah St. W 71-58 Feb. 28 H New Mexico St. W 74-56 WAC TOURNAMENT March 7 A New Mexico St. L 63-57 2007-08 (16-15) Starters: Jo Sneed 15.5, 10.3 Shanavia Dowdell 12.3, 7.5 Tarkeisha Wysinger 9.0, 5.6 Nastassja Levingston 8.2, 1.5 Tiawana Pringle 6.1, 2.8 Top Subs: Adrienne Johnson 7.8, 5.3 April Williams 2.1, 1.9 Shordy Mulford 1.2, 0.7 Coach: Chris Long Nov. 20 A Western Kentucky L 87-76 Nov. 23 N Northwestern St. W 92-57 Nov. 24 A Memphis W 82-77 Nov. 26 A #1 Tennessee L 81-60 Dec. 1 H Stephen F. Austin W 82-60 Dec. 5 A Alabama W 62-61 Dec. 8 H Southern Miss L 76-62 Dec. 11 H UL-Monroe L 71-50 Dec. 13 H Mississippi St. L 63-50 Dec. 16 H #8 LSU L 76-45 Dec. 20 A UALR L 70-60

Dec. 29 A Sam Houston St. W 93-58 Dec. 31 H McNeese St. W 88-43 Jan. 3 A Fresno St. L 75-52 Jan. 9 H Idaho W 61-39 Jan. 12 H Boise St. L 85-68 Jan. 19 H New Mexico St. W 57-50 Jan. 24 A Nevada L 74-70 Jan. 26 A Utah St. W 71-56 Feb. 2 H Hawaii W 90-53 Feb. 4 H Fresno St. L 82-63 Feb. 7 A Boise St. L 70-54 Feb. 9 A Idaho W 80-55 Feb. 14 A New Mexico St. L 65-55 Feb. 16 H San Jose St. W 70-54 Feb. 28 H Utah St. W 62-47 March 1 H Nevada W 70-64 March 6 A Hawaii L 84-77 March 8 A San Jose St. W 78-64 WAC TOURNAMENT March 12 N Nevada W 82-56 March 14 N Fresno St. L 85-58 2008-09 (21-13) Starters: Shanavia Dowdell 16.1, 9.9 Adrienne Johnson 15.5, 7.1 Whitney Jones 13.3, 4.9 Tiawana Pringle 6.6, 4.2 Sidney Stewart 5.5, 3.6 Top Subs: Tarkeisha Wysinger 4.3, 2.8 Jasmine Bendolph 3.7, 2.0 Brietta Thomas 4.2, 2.3 Coach: Chris Long/Teresa Weatherspoon Nov. 14 H Central Arkansas W, 77-36 Nov. 18 A Memphis L, 67-60 Nov. 23 A #13 Tennessee L, 94-59 Nov. 26 H Nicholls State W, 90-33 Nov. 29 H Western Kentucky L, 60-59 Dec. 3 A Mississippi State L, 72-42 Dec. 6 H Arizona W, 68-53 Dec. 9 H Grambling State W, 75-46 Dec. 13 H Sam Houston State W, 82-59 Dec. 15 A LSU L, 51-41 Dec. 22 H UALR W, 77-61 Dec. 28 N UMBC W, 83-62 Dec. 29 A #14 Virginia L, 68-52 Jan. 3 A McNeese State L, 71-66 Jan. 8 A Nevada L, 64-57 Jan. 10 A Utah State W, 90-82OT Jan. 16 H Fresno State L, 78-53 Jan. 18 H San Jose State W, 70-53 Jan. 23 A Idaho W, 67-63OT Jan. 25 A Boise State L, 52-42 Jan. 30 H New Mexico State W, 77-51 Feb. 6 H Idaho W, 70-60 Feb. 8 H Boise State L, 66-61 Feb. 13 H Hawaii W, 68-56 Feb. 15 H Nevada W, 77-59 Feb. 20 A San Jose State W, 87-69 Feb. 22 A Hawaii W, 89-71 Feb. 28 W Utah State W, 53-46 March 2 A Fresno State W, 80-62 March 7 A New Mexico State W, 78-69 WAC Tournament March 11 N New Mexico State W, 81-68 OT March 12 A Nevada L, 91-88 NIT Tournament March 19 H SMU W, 77-54 March 24 A Illinois State L, 73-59

2009-10 (23-9)

Starters: Shanavia Dowdell 18.0, 12.4 Adrienne Johnson 16.0, 7.2 Whitney Jones 10.3, 3.5 Tiawana Pringle 4.9, 2.3 Jasmine Bendolph 7.8, 3.1 Top Subs: Tarkeisha Wysinger 8.1, 4.6


www.latechsports.com Brietta Thomas 5.7, 2.8 Coach: Teresa Weatherspoon Nov. 13 H Centenary W, 88-41 Nov. 20 A Nicholls State W, 90-50 Nov. 24 A Arkansas State W, 71-59 Dec. 1 H #7 LSU L, 77-74 Dec. 5 A #8 Baylor L, 77-67 Dec. 9 A Western Kentucky W, 63-52 Dec. 12 H Mississippi State L, 72-68 Dec. 16 H McNeese State W, 94-61 Dec. 22 H Memphis W, 86-76 Dec. 29 N Stephen F. Austin W, 65-61 Dec. 30 A UTSA W, 82-72 Jan. 3 A Southern Miss W, 76-68 Jan. 6 H Utah State L, 69-66 Jan. 13 A San Jose State W, 92-48 Jan. 16 H New Mexico St. W, 78-64 Jan. 21 H Hawaii W, 75-62 Jan. 23 A Fresno State L, 71-61 Jan. 26 A Nevada L, 69-56 Jan. 30 H Idaho W, 74-71OT Feb. 3 H Boise State W, 75-53 Feb. 6 A Utah State W, 74-54 Feb. 14 H San Jose State W, 81-66 Feb. 17 A New Mexico St. W, 62-55 Feb. 20 A Hawaii W, 79-71 Feb. 24 H Fresno State L, 81-78OT Feb. 27 H Nevada W, 69-56 March 3 A Idaho W, 63-56 March 6 A Boise State L, 74-65 WAC TOURNAMENT March 10 N Utah State W, 82-65 March 12 A Nevada W, 80-77 March 13 N Fresno St. W, 68-66 NCAA TOURNAMENT March 20 A #8 Florida State L, 75-61 ✊ Denotes Final Four games H Denotes National Championship

Year-by-Year Coaching Results

Sonja Hogg 1974-85

Leon Barmore 1982-2002

Kurt Budke 2002-2005

Chris Long 2005-09

Overall Season Head Coach Record Conference Conf. Record Conf. Finish 1974-75 Sonja Hogg 13-9 NA 1975-76 Sonja Hogg 19-10 NA 1976-77 Sonja Hogg 22-9 NA 1977-78 Sonja Hogg 20-8 NA 1978-79 Sonja Hogg 34-4 NA 1979-80 Sonja Hogg 40-5 NA 1980-81 Sonja Hogg 34-0 NA 1981-82 Sonja Hogg 35-1 NA 1982-83 Sonja Hogg 31-2 NA Leon Barmore 1983-84 Sonja Hogg 30-3 NA Leon Barmore 1984-85 Sonja Hogg 29-4 NA Leon Barmore 1985-86 Leon Barmore 27-5 NA 1986-87 Leon Barmore 30-3 NA 1987-88 Leon Barmore 32-2 ASC 9-0 1st* 1988-89 Leon Barmore 32-4 ASC 10-0 1st* 1989-90 Leon Barmore 32-1 ASC 10-0 1st* 1990-91 Leon Barmore 18-12 ASC 9-3 2nd 1991-92 Leon Barmore 20-10 SBC 12-4 3rd 1992-93 Leon Barmore 26-6 SBC 13-1 1st 1993-94 Leon Barmore 31-4 SBC 14-0 1st* 1994-95 Leon Barmore 28-5 SBC 13-1 1st 1995-96 Leon Barmore 31-2 SBC 14-0 1st* 1996-97 Leon Barmore 31-4 SBC 12-2 1st* 1997-98 Leon Barmore 31-4 SBC 13-1 1st* 1998-99 Leon Barmore 30-3 SBC 12-0 1st* 1999-00 Leon Barmore 31-3 SBC 16-0 1st* 2000-01 Leon Barmore 31-5 SBC 16-0 1st* 2001-02 Leon Barmore 25-5 WAC 17-1 1st* 2002-03 Kurt Budke 31-3 WAC 18-0 1st* 2003-04 Kurt Budke 29-3 WAC 17-1 1st* 2004-05 Kurt Budke 20-10 WAC 14-4 1st 2005-06 Chris Long 26-5 WAC 15-1 1st* 2006-07 Chris Long 17-13 WAC 12-4 1st 2007-08 Chris Long 16-15 WAC 9-7 T4th 2008-09 Chris Long 12-11 WAC 5-4 NA 2008-09 Teresa Weatherspoon 9-2 WAC 7-0 1st 2009-10 Teresa Weatherspoon 23-9 WAC 11-5 2nd * Conference Tournament Champs

Teresa Weatherspoon 2009-Present

Post-Season AIAW State Tournament AIAW State Tournament AIAW Region 4 Tournament AIAW Region 4 Tournament AIAW National Runners-up AIAW Final Four AIAW National Champions NCAA National Champions NCAA National Runners-up NCAA Final Four NCAA Elite Eight NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA

Elite Eight National Runners-up National Champions Final Four Final Four First Round First Round Elite Eight National Runners-up Sweet 16 Elite Eight Sweet 16 National Runners-up Final Four Elite Eight Elite Eight First Round Sweet 16 Sweet 16 First Round First Round

WNIT Second Round NCAA First Round

Overtime History Overall Record: 15-13 Home: 3-4 Away: 8-7 Neutral: 4-2 Streak: -1 Northwestern State L 86-77 Northwestern State W 87-83 Southeastern Louisiana L 104-102 Kansas State W 90-82 Rutgers W 89-83 Louisiana-Monroe W 79-77 Southern Cal W 83-79 Long Beach State L 99-95 Texas W 83-80 Tennessee L 62-61 Texas Tech L 79-67 Stephen F. Austin L 77-74 Western Kentucky L 72-66 Northern Illinois L 77-71

1974-75 1974-75 1976-77 1977-78 1979-80 1984-85 1984-85 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1990-91 1990-91 1991-92 1991-92

N N H N A H A A A N A H A A

Mississippi Western Kentucky Connecticut Rice Illinois Hawaii Fresno State (2OT) Iowa (2OT) Hawaii Utah State Idaho Nevada Idaho Fresno State

W W W L L L W W W W W L W L

68-64 87-82 83-81 87-84 71-65 79-78 92-87 95-91 71-66 90-82 67-63 91-88 74-71 81-78

1992-93 1993-94 1995-96 2003-04 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2005-06 2005-06 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2009-10 2009-10

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS

Series Records Opponent

Record Stk

Akron Alabama

Last

11-1 +4 1982-83 2007-08

Kansas Kansas State Kentucky

10-0 +10 1978-79 1987-88 6-2 -2 1977-78 2006-07 3-0 +3 1981-82 1987-88

Alcorn State

8-0 +8 1981-82 2005-06

Lamar

24-3 +15 1987-88 1997-98

Allen White (Lafayette AAU)

1-0 +1 1974-75 1974-75

Long Beach State

11-2 +2 1979-80 1994-95

Arizona

5-1 +1 1990-91 2008-09

UL-Lafayette

Arizona State

1-0 +1 1981-82 1981-82

UL-Monroe

Arkansas

3-0 +3 1978-79 1983-84

LSU

UALR

6-1 +1 1999-00 2008-09

Louisville

Arkansas State

3-0 +3 1979-80 1981-82

San Diego

3-0 +3 1991-92 1996-97

San Diego State

2-0 +2 1984-85 1985-86

San Francisco

1-0 +1 1980-81 1980-81

San Jose State

18-0 +18 2001-02 2009-10

38-0 +38 1975-76 2002-03

South Alabama

21-0 +21 1991-92 2000-01

44-9 -2 1974-75 2007-08

South Carolina

3-1 +3 1981-82 1982-83

14-11 -5 1974-75 2009-10

SE Missouri State

1-0 +1 1999-00 1999-00

1-0 +1 1988-89 1988-89

Southeastern La.

7-5 +7 1974-75 1998-99

Southern

8-1 +7 1975-76 2003-04 8-4 +2 1978-79 1996-97

Louisiana College 12-0 +12 1975-76 1992-93

34-2 +26 1987-88 2009-10

Rutgers

Sam Houston State 2-0 +2 2007-08 2008-09

Loyola-Marymount 1-0 +1 1984-85 1984-85

Auburn

5-2 +1 1982-83 1996-97

Marquette

1-0 +1 1994-95 1994-95

Southern Cal

Baylor

4-2 -1 1976-77 2009-10

Maryland

2-0 +2 1979-80 1981-82

Southern Illinois

Belhaven College

2-0 +2 1977-78 1978-79

UMBC

1-0 +1 2008-09 2008-09

SMU

Boise State

1-0 +1 1986-87 1986-87 18-0 +18 1978-79 2008-09

14-7 -1 2001-02 2009-10

Massachusetts

1-0 +1 1995-96 1995-96

Southern Miss

3-1 +1 1989-90 2009-10

Butler

1-0 +1 1993-94 1993-94

McNeese State

17-5 +1 1974-75 2009-10

Southern Utah

1-0 +1 1996-97 1996-97

Cal-Poly Pomona

2-0 +2 1983-84 1984-85

Memphis

8-2 +1 1979-80 2009-10

SW Missouri State

1-0 +1 1992-93 1992-93

Cal-Santa Barbara

0-1 -1 2001-02 2001-02

Miami (Fla.)

2-0 +2 1985-86 1986-87

St. John’s

1-0 +1 1995-96 1995-96

Cal State-Fullerton

0-1 -1 1990-91 1990-91

Michigan

2-1 +1 1998-99 2001-02

St. Peter’s

1-0 +1 1996-97 1996-97

Centenary

4-0 +4 2000-01 2009-10

Michigan State

1-0 +1 1986-87 1986-87

Stanford

1-0 +1 1988-89 1988-89

UCF

9-0 +9 1989-90 1998-99

Middle Tennessee

4-0 +4 1982-83 2000-01

Stephen F. Austin

Central Arkansas

1-0 +1 2008-09 2008-09

Mississippi

5-1 +4 1987-88 2005-06

Stetson

1-0 +1 1989-90 1989-90

Central Michigan

2-0 +2 1986-87 1990-91

Mississippi College 11-4 +10 1975-76 1986-87

Temple

0-1 -1 2004-05 2004-05

26-6 +1 1977-78 2009-10

Central Missouri St. 1-0 +1 1978-79 1978-79

Mississippi State

5-5 -3 1979-80 2009-10

Tennessee

Cheyney State

3-0 +3 1981-82 1983-84

Miss. Valley State

1-0 +1 1989-90 1989-90

Tennessee Tech

3-0 +3 1981-82 1995-96

Clemson

3-0 +3 1981-82 1997-98

Miss. Univ. of Women 1-0 +1 1978-79 1978-79

Texas

8-2 +8 1976-77 1992-93

17-24 -9 1978-79 2008-09

Cleveland State

1-0 +1 1998-99 1998-99

Missouri

1-0 +1 2000-01 2000-01

Texas A&M

Colorado

3-1 +2 1987-88 1995-96

Montana

2-0 +2 1991-92 2003-04

Texas-Arlington

Connecticut

2-5 -4 1991-92 2001-02

Montana State

1-0 +1 1994-95 1994-95

TCU

Creighton

1-0 +1 1985-86 1985-86

Montclair State

1-0 +1 1981-82 1981-82

Texas-Pan American 24-0 +24 1987-88 1997-98

6-0 +6 1976-77 1986-87 10-0 +10 1976-77 2000-01 1-0 +1 2000-01 2000-01

Delta State

1-3 +1 1976-77 1978-79

Morgan State

1-0 +1 1993-94 1993-94

Texas-San Antonio

Denver

4-0 +4 1999-00 2000-01

Nebraska

1-0 +1 1979-80 1979-80

Texas Southern

1-0 +1 1993-94 1993-94

DePaul

4-1 -1 1988-89 1996-97

Nevada

18-5 +2 1987-88 2009-10

Texas State

1-0 +1 1976-77 1976-77

1-0 +1 2002-03 2002-03

Texas Tech

11-2 +2 1977-78 2003-04

3-0 +3 1984-85 2009-10

Drake

3-0 +3 1985-86 1987-88

New Mexico

Duke

0-2 -2 2001-02 2003-04

New Mexico State 12-2 +5 2000-01 2009-10

Tulane

7-0 +7 1976-77 2003-04

Eastern Kentucky

1-1 -1 1997-97 2006-07

New Orleans

39-2 +9 1974-75 2000-01

Tulsa

8-1 -1 2001-02 2004-05

Eastern Washington 1-0 +1 1987-88 1987-88

Nicholls State

15-0 +15 1974-75 2009-10

UCLA

11-0 +11 1978-79 1999-00

Florida

0-1 -1 1996-97 1996-97

North Carolina

1-1 -1 1984-85 1993-94

UNLV

8-2 +2 1979-80 1997-98

Florida A&M

1-0 +1 1985-86 1985-86

North Carolina State 2-0 +2 1996-97 1997-98

U.S. International

1-0 +1 1986-87 1986-87

Florida Atlantic

1-0 +1 1986-87 1986-87

North Texas

UT-Chattanooga

1-0 +1 2000-01 2000-01

4-0 +4 1989-90 2000-01

Florida International 7-0 +7 1998-99 2000-01

Northern Arizona

1-0 +1 1986-87 1986-87

Utah

Florida State

2-2 -2 1997-98 2009-10

Northern Illinois

0-1 -1 1991-92 1991-92

Utah State

Fresno State

15-8 +1 1995-96 2009-10

Northwestern

3-0 +3 1978-79 1986-87

UTEP

1-0 +1 1987-88 1987-88 10-1 +2 2005-06 2009-10 9-0 +9 2001-02 2004-05

Furman

1-0 +1 1994-95 1994-95

Northwestern State 21-6 +17 1974-75 2007-08

Valdosta State

1-1 +1 1978-79 1981-82

Georgia

5-1 +1 1981-82 1996-97

Notre Dame

2-1 -1 1982-83 1990-91

Vanderbilt

1-1 +1 1992-93 1999-00

Georgia State

1-0 +1 2000-01 2000-01

Ohio State

5-0 +5 1979-80 2002-03

Virginia

2-3 -1 1986-87 2008-09

Grambling State

3-0 +3 2005-06 2008-09

Oklahoma

4-1 -1 1980-81 2004-05

Washington

5-0 +5 1982-83 1996-97

Oklahoma State

8-0 +8 1976-77 1993-94

Wayland Baptist

5-2 +5 1977-78 1980-81

Hawaii

22-3 +4 1979-80 2009-10

Hawaii Pacific

2-0 +2 1983-84 1985-86

Old Dominion

Holy Cross

2-0 +2 1988-89 1997-98

Oral Roberts

Houston

130

First

1-0 +1 1999-00 1999-00

4-2 -1 1983-84 2000-01

14-5 +1 1978-79 1999-00

Weber State

1-0 +1 1999-00 1999-00

6-0 +6 1977-78 1984-85

West Virginia

1-0 +1 1993-94 1993-94

Oregon

1-0 +1 1979-80 1979-80

Western Kentucky 25-13 +1 1983-84 2009-10

Ouachita Baptist

2-0 +2 1975-76 1976-77

Wisconsin

1-1 -1 2003-04 2004-05

Panola Jr. College

5-1 +5 1975-76 1977-78

Idaho

11-0 +11 2005-06 2009-10

Illinois Illinois State

5-1 -1 1981-82 2008-09

Penn State

7-3 +1 1983-84 2003-04

Indiana

2-0 +2 1983-84 2000-01

Pepperdine

3-0 +3 1978-79 2002-03

Iowa

6-3 +3 1986-87 2006-07

Prairie View A&M

1-0 +1 1989-90 1989-90

Iowa State

1-0 +1 1998-99 1998-99

Purdue

6-2 +2 1988-89 2000-01

Jackson State

3-0 +3 1980-81 1983-84

Rice

9-4 +2 2000-01 2006-07

All Games

1-0 +1 1984-85 1984-85 976-204 (.828)


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All-Time Results vs. Opponents Akron (Tech 1-0) 1999-00 Tech 88-61

H

Alabama (Tech 11-1) 1982-83 Tech 83-56 H 1984-85 Tech 76-51 H 1985-86 Tech 82-77 A 1989-90 Tech 66-49 A 1990-91 Tech 62-57 H 1992-93 Tech 93-72 H 1993-94 Alabama 99-77 A 1993-94 Tech 69-66 N 1994-95 Tech 72-56 H 1997-98 Tech 71-57 N 2006-07 Tech 66-57 H 2007-08 Tech 62-61 A Alcorn State (Tech 8-0) 1981-82 Tech 1982-83 Tech 1987-88 Tech 1992-93 Tech 1997-98 Tech 1999-00 Tech 2004-05 Tech 2005-06 Tech

108-47 84-50 98-52 110-70 75-53 95-53 62-61 77-44

Allen White (AAU) (Tech 1-0) 1974-75 Tech 80-78 Arizona (Tech 5-1) 1990-91 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 2006-07 2008-09

Tech 92-68 Tech 73-60 Tech 75-64 Tech 85-72 UA 74-59 Tech 68-53

Arizona State (Tech 1-0) 1981-82 Tech 92-54 Arkansas (Tech 3-0) 1978-79 Tech 82-28 1982-83 Tech 74-34 1983-84 Tech 75-52 UALR (Tech 6-1) 1999-00 1999-00 2000-01 2000-01 2003-04 2007-08 2008-09

Tech 95-52 Tech 98-36 Tech 95-57 Tech 83-52 Tech 81-58 UALR 70-60 Tech 77-61

Arkansas State (Tech 34-2) 1987-88 Tech 113-50 1988-89 Tech 66-33 1988-89 Tech 91-46 1988-89 Tech 108-29 1989-90 Tech 106-36 1989-90 Tech 94-65 1990-91 ASU 76-75 1990-91 Tech 79-54 1990-91 Tech 83-79 1991-92 ASU 73-55 1991-92 Tech 71-58 1992-93 Tech 54-53 1992-93 Tech 72-66 1993-94 Tech 77-65 1993-94 Tech 65-45 1994-95 Tech 64-53

H A H H H H A H

N

N H H A A H

H

H H A

A H H A H A H

H A A H H A A H A A H A H H A A

1994-95 1994-95 1995-96 1995-96 1996-97 1996-97 1997-98 1997-98 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1999-00 1999-00 2000-01 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2004-05 2005-06 2009-10 Auburn (Tech 5-2) 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1996-97 Baylor (Tech 4-2) 1976-77 1977-78 1979-80 1981-82 1993-94 2009-10

Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech

89-60 72-51 78-43 98-68 80-59 100-55 71-67 89-63 94-48 79-63 114-67 95-59 91-81 62-59 82-62 87-54 72-54 67-50 76-64 71-59

Tech 81-54 Tech 80-68 Tech 85-65 Tech 56-54 Auburn 76-71 Auburn 81-69 Tech 74-48

Baylor 84-78 Tech 91-78 Tech 100-66 Tech 104-61 Tech 78-68 Baylor 77-67

Belhaven College (Tech 2-0) 1977-78 Tech 78-65 1978-79 Tech 81-50 Boise State (Tech 14-7) 2001-02 Tech 106-58 2001-02 Tech 78-39 2001-02 Tech 70-53 2002-03 Tech 102-66 2002-03 Tech 98-60 2003-04 Tech 95-57 2003-04 Tech 80-48 2003-04 Tech 100-56 2004-05 Boise St 62-59 2004-05 Tech 85-48 2004-05 Tech 81-68 2005-06 Tech 75-61 2005-06 Tech 72-59 2006-07 BSU 68-47 2006-07 Tech 79-63 2007-08 BSU 85-68 2007-08 BSU 70-54 2008-09 BSU 52-42 2008-09 BSU 66-61 2009-10 Tech 75-53 2009-10 BSU 74-65 Butler (Tech 1-0) 1993-94 Tech 65-61 Cal Poly-Pomona (Tech 2-0) 1983-84 Tech 83-43 1984-85 Tech 94-62 Cal Santa Barbara (UCSB 1-0) 2001-02 UCSB 575-6

H H A H A H A H H A A A N A H H A H A A

H A H N N N H

N N N H N A

A H

H A N A N H A N A H N H A H A H A A H H A

N

Cal State-Fullerton (Cal State-Fullerton 1-0) 1990-91 Cal State 84-80 A Centenary (Tech 4-0) 2000-01 Tech 2001-02 Tech 2002-03 Tech 2009-10 Tech

100-34 98-44 97-47 88-41

Central Arkansas (Tech 1-0) 2008-09 Tech 77-36 UCF (Tech 9-0) 1989-90 1990-91 1990-91 1991-92 1991-92 1992-93 1992-93 1995-96 1998-99

Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech

121-57 88-54 104-79 80-69 100-51 90-39 93-37 98-41 90-48

Central Michigan (Tech 2-0) 1986-87 Tech 85-68 1990-91 Tech 81-62 Central Missouri State (Tech 1-0) 1978-79 Tech 81-63

H A H H

H

A A H A H H A H H

H H

N

1977-78 1977-78 1978-79

Delta St. 67-62 A Delta St. 74-71 H Tech 89-66 H

Denver (Tech 4-0) 1999-00 1999-00 2000-01 2000-01

Tech Tech Tech Tech

DePaul (Tech 4-1) 1988-89 1989-90 1992-93 1995-96 1996-97

Tech 90-74 Tech 89-75 Tech 70-59 Tech 90-56 DePaul 70-67

90-45 92-48 66-46 67-55

Drake (Tech 3-0) 1985-86 Tech 87-78 1986-87 Tech 55-52 1987-88 Tech 88-56 Duke (Duke 2-0) 2001-02 Duke 76-64 2003-04 Duke 63-49 Eastern Kentucky (Tied 1-1) 1996-97 Tech 87-46 2006-07 EKU 86-84 Eastern Washington (Tech 1-0) 1987-88 Tech 107-57

H A H N

A H H H A

H A H

N N

N N

N

UT-Chattanooga (Tech 1-0) 2000-01 Tech 69-52

H

Cheyney State (Tech 3-0) 1981-82 Tech 76-62 1982-83 Tech 60-45 1983-84 Tech 100-72

Florida (Florida 1-0) 1996-97 Florida 71-57 N

N H N

Florida A&M (Tech 1-0) 1985-86 Tech 61-56

N

Florida Atlantic (Tech 1-0) 1986-87 Tech 71-32

A

Florida International (Tech 7-0) 1998-99 Tech 71-64 1998-99 Tech 80-65 1998-99 Tech 94-70 1999-00 Tech 65-54 1999-00 Tech 89-62 2000-01 Tech 65-58 2000-01 Tech 70-63

H A N A H H A

Florida State (Tied 2-2) 1997-98 Tech 86-60 1998-99 Tech 88-72 2005-06 FSU 80-71 2009-10 FSU 75-61

H A N A

Clemson (Tech 3-0) 1981-82 Tech 68-63 1982-83 Tech 98-71 1997-98 Tech 74-52 Cleveland State (Tech 1-0) 1998-99 Tech 130-55 Colorado (Tech 3-1) 1987-88 1988-89 1994-95 1995-96

A H H

H

Tech 66-59 H Colorado 61-60 A Tech 77-62 H Tech 65-61 A

Connecticut (Connecticut 5-2) 1991-92 UConn 63-61 1995-96 Tech 83-81OT 1998-99 Tech 90-76 1999-00 UConn 90-63 2000-01 UConn 71-55 2000-01 UConn 67-48 2001-02 UConn 74-50

N N H A H N A

A H

Creighton (Tech 1-0) 1985-86 Tech 66-61

N

Delta State (Delta State 3-1) 1976-77 Delta St. 95-78 A

H

Fresno State (Tech 15-8) 1995-96 Tech 2001-02 Tech 2001-02 Tech 2002-03 Tech 2002-03 Tech 2002-03 Tech 2003-04 Tech 2003-04 Tech 2004-05 Tech 2004-05 Tech 2004-05 Tech

77-59 N 74-50 A 70-35 H 63-53 A 87-62 H 89-57 N 81-59 H 85-52 A 80-70 A 86-76 H 92-87 2OT N

2005-06 2005-06 2006-07 2006-07 2007-08 2007-08 2008-09 2008-09 2009-10 2009-10 2009-10

FSU 67-58 Tech 70-61 Tech 78-40 FSU 72-57 FSU 75-52 FSU 82-63 FSU 78-53 Tech 80-62 FSU 71-61 FSU 81-78 OT Tech 68-66

A H H A A H H A A H N

Furman (Tech 1-0) 1994-95 Tech 90-52

H

Georgia (Tech 5-1) 1981-82 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1995-96 1996-97

N H A H N N

Tech 83-60 Tech 79-54 Tech 79-59 Tech 72-55 Georgia 90-76 Tech 71-69

Georgia State (Tech 1-0) 2000-01 Tech 84-48

H

Grambling State (Tech 3-0) 2005-06 Tech 84-55 2006-07 Tech 70-50 2008-09 Tech 75-46

H N H

Hawaii (Tech 22-3) 1979-80 Tech 103-59 A 1979-80 Tech 84-54 A 1983-84 Tech 95-53 A 1985-86 Tech 92-49 A 1988-89 Tech 71-52 A 2001-02 Tech 67-55 A 2001-02 Tech 82-53 H 2001-02 Tech 53-50 N 2002-03 Tech 60-52 H 2002-03 Tech 67-44 A 2002-03 Tech 85-58 N 2003-04 Tech 67-50 A 2003-04 Tech 83-45 H 2004-05 Tech 68-54 H 2004-05 Hawaii 79-78OT A 2005-06 Tech 71-66OT A 2005-06 Tech 91-52 H 2006-07 Tech 64-53 A 2006-07 Hawaii 60-59 H 2007-08 Tech 90-53 H 2007-08 Hawaii 84-77 A 2008-09 Tech 68-56 H 2008-09 Tech 89-71 A 2009-10 Tech 78-64 H 2009-10 Tech 79-71 A Hawaii-Pacific (Tech 2-0) 1983-84 Tech 97-51 1985-86 Tech 102-31

A A

Holy Cross (Tech 2-0) 1988-89 Tech 79-51 1997-98 Tech 86-58

H H

Houston (Tech 4-2) 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1999-00 2000-01

Tech 92-58 H Tech 71-58 A Houston 66-60 A Tech 85-50 H Tech 94-49 H Houston 71-52 A

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS Idaho (Tech 11-0) 2005-06 Tech 2005-06 Tech 2005-06 Tech 2006-07 Tech 2006-07 Tech 2007-08 Tech 2007-08 Tech 2008-09 Tech 2008-09 Tech 2009-10 Tech 2009-10 Tech

75-68 55-40 80-57 87-66 78-71 61-39 80-55 67-63OT 70-60 74-71OT 63-56

H A N A H H A A H H A

Illinois (Tied 1-1) 2003-04 Tech 67-61 A 2004-05 Illinois 71-65OT H Illinois State (Tech 5-1) 1981-82 Tech 71-56 1981-82 Tech 67-42 1982-83 Tech 81-66 1984-85 Tech 81-57 1985-86 Tech 92-55 2008-09 ISU 73-59 Indiana (Tech 2-0) 1983-84 Tech 76-47 2000-01 Tech 54-53 Iowa (Tech 6-3) 1986-87 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1993-94 1997-98 2005-06 2006-07

Tech 66-65 Tech 62-58 Tech 85-82 Iowa 72-57 Iowa 61-57 Iowa 70-66 Tech 83-58 Tech 95-91OT Tech 77-59

Iowa State (Tech 1-0) 1998-99 Tech 89-60

H N

N N H A H A N H A

N

Jackson State (Tech 3-0) 1980-81 Tech 97-50 1982-83 Tech 80-42 1983-84 Tech 69-65

H H A

Kansas (Tech 10-0) 1978-79 Tech 1979-80 Tech 1979-80 Tech 1980-81 Tech 1981-82 Tech 1982-83 Tech 1983-84 Tech 1985-86 Tech 1986-87 Tech 1987-88 Tech

N N H N N H A H N H

Kansas State (Tech 6-2) 1977-78 Tech 1984-85 Tech 1985-86 Tech 1986-87 Tech 1987-88 Tech 1989-90 Tech 2005-06 KSU 2006-07 KSU

132

N H A H H A

100-61 78-76 81-73 75-72 70-39 103-71 76-65 83-50 56-40 89-50

90-82OT 83-75 73-63 67-45 77-45 100-54 77-66 64-61

Kentucky (Tech 3-0) 1981-82 Tech 82-60 1986-87 Tech 64-63 1987-88 Tech 95-63

N H A H A H A H

H A H

Lamar (Tech 24-3) 1987-88 Tech 106-49 1987-88 Tech 93-67 1988-89 Tech 67-51 1988-89 Tech 99-49 1988-89 Tech 109-56 1989-90 Tech 85-55 1989-90 Tech 81-42 1989-90 Tech 79-58 1990-91 Lamar 83-72 1990-91 Lamar 90-76 1991-92 Lamar 80-73 1990-91 Tech 77-76 1991-92 Tech 81-80 1992-93 Tech 71-47 1992-93 Tech 85-47 1993-94 Tech 96-54 1993-94 Tech 87-49 1994-95 Tech 90-62 1994-95 Tech 105-56 1995-96 Tech 97-57 1995-96 Tech 79-52 1995-96 Tech 86-46 1996-97 Tech 81-44 1996-97 Tech 99-61 1996-97 Tech 100-42 1997-98 Tech 119-51 1997-98 Tech 104-53

H H H A H H A H A H A H H H A H A A H H A H A H N H A

Long Beach State (Tech 11-2) 1979-80 Tech 86-82 N 1979-80 Tech 96-70 H 1980-81 Tech 78-73 A 1981-82 Tech 74-46 H 1982-83 Tech 91-59 N 1982-83 Tech 74-57 N 1983-84 Tech 73-57 H 1984-85 Lg Bch 81-76 A 1985-86 Tech 80-68 H 1985-86 Tech 71-69 A 1986-87 Lg Bch 99-95OT A 1993-94 Tech 88-65 H 1994-95 Tech 88-56 A Louisiana College (Tech 12-0) 1975-76 Tech 87-49 1976-77 Tech 72-58 1976-77 Tech 98-42 1977-78 Tech 92-72 1977-78 Tech 76-64 1978-79 Tech 61-52 1978-79 Tech 98-45 1979-80 Tech 92-64 1979-80 Tech 76-52 1980-81 Tech 102-70 1980-81 Tech 100-60 1992-93 Tech 96-61 UL-Lafayette (Tech 38-0) 1975-76 Tech 1975-76 Tech 1975-76 Tech 1977-78 Tech 1977-78 Tech 1978-79 Tech 1978-79 Tech 1985-86 Tech 1986-87 Tech 1987-88 Tech 1988-89 Tech 1988-89 Tech 1989-90 Tech 1989-90 Tech 1990-91 Tech 1989-90 Tech 1990-91 Tech 1991-92 Tech 1992-93 Tech 1991-92 Tech 1992-93 Tech

106-34 93-65 84-62 102-45 84-52 88-44 74-41 50-42 82-36 88-35 98-42 86-37 84-35 101-52 87-40 124-51 74-58 89-49 94-50 73-43 89-53

H H A H A A H A H A H H

A H N H N A N A H H H A A H H H A H H A A

1993-94 1993-94 1994-95 1994-95 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1996-97 1996-97 1997-98 1997-98 1998-99 1998-99 1999-00 1999-00 2000-01 2002-03

Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech

98-44 100-44 90-42 96-43 111-36 111-40 89-37 87-30 97-34 100-50 83-36 90-43 92-51 95-40 114-69 83-68 81-50

UL-Monroe (Tech 44-9) 1974-75 ULM 84-78 1974-75 Tech 99-76 1974-75 ULM 84-80 1974-75 Tech 97-88 1974-75 Tech 116-66 1975-76 Tech 81-72 1975-76 Tech 63-61 1975-76 ULM 73-66 1975-76 Tech 69-64 1976-77 Tech 95-73 1976-77 Tech 99-75 1977-78 Tech 96-67 1977-78 Tech 84-80 1978-79 Tech 86-50 1978-79 Tech 77-65 1978-79 Tech 90-68 1979-80 Tech 99-61 1979-80 Tech 100-52 1980-81 Tech 90-50 1980-81 Tech 95-53 1981-82 Tech 102-47 1981-82 Tech 93-40 1982-83 Tech 88-77 1982-83 Tech 104-58 1983-84 Tech 88-66 1983-84 Tech 86-72 1984-85 Tech 79-77OT 1984-85 Tech 80-67 1984-85 ULM 85-76 1985-86 ULM 86-76 1985-86 ULM 82-74 1986-87 Tech 82-48 1986-87 Tech 84-68 1987-88 Tech 81-50 1987-88 Tech 71-43 1988-89 Tech 74-57 1988-89 Tech 94-71 1989-90 Tech 87-49 1989-90 Tech 55-44 1990-91 Tech 60-57 1990-91 Tech 83-55 1991-92 Tech 77-66 1991-92 Tech 95-65 1992-93 ULM 62-51 1992-93 Tech 76-49 1993-94 Tech 100-44 1993-94 Tech 69-62 1994-95 Tech 89-47 1995-96 Tech 95-37 1997-98 Tech 97-43 1998-99 Tech 94-48 2006-07 ULM 58-54 2007-08 ULM 71-50 LSU (Tech 14-11) 1974-75 Tech 97-83 1974-75 Tech 95-87 1975-76 Tech 64-49 1975-76 LSU 85-77 1976-77 Tech 86-73 1976-77 LSU 92-72 1976-77 Tech 101-88 1977-78 LSU 77-59 1977-78 LSU 78-76

A H H A H A H A H H A A H A H A H

A H A N N H N A N A H H A H A N A H A H H A A H H A H A A A H H A H A A H H A A H A H A H H A H H H A A H

H A A N H A H A N

1978-79 1979-80 1979-80 1979-80 1983-84 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1990-91 1990-91 1998-99 2002-03 2006-07 2008-09 2009-10

Tech 96-80 Tech 84-56 Tech 93-61 Tech 91-50 Tech 92-67 Tech 87-60 Tech 87-60 Tech 68-60 Tech 85-68 LSU 84-75 LSU 76-70 Tech 73-52 LSU 69-63 LSU 61-44 LSU 51-41 LSU 77-74

N A H A H H H A H A H N N N A H

Louisville (Tech 1-0) 1988-89 Tech 77-47

H

Loyola-Marymount (Tech 1-0) 1984-85 Tech 79-46

N

Marquette (Tech 1-0) 1994-95 Tech 92-73

N

Maryland (Tech 2-0) 1979-80 Tech 104-71 1981-82 Tech 73-56

H A

UMBC (Tech 1-0) 2008-09 Tech 83-62

N

Massachuesetts (Tech 1-0) 1995-96 Tech 75-63

H

McNeese State (Tech 17-5) 1974-75 McNeese 70-65 N 1974-75 McNeese 58-56 N 1975-76 Tech 85-78 A 1975-76 McNeese 56-55 A 1975-76 Tech 64-53 N 1977-78 Tech 88-67 A 1977-78 Tech 90-69 H 1978-79 McNeese 71-70 A 1978-79 Tech 101-46 H 1979-80 Tech 102-76 H 1979-80 Tech 68-62 H 1979-80 Tech 78-57 H 1980-81 Tech 101-48 H 1981-82 Tech 80-38 A 1981-82 Tech 113-60 H 1982-83 Tech 98-53 H 1983-84 Tech 87-43 A 1992-93 Tech 88-52 N 2001-02 Tech 88-43 H 2007-08 Tech 88-43 H 2008-09 McNeese 71-66 A 2009-10 Tech 94-61 H Memphis (Tech 8-2) 1978-79 1979-80 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1988-89 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

Tech 76-57 H Tech 96-72 A Tech 64-56 H Memphis 72-69 A Tech 86-54 H Tech 80-63 H Tech 105-58 A Tech 82-77 A Memphis 67-60 A Tech 86-76 H

Miami (Fla.) (Tech 2-0) 1985-86 Tech 81-40 1986-87 Tech 76-58

H A

Michigan (Tech 2-1) 1998-99 Tech 84-66 A 2000-01 Michigan 69-66 A 2001-02 Tech 81-66 H Michigan State (Tech 1-0) 1986-87 Tech 79-57

N

Middle Tennessee (Tech 4-0) 1982-83 Tech 91-59 1984-85 Tech 86-62 2000-01 Tech 80-57 2000-01 Tech 83-64

H H A H

Mississippi (Tech 5-1) 1987-88 Tech 80-60 1991-92 Miss 63-60 1992-93 Tech 68-64OT 1993-94 Tech 82-67 2004-05 Tech 88-70 2005-06 Tech 84-71

N H A H A H

Mississippi College (Tech 11-4) 1975-76 MC 80-78 1976-77 MC 78-75 1976-77 MC 117-108 1977-78 Tech 91-74 1977-78 MC 75-73 1978-79 Tech 81-80 1980-81 Tech 89-53 1980-81 Tech 92-45 1981-82 Tech 100-55 1981-82 Tech 94-52 1982-83 Tech 95-62 1983-84 Tech 109-60 1984-85 Tech 100-68 1985-86 Tech 87-45 1986-87 Tech 72-41

H H A H A A H A H A A H A H A

Mississippi State (Tied 5-5) 1979-80 Tech 89-54 1999-00 MSU 74-72 2000-01 Tech 83-65 2003-04 Tech 94-65 2004-05 MSU 72-55 2005-06 Tech 52-41 2006-07 Tech 60-54 2007-08 MSU 63-50 2008-09 MSU 72-42 2009-10 MSU 72-68

H A H H A H A H A H

Mississippi Valley State (Tech 1-0) 1989-90 Tech 95-51

H

Mississippi Women’s College (Tech 1-0) 1978-79 Tech 83-75 A Missouri (Tech 1-0) 2000-01 Tech 78-67

N

Montana (Tech 2-0) 1991-92 Tech 70-66 2003-04 Tech 81-77

N A

Montana State (Tech 1-0) 1994-95 Tech 71-53

N

Montclair State (Tech 1-0) 1981-82 Tech 95-48

H

Morgan State (Tech 1-0) 1993-94 Tech 109-21

H


www.latechsports.com Nebraska (Tech 1-0) 1979-80 Tech 88-64

H

Nevada (Tech 18-5) 1987-88 Tech 80-46 2001-02 Tech 102-58 2001-02 Tech 95-65 2002-03 Tech 83-54 2002-03 Tech 79-67 2003-04 Tech 110-47 2003-04 Tech 89-57 2004-05 Tech 69-52 2004-05 Tech 108-72 2005-06 Tech 72-57 2005-06 Tech 75-34 2005-06 Tech 69-60 2006-07 UN 55-54 2006-07 Tech 73-62 2007-08 UN 74-70 2007-08 Tech 70-64 2007-08 Tech 82-56 2008-09 UN 64-57 2008-09 Tech 77-59 2008-09 UN 91-88OT 2009-10 UN 69-56 2009-10 Tech 69-56 2009-10 Tech 80-77

A A H A H H A A H A H N H A A H N A H A A H A

New Mexico (Tech 1-0) 2002-03 Tech 67-54 New Mexico State (Tech 12-2) 2000-01 Tech 75-46 2005-06 Tech 79-72 2005-06 Tech 66-53 2005-06 Tech 63-39 2006-07 Tech 69-53 2006-07 Tech 74-56 2006-07 NMSU 63-57 2007-08 Tech 75-50 2007-08 NMSU 65-55 2008-09 Tech 77-51 2008-09 Tech 78-69 2008-09 Tech 81-68 2009-10 Tech 78-64 2009-10 Tech 62-55 New Orleans (Tech 39-2) 1974-75 Tech 80-55 1974-75 Tech 77-60 1974-75 Tech 104-73 1975-76 Tech 87-35 1975-76 Tech 96-44 1980-81 Tech 121-59 1981-82 Tech 106-59 1982-83 Tech 84-49 1985-86 Tech 70-50 1986-87 Tech 82-52 1987-88 Tech 74-57 1987-88 Tech 88-64 1988-89 Tech 72-61 1988-89 Tech 68-51 1989-90 Tech 86-45 1989-90 Tech 98-60 1990-91 Tech 72-58 1990-91 Tech 67-66 1991-92 Tech 65-60 1991-92 UNO 69-54 1992-93 Tech 71-62 1992-93 Tech 54-47 1992-93 Tech 67-60 1993-94 Tech 82-62 1993-94 Tech 68-53 1993-94 Tech 50-42 1994-95 Tech 108-63 1994-95 Tech 100-52 1995-96 Tech 103-58 1995-96 Tech 98-58

1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1997-98 1997-98 1997-98 1998-99 1998-99 1999-00 1999-00 2000-01

UNO 66-63 Tech 92-62 Tech 87-59 Tech 118-50 Tech 98-61 Tech 91-54 Tech 110-50 Tech 97-57 Tech 91-52 Tech 108-61 Tech 92-64

Nicholls State (Tech 15-0) 1974-75 Tech 1974-75 Tech 1975-76 Tech 1975-76 Tech 1976-77 Tech 1976-77 Tech 1978-79 Tech 1979-80 Tech 1987-88 Tech 1998-99 Tech 1998-99 Tech 2000-01 Tech 2002-03 Tech 2008-09 Tech 2009-10 Tech

95-71 85-62 97-75 90-58 90-67 94-50 90-51 108-50 92-42 87-50 79-57 90-47 93-50 90-33 90-50

A H N H A H H A A H H

N N A H A H A H N A H H H H A

North Carolina (Tied 1-1) 1984-85 Tech 80-59 1993-94 NC 60-59

N N

North Carolina State (Tech 2-0) 1996-97 Tech 71-54 1997-98 Tech 84-65

H N

A

A A H N A H A H A H A N H A

N N N A H N A H A H A H H A A H H A A H A H H A H N H A H A

North Texas (Tech 4-0) 1989-90 Tech 1991-92 Tech 2000-01 Tech 2000-01 Tech

92-56 81-53 75-63 74-57

Northern Arizona (Tech 1-0) 1986-87 Tech 76-53

A H A N

A

Northern Illinois (Northern Illinois 1-0) 1991-92 No. Ill. 77-71OT A Northwestern (Tech 3-0) 1978-79 Tech 88-52 1982-83 Tech 86-54 1986-87 Tech 82-60 Northwestern State (Tech 21-6) 1974-75 NSU 76-56 1974-75 NSU. 86-77 1974-75 Tech 87-83OT 1974-75 NSU 87-86 1974-75 Tech 79-78 1975-76 NSU 76-70 1975-76 Tech 83-71 1975-76 NSU 84-73 1975-76 Tech 85-76 1975-76 NSU 83-80 1976-77 Tech 88-70 1976-77 Tech 101-83 1976-77 Tech 67-59 1976-77 Tech 93-74 1976-77 Tech 80-72 1976-77 Tech 89-81 1977-78 Tech 91-75 1977-78 Tech 92-69 1978-79 Tech 104-61 1978-79 Tech 89-66 1979-80 Tech 111-63 1979-80 Tech 93-47

N H H

N N N A A A H N A N H A N H H N A H A H A H

1979-80 1980-81 1980-81 1983-84 2007-08

Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech

90-71 115-67 90-36 82-46 92-57

H H N A N

Notre Dame (Tech 2-1) 1982-83 Tech 81-39 1983-84 Tech 83-56 1990-91 ND 71-66

A H N

Ohio State (Tech 5-0) 1979-80 Tech 1983-84 Tech 1994-95 Tech 1995-96 Tech 2002-03 Tech

89-67 79-57 98-81 92-65 74-61

N N A H H

Oklahoma (Tech 4-1) 1980-81 Tech 1981-82 Tech 1982-83 Tech 1994-95 Tech 2004-05 Okla

88-68 101-57 105-75 48-36 86-59

N A H H N

Oklahoma State (Tech 8-0) 1976-77 Tech 93-74 1984-85 Tech 74-64 1985-86 Tech 76-68 1986-87 Tech 74-56 1987-88 Tech 85-62 1988-89 Tech 103-78 1989-90 Tech 74-59 1993-94 Tech 75-70 Old Dominion (Tech 14-5) 1978-79 OD 75-65 1979-80 Tech 59-57 1979-80 OD 73-59 1980-81 Tech 81-47 1980-81 Tech 75-59 1981-82 Tech 68-51 1981-82 OD 61-58 1982-83 Tech 69-48 1982-83 Tech 71-55 1983-84 OD 66-64 1984-85 Tech 72-63 1985-86 Tech 77-70 1986-87 Tech 90-57 1987-88 Tech 68-65 1988-89 Tech 72-71 1989-90 Tech 79-65 1990-91 Tech 76-58 1997-98 OD 88-65 1999-00 Tech 86-74 Oral Roberts (Tech 6-0) 1977-78 Tech 1980-81 Tech 1981-82 Tech 1981-82 Tech 1983-84 Tech 1984-85 Tech

80-61 94-67 94-53 89-51 98-61 78-59

N H A H A H A H

N N N H A N A H A A H A H A H A H N N

N N H A H A

1977-78 1977-78

Tech 71-66 Tech 83-67

Penn State (Tech 7-3) 1983-84 Tech 86-61 A 1984-85 Tech 97-83 H 1984-85 Tech 88-69 N 1985-86 Penn St. 72-68 A 1986-87 Tech 75-58 H 1987-88 Penn St. 66-62 A 1997-98 Tech 88-58 H 1998-99 Tech 79-62 H 1999-00 Penn St. 86-65 N 2003-04 Tech 87-84 A Pepperdine (Tech 3-0) 1978-79 Tech 87-63 1987-88 Tech 72-61 2002-03 Tech 94-60

A N H

Prairie View A&M (Tech 1-0) 1989-90 Tech 87-24

N

Purdue (Tech 6-2) 1988-89 1989-90 1989-90 1997-98 1998-99 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01

Tech 62-49 Tech 66-50 Tech 91-47 Tech 72-65 Purdue 71-65 Purdue 77-63 Tech 94-62 Tech 68-63

A H N N N N H A

Rice (Tech 9-4) 2000-01 2001-02 2001-02 2002-03 2002-03 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

Tech 85-54 H Tech 88-42 H Rice 57-56 A Tech 79-65 H Tech 80-63 A Rice 87-84OT A Tech 82-70 H Tech 76-52 N Tech 76-66 H Rice 83-69 A Rice 86-66 N Tech 79-75 A Tech 86-58 H

Rutgers (Tech 3-0) 1979-80 Tech 89-83OT A 1980-81 Tech 67-60 N 1981-82 Tech 83-73 N Sam Houston State (Tech 2-0) 2007-08 Tech 93-58 2008-09 Tech 82-59

A H

San Diego (Tech 3-0) 1991-92 Tech 77-59 1994-95 Tech 83-51 1996-97 Tech 70-33

N A H

San Diego State (Tech 2-0) 1984-85 Tech 94-64 1985-86 Tech 87-43

N H

A

Oregon (Tech 1-0) 1979-80 Tech 92-73

A

Ouachita Baptist (Tech 2-0) 1975-76 Tech 72-55 1976-77 Tech 88-40

H H

San Francisco (Tech 1-0) 1980-81 Tech 69-58

A H H A

San Jose State (Tech 18-0) 2001-02 Tech 79-49 2001-02 Tech 87-47 2002-03 Tech 83-38 2002-03 Tech 66-59

Panola Junior College (Tech 5-1) 1975-76 Panola 74-63 1975-76 Tech 72-66 1976-77 Tech 78-69 1976-77 Tech 80-60

A H

A H H A

2003-04 2003-04 2004-05 2004-05 2005-06 2005-06 2006-07 2006-07 2007-08 2007-08 2008-09 2008-09 2009-10 2009-10

Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech

84-71 82-51 66-52 80-51 74-51 78-48 65-52 71-61 70-54 78-64 70-53 87-69 92-48 81-66

A H H A H A A H H A H A A H

South Alabama (Tech 21-0) 1991-92 Tech 77-54 1991-92 Tech 70-53 1991-92 Tech 73-41 1992-93 Tech 102-55 1992-93 Tech 74-53 1993-94 Tech 96-43 1993-94 Tech 103-46 1994-95 Tech 90-45 1994-95 Tech 94-50 1995-96 Tech 67-46 1995-96 Tech 89-29 1996-97 Tech 72-49 1996-97 Tech 88-48 1997-98 Tech 72-53 1997-98 Tech 115-44 1998-99 Tech 96-32 1998-99 Tech 98-39 1999-00 Tech 90-33 1999-00 Tech 77-37 1999-00 Tech 95-51 2000-01 Tech 71-46

H H N H A A H H A A H A H A H H A H A N H

South Carolina (Tech 3-1) 1979-80 USC 77-69 1980-81 Tech 97-70 1981-82 Tech 71-58 1982-83 Tech 94-54

N H A H

SE Missouri State (Tech 1-0) 1999-00 Tech 96-54

N

Southeastern Louisiana (Tech 7-5) 1974-75 SLU 59-55 H 1974-75 SLU 81-44 N 1975-76 SLU 76-72 A 1976-77 SLU 104-102OT H 1976-77 SLU 106-96 A 1979-80 Tech 107-64 A 1979-80 Tech 92-67 H 1980-81 Tech 110-57 H 1980-81 Tech 101-56 H 1983-84 Tech 88-45 A 1984-85 Tech 92-39 H 1998-99 Tech 88-55 A Southern (Tech 8-1) 1975-76 1975-76 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1979-80 1980-81 1980-81 2003-04 Southern (8-4) 1978-79 1980-81 1982-83 1982-83 1982-83 1983-84

Tech 81-69 N Southern 75-70 N Tech 89-62 A Tech 105-83 N Tech 115-76 H Tech 93-55 H Tech 86-59 N Tech 75-58 N Tech 78-29 H Cal Tech Tech USC Tech USC Tech

78-68 66-50 64-58 58-56 69-67 75-66

A H A N N H

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1985-86 1993-94 1996-97

USC Tech Tech USC Tech Tech

62-57 N 83-792OT A 73-53 H 80-64 N 75-66 N 66-47 H

Southern Illinois (Tech 1-0) 1986-87 Tech 66-53 SMU (Tech 18-0) 1978-79 Tech 1984-85 Tech 1986-87 Tech 1986-87 Tech 1993-94 Tech 1995-96 Tech 1996-97 Tech 1997-98 Tech 1998-99 Tech 2001-02 Tech 2001-02 Tech 2002-03 Tech 2002-03 Tech 2003-04 Tech 2003-04 Tech 2004-05 Tech 2004-05 Tech 2008-09 Tech

72-50 71-46 95-54 78-44 96-62 84-68 88-60 76-74 91-63 68-45 82-36 74-64 89-56 88-52 89-79 69-62 77-63 77-54

N H A H H A H A H A H A H H A A H H

Southern Miss (Tech 3-1) 1989-90 Tech 89-70 1995-96 Tech 86-46 2007-08 USM 76-62 2009-10 Tech 76-68

H H H A

Southern Utah (Tech 1-0) 1996-97 Tech 85-55

N

SW Missouri State (Tech 1-0) 1992-93 Tech 59-43 St. Johns (Tech 1-0) 1995-96 Tech 92-29 St. Peters (Tech 1-0) 1996-97 Tech 94-50 Stanford (Tech 1-0) 1988-89 Tech 85-75

134

N

Stephen F. Austin (Tech 26-6) 1977-78 SFA 80-67 1977-78 Tech 74-73 1978-79 Tech 76-68 1978-79 SFA 83-82 1979-80 SFA 75-71 1979-80 Tech 82-56 1979-80 SFA 73-65 1980-81 Tech 81-57 1980-81 Tech 79-61 1980-81 Tech 98-67 1981-82 Tech 97-59 1981-82 Tech 69-59 1981-82 Tech 105-58 1982-83 Tech 81-56 1983-84 Tech 87-58 1983-84 Tech 104-48 1984-85 Tech 98-58 1984-85 Tech 94-61 1985-86 Tech 73-55 1985-86 Tech 75-49 1986-87 Tech 76-42 1987-88 Tech 69-51 1988-89 Tech 88-54 1989-90 Tech 69-56

N

H

H

H

A H H A A H N H A A N A H H A N A H A H H A H A

1990-91 1992-93 1997-98 2002-03 2003-04 2006-07 2007-08 2009-10

SFA 77-74OT Tech 78-63 Tech 85-53 Tech 80-44 Tech 109-60 SFA 65-55 Tech 82-60 Tech 65-61

Stetson (Tech 1-0) 1989-90 Tech 88-46

H A N H A A H N

A

Temple (Temple 1-0) 2004-05 Temple 66-61 N Tennessee (Tennessee 22-19) 1978-79 Tech 64-56 N 1978-79 Tech 102-84 N 1979-80 UT 73-71 A 1980-81 Tech 77-53 H 1980-81 Tech 79-59 N 1981-82 Tech 72-64 A 1981-82 Tech 69-46 N 1982-83 Tech 80-64 H 1983-84 Tech 81-63 A 1984-85 Tech 73-57 H 1985-86 Tech 59-56 A 1986-87 Tech 72-60 H 1986-87 UT 67-44 N 1987-88 UT 76-74 A 1987-88 Tech 68-59 N 1988-89 UT 62-61OT N 1988-89 UT 72-65 H 1989-90 Tech 59-58 A 1990-91 UT 77-74 H 1991-92 UT 90-70 A 1992-93 UT 83-76 H 1993-94 UT 94-60 A 1993-94 Tech 71-68 A 1994-95 UT 69-62 N 1994-95 UT 62-56 H 1995-96 UT 77-72 A 1996-97 Tech 66-64 H 1996-97 Tech 98-80 H 1997-98 UT 75-61 A 1997-98 UT 93-75 N 1998-99 UT 92-73 H 1999-00 Tech 69-64 A 2000-01 UT 70-62 H 2001-02 UT 90-75 A 2002-03 UT 60-35 H 2003-04 UT 85-65 A 2004-05 UT 70-59 H 2005-06 UT 83-59 A 2006-07 UT 71-50 H 2007-08 UT 81-60 A 2008-09 UT 94-59 A Tennessee Tech (Tech 3-0) 1981-82 Tech 114-53 1994-95 Tech 62-33 1995-96 Tech 101-56 Texas (Tech 8-2) 1976-77 1976-77 1978-79 1982-83 1982-83 1983-84 1986-87 1987-88 1989-90 1992-93

Texas 84-59 Texas 94-85 Tech 77-74 Tech 86-64 Tech 72-58 Tech 85-60 Tech 79-75 Tech 83-80OT Tech 71-57 Tech 82-78

Texas A&M (Tech 6-0) 1976-77 Tech 69-67 1978-79 Tech 85-72 1979-80 Tech 92-60

H A H

N N N N H H A A A A

N N N

1979-80 1985-86 1986-87

Tech 80-57 Tech 79-49 Tech 95-44

Texas-Arlington (Tech 10-0) 1976-77 Tech 106-70 1993-94 Tech 81-41 1994-95 Tech 87-46 1995-96 Tech 77-56 1996-97 Tech 80-39 1996-97 Tech 61-54 1997-98 Tech 83-38 1998-99 Tech 73-40 1999-00 Tech 80-31 2000-01 Tech 89-44

N H A

N H A H N A H A H H

TCU (Tech 1-0) 2000-01 Tech 80-59

H

Texas Pan American (Tech 24-0) 1987-88 Tech 98-21 1988-89 Tech 111-28 1988-89 Tech 126-25 1989-90 Tech 98-35 1989-90 Tech 90-48 1990-91 Tech 94-64 1990-91 Tech 102-45 1991-92 Tech 89-33 1991-92 Tech 71-58 1992-93 Tech 83-43 1992-93 Tech 82-42 1993-94 Tech 104-61 1993-94 Tech 91-60 1993-94 Tech 80-34 1994-95 Tech 92-33 1994-95 Tech 96-41 1994-95 Tech 95-34 1995-96 Tech 89-51 1995-96 Tech 101-51 1996-97 Tech 95-52 1996-97 Tech 87-41 1997-98 Tech 103-41 1997-98 Tech 115-38 1997-98 Tech 92-56

H A H H A A H H A A H A A N A H H A H H A H A H

Texas-San Antonio (Tech 3-0) 1984-85 Tech 80-39 2005-06 Tech 75-67 2009-10 Tech 82-72

N N A

Texas Southern (Tech 1-0) 1993-94 Tech 99-57

H

Texas State (Tech 1-0) 1976-77 Tech 85-53

N

Texas Tech (Tech 11-2) 1977-78 Tech 59-54 1983-84 Tech 94-68 1985-86 Tech 77-71 1986-87 Tech 71-43 1987-88 Tech 107-62 1988-89 Tech 79-57 1989-90 Tech 95-54 1990-91 TT 79-67OT 1991-92 Tech 69-66 1992-93 TT 74-71 1995-96 Tech 66-55 2002-03 Tech 85-76 2003-04 Tech 81-64

N H H A H A H A H A N N N

Tulane (Tech 7-0) 1976-77 1981-82 1987-88 1988-89 1996-97

Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech

99-52 103-50 92-62 77-39 77-50

H H A H H

2002-03 Tech 68-53 2003-04 Tech 96-37

A H

Tulsa (Tech 8-1) 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2002-03 2002-03 2003-04 2003-04 2004-05 2004-05

H A A H A A H H A

Tech 77-46 Tech 67-62 Tech 57-42 Tech 75-62 Tech 85-66 Tech 63-60 Tech 81-57 Tech 63-47 Tulsa 74-70

UCLA (Tech 11-0) 1978-79 Tech 1979-80 Tech 1980-81 Tech 1980-81 Tech 1981-82 Tech 1982-83 Tech 1983-84 Tech 1984-85 Tech 1985-86 Tech 1998-99 Tech 1999-00 Tech UNLV (Tech 8-2) 1979-80 1979-80 1980-81 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1987-88 1990-91 1991-92 1997-98

85-81 93-77 99-61 87-54 103-63 84-59 94-58 76-50 73-59 88-62 82-64

A H A H H A H A H N N

Tech 73-61 Tech 74-63 Tech 97-73 Tech 79-58 Tech 90-60 UNLV 80-77 Tech 91-63 UNLV 84-77 Tech 70-67 Tech 73-43

A H A A H A A A A N

U.S. International (Tech 1-0) 1986-87 Tech 107-51

N

Utah (Tech 1-0) 1987-88 Tech 83-58

H

Utah State (Tech 10-1) 2005-06 Tech 73-56 2005-06 Tech 88-54 2006-07 Tech 69-54 2006-07 Tech 71-58 2007-08 Tech 71-56 2007-08 Tech 62-47 2008-09 Tech 90-82OT 2008-09 Tech 53-46 2009-10 USU 69-66 2009-10 Tech 74-54 2009-10 Tech 82-65

A H H A A H A H H A N

UTEP (Tech 9-0) 2001-02 2001-02 2002-03 2002-03 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2004-05 2004-05

H A A H H A N A H

Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech

90-53 73-59 68-53 108-54 75-58 83-60 74-47 82-69 81-66

Valdosta State (Tied 1-1) 1978-79 VSU 85-82 1981-81 Tech 97-54

N H

Vanderbilt (Tied 1-1) 1992-93 Vandy 58-53 1999-00 Tech 66-65

N H

Virginia (Virginia 3-2) 1986-87 Virginia 77-66 A 1988-89 Tech 88-66 H 1994-95 Virginia 63-62 N 2000-01 Tech 72-59 N 2008-09 Virginia 68-52 A Washington (Tech 5-0) 1982-83 Tech 1985-86 Tech 1987-88 Tech 1994-95 Tech 1996-97 Tech

103-51 79-54 70-50 81-47 73-70

N H H H A

Wayland Baptist (Tech 5-2) 1977-78 WB 75-61 1977-78 WB 87-81 1978-79 Tech 75-64 1978-79 Tech 78-56 1978-79 Tech 72-59 1979-80 Tech 72-70 1980-81 Tech 89-40

A N A H N A H

Weber State (Tech 1-0) 1999-00 Tech 84-47

N

West Virginia (Tech 1-0) 1990-91 Tech 71-66

H

Western Kentucky (Tech 25-13) 1983-84 Tech 82-50 1991-92 Tech 79-66 1991-92 WKU 82-63 1991-92 WKU 72-66OT 1992-93 Tech 86-77 1992-93 WKU 63-62 1992-93 WKU 81-73 1993-94 Tech 82-50 1993-94 Tech 87-42 1993-94 Tech 68-43 1994-95 WKU 79-71 1994-95 Tech 82-73 1994-95 WKU 71-68 1995-96 Tech 89-49 1995-96 Tech 72-52 1995-96 Tech 71-53 1996-97 Tech 82-65 1996-97 WKU 73-65 1996-97 Tech 80-68 1997-98 WKU 88-86 1997-98 Tech 85-76 1997-98 Tech 69-68 1998-99 Tech 79-65 1998-99 Tech 95-70 1999-00 Tech 85-61 1999-00 Tech 93-72 1999-00 Tech 97-94 2000-01 Tech 105-47 2000-01 Tech 67-52 2000-01 Tech 86-63 2001-02 Tech 87-47 2002-03 WKU 71-57 2004-05 Tech 73-60 2005-06 WKU 80-59 2006-07 WKU 73-60 2007-08 WKU 87-76 2008-09 WKU 60-59 2009-10 Tech 63-52

H H A A H A H H A A A H H H A N H A A A H H A H A H A H A N H A H A H A H A

Wisconsin (Tech 1-0) 1984-85 Tech 86-51

H


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1,000-Point Club 1. Pam Kelly (1978-82) 2,979 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 78-79 38 301-472 .638 119-211 .564 372 721 19.0 79-80 45 376-615 .611 180-303 .594 491 932 20.7 80-81 34 236-394 .599 123-204 .603 322 595 17.5 81-82 36 280-435 .644 171-247 .692 326 731 20.3 Totals 153 1,193-1,916 .623 593-965 .615 1,511 2,979 19.5 2. Janice Lawrence (1980-84) 2,403 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 80-81 34 192-326 .589 123-189 .651 283 507 14.9 81-82 36 202-363 .556 124-174 .713 253 528 14.7 82-83 33 272-455 .598 141-222 .635 301 685 20.7 83-84 32 268-433 .619 147-207 .710 260 683 21.3 Totals 135 934-1,577 .592 535-792 .676 1,097 2,403 17.8 3. Angela Turner (1978-82) 2,262 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 78-79 38 273-564 .484 62-92 .674 398 608 17.8 79-80 45 369-710 .520 79-114 .693 315 817 18.2 80-81 34 204-449 .454 53-70 .757 185 507 13.6 81-82 36 175-381 .459 26-38 .684 175 376 10.4 Totals 153 1,021-2,104 .485 220-314 .701 1,073 2,262 14.8 4. Venus Lacy (1987-90) 2,004 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 87-88 33 199-368 .556 82-147 .558 302 480 14.5 88-89 34 280-507 .552 161-241 .668 403 724 21.3 89-90 33 314-521 .603 170-232 .733 420 800 24.2 Totals 100 793-1,396 .568 413-620 .666 1,125 2,004 20.0 5. Vickie Johnson (1992-96) 1,960 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 92-93 31 165-372 .444 76-103 .738 194 417 13.5 93-94 35 209-418 .500 87-118 .737 244 517 14.8 94-95 33 224-421 .532 94-127 .740 227 542 16.4 95-96 32 195-382 .510 94-119 .790 216 484 15.1 Totals 131 793-1,593 .498 351-467 .752 881 1,960 15.0 5. Sheila Ethridge (1987-91) 1,960 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 87-88 34 110-225 .489 47-70 .671 119 268 7.9 88-89 34 184-407 .452 72-91 .791 185 451 13.3 89-90 32 206-430 .479 55-67 .821 158 485 15.2 90-91 30 281-638 .440 119-154 .773 208 756 25.2 Totals 130 781-1,700 .459 293-382 .767 670 1,960 15.1 7. Tori Harrison (1983-87) 1,868 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 83-84 33 128-251 .510 55-87 .632 217 311 9.4 84-85 33 201-365 .551 78-134 .582 303 480 14.5 85-86 32 226-367 .616 69-104 .663 247 521 16.3 86-87 33 240-393 .611 76-130 .585 253 556 16.8 Totals 131 795-1,376 .578 278-455 .611 1,020 1,868 14.3 8. Amanda Wilson (1995-99) 1,832 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 95-96 32 109-211 .517 23-37 .622 166 256 8.0 96-97 31 178-314 .567 38-68 .559 267 400 12.9 97-98 34 287-464 .619 54-76 .711 299 629 18.9 98-99 33 241-389 .620 64-83 .771 261 547 16.6 Totals 130 815-1,378 .591 179-264 .678 993 1,832 14.1 9. Tamicha Jackson (1996-2000) 1,822 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 96-97 35 172-472 .364 36-59 .610 92 428 12.2 97-98 33 202-456 .443 20-33 .606 108 481 14.6 98-99 33 157-382 .411 34-42 .810 62 384 11.6 99-00 34 222-456 .487 39-53 .736 90 529 15.6 Totals 135 753-1,766 .426 129-187 .690 352 1,822 13.5 10. Nora Lewis (1985-89) Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. 85-86 15 80-177 .452 40-58 .690 107 200 86-87 33 194-421 .461 80-131 .611 259 468 87-88 33 164-339 .484 122-200 .610 323 450

1,760 Avg. 13.3 14.2 13.6

88-89 35 Totals 114

253-468 .541 135-239 .565 382 642 18.3 691-1,405 .492 377-628 .600 1,071 1,760 15.4

11. Debra Williams (1992-96) Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. 92-93 32 120-301 .399 34-60 .567 135 290 93-94 35 183-417 .439 61-81 .753 159 461 94-95 31 166-381 .436 64-81 .790 113 432 95-96 32 224-475 .472 68-94 .723 155 566 Totals 130 693-1,574 .440 227-316 .718 562 1,749

1,749 Avg. 9.1 13.2 13.9 17.7 13.5

12. Pam Gant (1981-85) 1,714 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 81-82 36 62-125 .496 29-40 .725 48 153 4.3 82-83 32 131-279 .470 23-41 .561 83 285 8.9 83-84 32 225-385 .584 71-101 .703 106 521 16.3 84-85 32 314-552 .569 127-154 .825 139 755 23.6 Totals 132 732-1,341 .546 250-336 .744 376 1,714 13.0 13. Elinor Griffin (1976-79) 1,677 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 76-77 31 216-418 .517 63-114 .553 411 495 16.0 77-78 28 236-506 .466 70-108 .648 352 542 19.4 78-79 36 286-548 .522 68-126 .540 398 640 17.8 Totals 95 738-1,472 .501 201-348 .578 1,161 1,677 17.7 14. Kay Ford (1975-79) 1,644 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 75-76 29 215-378 .569 106-158 .671 282 536 18.5 76-77 31 189-328 .576 108-151 .715 234 486 15.7 77-78 28 132-255 .518 85-115 .739 192 349 12.5 78-79 38 97-198 .490 79-101 .782 208 273 7.2 Totals 126 633-1,159 .546 378-525 .720 916 1,644 13.0 15. Shanavia Dowdell (2006-2010) 1,599 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 06-07 29 44-84 .524 23-32 .719 70 113 3.9 07-08 31 159-330 .482 54-98 .551 231 380 12.3 08-09 33 218-409 .533 85-144 .590 326 531 16.1 09-10 32 235-446 .527 101-153 .660 398 575 18.0 Totals 125 656-1269 .517 263-427 .616 1025 1599 12.8 16. Trina Frierson (1999-00, 2001-2004) Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA 99-00 32 132-272 .485 71-97 00-01 DNP 01-02 30 94-205 .459 44-61 02-03 34 210-397 .529 90-119 03-04 31 215-423 .508 70-99 Totals 127 651-1297 .502 275-376

1,581 Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. .732 148 336 10.5 .721 .756 .707 .731

147 249 217 761

233 7.8 510 15.0 502 16.2 1581 12.4

17. Lori Scott (1979-83) 1,565 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 79-80 44 217-430 .505 74-134 .552 403 508 11.5 80-81 34 148-288 .514 48-84 .571 252 344 10.1 81-82 36 115-245 .469 56-87 .644 185 286 7.9 82-83 33 176-301 .585 75-105 .714 214 427 12.9 Totals 147 656-1,264 .519 253-410 .617 1,054 1,565 10.6 18. Belinda Jones (1974-78) 1,489 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 74-75 22 223-503 .443 48-69 .696 225 494 22.5 75-76 17 107-247 .433 26-39 .667 227 240 14.1 76-77 28 175-408 .429 53-74 .716 139 403 14.4 77-78 27 156-311 .502 40-58 .690 151 352 13.0 Totals 94 661-1,469 .450 167-240 .696 742 1,489 15.8 19. Amber Obaze (2000-2004) 1,464 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 00-01 36 135-318 .425 46-66 .697 141 330 9.2 01-02 30 153-353 .433 40-45 .889 140 363 12.1 02-03 34 170-399 .426 52-77 .675 130 401 11.8 03-04 32 154-346 .445 53-65 .815 130 372 11.6 Totals 132 612-1416 .432 191-253 .754 541 1464 11.1

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS 20. Ayana Walker (1998-2002) 1,454 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 98-99 33 70-141 .496 14-39 .359 123 154 4.7 99-00 33 139-263 .529 54-75 .720 234 332 10.1 00-01 36 241-507 .475 94-135 .696 305 577 16.0 01-02 30 162-364 .445 67-98 .684 266 391 13.5 Totals 132 612-1275 .480 229-347 .660 928 1454 11.0

30. Angela Lawson (1984-88) 1,210 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 84-85 29 49-121 .405 25-56 .446 72 123 4.2 85-86 30 147-353 .416 48-65 .738 121 342 11.4 86-87 33 167-392 .426 40-53 .755 138 374 11.3 87-88 33 154-362 .425 56-97 .577 119 371 11.2 Totals 125 517-1,228 .421 169-271 .624 450 1,210 9.7

21. Jane Ellen Cook (1975-79) 1,426 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 75-76 22 83-174 .477 25-38 .658 113 191 8.7 76-77 31 180-401 .449 47-64 .734 133 407 13.1 77-78 28 169-358 .472 50-63 .794 127 388 13.9 78-79 38 197-379 .520 46-55 .836 142 440 11.6 Totals 119 629-1,312 .479 168-220 .764 515 1,426 12.0

31. Shan Moore (2003-07) 1,183 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 03-04 30 37-81 .457 41-61 .672 75 116 3.9 04-05 30 107-258 .415 87-116 .750 155 318 10.6 05-06 31 114-313 .364 105-124 .847 157 335 10.8 06-07 30 145-376 .386 79-108 .731 132 414 13.8 Totals 121 403-1028 .392 312-409 .762 519 1,183 9.8

22. Monica Season G 95-96 33 96-97 35 97-98 35 98-99 33 Totals 136

Maxwell (1995-99) 1,410 FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 106-262 .405 48-73 .658 192 260 7.9 152-364 .418 90-120 .750 237 408 11.7 150-351 .427 62-79 .785 223 418 11.9 114-281 .406 40-58 .690 206 324 9.8 522-1,258 .415 240-330 .727 858 1,410 10.4

23. Cheryl Ford (1999-2003) 1,380 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 99-00 34 83-143 .580 56-84 .667 176 222 6.5 00-01 35 106-201 .527 75-125 .600 180 287 8.2 01-02 30 128-275 .465 82-140 .586 262 338 11.3 02-03 34 206-429 .480 121-192 .630 438 533 15.7 Totals 133 523-1048 .499 334-541 .617 1056 1380 10.3 24. Racquel Season G 92-93 32 93-94 35 94-95 31 95-96 32 Totals 130

Spurlock (1992-96) 1,346 FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 102-214 .477 77-129 .597 199 281 8.8 142-277 .513 82-116 .707 217 366 10.5 143-239 .598 64-105 .610 261 350 11.3 141-267 .528 67-110 .609 239 349 10.9 528-997 .530 290-460 .630 916 1,346 10.4

25. Debra Rodman (1980-84) 1,306 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 80-81 34 113-212 .533 48-85 .565 288 274 8.1 81-82 34 123-240 .513 63-99 .636 268 309 9.1 82-83 33 190-347 .548 59-101 .584 352 439 13.3 83-84 31 122-214 .570 40-87 .460 292 284 9.2 Totals 132 548-1,013 .541 210-372 .565 1,200 1,306 9.9 25. Erica Westbrooks (1984-88) 1,306 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 84-85 33 96-183 .525 38-73 .521 184 230 7.0 85-86 32 150-280 .536 48-74 .649 207 348 10.9 86-87 33 103-205 .502 41-61 .672 201 247 7.5 87-88 33 210-378 .556 61-83 .735 238 481 14.6 Totals 131 559-1,046 .534 188-291 .646 830 1,306 9.9 27. Adrienne Johnson (2007-present) 1,283 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 07-08 31 105-254 .413 25-35 .714 163 243 7.8 08-09 34 211-454 .465 103-143 .720 243 527 15.5 09-10 32 189-395 .478 133-175 .760 229 513 16.0 Totals 97 505-1103 .458 261-353 .739 635 1283 13.2 28. Tasha Williams (2002-06) 1,252 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 02-03 34 56-114 .491 52-66 .788 82 168 4.9 03-04 31 42-91 .462 44-61 .721 67 137 4.4 04-05 30 177-369 .480 166-207 ..802 135 546 18.2 05-06 31 114-264 .432 164-207 .792 161 401 12.9 Totals 126 389-838 .464 426-541 .787 445 1252 9.9

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29. Erica Smith-Taylor Season G FG-FGA 01-02 30 88-207 02-03 34 142-372 03-04 32 158-357 04-05 16 58-164 Totals 112 446-1100

(2001-2005) 1,246 Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. .425 42-63 .667 78 236 7.9 .382 62-82 .756 137 388 11.4 .443 84-108 .778 200 443 13.8 .354 54-66 .818 65 19 11.2 .405 242-319 .759 480 1246 11.1

32. Tia Sossamon (1979-83) 1,161 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 79-80 45 185-356 .520 74-121 .612 262 444 9.9 80-81 33 94-203 .463 40-63 .635 124 228 6.9 81-82 35 87-192 .453 41-71 .577 125 215 6.1 82-83 33 102-207 .493 70-101 .693 145 274 8.3 Totals 146 468-958 .489 225-356 .632 656 1,161 8.0 33. Alisa Burras (1996-98) 1,134 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 96-97 35 272-452 .602 93-162 .574 333 637 18.2 97-98 35 205-339 .605 87-150 .580 283 497 14.2 Totals 70 477-791 .603 180-312 .577 616 1,134 16.2 34. Shantel Season G 88-89 34 89-90 32 91-92 29 Totals 95

Hardison (1988-90; 91-92) 1,127 FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 97-215 .451 85-122 .697 124 279 8.2 131-273 .480 71-109 .651 126 333 10.4 190-436 .436 135-183 .738 233 515 17.8 418-924 .452 291-414 .703 483 1,127 11.9

35. Teresa Weatherspoon (1984-88) 1,087 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 84-85 33 72-140 .514 51-100 .510 127 195 5.9 85-86 32 110-226 .487 61-112 .545 125 281 8.8 86-87 33 122-234 .521 67-95 .705 137 311 9.4 87-88 33 119-249 .478 57-86 .663 144 300 9.1 Totals 131 423-849 .498 236-393 .6001 533 1,087 8.3 36. Danielle Whitehurst (1989-93) 1,066 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 89-90 33 68-197 .345 38-67 .567 125 177 5.4 90-91 30 81-219 .370 76-132 .576 239 238 7.9 91-92 30 90-233 .386 59-101 .584 165 239 8.0 92-93 31 161-331 .486 90-125 .720 202 412 13.3 Totals 124 400-980 .408 263-425 .619 731 1,066 8.6 37. LaQuan Season G 95-96 31 96-97 35 97-98 35 98-99 33 Totals 134

Stallworth FG-FGA 32-102 104-271 137-299 89-222 362-894

38. Takeisha Season G 98-99 32 99-00 34 00-01 36 01-02 29 Totals 131

(1995-99) 1,062 Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. .314 16-33 .485 69 83 2.7 .384 84-121 .694 112 294 8.4 .458 125-173 .723 138 400 11.4 .401 107-132 .811 131 285 8.6 .405 332-459 .723 450 1,062 7.9

Lewis (1998-2002) 1,035 FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 60-118 .508 27-50 .540 108 147 4.6 126-207 .609 37-71 .521 228 289 8.5 177-334 .530 58-100 .580 325 412 11.4 78-167 .467 31-61 .508 138 187 6.4 441-826 .534 153-282 .542 799 1,035 7.9

39. Amy Brown (1991-95) 1,033 Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg. 91-92 21 79-163 .485 54-64 .844 87 213 10.1 92-93 32 107-226 .473 47-66 .712 121 273 8.5 93-94 35 123-257 .479 83-97 .856 141 334 9.5 94-95 33 83-194 .428 36-39 .923 109 213 6.5 Totals 121 392-840 .466 220-266 .827 458 1,033 8.5


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Milestone Victories No. 1 10 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950

Opponent Date LSU 1974-75 UL-Monroe 1974-75 Louisiana State 1976-77 Southern Univ. 1978-79 McNeese State 1980-81 Oral Roberts 1981-82 Mississippi Col. 1983-84 Oral Roberts 1984-85 Penn State 1986-87 Holy Cross 1988-89 UL-Monroe 1989-90 Alabama 1992-93 W. Kentucky 1993-94 W. Kentucky 1995-96 Florida State 1997-98 Arkansas State 1998-99 North Texas 2000-01 New Mexico 2002-03 UTEP 2003-04 Iowa 2006-07 Fresno State 2008-09

Total Games Played Overall: 1180 in 36 seasons Independent: 427 in 13 seasons (1974-1987) ASC: 133 in four seasons (1987-1991) SBC: 336 in 10 seasons (1991-2000) WAC: 284 in nine seasons (2001-2010) All-Time Won-Lost Record Overall: 976-204 (.828) Independent: 364-63 (.852) America South: 114-19 (.857) Sun Belt Conference: 290-46 (.863) WAC: 208-76 (.732) 20-Win Seasons Overall: 30 (1976-77; 1977-78; 1978-79; 1979-80; 1980-81; 1981-82; 1982-83; 1983-84; 1984-85; 1985-86; 1986-87; 1987-88; 1988-89; 198990; 1990-91; 1991-92; 1992-93; 1993-94; 1994-95; 1995-96; 1996-97; 1997-98; 1998-99; 1999-2000; 2000-01; 2001-02; 2002-03; 2003-04; 2004-05; 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10) 30-Win Seasons Overall: 18 (1978-79; 1979-80; 1980-81; 1981-82; 1982-83; 1983-84; 198687; 1987-88; 1988-89; 1989-90; 1993-94; 1995-96; 1996-97; 1997-98; 199899; 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03) Consecutive 20-Win Seasons: 15 in a Row: 15 (1991-92; 1992-93; 1993-94; 1994-95; 1995-96; 1996-97; 1997-98; 1998-99; 1999-2000; 2000-01; 2001-02; 2002-03; 2003-04; 2004-05; 2005-06) Consecutive 30-Win Seasons Six in a Row: twice (1978-79; 1979-80; 1980-81; 1981-82; 1982-83; 1983-84) & (1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01) Four in a Row: 4 (1986-87; 1987-88; 1988-89; 1989-90)

Score 97-83 116-66 101-88 105-83 101-48 94-53 109-60 78-59 75-58 79-51 55-44 93-72 68-43 89-49 86-60 114-67 75-63 67-54 74-47 77-59 80-62

Louisiana Tech Statistical Trends Year 09-10 08-09 07-08 06-07 05-06 04-05 03-04 02-03 01-02 00-01 99-00 98-99 97-98 96-97 95-96 94-95 93-94 92-93 91-92 90-91 89-90 88-89 87-88 86-87 85-86 84-85 83-84 82-83 81-82 80-81 79-80 78-79 77-78 76-77 75-76 74-75

Fg-Fga 863-2000 899-2214 784-1941 739-1894 793-1956 766-1887 987-2142 1019-2272 878-2036 1040-2311 1163-2452 1117-2413 1180-2416 1117-2475 1127-2409 1041-2137 1079-2335 961-2142 829-2024 853-2077 1152-2465 1170-2448 1159-2378 1065-2255 1000-2129 1099-2223 1121-2130 1102-2123 1257-2432 1215-2383 1622-3094 1337-2583 933-2024 1114-2368 912-2099 761-2001

Fg Pct .432 .406 .404 .390 .405 .406 .461 .449 .431 .450 .474 .463 .488 .451 .468 .487 .462 .449 .410 .410 .467 .478 .487 .472 .468 .494 .526 .519 .517 .510 .524 .518 .461 .470 .434 .380

3P-3PA 124-406 139-471 116-363 101-316 118-361 145-423 119-353 111-317 116-336 104-305 163-434 162-467 137-397 91-318 78-241 77-250 63-180 52-199 28-129 114-328 47-162 25-75 14-55 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

3pt Pct FT-FTA FT Pct .305 513-746 .688 .295 418-691 .605 .320 436-658 .663 .320 399-608 .656 .327 557-784 .710 .343 517-730 .708 .337 546-780 .700 .350 517-740 .699 .345 419-611 .686 .341 532-780 .682 .376 471-661 .713 .347 492-700 .703 .345 521-781 .667 .286 492-805 .611 .324 520-810 .642 .308 561-847 .662 .350 623-901 .691 .261 499-747 .668 .217 502-721 .696 .348 495-723 .685 .290 502-763 .658 .333 610-935 .652 .255 509-814 .625 ___ 396-668 .593 ___ 429-684 .627 ___ 533-850 .627 ___ 557-857 .650 ___ 500-769 .650 ___ 630-947 .665 ___ 610-957 .638 ___ 683-1065 .641 ___ 494-773 .639 ___ 391-605 .646 ___ 479-727 .659 ___ 416-589 .706 ___ 266-437 .609

OR 475 545 497 488 477 446 528 568 559 575 614 661 596 707 642 495 594 594 457 531 736 690 677 618 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

DR 943 966 853 823 904 793 895 969 897 1015 963 855 1007 985 941 902 965 901 1210 820 1011 1029 959 965 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Tot 1418 1511 1350 1311 1381 1239 1423 1537 1456 1590 1577 1516 1603 1692 1708 1536 1559 1495 1667 1351 1747 1719 1636 1583 1465 1547 1465 1422 1666 1756 2179 1823 1314 1669 1414 1112

R Avg 44.3 44.4 43.5 43.7 44.5 41.3 44.5 45.2 48.5 44.2 46.4 45.9 45.8 48.3 51.8 46.5 44.5 46.7 44.5 45.0 52.9 47.8 48.1 48.0 45.8 46.9 44.4 43.1 46.3 51.7 48.4 48.0 46.9 53.8 48.8 50.5

Ast 463 439 354 360 385 356 509 533 467 558 542 532 660 562 523 503 438 438 418 393 658 684 632 640 620 614 677 750 751 691 963 781 450 498 392 __

TO 546 569 601 575 548 478 546 525 476 560 610 526 548 541 437 478 459 459 414 464 504 477 481 510 558 602 624 556 625 669 861 776 518 731 715 __

Blk Steals Pts 120 225 2363 153 291 2355 118 274 2120 97 297 1978 135 336 2261 138 283 2194 122 449 2639 142 366 2666 151 323 2291 167 314 2716 157 454 2960 115 463 2888 116 406 3018 141 441 2817 141 341 2852 123 333 2720 129 296 2844 129 296 2473 92 265 2188 69 293 2315 175 410 2853 115 377 2975 156 420 2841 156 354 2526 178 327 2429 159 396 2731 165 409 2799 147 367 2704 136 518 3144 162 498 3040 178 393 3927 140 368 3168 94 236 2257 __ __ 2714 __ __ 2255 __ __ 1788

Avg 73.8 69.3 68.4 65.9 72.9 73.1 82.5 78.4 76.4 75.4 87.1 87.5 86.2 80.5 86.4 82.4 81.3 77.3 72.9 77.2 86.5 82.6 83.6 76.5 75.9 82.8 84.8 81.9 87.3 89.4 87.3 83.4 80.6 87.5 77.8 81.3

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS 20-Win Seasons by Coach Leon Barmore: 19 Kurt Budke: 3 Sonja Hogg: 11 Chris Long: 2* Teresa Weatherspoon: 2* *, Split time as head coach in 2008-09 season 30-Win Seasons by Coach Leon Barmore: 13 Kurt Budke: 1 Sonja Hogg: 6 Record in Season Openers Overall: 29-7 (.805) Home Openers: 31-5 (.861) Road/Neutral Openers: 25-11 (.694) Record in Home Openers Overall: 31-5 (.861) At Thomas Assembly Center: 24-4 (.857) At Memorial Gym: 7-1 (.875) Record in Road Openers Overall: 25-11 (.694) Longest Winning Streaks Overall No. Began 54 1980 vs. La. College 32 1989 vs. Praire View A&M 30 1982 vs. Alabama 29 2002 vs. Tulane 25 1993 vs. Texas-Arlington 22 1998 vs. Cleveland State 21 1999 vs. S. Alabama 21 2004 vs. Nevada 20 1987 vs. E. Washington

Longest Winning Streaks At Home 62 1983 vs. Alabama 60 1978 vs. Arkansas 53 1995 vs. Furman 43 1986 vs. SFA 31 1999 vs. SMU 30 1989 vs. Lamar 30 2002 UL-Lafayette

1986 vs. UL-Monroe (L 82-74) 1983 vs. Southern Calif. (L 64-58) 1998 vs. Tennessee (L 92-73) 1989 vs. Tennessee (L 72-65) 2000 vs. Tennessee (L 70-62) 1995 vs. Tennessee (L 62-56) 2004 vs. Illinois (L 71-65 OT)

On the Road 23 1980 vs. La. College 20 1982 vs. Maryland

1982 vs. Old Dominion (L 61-58) 1983 vs. Southern Calif. (L 69-67)

Longest Losing Streaks Overall 5 2007-08: L 67-62 Southern Miss (H), L 71-50 ULM (H), L 63-50 Mississippi State (H), L 76-45 LSU (H), L 70-60 UALR (A)

Ended 1981 vs Old Dominion (L 61-58) 1990 vs Auburn (L, 81-69) 1983 vs. Southern Calif. (L 69-67) 2003 vs. LSU (L 69-63) 1994 vs. N. Carolina (L 60-59) 1999 vs. Purdue (L 77-63) 2000 vs. Penn State (L 86-65) 2004 vs. Duke (L 63-49) 1988 vs Penn St. (L 66-62)

At Home 4 2007-08: L 67-62 Southern Miss (H), L 71-50 ULM (H), L 63-50 Mississippi State (H), L 76-45 LSU (H) On the Road/Neutral 3 6 Times, Last was 2008-09: L 68-52 Virginia (A), L 71-66 McNeese State (A), L 64-57 Nevada (A)

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Year Fg.-Fga. Fg. Pct. 09-10 766-2049 .374 08-09 780-2118 .406 07-08 741-1910 .388 06-07 647-1734 .373 05-06 649-1837 .353 04-05 726-1871 .388 03-04 686-1899 .361 02-03 706-1977 .357 01-02 574-1741 .330 00-01 732-2104 .348 99-00 702-1997 .352 98-99 687-1879 .366 97-98 754-2030 .371 96-97 722-2034 .355 95-96 636-1895 .336 94-95 634-1867 .340 93-94 714-1973 .362 92-93 644-1796 .359 91-92 665-1687 .394 90-91 726-1744 .416 89-90 628-1883 .334 88-89 770-2050 .376 87-88 710-1943 .365 86-87 692-1931 .358 85-86 742-1970 .377 84-85 805-2168 .371 83-84 778-2016 .386 82-83 765-1968 .389 81-82 789-2064 .382 80-81 787-2061 .382 79-80 1218-3108 .392 78-79 1014-2513 .404 77-78 771-1840 .419 76-77 900-2310 .390 75-76 763-2029 .376 74-75 675-1773 .389

3P-3PA 3pt. Pct. FT-FTA 152-554 .274 385-584 159-577 .276 401-606 178-504 .353 369-552 116-410 .283 427-623 142-519 .274 440-673 146-473 .309 395-571 139-468 .297 387-561 159-495 .321 386-552 130-482 .270 327-479 164-567 .289 444-631 149-526 .283 461-664 127-392 .324 451-675 135-449 .301 403-597 116-395 .294 368-582 107-416 .257 387-598 116-398 .291 410-679 118-395 .299 472-732 95-342 .278 480-724 81-275 .295 476-732 76-224 .339 531-767 78-280 .279 434-711 57-198 .288 383-568 61-193 .316 413-640 ____ ___ 436-660 ____ ___ 426-657 ____ ___ 445-730 ____ ___ 399-658 ____ ___ 342-539 ____ ___ 377-575 ____ ___ 398-656 ____ ___ 484-762 ____ ___ 365-560 ____ ___ 413-649 ____ ___ 504-816 ____ ___ 368-578 ____ ___ 295-505

FT Pct. OR DR .659 445 785 .662 490 923 .668 423 772 .685 375 777 .654 413 793 .692 449 789 .690 412 751 .699 392 816 .683 351 704 .704 451 831 .694 446 771 .668 448 741 .675 391 795 .632 442 835 .647 365 741 .604 388 686 .645 439 843 .663 428 755 .650 .692 343 834 .610 397 747 .674 369 768 .645 390 716 .661 411 724 .648 ___ ___ .610 ___ ___ .606 ___ ___ .635 ___ ___ .656 ___ ___ .607 ___ ___ .635 ___ ___ .658 ___ ___ .636 ___ ___ .618 ___ ___ .637 ___ ___ .584 ___ ___

Tot 1230 1413 1195 1152 1206 1238 1163 1208 1055 1282 1217 1189 1186 1277 1106 1074 1282 1183 1137 1177 1144 1137 1106 1135 1142 1293 1100 1065 1110 1075 1550 1209 1071 1503 1516 1157

R Avg. 38.4 41.6 38.5 38.4 38.9 41.3 36.3 35.5 35.2 35.6 35.8 36.0 33.9 36.5 33.5 32.5 36.6 37.0 37.9 39.2 34.7 31.6 32.5 34.4 35.7 39.2 33.3 32.3 30.8 31.6 34.4 31.8 38.3 48.5 52.3 52.6

Ast. 346 404 392 308 353 382 354 354 282 302 315 311 325 374 302 289 331 287 330 339 335 374 357 384 432 422 423 430 419 462 659 524 346 399 296 __

TO 558 638 577 609 649 544 769 707 599 711 868 821 798 830 670 631 779 601 555 555 742 694 700 613 584 684 707 702 894 751 850 766 494 722 815 __

Blk Steals 134 262 127 269 125 293 87 279 94 215 127 228 125 252 127 200 93 202 66 181 45 221 31 211 56 205 69 236 100 172 76 243 107 214 83 215 98 173 58 192 70 224 96 201 62 215 42 232 71 263 86 279 73 302 92 238 70 257 89 269 114 328 73 315 72 259 __ __ __ __ __ __

Pts. P Avg. 2069 64.7 2120 62.4 2029 65.5 1837 61.2 1880 60.6 1993 66.4 1898 59.3 1957 57.6 1605 53.5 2072 57.6 2014 59.2 1952 59.2 2046 58.5 1928 55.1 1766 53.5 1794 54.4 2018 57.7 1863 58.2 1887 62.9 2059 68.6 1766 53.5 1980 55.0 1894 55.7 1822 55.2 1910 59.7 2055 62.3 1955 59.2 1872 56.7 1955 54.3 1970 57.9 2920 64.9 2393 63.0 1955 69.8 2304 74.3 1818 62.7 1645 74.8


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40-Point Club Points Opponent

Sheila Ethridge

47 UTPA

Date

2/23/91

LaVerne Henderson 43 Nicholls State 2/21/75

Individual Breakdown 40-Plus-Point Games by Player (10)

Belinda Jones

43 New Orleans 2/15/75

Sheila Ethridge

42 Tennessee

2/5/91

Pam Gant

42 Penn State

1/7/85

Pam Kelly

41 UCLA

2/20/82

Belinda Jones - 2

Belinda Jones

41 UL-Monroe

1/12/75

Kay Ford - 1

Sheila Ethridge

40 Arkansas State 2/2/91

LaVerne Henderson - 1

Pam Gant

40 Penn State

Pam Kelly - 1

Kay Ford

40 UL-Lafayette 2/26/76

2/24/85

Sheila Ethridge - 3 Pam Gant - 2

30-Plus-Point Games by Player (88) Venus Lacy - 12 Pam Kelly - 9 Sheila Ethridge - 7 Pam Gant - 6

30-Point Club Shantel Hardison 39 Sheila Ethridge 38 Sheila Ethridge 38 Janice Lawrence 37 Pam Gant 37 Elinor Griffin 37 LaVerne Henderson 37 Tasha Williams 36 Venus Lacy 36 Venus Lacy 36 Pam Gant 36 Pam Kelly 36 Alisa Burras 35 Sheila Ethridge 35 Elinor Griffin 35 Elinor Griffin 35 Debra Williams 34 Venus Lacy 34 Venus Lacy 34 Venus Lacy 34 Venus Lacy 34 Janice Lawrence 34 Janice Lawrence 34 Pam Kelly 34 Pam Kelly 34 Pam Kelly 34 Kay Ford 34 LaVerne Henderson 34 Sheila Ethridge 33 Venus Lacy 33 Venus Lacy 33 Venus Lacy 33 Tori Harrison 33 Pam Gant 33 Pam Gant 33 Pam Kelly 33 Kay Ford 33 LaVerne Henderson 33 Belinda Jones 33 Amisha Carter 33 Ayana Walker 32

Central Fla. UNLV LSU UL-Monroe Tennessee La. College UL-Monroe Hawaii Central Fla. S. F. Austin UL-Monroe Nebraska New Orleans Texas Tech Tennessee S. F. Austin SMU UL-Lafayette Texas Tech Iowa UL-Lafayette Texas Auburn Baylor Southern Univ. S. F. Austin NW (La.) St. LSU Lamar Ark. State New Orleans Georgia Central Mich. Oral Roberts Old Dominion Tennessee Nicholls State UL-Monroe LSU SMU Michigan

2/1/92 12/17/90 12/8/90 2/1/84 1/18/84 2/2/78 2/15/75 2/10/05 2/26/90 1/17/89 2/11/85 1/11/80 1/30/97 1/28/91 3/23/79 2/11/78 12/9/95 3/9/90 1/11/90 12/2/89 3/6/89 3/25/84 2/6/84 12/15/79 12/12/79 2/10/79 1/31/78 2/21/75 3/9/91 2/17/90 2/3/90 12/13/88 12/5/86 2/16/85 2/13/85 12/15/80 12/5/75 2/17/75 1/24/75 2/21/04 11/16/01

Amanda Wilson 32 Janice Lawrence 32 Elinor Griffin 32 Shanavia Dowdell 31 Adrienne Johnson 31 Whitney Jones 31 Shan Moore 31 Tamicha Jackson 31 Betty Lennox 31 Betty Lennox 31 Debra Williams 31 Shantel Hardison 31 Nora Lewis 31 Venus Lacy 31 Teresa Weatherspoon 31 Tori Harrison 31 Janice Lawrence 31 Janice Mulford 31 Belinda Jones 31 Aarica Ray-Boyd 31 Shanavia Dowdell 30 Shanavia Dowdell 30 Erica Smith-Taylor 30 Tamicha Jackson 30 Amanda Wilson 30 LaQuan Stallworth 30 Amanda Wilson 30 Alisa Burras 30 Venus Lacy 30 Venus Lacy 30 Pam Kelly 30 Pam Kelly 30 Pam Kelly 30 Angela Turner 30 Elinor Griffin 30 Belinda Jones 30 Marilyn Norris 30 Elinor Griffin 30 Mickie DeMoss 30 Belinda Jones 30

Elinor Griffin - 6 W. Kentucky 2/7/98 Hawaii 2/28/84 LSU 2/25/77 Nevada 1/26/10 SMU 3/19/08 Utah State 1/10/08 San Jose State 2/8/07 New Orleans 3/4/00 W. Kentucky 1/23/00 UCLA 12/5/99 Massachusetts 12/02/95 No. Illinois 3/18/92 Lamar 3/11/89 Tennessee 2/15/88 New Orleans 3/7/86 Alabama 2/22/86 LSU 3/23/84 Nicholls State 1/18/80 UL-Monroe 2/4/75 San Jose St. 2/16/06 UTSA 12/30/09 Western Kentucky 11/30/08 Texas Tech 3/22/04 Arizona 12/6/98 W. Kentucky 1/25/98 South Ala. 1/12/98 Florida State 12/13/97 Lamar 1/23/97 New Orleans 2/20/90 Auburn 3/31/89 Mississippi 3/2/82 S. F. Austin 1/16/82 Memphis 1/28/80 So. Univ. 2/12/79 Memphis 12/1/78 Delta State 2/14/78 SE La. 2/2/77 UL-Monroe 1/26/77 NW (La.) State 2/7/75 Nicholls State 2/1/75

Belinda Jones - 6 Janice Lawrence - 5 LaVerne Henderson - 4 Kay Ford - 3 Amanda Wilson - 3 Shanavia Dowdell - 3 Alisa Burras - 2 Shantel Hardison - 2 Tori Harrison - 2 Tamicha Jackson - 2 Betty Lennox - 2 Debra Williams - 2 Mickie DeMoss - 1 Nora Lewis - 1 Janice Mulford - 1 Marilyn Norris - 1 LaQuan Stallworth - 1 Angela Turner - 1 Teresa Weatherspoon - 1 Ayana Walker -1 Amisha Carter - 1 Erica Smith-Taylor - 1 Tasha Williams - 1 Aarica Ray-Boyd - 1 Shan Moore - 1 Whitney Jones - 1 Adrienne Johnson - 1

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Individual Game Records Points 1. 47 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) vs. UTPA 2. 43 LaVerne Henderson (74-75) vs. Nicholls St. 2. 43 Belinda Jones (74-75) vs. New Orleans 4. 42 Pam Gant (84-85) vs. Penn State 4. 42 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) vs. Tennessee 6. 41 Belinda Jones (74-75) vs. UL-Monroe 6. 41 Pam Kelly (81-82) vs. UCLA 8. 40 Kay Ford (75-76) vs. Nicholls St. 8. 40 Pam Gant (84-85) vs. Penn State 8. 40 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) vs. Arkansas St. Opponent Points 1. 46 Crystal Smith (05-06), Iowa 2. 43 Cheryl Miller (84-85), USC 3. 40 Rosie Walker (78-79), SFA 4. 39 Lisa Brewer (74-75), Northwestern St. 4. 39 Rosie Walker (76-77), Panola JC 4. 39 Shante Perry (08-09), McNeese State 7. 38 Jean Darbonne (78-79), Northwestern St. 8. 37 Saudia Rountree (95-96), Georgia 8. 37 Chasity Melvin (97-98), N.C.State 10. 36 Maree Jackson (76-77), LSU 10. 36 Penny Toler (86-87), Long Beach St. Rebounds 1. 37 LaVerne Henderson (74-75) vs. UL-Monroe 2. 26 Elinor Griffin (77-78) vs. Southern 3. 25 Cheryl Ford (02-03) vs. Fresno State 3. 25 Elinor Griffin (77-78) vs. Panola JC 5. 24 Elinor Griffin (77-78) vs. LSU 6. 23 Cheryl Ford (02-03) vs. SMU 6. 23 LaVerne Henderson (74-75) vs. UL-Monroe 6. 23 Elinor Griffin (77-78) vs. Panola JC 6. 23 Pam Kelly (79-80) vs. LSU 10. 22 Elinor Griffin (75-76) vs. LSU 10. 22 Lori Scott (79-80) vs. UL-Monroe Opponent Rebounds 1. 30 Vickie Chapman (74-75), McNeese State 2. 23 Cheryl Miller (84-85), USC 3. 21 Cindy Brown (85-86) 22, Long Beach St. 4. 21 T. Jones (75-76), Southern 4. 21 Uriannah Jackson (81-82), Lamar 6. 20 Alfrenda Craft (76-77), Miss. College 6. 20 Anne Donovan (80-81), Old Dominion 6. 20 Debra Mitchell (82-83), Miss. College 6. 20 Kara Wolters (95-96), Connecticut 6. 20 Shalee Lening (05-06), Kansas State Assists 1. 23 Mary Nell Kendrick (76-77) vs. UL-Monroe 2. 18 Mary Nell Kendrick (78-79) vs. LSU 3. 17 Teresa Weatherspoon (84-85) vs. UL-Monroe 4. 16 Jennifer White (79-80) vs. Memphis 4. 16 Teresa Weatherspoon (85-86) vs. Texas Tech 6. 15 Mary Nell Kendrick (76-77) vs. Miss. Col. 6. 15 Mary Nell Kendrick (76-77) vs. LSU 6. 15 Jennifer White (79-80) vs. UL-Monroe 6. 15 Teresa Weatherspoon (87-88) Okla. St. 10. 14 Five Players Tied Opponent Assists 1. 17 Suzie McConnell (85-86), Penn State 2. 14 Debbie Black (76-77), Delta State 2. 14 Missy Weisinger (78-79), SFA 4. 12 Debbie Lytle (81-82), Maryland 4. 12 Pam Webber (91-92), Connecticut 4. 12 Helen Darling (99-00), Penn State 7. 11 Eight Players Tied Steals 1. 10 1. 10 1. 10 1. 10 5. 9 5. 9 5. 9 8. 8

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Teresa Weatherspoon (85-86) vs. UCLA LaQuan Stallworth (97-98) vs. So. Ala. Tasha Williams (02-03) vs. Boise State Tasha Williams (05-06) vs. Hawaii Teresa Weatherspoon (85-86) vs. Long Bch. St. Teresa Weatherspoon (87-88) vs. Pepperdine Amanda Wilson (97-98) vs. Arizona Seven Players Tied

Opponent Steals 1. 9 Luisa Harris (76-77), Delta State 1. 9 Dana Holsten (91-92), Arkansas State 3. 8 Annan Wilson (88-89), Colorado 3. 8 Jillian Robbins (03-04), Tulsa 3. 8 Alberta Auguste (06-07), Tennessee 6. 7 Linda Kinard (77-78), UL-Monroe

6. 7 6. 7 6. 7 6. 7

Blocks 1. 9 2. 8 2. 8 4. 7 4. 7 6. 6

Rosalind Polk (83-84), SFA Ramona Jones (91-92), Lamar Hamchetou Maiga (99-00), Old Dominion Kimya Murray (01-02), UTEP Tori Harrison (84-85) vs. Southern Cal Tori Harrison (85-86) vs. New Orleans Shanavia Dowdell (08-09) vs. Nicholls State Tori Harrison (86-87) vs. Miami Margaret DeCiman (04-05) vs. Boise St 11 Players Tied

2. 7 Ashley Bastian (02-03), Nevada 6. 6 12 Players Tied 3-Pointers Attempted 1. 23 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) vs. Tennessee 2. 17 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) vs. LSU 2. 17 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) vs. UTPA 4. 16 Brooke Lassiter (01-02) vs. UCSB 5. 14 Aarica Ray-Boyd (05-06) vs. Utah State 6. 13 Tamicha Jackson (98-99) vs. Arizona 6. 13 Aarica Ray-Boyd (05-06) vs. Hawaii 8. 12 10 Players Tied

Opponent Blocks 1. 14 Alyssa Shriver (01-02), Tulsa 2. 12 Anne Donovan (79-80), Old Dominion 2. 12 Anne Donovan (81-82), Old Dominion 4. 8 Anne Donovan (80-81), Old Dominion 5. 7 Julie Gross (79-80), LSU 5. 7 Uirannah Jackson (88-89), Lamar 5. 7 Carrie Upshaw (88-89), New Orleans 5. 7 Cassandra Barker (92-93), UL-Monroe 5. 7 Kara Wolters (95-96), Connecticut 5. 7 Candace Parker (06-07), Tennessee

Opponent 3-Pointers Attempted 1. 20 Kim Perrot (89-90), UL-Lafayette 2. 19 Kim Sitzman (08-09), UALR 3. 15 Brenda Hatchett (91-92), Lamar 3. 15 Sonja Tate (92-93), Arkansas State 3. 15 Kelly Mazzante (03-04), Penn State 6. 14 Betsy Harris (93-94), Alabama 6. 14 Tracy Harding (93-94), Baylor 6. 14 Danielle Featherson (94-95), Ark. St. 6. 14 Alexis Rack (09-10), Mississippi State 6. 14 Crystal Smith (05-06), Iowa

Field Goals Made 1. 20 Belinda Jones (74-75) vs. New Orleans 2. 19 Belinda Jones (74-75) vs. UL-Monroe 3. 18 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) vs. UTPA 4. 17 Kay Ford (75-76) vs. UL-Lafayette 4. 17 Elinor Griffin (77-78) vs. Northwestern St. 4. 17 Elinor Griffin (77-78) vs. La. College 4. 17 Elinor Griffin (78-79) vs. Tennessee 4. 17 Pam Gant (83-84) vs. Tennessee 4. 17 Pam Gant (84-85) vs. Penn State 10. 16 Five Players Tied

Free Throws Made 1. 15 Pam Kelly (81-82) vs. UCLA 1. 15 Shantel Hardison (91-92) vs. Lamar 1. 15 Tasha Crain (04-05) vs. Rice 4. 14 Cheryl Ford (02-03) vs. Tulsa 4. 14 Mary Nell Kendrick (76-77) vs. NW (La.) St. 4. 14 Kim Mulkey (83-84) vs. Auburn 7. 13 Venus Lacy (88-89) vs. LSU 7. 13 Shantel Hardison (91-92) vs. UCF 7. 13 Amisha Carter (03-04) vs. SMU 10. 12 11 Players Tied

Opponent Field Goals Made 1. 18 Rosie Walker (76-77), Panola JC 2. 17 Joan Darbone (78-79), Northwestern St. 2. 17 Cheryl Miller (84-85), USC 4. 16 Diane Pittman (74-75), Northwestern St. 4. 16 Lisa Brewer (75-76), Northwestern St. 4. 16 Lisa Brewer (76-77), Northwestern St. 4. 16 Penny Tolar (86-87), Long Beach St. 8. 15 Susan Taylor (78-79), Valdosta State 8. 15 Cindy Broydon (78-79), Tennessee 8. 15 Eun Jung Lee (84-85), UL-Monroe

Opponent Free Throws Made 1. 18 Pam Cook (76-77), SE Louisiana 2. 16 Angela Self (76-77), La. College 2. 16 Sheila Thompson (77-78), La. College 2. 16 Eun Jung Lee (85-86), UL-Monroe 5. 15 Crystal Smith (05-06), Iowa 6. 14 Mindy Sherred (86-87), No. Arizona 6. 14 Robin Martin (91-92), New Orleans 6. 14 Amber Watts (04-05), Ole Miss 6. 14 Tasha Harris (09-10, Boise State 10. 13 Bobbie Bean (90-91), Lamar 10. 13 Yolanda Watkins (92-93), Alabama 10. 13 Katie Madison (06-07), Idaho 10. 13 Crystal Kelly (07-08), WKU 10. 13 Whitney York (09-10), UTSA

Field Goal Attempts 1. 43 Belinda Jones (74-75) vs. UL-Monroe 2. 39 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) vs. Tennessee 3. 36 Belinda Jones (74-75) vs. UL-Monroe 4. 32 Belinda Jones (74-75) vs.Northwestern St. 4. 32 Mickie DeMoss (74-75) vs. AAU All-Stars 4. 32 Mickie DeMoss (74-75) vs. Northwestern St. 4. 32 Betty Lennox (99-00) vs. Old Dominion 8. 31 Five Players Tied Opponent Field Goal Attempts 1. 36 Lisa Brewer (75-76), Northwestern St. 1. 36 Kim Perrot (89-90), UL-Lafayette 3. 32 Lisa Brewer (76-77), Northwestern St. 3. 32 Lisa Brewer (76-77), Northwestern St. 5. 31 Jackie Jackson (79-80), Southern 6. 30 K. Lardner (79-80), Hawaii 6. 30 Lynette Woodard (79-80), Kansas 6. 30 Kim Perrot (89-90), UL-Lafayette 6. 30 Kim Williams (96-97), Depaul 6. 30 Lyndra Littles (08-09), Virginia 3-Pointers Made 1. 10 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) vs. UTPA 2. 8 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) vs. Tennessee 3. 7 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) vs. LSU 3. 7 Tamicha Jackson (98-99) vs. Arizona 3. 7 Brooke Lassiter (01-02) vs. SMU 3. 7 Aarica Rary-Boyd (05-06) vs. Utah State 3. 7 Aarica Ray-Boyd (05-06) vs. San Jose St. 8. 6 Tamicha Jackson (96-97) vs. Auburn 8. 6 Monica Maxwell (98-99) vs. So. Alabama 8. 6 Tiawana Pringle (07-08) vs. SFA Opponent 3-Pointers Made 1. 9 Shante Perry (08-09), McNeese State 2. 7 Sonja Tate (92-93), Arkansas State 2. 7 Betsy Harris (93-94), Alabama 2. 7 Abby Vaughan (01-02), Boise State

Free Throws Attempted 1. 22 Pam Kelly (81-82) vs. UCLA 2. 21 Shantel Hardison (91-92) vs. Lamar 3. 19 Shantel Hardison (91-92) vs. UCF 3. 19 Cheryl Ford (02-03) vs. Tulsa 5. 18 Tia Sossamon (80-81) vs. NW (La.) St. 5. 18 Kim Mulkey (83-84) vs. Auburn 7. 17 Cheryl Ford (02-03) vs. San Jose St. 7. 17 Venus Lacy (89-90) vs. Virginia 9. 16 Eight Times Opponent Free Throws Attempted 1. 23 Pam Cook (76-77), SE Louisiana 2. 21 Angela Self (76-77), La. College 3. 20 Whitney York (09-10), UTSA 4. 19 Maree Jackson (77-78) , LSU 4. 19 Crystal Smith (05-06), Iowa 6. 18 Alexis Williams (97-98), UTPA 6. 18 Tasha Harris (09-10), Boise State 8. 17 Seven Different Players


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Brooke Lassiter

Pam Kelly

Venus Lacy

Christie Sides

Tasha Williams

Individual Single Season Records Points 1. 932 2. 817 3. 800 4. 756 5. 755 6. 731 7. 724 8. 721 9. 685 10. 683

Pam Kelly (79-80) Angela Turner (79-80) Venus Lacy (89-90) Sheila Ethridge (90-91) Pam Gant (84-85) Pam Kelly (81-82) Venus Lacy (88-89) Pam Kelly (78-79) Janice Lawrence (82-83) Janice Lawrence (83-84)

Blocks 1. 103 2. 88 3. 87 4. 85 5. 72 6. 71 7. 66 7. 66 9. 62 10. 60

Tori Harrison (85-86) Ayana Walker (00-01) Tori Harrison (86-87) Tori Harrison (84-85) Venus Lacy (89-90) Lori Scott (79-80) Tori Harrison (83-84) Cheryl Ford (02-03) Elinor Griffin (78-79) Shanavia Dowdell (08-09)

Rebounds 1. 491 Pam Kelly (79-80) 2. 438 Cheryl Ford (02-03) 3. 420 Venus Lacy (89-90) 4. 411 Elinor Griffin (76-77) 5. 403 Venus Lacy (88-89) 6. 403 Lori Scott (79-80) 7. 398 Shanavia Dowdell (09-10) 7. 398 Elinor Griffin (78-79) 9. 382 Nora Lewis (88-89) 10. 372 Pam Kelly (78-79)

Field Goals Made 1. 376 Pam Kelly (79-80) 2. 369 Angela Turner (79-80) 3. 314 Pam Gant (84-85) 3. 314 Venus Lacy (89-90) 5. 301 Pam Kelly, (78-79) 6. 287 Amanda Wilson (97-98) 7. 281 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) 8. 280 Pam Kelly (81-82) 8. 280 Venus Lacy (88-89) 10. 273 Angela Turner (78-79)

Assists 1. 365 2. 274 3. 269 4. 256 5. 238 6. 233 7. 225 8. 218 8. 218 10. 202

Jennifer White (79-80) Mary Nell Kendrick (78-79) T. Weatherspoon (86-87) T. Weatherspoon (85-86) T. Weatherspoon (84-85) Kim Mulkey (83-84) LaQuan Stallworth (97-98) Kim Mulkey (82-83) Shantel Hardison (89-90) Kim Mulkey (81-82)

Field Goals Attempted 1. 710 Angela Turner (79-80) 2. 638 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) 3. 615 Pam Kelly (79-80) 4. 564 Angela Turner (78-79) 5. 552 Pam Gant (84-85) 6. 548 Elinor Griffin (78-79) 7. 526 Betty Lennox (99-00) 8. 521 Venus Lacy (89-90) 9. 507 Venus Lacy (88-89) 9. 507 Ayana Walker (00-01)

Steals 1. 117 2. 111 3. 104 4. 102 4. 102 6. 101 7. 100 8. 98 8. 98 10. 96 10. 96

T. Weatherspoon (86-87) Tamicha Jackson (99-00) Pam Gant (84-85) T. Weatherspoon (87-88) T. Weatherspoon (85-86) Erica Smith-Taylor (03-04) Betty Lennox (99-00) Amanda Wilson (97-98) Amanda Wilson (96-97) Angela Turner (80-81) Angela Turner (79-80)

Field Goal Percentage (Min. 100 Attempts) 1. .644 Pam Kelly (81-82) 2. .638 Pam Kelly (78-79) 3. .620 Amanda Wilson (98-99) 4. .619 Janice Lawrence (83-84) 4. .619 Amanda Wilson (97-98) 6. .616 Tori Harrison (85-86) 7. .611 Tori Harrison (86-87) 7. .611 Pam Kelly (79-80) 9. .609 Takeisha Lewis (99-00) 10. .605 Alisa Burras (97-98)

Free Throws Made 1. 180 Pam Kelly (79-80) 2. 171 Pam Kelly (81-82) 3. 170 Venus Lacy (89-90) 4. 166 Tasha Williams (04-05) 5. 164 Tasha Williams (05-06) 6. 161 Venus Lacy (88-89) 7. 152 Amisha Carter (03-04) 8. 147 Janice Lawrence (83-84) 9. 135 Nora Lewis (88-89) 9. 135 Shantel Hardison (91-92)

Three-pointers Attempted 1. 232 Aarica Ray-Boyd (05-06) 2. 189 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) 3. 167 Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 4. 163 Betty Lennox (99-00) 5. 148 Lakiste Barkus (04-05) 6. 145 Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 7. 143 Monica Maxwell (98-99) 7. 143 Monica Maxwell (97-98) 9. 141 Brooke Lassiter (01-02) 10. 134 Tamicha Jackson (98-99)

Free Throws Attempted 1. 303 Pam Kelly (79-80) 2. 247 Pam Kelly (81-82) 3. 241 Venus Lacy (88-89) 4. 239 Nora Lewis (88-89) 5. 232 Venus Lacy (89-90) 6. 231 Amisha Carter (03-04) 7. 222 Janice Lawrence (82-83) 8. 211 Pam Kelly (78-79) 9. 207 Janice Lawrence (83-84) 9. 207 Tasha Williams (04-05) 9. 207 Tasha Williams (05-06)

Three-point Percentage (Minimum 50 Attempts) 1. .468 Christie Sides (98-99) 2. .447 Aarica Ray-Boyd (02-03) 3. .429 Christie Sides (99-00) 4. .413 Tasha Williams (04-05) 5. .405 Shan Moore (06-07) 6. .400 Brooke Lassiter (00-01) 7. .400 Tiawana Pringle (07-08) 8. .397 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) 9. .396 Jasmine Bendolph (09-10) 10. .392 Monica Maxwell (98-99) 10. .392 Monica Maxwell (97-98)

Free Throw Percentage (Minimum 50 Attempts) 1. .951 Brooke Lassiter (01-02) 2. .910 Brooke Lassiter (00-01) 3. .901 Brooke Lassiter (99-00) 4. .865 Jasmine Bendolph (09-10) 5. .856 Amy Brown (93-94) 6. .847 Shan Moore (05-06) 7. .844 Amy Brown (91-92) 8. .836 Jane Ellen Cook (78-79) 9. .833 Christie Sides (98-99) 10. .825 Pam Gant (84-85) Three-pointers Made 1. 86 Aarica Ray-Boyd (05-06) 2. 75 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) 3. 61 Betty Lennox (99-00) 4. 57 Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 5. 56 Monica Maxwell (98-99) 5. 56 Monica Maxwell (97-98) 7. 54 Brooke Lassiter (01-02) 8. 50 Debra Williams (95-96) 9. 48 Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 10. 47 Lakiste Barkus (04-05)

Minutes 1. 1223 Essence Perry (00-01) 2. 1219 Brooke Lassiter (00-01) 3. 1148 Ayana Walker (00-01) 4. 1129 Nora Lewis (88-89) 5. 1122 Adrienne Johnson (08-09) 6. 1116 Shanavia Dowdell (09-10) 7. 1110 Whitney Jones (08-09) 8. 1096 Lakiste Barkus (04-05) 9. 1059 Paulette Stall (88-89) 9. 1059 Amber Obaze (02-03) 9. 1059 Tasha Williams (04-05)

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Debra Rodman

Jasmine Bendolph

Points 1. 2,979 Pam Kelly 2. 2,403 Janice Lawrence 3. 2,262 Angela Turner 4. 2,004 Venus Lacy 5. 1,960 Vickie Johnson 6. 1,960 Sheila Ethridge 7. 1,868 Tori Harrison 8. 1,832 Amanda Wilson 9. 1,822 Tamicha Jackson 10. 1,760 Nora Lewis

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Kendra Neal

Tori Harrison

Cheryl Ford

Individual Career Leaders 1978-82 1980-84 1978-82 1987-90 1992-96 1987-91 1983-87 1995-99 1996-00 1985-89

Scoring Average 1. 20.0 Venus Lacy 2. 19.5 Pam Kelly 3. 17.8 Janice Lawrence 4. 17.7 Elinor Griffin 5. 16.1 Alisa Burras 6. 15.8 Belinda Jones 7. 15.2 Nora Lewis 8. 15.1 Sheila Ethridge 9. 15.0 Vickie Johnson 10. 14.8 Angela Turner

1987-90 1978-82 1980-84 1976-79 1996-98 1974-78 1985-89 1987-91 1992-96 1978-82

Rebounds 1. 1,511 Pam Kelly 2. 1,200 Debra Rodman 3. 1,161 Elinor Griffin 4. 1,125 Venus Lacy 5. 1,097 Janice Lawrence 6. 1,073 Angela Turner 7. 1,071 Nora Lewis 8. 1,056 Cheryl Ford 9. 1,054 Lori Scott 10. 1,025 Shanavia Dowdell

1979-82 1981-84 1977-79 1987-90 1981-84 1978-82 1986-89 1999-03 1980-83 2006-10

Assists 1. 958 2. 849 3. 819 4. 581 5. 494 6. 477 7. 474 8. 466 9. 448 10. 431

Teresa Weatherspoon 1984-88 Kim Mulkey 1980-84 Jennifer White 1979-83 LaQuan Stallworth 1995-99 Kendra Neal 1992-96 Tasha Williams 2002-06 Tamicha Jackson 1996-00 Angela Turner 1978-82 Shantel Hardison 1988-90; 1991-92 Brooke Lassiter 1998-01

Steals 1. 411 2. 361 3. 358 4. 303 5. 291 6. 277 7. 274 8. 253 9. 250 10. 237

Teresa Weatherspoon Tamicha Jackson Angela Turner Amanda Wilson Janice Lawrence Tasha Williams Pam Kelly Pam Gant Erica Smith-Taylor Kendra Neal

1984-88 1996-00 1978-82 1995-99 1980-84 2002-06 1978-82 1981-85 2001-05 1992-96

Blocked Shots 1. 341 Tori Harrison 1983-87 2. 236 Ayana Walker 1998-02 3. 215 Racquel Spurlock 1992-96 4. 189 Janice Lawrence 1980-84 5. 181 Lori Scott 1979-83 6. 173 Cheryl Ford 1999-03 7. 164 Venus Lacy 1987-90 8. 153 LaShawn Brown 1991-95 9. 146 Erica Westbrooks 1984-88 9. 146 Shanavia Dowdell 2006-10 (Blocks not recorded until the 1977-78 season) Field Goals Made 1. 1,193 Pam Kelly 2. 1,021 Angela Turner 3. 934 Janice Lawrence 4. 815 Amanda Wilson 5. 795 Tori Harrison 6. 793 Vickie Johnson 7. 793 Venus Lacy 8. 781 Sheila Ethridge 9. 753 Tamicha Jackson 10. 738 Elinor Griffin

1978-82 1978-82 1980-84 1995-99 1983-87 1992-96 1987-90 1987-91 1996-00 1976-79

Field Goals Attempted 1. 2,104 Angela Turner 2. 1,916 Pam Kelly 3. 1,766 Tamicha Jackson 4. 1,700 Sheila Ethridge 5. 1,593 Vickie Johnson 6. 1,577 Janice Lawrence 7. 1,574 Debra Williams 8. 1,469 Belinda Jones 9. 1,416 Amber Obaze 10. 1,405 Nora Lewis

1978-82 1978-82 1996-00 1987-91 1992-96 1980-84 1992-96 1974-78 2000-04 1985-89

Three-Point Field Goals Made 1. 187 Tamicha Jackson 1996-00 2. 184 Aarica Ray-Boyd 2002-06 3. 136 Debra Williams 1992-96 4. 126 Monica Maxwell 1995-99 5. 123 Brooke Lassiter 1998-02 6. 105 Sheila Ethridge 1987-91 7. 112 Erica Smith-Taylor 2001-05 8. 88 Betty Lennox 1998-00 9. 84 Whitney Jones 2007-present 10. 78 Lakiste Barkus 2003-05 Three-Point Field Goals Attempted 1. 579 Tamicha Jackson 1996-00 2. 496 Aarica Ray-Boyd 2002-06 3. 378 Debra Williams 1992-96 4. 349 Monica Maxwell 1995-99 5. 337 Erica Smith-Taylor 2001-05 6. 319 Brooke Lassiter 1998-02 7. 277 Sheila Ethridge 1987-91

8. 257 Whitney Jones 2007-present 9. 251 Betty Lennox 1998-00 10. 236 Lakiste Barkus 2003-05 Three-Point Field Goal Percentage (min. 100 attempted) 1. .448 Christie Sides 1998-00 2. .392 Shan Moore 2003-07 3. .385 Brooke Lassiter 1998-02 4. .379 Sheila Ethridge 1987-91 5. .371 Aarica Ray-Boyd 2002-06 6. .361 Monica Maxwell 1995-99 7. .355 Tasha Williams 2002-06 8. .351 Betty Lennox 1998-00 9. .347 Amber Obaze 2000-04 10. .341 Whitney Jones 2007-09

Free Throws Made 1. 593 Pam Kelly 2. 535 Janice Lawrence 3. 426 Tasha Williams 4. 413 Venus Lacy 5. 378 Kay Ford 6. 377 Nora Lewis 7. 351 Vickie Johnson 8. 334 Cheryl Ford 9. 332 LaQuan Stallworth 10. 312 Shan Moore

1979-82 1981-84 2002-06 1988-90 1976-79 1986-89 1993-96 1999-03 1996-99 2006-07

Free Throws Attempted 1. 965 Pam Kelly 2. 792 Janice Lawrence 3. 628 Nora Lewis 4. 620 Venus Lacy 5. 541 Cheryl Ford 5. 541 Tasha Williams 7. 525 Kay Ford 8. 467 Vickie Johnson 9. 460 Racquel Spurlock 10. 455 Tori Harrison

1979-82 1981-84 1986-89 1988-90 1999-03 2002-06 1976-79 1993-96 1993-96 1984-87

Free Throw Percentage (min. 100 attempted) 1. .915 Brooke Lassiter 1998-02 2. .827 Amy Brown 1992-95 3. .807 Jasmine Bendolph 2008-present 4. .798 Pennee Hall 1984-85 5. .796 Jamie Scheppmann 1997-99 6. .787 Tasha Williams 2002-06 7. .767 Sheila Ethridge 1988-91 8. .764 Jane Ellen Cook 1976-79 9. .763 Shan Moore 2003-07 10. .758 Erica Smith-Taylor 2001-05


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Points 1. Pam Kelly (78-79) 2. Angela Turner (78-79) 3. Kay Ford (75-76) 4. Lori Scott (79-80) 5. Janice Lawrence (80-81) 6. Elinor Griffin (76-77) 7. Belinda Jones (74-75) 8. Tia Sossoman (79-80) 9. Jennifer White (79-80) 10. Tamicha Jackson (96-97) Rebounds 1. Elinor Griffin (76-77) 2. Lori Scott (79-80) 3. Pam Kelly (78-79) 4. LaVerne Henderson (74-75) 5. Debra Rodman (80-81) 6. Janice Lawrence (80-81) 7. Kay Ford (75-76) 8. Tia Sossoman (79-80) 9. Marilyn Norris (76-77) 10. Angela Turner (78-79) Assists 1. Jennifer White (79-80) 2. Teresa Weatherspoon (84-85) 3. Kim Mulkey (80-81) 4. Julie Wilkerson (79-80) 5. Lori Scott (79-80) 6. Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 7. Angela Turner (78-79) 8. Tasha Williams (02-03) 9. LaQuan Stallworth (95-96) 9. Amber Obaze (00-01) Steals 1. Teresa Weatherspoon (84-85) 2. Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 3. Angela Turner (78-79) 4. Tasha Williams (02-03) 5. Tarkeisha Wysinger (07-08) 6. Jennifer White (79-80) 7. Pam Kelly (78-79) 8. Debra Rodman (80-81) 9. Janice Lawrence (80-81) 10. Lori Scott (79-80) Blocks 1. Lori Scott (79-80) 2. Tori Harrison (83-84) 3. Debra Rodman (80-81) 4. Janice Lawrence (80-81) 5. Ayana Walker (98-99) 6. LaShawn Brown (91-92) 7. Adrienne Johnson (07-08) 8. Cheryl Ford (99-00) 9. Erica Westbrooks (84-85) 10. Monica Maxwell (95-96) Field Goals Attempted 1. Angela Turner (78-79) 2. Belinda Jones (74-75) 3. Pam Kelly (78-79) 3. Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 5. Lori Scott (79-80) 6. Elinor Griffin(76-77) 7. Kay Ford (75-76) 8. Vickie Johnson (92-93) 9. Tia Sossoman (79-80) 10. Jennifer White (79-80)

721 608 536 508 507 495 494 444 430 428 411 403 372 328 288 283 282 262 253 246 365 238 196 150 134 132 111 108 79 79 90 82 71 69 67 65 61 59 57 56 71 66 52 49 44 34 30 29 25 20 564 503 472 472 430 418 378 372 356 332

Field Goals Made 1. Pam Kelly (78-79) 2. Angela Turner (78-79) 3. Belinda Jones (74-75) 4. Lori Scott (79-80) 5. Elinor Griffin (76-77) 6. Kay Ford (75-76) 7. Janice Lawrence (80-81) 8. Tia Sossoman (79-80) 9. Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 1 0. Jennifer White (79-80)

301 273 223 217 216 215 192 185 172 169

Free Throws Attempted 1. Pam Kelly (78-79) 2. Janice Lawrence (80-81) 3. Kay Ford (75-76) 4. LaVerne Henderson (74-75) 5. Lori Scott (79-80) 5. Jennifer White (79-80) 7. Tarkeisha Wysinger (07-08) 8. Racquel Spurlock (92-93) 9. Tia Sossoman (80-81) 10. Kim Mulkey (80-81)

211 189 158 143 134 134 132 129 121 118

Free Throws Made 1. Janice Lawrence (80-81) 123 2. Pam Kelly (78-79) 119 3. Kay Ford (75-76) 106 4. Tarkeisha Wysinger (07-08) 96 5. Jennifer White (79-80) 92 88 6. LaVerne Henderson (74-75) 7. Julie Wilkerson (79-80) 83 8. Racquel Spurlock (92-93) 77 9. Kim Mulkey (80-81) 76 10. Vickie Johnson (92-93) 76

Sophomore Records

Points 1. Pam Kelly (79-80) 2. Jane Ellen Cook (79-80) 3. Elinor Griffin (77-78) 4. Janice Lawrence (81-82) 5. Adrienne Johnson (08-09) 6. Vickie Johnson (93-94) 7. Kay Ford (76-77) 8. Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 9. Tori Harrison (84-85) 9. Venus Lacy (87-88)

932 817 542 528 527 517 486 481 480 480

Rebounds 1. Pam Kelly (79-80) 2. Elinor Griffin (77-78) 3. Angela Turner (79-80) 4. Venus Lacy (87-88) 5. Debra Rodman (81-82) 6. Amanda Wilson (96-97) 7. Stacey Davis (84-85) 8. Janice Lawrence (81-82) 9. Lori Scott (80-81) 10. Vickie Johnson (93-94)

491 352 315 302 268 267 255 253 252 244

Assists 1. Teresa Weatherspoon (85-86) 2. Kim Mulkey (81-82) 3. Angela Turner (79-80) 4. Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 5. Jennifer White (80-81) 6. LaQuan Stallworth (96-97) 7. Jasmine Bendolph (09-10) 8. Lori Scott (80-81) 9. Kendra Neal (93-94) 9. Brooke Lassiter (99-00)

256 202 174 156 141 137 123 111 110 110

Three-pointers Attempted 1. Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 2. Aarica Ray-Boyd (02-03) 3. Erica Smith-Taylor (01-02) 4. Debra Williams (92-93) 5. Jamie Scheppmann (96-97) 6. Eboni Mangum (05-06) 7. Toya George (02-03) 8. Amanda Wilson (95-96) 9. Sidney Stewart (07-08) 10. Amber Obaze (00-01)

145 85 54 53 52 51 49 48 45 36

Three-pointers Made 1. Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 2. Aarica Ray-Boyd (02-03) 3. Erica Smith-Taylor (01-02) 4. Debra Williams (92-93) 4. Sidney Stewart (07-08) 6. Toya George (02-03) 6. Amanda Wilson (95-96) 6. Jamie Scheppmann (96-97) 9. Amber Obaze (00-01) 10. Eboni Mangum (05-06)

48 38 18 16 16 15 15 15 14 13

Minutes Played 1. Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 2. Amber Obaze (00-01) 3. Vickie Johnson (92-93) 4. Tasha Williams (02-03) 5. Tarkeisha Wysinger (07-08) 6. Racquel Spurlock (92-93) 7. Jamie Scheppmann (96-97) 8. Adrienne Johnson (07-08) 9. Debra Williams (92-93) 10. Eboni Mangum (05-06)

Blocks 1. Tori Harrison (84-85) 2. Ayana Walker (98-99) 3. Racquel Spurlock (93-94) 4. Venus Lacy (87-88) 5. Adrienne Johnson (08-09) 6. Janice Lawrence (81-82) 7. Elinor Griffin (77-78) 8. Shanavia Dowdell (07-08) 9. Erica Westbrooks (85-86) 10. Takeisha Lewis (99-00)

85 56 51 50 46 44 43 40 38 37

984 930 877 822 821 690 822 650 607 605

Field Goals Attempted 1. Angela Turner (79-80) 2. Pam Kelly (79-80) 3. Elinor Griffin (77-78) 4. Mickie DeMoss (74-75) 5. Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 6. Adrienne Johnson (08-09) 7. Whitney Jones (08-09) 8. Vickie Johnson (93-94) 9. Debra Williams (93-94) 10. Sheila Ethridge (88-89)

710 615 506 502 456 454 431 418 417 407

Steals 1. Teresa Weatherspoon (85-86) 102 2. Amanda Wilson (96-97) 98 3. Angela Turner (79-80) 96 4. Pam Kelly (79-80) 90 5. Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 84 6. Janice Lawrence (81-82) 78 7. Lori Scott (80-81) 75 8. Erica Smith-Taylor (02-03) 73 9. Barbara Bolden (89-90) 66 10. Tasha Williams (03-04) 65

Field Goals Made 1. Pam Kelly (79-80) 2. Angela Turner (79-80) 3. Elinor Griffin (77-78) 4. Adrienne Johnson (08-09) 5. Vickie Johnson (93-94) 6. Janice Lawrence (81-82) 6. Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 8. Tori Harrison (84-85) 9. Venus Lacy (87-88) 10. Kay Ford (76-77)

376 369 236 211 209 202 202 201 199 189

Free Throws Attempted 1. Pam Kelly (79-80) 2. Janice Lawrence (81-92) 3. Maquisha Walker (94-95) 4. Kay Ford (76-77) 5. Venus Lacy (87-88) 6. Adrienne Johnson (08-09) 7. Tori Harrison (84-85) 8. Danielle Whitehurst (90-91) 9. Cheryl Ford (00-01) 10. Elinor Griffin (77-78)

303 174 157 151 147 143 134 132 125 123

Free Throws Made 1. Pam Kelly (79-80) 2. Janice Lawrence (81-82) 3. Kay Ford (76-77) 4. Adrienne Johnson (08-09) 5. Monica Maxwell (96-97) 6. Vickie Johnson (93-94) 7. Shan Moore (04-05) 8. Shanel Hardison (88-89) 8. Maquisha Walker (94-95) 10. LaQuan Stallworth (97-98)

180 124 108 103 90 87 87 85 85 84

Three-pointers Attempted 1. Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 2. Sidney Stewart (08-09) 3. Whitney Jones (08-09) 4. Erica Smith-Taylor (02-03) 5. Debra Williams (93-94) 6. Eboni Mangum (06-07) 7. Tiawana Pringle (07-08) 8. Brietta Thomas (08-09) 9. Aarica Ray-Boyd (03-04) 10. Monica Maxwell (96-97)

167 117 113 112 87 71 65 64 59 54

Three-pointers Made 1. Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 2. Erica Smith-Taylor (02-03) 3. Whitney Jones (08-09) 4. Debra Williams (93-94) 5. Sidney Stewart (08-09) 6. Tiawana Pringle (07-08) 7. Eboni Mangum (06-07) 7. Jasmine Bendolph (09-10) 9. Brietta Thomas (08-09) 10. Brooke Lassiter (99-00) Minutes 1. Adrienne Johnson (08-09) 2. Whitney Jones (08-09) 3. Monica Maxwell (96-97) 4. Teresa Weatherspoon (85-86) 5. Vickie Johnson (93-94) 6. Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 7. Erica Smith-Taylor (02-03) 8. LaQuan Stallworth (96-97) 9. Sheila Ethridge (88-89) 10. Stacy Davis (84-85)

57 42 38 34 33 26 21 21 20 18 1122 1110 1053 1016 1005 991 966 964 960 955

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Points 1. Venus Lacy (88-89) 2. Janice Lawrence (82-83) 3. Elinor Griffin (78-79) 4. Alisa Burras (96-97) 5. Amanda Wilson (97-98) 6. Pam Kelly (80-81) 7. Ayana Walker (00-01) 8. Tasha Williams (04-05) 9. Vickie Johnson (94-95) 10. Janice Mulford (79-80) 10. Shanavia Dowdell (08-09) Rebounds 1. Venus Lacy (88-89) 2. Elinor Griffin (78-79) 3. Debra Rodman (82-83) 4. Alisa Burras (96-97) 5. Shanavia Dowdell (08-09) 6. Takeisha Lewis (00-01) 7. Nora Lewis (87-88) 8. Pam Kelly (80-81) 9. Ayana Walker (00-01) 10. Janice Mulford (79-80) Assists 1. Teresa Weatherspoon (86-87) 2. LaQuan Stallworth (97-98) 3. Kim Mulkey (82-83) 3. Shantel Hardison (89-90) 5. Brooke Lassiter (00-01) 6. Kendra Neal (94-95) 7. Mary Nell Kendrick (77-78) 8. Jennifer White (81-82) 9. Tasha Williams (04-05) 10. Amber Obaze (02-03) Steals 1. Teresa Weatherspoon (86-87) 2. Erica Smith-Taylor (03-04) 3. Amanda Wilson (97-98) 4. Angela Turner (80-81) 5. Tamicha Jackson (98-99) 6. Pam Gant (83-84) 7. Janice Lawrence (82-83) 7. Kendra Neal (94-95) 9. Shantel Hardison (89-90) 10. Nora Lewis (87-88)

724 685 640 637 629 595 577 546 542 531 531 403 398 352 333 326 325 323 322 305 304 269 225 218 218 179 173 154 147 127 119 117 101 98 96 84 83 80 80 75 71

Blocks 1. Tori Harrsion (85-86) 103 2. Ayana Walker (00-01) 88 3. Elinor Griffin (78-79) 62 4. Shanavia Dowdell (08-09) 60 5. Pam Gant (83-84) 58 6. Margaret DeCiman (04-05) 57 7. Alisa Burras (96-97) 56 8. Cheryl Ford (01-02) 53 9. Racquel Spurlock (94-95) 52 10. Adrienne Johnson (09-10) 51 Field Goals Attempted 1. Elinor Griffin (78-79) 2. Venus Lacy (88-89) 2. Ayana Walker (00-01) 4. Amanda Wilson (97-98) 5. Janice Lawrence (82-83) 6. Alisa Burras (96-97) 7. Angela Turner (80-81) 8. Janice Mulford (79-80) 8. Sheila Ethridge (89-90) 10. Vickie Johnson (94-95)

144

548 507 507 464 455 452 449 430 430 421

Field Goals Made 1. Amanda Wilson (97-98) 2. Elinor Griffin (78-79) 3. Venus Lacy (88-89) 4. Janice Lawrence (82-83) 4. Alisa Burras (96-97) 6. Ayana Walker (00-01) 7. Pam Kelly (80-81) 8. Janice Mulford (79-80) 9. Tori Harrison (85-86) 10. Pam Gant (83-84)

Senior Records

287 286 280 272 272 241 236 228 226 225

Points 1. Venus Lacy (89-90) 2. Sheila Ethridge (90-91) 3. Pam Gant (84-85) 4. Pam Kelly (81-82) 5. Janice Lawrence (83-84) 6. Nora Lewis (88-89) 7. Betty Lennox (99-00) 8. Shanavia Dowdell (09-10) 9. Debra Williams (85-86) 10. Tori Harrison (86-87)

800 756 755 731 683 642 587 575 566 556

Free Throws Attempted 1. Venus Lacy (88-89) 241 2. Janice Lawrence (82-83) 222 3. Tasha Williams (04-05) 207 4. Pam Kelly (80-81) 204 5. Nora Lewis (87-88) 200 6. Adrienne Johnson (09-10) 175 7. LaQuan Stallworth (97-98) 173 8. Alisa Burras (96-97) 162 9. Shanavia Dowdell (08-09) 144 10. Cheryl Ford (01-02) 140

Rebounds 1. Cheryl Ford (02-03) 2. Venus Lacy (89-90) 3. Shanavia Dowdell (09-10) 4. Nora Lewis (88-89) 5. Amisha Carter (03-04) 6. Pam Kelly (81-82) 7. Jo Sneed (07-08) 8. Debra Rodman (83-84) 9. Ty Moore (06-07) 10. Ayana Walker (01-02)

438 420 398 382 344 326 308 292 275 266

Free Throws Made 1. Tasha Williams (04-05) 2. Venus Lacy (88-89) 3. Janice Lawrence (82-83) 4. Adrienne Johnson (09-10) 5. LaQuan Stallworth (97-98) 6. Pam Kelly (80-81) 7. Nora Lewis (87-88) 8. Brooke Lassiter (00-01) 9. Shan Moore (05-06) 10. Vickie Johnson (94-95) 10. Ayana Walker (00-01)

Assists 1. Mary Nell Kendrick (78-79) 2. Kim Mulkey (83-84) 3. Teresa Weatherspoon (87-88) 4. Pam Thomas (93-94) 5. Jennifer White (82-83) 5. Kendra Neal (95-96) 7. Jane Ellen Cook (78-79) 8. Tasha Williams (05-06) 9. LaQuan Stallworth (98-99) 10. Shantel Hardison (91-92)

274 233 198 172 166 166 153 145 140 138

Steals 1. Tamicha Jackson (99-00) 2. Pam Gant (84-85) 3. Teresa Weatherspoon (87-88) 4. Betty Lennox (99-00) 5. Angela Turner (81-82) 6. Tasha Williams (05-06) 7. Amanda Wilson (98-99) 8. Janice Lawrence (83-84) 9. Pam Thomas (93-94) 10. Amber Obaze (03-04)

111 104 102 100 95 87 78 76 69 67

Blocks 1. Tori Harrison (86-87) 2. Venus Lacy (89-90) 3. Cheryl Ford (02-03) 4. Janice Lawrence (83-84) 4. Erica Westbrooks (87-88) 4. Racquel Spurlock (95-96) 7. Lori Scott (82-83) 8. Ayana Walker (01-02) 9. LaShawn Brown (94-95) 9. Amisha Carter (03-04) 9. Shanavia Dowdell (09-10)

87 72 66 52 52 52 49 48 39 39 39

Field Goals Attempted 1. Sheila Ethridge (90-91) 2. Pam Gant (84-85) 3. Betty Lennox (99-00) 4. Venus Lacy (89-90) 5. Debra Williams (95-96) 6. Nora Lewis (88-89) 7. Tamicha Jackson (99-00) 8. Shanavia Dowdell (09-10) 9. Shantel Hardison (91-92) 10. Pam Kelly (81-82)

638 552 526 521 475 468 456 446 436 435

Three-pointers Attempted 1. Monica Maxwell (97-98) 2. Tamicha Jackson (98-99) 3. Erica Smith-Taylor (03-04) 3. Whitney Jones (09-10) 5. Aarica Ray-Boyd (04-05) 6. Essence Perry (00-01) 7. Brooke Lassiter (00-01) 8. Debra Williams (94-95) 9. Linda Watson (94-95) 10. Betty Lennox (98-99) 10. Lakiste Barkus (03-04) Three-pointers Made 1. Monica Maxwell (97-98) 2. Brooke Lassiter (00-01) 3. Aarica Ray-Boyd (04-05) 3. Erica Smith-Taylor (03-04) 5. Whitney Jones (09-10) 6. Debra Williams (94-95) 6. Tamicha Jackson (98-99) 6. Christie Sides (98-99) 9. Essence Perry (00-01) 10. Lakiste Barkus (03-04) Minutes 1. Essence Perry (00-01) 2. Brooke Lassiter (00-01) 3. Ayana Walker (00-01) 3. Tasha Williams (04-05) 5. Amber Obaze (02-03) 6. Adrienne Johnson (09-10) 7. Teresa Weatherspoon (86-87) 8. LaQuan Stallworth (97-98) 9. Shanavia Dowdell (08-09) 10. Nora Lewis (87-88)

166 161 141 133 125 123 122 111 105 94 94 143 134 128 128 120 111 110 109 98 88 88 56 44 43 43 40 36 36 36 33 31 1223 1219 1148 1059 1059 1057 1055 1041 1037 1020

Field Goals Made 1. Pam Gant (84-85) 1. Venus Lacy (89-90) 3. Sheila Ethridge (90-91) 4. Pam Kelly (81-82) 5. Janice Lawrence (83-84) 6. Nora Lewis (88-89) 7. Amanda Wilson (98-99) 8. Tori Harrison (86-87) 9. Shanavia Dowdell (09-10) 10. Betty Lennox (99-00) 10. Debra Williams (95-96)

314 314 281 280 268 253 241 240 235 232 224

Free Throws Attempted 1. Pam Kelly (81-82) 2. Nora Lewis (88-89) 3. Venus Lacy (89-90) 4. Amisha Carter (03-04) 5. Janice Lawrence (83-84) 5. Tasha Williams (05-06) 7. Cheryl Ford (02-03) 8. Shantel Hardison (91-92) 9. Jo Sneed (07-08) 10. Pam Gant (84-85) 10. Sheila Ethridge (90-91)

247 239 232 231 207 207 192 183 178 154 154

Free Throws Made 1. Pam Kelly (81-82) 2. Venus Lacy (89-90) 3. Tasha Williams (05-06) 4. Amisha Carter (03-04) 5. Janice Lawrence (83-84) 6. Nora Lewis (88-89) 7. Shantel Hardison (91-92) 8. Jo Sneed (07-08) 9. Pam Grant (84-85) 10. Cheryl Ford (02-03)

171 170 164 152 147 135 135 128 127 121

Three-pointers Made 1. Aarica Ray-Boyd (05-06) 2. Sheila Ethridge (90-91) 3. Betty Lennox (99-00) 4. Monica Maxwell (98-99) 5. Brooke Lassiter (01-02) 6. Debra Williams (95-96) 7. Lakiste Barkus (04-05) 8. Tamicha Jackson (99-00) 9. Shan Moore (06-07) 10. Nastassja Levingston (07-08)

86 75 61 56 54 50 47 46 45 39

Three-pointers Attempted 1. Aarica Ray-Boyd (05-06) 232 2. Sheila Ethridge (90-91) 189 3. Betty Lennox (99-00) 163 4. Lakiste Barkus (04-05) 148 5. Monica Maxwell (98-99) 143 6. Brooke Lassiter (01-02) 141 7. Debra Williams (95-96) 129 8. Tamicha Jackson (99-00) 123 9. Nastassja Levingston (07-08) 119 10. Shan Moore (06-07) 111 Minutes 1. Nora Lewis (88-89) 1129 2. Shanavia Dowdell (09-10) 1116 3. Lakiste Barkus (04-05) 1096 4. Paulette Stall (88-89) 1059 5. Tasha Williams (05-06) 1010 6. Cheryl Ford (02-03) 997 996 7. Teresa Weatherspoon (87-88) 7. Angela Turner (81-82) 996 8. Pam Thomas (93-94) 979 9. Venus Lacy (89-90) 968


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Scoring Year 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

Player Gms Belinda Jones 22 Kay Ford 29 Elinor Griffin 31 Elinor Griffin 28 Pam Kelly 38 Pam Kelly 45 Pam Kelly 34 Pam Kelly 36 Janice Lawrence 33 Janice Lawrence 32 Pam Gant 32 Tori Harrison 32 Tori Harrison 33 Erica Westbrooks 33 Venus Lacy 34 Venus Lacy 33 Sheila Ethridge 30 Shantel Hardison 29 Vickie Johnson 31 Vickie Johnson 35 Vickie Johnson 33 Debra Williams 32 Alisa Burras 35 Amanda Wilson 34 Amanda Wilson 33 Betty Lennox 34 Ayana Walker 36 Ayana Walker 29 Cheryl Ford 34 Amisha Carter 32 Tasha Williams 30 Aarica Ray-Boyd 31 Shan Moore 30 Jo Sneed 30 Shanavia Dowdell 33 Shanavia Dowdell 32

Year-by-Year Leaders Pts. 494 536 495 542 721 932 595 731 685 683 755 521 556 481 724 800 756 515 417 517 542 566 637 629 547 934 577 391 533 542 546 440 414 465 531 575

Field Goal Percentage (Min. 100 att)

Year 1975-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

Player FGM-FGA Belinda Jones 223-503 Kay Ford 215-378 Kay Ford 189-328 Kay Ford 132-255 Pam Kelly 301-472 Pam Kelly 376-515 Pam Kelly 236-394 Pam Kelly 280-435 J Lawrence 272-455 J Lawrence 268-433 Pam Gant 314-552 Tori Harrison 226-367 Tori Harrison 240-393 E Westbrooks 210-378 Venus Lacy 280-507 Venus Lacy 314-521 Terri Meyer 64-212 D Jackson 55-113 R Spurlock 102-214 R Spurlock 142-277 R Spurlock 143-239 Priya Gilmore 62-110 Alisa Burras 272-452 Amanda Wilson 287-464 Amanda Wilson 241-389 Takeisha Lewis 126-207 Takeisha Lewis 177-334 Takeisha Lewis 78-167 Trina Frierson 210-397 Trina Frierson 215-423 Tasha Williams 177-369 Ty Moore 132-263 Ty Moore 149-310 Jo Sneed 168-205 Shanavia Dowdell 218-409 Shanavia Dowdell 235-446

Avg. 22.4 18.5 16.0 19.4 19.0 20.7 17.5 20.3 20.7 21.3 23.6 16.3 16.8 14.6 21.3 24.2 25.2 17.8 13.5 14.8 16.4 17.7 18.2 18.9 16.6 17.5 16.0 13.5 15.7 16.9 18.2 14.2 13.8 15.5 16.1 18.0

Pct. .443 .569 .576 .518 .638 .611 .599 .644 .598 .619 .569 .616 .611 .556 .552 .603 .529 .487 .477 .513 .598 .564 .602 .619 .620 .609 .534 .467 .529 .505 .480 .502 .481 .551 .533 .527

Three-Point Field Goal Percentage

(Min. 25 att) Year Player Gms 3PGM-A Pct 1987-88 Angela Lawson 33 7-27 .280 1988-89 Sheila Ethridge 34 11-32 .344 1989-90 Sheila Ethridge 32 18-52 .346 1990-91 Sheila Ethridge 30 75-189 .397 1991-92 Cara Guillion 29 25-85 .294 1992-93 Debra Williams 32 16-53 .302 1993-94 Debra Williams 35 34-87 .391 1994-95 Debra Williams 31 36-109 .330 1995-96 Debra Williams 32 50-129 .388 1996-97 Tamicha Jackson 35 48-145 .331 1997-98 Monica Maxwell 35 56-143 .396 1998-99 Christie Sides 33 36-77 .468 1999-00 Christie Sides 34 33-77 .429 2000-01 Brooke Lassiter 36 44-110 .400 2001-02 Brooke Lassiter 30 54-141 .383 2002-03 Aarica Ray-Boyd 33 38-85 .447 2003-04 Lakiste Barkus 32 31-88 .352 2004-05 Shan Moore 30 17-40 .425 2005-06 Aarica Ray-Boyd 31 86-232 .371 2006-07 Shan Moore 30 45-111 .405 2007-08 Tiawana Pringle 31 26-65 .400 2008-09 Shanavia Dowdell 33 10-28 .357 2009-10 Jasmine Bendolph 32 21-53 .396

Free Throw Percentage (min 50 att.) Year Name Gms. FTM-FTA 1975-75 Belinda Jones 22 48-69 1975-76 Mandy Warren 29 73-102 1976-77 Mandy Warren 31 40-55 1977-78 Jane Ellen Cook 28 50-63 1978-79 Jane Ellen Cook 38 46-55 1979-80 Janice Mulford 45 75-108 1980-81 Jennifer White 34 44-59 1981-82 Janice Lawrence 36 124-174 1982-83 Jennifer White 33 38-51 1983-84 Janice Lawrence 32 147-207 1984-85 Pam Gant 32 127-154 1985-86 Angela Lawson 30 48-65 1986-87 Angela Lawson 33 40-53 1987-88 Erica Westbrooks 33 61-83 1988-89 Sheila Ethridge 34 72-91 1989-90 Sheila Ethridge 32 55-67 1990-91 Sheila Ethridge 30 119-154 1991-92 Amy Brown 21 54-64 1992-93 Vickie Johnson 31 76-103 1993-94 Amy Brown 35 83-97 1994-95 Debra Willams 31 64-81 1995-96 Vickie Johnson 32 94-119 1996-97 J Scheppmann 34 58-73 1997-98 Monica Maxwell 35 62-79 1998-99 Christie Sides 33 55-66 1999-00 Brooke Lassiter 34 64-71 2000-01 Brooke Lassiter 36 111-122 2001-02 Brooke Lassiter 30 58-61 2002-03 Tasha Williams 34 52-66 2003-04 Amber Obaze 32 53-65 2004-05 E Smith-Taylor 16 54-66 2005-06 Shan Moore 31 105-124 2006-07 Tamika Kursh 30 44-59 2007-08 Tarkeisha Wysinger 31 96-132 2008-09 Adrienne Johnson 34 103-143 2009-10 Jasmine Bendolph 32 64-74 Rebounding

Year 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83

Name L Henderson Belinda Jones Elinor Griffin Elinor Griffin Elinor Griffin Pam Kelly Pam Kelly Pam Kelly Debra Rodman

Gms. Rebs 21 328 17 227 31 411 28 352 36 398 45 491 34 322 36 326 33 352

Pct. .696 .716 .727 .794 .836 .694 .746 .713 .745 .710 .825 .739 .755 .735 .791 .821 .773 .844 .738 .856 .790 .790 .795 .785 .833 .901 .910 .951 .788 .815 .818 .847 .746 .727 .720 .865

Avg 15 .6 13.4 13.3 12.6 11.1 10.9 9.5 9.1 10.7

1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

Debra Rodman Tori Harrison Tori Harrison Nora Lewis Nora Lewis Venus Lacy Venus Lacy D Whitehurst Shantel Hardison Danielle Whitehurst Vickie Johnson Racquel Spurlock Racquel Spurlock Alisa Burras Amanda Wilson Amanda Wilson Ayana Walker Takeisha Lewis Ayana Walker Cheryl Ford Amisha Carter Tamika Kursh Ty Moore Ty Moore Jo Sneed Shanavia Dowdell Shanavia Dowdell

31 33 32 33 33 34 33 30 29 31 35 31 32 35 34 33 33 36 29 34 32 30 31 30 30 33 32

292 303 247 259 323 403 420 239 233 202 244 261 239 333 299 261 234 325 266 438 344 227 285 275 308 326 398

9.4 9.2 7.7 7.8 9.8 11.9 12.7 8.0 8.0 6.5 7.0 8.4 7.5 9.5 8.8 7.9 7.1 9.0 9.2 12.9 10.8 7.6 9.2 9.2 10.3 9.9 12.4

Name Gms Mary Nell Kendrick 28 Mary Nell Kendrick 38 Jennifer White 45 Kim Mulkey 34 Kim Mulkey 36 Kim Mulkey 31 Kim Mulkey 32 T Weatherspoon 33 T Weatherspoon 32 T Weatherspoon 33 T Weatherspoon 33 Pam Wells 34 Shantel Hardison 32 Lisa Payne 29 Shantel Hardison 29 Pam Thomas 31 Pam Thomas 35 Kendra Neal 33 Kendra Neal 32 LaQuan Stallworth 35 LaQuan Stallworth 35 LaQuan Stallworth 33 Betty Lennox 34 Brooke Lassiter 36 Essence Perry 29 Amber Obaze 34 Erica Smith-Taylor 32 Tasha Williams 30 Tasha Williams 31 Eboni Mangum 30 Tiawana Pringle 31 Tiawana Pringle 34 Jasmine Bendolph 32

Asts 154 274 365 196 202 218 233 238 253 269 198 197 218 84 138 110 172 173 166 137 225 140 116 179 128 119 118 127 145 96 88 98 123

Avg 5.5 7.2 8.1 5.8 5.6 7.0 7.3 7.2 7.9 8.2 6.0 5.8 6.8 2.9 4.8 3.5 4.9 5.2 5.2 3.9 6.4 4.2 3.4 5.0 4.4 3.5 3.7 4.2 4.7 3.2 2.8 2.9 3.8

Blk. 43 62 49 52 44 49 66 85 103 87 52 42

Avg. 1.5 1.7 1.1 1.5 1.2 1.5 2.0 2.6 3.2 2.6 1.6 1.2

Assists

Year 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

Blocked Shots Year 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89

Name Gms. Elinor Griffin 28 Elinor Griffin 36 Janice Mulford 45 Debra Rodman 34 Janice Lawrence 36 Lori Scott 33 Tori Harrison 33 Tori Harrison 33 Tori Harrison 32 Tori Harrison 33 Eric Westbrooks 33 Venus Lacy 34

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Venus Lacy Sheila Ethridge Amy Brown Racquel Spurlock Racquel Spurlock Racquel Spurlock Racquel Spurlock Alisa Burras Alisa Burras Ayana Walker Ayana Walker Ayana Walker Cheryl Ford Cheryl Ford Amisha Carter Margaret DeCiman Ty Moore Ty Moore Shanavia Dowdell Shanavia Dowdell Adrienne Johnson

33 30 21 32 35 31 32 35 35 33 33 36 30 34 32 30 31 30 31 33 32

72 17 34 60 51 52 52 56 32 44 56 88 53 66 39 57 48 29 40 60 51

2.2 0.6 1.1 1.9 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.6 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.4 1.8 1.9 1.2 1.9 1.5 1.0 1.3 1.8 1.6

Name Gms. Pam Kelly 38 Angela Turner 45 Angela Turner 34 Angela Turnver 36 Janice Lawrence 33 Pam Gant 32 Pam Gant 32 T Weatherspoon 32 T Weatherspoon 33 T Weatherspoon 33 Nora Lewis 35 Shantel Hardison 32 Annie Lockett 26 Shantel Hardison 29 Vickie Johnson 31 D Whitehurst 31 Pam Thomas 35 Kendra Neal 33 Kendra Neal 32 Amanda Wilson 31 Amanda Wilson 34 Tamicha Jackson 33 Tamicha Jackson 34 Essence Perry 36 Amber Obaze 30 Erica Smith-Taylor 34 Erica Smith-Taylor 32 Lakiste Barkus 30 Tasha Williams 31 Amber Metoyer 30 Tarkeisha Wysinger 31 Adrienne Johnson 34 Adrienne Johnson 32

Stl. 61 96 96 95 80 83 104 103 117 102 64 75 58 61 49 49 69 80 59 98 98 84 111 65 54 73 101 57 87 55 67 59 42

Avg. 1.6 2.1 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.6 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.1 1.8 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.6 2.0 2.4 1.8 3.2 2.9 2.5 3.3 1.8 1.8 2.1 3.2 1.9 2.8 1.8 2.2 1.7 1.3

Steals Year 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

Score 126-25 109-21 111-28 108-29 115-38 130-55 111-36 124-51 106-34 102-31 115-44 111-40 106-36 119-51 118-50 100-34 121-57 110-47 113-50 121-59 103-41 108-47 114-53 110-50 105-47 100-42 108-50 106-49 103-46 102-45 102-45 104-48 100-44 100-44 107-51 101-46 102-47 108-54 101-48 103-50 113-60 110-57 109-56 103-51 104-53 107-57 100-50 116-66 101-51 109-60 100-51 105-56 109-60 101-52

Diff +101 +88 +83 +79 +77 +75 +75 +73 +72 +71 +71 +71 +70 +68 +68 +66 +64 +63 +63 +62 +62 +61 +61 +60 +58 +58 +58 +57 +57 +57 +57 +56 +56 +56 +56 +55 +55 +54 +53 +53 +53 +53 +53 +52 +51 +50 +50 +50 +50 +49 +49 +49 +49 +49

100-Point Games

Opp. UTPA Morgan St. UTPA Ark. St. UTPA Cleveland St. UL-Lafayette UL-Lafayette UL-Lafayette Hawaii-Pacific So. Alabama UL-Lafayette Arkansas St. Lamar New Orleans Centenary Central Fla. Nevada Ark. St. New Orleans UTPA Alcorn St. Tenn. Tech New Orleans W. Kentucky Lamar Nicholls St. Lamar So. Alabama UL-Lafayette UTPA S. F. Austin UL-Lafayette UL-Monroe US Inter. McNeese St. UL-Monroe UTEP McNeese St. Tulane McNeese St. SLU Lamar Washington Lamar E. Wash. UL-Lafayette UL-Monroe UTPA SFA Central Fla. Lamar Miss. Col. UL-Lafayette

Season Site 88-89 H 93-94 H 88-89 H 88-89 H 97-98 A 98-99 H 95-96 H 89-90 H 75-76 A 85-86 A 97-98 H 95-96 A 89-90 H 97-98 H 97-98 H 00-01 H 89-90 A 03-04 H 87-88 H 80-81 N 97-98 H 81-82 H 81-82 H 98-99 H 00-01 H 96-97 N 79-80 H 87-88 H 93-94 H 77-78 H 90-91 H 84-85 N 93-94 H 93-94 H 86-87 N 78-79 H 81-82 H 02-03 H 80-81 H 81-82 H 81-82 H 80-81 H 88-89 H 82-83 N 97-98 A 87-88 N 97-98 H 74-75 N 95-96 H 03-04 A 91-92 H 94-95 H 83-84 H 89-90 H

106-58 100-52 111-63 115-67 100-52 114-67 105-58 108-61 106-59 102-55 105-58 100-54 104-58 100-55 100-55 108-63 103-58 101-56 101-56 107-62 114-69 100-56 102-58 103-59 101-57 104-61 104-61 107-64 104-61 110-70 100-60 103-63 100-61 115-76 108-72 102-66 106-70 100-66 104-71 102-70 103-71 100-68 104-73 105-75 100-72 102-76 104-79 103-78 105-83 101-83 102-84 101-88 108-117 102-104

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Lady Techsters 100 Point Game Record: 106-2 Home 100-Point Game Record: 68-1 Away/Neutral 100-Point Game Record: 38-1 High Home Total: 130-55 vs. Cleveland State (1998-99) High Road Total: 121-57 at UCF (1989-90) High Neutral Total: 121-59 vs. UNO (1980-81) Most Frequent 100-Point Game Opponents: UNO, nine times Allowed by Lady Techsters: 2 Most Consecutive 100-Point Games: 6 (1981-1982) Most 100-Point Games in a Season: 11 (1981-1982)

+48 +48 +48 +48 +48 +47 +47 +47 +47 +47 +47 +46 +46 +45 +45 +45 +45 +45 +45 +45 +45 +44 +44 +44 +44 +43 +43 +43 +43 +40 +40 +40 +39 +39 +36 +36 +36 +34 +33 +32 +32 +32 +31 +30 +28 +26 +25 +25 +22 +18 +18 +13 -9 -2

Boise State New Orleans Northwestern Northwestern UL-Monroe Arkansas St. Memphis New Orleans New Orleans So. Alabama S. F. Austin Kansas St. UL-Monroe Arkansas St. Miss. Col. New Orleans New Orleans SE La. Tenn. Tech Texas Tech UL-Lafayette Boise State Nevada Hawaii Oklahoma Baylor Northwestern SLU UTPA Alcorn St. La. Col. UCLA Kansas Southern Nevada Boise State UTA Baylor Maryland La. Col. Kansas Miss. Col. New Orleans Oklahoma Cheyney St. McNeese St. Central Fla. Okla. St. Southern Northwestern Tennessee La. State Miss. Col. SLU

01-02 94-95 79-80 80-81 79-80 98-99 88-89 99-00 81-82 92-93 81-82 89-90 82-83 96-97 81-82 94-95 95-96 80-81 95-96 87-88 99-00 03-04 01-02 79-80 81-82 81-82 78-79 79-80 93-94 92-93 80-81 81-82 78-79 79-80 04-05 02-03 76-77 79-80 79-80 80-81 83-84 84-85 74-75 82-83 83-84 79-80 90-91 88-89 78-79 75-76 78-79 76-77 76-77 76-77

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Team Single Season Highs Points (Total) 1. 1979-80 2. 1978-79 3. 1981-82 4. 1980-81 5. 1997-98 6. 1988-89 7. 1999-00 8. 1998-99 9. 1989-90 10. 1995-96

3927 3168 3144 3040 3018 2975 2960 2888 2853 2852

Assists 1. 1979-80 2. 1978-79 3. 1981-82 4. 1982-83 5. 1980-81 6. 1988-89 7. 1983-84 8. 1997-98 9. 1989-90 10. 1986-87

861 781 751 750 691 684 677 660 658 640

FGM 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1979-80 1978-79 1981-82 1980-81 1997-98 1988-89 1999-00 1987-88 1989-90 1995-96

1622 1337 1257 1215 1180 1170 1163 1159 1152 1127

3FGA 1. 2008-09 2. 1998-99 3. 1999-00 4. 2004-05 5. 2009-10 6. 1997-98 7. 2007-08 8. 2005-06 9. 2003-04 10. 2001-02

471 467 434 423 406 397 363 361 353 336

Points (Average) 1. 1980-81 2. 1976-77 2. 1998-99 4. 1979-80 4. 1981-82 6. 1999-00 7. 1989-90 8. 1995-96 9. 1997-98 10. 1983-84

89.4 87.5 87.5 87.3 87.3 87.1 86.5 86.4 86.2 84.8

Steals 1. 1981-82 2. 1980-81 3. 1998-99 4. 1999-00 5. 2003-04 6. 1996-97 7. 1987-88 8. 1989-90 9. 1983-84 10. 1997-98

518 498 463 454 449 441 420 410 409 406

FGA 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1979-80 1978-79 1996-97 1989-90 1999-00 1988-89 1981-82 1997-98 1998-99 1995-96

3094 2583 2475 2465 2452 2448 2432 2416 2413 2409

3FG Percentage 1. 1999-00 2. 1993-94 2. 2002-03 4. 1990-91 5. 1998-99 6. 1997-98 6. 2001-02 8. 2004-05 9. 2000-01 10. 2003-04

.376 .350 .350 .348 .347 .345 .345 .343 .341 .337

Rebounds (Total) 1. 1979-80 2. 1978-79 3. 1980-81 4. 1989-90 5. 1988-89 6. 1995-96 7. 1996-97 8. 1876-77 9. 1981-82 10. 1987-88

2179 1823 1756 1747 1719 1708 1692 1669 1666 1636

Blocks 1. 1979-80 1. 1985-86 3. 1989-90 4. 2000-01 5. 1983-84 6. 1980-81 7. 1984-85 8. 1999-00 9. 1986-87 9. 1987-88

178 178 175 167 165 162 159 157 156 156

FG Percentage 1. 1983-84 2. 1979-80 3. 1982-83 4. 1978-79 5. 1981-82 6. 1980-81 7. 1984-85 8. 1997-98 9. 1987-88 9. 1994-95

.526 .524 .519 .518 .517 .510 .494 .488 .487 .487

FTM 1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 6. 7. 7. 9. 10.

1979-80 1981-82 1993-94 1980-81 1988-89 1994-95 1983-84 2005-06 2003-04 1984-85

683 630 623 610 610 561 557 557 546 533

Rebounds (Average) 1. 1976-77 53.8 2. 1989-90 52.9 3. 1995-96 51.8 4. 1980-81 51.7 5. 1974-75 50.5 6. 1975-76 48.8 7. 2001-02 48.5 8. 1979-80 48.4 9. 1996-97 48.3 10. 1987-88 48.1

Turnovers 1. 1978-79 2. 1980-81 3. 1981-82 4. 1983-84 5. 1999-00 6. 1984-85 7. 2007-08 8. 2006-07 9. 2008-09 10. 2000-01

776 669 625 624 610 602 601 575 569 560

3FGM 1. 1999-00 2. 1998-99 3. 2004-05 4. 2008-09 5. 1997-98 6. 2009-10 7. 2003-04 8. 2005-06 9. 2001-02 9. 2007-08

163 162 145 139 137 124 119 118 116 116

FTA 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1988-89 1993-94 1983-84 1984-85 1994-95 1987-88 1995-96

1065 957 947 935 901 857 850 847 814 810

FT Percentage 1. 1999-00 2. 2005-06 3. 2004-05 4. 1975-76 5. 1998-99 6. 2003-04 7. 2002-03 8. 1991-92 9. 1993-94 10. 2009-10

.713 .710 .708 .706 .703 .700 .699 .696 .691 .688

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Team Single Game Records Points by Tech 1. 130 vs. Cleveland St. (98-99) 2. 126 vs. UTPA (88-89) 3. 124 vs. UL-Lafayette (89-90) 4. 121 vs. New Orleans (80-81) 4. 121 vs. Central Florida (89-90) 6. 119 vs. Lamar (97-98) 7. 118 vs. New Orleans (97-98) 8. 116 vs. UL-Monroe (74-75) 9. 115 four times Points by Opponent 1. 117 by Miss. College (76-77) 2. 106 by Southeastern (76-77) 3. 104 by Southeastern (76-77) 4. 99 by Long Beach St. (86-87) 4. 99 by Alabama (93-94) 6. 95 by Delta State (76-77) 7. 94 by Texas (76-77) 7. 94 by Tennessee (93-94) 7. 94 by W. Kentucky (99-00) 7. 94 by Tennessee (08-09) Rebounds by Tech 1. 96 vs. UL-Monroe 2. 81 vs. New Orleans 3. 76 vs. Miss. College 4. 74 vs. Southern 4. 74 vs. UTPA 4. 74 vs. SMU 7. 73 vs. Tulane 8. 72 vs. LSU 8. 72 vs. UL-Lafayette 10. 71 twice

(74-75) (75-76) (76-77) (78-79) (89-90) (01-02) (76-77) (76-77) (88-89)

Rebounds by Opponent 1. 71 by NW (La.) St. 1. 71 by Southern 3. 70 by UL-Monroe 4. 68 by Miss. College 5. 66 by LSU 5. 66 by Southeastern 6. 66 by Miss. College 8. 63 by LSU 9. 61 by New Orleans 10. 60 four times

(74-75) (75-76) (74-75) (76-77) (74-75) (74-75) (75-76) (77-78) (74-75)

Assists by Tech 1. 37 vs. UL-Lafayette (89-90) 2. 34 vs. Arkansas State (87-88) 3. 33 vs. Hawaii (79-80) 3. 33 vs. McNeese State (81-82) 3. 33 vs. Texas A&M (86-87) 3. 33 vs. South Alabama (97-98) 7. 32 vs. UL-Monroe (76-77) 7. 32 vs. McNeese State (79-80) 7. 32 vs. US International (86-87) 10. 31 nine times

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Assists by Opponent 1. 33 by Delta State 2. 26 by Connecticut 3. 25 by LSU 3. 25 by Valdosta State 5. 24 by Southeastern 5. 24 by Texas A&M 7. 23 by Southeastern 7. 23 by LSU 7. 23 by Wayland 7. 23 by Connecticut

(76-77) (99-00) (77-78) (77-78) (76-77) (79-80) (76-77) (78-79) (78-79) (01-02)

Steals by Tech 1. 31 vs. UL-Lafayette 2. 27 vs. UL-Monroe

(98-99) (81-82)

2. 4. 4. 4. 7. 8.

27 vs. UL-Lafayette 26 vs. Arkansas State 26 vs. UALR 25 vs. New Orleans 25 vs. UL-Lafayette 24 six times

(84-85) (98-99) (99-00) (80-81) (97-98)

Steals by Opponent 1. 22 by Tennessee (06-07) 2. 18 by NW (La.) State (77-78) 2. 18 by UL-Monroe (77-78) 4. 17 by Memphis State (78-79) 4. 17 by McNeese State (79-80) 4. 17 by San Diego St. (84-85) 4. 17 by Nevada (08-09) 4. 17 by Mississippi State (09-10) 9. 16 by Tennessee (88-89) 9. 16 by Kansas State (06-07) Blocks by Tech 1. 17 vs. Nicholls State (08-09) 2. 15 vs. Miss. College (83-84) 2. 15 vs. Nicholls State (87-88) 4. 14 vs. Miss. College (86-87) 5. 13 vs. Southern Calif. (84-85) 5. 13 vs. Miami (85-86) 7. 12 vs. Memphis State (78-79) 8. 11 vs. Nebraska (79-80) 8. 11 vs. San Diego St. (84-85) 8. 11 vs. UL-Lafayette (89-90) 8. 11 vs. North Texas (00-01) Blocks by Opponent 1. 14 by Old Dominion (81-82) 1. 14 by Tulsa (01-02) 1. 14 by Rice (03-04) 4. 13 by Tulsa (03-04) 5. 11 by UL-Monroe (92-93) 5. 11 by Duke (03-04) 5. 11 by Tennessee (07-08) 8. 10 Ten Different Times Turnovers by Tech 1. 37 vs. NW (La.) State (76-77) 2. 35 vs. Panola JC (75-76) 2. 35 vs. Southern (77-78) 2. 35 vs. McNeese State (79-80) 5. 34 vs. Nicholls State (75-76) 5. 34 vs. NW (La.) State (76-77) 7. 33 vs. Panola JC (77-78) 8. 32 vs. NW (La.) State (75-76) 8. 32 vs. New Orleans (75-76) 8. 32 vs. Texas (76-77) Turnovers by Opponent 1. 45 by UL-Monroe (81-82) 2. 43 by Nicholls State (75-76) 2. 43 by McNeese State (82-83) 4. 42 by La. College (75-76) 4. 42 by Nicholls State (76-77) 6. 41 by UL-Lafayette (98-99) 6. 41 by UALR (99-00) 8. 40 by Ouachita Bapt. (75-76) 8. 40 by SFA (02-03) 10. 39 five times Field Goals Made by Tech 1. 55 vs. Cleveland St. (98-99) 2. 53 vs. Arkansas State (87-88) 2. 53 vs. UL-Lafayette (89-90) 4. 52 vs. UL-Monroe (74-75) 4. 52 vs. New Orleans (80-81) 6. 48 vs. McNeese State (81-82) 6. 48 vs. US International (86-87)

6. 48 vs. UTPA 6. 48 vs. UTPA 10. 47 three times

(88-89) (87-88)

Field Goals Made by Opponent 1. 44 by Southeastern (76-77) 2. 41 by Miss. College (76-77) 3. 40 by LSU (74-75) 3. 40 by Southeastern (76-77) 3. 40 by Texas (76-77) 3. 39 by Tennessee (79-80) 7. 38 by LSU (79-80) 8. 37 six times Field Goals Attempted by Tech 1. 112 vs. UL-Monroe (74-75) 2. 103 vs. Nicholls State (74-75) 3. 101 vs. UL-Monroe (74-75) 4. 99 vs. UL-Monroe (74-75) 5. 98 vs. NW (La.) State (74-75) 6. 97 vs. Miss. College (76-77) 6. 97 vs. Central Florida (89-90) 8. 96 vs. Alcorn State (82-83) 9. 95 four times Field Goals Attempted by Opponent 1. 104 by NW (La.) State (76-77) 2. 101 by Miss. College (76-77) 3. 95 by LSU (74-75) 4. 94 by Southern (79-80) 5. 92 by LSU (74-75) 5. 92 by Southern (77-78) 7. 89 by NW (La.) State (75-76) 7. 89 by Texas (76-77) 9. 88 by NW (La.) State (75-76) 9. 88 by NW (La.) State (76-77) 3-pointers Made by Tech 1. 12 vs. UTPA (90-91) 2. 11 vs. Arizona (98-99) 2. 11 vs. South Alabama (98-99) 2. 11 vs. W. Kentucky (99-00) 2. 11 vs. Boise State (04-05) 6. 10 vs. Tennessee (90-91) 6. 10 vs. Iowa (97-98) 6. 10 vs. Tennessee (98-99) 6. 10 vs. UL-Lafayette (99-00) 6. 10 vs. Centenary (02-03) 6. 10 vs. Ole Miss (04-05) 6. 10 vs. San Jose St (09-10) 3-pointers Made by Opponent 1. 13 by Fresno State (07-08) 2. 12 by New Orleans (97-98) 2. 12 by SMU (03-04) 2. 12 by Fresno State (07-08) 2. 12 by Fresno State (08-09) 2. 12 by McNeese State (08-09) 7. 11 by New Mexico St. (05-06) 7. 11 by W. Kentucky (94-95) 7. 11 by Boise State (01-02) 7. 11 by UTEP (01-02) 7. 11 by Oklahoma (04-05) 3-pointers Attempted by Tech 1. 34 vs. Illinois (04-05) 2. 30 vs. Tennessee (90-91) 3. 26 vs. LSU (90-91) 3. 26 vs. Penn State (99-00) 3. 26 vs. UC-Santa Barbara (01-02) 6. 25 vs. Arizona (98-99) 6. 25 vs. Illinois State (08-09) 8. 23 vs. Auburn (89-90)

8. 23 vs. Tennessee 8. 23 vs. W. Kentucky 8. 23 vs. UTSA

(94-95) (02-03) (09-10)

3-pointers Attempted by Opponent 1. 37 by Fresno State (08-09) 2. 33 by Fresno State (07-08) 3. 32 by SMU (03-04) 3. 32 by Idaho (09-10) 5. 31 by Idaho (09-10) 5. 31 by UALR (08-09) 5. 31 by Cleveland State (98-99) 5. 31 by UTEP (01-02) 9. 30 by UTEP (01-02) 9. 30 by SMU (02-03) 9. 30 by McNeese State (07-08) Free Throws Made by Tech 1. 34 vs. Auburn (83-84) 1. 34 vs. UL-Monroe (93-94) 1. 34 vs. New Orleans (99-00) 4. 33 vs. NW (La.) State (80-81) 4. 33 vs. San Diego St. (85-86) 4. 33 vs. Lamar (97-98) 7. 32 vs. UCLA (83-84) 7. 32 vs. S. F. Austin (84-85) 9. 32 vs. NMSU (09-10) 10. 31 vs. SE La. (79-80) 10. 31 vs. Lamar (88-89) Free Throws Made by Opponent 1. 36 by UL-Monroe (85-86) 2. 35 by Miss. College (76-77) 3. 33 by W. Kentucky (05-06) 4. 31 by Lamar (90-91) 4. 31 by Tennessee (91-92) 6. 29 by Auburn (89-90) 6. 29 by Tennessee (92-93) 6. 29 by Tennessee (01-02) 9. 28 six times Free Throws Attempted by Tech 1. 50 vs. UCLA (83-84) 2. 49 vs. Lamar (97-98) 3. 48 vs. San Diego St. (85-86) 4. 47 vs. NMSU (09-10) 5. 46 vs. Cal Poly Pomona (84-85) 5. 46 vs. Virginia (88-89) 5. 46 vs. Alabama (89-90) 8. 45 vs. S. F. Austin (84-85) 8. 45 vs. Miss. Valley St. (89-90) 8. 45 vs. UL-Monroe (90-91) Free Throws Attempted by Opponent 1. 45 by UL-Monroe (74-75) 1. 45 by W. Kentucky (05-06) 3. 42 by San Diego (91-92) 4. 41 by Miss. College (76-77) 4. 41 by Southeastern (80-81) 4. 41 by New Orleans (90-91) 7. 40 Six Different Times


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Single Season Double-Doubles Player Years Pam Kelly 1979-80 Venus Lacy 1989-90 Venus Lacy 1988-89 Cheryl Ford 2002-03 Nora Lewis 1988-89 Shanavia Dowdell 2009-10 Elinor Griffin 1976-77 Elinor Griffin 1977-78 Elinor Griffin 1978-79 Jo Sneed 2007-08 Debra Rodman 1982-83 Shanavia Dowdell 2008-09 Pam Kelly 1981-82 LaVerne Henderson 1974-75 Amisha Carter 2003-04 Pam Kelly 1980-81 Alisa Burras 1996-97 Lori Scott 1979-80 Ayana Walker 2000-01 Pam Kelly 1979-79 Kay Ford 1975-76 Janice Lawrence 1982-83 Tori Harrison 1984-85 Nora Lewis 1987-88 Ty Moore 2006-07 Ayana Walker 2001-02 Janice Lawrence 1981-82 Amanda Wilson 1997-98 Takeisha Lewis 2000-01 Belinda Jones 1974-75 Venus Lacy 1987-88 Alisa Burras 1997-98 Ty Moore 2005-06 Cheryl Ford 2001-02 Marilyn Norris 1976-77 Angela Turner 1979-80 Janice Lawrence 1983-84 Nora Lewis 1986-87

No. 31 29 26 24 22 22 19 19 19 19 18 18 17 17 17 16 16 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 11 10 10 10 10 10

All-Time Triple-Doubles Tasha Williams 1 10 points, 11 assists, 10 steals vs. Hawaii, March 4, 2006 Thomas Assembly Center, Ruston, La. Shantel Hardison 1 11 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists vs. So. Alabama, March 12, 1992 E.A. Diddle Arena, Bowling Green, Ky. Angela Turner 1 16 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists vs. Nebraska, Jan. 11, 1980 Memorial Gym, Ruston, La.

Career Double-Doubles Player Years No. Pam Kelly 1979-82 78 Venus Lacy 1988-90 67 Elinor Griffin 1977-79 57 Nora Lewis 1986-89 49 Shanavia Dowdell 2006-10 46 Janice Lawrence 1981-84 43 Debra Rodman 1981-84 38 Amanda Wilson 1996-99 37 Cheryl Ford 1999-02 36 Tori Harrison 1984-87 34 Ayana Walker 1999-02 33 Lori Scott 1980-83 28 Alisa Burras 1997-98 28 Kay Ford 1976-79 27 Ty Moore 2002-07 25 Takeisha Lewis 1999-02 23 Jo Sneed 2006-08 22 Belinda Jones 1975-78 18 Vickie Johnson 1993-96 18 LaVerne Henderson 1974-75 17 Amisha Carter 2002-04 17 Teresa Weatherspoon 1985-88 16 Erica Westbrooks 1985-88 16 Marilyn Norris 1977-78 16 Monica Maxwell 1996-99 16 Trina Frierson 1999-01 16 Adrienne Johnson 2007-present 15 Angela Turner 1979-82 15 Racquel Spurlock 1993-96 14 Ty Moore 2002-07 13 Danielle Whitehurst 1990-93 13 Shantel Hardison 1989-92 11 Tia Sossamon 1980-83 8 Mandy Warren 1976-77 8 Janice Mulford 1979-80 7 LaShawn Brown 1992-95 7 LaQuan Stallworth 1996-99 7 Stacy Davis 1984-87 7 Amy Brown 1992-95 6

Sheila Ethridge 1988-91 Maquisha Walker 1994-96 Annie Lockett 1990-91 Tamika Kursh 2002-07 Mary Robertson 1975-76 Jane Ellen Cook 1976-79 Jennifer White 1980-83 Kim Mulkey 1981-84 Erica Smith-Taylor 2001-05 Tamicha Jackson 1997-00 Barbara Bolden 1989-90 Tarkeisha Wysinger 2007-present Amber Obaze 2000-01 Tatia Brown 1985-88 Sebrena Smith 1989-90 Betty Lennox 1998-00 Kendra Neal 1993-96 Debra Williams 1993-96 Mickie DeMoss 1975-77 Kathy Bailey 1975-77 Gail Hays 1976-77 Mary Nell Kendrick 1976-79 Angie Donner 1978-79 Catina Malone 1994-95 Pam Grant 1982-85 Beanie Lincoln 1986-88 Kay Konerza 1983-86 Angela Lawson 1985-88 Linda Watson 1995-96 Paulette Stall 1986-89 Shaka Massey 1998-00 Brooke Lassiter 1998-01 Kenya Bibbs 2000-01 Pam Thomas 1992-94 Aarica Ray-Boyd 2002-06 Tasha Williams 2002-06 Lakiste Barkus 2003-05 Tiawana Pringle 2006-10 Kiara Young 2008-present

5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Lady Techsters in USA Basketball Olympic Games Venus Lacy (1996) Janice Lawrence (1984) Kim Mulkey (1984) Teresa Weatherspoon (1988, 1992)

World University Games Amber Obaze (2002) Lori Scott (1983) Ayana Walker (1999, 2001) Teresa Weatherspoon (1987)

World Championships Janice Lawrence (1983) Kim Mulkey (1983) Teresa Weatherspoon (1986)

Junior World Championships Tamicha Jackson (1997) Racquel Spurlock (1993) R. William Jones Cup Janice Lawrence (1984) Monica Maxwell (1997) Kim Mulkey (1984) Racquel Spurlock (1994)

Pan American Games Venus Lacy (1991) Janice Lawrence (1983) Kim Mulkey (1983)

Goodwill Games Teresa Weatherspoon (1986) U.S. Olympic Festival Amy Brown (1993 S) Nicole Collins (1991 S) Sandra Felton (1981 S) Pam Gant (1981 MW) Vickie Green (1982 S) Kay Konerza (1982 N) Janice Lawrence (1981 S) Kim Mulkey (1981 S)

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS

Thomas Assembly Center The Thomas Assembly Center has been the home to some of the most exciting women's basketball in the country for the past two and a half decades. The Louisiana Tech Lady Techster bas-

games in Ruston. The Lady Techsters have

Ruston, La.

posted home winning streaks of 49, 52 and

Over the course of the 36 years of women’s basketball at Louisiana Tech, the

62 games, which all rank in the Top 15 in Division I history.

Lady Techsters have posted a record of 474-

Even more impressive is the fact

ketball program has done nothing less than

45 in games played in Ruston. The winning

Louisiana Tech has never lost a postseason

dominate on their home courts during the

percentage of 91.3 percent ranks Ruston as

game in Ruston, La. The Lady Techsters

36-year history of the women’s basketball

the hardest place in the country to play in

were 7-0 during the 1970s in the state AIAW

program. Whether playing in old Memorial

women’s basketball.

Tournament, 4-0 in the national AIAW

Gym from 1974 through March of 1982

On the list of all-time toughest home

Tournament and a perfect 36-0 in the NCAA

or in the Thomas Assembly Center since

arenas, both the Thomas Assembly Center

Tournament ... for a combined mark of 47-0

November of 1982, Louisiana Tech has pro-

and Memorial Gym rank in the top three

in Ruston in postseason play.

duced a won-loss record unmatched by any

in the country. Louisiana Tech has posted

other women’s basketball program nation-

a mark of 390-39 at the Assembly Center

one interesting fact is that Louisiana Tech

wide.

(90.91%) and a record of 84-6 at Memorial

lost its first home game ever played in

Gym (93.33%), trailing only Thompson-

both Memorial Gym (59-55 to Southeastern

Boling Arena (94.84%) in Knoxville, Tenn.

Louisiana in 1974-75) and the Thomas

From the very first win at Memorial Gym against LSU (97-83) in 1974-75 to the inaugural victory at the Thomas Assembly Center against Alabama (83-56) in 1982-83,

Did You Know? Despite the fact that Iowa guard Crystal Smith scored 46 points, the second most ever scored in the Thomas Assembly Center, Louisiana Tech overcame an 19-point deficit with less than eight minutes to play to defeat the Hawkeyes 95-91 in double overtime on Nov. 22, 2005.

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the Lady Techsters have owned opponents in

The Lady Techsters are 158-11 all-time against conference foes in regular season

Despite the incredible record in Ruston,

Assembly Center (64-58 to Southern California in 1982-83).

Milestone Wins in Ruston

No. 1 Tech 97, LSU 83 Jan. 24, 1975 No. 50 Tech 93, LSU 61 Feb. 2, 1980 No. 84 Tech 82, Kentucky 60 March 20, 1982 No. 85 Tech 83, Alabama 56 Dec. 9, 1982 No. 100 Tech 91, M. Tenn. St. 59 March 17, 1983 No. 200 Tech 87, UL-Monroe 49 Dec. 5, 1989 No. 250 Tech 99, Texas So. 57 Dec. 3, 1993 No. 300 Tech 66, Southern Cal 47 Dec. 7, 1996 No. 400 Tech 74, Ohio St. 61 March 25, 2003 No. 450 Tech 70, San Jose State 54 Feb. 16, 2008

Memorial Gym Memorial Gym Memorial Gym (last in arena) Thomas Assembly Center (1st in arena) Thomas Assembly Center Thomas Assembly Center Thomas Assembly Center Thomas Assembly Center Thomas Assembly Center Thomas Assembly Center


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TAC Year-by-Year Record and Attendance Figures Season 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-01 TOTALS

Gms Rec'd 19 18-1 15 15-0 16 16-0 16 15-1 14 14-0 16 16-0 20 19-1 15 15-0 16 12-4 14 11-3 16 14-2 15 15-0 17 15-2 15 15-0 17 17-0 18 18-0 13 12-1 15 15-0 18 16-2 13 13-0 16 15-1 13 13-0 13 11-2 13 13-0 13 7-6 14 8-6 16 13-3 13 9-4 430 390-39

Attend 81,620 79,945 62,110 54,345 45,710 39,365 68,738 29,336 35,089 21,454 51,057 43,963 63,428 55,181 65,990 71,254 58,715 57,071 71,840 48,857 57,960 47,119 42,719 39,852 33,176 30,514 34,802 32,450 1,423,660

Avg 4,296 5,330 3,882 3,397 3,265 2,460 3,437 2,445 2,193 1,532 3,191 2,935 4,229 3,679 3,882 3,959 4,517 3,805 3,991 3,758 3,623 3,625 3,286 3,066 2,552 2,180 2,175 2,318 3,310

Top Assembly Center Crowds

Result 1/22/85 1/14/84 12/4/82 1/9/95 11/30/98 1/3/84 2/9/83 2/18/86 3/23/84 12/10/00 2/24/97 2/10/95 1/7/01 1/7/89 2/14/89 3/16/98 3/14/99 3/25/84 12/4/02 3/18/96

Tech 79, UL-Monroe 77 Tech 88, UL-Monroe 67 Southern Cal 64, Tech 58 Tennessee 62, Tech 56 Tennessee 92, Tech 73 Tech 75, Southern Cal 66 Tech 104, UL-Monroe 58 UL-Monroe 82, Tech 74 Tech 92, LSU 67 (NCAA Midwest Regional) Tennessee 70, Tech 62 Tech 98, Tennessee 80 Tech 83, Western Kentucky 72 Connecticut 71, Tech 55 Tech 87, LSU 60 Tennessee 72, Tech 65 Tech 74, Clemson 52 (NCAA Second Round) Tech 79, Penn State 62 (NCAA Second Round) Tech 85, Texas 60 (NCAA Midwest Regional) Tennessee 60, Tech 35 Tech 84, Southern Miss. 46 (NCAA Second Round) (OT)

All-Time Toughest Places to Play

LA Tech All-Time Record

Year by Year (Home, Road and Neutral) Year Overall Home Road Neutral 74-75 13-9 2-1* 2-3 9-5 75-76 19-10 8-2* 6-4 5-4 76-77 22-9 10-2* 6-4 6-3 77-78 20-8 8-1* 7-5 5-2 78-79 34-4 10-0* 11-2 13-2 79-80 40-5 18-0* 13-2 9-3 80-81 34-0 12-0* 10-0 12-0 81-82 35-1 16-0* 11-1 8-0 82-83 31-2 18-1 9-0 4-1 83-84 30-3 15-0 13-2 2-1 84-85 29-4 16-0 7-4 6-0 85-86 27-5 15-1 11-3 1-1 86-87 30-3 14-0 11-2 5-1 87-88 32-2 16-0 10-2 6-0 88-89 32-4 19-1 12-1 1-2 89-90 32-1 15-0 15-0 2-1 90-91 18-12 12-4 5-7 1-1 91-92 20-10 11-3 6-6 3-1 92-93 26-6 14-2 10-3 2-1 93-94 31-4 15-0 9-3 7-1 94-95 28-5 15-2 11-1 2-2 95-96 31-2 15-0 10-1 6-1 96-97 31-4 17-0 8-3 6-1 97-98 31-4 18-0 7-2 6-2 98-99 30-3 12-1 14-0 4-2 99-00 31-3 15-0 10-2 6-1 00-01 31-5 16-2 9-2 6-1 01-02 25-5 13-0 10-3 2-2 02-03 31-3 15-1 12-1 4-1 03-04 29-3 13-0 11-2 5-1 04-05 20-10 11-2 7-5 2-3 05-06 26-5 13-0 9-4 4-1 06-07 17-13 7-6 9-5 1-2 07-08 16-15 8-6 6-8 2-1 08-09 21-13 13-3 6-9 2-1 09-10 23-9 9-4 10-4 4-1 Totals 976-204 474-45 335-106 169-53 * Home games played at Memorial Gym

Att. Date 1. 8,975 2. 8,825 3. 8,700 4. 8,635 5. 8,372 6. 8,370 7. 8,340 8. 8,110 9. 7,650 10. 7,633 11. 7,526 12. 7,476 13. 7,321 14. 7,240 15. 7,160 16. 6,919 17. 6,847 18. 6,840 19. 6,836 20. 6,824

Cities (Program)

Conference

Record

Percentage

SEC

477-44

(91.57%)

2. Ruston, La. (Louisiana Tech)

1. Knoxville, Tenn. (Tennessee)

WAC

474-45

(91.33%)

3. Missoula, Mont. (Montana)

Big Sky

450-56

(88.93%)

4. Salt Lake City, Utah (Utah)

Mountain West 421-55

(88.44%)

5. Austin, Texas (Texas)

Big 12

459-89

(83.76%)

6. Norfolk, Va. (Old Dominion)

Colonial

484-94

(83.73%)

Sun Belt

421-88

(82.71%)

8. State College, Pa. (Penn State)

7. Bowling Green, Ky. (Western Ky.)

Big 10

362-77

(82.46%)

9. Lubbock, Texas (Texas Tech)

Big 12

378-87

(81.29%)

10. Nashville, Tenn. (Vanderbilt)

SEC

384-89

(81.18%)

Arena (Program: Arena Opened)

Record

Percentage

1. Thompson-Boling Arena (Tennessee: 1987)

324-20

(94.18%)

2. Gampel Pavilion (Connecticut: 1989)

255-17

(93.75%)

3. Thomas Assembly Center (Tech: 1982)

390-39

(90.91%)

5. XL Center (Connecticut: 1990)

108-11

(90.75%)

4. Dahlberg Arena (Montana: 1978)

441-50

(89.81%)

6. Jon M. Huntsman (Utah: 1975)

421-55

(88.44%)

7. Frank Erwin Center (Texas: 1977)

417-76

(84.58%)

8. DePaul Athletic Center (DePaul: 2000)

118-22

(84.28%)

9. Comcast Center (Maryland: 2002)

111-23

(82.83%)

10. Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum (Auburn: 1979)

346-72

(82.78%)

Arenas (Active) (Must have played at least 75 games in the arena)

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Thomas Assembly Center Records Team Game Records

Most Points Scored 1. 130 by Tech vs. Cleveland St., 12-28-98 2. 126 by Tech vs. UTPA, 2-18-89 3. 124 by Tech vs. UL-Lafayette, 3-9-90 Fewest Points 1. 24 by UCLA vs. Tech, 1-4-84 2. 25 by UTPA vs. Tech, 2-18-89 3. 29 by St. John vs. Tech, 12-1-95 Field Goals Attempted 1. 96 by Tech vs. Alcorn State, 12-4-92 2. 95 by Tech vs. UTPA, 2-24-96 3. 94 by Tech vs. Texas Tech, 1-13-88 Field Goals Made 1. 55 by Tech vs. Cleveland St., 12-28-98 2. 53 by Tech vs. Arkansas St., 12-11-87 3. 48 by Tech vs. U.S. International, 12-12-86 Field Goal Percentage 1. 69.1 by Tech (34-49) vs. Tenn., 12-14-82 2. 68.1 by Tech (47-61) vs. Lamar, 1-30-88 3. 66.0 by Tech (35-53) vs. UTA, 11-24-97 Three-Point Field Goals Attempted 1. 34 by Tech vs. Illinois, 12-4-04 2. 32 by Idaho vs. Tech 1-30-10 Three-Point Field Goals Made 1. 12 by New Orleans vs. Tech, 3-6-98 1. 12 by Tech vs. UTPA, 2-23-91 3. 11 by Tech vs. South Ala., 2-6-99 3. 11 by W. Kentucky vs. Tech 2-10-95 Three-Point Field Goal Percentage (minimum 10 attempted) 1. 64.7 by Tech (11-17) vs. So. Ala., 2-6-99 2. 63.6 by Penn St. (7-11) vs. Tech, 3-14-99 2. 63.6 by Tennessee (7-11) vs. Tech, 2-5-91 Free Throws Attempted 1. 50 by Tech vs. UCLA, 1-4-84 2. 49 by Tech vs. Lamar, 1-17-98 3. 48 by Tech vs. San Diego State, 1-13-86 Free Throws Made 1. 33 by Tech vs. Lamar, 1-17-98 1. 33 by Tech vs. San Diego State, 1-13-86 3. 32 by Tech vs. UCLA, 1-4-84 3. 32 by Tech vs. NMSU 1-16-10 Free Throw Percentage (minimum 10 attempted) 1. 100.0 by ULL (12-12) vs. Tech, 1-10-96 1. 100.0 by W. Kentucky (10-10) vs. Tech, 12-3-83 3. 92.9 by Tech (13-14) vs. Alcorn St., 12-22-05 Rebounds 1. 74 by Tech vs. UTPA, 1-18-90 1. 74 by Tech vs. SMU, 2-16-02 3. 72 by Tech vs. UL-Lafayette, 2-4-89 Assists 1. 37 by Tech vs. UL-Lafayette, 3-9-90 2. 34 by Tech vs. Arkansas State, 12-11-87 3. 33 by Tech vs. South Alabama, 1-12-98 Steals 1. 27 by Tech vs. SLU, 12-5-84 2. 26 by Tech vs. Arkansas State, 1-14-99 3. 25 by Tech vs. UL-Lafayette, 1-8-98 3. 25 by Tech vs. McNeese State, 1-17-83 Blocked Shots 1. 17 by Tech vs. Nicholls State, 11-26-08 2. 15 by Tech vs. Miss. College, 11-30-83 3. 14 by Tulsa vs. Tech, 1-24-02

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Most Points 1. 47 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. UTPA, 2-23-91 2. 46 Crystal Smith, Iowa vs. Tech, 11-22-05 3. 42 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. Tenn., 2-5-91 3. 42 Pam Gant, Tech vs. Penn St., 1-7-85 5. 40 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. Ark. St., 2-2-91 Most Field Goals Attempted 1. 39 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. Tenn., 2-5-91 2. 36 Kim Perrot, UL-Lafayette vs. Tech, 3-9-90 3. 31 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. Lamar, 3-9-91 4. 30 Kim Perrot, UL-Lafayette vs. Tech, 2-22-90 5. 29 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. UTPA, 2-23-91 5. 29 Sandra Hodge, UNO vs. Tech, 3-10-83 5. 29 Crystal Smith, Iowa vs. Tech, 11-22-05 Most Field Goals Made 1. 18 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. UTPA, 2-23-91 2. 17 Pam Gant, Tech vs. Penn State, 1-7-85 3. 16 Alisa Burras, Tech vs. UNO,1-30-97 3. 16 Venus Lacy, Tech vs. SFA, 1-17-89 5. 15 Amanda Wilson, Tech vs. W. Ky., 2-7-98 5. 15 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. Tenn., 2-5-91 5. 15 Tori Harrison, Tech vs. Central Mich., 12-5-86 Most Three-Point Field Goals Attempted 1. 23 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. Tenn., 2-5-91 2. 20 Kim Perrot, UL-Lafayette, vs. Tech, 3-9-90 3. 19 Kim Sitzman, UALR, vs. Tech 12-22-08 4. 17 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. UTEP, 2-23-91 5. 15 Tate, Ark. State vs. Tech, 2-15-93 5. 15 Brenda Hatchett, Lamar vs. Tech, 2-15-92 Most Three-Point Field Goals Made 1. 10 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. UTEP, 2-23-91 2. 8 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. Tenn., 2-5-91 3. 7 Sonja Tate, Ark. State vs. Tech, 2-15-93 3. 7 Abby Vaughan, Boise St., vs. Tech, 1-3-02 3. 7 Ashley Bastian, Boise St. vs. Tech, 2-15-03 Most Free Throws Attempted 1. 21 Shantel Hardison, Tech vs. Lamar, 2-15-92 2. 17 Venus Lacy, Tech vs. Virginia, 12-10-88 3. 16 Kim Young, Southern Miss vs. Cleveland State, 12-29-98 3. 16 Venus Lacy, Tech vs. LSU, 3-23-89 3. 16 Tasha Williams, Tech vs. Rice, 1-1-05 3. 16 Tasha Williams, Tech vs. Ole Miss, 12-20-05 Most Free Throws Made 1. 15 Tasha Williams, Tech vs. Rice, 1-1-05 1. 15 Shantel Hardison, Tech vs. Lamar, 2-15-92 3. 13 Kim Young, Southern Miss. vs. Cleveland State, 12-29-98 3. 13 Yolanda Watkins, Alabama vs. Tech, 12-5-92 3. 13 Venus Lacy, Tech vs. LSU, 3-23-89 Most Rebounds 1. 23 Cheryl Ford, Tech vs. SMU, 3-6-03 2. 22 Cindy Brown, Long Beach State vs. Tech, 1-10-86 3. 21 Uirannah Jackson, Lamar vs. Tech, 2-15-92 3. 21 Amisha Carter, Tech vs. UTEP, 1-31-04 3. 21 Ty Moore, Tech vs. Nevada, 2-9-06 Most Assists 1. 17 Teresa Weatherspoon, Tech vs.

UL-Monroe, 2-22-85 2. 16 Teresa Weatherspoon, Tech vs. Texas Tech, 2-1-86 3. 15 Kim Mulkey, Tech vs. Western Kentucky, 12-3-83 3. 15 Teresa Weatherspoon, Tech vs. Auburn, 1-12-85 3. 15 Teresa Weatherspoon, Tech vs. UL-Monroe, 1-6-87 3. 15 Shantel Hardison, Tech vs. UL-Lafayette, 3-9-90 Most Blocked Shots 1. 14 by Alyssa Shriver, Tulsa vs. Tech, 2. 8 Shanavia Dowdell, LA Tech vs. Nicholls State, 11-26-08 3. 7 Cassandra Barker, UL-Monroe vs. Tech, 1-11-93 4. 6 multiple times Most Steals 1. 10 Tasha Williams, Tech vs. Boise St., 3-1-03 1. 10 Tasha Williams, Tech vs. Hawaii, 3-4-06 1. 10 LaQuan Stallworth, Tech vs. South Alabama, 1-12-98 1. 10 Teresa Weatherspoon, Tech vs. UCLA, 1-4-86 5. 9 Teresa Weatherspoon, Tech vs. Cal State-Long Beach, 1-10-86


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NCAA Tournament History Tournament Career Bests Games 1. 18 1. 18 1. 18 1. 18 5. 17 5. 17 5. 17 5. 17 9. 16 9. 16

Amanda Wilson 1995-99 Monica Maxwell 1995-99 LaQuan Stallworth 1995-99 Tamicha Jackson 1996-00 Pam Gant 1982-85 Vickie Johnson 1993-96 Racquel Sprulock 1993-96 Debra Williams 1993-96 Teresa Weatherspoon 1985-88 Erica Westbrooks 1985-88

Points 1. 262 2. 261 3. 251 4. 244 5. 237 6. 232 7. 227 8. 192 9. 189 10. 182

Janice Lawrence Venus Lacy Vickie Johnson Tamicha Jackson Amanda Wilson Nora Lewis Debra Williams Monica Maxwell Pam Gant Pam Thomas

1982-84 1988-90 1993-96 1996-00 1996-99 1987-89 1993-96 1996-99 1982-85 1992-94

ebounds R 1. 148 Venus Lacy 1988-90 2. 141 Racquel Sprulock 1993-96 3. 138 Vickie Johnson 1993-96 4. 132 Amanda Wilson 1996-99 5. 131 Monica Maxwell 1996-99 6. 130 Nora Lewis 1987-89 7. 120 Debra Rodman 1982-84 8. 101 Ayana Walker 1998-2002 9. 98 Tori Harrison 1984-87 10. 87 Stacey Davis 1984-87 Assists 1. 127 Teresa Weatherspoon 1985-88 2. 96 Kim Mulkey 1982-84 3. 89 LaQuan Stallworth 1996-99 4. 56 Kendra Neal 1993-96 5. 49 Tamicha Jackson 1996-00 6. 48 Monica Maxwell 1996-99 7. 45 Pam Thomas 1992-94 8. 42 Jennifer White, 1982-83 8. 42 Amber Obaze 2000-03 10. 39 Vickie Johnson 1993-96 Steals 1. 44 Teresa Weatherspoon 1985-88 2. 34 Tamicha Jackson 1996-00 3. 32 Janice Lawrence 1982-84 4. 31 Amanda Wilson 1996-99 5. 28 Pam Gant 1982-85 6. 25 Monica Maxwell 1996-99 7. 24 Nora Lewis 1987-89 8. 22 Vickie Johnson 1993-96 8. 22 Debra Rodman 1982-84 8. 22 Debra Williams 1993-96

NCAA Game Highs

Points Pts Player Opponent Year 1. 35 Elinor Girffin Tennessee 1979* 2. 34 Janice Lawrence Texas 1984 3. 32 Venus Lacy Southern Miss. 1990 4. 31 Stantel Hardison Northern Ill. 1992 4. 31 Janice Lawrence LSU 1984 6. 30 Venus Lacy Auburn 1989 6. 30 Erica Smith-Taylor Texas Tech 2004 8. 29 Erica Smith-Taylor Montana 2004 8. 29 Amanda Wilson Holy Cross 1998 8. 29 Alisa Burras Holy Cross 1998 8. 29 Danielle Whitehurst DePaul 1993 8. 29 Tori Harrison UL-Monroe 1985 8. 29 Pam Kelly Jackson State 1981* 8. 29 Pam Kelly Kentucky 1982 Rebounds Reb Player Opponent Year 1. 23 Pam Kelly LSU 1980 * 2. 18 Racquel Spurlock Alabama 1994 3. 17 Racquel Spurlock Oklahoma 1995 3. 17 Racquel Spurlock Texas Tech 1996 3. 17 Takeisha Lewis Missouri 2001 6. 16 Alisa Burras Purdue 1998 6. 16 Lori Scott Long Beach St. 1980 * 6. 16 Angela Turner Long Beach St. 1980 * 9. 15 Elinor Girffin Old Dominion 1979 9. 15 Vickie Johnson Texas Tech 1996 9. 15 Venus Lacy LSU 1989 9. 15 Venus Lacy Oklahoma St. 1989 9. 15 Cheryl Ford Pepperdine 2003 9. 15 Cheryl Ford Ohio State 2003 9. 15 Amisha Carter Duke 2004 Assists A 1. 14 2. 13 3. 12 3. 12 5. 11 5. 11 5. 11 5. 11 5. 11 10. 10 10. 10

Steals Stl. Player Opponent 1. 7 T. Weatherspoon Northwestern 1. 7 T. Weatherspoon Texas 3. 6 Janice Lawrence Old Dominion 3. 6 Erica Westbrooks Auburn 3. 6 Nora Lewis Mississippi 3. 6 Debra Rodman USC 7. 5 Tatia Brown Okla. State 7. 5 Shantel Hardison Okla. State 7. 5 Janice Lawrence USC 7. 5 Lori Scott Jackson State 7. 5 Lori Scott UCLA 7. 5 Angela Turner Arizona State 7. 5 Shantel Hardison Texas 7. 5 Tamicha Jackson Old Dominion Blocks Blk Player Opponent 1. 6 Takeisha Lewis Old Dominion 2. 5 Venus Lacy Southern Miss. 2. 5 Tori Harrison Washington 2. 5 Ayana Walker Alcorn State 2. 5 Margaret DeCiman Temple 6. 4 Ayana Walker Penn State 6. 4 Erica Westbrooks San Diego St. 6. 4 Erica Westbrooks Auburn 6. 4 Lori Scott Texas 6. 4 Venus Lacy Purdue 6. 4 Racquel Spurlock Texas *Denotes AIAW National Tournament

Year 1987 1987 1983 1988 1988 1981 * 1989 1989 1981 * 1981 * 1981 * 1982 1990 2000 Year 2000 1990 1986 2000 2005 1999 1985 1988 1983 1990 1993

Player Opponent Year Jennifer White LSU 1980 * T. Weatherspoon Kansas 1988 Mary Nell Kendrick Kansas 1979 * Mary Nell Kendrick Tennessee 1979 * LaQuan Stallworth Purdue 1998 T. Weatherspoon Northwestern 1987 T. Weatherspoon Southern Ill. 1987 T. Weatherspoon Texas 1987 Kim Mulkey USC 1983 Shantel Hardison Southern Miss. 1990 T. Weatherspoon Long Beach St. 1986

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Final Four Results AIAW Tournament Year 1979 1980 1981

Champion Runner-up Old Dominion La Tech Old Dominion Tennessee La Tech Tennessee

Semifinalists Tennessee, UCLA La Tech, S. Carolina USC, Old Dominion

NCAA Tournament Year 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Champion Runner-up Semifinalists La Tech Cheyney St. Tennessee, Maryland USC La Tech Old Dominion, Georgia USC Tennessee La Tech, Cheyney State Old Dominion Georgia W. Kentucky, UL-Monroe Texas USC Tennessee, W. Kentucky Tennessee La Tech Texas, Long Beach LA Tech Auburn Long Beach, Tennessee Tennessee Auburn La Tech, Maryland Stanford Auburn La Tech, Virginia Tennessee Virginia Connecticut, Stanford Stanford W. Kentucky Virginia, SW Missouri Texas Tech Ohio State Iowa, Vanderbilt North Carolina La Tech Alabama, Purdue Connecticut Tennessee Stanford, Georgia Tennessee Georgia Stanford, Connecticut Tennessee Old Dominion Notre Dame, Stanford Tennessee La Tech Arkansas, NC State Purdue Duke La Tech, Georgia Connecticut Tennessee Penn State, Rutgers Notre Dame Purdue Connecticut, SW Missouri Connecticut Oklahoma Tennessee, Duke Connecticut Tennessee Duke, Texas Connecticut Tennessee LSU, Minnesota Baylor Michigan St. LSU, Tennessee Maryland N. Carolina Duke, LSU Tennessee Rutgers LSU, North Carolina Tennessee Stanford LSU, UConn UConn Stanford Louisville, Oklahoma UConn Stanford Baylor, Oklahoma

NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team

Members from Louisiana Tech 1982 Janice Lawrence (MOP), Pam Kelly, Kim Mulkey 1983 Janice Lawrence, Jennifer White 1984 Janice Lawrence 1987 Teresa Weatherspoon 1988 Erica Westbrooks (MOP), Teresa Weatherspoon 1989 Venus Lacy 1990 Venus Lacy 1994 Vickie Johnson, Pam Thomas 1998 Tamicha Jackson MOP = Most Outstanding Player

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Members from Louisiana Tech 1982 Pam Kelly (MOP), Janice Lawrence 1983 Janice Lawrence (MOP), Lori Scott 1984 Janice Lawrence (MOP), Pam Gant 1985 Pam Gant, Tori Harrison 1986 Tori Harrison, Angela Lawson 1987 Tori Harrison (MOP), Nora Lewis, Teresa Weatherspoon 1988 Teresa Weatherspoon (MOP), Venus Lacy 1989 Venus Lacy (MOP), Nora Lewis 1990 Shantel Hardison (MOP), Venus Lacy 1993 Danielle Whitehurst (MOP), Pam Thomas 1994 Debra Williams (MOP), Pam Thomas 1996 Vickie Johnson, Racquel Spurlock, Debra Williams 1998 Alisa Burras (MOP), LaQuan Stallworth, Tamicha Jackson 1999 Amanda Wilson (MOP), Monica Maxwell, Betty Lennox 2000 Tamicha Jackson, Betty Lennox 2001 Takeisha Lewis 2003 Cheryl Ford

NCAA Final Four Participants from Louisiana Tech Barbara Bolden 1990 Melshika Bowman 1998 Amy Brown 1994 Lashawn Brown 1994 Tatia Brown 189 Nicole Burn 1998 Alisa Burras 1998 Danielle Butler 1998 Melinda Chambless 1987, 1988 Katie Cochran 1998 Pam Crawford 1984 Stacey Davis 1987 Sheila Ethridge 1988, 1989, 1990 Sandra Felton 1982 Priya Gilmore 1998, 1999 Pam Gant 1982, 1983, 1984 Cara Guillon 1990 Shantel Hardison 1989, 1990 Tori Harrison 1984, 1987 Tamicha Jackson 1998, 1999 Vickie Johnson 1994 Pam Kelly 1982 Kay Konerza 1983, 1984 Venus Lacy 1988, 1989, 1990 Brooke Lassiter 1999 Janice Lawrence 1982, 1983, 1984 Angela Lawson 1987, 1988 Betty Lennox 1999 Nora Lewis 1987, 1988, 1989 Takeisha Lewis 1999 Annie Lockett 1990 Michelle Martin 1990 Shaka Massey 1999 Monica Maxwell 1998, 1999 Sherry McDonald 1987 Terri Meyer 1990 Kim Mulkey 1982, 1983, 1984 Kendra Neal 1994 Ann Pendergrass 1982 Debbie Primeaux 1983 Joletta Riser 1994 Debra Rodman 1982, 1983, 1984 Rita Rust 1982 Jamie Sheppmann 1998 Lori Scott 1982, 1983 Christie Sides 1999 Sebrena Smith 1990 Anna Snider 1998 Tia Sossamon 1982, 1983 Racquel Spurlock 1994 Paulette Stall 1987, 1989 LaQuan Stallworth 1998, 1999 Pam Thomas 1994 Angela Turner 1982 Ayana Walker 1999 Maquisha Walker 1994 Jocelyn Watson 1989, 1990 Teresa Weatherspoon 1987, 1988 Pam Wells 1989, 1990 Erica Westbrooks 1987, 1988 Jennifer White 1982, 1983 Danielle Whitehurst 1990 Julie Wilkerson 1983 Debra Williams 1994 Amanda Wilson 1998, 1999

NCAA Tournament by the Numbers No. 1 Seeds 1. Tennessee 2. Connecticut 3. Louisiana Tech 4. Duke 5. Stanford 6. Old Dominion 7. Georgia 7. Southern Cal 7. Texas

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NCAA Tournament Appearances 1. Tennessee 29 2. Georgia 27 3. Louisiana Tech 26 4. Old Dominion 25 5. Virginia 24 5. Texas 24 5. Stanford 24 8. Vanderbilt 23 9. Connecticut 22 9. North Carolina 22 NCAA Tournament Games 1. Tennessee 127 2. Connecticut 92 3. Louisiana Tech 89 4. Stanford 83 5. Georgia 77 6. Purdue 61 7. Vanderbilt 60 7. North Carolina 60 7. Duke 60 10. Old Dominion 58 10. LSU 58 NCAA Tournament Wins 1. Tennessee 2. Connecticut 3. Louisiana Tech 4. Stanford 5. Georgia 6. Purdue 7. Duke 8. North Carolina 9. LSU 10. Vanderbilt

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NCAA Final Four Appearances 1. Tennessee 18 2. Connecticut 11 3. Louisiana Tech 9 4. Stanford 9 5. Georgia 5 5. LSU 5 7. Duke 4 8. Multiple Teams 3


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Postseason Tournament Scores (AIAW, NCAA, WNIT) NCAA Tournament Scores 1982 (No. 1 in Midwest) • No. 1 Tech 114, No. 8 Tenn. Tech 53 at Ruston, La., March 12 (1st round) • No. 1 Tech 92, No. 4 Ariz. St. 54 at Ruston, La., March 18 (Midwest Semifinal) • No. 1 Tech 82, No. 2 Kentucky 60 at Ruston, La., March 21 (Midwest Final) • No. 1 Tech 69, No. 2 Tenn. 46 at Norfolk, Va., March 26 (National Semifinal) • No. 1 Tech 76, No. 2 Cheyney State 62 at Norfolk,Va., March 28 (National Championship) 1983 (No. 1 in Midwest) • No. 1 Tech 91, No. 8 Middle Tenn. St. 59 at Ruston, La., March 17 (1st round) • No. 1 Tech 81, No. 5 Auburn 54 at Ruston, La., March 25 (Midwest Semifinal) • No. 1 Tech 72, No. 2 Texas 58 at Ruston, La., March 27 (Midwest Final) • No. 1 Tech 71, No. 2 Old Dominion 55 at Norfolk, Va., April 1 (National Semifinal) • No. 1 Southern California 69, No. 1 Tech 67 at Norfork, Va., April 3 (National Championship) 1984 (No. 1 in Mideast) • No. 1 Tech 94, No. 8 Texas Tech 68 at Ruston, La., March 16 (1st round) • No. 1 Tech 92, No. 5 LSU 67 at Ruston, La., March 23 (Mideast Semifinal) • No. 1 Tech 85, No. 2 Texas 60 at Ruston, La., March 25 (Mideast Final) • No. 1 Southern California 62, No. 1 Tech 57 at Los Angeles, Calif., March 30 (National Semifinal) 1985 (No. 1 in Midwest) • No.1 Tech 81, No. 8 Illinois State 57 at Ruston, La., March 15 (1st round) • No. 1 Tech 94, No. 5 San Diego State 64 at Monroe, La., March 22 (Midwest Semifinal) • No. 2 UL-Monroe 85, No. 1 Tech 76 at Monroe, La., March 24 (Midwest Final) 1986 (No. 2 in West) • No. 2 Tech 79, No. 7 Washington 54 at Ruston, La., March 15 (2nd round) • No. 2 Tech 71, No. 3 Long Beach St. 69 at Long Beach, Calif., March 20 (West Semifinal) • No. 1 So. Calif. 80, No. 2 Tech 64 at Long Beach, Calif., March 22 (West Final) 1987 (No. 1 in Midwest) • No. 1 Tech 82, No. 9 Northwestern 60 at Ruston, La., March 14 (2nd round) • No. 1 Tech 66, No. 5 So. Ill. 53 at Monroe, La., March 19

(Midwest Semifinal) • No. 1 Tech 66, No. 3 Iowa 65 at Monroe, La., March 21 (Midwest Final) • No. 1 Tech 79, No. 1 Texas 75 at Austin, Texas, March 27 (National Semifinal) • No. 2 Tennessee 67, No. 1 Tech 44 at Austin, Texas, March 29 (National Championship) 1988 (No. 2 in Midwest) • No. 2 Tech 89, No. 7 Kansas 50 at Ruston, La., March 19 (2nd round) • No. 2 Tech 80, No. 3 Miss. 60 at Austin, Texas, March 24 (Midwest Semifinal) • No. 2 Tech 83, No. 1 Texas 80 (OT) at Austin, Texas, March 26 (Midwest Final) • No. 2 Tech 68, No. 1 Tenn. 59 at Tacoma, Wash., April 1 (National Semifinal) • No. 2 Tech 56, No. 1 Auburn 54 at Tacoma, Wash., April 3 (National Championship) 1989 (No. 1 in Midwest) • No. 1 Tech 103, No. 9 Oklahoma State 78 at Ruston, La., March 19 (2nd round) • No. 1 Tech 85, No. 4 LSU 68 at Ruston, La., March 23 (Midwest Semifinal) • No. 1 Tech 85, No. 2 Stanford 75 at Ruston, La., March 25 (Midwest Final) • No. 1 Auburn 76, No. 1 Tech 71 at Tacoma, Wash., March 31 (National Semifinal) 1990 (No. 1 in Midwest) • No. 1 Tech 89, No. 8 Southern Mississippi 70 at Ruston, La., March 17 (2nd round) • No. 1 Tech 91, No. 4 Purdue 47 at Austin, Texas, March 22 (Midwest Semifinal) • No. 1 Tech 71, No. 3 Texas 57 at Austin, Texas, March 24 (Midwest Final) • No. 2 Auburn 81, No. 1 Tech 69 at Knoxville, Tenn., March 30 (National Semifinal) 1991 (No. 10 in West) • No. 7 Cal State-Fullerton 84, No. 10 Tech 80 at Fullerton, Cal., March 13 (1st round) 1992 (No. 6 in Mideast) • No. 11 No. Ill. 77, No. 6 Tech 71 (OT) at DeKalb, Ill., March 18 (1st round) 1993 (*No. 6 in Midwest) • No. 6 Tech 70, No. 11 DePaul 59 at Ruston, La., March 17 (1st round) • No. 6 Tech 82, No. 3 Texas 78 at Austin, Texas, March 20 (2nd round) • No. 6 Tech 59, Southwest Missouri State 43 atNacogdoches, Texas, March 25 (Midwest Semifinal) • No. 1 Vanderbilt 58, No. 6 Tech 53 at Nacogdoches, Texas, March 27 (Midwest Final) * Only the top 4 teams in

each region were seeded this year. However, based on where Tech played in the bracket, the Techsters were equivalent to a No. 6 seed. 1994 (No. 4 in Mideast) • No. 4 Tech 96, No. 13 So. Methodist 62 at Ruston, La., March 16 (1st round) • No. 4 Tech 82, No. 5 Mississippi 67 at Ruston, La., March 19 (2nd round) • No. 4 Tech 71, No. 1 Tennessee 68 at Fayetteville, Ark., March 24 (Mideast Semifinal) • No. 4 Tech 75, No. 2 So. Calif. 66 at Fayetteville, Ark., March 26 (Mideast Final) • No. 4 Tech 69, No. 6 Alabama 66 at Richmond, Va., April 2 (National Semifinal) • No. 3 North Carolina 60, No. 4 Tech 59 at Richmond, Va., April 4 (National Championship) 1995 (No. 2 in East) • No. 2 Tech 90, No. 15 Furman 52 at Ruston, La., March 16 (1st round) • No. 2 Tech 48, No. 7 Oklahoma 36 at Ruston, La., March 18 (2nd round) • No. 3 Virginia 63, No. 2 Tech 62 at Storrs Conn., March 23 (East Semifinals) 1996 (No. 1 in Midwest) • No. 1 Tech 98, No. 16 Central Florida 41 at Ruston, La., March 16 (1st round) • No. 1 Tech 84, No. 9 So. Miss. 46 at Ruston,La., March 18 (2nd round) • No. 1 Tech 66, No. 4 Texas Tech 55 at Nacogdoches, Texas, March 23 (Midwest Semifinal) • No. 2 Georgia 90, No. 1 Tech 76 at Nacodoches, Texas, March 25 (Midwest Final) 1997 (No. 2 in Mideast) • No. 2 Tech 94, No. 15 St. Peter’s 50 at Ruston, La., March 14 (1st round) • No. 2 Tech 74, No. 7 Auburn 48 at Ruston, La., March 16 (2nd round) • No. 3 Florida 71, No. 2 Tech 57 at West Lafayette, Ind., March 22 (Mideast Semifinal) 1998 (No. 3 in Midwest) • No. 3 Tech 86, No. 14 Holy Cross 58 at Ruston, La., March 14 (1st round) • No. 3 Tech 74, No. 6 Clemson 52 at Ruston, La., March 16 (2nd round) • No. 3 Tech 71, No. 2 Alabama 57 at Lubbock, Texas, March 21 (Midwest Semifinal) • No. 3 Tech 72, No. 4 Purdue 65 at Lubbock, Texas, March 23 (Midwest Final) • No. 3 Tech 84, No. 4 North Carolina State 65 at Kansas City, Mo., March 27 (National Semifinal)

• No. 1 Tennessee 93, No. 3 Tech 75 at Kansas City, Mo., March 29 (National Championship) 1999 (No. 1 in West) • No. 1 Tech 90, No. 16 Central Florida 48 at Ruston, La., March 12 (1st round) • No. 1 Tech 79, No. 8 Penn State 62 at Ruston, La., March 14 (2nd round) • No. 1 Tech 73, No. 4 LSU 52 at Los Angeles, Calif., March 20 (West Regional) • No. 1 Tech 88, No. 3 UCLA 62 at Los Angeles, Calif., March 22 (West Regional) • No. 1 Purdue 77, No. 1 Tech 63 at San Jose, Calif., March 26 (National Semifinal) 2000 (No. 1 in Midwest) • No. 1 Tech 95, No. 16 Alcorn State 53 at Ruston, La., March 18 (1st round) • No. 1 Tech 66, No. 9 Vanderbilt 65 at Ruston, La., March 20 (2nd round) • No. 1 Tech 86, No. 4 Old Dominion 74 at Kansas City, Mo., March 25 (Midwest Semifinal) • No. 2 Penn State 86, No. 1 Tech 65 at Kansas City, Mo., March 27 (Midwest Final) 2001 (No. 3 in East) • No. 3 Tech 84, No. 14 Georgia State 48 at Ruston, La., March 17 (1st round) • No. 3 Tech 80, No. 11 TCU 59 at Ruston, La., March 19 (2nd round) • No. 3 Tech 78, No. 10 Missouri 67 at Pittsburgh, Pa., March 24 (East Semifinal) • No. 1 Connecticut 67, No. 3 Tech 48 at Pittsburgh, Pa., March 26 (East Final) 2002 (No. 5 in East) • No. 12 UC-Santa Barbara 57, No. 5 Tech 56 at Austin, Texas, March 15 (1st round) 2003 (No. 5 in West) • No. 5 Tech 94, No. 12 Pepperdine 60 at Ruston, La., March 23 (1st round) • No. 5 Tech 74, No. 4 Ohio State 61 at Ruston, La., March 25 (2nd round) • No. 1 LSU 69, No. 5 Tech 63 at Palo Alto, Calif., March 30 (West Semifinal) 2004 (No. 5 in East) • No. 5 Tech 81, No. 12 Montana 77 at Missoula, Montana, March 20, (1st round) • No. 5 Tech 81, No. 4 Texas Tech 64 at Missoula, Montana, March 22, (2nd round) No. 1 Duke 63, No. 5 Tech 49 at Norfolk, Va., March 28, (East Semifinal) 2005 (No. 11 in Philadelphia Region) • No. 6 Temple 66, No. 11 Tech 61, at Storrs, Connecticut, March 22, (1st round)

2006 (No. 11 in San Antonio Region) • No. 6 Florida State 80, No. 11 Tech 71 at Denver, Colorado, March 18 (1st round) 2010 NCAA (No. 14 in Dayton Region) • No. 3 Florida State 75, No. 14 Tech 61 at Tallahasse, Fla. (1st round)

AIAW Tournament Scores 1979 AIAW Tournament • Tech 100, Kansas 61 at Carbondale, Ill., March 16 • Tech 88, Northwestern 52 at Carbondale, Ill., March 17 • Tech 102, Tennessee 84 at Greensboro, N.C., March 23 (National Semifinal) • Old Dominion 75, Tech 65 at Greensboro, N.C., March 25 (National Championship) 1980 AIAW Tournament • Tech 81, Kansas 73 at Ruston, La., March 15 (2nd round) • Tech 96, Long Beach State 70 at Ruston, La., March 18 (National Quarterfinal) • Old Dominion 73, Tech 59 at Mt. Pleasant, Mich., March 21 (National Semifinal) • South Carolina 77, Tech 69 at Mt. Pleasant, Mich., March 23 (National Consolation Game) 1981 AIAW Tournament • Tech 97, Jackson State 50 at Ruston, La., March 21 (2nd round) • Tech 87, UCLA 54 at Ruston, La. March 23 (National Quarterfinal) • Tech 66, USC 50 at Eugene, Ore., Marcth 27 (National Semifinal) • Tech 79, Tennessee 59 at Eugene, Ore., March 29 (National Championship)

WNIT Scores 2009 WNIT • Tech 77, SMU 54 at Ruston, La., March 19 (1st round) • Illinois State 73, Tech 59 at Normal, Illinois March 24 (2nd round)

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Final Polls The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Mel Greenberg began the Associated Press Women’s Basketball Top 20 poll at the start of the 1976-77 season. What began as a nationwide panel of 34 coaches now numbers 44 and represents all geographical areas of the nation as well as every conference. In 1989-90 the poll increased from 20 to 25 teams. Below is a history and indepth look at Louisiana Tech’s prominence in the poll. In the course of winning three national titles, advancing to eight championship games, earning 13 Final Four appearances and dominating the women’s game, Louisiana Tech has been a household name in women’s basketball ... just ask the AP Voters.

Total Weeks of the AP Poll: 589 weeks Tech in the Top 25: 443 weeks Tech in the Top 5: 279 weeks Tech in the Top 10: 371 weeks Tech Debut in the poll: Feb. 15, 1978 at No. 20 Tech Debut in the Top 10: Jan. 16, 1979 at No. 8 Tech Debut at No. 1: Dec. 25, 1979 Longest Streak in Top 25: 220 weeks (Nov. 24, 1992 to present) Longest streak at No. 1: 36 weeks (Nov. 25, 1980 to March 27, 1982)

Total Weeks Ranked: No. 1: 83 weeks No. 2: 56 weeks No. 3: 47 weeks No. 4: 63 weeks No. 5: 30 weeks No. 6: 28 weeks No. 7: 21 weeks No. 8: 27 weeks No. 9: 6 weeks No. 10: 10 weeks No. 11: 15 weeks No. 12: 12 weeks No. 13: 6 weeks

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Final Polls (Note: 1986 marked the first year for the USA Today poll). 1978-79 (34-4) 1979-80 (40-5) 1980-81 (34-0) Associated Press Associated Press Associated Press 1. Old Dominion 1. Old Dominion 1. LATECH 2. LATECH 2. Tennessee 2. Tennessee 3. Tennessee 3. LATECH 3. Old Dominion 4. Texas 4. South Carolina 4. Southern Calif 5. S F Austin 5. S F Austin 5. Cheyney State 6. UCLA 6. Maryland 6. Long Beach St 7. Rutgers 7. Texas 7. UCLA 8. Maryland 8. Rutgers 8. Maryland 9. Cheyney State 9. Long Beach St 9. Rutgers 10. Wayland Bapt. 10. NC State 10. Kansas

1981-82 (35-1) Associated Press 1. LATECH 2. Cheyney State 3. Maryland 4. Tennessee 5. Texas 6. Southern Calif 7. Old Dominion 8. Rutgers 9. Long Beach St 10. Penn State

1982-83 (31-2) Associated Press 1. Southern Calif. 2. LATECH 3. Texas 4. Old Dominion 5. Cheyney State 6. Long Beach St 7. Maryland 8. Penn State 9. Georgia 10. Tennessee

1983-84 (30-3) Associated Press 1. Texas 2. LATECH 3. Georgia 4. Old Dominion 5. Southern Calif 6. Long Beach St 7. Kansas State 8. LSU 9. Cheyney State 10. Mississippi

1984-85 (29-4) Associated Press 1. Texas 2. Northeast La 3. Long Beach St 4. LATECH 5. Old Dominion 6. Mississippi 7. Ohio State 8. Georgia 9. Penn State 10. Auburn

Final Four at Greensboro, N.C. LA TECH Old Dominion Tennessee UCLA

Final Four at Mt. Pleasant, Mich. LA TECH Old Dominion Tennessee South Carolina

Final Four at Eugene, Ore. LA TECH Tennessee Old Dominion Southern Calif

Final Four at Norfolk, Va. LATECH Cheyney State Maryland Tennessee

Final Four at Norfolk, Va. LATECH Southern Calif Old Dominion Georgia

Final Four at Los Angeles, Calif. LATECH Southern Calif Cheyney State Tennessee

Final Four at Austin, Texas Northeast La Old Dominion Georgia W Kentucky

1985-86 (27-5) Associated Press 1. Texas 2. Georgia 3. So. Calif. 4. LATECH 5. W. Kentucky 6. Virginia 7. Auburn 8. Long Beach St. 9. LSU 10. Rutgers

1986-87 (30-3) Associated Press 1. Texas 2. Auburn 3. LATECH 4. Long Beach St. 5. Rutgers 6. Georgia 7. Tennessee 8. Mississippi 9. Iowa 10. Ohio State

1987-88 (32-2) Associated Press 1. Tennessee 2. Iowa 3. Auburn 4. Texas 5. LATECH 6. Ohio State 7. Long Beach St. 8. Rutgers 9. Maryland 10. Virginia

1988-89 (32-4) Associated Press 1. Tennessee 2. Auburn 3. LATECH 4. Stanford 5. Maryland 6. Texas 7. Long Beach St. 8. Iowa 9. Colorado 10. Georgia

1989-90 (32-1) Associated Press 1. LATECH 2. Stanford 3. Washington 4. Tennessee 5. Nevada-Las Vegas 6. S. F. Austin 7. Georgia 8. Texas 9. Auburn 10. Iowa

1990-91 (18-12) Associated Press 1. Penn State 2. Virginia 3. Georgia 4. Tennessee 5. Purdue 6. Auburn 7. NC State 8. LSU 9. Arkansas 10. W. Kentucky

1991-92 (20-10) Associated Press 1. Virginia 2. Tennessee 3. Stanford 4. S. F. Austin 5. Mississippi 6. Miami (Fla.) 7. Iowa 8. Maryland 9. Penn State 10. SW Mo. St.

USA Today 1. Texas 2. So. Calif. 3. W. Kentucky 4. Georgia 5. Tennessee 6. Mississippi 7. LATECH 8. LSU 9. Auburn 10. Rutgers

USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. LATECH 3. Texas 4. Long Beach St. 5. Rutgers 6. Auburn 7. Iowa 8. Ohio State 9. Georgia

USA Today 1. LATECH 2. Auburn 3. Tennessee 4. Long Beach St. 5. Texas 6. Iowa 7. Virginia 8. Maryland 9. Ohio State 10. Georgia

USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. Auburn 3. Maryland 4. LATECH 5. Stanford 6. Texas 7. Long Beach St. 8. Mississippi 9. Ohio State 10. NC State

USA Today 1. Stanford 2. Auburn 3. Virginia 4. LATECH 5. Tennessee 6. Texas 7. Washington 8. Arkansas 9. S. F. Austin 10. NC State

USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. Virginia 3. Stanford 4. Connecticut 5. Auburn 6. Georgia 7. Lamar 8. Clemson 9. Penn State 10. NC State

USA Today 1. Stanford 2. Virginia 3. W. Kentucky 4. SW Mo. St. 5. Tennessee 6. Mississippi 7. Vanderbilt 8. Maryland 9. Miami (Fla) 10. Iowa

Final Four at Lexington, Ky. Texas Southern Calif. W. Kentucky Tennessee

Final Four at Austin, Texas LA TECH Texas Long Beach St. Tennessee

Final Four at Tacoma, Wash. LA TECH Tennessee Auburn Long Beach St.

Final Four at Tacoma, Wash. LA TECH Tennessee Auburn Maryland

Final Four at Knoxville, Tenn. LA TECH Stanford Virginia Auburn

Final Four at New Orleans, La. Virginia Tennessee Stanford Connecticut

Final Four at Los Angeles, Calif. Stanford W. Kentucky Virginia SW Missouri St.

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS 1992-93 (26-6) Associated Press 1. Vanderbilt 2. Tennessee 3. Ohio State 4. Iowa 5. Texas Tech 6. Stanford 7. Auburn 8. Penn State 9. Virginia 10. Colorado

1993-94 (31-4) Associated Press 1. Tennessee 2. Penn State 3. Connecticut 4. North Carolina 5. Colorado 6. LATECH 7. USC 8. Purdue 9. Texas Tech 10. Virginia

1994-95 (28-5) Associated Press 1. Connecticut 2. Colorado 3. Tennessee 4. Stanford 5. Texas Tech 6. Vanderbilt 7. Penn State 8. LATECH 9. W. Kentucky 10. Virginia

1995-96 (31-2) Associated Press 1. LATECH 2. Connecticut 3. Stanford 4. Tennessee 5. Georgia 6. Old Dominion 7. Iowa 8. Penn State 9. Texas Tech 10. Alabama

1996-97 (31-4) Associated Press 1. Connecticut 2. Old Dominion 3. Stanford 4. North Carolina 5. LATECH 6. Georgia 7. Florida 8. Alabama 9. LA State 10. Tennessee

1997-98 (31-4) Associated Press 1. Tennessee 2. Old Dominion 3. Connecticut 4. LATECH 5. Stanford 6. Texas Tech 7. North Carolina 8. Duke 9. Arizona 10. NC State

1998-99 (30-3) Associated Press 1. Purdue 2. Tennessee 3. LATECH 4. Connecticut 5. Old Dominion 6. Texas Tech 7. Colorado State 8. Notre Dame 9. Rutgers 10. Clemson

USA Today 1. Texas Tech 2. Ohio State 3. Iowa 4. Vanderbilt 5. Tennessee 6. Virginia 7. Stanford 8. LATECH 9. Colorado 10. Auburn

USA Today 1. North Carolina 2. LATECH 3. Purdue 4. Alabama 5. Tennessee 6. Penn State 7. Connecticut 8. Stanford 9. So. California 10. Colorado

USA Today 1. Connecticut 2. Tennessee 3. Stanford 4. Georgia 5. Colorado 6. Virginia 7. Texas Tech 8. Vanderbilt 9. Purdue 10. LATECH

USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. Georgia 3. Connecticut 4. Stanford 5. LATECH 6. Virginia 7. Vanderbilt 8. Auburn 9. Iowa 10. Old Dominion

USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. Old Dominion 3. Stanford 4. Connecticut 5. Notre Dame 6. Florida 7. Georgia 8. LATECH 9. North Carolina 10. G. Washington

USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. LATECH 3. North Carolina 4. NC State 5. Connecticut 6. Old Dominion 7. Arkansas 7. Duke 9. Arizona 10. Texas Tech

USA Today 1. Purdue 2. Tennessee 3. LATECH 4. Connecticut 5. Old Dominion 6. Texas Tech 7. Colorado State 8. Notre Dame 9. Rutgers 10. Clemson

Final Four at Atlanta, Ga. Texas Tech Ohio State Iowa Vanderbilt

Final Four at Richmond, Va. LA TECH North Carolina Purdue Alabama

Final Four at Minneapolis, Minn. Connecticut Stanford Tennessee Georgia

Final Four at Charlotte, N.C. Tennessee Georgia Connecticut Stanford

Final Four at Cincinnati, Ohio Tennessee Old Dominion Notre Dame Stanford

Final Four at Kansas City, Kan. Tennessee LA TECH Arkansas NC State

Final Four at San Jose, Calif. Purdue LATECH Duke Georgia

1999-2000 (31-3) Associated Press 1. Connecticut 2. Tennessee 3. LATECH 4. Georgia 5. Notre Dame 6. Penn State 7. Iowa State 8. Rutgers 9. UC-Santa Barbara 10. Duke

2000-01 (31-5) Associated Press 1. Connecticut 2. Notre Dame 3. Tennessee 4. Georgia 5. Duke 6. LATECH 7. Oklahoma 8. Iowa State 9. Purdue 10. Vamderbilt

2001-2002 (25-5) Associated Press 1. Connecticut 2. Oklahoma 3. Duke 4. Vanderbilt 5. Stanford 6. Tennessee 7. Baylor 8. LATECH 9. Purdue 10. Iowa State

2002-2003 (31-3) Associated Press 1. Connecticut 2. Duke 3. LSU 4. Tennessee 5. Texas 6. LATECH 7. Texas Tech 8. Kansas State 9. Stanford 10. Purdue

2003-2004 (29-3) Associated Press 1. Duke 2. Tennessee 3. Purdue 4. Texas 5. Penn State 6. Connecticut 7. LATECH 8. Kansas State 9. Houston 10. Stanford

2004-2005 (20-10) Associated Press 1. Stanford 2. LSU 3. Tennessee 4. North Carolina 5. Duke 6. Baylor 7. Michigan State 8. Ohio State 9. Rutgers 10. Connecticut

2005-06 (26-5) Associated Press 1. North Carolina 2. Ohio State 3. Maryland 4. Duke 5. LSU 6. Tennessee 7. Oklahoma 8. Connecticut 9. Rutgers 10. Baylor

USA Today 1. Connecticut 2. Tennessee 3. Penn State 4. Rutgers 5. Georgia 6. LATECH 7. Texas Tech 8. Louisiana State 9. Notre Dame 10. Iowa State

USA Today 1. Notre Dame 2. Purdue 3. Connecticut 4. SW Mo. St. 5. Tennessee 6. LATECH 7. Vanderbilt 8. Duke 9. Xavier 10. Oklahoma

USA Today 1. Connecticut 2. Oklahoma 3. Tennessee 4. Duke 5. Vanderbilt 6. South Carolina 7. Old Dominion 8. Stanford 9. Colorado 10. Kansas State

USA Today 1. Connecticut 2. Tennessee 3. Texas 4. Duke 5. LSU 6. Texas Tech 7. Purdue 8. Villanova 9. LA Tech 10. Kansas State

USA Today 1. Connecticut 2. Tennessee 3. LSU 4. Minnesota 5. Duke 6. Penn State 7. Stanford 8. Georgia 9. Purdue 10. Texas

USA Today 1. Baylor 2. Michigan State 3. LSU 4. Tennessee 5. Stanford 6. North Carolina 7. Rutgers 8. Duke 9. Ohio State 10. Connecticut

USA Today 1. Maryland 2. Duke 3. North Carolina 4. LSU 5. Tennessee 6. Connecticut 7. Stanford 8. Oklahoma 9. Rutgers 10. Ohio State

Final Four at Philadelphia, Penn. Connecticut Tennessee Rutgers Penn State

Final Four at Kansas City, Mo. Notre Dame Purdue Connecticut SW Missouri Stat

Final Four at San Antonio, Texas Connecticut Oklahoma Tennessee Duke

Final Four at Atlanta, Ga. Connecticut LSU Tennessee Duke

Final Four at New Orleans, La. Connecticut LSU Tennessee Minnesota

Final Four at Indianapolis, Ind. LSU Tennessee Baylor Michigan State

Final Four at Boston, Mass. Maryland Duke North Carolina LSU

2006-07 (17-13) Associated Press 1. Duke 2. Connecticut 3. North Carolina 4. Tennessee 5. Ohio State 6. Stanford 7. Maryland 8. Arizona State 9. Vanderbilt 10. LSU Final Four at Cleveland, Ohio

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USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. Rutgers 3. North Carolina 4. LSU 5. Connecticut 6. Duke 7. Purdue 8. Arizona State 9. Oklahoma 10. Mississippi Tennessee Rutgers North Carolina LSU

2007-08 (16-15) Associated Press 1. UConn 2. North Carolina 3. Tennessee 4. Stanford 5. Maryland 6. LSU 7. Rutgers 8. Texas A&M 9. Duke 10. Cal Final Four at Tampa, Fla.

USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. Stanford 3. UConn 4. LSU 5. UNC 6. Rutgers 7. Maryland 8. Texas A&M 9. Duke 10. Old Dominion Tennessee Stanford UConn LSU

2008-09 (21-13) Associated Press 1. UConn 2. Stanford 3. Maryland 4. Oklahoma 5. Baylor 6. Duke 7. Louisville 8. Auburn 9. Texas A&M 10. Ohio State Final Four at St. Louis, Mo.

USA Today 1. UConn 2. Louisville 3. Stanford 4. Oklahoma 5. Maryland 6. Baylor 7. Texas A&M 8. Vanderbilt 9. Ohio State 10. California UConn Louisville Oklahoma Stanford

2009-10 (23-9) Associated Press 1. UConn 2. Stanford 3. Tennessee 4. Nebraska 5. Xavier 6. Duke 7. Notre Dame 8. Ohio State 9. Texas A&M 10. West Virginia Final Four at San Antonio, Texas

USA Today 1. UConn 2. Stanford 3. Oklahoma 4. Baylor 5. Xavier 6. Duke 7. Nebraska 8. Tennessee 9. Kentucky 10. Florida State UConn Stanford Oklahoma Baylor


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Game-by-Game vs. AP Top 25 1976-77 (0-2) @ # 2 Delta State 95, NR Louisiana Tech 78 vs. # 18 Texas 94, NR Louisiana Tech 85 1977-78 (1-7) @ # 3 Wayland Bap. 75, NR Louisiana Tech 61 @ # 4 Delta State 67, NR Louisiana Tech 62 @ # 15 S. F. Austin 80, NR Louisiana Tech 67 @ NR Louisiana Tech 74, # 17 S. F. Austin 73 # 5 Delta State 74, @ NR Louisiana Tech 71 @ # 2 LSU 77, # 20 Louisiana Tech 59 vs. # 3 Wayland Bap. 87, # 20 Louisiana Tech 81 vs. # 2 LSU 78, # 20 Louisiana Tech 76 1978-79 (10-3) vs. # 13 Valdosta State 85, # 16 Louisiana Tech 82 # 16 Louisiana Tech 64, vs. # 1 Tennessee 56 # 14 Louisiana Tech 85, @ # 10 UCLA 81 @ # 8 Louisiana Tech 76, # 2 Stephen F. Austin 68 # 4 Louisiana Tech 75, @ # 6 Wayland Baptist 64 @ # 2 Stephen F. Austin 83, # 3 Louisiana Tech 82 @ # 4 Louisiana Tech 89, # 14 Delta State 66 # 4 Louisiana Tech 77, vs. # 3 Texas 74 # 4 Louisiana Tech 72, vs. # 11 Wayland Baptist 59 # 2 Louisiana Tech 100, vs. # 14 Kansas 61 # 2 Louisiana Tech 88, vs. # 18 Northwestern St. 52 # 2 Louisiana Tech 102, vs. # 3 Tennessee 84 vs. # 1 Old Dominion 75, # 2 Louisiana Tech 65 1979-80 (11-5) # 2 Louisiana Tech 92, @ # 20 Oregon 73 @ # 4 Tennessee 73, # 2 Louisiana Tech 71 # 4 Louisiana Tech 73, @ # 15 UNLV 61 # 4 Louisiana Tech 86, vs. # 8 Long Beach St. 82 # 4 Louisiana Tech 89, @ # 7 Rutgers 83 OT # 4 Louisiana Tech 59, vs. # 1 Old Dominion 57 @ # 1 Louisiana Tech 93, # 14 UCLA 77 @ # 1 Louisiana Tech 104, # 7 Maryland 71 @ Stephen F. Austin 75, # 1 Louisiana Tech 71 @ # 3 Louisiana Tech 82, # 4 S. F. Austin 56 @ # 3 Louisiana Tech 74, # 17 UNLV 63 vs. # 5 S. F. Austin 73, # 2 Louisiana Tech 65 @ # 4 Louisiana Tech 81, # 12 Kansas 73 @ # 3 Louisiana Tech 96, # 9 Long Beach St. 70 vs. # 1 Old Dominion 73, # 3 Louisiana Tech 59 vs. # 4 South Carolina 77, # 3 Louisiana Tech 69 1980-81 (14-0) @ # 1 Louisiana Tech 97, # 6 South Carolina 70 @ # 1 Louisiana Tech 77, # 3 Tennessee 53 # 1 Louisiana Tech 75, vs. # 5 Kansas 72 # 1 Louisiana Tech 67, vs. # 3 Rutgers 60 @ # 1 Louisiana Tech 81, # 16 S. F. Austin 57 @ #1 Louisiana Tech 81, # 2 Old Dominion 47 # 1 Louisiana Tech 78, @ # 6 Long Beach St. 73 # 1 Louisiana Tech 99, @ # 4 UCLA 61 # 1 Louisiana Tech 79, @ # 17 S. F. Austin 61 # 1 Louisiana Tech 75, @ # 3 Old Dominion 59 # 1 Louisiana Tech 98, @ # 19 S. F. Austin 67 @ # 1 Louisiana Tech 87, # 10 UCLA 54 # 1 Louisiana Tech 66, vs. # 4 Southern Cal 50 # 1 Louisiana Tech 79, vs. # 2 Tennessee 59 1981-82 (14-1) # 1 Louisiana Tech 97, vs. # 18 S. F. Austin 59 # 1 Louisiana Tech 70, vs. # 15 Kansas 39 # 1 Louisiana Tech 83, vs. # 6 Rutgers 73 # 1 Louisiana Tech 68, vs. # 3 Old Dominion 51 # 1 Louisiana Tech 71, @ # 2 South Carolina 58 # 1 Louisiana Tech 72, @ # 20 Tennessee 64 # 1 Louisiana Tech 69, @ # 17 S. F. Austin 59 @ # 1 Louisiana Tech 74, # 10 Long Beach St. 46 # 1 Louisiana Tech 83, vs. # 16 Georgia 60 @ # 7 Old Dominion 61, # 1 Louisiana Tech 58 # 1 Louisiana Tech 73, @ # 5 Maryland 56 @ # 1 Louisiana Tech 92, # 17 Arizona State 54 @ # 1 Louisiana Tech 82, # 14 Kentucky 60 # 1 Louisiana Tech 69, vs. # 8 Tennessee 46 # 1 Louisiana Tech 76, vs. # 2 Cheyney State 62

1982-83 (12-2) # 1 Southern Cal 64, @ # 2 Louisiana Tech 58 @ # 2 Louisiana Tech 60, # 8 Cheyney State 45 @ # 2 Louisiana Tech 80, # 9 Tennessee 64 # 2 Louisiana Tech 86, vs. # 6 Texas 64 # 2 Louisiana Tech 91, vs. # 7 Long Beach St. 59 @ # 2 Louisiana Tech 69, # 5 Old Dominion 48 @ # 1 Louisiana Tech 94, # 19 South Carolina 54 # 2 Louisiana Tech 58, vs. # 1 Southern Cal 56 # 1 Louisiana Tech 74, @ # 12 Long Beach St. 57 # 1 Louisiana Tech 84, @ # 15 UCLA 59 @ # 1 Louisiana Tech 81, # 14 Auburn 54 @ # 1 Louisiana Tech 72, # 3 Texas 58 # 1 Louisiana Tech 71, @ # 4 Old Dominion 55 vs. # 2 Southern Cal 69, # 1 Louisiana Tech 67 1983-84 (8-2) @ # 2 Louisiana Tech 103, # 7 Kansas 71 @ # 2 Louisiana Tech 82, # 18 W. Kentucky 50 @ # 2 Louisiana Tech 75, # 1 Southern Cal 66 @ # 2 Louisiana Tech 73, # 4 Long Beach St. 57 # 1 Louisiana Tech 81, @ # 12 Tennessee 63 @ # 7 Old Dominion 66, # 1 Louisiana Tech 64 # 1 Louisiana Tech 80, @ # 13 Auburn 68 @ # 2 Louisiana Tech 92, # 8 LSU 67 @ # 2 Louisiana Tech 85, # 1 Texas 60 vs. # 5 Southern Cal 62, # 2 Louisiana Tech 57 1984-85 (9-3) @ # 7 Louisiana Tech 73, # 15 Tennessee 57 @ # 7 Louisiana Tech 97, # 10 Penn State 83 @ # 7 Louisiana Tech 85, # 12 Auburn 65 @ # 6 Louisiana Tech 79, # 4 UL-Monroe 77 (OT) # 6 Louisiana Tech 83, @ # 8 So. Cal 79 (2OT) @ # 3 Long Beach St. 81, # 4 Louisiana Tech 76 @ # 6 Louisiana Tech 76, # 20 Alabama 51 @ # 4 UL-Monroe 80, # 6 Louisiana Tech 67 @ # 6 Louisiana Tech 72, # 3 Old Dominion 63 # 5 Louisiana Tech 88, vs. # 9 Penn State 69 # 4 Louisiana Tech 94, vs. # 20 San Diego St. 64 @ # 2 UL-Monroe 85, # 4 Louisiana Tech 76 1985-86 (4-2) @ # 5 Louisiana Tech 75, # 2 Southern Cal 53 @ # 5 Louisiana Tech 80, # 6 Long Beach St. 68 # 3 Louisiana Tech 59, @ # 14 Tennessee 56 @ # 15 Penn State 72, # 3 Louisiana Tech 68 # 4 Louisiana Tech 71, @ # 8 Long Beach St. 69 vs. # 3 Southern Cal 80, # 4 Louisiana Tech 64 1986-87 (6-3) @ # 2 Louisiana Tech 79, # 9 Georgia 54 @ # 8 Virginia 77, # 2 Louisiana Tech 66 @ # 7 Long Beach St. 99, # 6 Louisiana Tech 95 (OT) @ # 8 Louisiana Tech 75, # 16 Penn State 58 @ # 5 Louisiana Tech 72, # 7 Tennessee 60 # 3 Louisiana Tech 66, vs. # 16 So. Illinois 53 # 3 Louisiana Tech 66, vs. # 9 Iowa 65 # 3 Louisiana Tech 79, @ # 1 Texas 75 vs. # 7 Tennessee 67, # 3 Louisiana Tech 44 1987-88 (8-1) @ # 5 Louisiana Tech 70, # 15 Washington 50 # 5 Louisiana Tech 79, @ # 11 Georgia 59 @ # 4 Louisiana Tech 91, # 19 UNLV 63 # 2 Louisiana Tech 69, @ # 17 S. F. Austin 51 @ # 3 Tennessee 76, # 5 Louisiana Tech 74 # 5 Louisiana Tech 80, vs. # 12 Mississippi 60 # 5 Louisiana Tech 83, @ # 4 Texas 80 (OT) # 5 Louisiana Tech 68, vs. # 1 Tennessee 59 # 5 Louisiana Tech 56, vs. # 3 Auburn 54 1988-89 (7-3) # 6 Louisiana Tech 62, vs. # 5 Iowa 58 vs. # 1 Tennessee 62, # 6 Louisiana Tech 61 (OT) @ # 3 Louisiana Tech 88, # 7 Virginia 66 @ # 3 Louisiana Tech 72, # 2 Georgia 55 # 3 Louisiana Tech 62, @ # 12 Purdue 49 @ # 2 Louisiana Tech 87, # 9 LSU 60 @ # 3 Louisiana Tech 88, # 17 Stephen F. Austin 54 # 3 Tennessee 72, @ # 2 Louisiana Tech 65 @ # 3 Louisiana Tech 85, # 4 Stanford 75 # 2 Auburn 76, vs. # 3 Louisiana Tech 71

1989-90 (8-1) # 2 Louisiana Tech 85, vs. # 10 Iowa 82 # 2 Louisiana Tech 59, vs. # 1 Tennessee 58 @ # 1 Louisiana Tech 89, # 19 DePaul 75 @ # 1 Louisiana Tech 66, # 11 Purdue 50 # 1 Louisiana Tech 69, @ # 9 Stephen F. Austin 56 @ # 1 Louisiana Tech 89, # 20 So. Mississippi 70 #1 Louisiana Tech 91, vs. # 15 Purdue 47 # 1 Louisiana Tech 71, @ # 8 Texas 57 vs. # 9 Auburn 81, # 1 Louisiana Tech 69 1990-91 (1-6) @ # 24 LSU 84, # 5 Louisiana Tech 75 @ # 14 UNLV 84, # 6 Louisiana Tech 77 # 5 Tennessee 77, @ NR Louisiana Tech 74 # 12 LSU 76, @ NR Louisiana Tech 70 # 20 Stephen F. Austin 77, @ NR Louisiana Tech 74 (OT) @ # 21 Iowa 72, NR Louisiana Tech 57 @ NR Louisiana Tech 77, # 23 Lamar 76 1991-92 (2-5) @ # 1 Tennessee 90, # 21 Louisiana Tech 70 vs. # 15 Connecticut 63, # 24 Louisiana Tech 61 # 5 Iowa 61, @ NR Louisiana Tech 57 @ NR Louisiana Tech 69, # 19 Texas Tech 66 @ NR Louisiana Tech 79, # 12 W. Kentucky 66 # 16 W. Kentucky 82, @ NR Louisiana Tech 63 # 16 W. Kentucky 72, @ NR Louisiana Tech 66 (OT) 1992-93 (5-5) @ # 19 Louisiana Tech 93, # 14 Alabama 72 # 10 Louisiana Tech 68, @ # 9 Mississippi 64 (OT) # 1 Tennessee 83, @ # 11 Louisiana Tech 76 @ # 14 Texas Tech 74, # 11 Louisiana Tech 71 # 12 Louisiana Tech 78, @ # 10 S. F. Austin 63 @ # 10 Louisiana Tech 86, # 18 W. Kentucky 77 @ # 17 W. Kentucky 63, # 8 Louisiana Tech 62 # 16 W. Kentucky 81, @ # 11 Louisiana Tech 73 # 14 Louisiana Tech 82, @ # 16 Texas 78 vs. # 1 Vanderbilt 58, # 14 Louisiana Tech 53 1993-94 (7-4) @ # 3 Iowa 70, # 4 Louisiana Tech 66 @ # 6 Louisiana Tech 75, # 25 Okla. State 70 @ # 16 Alabama 99, # 6 Louisiana Tech 77 @ # 1 Tennessee 94, # 10 Louisiana Tech 60 @ # 14 Louisiana Tech 82, # 20 W. Kentucky 50 # 13 Louisiana Tech 87, @ # 23 W. Kentucky 82 (OT) @ # 6 Louisiana Tech 82, # 23 Mississippi 67 # 6 Louisiana Tech 71, vs. # 1 Tennessee 68 # 6 Louisiana Tech 75, vs. # 7 Southern Cal 66 # 6 Louisiana Tech 69, vs. # 16 Alabama 66 vs. # 4 North Carolina 60, # 6 Louisiana Tech 59 1994-95 (3-5) # 1 Tennessee 69, # 3 Louisiana Tech 62 # 4 Louisiana Tech 81, # 8 Washington 47 # 4 Louisiana Tech 77, # 10 Colorado 62 # 1 Tennessee 62, # 3 Louisiana Tech 56 # 9 Western Kentucky 79, # 4 Louisiana Tech 71 # 5 Louisiana Tech 83, # 9 Western Kentucky 72 # 11 Western Kentucky 71, # 4 Louisiana Tech 68 # 10 Virginia 63, # 8 Louisiana Tech 62 1995-96 (4-2) # 4 Louisiana Tech 83, vs. # 1 Connecticut 81 (OT) # 1 Louisiana Tech 65, @ # 11 Colorado 61 @ # 1 Louisiana Tech 90, # 22 DePaul 56 @ # 4 Tennessee 77, # 1 Louisiana Tech 72 # 1 Louisiana Tech 66, vs. # 9 Texas Tech 55 vs. # 5 Georgia 90, # 1 Louisiana Tech 76 1996-97 (7-2) @ # 11 Louisiana Tech 71, # 8 NC State 54 @ # 11 Louisiana Tech 66, # 3 Tennessee 64 # 5 Louisiana Tech 71, vs. # 4 Georgia 69 @ # 6 Louisiana Tech 82, # 18 W. Kentucky 65 @ # 22 W. Kentucky 73, # 4 Louisiana Tech 65 @ # 6 Louisiana Tech 98, # 8 Tennessee 80 # 5 Louisiana Tech 80, @ # 22 W. Kentucky 68 @ # 5 Louisiana Tech 74, # 13 Auburn 48 vs. # 7 Florida 71, # 5 Louisiana Tech 57

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louisiana tech LADY TECHSTERS 1997-98 (8-4) @ # 1 Tennessee 75, # 2 Louisiana Tech 61 # 2 Louisiana Tech 85, vs. # 19 SFA 53 vs. # 2 ODU 88, # 4 Louisiana Tech 65 @ # 4 Louisiana Tech 75, # 10 Arizona 64 @ # 16 WKU 88, # 4 Louisiana Tech 86 @ # 4 Louisiana Tech 84, # 18 W. Kentucky 76 @ # 4 Louisiana Tech 69, # 15 W. Kentucky 68 @ # 4 Louisiana Tech 74, # 14 Clemson 52 # 4 Louisiana Tech 71, vs. # 11 Alabama 57 # 4 Louisiana Tech 72, vs. # 21 Purdue 65 # 4 Louisiana Tech 84, vs. # 10 NC State 65 vs. # 1 Tennessee 93, # 4 Louisiana Tech 75 1998-99 (7-3) # 3 Tennessee 92, @ # 2 Louisiana Tech 73 # 2 Louisiana Tech 89, vs. No 18 Iowa State 60 vs. # 3 Purdue 71, # 4 Louisiana Tech 65 @ # 4 Louisiana Tech 90, # 2 Connecticut 76 # 3 Louisiana Tech 80, @ # 24 Florida Inter. 65 # 3 Louisiana Tech 94, vs. # 23 Florida Inter. 70 @ # 3 Louisiana Tech 79, # 18 Penn State 62 # 3 Louisiana Tech 73, vs. # 21 LSU 52 # 3 Louisiana Tech 88, vs. # 15 UCLA 62 vs. # 1 Purdue 77, # 3 Louisiana Tech 63 1999-2000 (4-2) # 6 Louisiana Tech 69, @ # 2 Tennessee 64 # 4 Louisiana Tech 82, vs. # 5 UCLA 64 @ # 3 Louisiana Tech 94, # 11 Purdue 62 @ # 1 Connecticut 90, # 3 Louisiana Tech 63 # 3 Louisiana Tech 86, vs. # 14 Old Dominion 74 vs. # 6 Penn State 86, # 3 Louisiana Tech 65 2000-01 (3-3) # 8 Louisiana Tech 72, vs. # 13 Virginia 59 # 8 Louisiana Tech 68, @ # 4 Purdue 63 @ # 12 Louisiana Tech 83, # 14 Mississippi State 65 # 2 Tennessee 70, @ # 12 Louisiana Tech 62 # 1 Connecticut 71, @ # 8 Louisiana Tech 55 vs. # 1 Connecticut 67, # 6 Louisiana Tech 48 2001-02 (1-3) @ # 6 Louisiana Tech 81, # 17 Michigan 66 @ # 2 Tennessee 90, # 6 Louisiana Tech 75 vs. # 12 Duke 76, # 6 Louisiana Tech 64 @ # 1 Connecticut 74, # 8 Louisiana Tech 50 2002-03 (2-2) # 16 Louisiana Tech 85, vs. # 7 Texas Tech 76 # 4 Tennessee 60, @ # 10 Louisiana Tech 35 @ # 6 Louisiana Tech 74, # 20 Ohio State 61 vs. # 3 LSU 69, # 6 Louisiana Tech 63 2003-04 (2-2) @ # 3 Tennessee 85, # 10 Louisiana Tech 65 # 12 Louisiana Tech 87, @ # 6 Penn State 84 # 7 Louisiana Tech 81, # 14 Texas Tech 64 # 1 Duke 63, # 7 Louisiana Tech 49 2004-05 (0-2) #9 Tennessee 70, NR Louisiana Tech 59 #15 Temple 66, NR Louisiana Tech 61 2005-06 (1-1) #1 Tennessee 83, NR Louisiana Tech 59 NR Louisiana Tech 84, #24 Ole Miss 71 2006-07 (0-2) #4 Tennessee 71, NR Louisiana Tech 50 #6 LSU 61, NR Louisiana Tech 44 2007-08 (0-2) #1 Tennessee 81, NR Louisiana Tech 60 #8 LSU 76, NR Louisiana Tech 45 2008-09 (0-2) #13 Tennessee 94, NR Louisiana Tech 59 #14 Virginia 68, NR Louisiana Tech 52 2009-10 (0-3) #7 LSU 77, NR Louisiana Tech 74 #8 Baylor 77, NR Louisiana Tech 67 #10 Florida State 75, NR Louisiana Tech 61

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Tech vs. AP Top 25 Teams Overall Record vs. Top 25 teams: 168-94 Overall Record vs. Top 10: 88-72 Overtime Games vs. Top 25: 7-3 Overall Record vs. No. 1: 10-21 Overall Record vs. No. 2: 9-10 Overall Record vs. No. 3: 10-11 Overall Record vs. No. 4: 10-9 Overall Record vs. No. 5: 5-6 Overall Record vs. No. 6: 7-2 Overall Record vs. No. 7: 8-7 Overall Record vs. No. 8: 10-3 Overall Record vs. No. 9: 10-3 Overall Record vs. No. 10: 9-2 Tech Opp Opponent W/L NR 1 Tennessee L NR 1 Tennessee L NR 2 Delta State L NR 3 Wayland Bapt L NR 4 Delta State L NR 4 Tennessee L NR 5 Delta State L NR 5 Tennessee L NR 5 Iowa L NR 6 LSU L NR 7 LSU L NR 8 LSU L NR 8 Baylor L NR 9 Tennessee L NR 10 Florida State L NR 12 LSU L NR 12 W Kentucky W NR 13 Tennessee L NR 14 Virginia L NR 15 S F Austin L NR 15 Temple L NR 16 W Kentucky L NR 16 W Kentucky L NR 17 S F Austin W NR 18 Texas L NR 19 Texas Tech W NR 20 S F Austin L NR 21 Iowa L NR 23 Lamar W NR 24 Ole Miss W (5-23)

Score 83-59 81-60 95-78 75-61 67-62 71-50 74-71 77-74 61-57 61-44 77-74 76-45 77-67 70-59 75-61 76-70 79-66 94-59 68-52 80-67 66-61 82-63 72-66ot 74-73 94-85 69-66 77-74ot 72-57 77-76 84-71

Date Site 12-15-05 A 11-26-07 A 1-19-77 A 11-26-77 H 12-5-77 A 11-28-06 H 2-14-78 H 2-5-91 H 1-13-92 H 12-30-07 A 12-1-09 H 12-16-07 H 12-5-09 A 12-15-04 H 3-20-10 A 2-14-91 A 2-6-92 H 11-23-08 A 12-29-08 A 1-21-78 A 3-20-05 N 3-8-92 A 3-13-92 A 2-11-78 H 3-12-77 N 1-27-92 H 2-19-91 H 2-25-91 A 3-9-91 H 12-20-05 H

Tech Opp Opponent W/L 1 2 Tennessee W 1 2 Old Dominion W 1 2 So Carolina W 1 2 Cheyney St W 1 2 USC L 1 3 Tennessee W 1 3 Rutgers W 1 3 Old Dominion W 1 3 Old Dominion W 1 3 Texas W 1 4 S. F. Austin L 1 4 UCLA W 1 4 USC W 1 4 Old Dominion W 1 4 Tennessee L 1 5 Kansas W 1 5 Maryland W 1 5 Georgia L 1 6 So Carolina W 1 6 Long Bch St W 1 6 Rutgers W 1 7 Maryland W 1 7 Old Dominion L 1 7 Old Dominion L 1 8 Tennessee W 1 8 Texas W 1 9 S F Austin W

Score 79-59 81-47 71-58 76-62 69-67 77-53 67-60 75-59 68-51 72-58 75-71 99-61 66-50 71-55 77-72 75-72 73-56 90-76 97-70 78-73 83-73 104-71 61-58 66-64 69-46 71-57 69-56

Date Site 3-29-81 N 1-22-81 H 1-8-82 A 3-28-82 N 4-3-83 N 12-15-80 H 12-20-80 N 2-20-81 A 12-20-81 N 3-27-83 A 1-21-80 A 1-29-81 A 3-29-81 N 4-1-83 N 1-22-96 A 12-19-80 N 2-1-82 A 3-25-96 N 12-9-80 H 1-28-81 A 12-19-81 N 1-7-80 H 1-29-82 A 2-4-84 A 3-26-82 N 3-24-90 A 1-23-90 A

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Tennessee Tennessee Long Bch St S F Austin Old Dominion USC Texas Long Bch St Kansas Cheyney St LSU Virginia Tennessee Georgia LSU Iowa Kansas S. F. Austin Northwestern W Kentucky Iowa State S F Austin Oregon

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Date Site 3-21-80 N 3-27-87 A 11-20-94 N 1-9-95 H 3-27-99 N 1-2-00 A 2-10-79 A 12-13-88 H 3-31-89 N 2-6-80 H 3-23-80 N 3-25-89 N 3-27-00 N 3-29-87 N 12-10-88 H 3-18-80 N 3-21-87 N 12-21-99 H 12-18-88 A 2-10-86 A 3-25-00 N 2-12-86 A 3-22-99 N 3-19-87 N 2-8-80 H 1-17-89 H 3-14-99 H 3-20-99 N 3-6-99 N 2-9-99 A

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Tech Opp Opponent 8 1 Connecticut 8 1 Connecticut 8 2 S. F. Austin 8 4 Purdue 8 10 Virginia 8 13 Virginia 8 16 Penn State 8 17 W. Kentucky (4-5)

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Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 10 1 Tennessee L 94-60 12-22-93 A 10 3 Tennessee L 85-65 12-7-03 A 10 9 Mississippi W 68-64ot 12-12-92 A 10 18 W. Kentucky W 86-77 2-13-93 H (2-2) Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score 11 1 Tennessee L 83-76 11 3 Tennessee W 66-64 11 8 N. C. State W 71-54 11 14 Texas Tech L 74-71 11 16 W. Kentucky L 81-73 (2-3)

Date Site 12-18-92 H 11-20-96 H 11-19-96 H 12-21-92 A 3-13-93 H

Tech Opp Opponent W/L 12 2 Tennessee L 12 6 Penn State W 12 10 S. F. Austin W 12 14 Mississippi St. W (3-1)

Date Site 12-10-00 H 12-21-03 A 2-2-93 A 12-7-00 H

Score 70-62 87-84 78-63 83-65

Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 13 23 W. Kentucky W 87-82ot 2-26-94 A (1-0) Tech Opp Opponent 14 1 Vanderbilt 14 10 UCLA 14 16 Texas 14 20 W. Kentucky (3-1)

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Score 58-53 85-81 82-78 82-50

Date Site 3-27-93 N 1-12-78 A 3-20-93 A 1-22-94 H

Tech Opp Opponent 15 4 Tennessee (0-1)

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Tech Opp Opponent W/L 16 1 Tennessee W 16 7 Texas Tech W 16 13 Valdosta State L (2-1) Tech Opp Opponent 19 14 Alabama (1-0)

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Tech Opp Opponent W/L 20 2 LSU L 20 2 LSU L 20 3 Wayland Bap. L (0-3)

Score 77-59 78-76 87-81

Date Site 2-25-78 A 3-11-78 N 3-10-78 N

W/L Score L 90-70

Date Site 11-22-91 A

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There’s a lot to look forward to at Louisiana Tech, as university President Dan Reneau knows well. The university is growing with the increased enrollment of students and the construction of new facilities. Under Reneau’s leadership, the university is on track in its long-term Tech 2020 goal, a strategy to ensure the university stays in tune with academic, economic, and research trends in the state, region, and nation. “The transformation of higher education in Louisiana is taking place before our eyes,” Reneau said. “The faculty and staff of Louisiana Tech have chosen to use this transformation as an opportunity to strengthen their institution through a collective and progressive recruitment and retention effort.” The university has continually thrived with Reneau at the helm in a variety of areas, including: * New construction and renovation of buildings. Currently, the first buildings of Tech’s Enterprise Campus are being constructed, and renovations include the expansion of the Maxie Lambright Intramural Center, the Technology Transfer Center and the Visual Arts Center. The $20 million Quest for Excellence initiative was also announced in Summer 2010, and plans are in the works for the construction of a 90,000-plus square-foot multipurpose facility in the south end zone of Joe Aillet Stadium. The new facility will benefit all student athletes and will include a state-of-the-art sports medicine facility, a new strength and conditioning complex and a new academic center. * All-time high average ACT score of entering freshmen. The average ACT score of beginning freshmen increased from 22.5 in the fall of 2004 to 23.5 in the fall of 2009. * Received national accolades. The university was ranked among the nation’s best colleges and universities and moved up to a Tier 3 ranking by U.S. News and World Report’s 2010 Best Colleges publication. In addition, Louisiana Tech achieved the state’s highest ranking among public colleges and universities, according to Washington Monthly’s 2009 College Rankings. * Performance-based Funding. Tech fared better than all Louisiana public universities for performance-based funding. * National bookstore chain comes to campus. Barnes & Noble bought out the bookstore and will offer more book selections with plans to expand in three to five years. * Increased enrollment recognized. In Fall 2009, Louisiana Tech’s total enrollment stood at 11,289 students, which represents an addition of 339 students, an increase of 3.1 percent. Reneau is leaving a lasting legacy with Louisiana Tech, especially with the engineering program. Reneau graduated with his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Tech in 1963 and received his master’s in the same subject in 1964. He received his Ph.D. in 1966 from Clemson University. Reneau became a faculty member at Tech in 1967 as an assistant professor of chemical engineering and made his way up the ladder to associate professor in 1969 and a full professor in 1973. Reneau’s professional experience includes serving as a research engineer for both Esso and Humble oil companies and as a consultant for five other corporations and universities. Reneau also has studied abroad at Johannes Gutenburg University in Mainz, West Germany, as an Alexander-von-Humbolt Stiftung visiting professor and also to England at Cambridge and Bristol universities as a visiting professor. At Tech, Reneau established the biomedical engineering department and was named its head in 1972. The department became the fifth accredited department for its undergraduate curriculum in the United States, and the doctoral program was awarded a commendation of excellence by the Board of Regents. In 1980, Reneau was promoted to vice president for academic affairs, serving as the chief academic officer to some 400 faculty in six colleges and three professional schools with more than 160 different degree programs. During his tenure as vice president, every major program became accredited, and he was also instrumental in

establishing the Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Science. Reneau was selected as the university’s 13th president Feb. 20, 1987, and the public endorsed their new president before the decision was even made. The university paper, The Tech Talk, issued a rare endorsement for the Tech alumnus; the Student Government Association supported his selection through a resolution sent to Baton Rouge; many faculty members circulated a petition for his appointment; and even the Faculty Senate gave Reneau a stamp of approval. When hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Louisiana coast in 2005, under Reneau’s leadership, Tech welcomed hundreds of evacuees and offered them shelter in Caruthers Residence Hall. Tech also opened its doors to students from various universities in New Orleans as well as the Tulane University football team. Tech continues to flourish under Reneau’s leadership. In 2007, the university and its president received a glowing review from a team led by national educational consultant James Fisher. Tech’s graduate programs continue to prosper, as well. A total of ten doctoral degrees are now available at Tech, including a new doctoral program in industrial and organizational psychology that began in 2009. In 2007, Tech produced the first graduate in the world who holds a bachelor’s degree in nanosystems engineering. Last year, Tech reported a record graduate student enrollment with graduate enrollment totaling 2,530, an increase of 9.3 percent. As Tech holds strong to its 2020 goal, progress is echoed by research, such as a study conducted by the Applied Research Technology Corporation of Baton Rouge. The study shows that Louisiana Tech students have an annual statewide spending impact of $145 million and contribute over 56 hours of volunteerism per student, per year. Over the past 10 years, 65 percent of Tech’s graduates have stayed in Louisiana with total earnings of nearly $1 billion. “One of Louisiana Tech’s greatest strengths has always been the quality of its students,” Reneau said. “Their success, both during and after college, will impact not only the future of our university, but also the future of our region and our state. As a campus community, we have a responsibility to do everything we can to continue recruiting, educating and graduating the next generation of Louisiana’s leaders.” Reneau, a native of Woodville, Miss., was born June 11, 1940. He started as a student at Tech in 1959 and met his wife, the former Linda Digby, of Bernice, while a student at Tech. Reneau and his wife have two children, John and Dana, who are both Tech alumni as well. John lives in Las Vegas, and Dana lives in Baton Rouge with her husband, Jim Bernhard, and their two sons, Michael and Ben.

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Bruce Van De Velde was named Louisiana Tech’s athletics director in February of 2010 by Louisiana Tech President Dr. Dan Reneau. “Bruce is well qualified by national standards to fill the position of athletics director at Louisiana Tech,” Reneau said. “I feel that we made an excellent choice in selecting him to lead Tech athletics to national prominence and to serve the needs of our student-athletes.” Van De Velde, who joined the University in June of 2008 as deputy athletics director and chief operating officer, took over full leadership of a department that fields 16 NCAA Division I sanctioned programs, including nine women’s and seven men’s sports, that compete in the highly-competitive Western Athletic Conference. “It is an honor to be named as the director of athletics at Louisiana Tech University,” Van De Velde said. “I look forward to serving our student-athletes, faculty, staff, alumni and fans. Our vision is to build a program to a level where we can be associated with universities that aspire to academic and athletic excellence at the highest level. “This goal is consistent with the vision President Reneau has established for the University which is to become north Louisiana’s premier national research university. In order to accomplish this vision we must engage all of our 80,000 alumni, fans and supporters and ask them for their participation. It takes resources to achieve our goal, and we need every one to support the program.” During his tenure Van De Velde has been instrumental in a number of accomplishments that have helped further the advancement of the University’s athletic department, including: • Developed, negotiated and implemented $6.75 million multi-media and marketing rights agreement with Learfield Communications. Contract more than doubled revenue derived from corporate sponsorships and created state-wide radio network for Louisiana Tech athletics. Negotiated purchase of $1.6 million Daktronics large screen high-definition video board for Joe Aillet Stadium. • Upgraded ticket operations by negotiating new contract with Ticketmaster. Improved customer service, marketing and communication efforts. Developed e-commerce capabilities by implementing on-line ticketing. Established new record for football season ticket sales. Sold allotment of 12,000 Independence Bowl tickets. • Reorganized annual giving program doubling the number of donors and increased total annual contributions to the program by 75 percent. Developed marketing efforts to strengthen outreach and established an agenda for growth. Implemented new giving plan for 1,150 new chair-back seats for football. • Led a national search in January of 2010 to hire head football coach Sonny Dykes from the University of Arizona. Was instrumental in hiring head women’s basketball coach in Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame member Teresa Weatherspoon. • In 2010, the Louisiana Tech athletic department earned the PRISM Award for excellence in athletics management under Van De Velde’s leadership. •Organized a $20 million fund raising campaign for Louisiana Tech athletics “Quest for Excellence.” Oversaw the development of the design of a new $20 million athletic sports complex. Tech has also seen plenty of success on the fields and courts since Van De Velde’s arrival at Tech as the Bulldog football team captured its first bowl victory in more than 30 years with the 2008 Independence Bowl title. The Lady Techster basketball team won the 2009 regular season Western Athletic Conference title and the 2010 WAC Tournament title,

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and the women’s indoor and outdoor track and field teams won both the 2009 and 2010 league titles. The University’s student-athletes have also seen success in the classroom since his arrival on campus as this past year saw eight of the 16 program’s record their highest multi-year APR ever and seven record their highest single-year APR ever. During the 2009-10 season, Tech saw 94 student-athletes earn Academic all-WAC honors for their work in the classrooms while senior sprinter Antoinette Cobb earned the Honda Inspiration Award for her work both on the track and in the classroom while overcoming a battle with cancer. Van De Velde came to Tech with impressive credentials, having served as an administrator in intercollegiate athletics for over 20 years. Van De Velde served as athletics director at Iowa State University and Utah State University and as a senior administrator at the University of Oklahoma, University of Missouri and Kansas State University. Van De Velde’s tenure at Iowa State University included an unprecedented five bowl appearances in six years and the highest national AP football poll ranking (9th) in school history. Iowa State’s 2001 average football attendance of 45,172 reached its highest watermark in 18 years. In 2002 and 2003, total football attendance exceeded 300,000; the most at ISU in two decades. The emergence of the Cyclone football program on a national stage with Van De Velde at the department helm was affirmed in 2002 when Iowa State was chosen to play No. 1 Florida State University in the Eddie Robinson Classic. During Van De Velde’s tenure at Iowa State, the men’s and women’s basketball teams won Big XII conference championships and participated in the 2001, 2002 and 2005 NCAA basketball tournaments. Van De Velde, with a track record for generating revenue, increased the total annual operating revenues for the Cyclone athletic department from $19.6 million to $30 million dollars over a five year period. Revenue generated from fundraising, ticket sales, marketing and corporate sponsorships, licensing, radio and television reached all-time highs during his tenure. In 2005, total fundraising increased from $4.85 million to $8.6 million and the annual giving achieved the highest membership total in its history with more than 5,500 donors participating and a record $4 million dollars in annual contributions. Under Van De Velde’s leadership, over 2,000 new donors joined the National Cyclone Club. Including capital project gifts, scholarship endowments and annual contributions, over $40 million dollars was raised from 2001 through 2005. Iowa State’s graduation rate of 89 percent for student-athletes who complete their eligibility was second in the Big XII Conference,

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and graduation rates for minority student-athletes more than tripled during Van De Velde’s tenure. In 2004-05, Iowa State was one of eight universities nationally to have its football team win a bowl game and have its men and women’s basketball teams participate in the NCAA tournament. The Sporting News in 2001 rated Iowa State as the seventh best athletic program among more than 115 NCAA Division I-A programs nationally. The ranking considered competitive success, graduation rates, fan support and NCAA compliance to determine national rank. During his time as athletic director at Utah State University, Van De Velde made his mark by hiring Stew Morrill as the head men’s basketball coach. Morrill has guided Utah State to nine straight postseason tournaments and is the winningest coach in the history of the Utah State program. While serving as the associate athletic director for football operations under head coach Bill Snyder at Kansas State University, Van De Velde was part of the resurrection of Wildcat football in Manhattan as the program became a national power participating in five bowl games. Van De Velde was recipient of the Admiral U.S. Grant Sharp Award at the 1997 Holiday Bowl for his contributions to the Kansas State football team when the nationally ranked Wildcats finished with a 10-2 record. As the senior associate athletic for external affairs at the University of Oklahoma, Van De Velde served as the senior administrative officer for the athletic department and oversaw the areas of fundraising, marketing, corporate sponsorships, ticket sales, media relations and licensing. Van De Velde managed units that generated in excess of $35 million in annual revenues. Van De Velde directed the Campaign for Sooner Sports, a $100 million dollar capital campaign to fund facility improvements and scholarships. As associate athletic director for development at the University of Missouri, Van De Velde planned and initiated a $50 million dollar capital campaign for facility improvements for the Sports Park at MU. Van De Velde received the General Robert Neiland Award from the National Football Foundation in 2005 for his service and contributions as an athletic director. Throughout his career in college athletics, Van De Velde has served on numerous NCAA committees including the Championships and Competition Cabinet, the Football Issues Committee, the Financial Aid Committee and the Peer Review Committee for NCAA certification. He and his wife Debbie, who is a Kansas State alum and who works in the LA Tech College of Business, are the proud parents of 10-year-old daughter, Ashley who is entering the fourth grade.

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Deputy Athletics Director/ Senior Woman Administrator Deputy Athletics Director and Senior Woman Administrator Mary Kay Hungate returns for her 26th year as a member of the Louisiana Tech athletics department and has proven to be an integral part in the recent emergence of the Tech teams on the playing fields and in the classroom. Not only does Hungate serve as the sports administrator for men’s and women’s basketball, women’s soccer, softball, women’s tennis, women’s bowling and women’s volleyball, but she is also in charge of NCAA compliance for all of the university’s 16 NCAA sanctioned programs.

As one of the top two ranking administrators in the Tech athletics department, Hungate is part of a senior staff that has been instrumental in garnering a number of national awards, including the 2010 Turnkey PRISM Award - which recognizes colleges for managerial excellence across four areas: marketing/branding; fan development; community relations; and customer/client service. The Tech athletics department has also finished in the Top 10 the past two years in the Excellence in Management Cup, which recognizes the most efficient athletic departments in the nation. Hungate serves a vital role in the hiring of coaches. Hungate proved instrumental in the decision by former Tech Kodak All-American and WNBA All-Star Teresa Weatherspoon - who played for Hungate in the late-80s - to return to Louisiana Tech in June of 2008. Weatherspoon was promoted to head coach in February of 2009 where she led the Lady Techsters to the WAC regular season title and a berth in the WNIT. This past season, she led Tech to the 2010 WAC Tournament title and a return to the NCAA Tournament. She also served as the point person in the hiring process of head women’s soccer coach Kevin Sherry and head women’s volleyball coach Matt Sonnichsen. Sherry led the Lady Techster soccer team to two straight winning seasons the past two years - the first in program history - and the program’s first ever WAC victory. In only his second season at the helm, Sonnichsen, who was a three-time All-American and two-time National Champion during his playing days at UCLA, led the Lady Techsters to 15 wins - the most since 2005 - as well as a program record in WAC victories. Another of Hungate’s responsibilities includes overseeing the academic side of the Tech athletics department, another area which has improved drastically as proven by the fact LA Tech’s graduation rate continues to be one of the highest in the state (Federal Graduation Report), including ranking No. 1 in the state of Louisiana and the Western Athletic Conference in recent years. This past year eight of the 16 NCAA sanctioned programs at LA Tech earn their highest multi-year APR score ever while 94 studentathletes earned Academic all-WAC honors. Hungate also plays an important role in LA Tech’s NCAA Certification process. As a member of the Steering Committee and the liaison between the athletic department and the University’s Self Study Committees, she provides the information needed for the committees to write their reports. In 2006, LA Tech completed its second NCAA Certification cycle and once again was certified without conditions. Hungate joined the Louisiana Tech staff in 1985 as an assistant women’s basketball coach and remained in that role for five years. During that time, the Lady Techsters participated in four Final Fours and won the NCAA National Championship in 1988. In 1990, Hungate made a move out of coaching and became assistant athletics director for academics and compliance as well as senior woman administrator. One of Hungate’s early accomplishments as assistant director of athletics was the creation of the Louisiana Tech Athletic Academic Center program. Hungate has served terms on the NCAA Division I Academics/ Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet, the NCAA Division I Interpretations/ Legislative Review Subcommittee, the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators Wade Trophy Selection Committee and as an NCAA Peer Reviewer. She has also served on the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Issues Committee since 2004. She currently serves on the Western Athletic Conference Council, the Conferences’ Legislative Review Committee, the Finance Committee and the Code Book Committee. In addition, along with Athletics Director Bruce Van De Velde, she represents the athletics department as an ex-officio member of the LA Tech Athletics Council. Hungate’s professional career began as Women’s Sports Coordinator and head volleyball, head basketball and head softball coach at Illinois’ Carl Sandburg Junior College. She spent four seasons at the college where she guided the basketball team to a mark of 80-22 which included an 11th place finish in the 1976 NJCAA national tournament. In 1978 Hungate took over the head coaching position at Richwoods High School in Peoria, Ill., and quickly compiled one of the top prep coaching records in the nation. During her seven seasons at Richwoods High School, Hungate’s team ran up an impressive record of 195-13, including a state-record 63 consecutive victories. Hungate was named the National Coach of the Year by USA Today in 1985. Before coming to Louisiana Tech, Hungate amassed a career coaching record of 275-35.

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Eric Buskirk enters his fourth season as the associate athletics director for external affairs at Louisiana Tech University. Buskirk directs fundraising, corporate sponsorships, ticket sales, community relations, licensing, branding, marketing, promotions, video board productions, and the Learfield Sports partnership for Louisiana Tech athletics. Buskirk is a member of the NACMA Board of Directors, and is also an adjunct professor in the College of Business for an advanced level sports management course. Under Buskirk’s direction, Louisiana Tech’s external affairs have seen a wave of new developments, and national recognition for its accomplishments. LA Tech athletics has reached record totals in all three major revenue generating areas including fundraising, season ticket sales and corporate sponsorships. Buskirk’s external team was named the winner of the 2010 PRISM Awards for department excellence, and has been selected as the NCAA Pack the House Challenge winner three years in a row. The revenue generating advancements have been supported by the addition of multiple strategic business processes being installed. The advancements include the creation of LTAC, Team Tech 100 and the LA Tech Kids Club in the fundraising area. Ticketmaster was contracted to implement the full Archtics ticketing package, and a newly formed call center was established to support the tickets sales efforts. Under Buskirk’s first two years leading the external affairs department, corporate sponsorships tripled with a restructured sponsorship sales approach, and advancements will continue as Learfield Sports was contracted to officially operate LA Tech Sports Properties, officially beginning operations for the 2009 season. Additional upgrades include contracting Rickabaugh Graphics as a part of the rebranding of new logos, and the partnership with CBS sports as the official website provider for LA Tech athletics. The external affairs advancements have also made way for a new Daktronics state-of-the-art high definition video display scoreboard for the 2009 season. The HD-16 mm video display board will be the largest in the Western Athletic Conference. Buskirk came to Louisiana Tech after working at UTSA as the assistant athletic director for external affairs. Buskirk oversaw the external affairs areas of fundraising, marketing, corporate sponsorships, ticket sales, merchandising, trademark licensing, branding, website revenue generation, courtesy car program, promotions and spirit squad, along with being the assistant tournament manager for NCAA Championships including the NCAA Final Four. During his time at UTSA, Buskirk was recognized as one of the “Top 40 under 40” Rising Stars by the San Antonio Business Journal. Under his direction, UTSA athletics experienced a dramatic increase in its external components, including more than doubling corporate sponsorship revenue in Buskirk’s first 12 months directing the department. Buskirk was instrumental in negotiating with XOS Technologies to be the official website provider of UTSA athletics while also instituting the UTSA athletics re-branding campaign. Buskirk was heavily involved in the direction of the NCAA Championships that the City of San Antonio hosts. He was the assistant tournament manager and directed marketing efforts for the 2006 NCAA Volleyball Championship, 2006 NCAA Women’s Basketball San Antonio Regional, and the 2007 NCAA Men’s Basketball South Re-

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Other additions to the UTSA external department included partnerships with local media giants Clear Channel, FOX TV, and Time Warner Cable. Buskirk also instituted new creative ticket sales strategies including a telemarketing call center that dramatically increased ticket sale efforts. Prior to his time at UTSA, Buskirk served as the athletics marketing director at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, where he also served as an adjunct professor in the College of Business and Management. The Columbus, Ohio, native served as a market research analyst for the NBA’s Miami Heat before joining the Lynn staff. Buskirk earned his bachelor’s degree in sports management from Ohio State and an MBA in sport management from Florida Atlantic University. During his time at Ohio State, he also worked as a coach for men’s and women’s tennis at Columbus West High School and as assistant men’s basketball coach at St. Charles Prep in Columbus. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Buskirk lettered in football, basketball, tennis and golf at West High School, where he was a teammate of Michael Redd, who starred at Ohio State and now plays for the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks. Away from the office, Buskirk is an avid golfer who is always working to lower his handicap, and enjoys reading books on leadership and motivation. Buskirk’s wife Audrey is the coordinator of marketing and healthy woman advisor for the Northern Louisiana Medical Center.

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Associate Athletics Director/ Media Relations Malcolm Butler begins his 12th year in the Louisiana Tech athletics department, his fourth as the associate athletic director in charge of media relations. A 1994 graduate of the Louisiana Tech journalism department, Butler joined the athletic department in July of 1999 as the assistant athletic media relations director. Butler was then promoted to the director’s position four months later and served in that capacity until the fall of 2007 when he was promoted to associate athletic director. The 40-year-old is in charge of media relations for women’s basketball, softball and men’s golf and also serves as the secondary contact for football while overseeing the daily operations for the entire department. During his time at Louisiana Tech, Butler has been instrumental in promoting numerous high-profile student-athletes such as Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Luke McCown, Minnesota Vikings running back Ryan Moats, and former WNBA Rookie of the Year Cheryl Ford. He has also worked closely with a number of highly-successful head coaches, including 4-time Hall of Famer Leon Barmore, current Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley and current Lady Techster women’s basketball coach Teresa Weatherspoon. Over the course of his tenure, Tech’s media relations department has proven to be one of the best in the state of Louisiana. Over the past nine years, members of the Tech media relations department have won a total of 28 awards at the annual Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) state SID contest -- the second most behind only LSU. During that same period of time, Butler has garnered 22 of those awards which is tied for the most among any state SID with LSU As-

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sociate Athletics Director Michael Bonnette. Butler is part of a senior staff at LA Tech that has been instrumental in garnering a number of national awards, including the 2010 Turnkey PRISM Award - which recognizes colleges for managerial excellence across four areas: marketing/branding; fan development; community relations; and customer/client service. The Tech athletics department has also finished in the Top 10 the past two years in the Excellence in Management Cup, which recognizes the most efficient athletic departments in the nation. He was instrumental in the forming the partnership between Louisiana Tech and CBS College Sports in the fall of 2007 in the redesign and hosting of the athletic departments website, www.latechsports.com. The website has undergone two redesigns since the inaugural release. As part of the agreement with CBS College Sports, a new webstreaming platform - LA Tech All-Access was created - which allows fans from all over the world to watch live streams of almost all of the university’s home athletic events. In 2009-10, LA Tech All-Access streamed more than 100 live events. Butler has served as the host media coordinator for three NCAA Women’s Basketball First- and Second-Round sites hosted by Louisiana Tech (2000, 2001 and 2003) while also serving as the host media coordinator for the 2008 WAC Baseball Championships hosted by Louisiana Tech at J.C. Love Field in Ruston. In addition to his media relations responsibilities, Butler has served as the radio broadcaster for the nationally-prominent Louisiana Tech Lady Techster basketball team for the past 11 years, including the past 10 as the play-by-play announcer. During that time, he has broadcast more than 325 women’s basketball games - including 14 NCAA Tournament games. He has also broadcast in excess of 50 softball games, including four in the 2008 NCAA Tournament, and served as the color commentator on 10 Bulldog football broadcasts. Butler is also the host of Inside Tech Basketball with Teresa Weatherspoon, a 30-minute radio show. Butler implemented a fundraising campaign for his department in the fall of 2007 and over the past four years he has raised over $25,000, which has been used to purchase additional equipment, software, and other essentials. He is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA), United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) and Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).

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Associate Athletics Director/ Chief Financial Officer Marie Pipes will begin her 26th year at Louisiana Tech and her third as associate athletics director - chief financial officer in the athletic department. She is responsible for the day-to-day business operations of the athletic department, including overseeing the individual budgets for 16 varsity sports, monitoring athletic funds of the Louisiana Tech Athletic Foundation, serving as liaison with the university’s business offices and supervising the athletic ticket office. Pipes is part of a senior staff at LA Tech that has been instrumental in garnering a number of national awards, including the 2010

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Turnkey PRISM Award - which recognizes colleges for managerial excellence across four areas: marketing/branding; fan development; community relations; and customer/client service. The Tech athletics department has also finished in the Top 10 the past two years in the Excellence in Management Cup, which recognizes the most efficient athletic departments in the nation. Pipes previously served as the budget manager for the College of Engineering for six years where she had similar. She was also in the College of Liberal Arts as the dean’s assistant handling day-to-day business in the office while working with budget planning for the year. In 2002, she received the Distinctive Professional Performance and Conduct Award from the Institute of Micromanufacturing at Louisiana Tech. Pipes graduated from Louisiana Tech in 1999 with a degree in liberal arts and a minor in speech communication. She also earned her certificate in technical writing in 2007. She is a current member of the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA). She is also actively involved in the American Cancer Society and serves as the co-chair for the Relay for Life Survivor’s Dinner as well as on the Executive Committee for the ACS Relay for Life in Lincoln Parish.

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Assistant Athletics Director/ Marketing and Game Management Leah Beasley enters her sixth year as a member of the Louisiana Tech athletics department staff, including her fifth as the assistant athletics director for marketing and game management. Some of Beasley’s responsibilities include game management supervision, coordinating the booking of many of the halftime activities for Tech home events, serving as the main liaison between the Tech athletics department and the Tech student body and faculty and staff, as well as working closely with many of the coaches for marketing ideas for their programs. During her time at Louisiana Tech, Beasley has proven her merit as she has been directly and indirectly associated with numerous department awards. Since its inception by the NCAA in 2007, Beasley has taken the lead on Louisiana Tech’s participation in the NCAA’s Pack the House Challenge - a marketing promotion geared towards increasing the awareness of women’s basketball across the country. Beasley’s creative marketing campaigns have helped LA Tech earn top spot among the Western Athletic Conference schools for three straight years, making it one of only two programs in the country to win it every time joining Hartford of the America East Conference. Her 2010 NCAA Pack the House marketing campaign of “Cage the Tigers” won the bronze award given out by NACDA for the Best Single Day Attendance Promotion. Beasley has also been a part of a staff at LA Tech that has been instrumental in garnering a number of national awards, including the 2010 Turnkey PRISM Award - which recognizes colleges for managerial excellence across four areas: marketing/branding; fan development; community relations; and customer/client service. The Tech Athletics Department has also finished in the Top 10 the past two years in the Excellence in Management Cup, which recog-

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nizes the most efficient athletic departments in the nation. Beasley also served as the athletic department’s point man for Bulldogs Tackling Breast Cancer, a fundraiser started by Dr. Allison Dooley, wife of former LA Tech AD and head football coach Derek Dooley in 2007. During its three years, this fundraising campaign raised more than $50,000 for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Foundation in northeast Louisiana. She also serves on several campus and conference committees, including the WAC’s Championships Committee and Game Management Committee, and the University’s Marketing Advisory Board, Spirit Squad Committee and Traditions Committee. Beasley lettered for four years at Louisiana Tech as an outfielder on the Lady Techster softball team, earning Academic all-WAC honors every season and earning all-America Scholar Athlete awards two seasons. The Ruston native earned her bachelor’s degree in marketing in May of 2005 and her master’s degree in marketing in August 2006. She is a member of National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWA), National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA), Who’s Who Among Executives and Professional Women and the National Association of Professional Women.

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Skills” seminars for student-athletes, meets with prospective recruits, and serves as faculty advisor for SAAC (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee). SAAC is a pro-active group of student-athletes communicating views or comments on WAC and NCAA rules and governance, which helps to ensure academic and athletic excellence for all student-athletes. Members of SAAC are also active in various community service projects such as hosting an annual Halloween carnival as well as serving as greeters for the annual St. Jude’s Radiothon, participating in the Big Event, and supporting the WAC’s charity of choice. Merritt oversees and reviews the advising process to ensure compliance with both university and NCAA policies and serves as a liaison between faculty and coaches, as well as speaks at “New Faculty Orientation” each fall and during the year to the University Senate. She also meets recruits and their families to describe the college experience and how it will affect the student-athlete. Merritt earned her bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics in 1991 and master’s in speech communication consultancy in 1994 both from Oklahoma State University. She and her husband taught conversational English in Kyoto, Japan, for one year before coming to Louisiana Tech. Outside of work, Merritt is a huge health and fitness buff who loves cycling (road and mountain), running and swimming. In 2002, Merritt and her husband completed the Florida Ironman Triathlon Merritt and her husband Kevin reside in Ruston and have a sixyear old daughter named Maisie and the couple are expecting their second child in December.

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Assistant Athletics Director/Academics Lisa Merritt is now in her fourth year as a member of the Louisiana Tech athletics department staff serving as assistant athletics director for academics. Merritt joined the athletics department after serving for 11 years in the speech department with her husband Kevin where she has taught speech classes while serving as an academic advisor for students majoring in speech communication. Since joining the Tech athletics department, Merritt has teamed up with student success specialist Missy Farrar to help the University’s student-athletes excel in the classroom. This past year, they were instrumental in helping eight of the 16 NCAA sanctioned programs at LA Tech earn their highest multi-year APR score ever while also seeing 94 student-athletes earn Academic all-WAC honors. LA Tech’s student-athlete graduation rate continues to be one of the highest in the state and honors include numerous individual success stories such as sprinter Antoinette Cobb earning the 2010 Honda Inspiration Award and catcher Clint Ewing earning a spot on the 2010 ESPN The Magazine Academic all-American Team. Outfielder Clint Stubbs was named the outstanding speech communication student this past April. Tech’s student-athletes also show incredible diversity when it comes to majors as each of the University’s five colleges and virtually every degree program on campus boast at least one Tech studentathlete. In her current role, Merritt oversees the student-athletes’ academic progress and success while advising them regarding class schedules and degree plans, monitoring eligibility status and providing general academic guidance. Merritt also runs the athletic academic center, provides “Life

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Assistant Athletics Director/ Ticket Operations Zach Williams begins his second year as a member of the Louisiana Tech athletic department after joining the staff in April of 2009 as the assistant athletics director in charge of ticket operations. Williams returned to his alma mater after spending the past three years at Northwestern State where he served as the athletic ticket manager and assistant marketing director. During his first year at LA Tech, Williams led the transition of the ticket office to the Ticketmaster Archtics system, implementing their AccountManager, AccessManager, MailManager, and ticket forwarding programs to improve customer service and increase accessibility to Louisiana Tech athletic events. The improvements paid off as Williams saw an increase in ticket sales in all four revenue generating sports during the 2009-10 season. Williams has also seen the Tech Ticket Office undergo substantial renovations this summer thanks to a generous donation from a LA Tech alum. The renovations include all new furniture, new flooring, new carpet, new paint and new dividers which will only add to the day-to-day dealings with customers. During his inaugural year at Tech, Williams has also been a part of a staff at LA Tech that has been instrumental in garnering a number of national awards, including the 2010 Turnkey PRISM Award - which recognizes colleges for managerial excellence across four areas: marketing/branding; fan development; community relations; and customer/ client service. The Tech Athletics Department has also finished in the Top 10 the

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past two years in the Excellence in Management Cup, which recognizes the most efficient athletic departments in the nation. While at Northwestern State, Williams earned invaluable experience as he oversaw all ticket operations for the Division I athletic department. He created, executed and promoted season ticket drives and renewals for six sports while also hiring, training and supervising all staff members for Demon athletic events. Prior to his time in Natchitoches, Williams spent more than a year as the Wildcat Athletic Association coordinator for the Louisiana College Athletics Department. Williams also spent a year at Georgia Southern, where he assisted in the compliance office. He earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Louisiana Tech in 2004 and his master’s degree in sport management a year later from Georgia Southern. Williams is a native of Woodworth and is married to the former Susan Strain of Alexandria, who is also a 2004 Louisiana Tech graduate. Their first son, Bennett Hardy Williams, was born on March 8, 2010.

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General Manager/ LA Tech Sports Properties Mason Ellenberger serves as general manager for “LA Tech Sports Properties”, the Ruston-based entity designed to oversee all aspects of the 10-year partnership between the University and the collegiate marketer Learfield Sports. At LA Tech, Ellenberger is responsible for spearheading all elements of the relationship between LA Tech and Learfield Sports, which was announced in late July 2008 and includes managing and selling multimedia and sponsorship rights for the Bulldogs and Lady Techsters. Ellenberger is also responsible for all aspects of the LA Tech Sports Network which broadcasts over 250 Louisiana Tech game broadcasts, Daily Shows and Coach’s Shows throughout the year. In Ellenberger’s previous role as the Team Sports Marketing Manager for Alltel Wireless, he led Alltel’s strategic team sports marketing efforts in the United States. He oversaw the national promotions and activation of the sponsorship stable owned by Alltel Wireless in the US including the professional and collegiate sponsorships. During the 2009-10 athletic season, Ellenberger and his team at LA Tech Sports Properties were recognized as the #1 new growth property in the Learfield Sports portfolio. Prior to his years at Alltel, Ellenberger spent the previous thirteen years in strategic sales leadership, sports marketing and public relations roles in the telecommunications and entertainment industries. The Birmingham, Ala. native has served on numerous endowment boards and board of directors for sports and education organizations including Pagnozzi Charities and the Arkansas Aeronautical Education Center. He has been honored by White House Communications Agency for providing critical communications for the President of the Unites States and White House Staff. Ellenberger holds a BBA and MBA in Marketing both of which he graduated Summa cum Laude. Ellenberger is also an Eagle Scout and a long-time supporter of the Boy Scouts of America. He is married to the former Wanda Jackson from Mobile, Ala.,

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In the ever-changing world of college athletics, one of Louisiana Tech’s main constants has been Tommy Sisemore. Sisemore begins his 31st year at Louisiana Tech and his 12th as director of athletic facilities. Some of Sisemore’s varied duties include serving as travel coordinator and business manager for the football team, handling all aspects of team travel, including hotel, food and travel arrangements. Sisemore also handles all the financial expenses incurred in the travel process. Sisemore is part of a administrative staff at LA Tech that has been instrumental in garnering a number of national awards, including the 2010 Turnkey PRISM Award - which recognizes colleges for managerial excellence across four areas: marketing/branding; fan development; community relations; and customer/client service. The Tech athletics department has also finished in the Top 10 the past two years in the Excellence in Management Cup, which recognizes the most efficient athletic departments in the nation. Prior to working in the athletic department, Sisemore spent 17 years working in the Louisiana Tech Physical Plant. Sisemore and his wife Stephanie, who is a Louisiana Tech graduate, are the proud parents of two daughters. Jessica is a Louisiana Tech graduate and currently working on her master’s degree while Anna-Claire is a sophomore at Louisiana Tech.

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Account Executive/LA Tech Sports Properties

Josh Perot serves as account executive for LA Tech Sports Properties, overseeing every aspect of the Bulldogs’ and Lady Techsters’ rights, including certain television rights, radio, corporate hospitality, print sponsorships, event marketing, official athletic Web site advertising and venue signage.

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www.latechsports.com Perot and General Manager Mason Ellenberger joined forces this past year to help make LA Tech Sports Properties the #1 new growth property in the Learfield Sports portfolio. Perot also assists Ellenberger in all facets of LA Tech Sports Properties, including growing the LA Tech Sports Network which broadcasts over 250 games, daily shows and coach’s shows throughout the year. Perot returned to his alma mater from Texas A&M Sports Properties in College Station, where he previously served in an internship capacity while completing his master’s degree in sports management. Prior to joining Learfield, he was a student assistant for Texas A&M Compliance. Additionally, Perot served as a student marketing assistant for Louisiana Tech athletics while finishing his bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2007. In June 2009, Perot married the former Haley Nardini of Alexandria, La., also a graduate from LA Tech. The couple resides in Ruston.

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LTAC Director Adam McGuirt begins his fourth year with the Louisiana Tech athletics family as the Director of the Louisiana Tech Athletic Club (LTAC), working in the Division of University Advancement. At Louisiana Tech, McGuirt is responsible for all areas of athletic development, including donor relations and booster club administration. During his previous three years at LA Tech, McGuirt has been instrumental in helping more than double the number of LTAC members which has resulted in a large increase in private donations. McGuirt also works closely with the Alumni Association in the development and implementation of events for alumni and friends throughout the state of Louisiana and surrounding areas. McGuirt has also been a part of a staff at LA Tech that has been instrumental in garnering a number of national awards, including the 2010 Turnkey PRISM Award - which recognizes colleges for managerial excellence across four areas: marketing/branding; fan development; community relations; and customer/client service. The Tech Athletics Department has also finished in the Top 10 the past two years in the Excellence in Management Cup, which recognizes the most efficient athletic departments in the nation. A native of Shreveport, McGuirt graduated from Louisiana Tech in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. McGuirt is married to April, and they have three daughters, Lily, Sophie and Emily. April works as a customer service representative at First National Bank in Ruston.

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