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. 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. 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, 19992000 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
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.
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missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. However, an exhilarating 77-76 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: 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 quote could be used to describe this season as Leon Barmore led Tech back to the national title game, but not without some rough moments. The highly-touted Techster team stumbled early in the season, losing a tough game at Iowa before being embarrassed at Alabama (99-77) and Tennessee (94-60). However, Barmore righted the ship as Tech cruised through the Sun Belt undefeated before easily winning the SBC Tournament title as well. Tech then proceeded to flex its muscle, winning five straight games in the NCAA Tournament - including revenge wins against both Alabama and Tennessee - to advance to the national title game against North Carolina. With less than one second remaining and Tech leading 59-57, the fourth national title was well within the Techsters grasp. However, a
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