Louisiana Tech Women's Basketball Media Guide

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2010-2011

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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 StatonContributors: Malcolm Butler, Louisiana Tech News Bureau and Media Relations StudentsCovers and Layout: Courtney Pugh of Donnie Bell Design, Inc.Photography: Donny Crowe, Tom Morris, Darrell James, Malcolm Butler, Donald Page, USA Basket-ball

Louisiana TechAthletic Mission

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

Athletic Mission Statement

Embody excellence in everything we do.

Develop student-athletes to maxi-mize their potential in mind, body and spirit.

Bring pride, admiration, and loyalty to the University family, community and state. Win with integrity.

table of contentsMedia Information ...................................................2LA Tech Radio Network ...........................................3Athletics Council ......................................................4Welcome to the Family ...........................................5LA Tech Roster ........................................................50LA Tech Radio/TV Roster .......................................51Outlook ...................................................................52Head Coach Teresa Weatherspoon .......................56Associate Head Coach Daron Park .......................58Assistant Coaches .................................................59Support Staff..........................................................60Lady Techster Players.............................................622009-10 Statistics ..................................................82Season in Review ..................................................83Western Athletic Conference ................................96 All-Time Conference Standings ............................98Lady Techster History .......................................... 103Kodak All-Americans ........................................... 115 Letterwinners ....................................................... 117Conference Players of the Year ........................... 118Honor Roll ............................................................ 119All-Time Uniform Numbers ................................120All-Time Roster by State .....................................121All-Time Scores ....................................................122Year-by-Year Coaching Records ..........................129 Overtime History .................................................129Series Records .....................................................130All-Time Results vs. Opponents .........................1311,000-Point Club ...................................................135Statistical Trends ..................................................137Milestone Victories/Streaks ................................13730-Point Club ........................................................139Individual Game Records ....................................140Individual Single Season Records ......................141Individual Career Leaders ...................................142Single Season Records by Classification...........143Year-by-Year Leaders ............................................145100-Point Games ..................................................146Team Single Season Highs .................................147 Team Single Game Records ................................148Career Double-Doubles .......................................149All-Time Triple-Doubles .......................................149Thomas Assembly Center ...................................150Thomas Assembly Center Records ....................152NCAA Tournament History ..................................153Final Four Results ................................................154Postseason Tournament Scores ..........................155Week-by-Week Top 25 ..........................................156Final Polls .............................................................157Game-by-Game vs. AP Top 25 .............................159Tech vs. AP Top 25 ................................................160Tech President Dan Reneau ................................162Athletics Director Bruce Van De Velde ...............163Athletic Administration .......................................164

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media informationQuick Facts

GeneralName of School: Louisiana TechLocation: Ruston, La.Founded: 1894Enrollment: 11,500Nickname: Lady TechstersColors: Red, BlueArena: Thomas Assembly Center (8,000)Affiliation: Division IConference: Western AthleticPresident: Dr. Dan Reneau (Louisiana Tech, 1963)Athletic Director: Bruce Van De Velde (Iowa State, 1982)SWA: Mary Kay HungateFaculty Rep: Dr. James LiberatosAthletic Department Phone: 318-257-4111

Coaching StaffHead Coach: Teresa Weatherspoon (Louisiana Tech, 2008)Record at School: 32-11 (3rd season)Career Record: SameBasketball Office Phone: 318-257-4111Associate HC: Daron Park (Montana State, 1994)Assistants: Sara Carter (South Alabama, 2004), Ebony Felder (Georgia, 2006)

Team Information2009-10 Record: 23-9, 11-5 WACConference Record/Finish: 11-5, 2ndFinal AP Poll: naFinal Coaches Poll: naStarters Returning/Lost (from 09-10): 3/2Letterwinners Returning/Lost (from 09-10): 8/2Newcomers: 4

HistoryFirst Year of Basketball: 1974-75Overall All-Time Record: 976-204National Titles: 3 (1981 AIAW, 1982 NCAA, 1988 NCAA)Years in NCAA Tournament/Last: 26/2010Last Postseason Opponent: L, Florida State, 1st round, 2010 NCAA

Media RelationsDirector/WBB Contact: Malcolm ButlerOffice Phone: 318-257-3144Cell Phone: 318-614-4513Email: [email protected]: 318-257-3757Press Row: 318-257-3144Address: PO Box 3166, Ruston, La. 71272

Welcome to another exciting season of Lady Techster basketball. The entire media rela-tions 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 basket-ball 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 avail-able 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 soft-ball 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 moreLATeCHPWALSH: football, men’s and women’s cross country, indoor track and outdoor

trackLATeCHSSCHOON: soccer, men’s basketball, tennisLATeCHASTATON: volleyball, baseball, bowlingCoverItLive: 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.

malcolm Butlerassociate aD

media relations

patrick walshassociate Director

steven schoonassistant Director

austin statonassistant Director

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The Ruston Daily LeaderO.K. “Buddy” Davis208 West Park Ave.Ruston, LA 71270Phone: (318) 255-4353 The News-StarEthan Conley411 North 4th St.Monroe, LA 71210Phone: 1-800-259-7788 The Shreveport TimesJimmy WatsonP. O. Box 30222Shreveport, LA 71130-0222Phone: 1-800-462-6436 KNOe-TV (CBS)Aaron DietrichP. O. Box 4067Monroe, LA 71211Phone: (318) 388-8888 KTVe-TV/KARD-TV (NBC)Gene Ponti200 Pavilion RoadWest Monroe, LA 71292Phone: (318) 323-1972

KTAL-TV (NBC)Brandon Dunn3150 North Market St.Shreveport, LA 71107Phone: (318) 629-6000 KSLA-TV (CBS)Colin McElroy1812 FairfieldShreveport, LA 71101Phone: (318) 222-1212 KTBS-TV (ABC)Tim Fletcher312 E. Kings Hwy.Shreveport, LA 71104Phone: (318) 861-5880 KXKZ-FMSean FoxP. O. Box 430Ruston, LA 71273Phone: (318) 255-5000

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 (Rus-ton), 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 serv-ing 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 BasketballInside 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 de-velopments in their respective programs.

The show will feature a half hour segment with Weather-spoon 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 All-Access at www.latechsports.com.

Schedule for Inside Tech Basketball Radio Show

Lady Techster Radio ScheduleDate Opponent Time Station11/13 WBB vs. Prairie View A&M 6 pm KPCH 99.311/16 WBB vs. Western Kentucky 7 pm ESPN 97.711/19 WBB @ UALR 7 pm ESPN 97.711/23 WBB vs. Houston 7 pm ESPN 97.71127 WBB @ Missouri State 2 pm KXKZ 107.512/1 WBB @ Mississippi State 7 pm ESPN 97.712/12 WBB vs. Southern 2 pm ESPN 97.712/15 WBB vs.Arkansas State 7 pm ESPN 97.712/17 WBB @ Tulane 7 pm ESPN 97.712/19 WBB @ LSU 3 pm ESPN 97.7FIU Fun and Sun Classic (Dec. 29 & 30 in Miami, Fla)12/29 WBB vs. Georgia 7 pm ESPN 97.712/30 WBB vs. FIU/Marquette TBA ESPN 97.71/2 WBB vs Southern Mississippi 2 pm ESPN 97.71/6 WBB @ San Jose State 7 pm ESPN 97.71/8 WBB @ Hawaii 11 pm ESPN 97.71/13 WBB @ Fresno State 9 pm ESPN 97.71/20 WBB vs. Utah State 7 pm ESPN 97.71/22 WBB vs. Nevada 7 pm ESPN 97.71/27 WBB @ Idaho 8 pm ESPN 97.71/29 WBB @ Boise State 8 pm ESPN 97.72/5 WBB vs. Fresno State 7 pm ESPN 97.72/7 WBB vs. New Mexico State 7 pm ESPN 97.72/12 WBB @ New Mexico State 8 pm ESPN 97.72/17 WBB vs. Hawaii 7 pm ESPN 97.72/19 WBB vs. San Jose State TBA ESPN 97.72/26 WBB @ Utah State 8 pm ESPN 97.72/27 WBB @ Nevada 9 pm ESPN 97.73/3 WBB vs. Boise State 6 pm ESPN 97.73/5 WBB vs. Idaho 2 pm ESPN 97.73/10-13 WBB @ WAC Tourney- Las Vegas TBA ESPN 97.7

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.


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Administrative Support

Athletics Council

Head Coaches

Dr. James LiberatosChairman

Lisa Cole Steve Davison Bruce Van De Velde Dr. Sean Dwyer

Dr. Marvin GreenAlumni Rep.

Dr. Les Guice Mary Kay Hungate

Dr. Guthrie JarrellAlumni Rep.

Dr. Terry McConathy

Dr. Ken Rea Sam Speed Donna Thomas

Leah BeasleyAssistant A.D./ Marketing

Eric BuskirkAssociate A.D./ External Affairs

Malcolm ButlerAssociate A.D./Media Relations

Mason EllenbergerG.M.-LA Tech

Sports Properties

Missy FarrarStudent Success

Specialist

Bill GrahamSpecial Events

Lori HamiltonAsst. to A.D.

Sandra KaneAssistant Director for Compliance

Linda LewisMedia Relations

Coordinator

Marshall Ticket Operations

Josh McDanielWebmaster/Kid’s Club Director

Adam McGuirtLTAC Director

Lisa MerrittAssistant A.D./Academics

Brenda MiltonWBB Coordinator

Josh PerotAct. Exec.-LA Tech Sports Properties

Dana PettitAccounting Technician

Marie PipesAssociate A.D./

CFO

Renee PuckettMen’s Basketball

Coordinator

Tommy SisemoreDirector of Facilities

Kim TannerFacilities Coordinator

Zach WilliamsAssistant A.D./

Ticket Operations

Sarah DawsonSoftball

Sonny DykesFootball

Shawn JacksonBowling

Jeff ParksGolf

Kerry RuppMen’s Basketball

Wade SimoneauxBaseball

Kevin SherrySoccer

Matt Sonnichsen Volleyball

Gary StanleyTrack & Field

Teresa Weatherspoon

Women’s Basketball

Quintin YrayTennis

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we are louisiana tech universitywelcome 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.”

--TechPresidentDr.DanReneau


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LADY TECHSTER

MYSTIQUE

By the NumBers • 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

976-204Louisiana Tech’s all-time record ranks No. 1 in the history of the game for winning percentage (.827)

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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%)

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

teCh’s AP tOP 25 DOmiNANCe • 589 Total Weeks • 443 Weeks Tech in Top 25 • 371 Weeks Tech in Top 10 • 279 Weeks Tech in Top 5

All-Time by Wins

1. Tennessee 1130

2. Louisiana Tech 976

3. Old Dominion 909

4. Stephen F. Austin 892

5. James Madison 880

All-Time by Percentage

1. Louisiana Tech 976-204 .827

2. Tennessee 1130-253 .817

3. Connecticut 761-178 .810

4. Montana 740-218 .772

5. Texas 848-281 .751

TOP WOMeN’S BASKeTBALL PROGRAMS OF ALL-TIMe


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NCAA SUCCESS

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.

Louisiana Tech has participated in 29 national

postseason tournaments, 13 Final Fours, 8

national championship games and won 3

national titles.

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

NCAA Tournament Games NCAA Tournament Wins

1. Tennessee 127 1. Tennessee 106

2. Connecticut 92 2. Connecticut 77

3. Louisiana Tech 89 3. Louisiana Tech 65

4. Stanford 83 4. Stanford 61

5. Georgia 77 5. Georgia 50

6. Purdue 61 6. Duke 43

7. Vanderbilt 60 7. Purdue 42

7. Duke 60 8. North Carolina 39

7. North Carolina 60 8. LSU 38

10. Multiple Teams 58 10. Vanderbilt 37

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Louisiana Tech is one of only two programs to participate in 13 Final Fours, trailing only Tennessee 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 three programs to earn at least ten No. 1 seeds, and trails only Tennessee and Connecticut in this category.

POstseAsON suCCess – A LOuisiANA teCh trADitiONLouisiana 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).

NCAA TOURNAMeNTS

1. Tennessee 29

2. Georgia 27


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


3. Connecticut 11

4. Stanford 8

5. Old Dominion 6

5. Immaculata 6

5. LSU 6

8. Southern Cal 5

8. Georgia 5

10. Multiple Teams 4

NO. 1 SeeDS

1. Tennessee 20

2. Connecticut 13


4. Duke 7

4. Stanford 7

6. Old Dominion 5

7. Georgia 4

7. Southern Cal 4

7. Texas 4


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goINg To THE bIg DANCE

NATIONAL PUBESPN.com took notice of LA Tech’s return to the NCAA Tournament fol-lowing the Lady Techsters 68-66 win over Fresno State in the finals of the 2010 WAC Tournament.

CeLeBRATION TIMeMembers 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.

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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 pertain-ing 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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A pIpELINE To THE WNbA

MonicaMaxwell(EastChicago,Indiana)

AyanaWalker(Houston,Texas)

AlisaBurras(Chicago,Ill.)

AmandaWilson(Shreveport,La.)

VickieJohnson(Coushatta,La.)

JaniceLawrence(Lucedale,Miss.)

BettyLennox(Independence,Missouri)

TakeishaLewis(Pineville,La.)

AmishaCarter(Oakland,Calif.)

CherylFord(Summerfield,La.)

TrinaFrierson(Vicksburg,Miss.)

TamichaJackson(Dallas,Texas)

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A pIpELINE To THE WNbA

LADy teChsters iN WNBA DrAft2010, Shanavia Dowdell 2nd Round 18th overall Washington Mystics2005, Erica Taylor 2nd Round 19th overall Washington Mystics2004, Amisha Carter 2nd Round 17th overall N. Y. Liberty2004, Trina Frierson 2nd Round 19th overall Seattle Storm2003, Cheryl Ford 1st Round 3rd overall Detroit Shock2002, Ayana Walker 2nd Round 20th overall Detroit Shock2002, Takeisha Lewis 3rd Round 35th overall Seattle Storm2000, Betty Lennox 1st Round 6th overall Minnesota Lynx2000, Tamicha Jackson 1st Round 8th overall Detroit Shock2000, Shaka Massey 4th Round 59th overall Charlotte Sting 1999, Alisa Burras 1st Round* 4th overall Portland Fire1999, Amanda Wilson 4th Round 46th overall Phoenix Mercury1997, Vickie Johnson 2nd Round 12th overall N. Y. Liberty (Elite Draft)1997, Racquel Spurlock 3rd Round 17th overall Houston Comets1997, Debra Williams 3rd Round 23rd overall Charlotte Sting

WNBA ROOKIeS OF THe YeARFormer Techsters Betty Lennox and Cheryl Ford have both earned the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award.

“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.” --- CherylFord,formerTechsterand2003WNBARookieoftheYear

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

DID YOU KNOW?Former Louisiana Tech star Cheryl Ford led the Detroit Shock to three WNBA titles.

IRON WOMANFormer Techster Vickie Johnson retired following the 2009 season after a stellar 13-year WNBA career that saw her play more than 12,000 minutes.


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

Kim Mulkey

Leon Barmore

Janice Lawrence-Braxton

Pam Kelly

Sonja Hogg

Teresa Weatherspoon

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

TeReSA WeATHeRSPOON (Class of 2010 ) lettered for LA Tech in the mid 1980s where she 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.

SONjA HOGG (Class of 2009) was instrumental in starting the LA Tech women’s basketball 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.

PAM KeLLY (Class of 2007) is still considered arguably the greatest player in the history of the 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 lead-ing scorer and rebounder.

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.

LeON BARMORe (Class of 2003) was on the LA Tech coaching staff for 25 years, including the 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 appear-ances and the 1988 national title.

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KODAK ALL-AmeriCANsKodak All-Americans2000, Tamicha Jackson1999, Amanda Wilson1996, Debra Williams, Vickie Johnson1995, Vickie Johnson1990, Venus Lacy1989, Nora Lewis1988, Teresa Weatherspoon1987, Teresa Weatherspoon1985, Pam Gant1984, Janice Lawrence1983, Janice Lawrence1982, Angela Turner, Pam Kelly1981, Pam Kelly1980, Pam Kelly

Kodak All-Americans

1. Tennessee 32

2. Connecticut 21

3. Stanford 17


5. Georgia 12

KODAK CORNeRA 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.

3 WADe TROPHY WINNeRSThis 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 Teresa Weatherspoon

Venus Lacy Nora Lewis

Amanda Wilson Debra WilliamsVickie Johnson

UConn 6LA Tech 3Old Dominion 3Texas 3


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CoNfERENCE DoMINATIoN FROM 35 TeAM TITLeS...

ALL-TIMe CONFeReNCe 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.

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)

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

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...TO 18 CONFeReNCe PLAYeRS OF THe YeAR

shanavia DowDell6-2, Junior, Forward

Calera, Ala.2009 & 2010 WAC Player of the Year

shan moore5-10, Senior, Guard

Minden, La.2007 WAC Player of the Year

tasha williams5-7, Junior, Guard

Kingsland, Ark.2005 WAC Player of the Year

amisha carter6-2, Senior, Forward

Oakland, Calif.2004 WAC Player of the Year

cherYl ForD6-3, Junior/Senior, Center

Summerfield, La.2002 & 2003 WAC Player of the Year

BettY lennox5-8, Senior, GuardIndependence, Mo.

2000 SBC Player of the Year

amanDa wilson6-1, Senior, Forward

Shreveport, La.1998 & 1999 SBC Player of the Year

alisa Burras6-3, Junior, Center

Chicago, Ill.1997 Sun Belt Player of the Year

vickie Johnson5-9, Junior/Senior, Guard

Coushatta, La.1995 & 1996 SBC Player of the Year

pam thomas5-3, Senior, Guard

Shreveport, La.1994 SBC Player of the Year

shantel harDison5-9, Senior, GuardNatchitoches, La.

1992 SBC Player of the Year

venus lacY6-4, Junior/Senior, Center

Chattanooga, Tenn.1989 & 1990 ASC Player of the Year

teresa weatherspoon5-8, Senior, Guard

Pineland, Texas1988 ASC Player of the Year

chris long2006 WAC

Coach of the Year

kurt BuDke2003, 2004 WACCoach of the Year

leon Barmore10-Time Conference

Coach of the Year


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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.

LADY TECHSTERS INA ToTAL of 15 LADY TECHSTERS HAvE CoMpETED foR vARIoUS USA bASkETbALL TEAMS, INCLUDINg AT LEAST oNE pLAYER IN EACH of THE LAST foUR DECADES.

AMY bRoWN1993 US Olympic Festival-South 4-0 / Gold

NICoLE CoLLINS1991 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

kAY koNERzA 1982 US Olympic Festival-North 1-3 / Fourth

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 MULkEY1984 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 SCoTT1983 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 WALkER2001 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

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.

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VeNUS LACY (1996), jANICe LAWReNCe (1984), KIM MULKeY (1984) and TeReSA WeATHeRSPOON (1988) all won Olympic Gold Medals during their USA Basketball playing days.

LADY TeCHSTeRS have led their respective US National Teams to a mark of 155-28 all-time, including a mark of 29-1 in the Olympics.

Kim MulkeyTeresa Weatherspoon Venus Lacy

Amber Obaze Janice Lawrence Ayana Walker


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THoMAS ASSEMbLY CENTERLoUISIANA TECH

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.

ToUgHEST pLACE IN THE CoUNTRYTo pLAY!

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474-45 IN RUSToNtOP 15 CrOWDs Of ALL-time1. 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

8 8,110 02.18.1986 UL-Monroe 82, Tech 74

9. 7,650 03.23.1984 Tech 92, LSU 67

10. 7,633 12.10.2000 Tennessee 70, Tech 62

11. 7,526 02.24.1997 Tech 98, Tennessee 80

12. 7,476 02.10.1995 Tech 83, W. Kentucky 72

13. 7,321 01.07.2001 Connecticut 71, Tech 55

14. 7,240 01.07.1989 Tech 87, LSU 60

15. 7,160 02.14.1989 Tennessee 72, Tech 65

ToUgHEST pLACES To pLAY

CITY (UNIvERSITY) RECoRD pERCENTAgEKnoxville, Tenn. (Tennessee) 477-44 91.57%

Ruston, La. (LA Tech) 474-45 91.32%

Missoula, Mont. (Montana) 450-56 88.93%

Salt Lake City, Utah (Utah) 421-55 88.44%

Austin, Texas (Texas) 459-89 83.76%

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


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gAME DAYTECH

KArL mALONe COurtThanks to the generous donation by Louisiana Tech legend Karl Malo-ne, the Lady Techsters are competing on a new surface. The state-of-the-art Karl Malone Court is a beautiful new hardwood surface that is the same type of playing surface that NBA teams use at their facili-ties.

LOuisiANA teCh miLestONe WiNs iN rustON

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 6003.20.1982, Memorial Gym (Last in arena)

No. 85 TECH 83, Alabama 5612.09.1982, 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 trOOPLed 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 treAtmeNtPrior 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 ZONeLouisiana 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.

BANNersRed, 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 host-ed some of the nations top teams including UCONN, Tennessee, Penn State, Vanderbilt, Arizona, LSU, Mississippi State and more.


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LoCkER RooMLADY TECHSTER

“We recruit some of the top bas-

ketball players in the country,

and we want them to be proud

of their locker room facility.

We’ve done some major renova-

tions 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.”

--HeadCoachTeresaWeatherspoon

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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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WEIgHTRooMkARL MALoNE

Louisiana Tech legend Karl Malone recently funded new

state-of-the-art equip-ment 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 market-ing the university’s athletic programs.

NeW stAte Of the Art equiPmeNt • 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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SpoRTS MEDICINE CENTER

DR. WILLIAM bUNDRICk

Louisiana Tech Athletics can claim

one of the top orthopedic sur-

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.

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


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LIfE AS A It’s amazing what can be

accomplished when no

one cares who receives

the credit.LADY TECHSTER

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 = SuccessAny 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 TECHSTERLADy 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 NECES-SARY To WIN gAMES.


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TERESA WEATHERSpooNHEAD CoACH

- NATIoNAL CHAMpIoN- oLYMpIC goLD MEDALIST- WNbA ALL-STAR- HALL of fAMER

ALL-AmeriCANTeresa 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 meDAListFollowing 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 ChAmPiONIt’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 fAmerAll-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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TERESA WEATHERSpooN

LeON BArmOreLeGeNDARY 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 mALONeFORMeR 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 pas-sion 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 muLKeyFORMeR TeCH ALL-AMeRICAN AND CURReNT BAYLOR HeAD COACH“ I am thrilled Teresa is the head coach of the Lady Techsters. She has the personal-ity 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 thOmAsLeGeNDARY 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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At LOuisiANA teCh yOu Are NOt A NumBer, yOu Are fAmiLy.

LOuisiANA teChranked 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 universi-ty 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, accord-ing 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).

all classes are taught by full professors, not teaching assis-tants.

this is louisiana tech

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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.”

--JamesFisher,nationaleducationalconsultant

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 ses-sions

More opportunities to withdraw or drop a class and still remain TOPS eligible

more than 700 companies worldwide travel to campus each year to recruit louisiana tech graduates


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PrOGrAms PrOviDeD By BArC Tutoring and group help sessions in all subjects

Supplemental instruction from students who have already suc-cessfully 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 per-sonnel. There are a lot of great

people at Louisiana Tech who want to make your col-

lege experience a posi-tive one. You really couldn’t ask for any-thing more.”

–MeghanKriegLadyTechsterSoftball(Kinesiology)

helping put the student into

student-athlete

the BuLLDOG AChievemeNt resOurCe CeNter (BArC) is committed to the success of Louisiana Tech’s student-athletes.

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LISA MeRRITT and MISSY FARRAR team up in the Louisiana Tech athletics academic center to help the University’s student-athletes excel in the classroom and ultimately earn their degrees, something that is the No. 1 goal for the administration and coaches at Tech.

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 medi-cal school.

antoinette cobb

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 opportuni-ties. Louisiana Tech is a unique school in the way the University interacts with the student body.”

–OluAshaoluBulldogBasketball(BusinessAdministration)


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tomorrow«s graduate

LOuisiANA teCh

has seen more than 750 student-athletes earn Academic all-WAC honors since joining the league in 2001, including 94 student-ath-letes in 2009-10.

saw eight of its 16 NCAA sanctioned programs record their high-est 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 student-athlete 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 present-ed by the National Soccer Association of America and Adidas.

today«s freshman is

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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 baccalau-reates at 4.9 years.

boasts the ULS’ highest average freshman ACT scores at 23.5.

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 cov-eted Draddy Trophy -- considered the academic Heisman -- , was the first LA Tech player to ever receive the prestigious accolade.


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quest fOr exCeLLeNCe – Meeting the Needs of Tech’s Student-AthletesThe 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

• New 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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“ Quest for Excellence is a watershed event in the history of our athletics pro-gram and, through the private contributions of our friends and supporters, will put our University shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the most progres-sive and respected programs in the nation.”

--TechPresidentDr.DanReneau

LOuisiANA teCh already ranks among the state and conference leaders in student-athlete grad-uation 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 champion-ships 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 :

• Yankee Stadium

• Busch Stadium

• AT&T Park

• Pepsi Center

• PNC Park

• PETCO Park

• Oriole Park at Camden Yards

• Reliant Stadium

More than $9 million of the projected $20 million was already committed when the press confer-ence 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.

“ This project addresses many of the needs of our student-athletes, enhances recruit-ing and provides a source of pride for our alumni and fans. Our vision is a quest for excellence and a desire, focus and com-mitment to be an institution that values academic and athletic excellence.”

–TechAthleticsDirectorBruceVanDeVelde


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successsuccess breeds

LOuisiANA teCh WAs ONe Of ONLy five sChOOLs iN the COuNtry tO hAve A stuDeNt-AthLete seLeCteD iN the NfL, NBA, WNBA, mLB AND NPf DrAfts DuriNG this PAst yeAr – jOiN-iNG 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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success

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 com-bined 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

It’s a community of Tech students who want the convenience of on-campus living and the privacy and sophistication of high-tech, 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

A pedestrian bridge provides easy, direct access from UP to the heart of campus

welcome to university parkyour home away from home

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tOLLiver hALLa cyber café with plasma TVs, webcams and wireless internet

stuDeNt CeNtera large cafeteria-style area that allows students to choose from a variety of eating establish-ments including Chick-Fil-A and Burger King as well as a cafeteria

LOCAL restAurANtsstudents get plenty of Louisiana flavor as Ruston is full of local restaurants that range from a little Cajun spice to southern down-home 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 CeNtera recreational facility complete with basket-ball courts, racquetball courts, a bowling alley, men’s and women’s weightrooms, an indoor track, saunas, steamrooms and plenty of cardio equipment

more than 11,000

students call the

louisiana tech cam-

pus home during

the year and find

more than enough

to keep them enter-

tained when not

attending classes.

some of the top hot

spots on campus

include:


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student activitieslouisiana tech

reCeNt eNtertAiNers ON CAmPus iNCLuDe:

• The Wallflowers

• Goo Goo Dolls

• Better Than Ezra

• 3 Doors Down

• Three Days Grace

• Puddle of Mudd

• Motion City Soundtrack

• 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, tal-ent shows, theatri-cal and musical productions and more.

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student activities

m.s. CArrOLL NAtAtOriumConstruction has begun on the $12.5 million M.S. Carroll Natatorium begins this summer. The facil-ity 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 bowl-ing 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 Com-mittee of the Commission on Col-leges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

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

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

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

james Davison: Developer of Squire Creek Country Club; Board of Directors for Genesis Energy; former Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for the Univer-sity of Louisiana System

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

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

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

FAITH jeNKINS was the first runner-up in the 2001 Miss Ameri-ca Pageant and now is an attorney at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy in New York.

Former Bulldog basketball All-American KARL MALONe is a two-time NBA MVP and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in August.

prominent alumnilouisiana tech«s

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.

Angela Turner johnson: served as controller for Motown Records and Bellmark Records as well as senior ac-counting manager at Coca Cola.

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

Michael McCallister: President/CEO of Humana Inc.

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

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

Max Watson, jr.: Founder and President of BMC Software, Inc.; Forbes Magazine named him in Top 15 of 200 Best Small Companies

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

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

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

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.

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.

prominent alumni Lionel Alford: Corporate Vice President of the Boeing Company

Milburn Baker, jr.: President of United Gas Pipe Line

George Breazeal: Comptroller of Murphy Oil Corpo-ration and the director of Camp Fire Girls and United Way

john Cordaro: President of Louisiana Power & Light

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 Hu-man 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 Pa-cific Rail Corporation, CEO Illinois Central Railroad, CEO Mid-South Rail Corporation

Patricia Wells Schultz: widely acclaimed for perfor-mances in opera

Charles Spruell: President, Mobil Exploration and Producing, U.S. Inc.


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2010-11 louisiana technumerical roster

No. Name Pos. Height Class/Exp. Hometown (Last School)

2 Brietta Thomas G 5-11 Sr/3L Baton Rouge, La. (University HS)

3 Kiara Young 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 West Monroe, La. (Southern Mississippi)

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 F 6-3 Fr/RS 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)

Coaching StaffHead 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 StaffRadio/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 GuideTavasha (tuh-VAH-shuh) Anderson

Jasmine (JAZZ-men) Bendolph (BEN-dolf)Shantale (SHAN-tell) Bramble-Donaldson

Reina (RAY-nuh) KemptBrietta (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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Brietta Thomas G • 5-11 • Sr/3L

Baton Rouge, La.

Kiara YoungG/F • 5-9 • Jr/2L Rogersville, Ala.

Jelena VucinicG • 5-9 • Fr/HS

Nelson, New Zealand

Reina KemptF • 5-11 • So/1L

Baton Rouge, La.

Shantale Bramble-DonaldsonF • 6-1 • Jr/TR

Bronx, NY

Kassietta BrownG • 5-9 • So/TR

West Monroe, La.

Tarkeisha Wysinger-Mackey

G/F • 5-7 • Sr/3L Many, La.

Martina HollowayG • 5-5 • Sr/1L

Albuquerque, N.M.

Angie FeltonG • 5-10 • Jr/TR Leesburg, Fla.

Whitney Jones G • 5-7 • Sr/3L

West Monroe, La.

Tavasha AndersonF • 6-3 • Fr/RS

Grenada, Miss.

Jasmine BendolphG • 5-7 • Jr/2L Mobile, Ala.

Adrienne JohnsonF • 6-0 • Sr/3L Franklin, La.

Teresa Weatherspoon

Head Coach

Daron ParkAssociate Head Coach

Sara CarterAssistant Coach

Ebony FelderAssistant Coach

Nicholas LoveDirector 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 all-around 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,” Weather-spoon said. “Our style of basketball will change from that traditional inside-out-side 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 ques-tion 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 tradi-tion 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. “Hope-fully, 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 catego-ries. 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 Shana-

via Dowdell” won’t be determined until March.

However, one thing is for sure. This reality show will be one that Lady Tech-ster 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 bas-ketball, 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 cam-paign, 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 every-one 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 postsea-son. During the Lady Techsters run to the WAC Tournament title (and eventu-ally 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 dif-ferent 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 quick-ness, 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 hon-ors 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 Whit-ney 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 three-point 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 prob-ably our best defender. She has come back ready to take on the responsibility of scoring for us and being our defen-sive stopper.”

Jones is an explosive scorer at times as proven by her 31-point out-burst against Utah State as a sopho-more. 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, in-cluding 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,” Weather-spoon said. “She does basically every-thing for us. We are asking a lot of her to play multiple positions, but she is ca-pable of doing it because of her versatil-ity. She can get down in the paint and

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 Tourna-ment 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 perim-eter this season.

“Kiara is going to be a tremendous surprise to a lot of people,” Weather-spoon said. “We played her out of posi-tion last year and she took on that chal-lenge. 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 sec-ond 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 na-tional teams. During her time at Waimea College (high school in New Zealand), Vucinic was named team MVP four straight years while helping the pro-gram 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 aver-aged 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 Mar-shall 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 bas-ket, 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 versatil-ity, she will really be able to put other teams at a disadvantage.”

Johnson, who eclipsed the 1,000-point plateau last season, aver-aged 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 An-derson 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-the-basket 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 de-fend the painted area. She blocks shots so well. I think last year was a great learning experience for her.”

Anderson was a McDonald’s All-American nominee at Grenada High School in Mississippi where she aver-aged 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,” Weath-erspoon 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 for-ward should see significant action for Tech immediately.

“Shantale is just an incredible athlete,” Weatherspoon said. “You can play her anywhere. To have her along-side 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 per-cent 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 legend-ary players in women’s basketball and one of the rising young stars in the coaching

business in head coach Teresa Weather-

spoon.Weather-

spoon, who was inducted into the Women’s Basket-ball 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 Tech-sters 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 2009-10 - her first full year as the head coach - as well as the 2010 Western Athletic Conference Tournament title and the programs 26th ap-pearance 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-

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

YearAnd 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 confer-ence 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 Con-ference regular sea-

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son title and a postseason appearance.She won her first eight games after be-

ing named interim head coach, an accom-plishment that even two of her Hall of Fame predecessors Leon Barmore and Sonja Hogg couldn’t match in their first years.

The win streak propelled Tech from fifth place to first place in only a three week span as the Lady Techsters claimed a share of the 2009 WAC regular season title.

And although the winning streak was eventually snapped by a 91-88 overtime loss to Nevada in the semifinals of the 2009 WAC Tournament, Tech still earned a postseason berth in the WNIT where it dismantled Con-ference USA champion SMU before falling to Illinois State in the second round.

The combination of Weatherspoon’s success on the sideline, legendary status as a player in the Columbia blue uniform in the

1980s, and reputation as one of the WNBA’s all-time greatest play-

ers, made the decision an easy one for Tech administrators.

Weatherspoon an-nounced her decision to return to LA Tech as the associate head coach during an emotional speech at the annual Lady Techster Basket-ball Appreciation Banquet April 11, 2008 in news that

energized the fan base.One year later,

the Pineland, Texas native takes over the

reigns of the second winningest pro-

gram in the history of the game.Weatherspoon was hired as the associ-

ate 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, Weath-erspoon 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 All-American (1987, 1988) and won the presti-gious 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 re-

tired as the winningest coach (percentage-wise) in the history of the game.

“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 Cham-pionships, 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 spend-ing 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 ev-eryone 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 (All-American, 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 basket-ball in the local community. I am anx-ious to continue to help Coach Weath-erspoon 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 Champi-onship, 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 leg-endary Utah coach Elaine Elliott from 2004 through 2007 as the Utes won two Mountain West Conference champion-ships 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 experi-ence 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-con-ference recipients and eight Academic All-Americans. Park began his college coaching career as an assistant at West-minster 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).

DARON parkASSOCIATE HEAD COACH

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SARA 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. Every-thing 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 Tech-sters 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 turn-over 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 com-ponents 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.

EbONy FelDer Assistant Coach

Ebony Felder knew what it took to be successful in col-lege basketball after lettering at the University of Georgia, where she helped lead the program to three NCAA Tourna-ment appearances.

Felder took that knowledge and work ethic to a program in Louisiana Tech that is just as steeped in NCAA Tournament success, boasting an incredible 26 appearances.

As Felder begins her fourth year with the Lady Techsters -- her second as a full-time assistant -- she is the perfect complement to head coach Teresa Weatherspoon’s staff.

“Ebony is a young lady who fights for perfection,” Weath-erspoon said. “She always wants to learn more. She doesn’t want anyone else to do a better job than her. She’s a perfec-tionist. I like that. She’s a go-getter.

“She might not be as experienced as some coaches in this game, but she understands the game of basketball and she knows where she wants to go. She’s always on the same page as me and that’s important.”

After being promoted to an assistant coach prior to last season, Felder helped the Lady Techsters return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006. Along the way, she worked side-by-side with associate head coach Daron Park and the LA Tech post players led by two-time WAC Player of the Year Shanavia Dowdell.

Felder is responsible for assisting Weatherspoon in specified administrative duties, directing summer basket-ball camps, coordinating freshmen and overall player affairs (housing), coordinating community service/relations projects for women’s basketball program, coordinating recruiting as

specified by head coach, assisting with post player development, and assisting with scouting and game preparation during season.

During her playing days at Georgia, Felder helped lead Andy Landers and Co. to NCAA Tourna-ment appearances in 2002, 2003 and 2004.

Felder, a second generation Parade All-Amer-ican in women’s basketball - her mother Pam McDonald Felder was named to the first ever team in 1977 - , averaged 7.4 points and 5.2 rebounds during her career despite chronic knee problems.

The Jackson, Miss., native was named to the 2002 All-SEC Freshman team by league coaches after finishing as one of the league’s top rebounders in her rookie season.

Felder was named first team All-American by the Wom-en’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) during her senior year at Murrah High School.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Geor-gia in 2006 and her master’s degree in English from Louisiana Tech in 2009.


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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

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 Uni-versal 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.

Malcolm Butler begins his 12th year in the Louisiana Tech athlet-ics 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 bas-ketball, softball and men’s golf and also serves as the secondary con-tact 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 instru-mental 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-nizes the most efficient athletic departments in the nation.

He was instrumental in the form-ing the partnership between Louisiana Tech and CBS College Sports in the fall of 2007 in the redesign and host-ing of the athletic departments web-site, www.latechsports.com.

As part of the agreement with CBS College Sports, a new web-streaming 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 bas-ketball 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 num-ber 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).

MAlcOlM Butler Associate AD/Media Relations

NichOlAS love Director of Basketball Operations

bRENDA milton Office Coordinator

Brenda Milton returns for her 12th year in the Louisiana Tech Ath-letic 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 Spe-cialist Bryan Milton. The couple has three sons, Brandon, Josh, and Jared, all are graduates of Louisiana Tech.

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DR. billy 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 foot-ball player, decided to transfer from Texas A&M to Louisiana Tech. He earned three letters in football at Tech, including co-captaining the 1959 team to a 9-1 record.

Following the 1959 season, Bundrick made the deci-sion 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 reputa-tion 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-

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, car-diovascular 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 medi-cine 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 pio-neer 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.

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 undergradu-ate 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 pro-gram 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.

MichElE DummettAssistant Athletic Trainer

Michele Dummett begins her fifth year as an assistant athletic trainer at Louisiana Tech.

Dummett’s main responsibil-ities 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, Dum-mett worked with football, women’s swimming and diving along with women’s cross coun-try/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 Willis-Knighton 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 As-sociation (LATA). She is licensed as an Athletic Trainer by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.


62Adrienne Johnson

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Adrienne Johnson6-0 • sr • F • 3l • Franklin, la. (Franklin hs)

Johnson’s career stats

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 Play-er 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 per-centage, No. 6 in free throw percentage ...

2008-09: Named first team all-WAC ... Named to the WAC all-De-fensive Team ... Named WAC Player of the Week (Dec. 29) ... Named LSWA Player of the Week (Feb. 24) ... Named Business Technol-ogy 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 semi-finals 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 sopho-more, junior and senior and honorable mention as

a freshman ... Named the Class 3A state tourna-ment MVP as a junior ... Named first team all-Acadiana 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 sis-ters, Cherazar and Quovodas DeLaune ... Born Jan. 18, 1989, in La-fayette.

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Year g/gs min/avg Fg-Fga/pct 3m-3a/pct Ft-Fta/pct reb/avg ast Blks st tp/avg07-08 31/3 650/21.0 105-254/.413 8-23/.348 25-35/.714 163/5.3 23 30 23 243/7.808-09 34/34 1122/33.0 211-454/.465 2-17/.118 103-143/.720 243/7.1 26 46 59 527/15.509-10 32/32 1057/33.0 189-395/.478 2-7/.286 133-175/.760 229/7.2 63 51 42 513/16.0totals 97/69 2829/29.2 505-1103/.458 12-47/.255 261-353/.739 635/6.6 112 127 124 1283/13.2


64Whitney Jones

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Whitney Jones5-7 • sr • g • 3l • west monroe, la. (Baylor)

Jones’s career stats

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 dur-ing the year while seeing action in 31 con-tests ... 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 as-sists, 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 three-point field goal percentage and No. 17 in scoring ...

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 20-plus 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 Rank-ings: 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 fresh-man 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 re-ceive 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.

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Year g/gs min/avg Fg-Fga/pct 3m-3a/pct Ft-Fta/pct reb/avg ast to st tp/avg07-08 7/7 205/29.3 25-77/.325 6-16/.375 18-33/.545 28/4.0 12 18 15 74/10.6 08-09 34/34 1110/32.6 172-431/.399 38-113/.336 71-105/.676 165/4.9 86 82 51 453/13.309-10 31/30 893/28.8 107-298/.359 40-128/.313 65-86/.756 107/3.5 41 59 35 319/10.3totals 72/71 2208/30.7 304-806/.377 84-257/.327 154-224/.688 300/4.2 139 159 101 846/11.8


66brietta thomas

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brietta thomas5-10 • sr • g • 3l • Baton rouge, la. (university hs)

thomas’s career stats

2009-10: Named the LA Tech Sports Net-work 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 ...

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 sopho-

more and junior ... Named all-state honorable mention as a junior ... Led Univer-sity 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 ... Aver-aged 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 Jor-

rell (twins), and Khalil ... Born March 1, 1990, in Baton Rouge, La.

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Year g/gs min/avg Fg-Fga/pct 3m-3a/pct Ft-Fta/pct reb/avg ast to st tp/avg07-08 15/0 42/2.8 2-15/.133 2-9/.222 1-2/.500 6/0.4 0 3 1 7/0.5 08-09 32/0 440/13.8 50-143/.350 20-64/.313 14-19/.737 74/2.3 22 29 14 134/4.2 09-10 31/4 491/15.8 68-169/.402 22-63/.349 20-26/.769 88/2.8 31 31 24 178/5.7totals 78/4 973/12.5 120-327/.367 42-136/.309 35-47/.745 168/2.2 53 63 39 319/4.1


68 Tarkeisha wysinger-mackey

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Tarkeisha wysinger-mackey5-8 • sr • g • 3l • many, la. (many hs)

wysinger-mackey’s career stats

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 dur-ing the year ... Scored a career-high 25

points in an overtime loss to NCAA Tournament participant Fresno State ... Scored 13 points and grabbed seven re-bounds 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 Tourna-ment ...

2008-09: Named preseason second team all-WAC ... 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 per-cent (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 Tourna-ment 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 re-bounds 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 sopho-more 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 broth-er, Mack ... Sinnissia lettered four years at Ole Miss ... Married Derian Mackey on Oct. 2, 2010 … Born May 7, 1989, in Shreveport, La.

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Year g/gs min/avg Fg-Fga/pct 3m-3a/pct Ft-Fta/pct reb/avg ast to st tp/avg07-08 31/22 821/26.5 89-261/.341 4-23/.174 96-132/.727 175/5.6 65 83 67 278/9.0 08-09 18/0 240/13.3 23-66/.348 2-6/.333 29-48/.604 51/2.8 15 22 16 77/4.3 09-10 29/5 645/22.2 77-188/.410 3-22/.136 79-139/.568 132/4.6 38 72 39 236/8.1totals 77/27 1706/22.2 189-515/.367 9-51/.178 204-319/.639 358/4.6 118 177 122 591/7.7


70Martina holloway

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Martina holloway5-5 • sr • g • 1l • albuquerque, n.m. (college of southern idaho)

holloway’s career stats

2009-10: Named the LA Tech Sports Net-work 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 career-high 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 ...

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

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 all-metro, 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.

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Year g/gs min/avg Fg-Fga/pct 3m-3a/pct Ft-Fta/pct reb/avg ast to st tp/avg09-10 30/0 413/13.8 17-43/.395 12-33/.364 9-17/.529 33/1.1 66 42 12 55/1.8totals 30/0 413/13.8 17-43/.395 12-33/.364 9-17/.529 33/1.1 66 42 12 55/1.8


72Jasmine Bendolph

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Jasmine Bendolph5-7 • Jr • g • 2l • mobile, ala. (Davidson hs)

Bendolph’s career stats

2009-10: Named the LA Tech Sports Net-work 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 regu-lation, in an overtime win over Idaho ... Scored 14 points and recorded a career-high eight assists in a road win at CUSA foe Southern Mis-sissippi ... 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 ...

2008-09: Named the Business Technology Group Player of the Game (LA Tech Radio Network) one time ... Saw ac-tion 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 91-88 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 Da-vidson 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 All-American team ... Named Mobile Press Player of the Year as junior ... Mobile Press Top 5 player for three years ... Named all-state tourna-ment team as a freshman and sophomore ... Named first team all-

state 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 all-American 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 Ben-dolph ... Daughter of Jacquelyn Bendolph ... Has two sisters, Julisa and Jessica ... Born Jan. 10,

1990, in Mobile, Ala.

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Year g/gs min/avg Fg-Fga/pct 3m-3a/pct Ft-Fta/pct reb/avg ast to st tp/avg08-09 30/6 496/16.5 41-134/.306 6-20/.300 24-35/.686 61/2.0 74 58 16 112/3.7 09-10 32/32 858/26.8 83-210/.395 21-53/.396 64-74/.865 98/3.1 123 85 16 251/7.8totals 62/38 1354/21.8 124-344/.360 27-73/.370 88-109/.807 159/2.6 197 143 32 363/5.9


74Kiara Young

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Kiara Young5-9 • Jr • g • 2l • rogersville, ala. (lauderdale county hs)

Young’s career stats

2009-10: Saw action in 30 games during the season ... Averaged 3.0 points, 3.3 re-bounds and 0.7 assists per game ... Shot 38 percent from the field, 22 percent (5-22) from the three-point line and 44 per-cent 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 career-high three assists against Centenary ... Scored nine points in a come-from-behind win over Southern Mississippi ... Also scored seven point on four different occa-sions -- all wins ...

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 Col-legiate Girls Basketball Report (prior to senior season) ... Played AAU for the North

Alabama Twisters ... Helped lead the team to the open division national cham-pionship 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.

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Year g/gs min/avg Fg-Fga/pct 3m-3a/pct Ft-Fta/pct reb/avg ast to st tp/avg08-09 23/0 165/7.2 16-46/.348 2-8/.250 6-17/.353 53/2.3 3 5 9 40/1.7 09-10 30/0 375/12.5 38-99/.384 5-23/.217 10-23/.435 98/3.3 19 22 8 91/3.0totals 53/0 540/10.2 54-145/.372 7-31/.225 16-40/.400 151/2.8 22 27 17 131/2.5


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Shantale Bramble-Donaldson6-1 • Jr • F • tr • Bronx, n.Y. (indian river state college)

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Junior College: Lettered for coach Da-vid 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 Confer-ence Player of the Year as a sophomore ... Named first team all-Southern Confer-ence 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 ...

High School: Lettered four years for Coach Jaywana Bradley at Manhattan Cen-ter 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 Ath-letic 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 Thel-ma 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 Felton5-8 • Jr • g • tr • leesburg, Fla. (gulf coast community college)

gulf Coast: Lettered for two years for coach Roonie Scovel at Gulf Coast Com-munity College ... Helped lead Florida Gulf Coast to a 32-1 mark and the 2010 NJ-CAA 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 per-cent from the three-point line and 70 percent from the free throw line as a fresh-man ...

High School: Lettered two years for Coach Mark Q. Oates and the Leesburg Yel-low 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 kempt5-11 • 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 ...

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.

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kempt’s career statsYear g/gs min/avg Fg-Fga/pct 3m-3a/pct Ft-Fta/pct reb/avg ast to st tp/avg09-10 8/0 35/4.4 1-8/.125 0-1/.000 5-13/.385 3/0.4 1 2 2 7/0.9totals 8/0 35/4.4 1-8/.125 0-1/.000 5-13/.385 3/0.4 1 2 2 7/0.9

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Kassietta Brown5-8 • so • g • tr • west monroe, la. (southern mississippi)

Southern Miss: Saw action in 27 games off the bench for the Golden Eagles ... Av-eraged 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

eight-point loss to Louisiana Tech ...

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 Champion-ships ...

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

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Tavasha anderson6-3 • 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 All-American 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 ...

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 vucinic5-8 • 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 com-peted in the Nelson Women’s A Grade ... Helped lead the program to the 2008 and 2009 South Island Premiership Champion-ship titles ... Was named team captain in 2008-2009 ... Named team MVP for four straight years ... Was a national tourna-

ment 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 Cap-tain 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 excel-lence in sports and the 2007 Glue Family Cup for greatest achievement in sports ...

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 tour-nament) ...

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 statisticsRecord Overall Home Away NeutralAll Games (23-9) (9-4) (10-4) (4-1)Conference (11-5) (6-2) (5-3) (0-0)Non-Conference (12-4) (3-2) (5-1) (4-1)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |---F-THROW---| |----REBOUNDS----|# Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-A/Pct 3FG-A/Pct FT-A/Pct O-D-Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg42 Dowdell, Shanavia 32-32 1116-34.9 235-446/.527 4-16/.250 101-153/.660 119-279-398 12.4 85 1 40 80 39 30 575 18.033 Johnson, Adrienne 32-32 1057-33.0 189-395/.478 2-7/.286 133-175/.760 90-139-229 7.2 85 3 63 96 51 42 513 16.023 Jones, Whitney 31-30 893-28.8 107-298/.359 40-128/.313 65-86/.756 29-78-107 3.5 65 0 41 59 3 35 319 10.314 Wysinger, Tarkeisha 29-5 645-22.2 77-188/.410 3-22/.136 79-139/.568 63-69-132 4.6 59 1 38 72 9 39 236 8.132 Bendolph, Jasmine 32-32 858-26.8 83-210/.395 21-53/.396 64-74/.865 25-73-98 3.1 44 1 123 85 1 16 251 7.802 Thomas, Brietta 31-4 491-15.8 68-169/.402 22-63/.349 20-26/.769 19-69-88 2.8 42 0 31 31 12 24 178 5.722 Pringle, Tiawana 28-25 567-20.3 48-144/.333 15-60/.250 27-40/.675 17-46-63 2.3 64 3 41 49 1 17 138 4.903 Young, Kiara 30-0 375-12.5 38-99/.384 5-23/.217 10-23/.435 34-64-98 3.3 49 1 19 22 2 8 91 3.021 Holloway, Martina 30-0 413-13.8 17-43/.395 12-33/.364 9-17/.529 3-30-33 1.1 22 0 66 42 1 12 55 1.810 Kempt, Reina 8-0 35-4.4 1-8/.125 0-1/.000 5-13/.385 0-3-3 0.4 5 0 1 2 1 2 7 0.9 TEAM 76-93-169 1 8 Total 32 6450 863-2000/.432 124-406/.305 513-746/.688 475-943-1418 44.3 521 10 463 546 120 225 2363 73.8 Opponents 32 6450 766-2049/.374 152-554/.274 385-584/.659 445-785-1230 38.4 631 25 346 558 134 262 2069 64.7

DATe OPPONeNT SCORe ATT. 11/13/09 CENTENARY W 88-41 1015 11/20/09 at Nicholls State W 90-50 204 11/24/09 at Arkansas State W 71-59 1181 12/01/09 #7 LSU L 74-77 4924 12/05/09 at #8 Baylor L 67-77 6582 12.09/09 at Western Kentucky W 63-52 1332 12/12/09 MISSISSIPPI STATE L 68-72 1930 12/16/09 MCNEESE STATE W 94-61 1862 12/22/09 MEMPHIS STATE W 86-76 2431 12/29/09 vs. SFA W 65-61 812 12/30/09 at UTSA W 82-72 804 1/03/10 at Southern Miss W 76-68 1519* 1/06/10 UTAH STATE L 66-69 1923* 1/13/10 at San Jose State W 92-48 446* 1/16/10 NMSU W 78-64 2041* 1/21/10 HAWAII W 75-62 1894* 1/23/10 at Fresno State L 61-71 3449* 1/26/10 at Nevada L 56-69 1180* 1/30/10 IDAHO W (OT) 74-71 5028* 2/3/10 BOISE STATE W 75-53 1729* 2/6/10 at Utah State W 74-54 572* 2/14/10 SAN JOSE STATE W 81-66 1745* 2/17/10 at NMSU W 62-55 1670* 2/20/10 at UH W 79-71 1782* 2/24/10 FRESNO STATE L (OT) 78-81 1893* 2/27/10 NEVADA W 69-56 2034* 3/3/10 at Idaho W 63-56 519* 3/6/10 at Boise State L 65-74 3142# 3/10/10 vs Utah State W 82-65 3145# 3/12/10 at Nevada W 80-77 2001# 3/13/10 vs. Fresno State W 68-66 745$ 3/20/10 at Florida State L 75-61 2357

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

TeAM STATISTICS LATeCH OPPSCORING 2363 2069 Points per game 73.8 64.7 Scoring margin +9.1 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 863-2000 766-2049 Field goal pct .432 .374 3 POINT FG-ATT 124-406 152-554 3-point FG pct .305 .274 3-pt FG made per game 3.9 4.8FREE THROWS-ATT 513-746 385-584 Free throw pct .688 .659 F-Throws made per game 16.0 12.0REBOUNDS 1418 1230 Rebounds per game 44.3 38.4 Rebounding margin +5.9 -ASSISTS 463 346 Assists per game 14.5 10.8TURNOVERS 546 558 Turnovers per game 17.1 17.4 Turnover margin +0.4 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.8 0.6STEALS 225 262 Steals per game 7.0 8.2BLOCKS 120 134 Blocks per game 3.8 4.2ATTENDANCE 30449 33442 Home games-Avg/Game 14-2342 15-1759 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 4-1765

SCORe BY PeRIODS 1ST 2ND OT TOTALSLouisiana Tech 1131 1208 24 2363Opponents 943 1102 24 2069

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louisiana tech 88, centenary 41nov. 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 50november 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,” Weath-erspoon 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 min-utes. 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 Wys-inger 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 59november 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 in-creased 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, Adri-enne 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 53-30. Ebonie Jefferson scored 20 points for Arkansas State.

#7 lsu 77, louisiana tech 74Dec. 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,” Weather-spoon 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, send-ing her to the free throw line. Hightower, who scored a game-high 32 points, missed the front end of a one-and-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 prob-ably 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 dif-ferent 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 three-pointers 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-Ameri-can candidate to only seven points in the second half on

2-of-10 shooting as the Lady Techsters slowly climbed back into the game. “Allowing her to score 25 points in the first half was unacceptable,” Weatherspoon said. “She is a tremendous player, no question about that. However, we didn’t do our job defensively on her in the first half. We did a much better job in the second half defensively.” Tech also turned it up a notch offensively against one of the nation’s top defensive teams. LSU entered the contest only allowing 45 points game but LA Tech hit 59 percent (17-of-29) of its field goals over the final 20 minutes of play and outscored the Tigers 46-34. Dowdell spearheaded the effort with a team-high 26 points on 10-of-16 shooting while Johnson chipped in with 17 points. Jasmine Bendolph and Jones each recorded 11 points in the loss. “We settled down in the second half,” Weather-spoon said. “Instead of taking the shots that LSU wanted us to take, we ran our offense and got the shots we wanted. They started double teaming our posts and they were patient and found cutters for open layups.” Tech cut the LSU to one point on three different occasions inside the final two minutes but the Tigers answered every time as the Lady Techsters never gained possession of the ball with a chance to take the lead. In addition to Hightower’s 32 points, Barrett added 14 points and Taylor Turnbow scored 12 points. LSU outrebounded LA Tech 40-24.

#8 Baylor 77, louisiana tech 67December 5, 2009 • Ferrell center

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 All-American candidate Shanavia Dowdell battled the 6-foot-8-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 Wys-inger 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 52Dec. 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 Top-pers 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 three-pointer 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 bas-ketball 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.

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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 68Dec. 12, 2009 • thomas assembly center

RUSTON - Mississippi State used a 15-0 run mid-way 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 Missis-sippi 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 Prin-gle 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 op-portunities 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 61December 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 Cow-girls (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,” Weath-erspoon 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,” Weather-spoon 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 76Dec. 22, 2009 • thomas assembly center

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 hap-pened 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 po-tential 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 61Dec. 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 Tech-sters (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 72Dec. 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 Convoca-tion 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.

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“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 three-pointer 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 team-high 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 68Jan. 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-from-behind 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 run-ning 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 conven-tional 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 66Jan. 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 Weather-spoon. “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 deliber-ate 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 ad-vantage 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 back-to-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-Buchan-an scored 13 points.


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louisiana tech 92, san Jose state 48Jan. 13, 2010 • the events center

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 Ath-letic 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 disap-pointing loss last week.” Tiawana Pringle and Jasmine Bendolph hit back-to-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 three-pointer 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 64Jan. 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 three-pointer 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 re-mainder of the half to enter the locker room only trailing 32-21.

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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 com-mitting seven turnovers. Tech outrebounded the Aggies 58-41.

louisiana tech 75, hawaii 62Jan. 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 writ-ten 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 occa-sions 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,” Weath-erspoon 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 61Jan. 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 vic-tory. 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 conven-tional three-point play and bring her team within one. However, the officials called Johnson for an of-fensive 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 56Jan. 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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With the loss, Tech fell to 12-6 overall, 3-3 in West-ern 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 open-ing 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 Ne-vada opened a 20-point advantage at 39-19 with 18:08 to play, the Lady Techsters kept clawing away and eventu-ally 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

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 compo-sure 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 Kani-sha 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 five-minute 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 out-rebound 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 re-bounds 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 53Feb. 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 Ath-letic 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-of-11 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, comb-ing 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

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field goals. The Broncos also hit only 4-of-16 free throws and 3-of-22 three-pointers. The Lady Techsters outrebounded Boise State 55-43.

louisiana tech 74, utah state 54Feb. 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 three-pointer 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 re-bounds 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 Hol-loway 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 66Feb. 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 Confer-ence 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 Cha-sity 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 Spar-tans 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 out-rebounded 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 55Feb. 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 Te-resa 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,” Weath-erspoon 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 (Wys-inger) 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, includ-ing 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 three-pointers 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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front of a driving Jasmine Lowe to draw a charge with 31 seconds to play, giving the basketball back to the Lady Techsters. Tech hit 6-of-8 free throws over the final 30 sec-onds to seal the victory, its fifth straight and 17th of the season. Defensively, Tech held NMSU’s top four scorers - who were all averaging double figures - to a total of 31 points on only 11-of-50 shooting as only Madison Spence scored in double figures with 12 points. For the game, Tech hit 36 percent (24-66) of its field goals, 2-of-10 three-pointers and only 12-of-22 free throws. NMSU hit only 27 percent (20-74) of its field goals and 5-of-24 three-pointers.

louisiana tech 79, hawaii 71Feb. 20, 2010 • stan sheriff center

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 Tourna-ment 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 Hol-loway. 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 re-serves 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 81-78 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 three-pointer 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 career-high of 24 points set as a freshman against Sam Houston State, hit 7-of-11 field goals, including a pair of three-pointers, 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 56Feb. 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 be-fore 2,034 fans at the Thomas Assembly Center Saturday afternoon. With the victory, Tech (19-7, 10-4) took sole posses-sion 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 remain-ing 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 instrumen-tal in the victory.

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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 three-pointers 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 56march 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 of-fensive cold spell. Idaho had an opportunity to cut into the seven-point 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 65march 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 Weather-spoon. “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 Lau-ren 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 Re-becca Kepilino each scored 13 points.

louisiana tech 82, utah state 65march 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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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 previ-ous 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 Weather-spoon. “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 77march 12, 2010 • lawlor events center

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 semifi-nals of the 2010 Western Athletic Conference Tourna-ment 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 sound-ed 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 out-rebounded 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 an-swered 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 Ben-dolph 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 per-cent from the field, including an eye-popping 68 percent (19-28) in the final half.

louisiana tech 68, Fresno state 66march 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 sec-onds 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-

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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 (Weather-spoon) 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 back-to-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 bas-ket 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 Tourna-ment. It was a reminder of how physical the game can be. We got outrebounded by 14 and that’s not accept-able.” 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 as-sists and two steals. Thomas finished with nine points. With the victory, Tech clinched its 16th conference tournament title in program history - its fifth WAC Tourna-ment title in nine years - and will play in its 26th NCAA Tournament.

#10 Florida state 75, louisiana tech 61march 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 Tourna-ment 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-

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 10-of-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-to-man 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 Semi-noles, 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 Semi-noles pushed the advantage to 65-55 with 4:06 to play. However, Tech scored six straight points as Jas-mine 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.


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In its nearly 50 years of existence, the Western Athletic Confer-ence 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 pro-grams to contend at the top levels of the NCAA.

The WAC provides its student-athletes the chance to travel to sce-nic 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 in-cluding 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

including volleyball, soccer, swimming and diving, basketball, gymnas-tics, 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 spon-

sored 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 posi-tion from 1962-1968. He was followed by Wiles Hallock (1968-71), Stan Bates (1971-80), Dr. Joe Kearney (1980-94) and Karl Benson (1994-pres-ent).

Presently, the WAC crowns team and individual champions in 19 sports – eight men’s and 11 women’s. For the men, there are champion-ships 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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When Karl Benson was named the fifth commissioner in the history of the Western Athletic Con-ference on April 20, 1994, he brought with him a wealth of expe-rience 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 initi-ated 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, Shera-ton 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, giv-ing fans streaming video access to many of the postsea-son 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 his-tory. 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 cham-pionships 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, Jes-sie, 18.

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american south (1987-1991)

1987-88 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 9 0 1.00 32 2 .941UNO 8 1 .889 25 7 .781ULL 5 4 .555 18 11 .621Lamar 4 5 .444 14 14 .500ASU 3 6 .333 17 14 .548UTPA 0 9 .000 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 TechNora Lewis TechCarvie Upshaw UNOCassie Brooks LamarKim Perrot ULL

1988-89 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 10 0 1.00 32 4 .889UNO 7 3 .700 15 13 .536Lamar 6 4 .600 18 12 .643ASU 5 5 .500 15 12 .556ULL 2 8 .200 10 17 .370UTPA 0 10 .000 0 27 .000

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

1988-89 All-Conference Nora Lewis POY TechVenus Lacy TechCassie Brooks LamarCarvie Upshaw UNOAronji Johnson UNO

1989-90 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 10 0 1.00 32 1 .970Lamar 7 3 .700 19 10 .655UNO 5 5 .500 10 18 .357ASU 4 6 .400 12 14 .462ULL 4 6 .400 11 17 .393UTPA 0 10 .000 3 24 .111

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

1989-90 All-Conference Venus LacyPOY TechSheila ethridge TechUirannah Jackson LamarMissy Lynn UNOKim Perrot ULL

1990-91 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Lamar 12 0 1.00 29 4 .879Tech 9 3 .750 18 12 .600ASU 7 5 .583 19 9 .678UNO 6 6 .500 14 14 .500UCF 4 8 .333 10 15 .400UTPA 2 10 .167 7 20 .259ULL 2 10 .167 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 LamarBarbara Hickey LamarTari Phillips UCFSonja Tate ASUSheila ethridge Tech

1991-92 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Lamar 13 3 .813 21 4 .750WKU 13 3 .813 24 7 .788Tech 12 4 .750 20 10 .667ASU 12 4 .750 25 7 .781UNO 12 4 .750 25 7 .781USA 5 11 .313 8 20 .286UCF 5 11 .313 10 18 .357UTPA 2 14 .125 10 18 .357USL 0 16 .000 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-TournamentPlayer Cl. Pos. TeamNicole Wilkett Sr. F ASUSonja Tate Jr. G ASUShantel Hardison Sr. G TechKim PehlkeMVP Sr. G WKUR. Westmoreland Jr. G WKU

1991-92 All-ConferenceShantel HardisonPOY Sr. G TechNicole Wilkett Sr. F ASUKim Pehlke Sr. G ASUSonja Tate Jr. G ASUBarbara Hickey Sr. G LamarBrenda Hatchett Sr. G LamarUirannah Jackson Sr. C LamarErnie Middleton Sr. G UNOChanta Powell Sr. F USAPaulette Monroe Jr. C WKU

1992-93 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 13 1 .929 26 6 .813WKU 13 1 .929 24 7 .774ASU 10 4 .714 24 7 .774UNO 7 7 .500 18 10 .643Lamar 4 10 .286 10 16 .385USA 4 10 .286 9 18 .333UTPA 3 11 .214 6 21 .222USL 2 12 .143 4 22 .154

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

1993 All-TournamentPlayer Cl. Pos. TeamPaulette MonroeMVP Sr. C WKUKristie Jordan Sr. G WKUR. Westmoreland Sr. G WKUDebra Williams Fr. G TechVickie johnson Fr. F Tech

1992-93 All-ConferenceSonja TatePOY Sr. G/F ASUShyla Tucker Jr. G ASUR. Westmoreland Sr. G WKUTravesa Gant Jr. F/C LamarPaulette Monroe Sr. C WKUC. Lumpkins Jr. F UNOVickie johnson Fr. F TechKenya Robinson Sr. F UNOD. Whitehurst Sr. F TechRamona Jones Sr. G Lamar

1993-94 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 14 0 1.000 31 4 .886WKU 11 3 .786 24 10 .706ASU 10 4 .714 22 9 .710UNO 8 6 .571 16 12 .571Lamar 5 9 .357 8 19 .296USL 4 10 .286 6 21 .222USA 3 11 .214 5 22 .185UTPA 1 13 .071 4 23 .148

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

1994 All-TournamentPlayer Cl. Pos. TeamDebra WilliamsMVP So. G TechPam Thomas Sr. G TechTara Cosby Jr. F WKUDenise Hill Sr. F WKUDawn Warner So. G WKU

1993-94 All-ConferenceShyla Tucker Sr. G ASUC. Lumpkins Sr. F UNOVickie johnson So. F TechDawn Beachler Sr. F UTPAPam ThomasPOY Sr. G TechTravesa Gant Jr. F/C LamarRacquel Spurlock So. C TechGwen Doyle Jr. F WKUDina Jones Jr. F USADebra Williams So. G TechVeronica Cook Jr. F WKUEvevetta Crawford Jr. F/C ASU

1994-95 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 13 1 .929 28 5 .848WKU 12 2 .857 28 4 .875Lamar 10 4 .714 16 12 .571ASU 9 5 .643 20 10 .667UNO 6 8 .429 11 16 .407USA 2 12 .143 6 21 .222USL 2 12 .143 4 23 .148UTPA 2 12 .143 3 24 .111

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

1995 All-TournamentPlayer Cl. Pos. TeamRacquel SpurlockMVP jr. C TechDebra Williams jr. G TechTara Cosby Sr. C WKUVeronica Cook Sr. G WKUKendra Neal jr. G TechVickie johnson jr. G Tech

1994-95 All-ConferenceLisa McMahon Fr. G LUVickie johnsonPOY jr. G TechDebra Williams jr. G TechKayone Hankins Sr. F UNOGwen Doyle Sr. F WKUEvevetta Crawford Sr. F ASUEmma Clements Fr. F/C LamarDina Jones Sr. F USAVeronica Cook Sr. F WKUTara Cosby Sr. C WKU

sun Belt (1991-2001)

all-time conference standings

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1995-96 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 14 0 1.000 31 2 .939WKU 11 3 .786 19 13 .594ASU 9 5 .643 17 10 .630Lamar 8 6 .571 14 15 .483USA 6 8 .429 12 15 .483UNO 5 9 .357 9 19 .321UTPA 3 11 .214 10 17 .370USL 0 14 .000 2 25 .074

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

1996 All-TournamentPlayer Cl. Pos. TeamRacquel SprulockMVP Sr. C TechKendra Neal Sr. G TechDebra Williams Sr. G TechLara Webb So. G LamarTarshia Bronner Jr. F WKU

1995-96 All-ConferenceVickie johnsonPOY Sr. G TechLara Webb So. G LamarD. Featherston Sr. G ASUDawn Warner Sr. G WKUPhyllis Kelly Sr. F USATamara Carter So. F USALaTanya Jones Jr. F ASUKendra Neal Sr. G TechRacquel Spurlock Sr. C TechDebra Williams Sr. G Tech

1996-97 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 12 2 .857 31 4 .886WKU 12 2 .857 22 9 .710ASU 10 4 .714 20 8 .714UNO 10 4 .714 17 12 .586USA 5 9 .357 11 16 .407UTPA 3 11 .214 5 22 .185Lamar 2 12 .143 5 22 .185USL 2 12 .143 3 24 .111

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

1997 All-TournamentPlayer Cl. Pos. TeamTamicha jacksonMVP Fr. G TechAlisa Burras jr. C TechMonica Maxwell So. F TechDanielle McCuly Jr. F WKULeslie Johnson Jr. C WKU

1996-97 All-ConferenceAlisa BurrasPOY jr. C TechTamara Carter Jr. F USAJulie Hagood Fr. G ASUTamicha jackson Fr. G TechLeslie Johnson Jr. F WKUMonica Maxwell So. F TechDanielle McCully Jr. C WKUAmy Towne Jr. G ASULaurie Townsend Jr. G WKUAmanda Wilson* So. F Tech

1997-98 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 13 1 .929 31 4 .886 WKU 12 2 .857 26 9 .743ASU 11 3 .786 20 10 .667UNO 7 7 .500 12 16 .429USL 7 7 .500 9 18 .333USA 4 10 .286 7 20 .259Lamar 2 12 .143 5 22 .185UTPA 0 14 .000 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-TournamentPlayer Cl. Pos. TeamAmanda WilsonMVP jr. F TechTamicha jackson So. G TechLeslie Johnson Sr. C WKUDanielle McCulley Sr. F WKUJulie Hagood So. G ASU

1997-98 All-ConferenceJenny Anderson Jr. G UNOAlisa Burras Sr. C TechJulie Hagood So. G ASUTamicha jackson So. G TechLeslie Johnson Sr. C WKUDanielle McCulley Sr. F WKUMonica Maxwell jr. F TechLaQuan Stallworth jr. G TechAmy Towne Sr. G ASUAmanda WilsonPOY jr. F Tech

1998-99 Conference OverallTeam 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 .407USA 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-TournamentPlayer Cl. Pos. TeamDalma Ivanyi Sr. G FIUBetty Lennox jr. G TechShea Lunsford Sr. F WKUZuzana Michalcova Sr. F FIUAmanda WilsonMVP Sr. F Tech

1998-99 All-ConferenceJenny Anderson Sr. G/F UNOJulie Haygood Jr. G ASUDalma Ivanyi Sr. G FIUTamicha jackson jr. G TechTanisha Johnson Jr. F ASUShea Lunsford, Sr. F WKUShaRae Mansfield So. F/C WKUZuzana Michalcova Sr. F/C FIUAmanda WilsonPOY Sr. F TechKatashia Witcher Sr. G WKU

1999-00 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 16 0 1.000 31 3 .912 WKU 13 3 .813 22 10 .688 FIU 10 6 .625 16 13 .552 Denver 10 6 .625 16 11 .593ASU 8 8 .500 18 11 .621 UNO 7 9 .438 11 17 .393ULL 5 11 .313 12 16 .428 USA 2 14 .167 8 21 .276 UALR 1 15 .063 5 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

2000 All-TournamentPlayer Cl. Pos. TeamBetty LennoxMVP Sr. G TechTamicha jackson Sr. G TechJulie Haygood Sr. G ASUShaRae Mansfield Jr. C WKUJaime Walz Sr. G WKUNatalie Powers So. G WKU

1999-00 All-ConferenceBetty LennoxPOY Sr. G TechTamicha jackson Sr. G TechShaRae Mansfield Jr. C WKUJaime Walz Sr. G WKUTanisha Johnson Sr. F ASUJamie Britt Sr. G WKUJulie Haygood Sr. G ASUG. Slavtcheva Jr. F FIUJen Ludwicki Jr. F UNOM. Pavlickova Jr. C Denver

2000-01 east Division Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 16 0 1.000 31 5 .861FIU 11 5 .688 20 10 .667MT 9 7 .563 17 13 .567ASU 8 8 .500 14 14 .500WKU 8 8 .500 19 14 .576UALR 0 16 .000 6 22 .214

West Division Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Denver 14 2 .875 24 7 .774UNT 10 6 .625 19 11 .633UNO 7 9 .438 15 14 .517NMSU 6 10 .375 10 18 .357USA 5 11 .313 13 16 .448ULL 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

2001 All-TournamentPlayer Cl. Pos. TeamG. Slavtcheva Jr. F FIUJalie Mitchell Sr. G UNTNikki Weddle Jr. G DenverM. Pavlickova Sr. C DenverBrooke Lassiter jr. G TechAyana WalkerMVP jr. G Tech

2000-01 All-ConferenceKeeshia Evans Sr. G ASUBrooke Lassiter jr. G TechTakeisha Lewis jr. C TechS. Mansfield Sr. F WKUJalie Mitchell Jr. G UNTM. PavlickovaPOY Sr. F DenverNatalie Powers Jr. G WKUG. Slavtcheva Jr. F FIUJamie Thomatis Jr. F MTAyana Walker jr. F Tech


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2001-02 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 17 1 .944 25 5 .833Rice 14 4 .778 21 8 .724Hawaii 14 4 .778 23 7 .767SJSU 12 6 .667 17 11 .607Tulsa 11 7 .611 17 13 .567Nevada 6 12 .333 9 19 .321SMU 6 12 .333 12 18 .400BSU 5 13 .278 10 20 .333FSU 4 14 .222 9 20 .303UTEP 1 17 .056 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-ConferenceFirst TeamCheryl FordPOY C TechAyana Walker F TechKate Smith C NevadaCricket Williams G SJSULeela Farr F Tulsa

Second TeamLindsay Logan G FSUJanka Gabrielova G HawaiiAmber Obaze G TechKimya Murray G UTEPCarla Morrow G/F Tulsa

All-Defensive TeamAmber Obaze G Techessence Perry G TechAyana Walker F TechLaura Ingham G NevadaCricket Williams G SJSU

All-Newcomer TeamAritta Lane F FSUerica Smith G TechElisa Inman F RiceKimya Murray G UTEPAlyssa Shriver C Tulsa

2002 All-Tournament TeamAyana WalkerMVP TechCheryl Ford TechKim Willoughby HawaiiJanka Gabrielova HawaiiChristen Roper Hawai

2002-03 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 18 0 1.00 31 3 .912Rice 12 6 .667 15 13 .523FSU 11 7 .222 21 13 .618Hawaii 9 9 .500 16 14 .533Tulsa 9 9 .611 14 16 .466SJSU 9 9 .500 13 15 .464SMU 8 10 .444 16 15 .516BSU 6 12 .333 10 20 .333UTEP 5 13 .278 10 19 .345 Nevada 3 15 .167 10 19 .345

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

2002-03 All-ConferenceFirst TeamCheryl FordPOY C TechTrina Frierson F TechAllison Curtin G TulsaJohnetta Hayes C RiceCricket Williams G SJSU

Second TeamLaura Ingham G NevadaOmelogo Udeze F FSUDragana Zoric F UTEPAmber Obaze G Techerica Smith G Tech

All-Defensive TeamAmber Obaze G Techerica Smith G TechLaura Ingham G NevadaKim Lawson G RiceTiffany Simon F Fresno

All-Newcomer TeamAllison Curtin G TulsaSarah Davis G SMUKia Dowell G UTEPJamie Hawkins F BoiseV. Zagurskyte G UTEP

2003 All-Tournament TeamCheryl FordMVP TechAyana Walker TechTrina Frierson TechLindsay Logan FSUOmelogo Udeze FSU

2003-04 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 17 1 .944 29 3 .906Rice 16 2 .889 22 10 .686Tulsa 11 7 .611 19 12 .613UTEP 10 8 .556 16 13 .552SMU 9 9 .500 13 15 .464SJSU 7 11 .389 16 13 .552FSU 7 11 .389 12 16 .429Hawaii 6 12 .333 8 20 .286BSU 5 13 .278 9 20 .310Nevada 2 16 .111 3 26 .103

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

2003-04 All-ConferenceFirst TeamJade Abele F HawaiiAmisha CarterPOY F TechTrina Frierson F TechLauren Neaves F Ricejillian Robbins F Tech

Second TeamLindsey Maynard F RiceAmber Obaze G Teche. Smith-Taylor G TechCricket Williams G SJSUVaida Zagurskyte G UTEP

2003-04 All-Defensive TeamAmisha Carter F TechAmber Obaze G TechLauren Neaves F RiceJillian Robbins F Tulsae. Smith-Taylor G Tech

2003-04 All-Freshman TeamMichelle Hessing C BSULauren Neaves F RiceCharnette Phelps F UTEPJillian Robbins F TulsaJanevia Taylor G Hawaii

2004 All-Tournament TeamAmisha CarterMVP Tech Trina Frierson Techerica Smith-Taylor TechLauren Neaves RiceJillian Robbins Tulsa

2004-05 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 14 4 .778 20 10 .667Rice 14 4 .778 24 9 .727Tulsa 11 7 .611 19 11 .633FSU 10 8 .556 20 11 .645SMU 10 8 .556 19 11 .633SJSU 10 8 .556 18 12 .600Hawaii 7 11 .389 11 15 .423UTEP 7 11 .389 12 17 .414BSU 4 14 .222 10 19 .345Nevada 3 15 .200 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, TechCoach of the Year: Cristy McKinney, RiceNewcomer of the Year: Janielle Dodds, SMU

2004-05 All-ConferenceFirst TeamLam. Augustine F SJSUTasha WilliamsPOY G Tech Janielle Dodds F SMUAmy Parrish F FresnoJillian Robbins F Tulsa

Second TeamLakiste Barkus G TechAmber Jackson F SJSULauren Neaves C RiceAmy Sanders G HawaiiMichelle Woods F Rice

All-Defensive TeamTasha Williams G TechLakiste Barkus G TechKrystal Frazier G RiceLauren Neaves C RiceJillian Robbins F Tulsa

All-Freshman TeamJanielle Dodds C SMUTasha Harris G BoiseAmber Jackson F SJSUMeghan McGuire F NevadaShalana Taylor G UTEP

2005 All-Tournament TeamMirenda Swearingen FSUTasha Williams Techerica Taylor TechKrystal Frazier RiceLauren NeavesMVP Rice

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2005-06 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 15 1 .938 26 5 .839FSU 14 2 .875 24 8 .750Hawaii 9 7 .563 18 10 .643SJSU 8 8 .50 13 15 .464Nevada 8 8 .50 13 17 .433BSU 6 10 .375 15 15 .500Idaho 5 11 .313 10 19 .345NMSU 5 11 .313 10 20 .333USU 2 14 .125 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, FSUCoach of the Year: Chris Long, TechNewcomer of the Year: Brandi Fitzgerald, Nevada

2005-06 All-ConferenceFirst TeamLamisha Augustine F SJSUAmber Jackson F SJSUAmy Parrish F FSUMirenda SwearenginPOY G FSUTasha Williams G Tech

Second TeamEmily Faurholt P IdahoLeilani Mitchell G IdahoShan Moore G TechTy Moore F TechAarica Ray-Boyd G Tech

All-Defensive TeamLamisha Augustine F SJSUBrittany Grice C HawaiiLeilani Mitchell G IdahoJasmine Plummer G FSUTasha Williams G Tech

All-Freshman TeamDellena Criner G NevadaBrandi Fitzgerald G Nevadaeboni Mangum G TechDanyelle Sneigro G USUJessica Thompson G BSU

All-Tournament TeamLeilani Mitchell IdahoDeliena Criner NevadaShan Moore TechJenean Ford NMSUTasha WilliamsMVP Tech

2006-07 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 12 4 .750 17 13 .576BSU 12 4 .750 24 9 .727Nevada 10 6 .625 17 14 .548FSU 9 7 .563 18 13 .581Hawaii 9 7 .563 15 14 .517USU 7 9 .438 11 18 .379NMSU 6 10 .375 13 18 .419SJSU 4 12 .250 5 27 .156Idaho 3 13 .188 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, TechCoach of the Year: Gordy Presnell, Boise StateNewcomer of the Year: Katie Madison, Idaho

2006-07 All-ConferenceFirst TeamDellena Criner G NevadaShan MoorePOY G TechTy Moore F TechChantella Perera G FSUTanya Smith F HawaiiJessica Thompson G BSU

Second TeamTraci Graham G NevadaMichelle Hessing F BSUKatie Madison F IdahoSherell Neal F NMSUTierre Wilson G FSU

All-Defensive TeamAmber Metoyer G TechDellena Criner G NevadaBrittany Grice C HawaiiTy Moore F TechSherell Neal F NMSU

All-Freshman TeamShanavia Dowdell F TechMarianne Lombardi F NevadaKatie Madison F IdahoCharlotte Otero G IdahoBrittany Powell F SJSU

All-Tournament TeamJessica ThompsonMVP BSU Dellena Criner NevadaSherell Neal NMSUTasha Harris BSUCecilia Russell-Nava NMSU

2007-08 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.BSU 14 2 .875 24 8 .750FSU 14 2 .875 22 11 .667NMSU 11 5 .688 23 9 .719Nevada 9 7 .563 18 12 .600Tech 9 7 .563 16 15 .516Hawaii 6 10 .375 12 18 .400USU 5 11 .313 9 20 .310Idaho 3 13 .188 4 25 .138SJSU 1 15 .063 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 StateDefensive Player of the Year: Dellena Criner, NevadaCoach of the Year: Adrian Wiggins, Fresno StateNewcomer of the Year: Jaleesa Ross, Fresno State

2007-08 All-ConferencceFirst TeamDellena Criner G NevadaTasha Harris G Boise StateSherell Neal F NMSUjoKeirra Sneed F TechTierre WilsonPOY G FSU Second TeamAnikia Jawara F NMSUKatie Madison F IdahoJaleesa Ross G FSUTanya Smith C HawaiiJessica Thompson G BSU All-Defensive TeamDellena Criner G NevadaCherlanda Franklin F NevadaTasha Harris G Boise StateSherell Neal F NMSUTanya Smith F Hawaii All-Freshman TeamHayley Munro G/F FSUYinka Olorunnife F IdahoJaleesa Ross G FSUMadison Spence G NMSUTarkeisha Wysinger G Tech

All-Tournament TeamTasha Harris BSUAnikia Jawara NMSUEmma Andrews FSUTierre Wilson FSUJaleesa RossMVP FSU

2008-09 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.Tech 12 4 .750 21 13 .618FSU 12 4 .750 24 9 .727Nevada 10 6 .625 18 14 .563Idaho 10 6 .625 13 15 .464BSU 9 7 .563 16 15 .516USU 9 7 .563 16 15 .516NMSU 5 11 .313 9 22 .290Hawaii 4 12 .250 8 23 .258SJSU 1 15 .063 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 TechDefensive Player of the Year: Dellena Criner, NevadaNewcomer of the Year: Derisa Telani, IdahoCoach of the Year: Jon Newlee, Idaho

2008-09 All-Conference(First Team)Dellena Criner PG NevadaShanavia Dowdell F TechAdrienne johnson F Tech Jaleesa Ross G FSUDanyelle Snelgro G Utah State

Second TeamHayley Munro G/F FSUYinka Olorunnife PG IdahoAna Pares G Utah StateMadison Spence G NMSUDerisa Taleni G Idaho

All-Defensive TeamDellena Criner PG NevadaJenna Galassi F Boise StateAdrienne johnson F TechYinka Olorunnife PG IdahoDanyelle Snelgro G Utah State

All-Freshman TeamShaena-Lyn Kuehu G IdahoHeather Pilcher G BSUKaitlyn Soto G NMSUCourtney Van Brocklin G BSUTabytha Wampler F NMSU

All-Tournament TeamDellena Criner PG NevadaShanavia Dowdell F TechJoh-Teena Filipe F FSUShavon Moore F NevadaJaleesa RossMVP G FSU


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2009-10 Conference OverallTeam W L Pct. W L Pct.FSU 16 0 1.00 27 6 .818Tech 11 5 .688 23 9 .719Nevada 10 6 .625 17 16 .515BSU 8 8 .500 19 12 .613NMSU 8 8 .500 18 14 .562Idaho 8 8 .500 11 20 .355USU 5 11 .312 13 17 .433Hawaii 4 12 .250 10 20 .333SJSU 2 14 .125 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 TechDefensive Player of the Year: Jaleesa Ross, Fresno StateNewcomer of the Year: Tahnee Robinson, NevadaCoach of the Year: Adrian Wiggins, Fresno State

2009-10 All-Conference(First Team)Shanavia Dowdell F TechAdrienne johnson F Tech Tasha Harris G Boise StateTahnee Robinson G NevadaJaleesa Ross G FSU

Second TeamCrystal Boyd G NMSURachele Kloke G IdahoShavon Moore F NevadaHayley Munro G/F FSUAmber White G Utah State

All-Defensive TeamAlice Coddington G Utah StateShanavia Dowdell F TechAdrienne johnson F TechShavon Moore F NevadaJaleesa Ross G FSU

All-Freshman TeamBann Diop F USULauren Lenhardt F Boise St.Julia Marshall G Boise St.Rosie Moult G FSUCamila Rosen G NMSU

All-Tournament TeamShanavia DowdellMvp F TechAdrienne johnson F TechHaley Munro F FSUYinka Olorunnife F IdahoJaleesa Ross G FSU

Year-by-Year conference champions

Year Conference Regular Season Champion Tournament Champion1987-88 American South Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech1988-89 American South Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech1989-90 American South Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech1990-91 American South Lamar Louisiana Tech1991-92 Sun Belt Lamar Western Kentucky1992-93 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech Western Kentucky Western Kentucky 1993-94 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech1994-95 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech Western Kentucky1995-96 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech1996-97 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Western Kentucky 1997-98 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech1998-99 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech1999-00 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech2000-01 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech (East) Louisiana Tech Denver (West)2001-02 Western Athletic Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech2002-03 Western Athletic Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech2003-04 Western Athletic Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech2004-05 Western Athletic Louisiana Tech Rice Rice2005-06 Western Athletic Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech2006-07 Western Athletic Louisiana Tech Boise State Boise State2007-08 Western Athletic Fresno State Fresno State Boise State2008-09 Western Athletic Louisiana Tech Fresno State Fresno State2009-10 Western Athletic Fresno State Louisiana Tech

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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 All-Star 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 champion-ship 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 cur-rently 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.

1974-1980Record: 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 bet-

ter than the first as the Lady Techsters posted a 19-10 record. Tech’s 14-member roster was comprised of all Louisiana athletes with fresh-man 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 rpgHonors: Ford, Mandy Warren, DeMoss — All-Louisiana

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1976-77 The Lady Techsters posted the first of 23 20-plus winning sea-

sons 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 rpgHonors: 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 coach-ing 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 ppgHonors: Griffin, Belinda Jones — All-Louisiana

1978-79 -- The 1978-79 season saw Louisiana Tech turn the cor-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 regu-lar season mark of 24-3 (the three losses were by a combined four

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 apgHonors: Angela Turner — Louisiana MVP; Kelly, Griffin — All-Louisiana

1979-80 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 dur-ing 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 apgHonors: Kelly — Kodak All-American, All-Louisiana; Angela Turner — All-Louisiana

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1980-1990 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, 1989-90Wade Trophy Winners: 3 Pam Kelly, 1981-82; Janice Lawrence, 1983-84; Teresa Weatherspoon, 1987-88

1980-81 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 roster24 Lyn Anastasio 5-9 Fr. Hampton, Va.41 Pam Kelly 6-0 Jr. Columbia, La.51 Janice Lawrence 6-3 Fr. Lucedale, Miss20 Kim Mulkey 5-4 Fr. Hammond, La.32 Ann Pendegrass 5-8 Jr. Ruston, La.34 Debbie Primeaux 5-2 Fr. Bell City, La.44 Debra Rodman 6-2 Fr. Dallas, Texas52 Rita Rust 5-7 So. Shreveport, La.25 Lori Scott 5-10 So. Jackson, Miss.50 Tia Sossamon 6-2 So. Raymore, Mo.5 Angela Turner 5-8 Jr. Saline, La.10 Julie Wilkerson 5-8 So. Tioga, La.15 Jennifer White 5-9 So. Loretto, Tenn.

1980-81 (34-0) national championsCoach: Sonja Hogg

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

LAIAW STATe TOURNAMeNTN New Orleans W 121-59N NW (La.) State W 90-36N Southern W 86-59

AIAW ReGION 4 TOURNAMeNT

N Oklahoma W 88-68N Southern W 75-58A Stephen F. Austin W 98-67

AIAW NATIONAL TOURNAMeNT

H Jackson State W 97-50H UCLA W 87-54N Southern Calif. W 66-50N Tennessee W 79-59

Starters:C-Pam Kelly 20.3, 9.1F-Janice Lawerence 14.9, 8.3G-Angela Turner 13.6, 5.4F-Lori Scott 10.1, 7.4G-Jennifer White 6.1, 4.1apg

Top Subs:Debra Rodman 9.1, 7.9Kim 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 apgHonors: 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 dur-ing the season, the Lady Techsters marched through the playoffs and cap-tured 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

1981-1982 roster23 Sandra Felton 5-9 Fr. Cordele, Ga.22 Pam Gant 5-7 Fr. Joliet, Ill41 Pam Kelly 6-0 Sr. Columbia, La.51 Janice Lawrence 6-3 So. Lucedale, Miss20 Kim Mulkey 5-4 So. Hammond, La.32 Ann Pendergrass 5-8 Sr. Ruston, La.34 Debbie Primeaux 5-2 So. Bell City, La.44 Debra Rodman 6-2 So. Dallas, Texas52 Rita Rust 5-7 Sr. Shreveport, La.25 Lori Scott 5-10 Jr. Jackson, Miss.50 Tia Sossamon 6-2 Jr. Raymore, Mo.5 Angela Turner 5-8 Sr. Saline, La.10 Julie Wilkerson 5-8 Jr. Tioga, La.15 Jennifer White 5-9 Jr. Loretto, Tenn.

1981-82 (35-1) national championsCoach: Sonja Hogg

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

H S F Austin W 105-58H Alcorn State W 108-47H McNeese State W 113-60H UCLA W 103-63A Oklahoma W 101-57A Oral Roberts W 89-51A Mississippi Col W 94-52

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

Starters:C-Pam Kelly 20.3, 9.1F-Janice Lawerence 14.7, 7.0G-Angela Turner 10.4, 4.9F-Lori Scott 10.1, 7.4G-Kim Mulkey 5.6, 5.6apg

Top Subs:Debra Rodman 9.1, 7.9Jennifer White 3.8, 4.1apg

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television.Tech’s record-setting

starting lineup was com-prised 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 tele-vised.

During the course of the season, Tech won the 200th game in the program’s his-tory 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 All-American, Wade Trophy; Angela Turner — Kodak All-American; 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 All-American 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 8,000-

seat 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 apgHonors: 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 apgHonors: Lawrence — Kodak All-American, Wade Trophy, Louisiana MVP; Mulkey — Naismith Small POY, All-Louisiana; Pam Gant — All-Louisiana

1984-85 Although a number of impressive streaks ended, this was anoth-

er 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, All-Louisiana

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 apgHonors: Harrison — All-Louisiana

1986-87Entering 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.

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posted a 26-2 regular season record includ-ing victories over Tennessee, Georgia and Old Dominion. The Lady Techsters entered the NCAA Tournament and promptly defeat-ed Northwestern, Southern Illinois and Iowa to earn a trip to the Final Four.

Tech narrowly defeated Texas in the semifinal game and earned a spot in the showdown with Tennessee for the national title. However, the Lady Techsters struggled from the field and lost 67-44.

Tech ended the season 30-3.

1987-88 (32-2 ) national championsCoach: Leon Barmore

1987-1988 roster23 Tatia Brown 5-10 Jr. Tulsa, Okla.15 Melinda Chambless 5-5 Sr. Chatham, La.22 Phoebe Dunn 5-8 So. Abernathy, Texas3 Sheila Ethridge 5-8 So. Ruston, La.4 Lisa Harvey 5-7 Jr. Benton Harbor, Minn.43 Venus Lacy 6-4 So. Chattanooga, Tenn.14 Angela Lawson 5-8 Sr. Longview, Texas40 Nora Lewis 6-0 Jr. Peoria, Ill.33 Beanie Lincoln 6-0 Jr. Summerville, S.C.13 Terri Meyer 5-8 Fr. Levelland, Texas30 Paulette Stall 5-10 Jr. La Crosse, Wisc.50 Jocelyn Watson 6-0 So. McNeil, Ark.11 Teresa Weatherspoon 5-8 Sr. Pineland, Texas44 Erica Westbrooks 6-3 Sr. Camden, Ark.

N E. Washington W 107-57H Washington W 70-50A Georgia W 79-59H UNLV W 91-63H Arkansas State W 113-50H Alcorn State W 98-52H UL-Monroe W 81-50N Nicholls State W 92-42N Pepperdine W 72-61A Nevada-Reno W 80-46H Kentucky W 95-63H Colorado W 66-59H Texas Tech W 107-62H Drake W 88-56H Utah W 83-58A Oklahoma State W 85-62A Kansas State W 77-45H Lamar W 106-49H UL-Lafayette W 88-35A S F Austin W 69-51A Penn State L 66-62A Tennessee L 76-74A Old Dominion W 68-65H UTPA W 98-21A UL-Monroe W 71-43A Tulane W 92-62

A New Orleans W 74-57ASC TOURNAMeNT

H Lamar W 93-67H New Orleans W 86-64

NCAA TOURNAMeNTH Kansas W 89-50N Mississippi W 80-60A Texas W 83-80OT

N Tennessee W 68-59N Auburn W 56-54

StartersF-Erica Westbrooks 14.6, 7.2C-Venus Lacy 14.5, 9.2F-Nora Lewis 13.6, 9.8G-Angela Lawson 11.2, 3.6G-T Weatherspoon 9.1, 6.0apg

Top Subs:Sheila Ethridge 7.9, 3.5Paulette Stall 6.0, 2.9

Statistical Leaders: Tori Harrison, 16.8 ppg; Nora Lewis, 7.8 prg; Teresa Weatherspoon, 8.2 apg; Honors: Harrison — State MVP; Weatherspoon — Kodak All-American, All-Louisiana

1987-88Just 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 newly-formed 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 sec-ond 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 apgHonors: Westbrooks — Final Four MVP; Weatherspoon — Kodak All-American, Wade Trophy

1988-89After 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 oust-ed 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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Statistical Leaders: Venus Lacy, 21.3 ppg; Lacy, 11.9 rpg; Pam Wells, 2.7 apgHonors: Lacy — ASC MVP; Lewis — Kodak All- American, All-ASC; Shelia Ethridge — All-ASC; Paulette Stall — All-ASC

1989-90Louisiana Tech ended the decade of the ‘80s with a bang. Tech

breezed through the regular season, winning all 27 games and claim-ing 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 243-24 mark during the decade.

Statistical Leaders: Venus Lacy, 24.2 ppg; Lacy, 12.7 rpg; Shantel Hardison, 6.8 apgHonor: Shantel Hardison All-ASC; Shelia Ethridge — All-ASC; Lacy — Kodak All-American, ASC MVP, National Player of the Year

1990-2000Record: 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, 1999-2000Wade Trophy Winners: 0

1990-91As 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 pro-gram, while the 18 wins were the fewest since the inau-gural 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

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 apgHonors: Ethridge—All-American South

1991-92This 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 over-time 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 sea-son, which earned her SBC Player of the Year honors.

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

1992-93Just 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 sur-prised many as the Techsters won the first three games of the tourna-ment 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 apgHonors: Whitehurst - State MVP, All-SBC; Johnson - State and SBC Freshman of the Year

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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 three-point shot by Charlotte Smith at the buzzer robbed Tech of another title.

Statistical Leaders: Vickie Johnson, 14.8 ppg; Johnson, 7.0 rpg; Pam Thomas, 4.9 apg; Honors: Vickie Johnson- All-SBC; Pam Thomas- All-SBC; Racquel Spurlock - All-SBC; Debra Willliams - All-SBC

1994-95With the loss of only two players from the prior season’s nation-

al 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 claim-ing 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 apgHonors: 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

1995-96Another 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 high-lighted 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 apgHonors: 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

1996-97Many 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 All-American; 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

1997-98Entering 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 tour-nament title, Tech advanced to its eighth national championship game in school his-tory.

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.

Statistical Leaders: Amanda Wilson, 18.9 ppg; Amanda Wilson, 8.8 rpg; LaQuan

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Stallworth, 6.4 apgHonors: 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 All-American, All-SBC; Monica Maxwell - All-SBC

1998-99Ranked 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 apgHonors: 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

1999-2000After 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 ath-letic 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 apgHonors: Tamicha Jackson - Kodak All- American, 3rd team AP All-American, Women’s Basketball Times All-Defensive Team, All-SBC, 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-presentRecord: 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

2000-01Tech 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 pre-season 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 apgHonors: Ayana Walker - Kodak All-American finalist, honorable men-tion 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

2001-02Louisiana 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 pro-gram’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 apgHonors: Ayana Walker - Kodak District VII team, 1st team, All-WAC,


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WAC All-Defensive team, LSWA State Player of the Year, WAC Tournament MVP; Cheryl Ford - WAC Player of the Year, 1st team All-WAC, LSWA All-Louisiana 1st team; Amber Obaze - 2nd team All-WAC, Kodak District VII team, WAC All-Defensive team, LSWA All-Louisiana 2nd team, Academic All-WAC; Brooke Lassiter - Academic All-WAC, Verizon Academic All-District VI member, LSWA All-Louisiana 3rd team, NCAA Division I career free throw percent-age leader; Erica Smith - WAC Co-Freshman of the Year, WAC All- Newcomer team, LSWA Freshman of the Year; Essence Perry - WAC All-Defensive team

2002-03The 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

Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Statistical Leaders: Cheryl Ford, 15.7 ppg; Cheryl Ford, 12.9 rpg; Amber Obaze, 3.5 apgHonors: 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

2003-04Louisiana Tech returned the nucleus of a team that went 31-3 the

previous season although the Lady Techsters had to find a replace-ment 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 memora-ble 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 con-ference 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 All-WAC, WAC All-Defensive team; 3rd team All-WAC

2004-05The 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 inex-perience 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.

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average increase from 4.3 her sophomore sea-son 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 over-time.

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 apgHonors: Tasha Williams - WAC Player of the Year, 1st team All-WAC, LSWA All-Louisiana 1st team, WAC All-Defensive Team, WAC All-Tournament team; Lakiste Barkus - 2nd team All-WAC, LSWA All-Louisiana third team; Erica Taylor - WAC All-Tournament team

2005-06After 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 pro-gram’s 25th straight NCAA Tournament, but they regained their right-ful 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 consid-ered 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 Ray-Boyd both earned Kodak All-District accolades.

Statistical Leaders: Aarica Ray-Boyd, 14.2 ppg; Ty Moore, 9.2 rpg; Tasha Williams, 4.5 apgHonors: 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 All-District, 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

2006-07Louisiana 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 win-

ning 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 All-Defensive Team; Jo Sneed -- LSWA Newcomer of the Year; Shanavia Dowdell -- WAC All-Freshman Team

2007-08For the second straight year, Louisiana Tech came up short in its

bid for the NCAA Tournament as the Lady Techsters fell in the semifi-nals 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 fin-ished 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 sev-enth 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 All-LSWA; Shanavia Dowdell -- 2nd team All-LSWA; Tarkeisha Wysinger -- WAC All-Freshman team


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2008-09It 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

2009-10Back to the Big Dance. The Lady Techsters returned to their right-

ful 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 season-changer 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 sec-onds 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 run-ning 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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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 All-Americans 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 pro-gram. 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.

angela turner (1978-1982)

Kodak Year(s): 1982

Known affection-ately 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

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 cham-pionship title, exemplified the term student-athlete 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 his-tory - 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 indi-vidual 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.

5 in steals (291). Lawrence proceeded to win a gold medal in the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles before playing for three sea-sons 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 bas-ketball is Pam Gant. The 5-foot-7-inch guard lettered at Tech from 1982 through 1985 and unfortu-nately 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 All-American honor following the 1984-85 sea-son, 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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(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 all-star career with the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters. A fearless leader on and off the

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court, Spoon exem-plified the term emotional leader with a burning pas-sion for the game. During Spoon’s play-ing days, Tech posted a 118-14 record and played in two national champion-ship games. Spoon earned Kodak All-

American honors her final two seasons and capped off her spectacular career by win-ning 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 abili-ties 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 num-ber 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.

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 sea-son - one in which she was averaging 13.3 points and 7.1 rebounds - the for-

ward 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 cam-paign before helping guide Tech to the 1988 national championship game her junior sea-son. 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.

venus lacY (1987-1990)

Kodak Year(s): 1990

One of the greatest players in the his-tory of Louisiana Tech didn’t start out as a Lady Techster. After playing her freshman season at Old Dominion, Venus Lacy made the deci-sion 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.

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 sea-sons 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 1993-94. 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

remains in the Tech record books, ranking No. 5 in points (1,960), No. 9 in scoring aver-age (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 leg-endary around the Thomas Assembly Center during her playing days in the mid-90s. The 5-foot-8-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 bas-ketball 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 acco-lades 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 attempt-ed (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.

amanDa wilson (1996-99)

Kodak Year(s): 1999

If ever a player possessed self-confidence, 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

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start during her freshman season, Wilson cracked the starting lineup at the beginning of her sophomore campaign and never relin-quished the position, making 98 consecutive starts. The 6-foot forward earned All-Sun Belt Conference honors three straight seasons while also being named the SBC Player of the Year in 1998 and 1999. Wilson earned her Kodak All-American award following a senior season that saw her average 16.6 points and 7.9 rebounds while shooting an incredible 62 percent from the field and 77 percent from the free throw line as the Lady Techsters advanced to the Final Four. Louisiana Tech won at least 30 games in every year of Wilson’s career. Wilson ranks No. 8 in points (1,832), No. 4 in field goals made (815), and No. 4 in steals (303). The WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury selected Wilson in the fourth round of the 1999 Draft with the 46th overall selec-tion.

tamicha Jackson (1996-2000)

Kodak Year(s): 2000

If Tech fans hap-pened 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.

letterwinnersAllen, Crystal 00Anastasio, Lyn 81Antony, Ashley 00-01

Bailey, Jackie 96-97Bailey, Kathy 75-76-77Baragona, Deb 75Barkus, Lakuste 04-05Bendolph, Jasmine 09-10Bibbs, Kenya 01-02Bolden, Barbara 90Bond, Kenzi 02Bowman, Melshika 98-00Brown, Amy 92-93-94-95Brown, LaShawn 92-93-94-95Brown, Tatia 85-86-87-88Burks, Debbie 75-76Burn, Nicole 97-98Burras, Alisa 97-98Butler, Danielle 98

Carter, Amisha 03-04Chambless, Melinda 85-86-87-88Cloud, Charlotte 75-76Cochran, Katie 95-96-97-98Coker, Connie 75Collins, Nicole 91-93Cook, Jane Ellen 76-77-78-79Crawford, Pam 84

Davis, Stacey 84-85-86-87DeCiman, Margaret 05-06DeMoss, Mickey 75-76-77Donner, Angie 78-79Dowdell, Shanavia 07-08-09-10Dunn, Phoebe 88

Ethridge, Sheila 88-89-90-91

Felton, Sandra 82Ford, Cheryl 00-01-02-03Ford, Kay 76-77-78-79Freeman, Sandy 78-79Frierson, Catrina 00-02-03-04Fryer, Billie 76

Gant, Pam 82-83-84-85George, Toya 03Gibson, Joy 76-77Gilmore, Priya 96-97-98-99Gullion, Cara 89-90-91-92Green, Vickie 83Griffin, Elinor 77-78-79

Hall, Pennee 84-85Hardison, Shantel 89-90-92Harrison, Tori 84-85-86-87Harvey, Lisa 86-87-88Hays, Gail 76-77Henderson, LaVerne 75Hill, Stacey 96Holloway, Martina 10

Jackson, DeJuna 91-92-93Jackson, Tamicha 97-98-99-00

Johnson, Adrienne 08-09-10Johnson, Sarah 04Johnson, Vickie 93-94-95-96Jones, Kara 08Jones, Belinda 75-76-77-78Jones, Whitney 08-09-10

Karvonen, Janet 84-85Kelly, Pam 79-80-81-82Kemp, Allene 78Kempt, Reina 10Kendrick, Mary Nell 76-77-78-79Kidd, Holly 77-78Konerza, Kay 83-84-85-86Kursh, Tamika 04-05-06-07

Lacy, Venus 88-89-90Lassiter, Brooke 99-00-01-02Lawrence, Janice 81-82-83-84Lawson, Angela 85-86-87-88Lawson, Tia 05-06-07Lennox, Betty 99-00Levingston, Nastassja 05-06-07-08Lewis, Ovlina 01-02Lewis, Nora 86-87-88-89Lewis, Takeisha 99-00-01-02Lincoln, Beanie 86-88Lockett, Annie 90-91

McCarn, Cindy 78McClain, Kristie 01McDonnald, Sherry 84-85-86-87McReynolds, Shakera 01Malone, Catina 94-95Malone, Latoshia 95Mancil, Karla 78-79Mangum, Eboni 06-07Martin, Michelle 90-91-92Massey, Shaka 99-00Maxwell, Monica 96-97-98-99May, Ann 76Meyer, Terri 88-89-90-91Metoyer, Amber 06-07Moore, Beverly 00-01Moore, Janice 79Moore, Shan 04-05-06-07Moore, Ty 03-05-06-07Mulford, Janice 80Mulford, Shordy 08-09Mulkey, Kim 81-82-83-84

Neal, Kendra 93-94-95-96Nixon, Sierra 07Norris, Marilyn 77-78

Obaze, Amber 01-02-03-04

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

Pringle, Tiawana 07-08-09-10

Quach, Yen 95-96

Ray-Boyd, Aarica 03-04-05-06Riser, Joletta 91-92-93-94Robertson, Mary 75-76Rodman, Debra 81-82-83-84Rust, Rita 80-81-82

Sandifer, Jessica 94Scheppmann, Jamie 97-98-99Scott, Lori 80-81-82-83Sides, Christie 99-00Singletary, Kathy 75Smith-Taylor, Erica 02-03-04-05Smith, Sebrena 90Sneed, Jo 07-08Snider, Anna 95-96-97Sossamon, Tia 80-81-82-83Speights, Jeannie 75Speights, Patsy 75Spurlock, Racquel 93-94-95-96Stall, Paulette 86-87-88-89Stallworth, LaQuan 96-97-98-99Stewart, Sidney 08-09Sword, DeAngela 09

Thomas, Brietta 08-09-10Thomas, Quantae 06Thomas, Pam 92-93-94Thompson, Tiffany 04-05Turner, Angela 79-80-81-82

Walker, Ayana 99-00-01-02Walker, Maquisha 94-95-96Warren, Keshia 08-09Warren, Mandy 76-77Watson, Jocelyn 87-88-89-90Watson, Linda 95-96Weatherspoon, Teresa 85-86-87-88Wells, Pam 89-90Westbrooks, Erica 85-86-87-88White, Jennifer 80-81-82-83Whitehurst, Danielle 90-91-92-93Wilkerson, Julie 80-81-82-83Williams, April 07-08Williams, Debra 93-94-95-96Williams, Tasha 03-04-05-06Willis, Mari 80Wilson, Amanda 96-97-98-99Wysinger, Tarkeisha 08-09-10

Young, Kiara 09-10

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shanavia DowDell6-2, Junior, Forward

Calera, Ala.2009 & 2010 WAC Player of the Year

16.1 ppg, 9.9 rpg in 200918.0 ppg, 12.4 rpg in 2010

shan moore5-10, Senior, Guard

Minden, La.2007 WAC Player of the Year

13.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.8 spg, 1.6 apg

tasha williams5-7, Junior, Guard

Kingsland, Ark.2005 WAC Player of the Year

18.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.2 apg, 1.9 spg

amisha carter6-2, Senior, Forward

Oakland, Calif.2004 WAC Player of the Year

16.9 ppg, 10.8 rpg, 2.0 spg, 1.2 bpg

cherYl ForD6-3, 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

BettY lennox5-8, Senior, GuardIndependence, Mo.

2000 SBC Player of the Year17.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 3.4 apg, 2.9 spg

amanDa wilson6-1, 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

alisa Burras6-3, Junior, Center

Chicago, Ill.1997 Sun Belt Player of the Year

18.2 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 1.6 bpg

vickie Johnson5-9, 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 thomas5-3, Senior, Guard

Shreveport, La.1994 SBC Player of the Year

10.1 ppg, 4.9 apg, 3.3 rpg, 2.0 spg

shantel harDison5-9, Senior, GuardNatchitoches, La.

1992 SBC Player of the Year17.8 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 4.8 apg, 2.1 spg

venus lacY6-4, 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

conference players of the Year

teresa weatherspoon5-8, Senior, Guard

Pineland, Texas1988 ASC Player of the Year

9.1 ppg, 6.0 apg, 4.4 rpg, 3.1 spg

chris long2006 WAC

Coach of the Year

kurt BuDke2003, 2004 WACCoach of the Year

leon Barmore10-Time Conference

Coach of the Year

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Conference Player of the YearAmerican South (starting in 1988)

Teresa Weatherspoon, 1988Venus Lacy, 1989, 1990

Sun Belt Shantel Hardison, 1992Pam Thomas, 1994Vickie Johnson, 1995, 1996Alisa Burras, 1997Amanda Wilson, 1998,1999Betty Lennox, 2000

Western Athletic (starting in 2002)

Cheryl Ford, 2002, 2003Amisha Carter, 2004Tasha Williams, 2005Shan Moore, 2007Shanavia Dowdell, 2009, 2010

Conference Defensive Player of the YearSun Belt

LaQuan Stallworth, 1997Amanda Wilson, 1998Tamicha Jackson, 2000Ayana Walker, 2001

Conference All-Defensive TeamWestern Athletic

Amber Obaze, 2002, 2003, 2004

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

Conference Newcomer of the YearAmerican South (starting in 1988)

Barbara Bolden, 1990Sun Belt

Alisa Burras, 1997

Conference Freshman of the YearSun Belt

Vickie Johnson, 1993Monica Maxwell, 1996Amber Obaze, 2001

Western AthleticErica Smith-Taylor, 2002

Conference All-Freshman TeamWestern Athletic Conference Eboni Mangum, 2006

Shanavia Dowdell, 2007 Tarkeisha Wysinger, 2008

All-ConferenceAmerican South

Nora Lewis, 1988, 1989Teresa Weatherspoon, 1988Venus Lacy, 1989, 1990Pam Wells, 1989*Shelia Ethridge, 1989*, 1990,

1991Shantel Hardison, 1990*Barbara Bolden, 1990*

* second teamSun Belt

Shantel Hardison, 1992Vickie Johnson,

1993, 1994, 1995, 1996Danielle Whitehurst, 1993Pam Thomas, 1994Racquel Spurlock, 1994, 1996Debra Williams, 1994, 1995,

1996Kendra Neal, 1996Alisa Burras, 1997, 1998Tamicha Jackson, 1997, 1998,

1999, 2000Monica Maxwell, 1997, 1998Amanda Wilson, 1997, 1998, 1999LaQuan Stallworth, 1998Betty Lennox, 2000Brooke Lassiter, 2001Takeisha Lewis, 2001Ayana Walker, 2001

Western Athletic (starting in 2002)

Cheryl Ford, 2002, 2003Ayana Walker, 2002Amber Obaze, 2002*, 2003*,

2004*Trina Frierson, 2003, 2004Erica Smith-Taylor, 2003*,

2004*Amisha Carter, 2004Tasha Williams, 2005, 2006Lakiste Barkus, 2005*Aarica Ray-Boyd, 2006*Shan Moore, 2006*, 2007Ty Moore, 2006*, 2007Jo Sneed, 2008Shanavia Dowdell, 2009, 2010Adrienne Johnson, 2009, 2010

* second team

Conference All-Tournament Team MVPsAmerican South

Erica Westbrooks, 1988Nora Lewis, 1989Venus Lacy, 1990Sheila Ethridge, 1991

Sun BeltDebra Williams, 1994Racquel Spurlock, 1995, 1996Tamicha Jackson, 1997Amanda Wilson, 1998

Monica Maxwell, 1999Betty Lennox, 2000Ayana Walker, 2001

Western Athletic Ayana Walker, 2002Cheryl Ford, 2003Amisha Carter, 2004Tasha Williams, 2006Shanavia Dowdell, 2010

Conference All-Tournament Team American South

Erica Westbrooks 1988Venus Lacy, 1988, 1989. 1990Nora Lewis, 1989Sheila Ethridge, 1990Shantel Haridson, 1990

Sun BeltShantel Hardison, 1992Debra Williams, 1993, 1994, 1995,

1996Vickie Johnson, 1993, 1995Pam Thomas, 1994Racquel Spurlock, 1995, 1996Kendra Neal, 1995, 1996Tamicha Jackson, 1997, 1998,

2000Alisa Burras, 1997, 1998Amanda Wilson, 1998, 1999Betty Lennox, 1999, 2000Monica Maxwell, 1999Ayana Walker, 2000Brooke Lassiter, 2000

Western AthleticAyana Walker, 2002Cheryl Ford, 2002, 2003Trina Frierson, 2003Amber Obaze, 2003Amisha Carter, 2004Erica Smith-Taylor, 2004, 2005Tasha Williams, 2005, 2006Shan Moore, 2006Shanavia Dowdell, 2009, 2010Adrienne Johnson, 2010

Conference Coach of the YearAmerican South

Leon Barmore, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991

Sun BeltLeon Barmore, 1993, 1994,

1996, 1997, 1998, 1999Western Athletic

Kurt Budke, 2003, 2004Chris Long, 2006

NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Players

Janice Lawrence, 1982Erica Westbrooks, 1988

NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team

Janice Lawrence, 1982, 1983,

1984Pam Kelly, 1982Kim Mulkey, 1982Jennifer White, 1983Teresa Weatherspoon, 1987,

1988Erica Westbrooks, 1988Venus Lacy, 1989, 1990Vickie Johnson, 1994Pam Thomas, 1994Tamicha Jackson, 1998

NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player

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

NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team

Pam Kelly, 1982Janice Lawrence, 1982, 1983,

1984Lori Scott, 1983Pam Gant, 1984, 1985Tori Harrison, 1985, 1986, 1987Angela Lawson, 1986Nora Lewis, 1987, 1989Teresa Weatherspoon, 1987,

1988Venus Lacy, 1988, 1989, 1990Shantel Hardison, 1990Danielle Whitehurst, 1993Pam Thomas, 1993, 1994Debra Williams, 1994, 1996Vickie Johnson, 1996Racquel Spurlock, 1996Alisa Burras, 1998LaQuan Stallworth, 1998Tamicha Jackson, 1998, 2000Amanda Wilson, 1999Monica Maxwell, 1999Betty Lennox, 1999, 2000Takeisha Lewis, 2001Cheryl Ford, 2003

Kodak All-AmericansPam Kelly, 1980, 1981, 1982Angela Turner, 1982Janice Lawrence, 1983, 1984Pam Gant, 1985Teresa Weatherspoon, 1987,

1988Nora Lewis, 1989Venus Lacy, 1990Vickie Johnson, 1995, 1996Debra Williams, 1996Amanda Wilson, 1999Tamicha Jackson, 2000

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120

00 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 (2008-09-

10)

3 Pam Crawford (1984) Sheila Ethridge (1988-89-90-

91) 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 (2002-

03-04-05)

RETIRED 5 Angela Turner (1979-80-81-

82) 10 Cindy McCarn (1978) Julie Wilkerson (1980-81-

82-83) Penee Hall (1984-1985) Shantel Hardison (1989-90-

92) Yen Quach (1995-96) LaQuan Stallworth (1997-

98-99) Kristie McClain (2001) Tasha Williams (2003-04-

05-06) Sidney Stewart (2008-09) Reina Kempt (2010)

RETIRED 11 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 (1999-00-01-

02) Tiawana Pringle (2007) DeAngela Sword (2009)

13 Allene Kemp (1978) Vickie Green (1983) Tori Harrison (1984-85-86-

87) Terri Meyer (1988-89-90-

191) Nicole Burn (1997-98)

14 Belinda Jones (1978) Angela Lawson (1985-86-

87-88) LaQuan Stallworth (1996) Beverly Moore (2000-01) Aarica Ray-Boyd (2003-04-

05-06) Tarkeisha Wysinger (2008-

09-10)

15 Karla Mancil (1978-79) Jennifer White (1980-81-82-

83) Melinda Chambless

(1985-86-87-88) Katie Cochran (1995-96-97-98) Shakera McReynolds

(2001) Toya George (2003-04)

RETIRED 20 Kim Mulkey (1981-82-83-

84)

21 Holly Kidd (1978) Kay Konerza (1983-84-85-86) DeJuna Jackson (1991-92-

93) Monica Maxwell (1996-97-

98-99) Tamaka Clay (2003) Shan Moore (2004-05-06-

07) 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 (1993-94-95-

96) Christie Sides (1999-2000) Ty Moore (2003-05-06-07) Tiawana Pringle (2008-09-

10)

23 Sandra Felton (1982) Tatia Brown (1985-86-87-

88) Catina Malone (1994-95) Stacey Hill (1996) Danielle Butler (1998) Jo Sneed (2007-08) Whitney Jones (2009-10)

24 Lyn Anastasio (1981) Sherry McDonald (1984-

85-86-87) Barbara Bolden (1990) Amy Brown (1992-93-94-

95) 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 (1993-94-

95-96) 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 (1997-98-

99) Sierra Nixon (2007)

31 Charlotte Cloud (1975-76) Joletta Riser (1991-92-93-

94) Latoshia Malone (1995) Crystal Allen (2000)

32 Debbo Baragona (1975) Ann Pendergrass (1979-

80-81-82) Stacey Davis (1984-85-86-

87) Annie Lockett (1990-91) Maquisha Walker (1994-95-

96) Cheryl Ford (2000-01-02-

03) Quantae Thomas (2006) Whitney Jones (2008) Jasmine Bendolph (2009-

10)

33 LaVerne Henderson (1975) Joy Gibson (1976-77) Beanie Lincoln (1986-88) Lisa Payne (1991-92) Jamie Scheppmann (1997-

98-99) Essence Perry (2001-02) Tosha Christmas (2005) Adrienne Johnson (2008-

09-10)

34 Belinda Jones (1975-76-77)

Mari Willis (1980) Debbie Primeaux (1981-

82-83-84) Michelle Martin (1990-91-

92) Jackie Bailey (1995-96) Alisa Burras (1997-98) Amber Obaze (2001-02-03-

04)

35 Mary Robertson (1975-76) Pam Wells (1989-90) Tamicha Jackson (1997-98-

99-2000) Tiffany Thompson (2004-

05)

RETIRED 40 Debbie Burks (1975-76) Nora Lewis (1986-87-88-

89)

RETIRED

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

42 Patsy Speights (1975) Mary Nell Kendrick (1976-

77-78-79) Cara Guillon (1989-90-91-

92) Takeisha Lewis (1999-00-

01-02) Shanavia Dowdell (2007-

08-09-10)

RETIRED 43 Mickie DeMoss (1975-76-

77) Venus Lacy (1988-89-90) Racquel Spurlock (1993-

94-95-96)

44 Connie Coker (1975) Debra Rodman (1981-82-

83-84) Erica Westbrooks (1985-

86-87-88) Kenya Bibbs (2001-02) Sultra Harding (2003) Tashia Combs (2005)

45 Kathy Singletary (1975) Danielle Whitehurst (1990-

91-92-93) Tamika Kursh (2004-05-06-

07) Kara Jones (2008)

50 Jane Ellen Cook (1976-77-78-79)

Tia Sossamon (1980-81-82-83)

Jocelyn Watson (1987-88-89-90)

LaShawn Brown (1992-93-94-95)

Trina Frierson (2000-02-03-04)

April Williams (2007-08)

RETIRED 51 Gail Hays (1976-77) janice Lawrence (1981-82-

83-84)

52 Kay Ford (2000) Rita Rust (1980-81-82) Priya Gilmore (1996-97-98-

99) Laura Beth Martin (2003) Tia Lawson (2005-06-07)

53 Mandy Warren (1976-77) Angie Donner (1978-79)

54 Janice Mulford (1980) Melshika Bowman (1998-

2000)

RETIRED 55 Elinor Griffin (1977-1978-79)

Vickie johnson (1993-94-95-96)

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AlabamaShanavia Dowdell, CaleraJasmine Bendolph, MobileDeAngela Sword, MontgomeryKiara Young, Rogersville

ArkansasMichelle Martin, BentonvilleJanice Moore, CamdenErica Westbrooks, CamdenJamie Scheppmann, CoveSidney Stewart, DamascusTamika Kursh, Ft.SmithBrooke Lassiter, HamburgTasha Williams, KingslandKathy Jones, McGeheeJocelyn Watson, McNeilAngie Donner, PiggotGail Sanders, StephensErica Smith-Taylor, Wheatley,

CanadaMargaret DeCiman, Saskatchewan

CaliforniaLakiste Barkus, Long BeachLinda Watson, Los AngelesAmisha Carter, Oakland

ColoradoAmber Metoyer, Boulder

FloridaJo Sneed, Belle GladePriya Gilmore, JacksonvilleJackie Bailey, Pahokee

GeorgiaSandra Felton, Cordele

IllinoisAlisa Burras, ChicagoPam Grant, JolietYen Quach, BloomingtonNora Lewis, Peoria

IndianaMonica Maxwell, East ChicagoAnna Snider, RamseyCara Gullion, Scottsburg

KansasKristie McClain, Wichita

KentuckyTamaka Clay, Lexington

LouisianaMelshika Bowman, AlexandriaKay Ford, AlexandriaMary Robertson, Alexandria

Ashley Antony, AnacocoMaquisha Walker, AthensChristie Sides, BakerReina Kempt, Baton RougeBrietta Thomas, Baton RougeDebbie Primeaux, Bell CityAnn May, BentonCindy McCarn, BentonConnie Coker, CalhounMelinda Chambless, ChathamJennifer Pesnell, ChoudrantPam Kelly, ColumbiaKarla Mancil, ColumbiaVickie Johnson, CoushattaDebbie Burks, DelhiMickie DeMoss, DelhiPam Crawford, DeRidderRacqual Spurlock, DonaldsonvilleBillie Fryer, EppsBelinda Jones, ErosAdrienne Johnson, FranklinTia Lawson, GeismarHolly Kid, GibslandKim Mulkey, HammondMandy Warren, HeflinSierra Nixon, HoumaMary Nell Kendrick, JenaJoletta Riser, JenaMarilyn Norris, JonesCynthia Loyd, Jonesboro-HodgeElinor Griffin, Lake ProvidenceTakeisha Lewis, LisbonJeannie Speights, LogansportPatsy Speights, LogansportSebrena Smith, MansfieldTarkeisha Wysinger, ManyShan Moore, MindenBeverly Moore, MonroeShantel Hardison, NatchitochesLatoshia Malone, OpelousasKendra Neal, PelicanSherry McDonald, PitkinCatina Malone, QuitmanStacy Hill, RayvilleNicole Burn, RustonSandy Freeman, RustonSheila Ethridge, RustonGail Hays, RustonNastassja Levingston, RustonAnn Pendergrass, RustonAngela Turner, SalineBarbara Bolden, ShreveportDanielle Butler, ShreveportKatie Cochran, ShreveportTy Moore, ShreveportRita Rust, ShreveportPam Thomas, ShreveportDanielle Whitehurst, ShreveportAmanda Wilson, ShreveportJane Ellen Cook, SimsboroDeJuna Jackson, SlidellTarleshia Brown, St. Amant

Charlotte Cloud, StonewallKathy Bailey, SummerfieldCheryl Ford, SummerfieldPashala Perry, TallulahJulie Wilkerson, TiogaJoy Gibson, VivianSarah Johnson, WelshWhitney Jones, West MonroeJessica Sandifer, West MonroeApril Williams, West MonroeMari Willis, West Monroe

MarylandTori Harrison, Townson

MichiganOvlina Lewis, DetroitShakera McReynolds, Lansing

MinnesotaLisa Harvey, Benton HarborKay Konerza, Lester PrairieJanet Karvonen, New York Mills

MississippiToya George, ClintonLori Scott, JacksonJanice Lawrence, LucedaleTiawana Pringle, MeridianKenya Bibbs, StarkvilleCatrina Frierson, Vicksburg

MissouriBetty Lennox, IndependenceTia Sossamon, Raymore

New MexicoMartina Holloway, Albuquerque

OhioLaShawn Brown, ClevelandLisa Payne, ColumbusSultra Harding, Xenia

OklahomaKenzi Bond, CantonJudy Smith, ChandlerEssence Perry, LawtonTashia Combs, Midwest CityAllene Kemp, MilburnTatia Brown, Tulsa

South CarolinaBeanie Lincoln, Summerville

TennesseeVenus Lacy, ChattanoogaAmy Brown, LivingstonJennifer White, Loretta

TexasPhoebe Dunn, Abernathy

Shaka Massey, ArlingtonJanice Mulford, BullardVickie Green, DallasTamicha Jackson, DallasAmber Obaze, DallasDebra Rodman, DallasQuantae Thomas, DallasTiffany Thompson, DallasAnnie Lockett, GarlandHartford Jackson, Grand PrairieEboni Mangum, HoustonDebra Williams, HoustonAyana Walker, HoustonChrystal Allen, KarnackTerri Meyer, LevellandStacy Davis, LewisvillePam Wells, LewisvilleKesia Warren, LewisvilleAngela Lawson, LongviewKara Jones, MoodyPennee Hall, Mount BelvieuTeresa Weatherspoon, PinelandNicole Collins, Round RockLaQuan Stallworth, SilsbeeAarica Ray-Boyd, Texarkana

UtahShordy Mulford, West Valley City

VirginiaLyn Anastasio, Hampton

WisconsinPaulette Stall, La Crosse

UnknownsDebbo BaragonaLaVerne HendersonKathy Singletary

all-time by stateAarica Ray-Boyd Adrienne Johnson Allene Kemp Amber Obaze Amber Metoyer Angie Donner Annie Lockett


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1974-75 (13-9) 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 1975-76 (19-10) 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 W 69-64 March 6 N LSU 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

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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) 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 1982-83 (31-2) 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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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) 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) 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 1987-88 (32-2) 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

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March 19 H oklahoma St. W 103-78 March 23 H LSU W 85-68 March 25 H #4 Stanford W 85-75 March 31 N ✩#2 Auburn 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) 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 1992-93 (26-6) 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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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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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 98-60March 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 March 12 A Nevada L, 91-88 oT 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

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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 ★ Denotes National Championship

overtime historyOverall Record: 15-13Home: 3-4 Away: 8-7 Neutral: 4-2 Streak: -1

Northwestern State L 86-77 1974-75 NNorthwestern State W 87-83 1974-75 NSoutheastern Louisiana L 104-102 1976-77 HKansas State W 90-82 1977-78 NRutgers W 89-83 1979-80 ALouisiana-Monroe W 79-77 1984-85 HSouthern Cal W 83-79 1984-85 ALong Beach State L 99-95 1986-87 ATexas W 83-80 1987-88 ATennessee L 62-61 1988-89 NTexas Tech L 79-67 1990-91 AStephen F. Austin L 77-74 1990-91 HWestern Kentucky L 72-66 1991-92 A Northern Illinois L 77-71 1991-92 A

Overall Season Head Coach Record Conference Conf. Record Conf. Finish Post-Season1974-75 Sonja Hogg 13-9 NA AIAW State Tournament1975-76 Sonja Hogg 19-10 NA AIAW State Tournament1976-77 Sonja Hogg 22-9 NA AIAW Region 4 Tournament1977-78 Sonja Hogg 20-8 NA AIAW Region 4 Tournament1978-79 Sonja Hogg 34-4 NA AIAW National Runners-up1979-80 Sonja Hogg 40-5 NA AIAW Final Four1980-81 Sonja Hogg 34-0 NA AIAW National Champions1981-82 Sonja Hogg 35-1 NA NCAA National Champions1982-83 Sonja Hogg 31-2 NA NCAA National Runners-up Leon Barmore 1983-84 Sonja Hogg 30-3 NA NCAA Final Four Leon Barmore1984-85 Sonja Hogg 29-4 NA NCAA Elite Eight Leon Barmore 1985-86 Leon Barmore 27-5 NA NCAA Elite Eight1986-87 Leon Barmore 30-3 NA NCAA National Runners-up1987-88 Leon Barmore 32-2 ASC 9-0 1st* NCAA National Champions1988-89 Leon Barmore 32-4 ASC 10-0 1st* NCAA Final Four1989-90 Leon Barmore 32-1 ASC 10-0 1st* NCAA Final Four1990-91 Leon Barmore 18-12 ASC 9-3 2nd NCAA First Round1991-92 Leon Barmore 20-10 SBC 12-4 3rd NCAA First Round1992-93 Leon Barmore 26-6 SBC 13-1 1st NCAA Elite Eight1993-94 Leon Barmore 31-4 SBC 14-0 1st* NCAA National Runners-up1994-95 Leon Barmore 28-5 SBC 13-1 1st NCAA Sweet 161995-96 Leon Barmore 31-2 SBC 14-0 1st* NCAA Elite Eight1996-97 Leon Barmore 31-4 SBC 12-2 1st* NCAA Sweet 161997-98 Leon Barmore 31-4 SBC 13-1 1st* NCAA National Runners-up1998-99 Leon Barmore 30-3 SBC 12-0 1st* NCAA Final Four1999-00 Leon Barmore 31-3 SBC 16-0 1st* NCAA Elite Eight2000-01 Leon Barmore 31-5 SBC 16-0 1st* NCAA Elite Eight2001-02 Leon Barmore 25-5 WAC 17-1 1st* NCAA First Round2002-03 Kurt Budke 31-3 WAC 18-0 1st* NCAA Sweet 162003-04 Kurt Budke 29-3 WAC 17-1 1st* NCAA Sweet 162004-05 Kurt Budke 20-10 WAC 14-4 1st NCAA First Round2005-06 Chris Long 26-5 WAC 15-1 1st* NCAA First Round2006-07 Chris Long 17-13 WAC 12-4 1st 2007-08 Chris Long 16-15 WAC 9-7 T4th2008-09 Chris Long 12-11 WAC 5-4 NA2008-09 Teresa Weatherspoon 9-2 WAC 7-0 1st WNIT Second Round 2009-10 Teresa Weatherspoon 23-9 WAC 11-5 2nd NCAA First Round* Conference Tournament Champs

Year-by-Year coaching results

sonja hogg1974-85

leon Barmore1982-2002

kurt Budke2002-2005

chris long2005-09

teresa weatherspoon2009-present

Mississippi W 68-64 1992-93 AWestern Kentucky W 87-82 1993-94 AConnecticut W 83-81 1995-96 NRice L 87-84 2003-04 AIllinois L 71-65 2004-05 HHawaii L 79-78 2004-05 AFresno State (2OT) W 92-87 2004-05 NIowa (2OT) W 95-91 2005-06 HHawaii W 71-66 2005-06 AUtah State W 90-82 2008-09 AIdaho W 67-63 2008-09 ANevada L 91-88 2008-09 AIdaho W 74-71 2009-10 HFresno State L 81-78 2009-10 H


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Opponent Record Stk First Last

Akron 1-0 +1 1999-00 1999-00

Alabama 11-1 +4 1982-83 2007-08

Alcorn State 8-0 +8 1981-82 2005-06

Allen White 1-0 +1 1974-75 1974-75 (Lafayette AAU)

Arizona 5-1 +1 1990-91 2008-09

Arizona State 1-0 +1 1981-82 1981-82

Arkansas 3-0 +3 1978-79 1983-84

UALR 6-1 +1 1999-00 2008-09

Arkansas State 34-2 +26 1987-88 2009-10

Auburn 5-2 +1 1982-83 1996-97

Baylor 4-2 -1 1976-77 2009-10

Belhaven College 2-0 +2 1977-78 1978-79

Boise State 14-7 -1 2001-02 2009-10

Butler 1-0 +1 1993-94 1993-94

Cal-Poly Pomona 2-0 +2 1983-84 1984-85

Cal-Santa Barbara 0-1 -1 2001-02 2001-02

Cal State-Fullerton 0-1 -1 1990-91 1990-91

Centenary 4-0 +4 2000-01 2009-10

UCF 9-0 +9 1989-90 1998-99

Central Arkansas 1-0 +1 2008-09 2008-09

Central Michigan 2-0 +2 1986-87 1990-91

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

Cheyney State 3-0 +3 1981-82 1983-84

Clemson 3-0 +3 1981-82 1997-98

Cleveland State 1-0 +1 1998-99 1998-99

Colorado 3-1 +2 1987-88 1995-96

Connecticut 2-5 -4 1991-92 2001-02

Creighton 1-0 +1 1985-86 1985-86

Delta State 1-3 +1 1976-77 1978-79

Denver 4-0 +4 1999-00 2000-01

DePaul 4-1 -1 1988-89 1996-97

Drake 3-0 +3 1985-86 1987-88

Duke 0-2 -2 2001-02 2003-04

Eastern Kentucky 1-1 -1 1997-97 2006-07

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

Florida 0-1 -1 1996-97 1996-97

Florida A&M 1-0 +1 1985-86 1985-86

Florida Atlantic 1-0 +1 1986-87 1986-87

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

Florida State 2-2 -2 1997-98 2009-10

Fresno State 15-8 +1 1995-96 2009-10

Furman 1-0 +1 1994-95 1994-95

Georgia 5-1 +1 1981-82 1996-97

Georgia State 1-0 +1 2000-01 2000-01

Grambling State 3-0 +3 2005-06 2008-09

Hawaii 22-3 +4 1979-80 2009-10

Hawaii Pacific 2-0 +2 1983-84 1985-86

Holy Cross 2-0 +2 1988-89 1997-98

Houston 4-2 -1 1983-84 2000-01

Idaho 11-0 +11 2005-06 2009-10

Illinois 1-1 -1 2003-04 2004-05

Illinois State 5-1 -1 1981-82 2008-09

Indiana 2-0 +2 1983-84 2000-01

Iowa 6-3 +3 1986-87 2006-07

Iowa State 1-0 +1 1998-99 1998-99

Jackson State 3-0 +3 1980-81 1983-84

Kansas 10-0 +10 1978-79 1987-88

Kansas State 6-2 -2 1977-78 2006-07

Kentucky 3-0 +3 1981-82 1987-88

Lamar 24-3 +15 1987-88 1997-98

Long Beach State 11-2 +2 1979-80 1994-95

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

UL-Lafayette 38-0 +38 1975-76 2002-03

UL-Monroe 44-9 -2 1974-75 2007-08

LSU 14-11 -5 1974-75 2009-10

Louisville 1-0 +1 1988-89 1988-89

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

Marquette 1-0 +1 1994-95 1994-95

Maryland 2-0 +2 1979-80 1981-82

UMBC 1-0 +1 2008-09 2008-09

Massachusetts 1-0 +1 1995-96 1995-96

McNeese State 17-5 +1 1974-75 2009-10

Memphis 8-2 +1 1979-80 2009-10

Miami (Fla.) 2-0 +2 1985-86 1986-87

Michigan 2-1 +1 1998-99 2001-02

Michigan State 1-0 +1 1986-87 1986-87

Middle Tennessee 4-0 +4 1982-83 2000-01

Mississippi 5-1 +4 1987-88 2005-06

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

Mississippi State 5-5 -3 1979-80 2009-10

Miss. Valley State 1-0 +1 1989-90 1989-90

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

Missouri 1-0 +1 2000-01 2000-01

Montana 2-0 +2 1991-92 2003-04

Montana State 1-0 +1 1994-95 1994-95

Montclair State 1-0 +1 1981-82 1981-82

Morgan State 1-0 +1 1993-94 1993-94

Nebraska 1-0 +1 1979-80 1979-80

Nevada 18-5 +2 1987-88 2009-10

New Mexico 1-0 +1 2002-03 2002-03

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

New Orleans 39-2 +9 1974-75 2000-01

Nicholls State 15-0 +15 1974-75 2009-10

North Carolina 1-1 -1 1984-85 1993-94

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

North Texas 4-0 +4 1989-90 2000-01

Northern Arizona 1-0 +1 1986-87 1986-87

Northern Illinois 0-1 -1 1991-92 1991-92

Northwestern 3-0 +3 1978-79 1986-87

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

Notre Dame 2-1 -1 1982-83 1990-91

Ohio State 5-0 +5 1979-80 2002-03

Oklahoma 4-1 -1 1980-81 2004-05

Oklahoma State 8-0 +8 1976-77 1993-94

Old Dominion 14-5 +1 1978-79 1999-00

Oral Roberts 6-0 +6 1977-78 1984-85

Oregon 1-0 +1 1979-80 1979-80

Ouachita Baptist 2-0 +2 1975-76 1976-77

Panola Jr. College 5-1 +5 1975-76 1977-78

Penn State 7-3 +1 1983-84 2003-04

Pepperdine 3-0 +3 1978-79 2002-03

Prairie View A&M 1-0 +1 1989-90 1989-90

Purdue 6-2 +2 1988-89 2000-01

Rice 9-4 +2 2000-01 2006-07

Rutgers 3-0 +3 1979-80 1981-82

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

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

South Alabama 21-0 +21 1991-92 2000-01

South Carolina 3-1 +3 1981-82 1982-83

SE Missouri State 1-0 +1 1999-00 1999-00

Southeastern La. 7-5 +7 1974-75 1998-99

Southern 8-1 +7 1975-76 2003-04

Southern Cal 8-4 +2 1978-79 1996-97

Southern Illinois 1-0 +1 1986-87 1986-87

SMU 18-0 +18 1978-79 2008-09

Southern Miss 3-1 +1 1989-90 2009-10

Southern Utah 1-0 +1 1996-97 1996-97

SW Missouri State 1-0 +1 1992-93 1992-93

St. John’s 1-0 +1 1995-96 1995-96

St. Peter’s 1-0 +1 1996-97 1996-97

Stanford 1-0 +1 1988-89 1988-89

Stephen F. Austin 26-6 +1 1977-78 2009-10

Stetson 1-0 +1 1989-90 1989-90

Temple 0-1 -1 2004-05 2004-05

Tennessee 17-24 -9 1978-79 2008-09

Tennessee Tech 3-0 +3 1981-82 1995-96

Texas 8-2 +8 1976-77 1992-93

Texas A&M 6-0 +6 1976-77 1986-87

Texas-Arlington 10-0 +10 1976-77 2000-01

TCU 1-0 +1 2000-01 2000-01

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

Texas-San Antonio 3-0 +3 1984-85 2009-10

Texas Southern 1-0 +1 1993-94 1993-94

Texas State 1-0 +1 1976-77 1976-77

Texas Tech 11-2 +2 1977-78 2003-04

Tulane 7-0 +7 1976-77 2003-04

Tulsa 8-1 -1 2001-02 2004-05

UCLA 11-0 +11 1978-79 1999-00

UNLV 8-2 +2 1979-80 1997-98

U.S. International 1-0 +1 1986-87 1986-87

UT-Chattanooga 1-0 +1 2000-01 2000-01

Utah 1-0 +1 1987-88 1987-88

Utah State 10-1 +2 2005-06 2009-10

UTEP 9-0 +9 2001-02 2004-05

Valdosta State 1-1 +1 1978-79 1981-82

Vanderbilt 1-1 +1 1992-93 1999-00

Virginia 2-3 -1 1986-87 2008-09

Washington 5-0 +5 1982-83 1996-97

Wayland Baptist 5-2 +5 1977-78 1980-81

Weber State 1-0 +1 1999-00 1999-00

West Virginia 1-0 +1 1993-94 1993-94

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

Wisconsin 1-0 +1 1984-85 1984-85

All Games 976-204 (.828)

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Akron (Tech 1-0)1999-00 Tech 88-61 H

Alabama (Tech 11-1)1982-83 Tech 83-56 H1984-85 Tech 76-51 H1985-86 Tech 82-77 A1989-90 Tech 66-49 A1990-91 Tech 62-57 H 1992-93 Tech 93-72 H1993-94 Alabama 99-77 A1993-94 Tech 69-66 N1994-95 Tech 72-56 H1997-98 Tech 71-57 N2006-07 Tech 66-57 H2007-08 Tech 62-61 A

Alcorn State (Tech 8-0)1981-82 Tech 108-47 H1982-83 Tech 84-50 A1987-88 Tech 98-52 H1992-93 Tech 110-70 H1997-98 Tech 75-53 H1999-00 Tech 95-53 H2004-05 Tech 62-61 A 2005-06 Tech 77-44 H

Allen White (AAU) (Tech 1-0)1974-75 Tech 80-78 N

Arizona (Tech 5-1)1990-91 Tech 92-68 N1996-97 Tech 73-60 H1997-98 Tech 75-64 H1998-99 Tech 85-72 A2006-07 UA 74-59 A2008-09 Tech 68-53 H

Arizona State (Tech 1-0)1981-82 Tech 92-54 H

Arkansas (Tech 3-0)1978-79 Tech 82-28 H1982-83 Tech 74-34 H1983-84 Tech 75-52 A

UALR (Tech 6-1)1999-00 Tech 95-52 A1999-00 Tech 98-36 H2000-01 Tech 95-57 H2000-01 Tech 83-52 A2003-04 Tech 81-58 H2007-08 UALR 70-60 A2008-09 Tech 77-61 H

Arkansas State (Tech 34-2)1987-88 Tech 113-50 H1988-89 Tech 66-33 A1988-89 Tech 91-46 A1988-89 Tech 108-29 H1989-90 Tech 106-36 H1989-90 Tech 94-65 A1990-91 ASU 76-75 A1990-91 Tech 79-54 H1990-91 Tech 83-79 A1991-92 ASU 73-55 A1991-92 Tech 71-58 H1992-93 Tech 54-53 A1992-93 Tech 72-66 H1993-94 Tech 77-65 H1993-94 Tech 65-45 A1994-95 Tech 64-53 A

1994-95 Tech 89-60 H1994-95 Tech 72-51 H1995-96 Tech 78-43 A1995-96 Tech 98-68 H1996-97 Tech 80-59 A1996-97 Tech 100-55 H1997-98 Tech 71-67 A1997-98 Tech 89-63 H1998-99 Tech 94-48 H1998-99 Tech 79-63 A1998-99 Tech 114-67 A1999-00 Tech 95-59 A1999-00 Tech 91-81 N2000-01 Tech 62-59 A2000-01 Tech 82-62 H2001-02 Tech 87-54 H2002-03 Tech 72-54 A2004-05 Tech 67-50 H2005-06 Tech 76-64 A2009-10 Tech 71-59 A

Auburn (Tech 5-2)1982-83 Tech 81-54 H1983-84 Tech 80-68 A1984-85 Tech 85-65 H1987-88 Tech 56-54 N1988-89 Auburn 76-71 N1989-90 Auburn 81-69 N1996-97 Tech 74-48 H

Baylor (Tech 4-2)1976-77 Baylor 84-78 N 1977-78 Tech 91-78 N1979-80 Tech 100-66 N1981-82 Tech 104-61 H1993-94 Tech 78-68 N2009-10 Baylor 77-67 A

Belhaven College (Tech 2-0)1977-78 Tech 78-65 A1978-79 Tech 81-50 H

Boise State (Tech 14-7)2001-02 Tech 106-58 H2001-02 Tech 78-39 A2001-02 Tech 70-53 N2002-03 Tech 102-66 A2002-03 Tech 98-60 N2003-04 Tech 95-57 H2003-04 Tech 80-48 A2003-04 Tech 100-56 N2004-05 Boise St 62-59 A2004-05 Tech 85-48 H2004-05 Tech 81-68 N2005-06 Tech 75-61 H2005-06 Tech 72-59 A2006-07 BSU 68-47 H2006-07 Tech 79-63 A2007-08 BSU 85-68 H2007-08 BSU 70-54 A2008-09 BSU 52-42 A2008-09 BSU 66-61 H2009-10 Tech 75-53 H2009-10 BSU 74-65 A

Butler (Tech 1-0)1993-94 Tech 65-61 N

Cal Poly-Pomona (Tech 2-0)1983-84 Tech 83-43 A1984-85 Tech 94-62 H

Cal Santa Barbara (UCSB 1-0)2001-02 UCSB 575-6 N

Cal State-Fullerton (Cal State-Fullerton 1-0)1990-91 Cal State 84-80 A

Centenary (Tech 4-0)2000-01 Tech 100-34 H2001-02 Tech 98-44 A2002-03 Tech 97-47 H2009-10 Tech 88-41 H

Central Arkansas(Tech 1-0)2008-09 Tech 77-36 H

UCF (Tech 9-0)1989-90 Tech 121-57 A1990-91 Tech 88-54 A1990-91 Tech 104-79 H1991-92 Tech 80-69 A1991-92 Tech 100-51 H1992-93 Tech 90-39 H1992-93 Tech 93-37 A1995-96 Tech 98-41 H1998-99 Tech 90-48 H

Central Michigan (Tech 2-0)1986-87 Tech 85-68 H1990-91 Tech 81-62 H

Central Missouri State (Tech 1-0)1978-79 Tech 81-63 N

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

Cheyney State (Tech 3-0)1981-82 Tech 76-62 N1982-83 Tech 60-45 H1983-84 Tech 100-72 N

Clemson (Tech 3-0)1981-82 Tech 68-63 A1982-83 Tech 98-71 H1997-98 Tech 74-52 H

Cleveland State (Tech 1-0)1998-99 Tech 130-55 H

Colorado (Tech 3-1)1987-88 Tech 66-59 H1988-89 Colorado 61-60 A1994-95 Tech 77-62 H1995-96 Tech 65-61 A

Connecticut (Connecticut 5-2)1991-92 UConn 63-61 N1995-96 Tech 83-81OT N1998-99 Tech 90-76 H1999-00 UConn 90-63 A2000-01 UConn 71-55 H2000-01 UConn 67-48 N2001-02 UConn 74-50 A

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

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

1977-78 Delta St. 67-62 A1977-78 Delta St. 74-71 H1978-79 Tech 89-66 H

Denver (Tech 4-0)1999-00 Tech 90-45 H1999-00 Tech 92-48 A2000-01 Tech 66-46 H2000-01 Tech 67-55 N

DePaul (Tech 4-1)1988-89 Tech 90-74 A1989-90 Tech 89-75 H1992-93 Tech 70-59 H1995-96 Tech 90-56 H1996-97 DePaul 70-67 A

Drake (Tech 3-0)1985-86 Tech 87-78 H1986-87 Tech 55-52 A1987-88 Tech 88-56 H

Duke (Duke 2-0)2001-02 Duke 76-64 N2003-04 Duke 63-49 N

eastern Kentucky (Tied 1-1)1996-97 Tech 87-46 N2006-07 EKU 86-84 N

eastern Washington (Tech 1-0)1987-88 Tech 107-57 N

Florida (Florida 1-0)1996-97 Florida 71-57 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 H1998-99 Tech 80-65 A1998-99 Tech 94-70 N1999-00 Tech 65-54 A1999-00 Tech 89-62 H2000-01 Tech 65-58 H2000-01 Tech 70-63 A

Florida State (Tied 2-2)1997-98 Tech 86-60 H1998-99 Tech 88-72 A2005-06 FSU 80-71 N2009-10 FSU 75-61 A

Fresno State (Tech 15-8)1995-96 Tech 77-59 N2001-02 Tech 74-50 A2001-02 Tech 70-35 H2002-03 Tech 63-53 A2002-03 Tech 87-62 H2002-03 Tech 89-57 N2003-04 Tech 81-59 H2003-04 Tech 85-52 A2004-05 Tech 80-70 A2004-05 Tech 86-76 H2004-05 Tech 92-87 2OT N

2005-06 FSU 67-58 A2005-06 Tech 70-61 H2006-07 Tech 78-40 H2006-07 FSU 72-57 A2007-08 FSU 75-52 A2007-08 FSU 82-63 H2008-09 FSU 78-53 H2008-09 Tech 80-62 A2009-10 FSU 71-61 A2009-10 FSU 81-78 OT H2009-10 Tech 68-66 N

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

Georgia (Tech 5-1)1981-82 Tech 83-60 N1986-87 Tech 79-54 H1987-88 Tech 79-59 A1988-89 Tech 72-55 H1995-96 Georgia 90-76 N1996-97 Tech 71-69 N

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

Grambling State (Tech 3-0)2005-06 Tech 84-55 H2006-07 Tech 70-50 N2008-09 Tech 75-46 H

Hawaii (Tech 22-3)1979-80 Tech 103-59 A1979-80 Tech 84-54 A1983-84 Tech 95-53 A1985-86 Tech 92-49 A1988-89 Tech 71-52 A2001-02 Tech 67-55 A2001-02 Tech 82-53 H 2001-02 Tech 53-50 N2002-03 Tech 60-52 H2002-03 Tech 67-44 A2002-03 Tech 85-58 N2003-04 Tech 67-50 A2003-04 Tech 83-45 H2004-05 Tech 68-54 H2004-05 Hawaii 79-78OT A2005-06 Tech 71-66OT A2005-06 Tech 91-52 H2006-07 Tech 64-53 A2006-07 Hawaii 60-59 H2007-08 Tech 90-53 H2007-08 Hawaii 84-77 A2008-09 Tech 68-56 H2008-09 Tech 89-71 A2009-10 Tech 78-64 H2009-10 Tech 79-71 A

Hawaii-Pacific (Tech 2-0)1983-84 Tech 97-51 A1985-86 Tech 102-31 A

Holy Cross (Tech 2-0)1988-89 Tech 79-51 H1997-98 Tech 86-58 H

Houston (Tech 4-2)1983-84 Tech 92-58 H1984-85 Tech 71-58 A1985-86 Houston 66-60 A1986-87 Tech 85-50 H1999-00 Tech 94-49 H2000-01 Houston 71-52 A

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Idaho (Tech 11-0)2005-06 Tech 75-68 H2005-06 Tech 55-40 A2005-06 Tech 80-57 N2006-07 Tech 87-66 A2006-07 Tech 78-71 H2007-08 Tech 61-39 H2007-08 Tech 80-55 A2008-09 Tech 67-63OT A2008-09 Tech 70-60 H2009-10 Tech 74-71OT H2009-10 Tech 63-56 A

Illinois (Tied 1-1)2003-04 Tech 67-61 A2004-05 Illinois 71-65OT H

Illinois State (Tech 5-1)1981-82 Tech 71-56 N1981-82 Tech 67-42 H1982-83 Tech 81-66 A1984-85 Tech 81-57 H1985-86 Tech 92-55 H2008-09 ISU 73-59 A

Indiana (Tech 2-0)1983-84 Tech 76-47 H2000-01 Tech 54-53 N

Iowa (Tech 6-3)1986-87 Tech 66-65 N1988-89 Tech 62-58 N1989-90 Tech 85-82 H1990-91 Iowa 72-57 A1991-92 Iowa 61-57 H1993-94 Iowa 70-66 A1997-98 Tech 83-58 N2005-06 Tech 95-91OT H2006-07 Tech 77-59 A

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

jackson State (Tech 3-0)1980-81 Tech 97-50 H1982-83 Tech 80-42 H1983-84 Tech 69-65 A

Kansas (Tech 10-0)1978-79 Tech 100-61 N1979-80 Tech 78-76 N1979-80 Tech 81-73 H1980-81 Tech 75-72 N1981-82 Tech 70-39 N1982-83 Tech 103-71 H1983-84 Tech 76-65 A1985-86 Tech 83-50 H1986-87 Tech 56-40 N1987-88 Tech 89-50 H

Kansas State (Tech 6-2)1977-78 Tech 90-82OT N1984-85 Tech 83-75 H1985-86 Tech 73-63 A1986-87 Tech 67-45 H1987-88 Tech 77-45 A1989-90 Tech 100-54 H2005-06 KSU 77-66 A2006-07 KSU 64-61 H

Kentucky (Tech 3-0)1981-82 Tech 82-60 H1986-87 Tech 64-63 A1987-88 Tech 95-63 H

Lamar (Tech 24-3)1987-88 Tech 106-49 H1987-88 Tech 93-67 H1988-89 Tech 67-51 H1988-89 Tech 99-49 A1988-89 Tech 109-56 H1989-90 Tech 85-55 H1989-90 Tech 81-42 A1989-90 Tech 79-58 H1990-91 Lamar 83-72 A1990-91 Lamar 90-76 H1991-92 Lamar 80-73 A1990-91 Tech 77-76 H1991-92 Tech 81-80 H1992-93 Tech 71-47 H1992-93 Tech 85-47 A1993-94 Tech 96-54 H1993-94 Tech 87-49 A1994-95 Tech 90-62 A1994-95 Tech 105-56 H1995-96 Tech 97-57 H1995-96 Tech 79-52 A1995-96 Tech 86-46 H1996-97 Tech 81-44 A1996-97 Tech 99-61 H1996-97 Tech 100-42 N1997-98 Tech 119-51 H1997-98 Tech 104-53 A

Long Beach State (Tech 11-2)1979-80 Tech 86-82 N1979-80 Tech 96-70 H1980-81 Tech 78-73 A1981-82 Tech 74-46 H1982-83 Tech 91-59 N1982-83 Tech 74-57 N 1983-84 Tech 73-57 H1984-85 Lg Bch 81-76 A1985-86 Tech 80-68 H1985-86 Tech 71-69 A1986-87 Lg Bch 99-95OT A1993-94 Tech 88-65 H1994-95 Tech 88-56 A

Louisiana College (Tech 12-0)1975-76 Tech 87-49 H1976-77 Tech 72-58 H1976-77 Tech 98-42 A1977-78 Tech 92-72 H1977-78 Tech 76-64 A1978-79 Tech 61-52 A1978-79 Tech 98-45 H1979-80 Tech 92-64 A1979-80 Tech 76-52 H1980-81 Tech 102-70 A1980-81 Tech 100-60 H1992-93 Tech 96-61 H

UL-Lafayette (Tech 38-0)1975-76 Tech 106-34 A1975-76 Tech 93-65 H1975-76 Tech 84-62 N1977-78 Tech 102-45 H1977-78 Tech 84-52 N1978-79 Tech 88-44 A1978-79 Tech 74-41 N1985-86 Tech 50-42 A1986-87 Tech 82-36 H1987-88 Tech 88-35 H1988-89 Tech 98-42 H1988-89 Tech 86-37 A1989-90 Tech 84-35 A1989-90 Tech 101-52 H1990-91 Tech 87-40 H1989-90 Tech 124-51 H1990-91 Tech 74-58 A1991-92 Tech 89-49 H1992-93 Tech 94-50 H1991-92 Tech 73-43 A1992-93 Tech 89-53 A

1993-94 Tech 98-44 A1993-94 Tech 100-44 H1994-95 Tech 90-42 H1994-95 Tech 96-43 A1995-96 Tech 111-36 H1995-96 Tech 111-40 A1995-96 Tech 89-37 H1996-97 Tech 87-30 A1996-97 Tech 97-34 H1997-98 Tech 100-50 H1997-98 Tech 83-36 A1998-99 Tech 90-43 A1998-99 Tech 92-51 H1999-00 Tech 95-40 A1999-00 Tech 114-69 H2000-01 Tech 83-68 A2002-03 Tech 81-50 H

UL-Monroe (Tech 44-9)1974-75 ULM 84-78 A1974-75 Tech 99-76 H1974-75 ULM 84-80 A1974-75 Tech 97-88 N1974-75 Tech 116-66 N1975-76 Tech 81-72 H 1975-76 Tech 63-61 N1975-76 ULM 73-66 A1975-76 Tech 69-64 N1976-77 Tech 95-73 A1976-77 Tech 99-75 H 1977-78 Tech 96-67 H1977-78 Tech 84-80 A1978-79 Tech 86-50 H1978-79 Tech 77-65 A1978-79 Tech 90-68 N1979-80 Tech 99-61 A1979-80 Tech 100-52 H1980-81 Tech 90-50 A1980-81 Tech 95-53 H1981-82 Tech 102-47 H1981-82 Tech 93-40 A1982-83 Tech 88-77 A1982-83 Tech 104-58 H1983-84 Tech 88-66 H1983-84 Tech 86-72 A1984-85 Tech 79-77OT H1984-85 Tech 80-67 A1984-85 ULM 85-76 A1985-86 ULM 86-76 A1985-86 ULM 82-74 H1986-87 Tech 82-48 H1986-87 Tech 84-68 A1987-88 Tech 81-50 H1987-88 Tech 71-43 A1988-89 Tech 74-57 A1988-89 Tech 94-71 H1989-90 Tech 87-49 H1989-90 Tech 55-44 A1990-91 Tech 60-57 A1990-91 Tech 83-55 H1991-92 Tech 77-66 A1991-92 Tech 95-65 H1992-93 ULM 62-51 A1992-93 Tech 76-49 H1993-94 Tech 100-44 H1993-94 Tech 69-62 A1994-95 Tech 89-47 H 1995-96 Tech 95-37 H1997-98 Tech 97-43 H1998-99 Tech 94-48 A2006-07 ULM 58-54 A2007-08 ULM 71-50 H

LSU (Tech 14-11)1974-75 Tech 97-83 H1974-75 Tech 95-87 A1975-76 Tech 64-49 A1975-76 LSU 85-77 N1976-77 Tech 86-73 H1976-77 LSU 92-72 A1976-77 Tech 101-88 H1977-78 LSU 77-59 A1977-78 LSU 78-76 N

1978-79 Tech 96-80 N1979-80 Tech 84-56 A 1979-80 Tech 93-61 H1979-80 Tech 91-50 A1983-84 Tech 92-67 H1988-89 Tech 87-60 H1988-89 Tech 87-60 H1988-89 Tech 68-60 A1988-89 Tech 85-68 H1990-91 LSU 84-75 A1990-91 LSU 76-70 H1998-99 Tech 73-52 N2002-03 LSU 69-63 N2006-07 LSU 61-44 N2008-09 LSU 51-41 A2009-10 LSU 77-74 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 H1981-82 Tech 73-56 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 N1974-75 McNeese 58-56 N1975-76 Tech 85-78 A1975-76 McNeese 56-55 A1975-76 Tech 64-53 N1977-78 Tech 88-67 A1977-78 Tech 90-69 H1978-79 McNeese 71-70 A1978-79 Tech 101-46 H1979-80 Tech 102-76 H1979-80 Tech 68-62 H1979-80 Tech 78-57 H1980-81 Tech 101-48 H1981-82 Tech 80-38 A1981-82 Tech 113-60 H1982-83 Tech 98-53 H1983-84 Tech 87-43 A1992-93 Tech 88-52 N2001-02 Tech 88-43 H2007-08 Tech 88-43 H2008-09 McNeese 71-66 A2009-10 Tech 94-61 H

Memphis (Tech 8-2)1978-79 Tech 76-57 H1979-80 Tech 96-72 A1982-83 Tech 64-56 H1983-84 Memphis 72-69 A1984-85 Tech 86-54 H1985-86 Tech 80-63 H1988-89 Tech 105-58 A2007-08 Tech 82-77 A2008-09 Memphis 67-60 A2009-10 Tech 86-76 H

Miami (Fla.) (Tech 2-0)1985-86 Tech 81-40 H1986-87 Tech 76-58 A

Michigan(Tech 2-1)1998-99 Tech 84-66 A2000-01 Michigan 69-66 A2001-02 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 H1984-85 Tech 86-62 H2000-01 Tech 80-57 A2000-01 Tech 83-64 H

Mississippi (Tech 5-1)1987-88 Tech 80-60 N1991-92 Miss 63-60 H1992-93 Tech 68-64OT A1993-94 Tech 82-67 H2004-05 Tech 88-70 A2005-06 Tech 84-71 H

Mississippi College (Tech 11-4)1975-76 MC 80-78 H1976-77 MC 78-75 H1976-77 MC 117-108 A1977-78 Tech 91-74 H1977-78 MC 75-73 A1978-79 Tech 81-80 A1980-81 Tech 89-53 H1980-81 Tech 92-45 A1981-82 Tech 100-55 H1981-82 Tech 94-52 A1982-83 Tech 95-62 A1983-84 Tech 109-60 H1984-85 Tech 100-68 A1985-86 Tech 87-45 H1986-87 Tech 72-41 A

Mississippi State (Tied 5-5)1979-80 Tech 89-54 H1999-00 MSU 74-72 A2000-01 Tech 83-65 H2003-04 Tech 94-65 H2004-05 MSU 72-55 A2005-06 Tech 52-41 H2006-07 Tech 60-54 A2007-08 MSU 63-50 H2008-09 MSU 72-42 A2009-10 MSU 72-68 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 N2003-04 Tech 81-77 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

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Nebraska (Tech 1-0)1979-80 Tech 88-64 H

Nevada (Tech 18-5)1987-88 Tech 80-46 A2001-02 Tech 102-58 A2001-02 Tech 95-65 H2002-03 Tech 83-54 A2002-03 Tech 79-67 H2003-04 Tech 110-47 H2003-04 Tech 89-57 A2004-05 Tech 69-52 A2004-05 Tech 108-72 H2005-06 Tech 72-57 A2005-06 Tech 75-34 H2005-06 Tech 69-60 N2006-07 UN 55-54 H2006-07 Tech 73-62 A2007-08 UN 74-70 A2007-08 Tech 70-64 H2007-08 Tech 82-56 N2008-09 UN 64-57 A2008-09 Tech 77-59 H2008-09 UN 91-88OT A2009-10 UN 69-56 A2009-10 Tech 69-56 H2009-10 Tech 80-77 A

New Mexico (Tech 1-0)2002-03 Tech 67-54 A

New Mexico State (Tech 12-2)2000-01 Tech 75-46 A2005-06 Tech 79-72 A2005-06 Tech 66-53 H2005-06 Tech 63-39 N2006-07 Tech 69-53 A2006-07 Tech 74-56 H2006-07 NMSU 63-57 A2007-08 Tech 75-50 H2007-08 NMSU 65-55 A2008-09 Tech 77-51 H2008-09 Tech 78-69 A2008-09 Tech 81-68 N2009-10 Tech 78-64 H2009-10 Tech 62-55 A

New Orleans (Tech 39-2)1974-75 Tech 80-55 N1974-75 Tech 77-60 N1974-75 Tech 104-73 N1975-76 Tech 87-35 A1975-76 Tech 96-44 H1980-81 Tech 121-59 N1981-82 Tech 106-59 A1982-83 Tech 84-49 H1985-86 Tech 70-50 A1986-87 Tech 82-52 H1987-88 Tech 74-57 A1987-88 Tech 88-64 H1988-89 Tech 72-61 H1988-89 Tech 68-51 A1989-90 Tech 86-45 A1989-90 Tech 98-60 H1990-91 Tech 72-58 H1990-91 Tech 67-66 A1991-92 Tech 65-60 A1991-92 UNO 69-54 H1992-93 Tech 71-62 A1992-93 Tech 54-47 H1992-93 Tech 67-60 H1993-94 Tech 82-62 A1993-94 Tech 68-53 H1993-94 Tech 50-42 N1994-95 Tech 108-63 H1994-95 Tech 100-52 A1995-96 Tech 103-58 H1995-96 Tech 98-58 A

1996-97 UNO 66-63 A1996-97 Tech 92-62 H1996-97 Tech 87-59 N1997-98 Tech 118-50 H1997-98 Tech 98-61 A1997-98 Tech 91-54 H1998-99 Tech 110-50 H1998-99 Tech 97-57 A1999-00 Tech 91-52 A1999-00 Tech 108-61 H2000-01 Tech 92-64 H

Nicholls State (Tech 15-0)1974-75 Tech 95-71 N1974-75 Tech 85-62 N1975-76 Tech 97-75 A1975-76 Tech 90-58 H1976-77 Tech 90-67 A1976-77 Tech 94-50 H1978-79 Tech 90-51 A1979-80 Tech 108-50 H1987-88 Tech 92-42 N1998-99 Tech 87-50 A1998-99 Tech 79-57 H2000-01 Tech 90-47 H2002-03 Tech 93-50 H2008-09 Tech 90-33 H2009-10 Tech 90-50 A

North Carolina (Tied 1-1)1984-85 Tech 80-59 N1993-94 NC 60-59 N

North Carolina State (Tech 2-0)1996-97 Tech 71-54 H1997-98 Tech 84-65 N

North Texas (Tech 4-0)1989-90 Tech 92-56 A1991-92 Tech 81-53 H2000-01 Tech 75-63 A2000-01 Tech 74-57 N

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

Northern Illinois (Northern Illinois 1-0)1991-92 No. Ill. 77-71OT A

Northwestern (Tech 3-0)1978-79 Tech 88-52 N1982-83 Tech 86-54 H1986-87 Tech 82-60 H

Northwestern State (Tech 21-6)1974-75 NSU 76-56 N1974-75 NSU. 86-77 N1974-75 Tech 87-83OT N1974-75 NSU 87-86 A1974-75 Tech 79-78 A1975-76 NSU 76-70 A1975-76 Tech 83-71 H1975-76 NSU 84-73 N1975-76 Tech 85-76 A1975-76 NSU 83-80 N1976-77 Tech 88-70 H1976-77 Tech 101-83 A1976-77 Tech 67-59 N1976-77 Tech 93-74 H1976-77 Tech 80-72 H1976-77 Tech 89-81 N1977-78 Tech 91-75 A1977-78 Tech 92-69 H1978-79 Tech 104-61 A1978-79 Tech 89-66 H1979-80 Tech 111-63 A1979-80 Tech 93-47 H

1979-80 Tech 90-71 H1980-81 Tech 115-67 H1980-81 Tech 90-36 N1983-84 Tech 82-46 A2007-08 Tech 92-57 N

Notre Dame (Tech 2-1)1982-83 Tech 81-39 A1983-84 Tech 83-56 H1990-91 ND 71-66 N

Ohio State (Tech 5-0)1979-80 Tech 89-67 N1983-84 Tech 79-57 N1994-95 Tech 98-81 A1995-96 Tech 92-65 H2002-03 Tech 74-61 H

Oklahoma (Tech 4-1)1980-81 Tech 88-68 N1981-82 Tech 101-57 A1982-83 Tech 105-75 H1994-95 Tech 48-36 H2004-05 Okla 86-59 N

Oklahoma State (Tech 8-0)1976-77 Tech 93-74 N1984-85 Tech 74-64 H1985-86 Tech 76-68 A1986-87 Tech 74-56 H1987-88 Tech 85-62 A1988-89 Tech 103-78 H1989-90 Tech 74-59 A1993-94 Tech 75-70 H

Old Dominion (Tech 14-5)1978-79 OD 75-65 N1979-80 Tech 59-57 N1979-80 OD 73-59 N1980-81 Tech 81-47 H1980-81 Tech 75-59 A1981-82 Tech 68-51 N1981-82 OD 61-58 A1982-83 Tech 69-48 H1982-83 Tech 71-55 A1983-84 OD 66-64 A1984-85 Tech 72-63 H1985-86 Tech 77-70 A1986-87 Tech 90-57 H1987-88 Tech 68-65 A1988-89 Tech 72-71 H1989-90 Tech 79-65 A1990-91 Tech 76-58 H1997-98 OD 88-65 N1999-00 Tech 86-74 N

Oral Roberts (Tech 6-0)1977-78 Tech 80-61 N1980-81 Tech 94-67 N1981-82 Tech 94-53 H1981-82 Tech 89-51 A1983-84 Tech 98-61 H1984-85 Tech 78-59 A

Oregon (Tech 1-0)1979-80 Tech 92-73 A

Ouachita Baptist (Tech 2-0)1975-76 Tech 72-55 H1976-77 Tech 88-40 H

Panola junior College (Tech 5-1)1975-76 Panola 74-63 A1975-76 Tech 72-66 H1976-77 Tech 78-69 H1976-77 Tech 80-60 A

1977-78 Tech 71-66 A1977-78 Tech 83-67 H

Penn State (Tech 7-3)1983-84 Tech 86-61 A1984-85 Tech 97-83 H1984-85 Tech 88-69 N1985-86 Penn St. 72-68 A1986-87 Tech 75-58 H1987-88 Penn St. 66-62 A1997-98 Tech 88-58 H1998-99 Tech 79-62 H1999-00 Penn St. 86-65 N2003-04 Tech 87-84 A

Pepperdine (Tech 3-0)1978-79 Tech 87-63 A1987-88 Tech 72-61 N2002-03 Tech 94-60 H

Prairie View A&M (Tech 1-0)1989-90 Tech 87-24 N

Purdue (Tech 6-2)1988-89 Tech 62-49 A1989-90 Tech 66-50 H1989-90 Tech 91-47 N1997-98 Tech 72-65 N1998-99 Purdue 71-65 N1998-99 Purdue 77-63 N1999-00 Tech 94-62 H2000-01 Tech 68-63 A

Rice (Tech 9-4)2000-01 Tech 85-54 H2001-02 Tech 88-42 H2001-02 Rice 57-56 A2002-03 Tech 79-65 H2002-03 Tech 80-63 A2003-04 Rice 87-84OT A2003-04 Tech 82-70 H2003-04 Tech 76-52 N2004-05 Tech 76-66 H2004-05 Rice 83-69 A2004-05 Rice 86-66 N2005-06 Tech 79-75 A2006-07 Tech 86-58 H

Rutgers (Tech 3-0)1979-80 Tech 89-83OT A1980-81 Tech 67-60 N1981-82 Tech 83-73 N

Sam Houston State (Tech 2-0)2007-08 Tech 93-58 A2008-09 Tech 82-59 H

San Diego (Tech 3-0)1991-92 Tech 77-59 N1994-95 Tech 83-51 A1996-97 Tech 70-33 H San Diego State (Tech 2-0)1984-85 Tech 94-64 N1985-86 Tech 87-43 H

San Francisco (Tech 1-0)1980-81 Tech 69-58 A

San jose State (Tech 18-0)2001-02 Tech 79-49 A2001-02 Tech 87-47 H2002-03 Tech 83-38 H2002-03 Tech 66-59 A

2003-04 Tech 84-71 A2003-04 Tech 82-51 H2004-05 Tech 66-52 H2004-05 Tech 80-51 A2005-06 Tech 74-51 H2005-06 Tech 78-48 A2006-07 Tech 65-52 A2006-07 Tech 71-61 H2007-08 Tech 70-54 H2007-08 Tech 78-64 A2008-09 Tech 70-53 H2008-09 Tech 87-69 A2009-10 Tech 92-48 A2009-10 Tech 81-66 H

South Alabama (Tech 21-0)1991-92 Tech 77-54 H1991-92 Tech 70-53 H1991-92 Tech 73-41 N1992-93 Tech 102-55 H1992-93 Tech 74-53 A1993-94 Tech 96-43 A1993-94 Tech 103-46 H1994-95 Tech 90-45 H1994-95 Tech 94-50 A1995-96 Tech 67-46 A1995-96 Tech 89-29 H1996-97 Tech 72-49 A1996-97 Tech 88-48 H1997-98 Tech 72-53 A1997-98 Tech 115-44 H1998-99 Tech 96-32 H1998-99 Tech 98-39 A1999-00 Tech 90-33 H1999-00 Tech 77-37 A1999-00 Tech 95-51 N2000-01 Tech 71-46 H

South Carolina (Tech 3-1)1979-80 USC 77-69 N1980-81 Tech 97-70 H1981-82 Tech 71-58 A1982-83 Tech 94-54 H

Se Missouri State (Tech 1-0)1999-00 Tech 96-54 N

Southeastern Louisiana (Tech 7-5)1974-75 SLU 59-55 H1974-75 SLU 81-44 N1975-76 SLU 76-72 A1976-77 SLU 104-102OT H1976-77 SLU 106-96 A1979-80 Tech 107-64 A1979-80 Tech 92-67 H1980-81 Tech 110-57 H1980-81 Tech 101-56 H1983-84 Tech 88-45 A1984-85 Tech 92-39 H1998-99 Tech 88-55 A

Southern (Tech 8-1)1975-76 Tech 81-69 N1975-76 Southern 75-70 N1977-78 Tech 89-62 A1978-79 Tech 105-83 N1979-80 Tech 115-76 H1979-80 Tech 93-55 H1980-81 Tech 86-59 N1980-81 Tech 75-58 N2003-04 Tech 78-29 H

Southern Cal(8-4)1978-79 Tech 78-68 A1980-81 Tech 66-50 H1982-83 USC 64-58 A1982-83 Tech 58-56 N1982-83 USC 69-67 N1983-84 Tech 75-66 H


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1983-84 USC 62-57 N1984-85 Tech 83-792OT A1985-86 Tech 73-53 H1985-86 USC 80-64 N1993-94 Tech 75-66 N1996-97 Tech 66-47 H

Southern Illinois (Tech 1-0)1986-87 Tech 66-53 N

SMU (Tech 18-0)1978-79 Tech 72-50 N1984-85 Tech 71-46 H1986-87 Tech 95-54 A1986-87 Tech 78-44 H1993-94 Tech 96-62 H1995-96 Tech 84-68 A1996-97 Tech 88-60 H1997-98 Tech 76-74 A1998-99 Tech 91-63 H2001-02 Tech 68-45 A2001-02 Tech 82-36 H2002-03 Tech 74-64 A2002-03 Tech 89-56 H2003-04 Tech 88-52 H2003-04 Tech 89-79 A2004-05 Tech 69-62 A2004-05 Tech 77-63 H2008-09 Tech 77-54 H

Southern Miss (Tech 3-1)1989-90 Tech 89-70 H1995-96 Tech 86-46 H2007-08 USM 76-62 H2009-10 Tech 76-68 A

Southern Utah (Tech 1-0)1996-97 Tech 85-55 N

SW Missouri State (Tech 1-0)1992-93 Tech 59-43 N

St. johns (Tech 1-0)1995-96 Tech 92-29 H

St. Peters (Tech 1-0)1996-97 Tech 94-50 H

Stanford (Tech 1-0)1988-89 Tech 85-75 H

Stephen F. Austin (Tech 26-6)1977-78 SFA 80-67 A1977-78 Tech 74-73 H1978-79 Tech 76-68 H1978-79 SFA 83-82 A1979-80 SFA 75-71 A1979-80 Tech 82-56 H1979-80 SFA 73-65 N1980-81 Tech 81-57 H1980-81 Tech 79-61 A1980-81 Tech 98-67 A1981-82 Tech 97-59 N1981-82 Tech 69-59 A1981-82 Tech 105-58 H1982-83 Tech 81-56 H1983-84 Tech 87-58 A1983-84 Tech 104-48 N1984-85 Tech 98-58 A1984-85 Tech 94-61 H1985-86 Tech 73-55 A1985-86 Tech 75-49 H1986-87 Tech 76-42 H1987-88 Tech 69-51 A1988-89 Tech 88-54 H1989-90 Tech 69-56 A

1990-91 SFA 77-74OT H1992-93 Tech 78-63 A1997-98 Tech 85-53 N2002-03 Tech 80-44 H2003-04 Tech 109-60 A2006-07 SFA 65-55 A2007-08 Tech 82-60 H2009-10 Tech 65-61 N

Stetson (Tech 1-0)1989-90 Tech 88-46 A

Temple (Temple 1-0)2004-05 Temple 66-61 N

Tennessee (Tennessee 22-19)1978-79 Tech 64-56 N1978-79 Tech 102-84 N1979-80 UT 73-71 A1980-81 Tech 77-53 H1980-81 Tech 79-59 N1981-82 Tech 72-64 A1981-82 Tech 69-46 N1982-83 Tech 80-64 H1983-84 Tech 81-63 A1984-85 Tech 73-57 H1985-86 Tech 59-56 A1986-87 Tech 72-60 H1986-87 UT 67-44 N1987-88 UT 76-74 A1987-88 Tech 68-59 N1988-89 UT 62-61OT N1988-89 UT 72-65 H1989-90 Tech 59-58 A1990-91 UT 77-74 H1991-92 UT 90-70 A1992-93 UT 83-76 H1993-94 UT 94-60 A1993-94 Tech 71-68 A1994-95 UT 69-62 N1994-95 UT 62-56 H1995-96 UT 77-72 A1996-97 Tech 66-64 H1996-97 Tech 98-80 H1997-98 UT 75-61 A1997-98 UT 93-75 N1998-99 UT 92-73 H1999-00 Tech 69-64 A2000-01 UT 70-62 H2001-02 UT 90-75 A2002-03 UT 60-35 H2003-04 UT 85-65 A2004-05 UT 70-59 H2005-06 UT 83-59 A2006-07 UT 71-50 H2007-08 UT 81-60 A2008-09 UT 94-59 A

Tennessee Tech (Tech 3-0)1981-82 Tech 114-53 H1994-95 Tech 62-33 A1995-96 Tech 101-56 H

Texas (Tech 8-2)1976-77 Texas 84-59 N1976-77 Texas 94-85 N1978-79 Tech 77-74 N1982-83 Tech 86-64 N1982-83 Tech 72-58 H1983-84 Tech 85-60 H1986-87 Tech 79-75 A1987-88 Tech 83-80OT A1989-90 Tech 71-57 A1992-93 Tech 82-78 A

Texas A&M (Tech 6-0)1976-77 Tech 69-67 N1978-79 Tech 85-72 N1979-80 Tech 92-60 N

1979-80 Tech 80-57 N1985-86 Tech 79-49 H1986-87 Tech 95-44 A

Texas-Arlington (Tech 10-0)1976-77 Tech 106-70 N1993-94 Tech 81-41 H1994-95 Tech 87-46 A1995-96 Tech 77-56 H1996-97 Tech 80-39 N1996-97 Tech 61-54 A1997-98 Tech 83-38 H1998-99 Tech 73-40 A1999-00 Tech 80-31 H2000-01 Tech 89-44 H

TCU(Tech 1-0)2000-01 Tech 80-59 H

Texas Pan American (Tech 24-0)1987-88 Tech 98-21 H1988-89 Tech 111-28 A1988-89 Tech 126-25 H1989-90 Tech 98-35 H1989-90 Tech 90-48 A1990-91 Tech 94-64 A1990-91 Tech 102-45 H1991-92 Tech 89-33 H1991-92 Tech 71-58 A1992-93 Tech 83-43 A1992-93 Tech 82-42 H1993-94 Tech 104-61 A1993-94 Tech 91-60 A1993-94 Tech 80-34 N1994-95 Tech 92-33 A1994-95 Tech 96-41 H1994-95 Tech 95-34 H1995-96 Tech 89-51 A1995-96 Tech 101-51 H1996-97 Tech 95-52 H1996-97 Tech 87-41 A1997-98 Tech 103-41 H1997-98 Tech 115-38 A1997-98 Tech 92-56 H

Texas-San Antonio (Tech 3-0)1984-85 Tech 80-39 N2005-06 Tech 75-67 N2009-10 Tech 82-72 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 N1983-84 Tech 94-68 H1985-86 Tech 77-71 H1986-87 Tech 71-43 A1987-88 Tech 107-62 H1988-89 Tech 79-57 A1989-90 Tech 95-54 H1990-91 TT 79-67OT A1991-92 Tech 69-66 H1992-93 TT 74-71 A1995-96 Tech 66-55 N2002-03 Tech 85-76 N2003-04 Tech 81-64 N

Tulane (Tech 7-0)1976-77 Tech 99-52 H1981-82 Tech 103-50 H1987-88 Tech 92-62 A1988-89 Tech 77-39 H1996-97 Tech 77-50 H

2002-03 Tech 68-53 A2003-04 Tech 96-37 H

Tulsa (Tech 8-1)2001-02 Tech 77-46 H2001-02 Tech 67-62 A2001-02 Tech 57-42 A2002-03 Tech 75-62 H2002-03 Tech 85-66 A2003-04 Tech 63-60 A2003-04 Tech 81-57 H2004-05 Tech 63-47 H2004-05 Tulsa 74-70 A

UCLA (Tech 11-0)1978-79 Tech 85-81 A1979-80 Tech 93-77 H1980-81 Tech 99-61 A1980-81 Tech 87-54 H1981-82 Tech 103-63 H1982-83 Tech 84-59 A1983-84 Tech 94-58 H1984-85 Tech 76-50 A1985-86 Tech 73-59 H1998-99 Tech 88-62 N 1999-00 Tech 82-64 N

UNLV (Tech 8-2)1979-80 Tech 73-61 A1979-80 Tech 74-63 H1980-81 Tech 97-73 A1982-83 Tech 79-58 A1983-84 Tech 90-60 H1984-85 UNLV 80-77 A1987-88 Tech 91-63 A1990-91 UNLV 84-77 A1991-92 Tech 70-67 A1997-98 Tech 73-43 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 A2005-06 Tech 88-54 H2006-07 Tech 69-54 H2006-07 Tech 71-58 A2007-08 Tech 71-56 A2007-08 Tech 62-47 H2008-09 Tech 90-82OT A2008-09 Tech 53-46 H2009-10 USU 69-66 H2009-10 Tech 74-54 A2009-10 Tech 82-65 N

UTeP (Tech 9-0)2001-02 Tech 90-53 H2001-02 Tech 73-59 A2002-03 Tech 68-53 A2002-03 Tech 108-54 H2003-04 Tech 75-58 H2003-04 Tech 83-60 A2003-04 Tech 74-47 N2004-05 Tech 82-69 A2004-05 Tech 81-66 H

Valdosta State (Tied 1-1)1978-79 VSU 85-82 N1981-81 Tech 97-54 H

Vanderbilt (Tied 1-1)1992-93 Vandy 58-53 N1999-00 Tech 66-65 H

Virginia (Virginia 3-2)1986-87 Virginia 77-66 A1988-89 Tech 88-66 H1994-95 Virginia 63-62 N2000-01 Tech 72-59 N2008-09 Virginia 68-52 A

Washington (Tech 5-0)1982-83 Tech 103-51 N1985-86 Tech 79-54 H1987-88 Tech 70-50 H1994-95 Tech 81-47 H1996-97 Tech 73-70 A

Wayland Baptist (Tech 5-2)1977-78 WB 75-61 A1977-78 WB 87-81 N1978-79 Tech 75-64 A1978-79 Tech 78-56 H1978-79 Tech 72-59 N1979-80 Tech 72-70 A1980-81 Tech 89-40 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 H 1991-92 Tech 79-66 H1991-92 WKU 82-63 A1991-92 WKU 72-66OT A1992-93 Tech 86-77 H1992-93 WKU 63-62 A1992-93 WKU 81-73 H1993-94 Tech 82-50 H1993-94 Tech 87-42 A1993-94 Tech 68-43 A1994-95 WKU 79-71 A 1994-95 Tech 82-73 H1994-95 WKU 71-68 H1995-96 Tech 89-49 H1995-96 Tech 72-52 A1995-96 Tech 71-53 N1996-97 Tech 82-65 H1996-97 WKU 73-65 A1996-97 Tech 80-68 A1997-98 WKU 88-86 A1997-98 Tech 85-76 H1997-98 Tech 69-68 H1998-99 Tech 79-65 A1998-99 Tech 95-70 H1999-00 Tech 85-61 A1999-00 Tech 93-72 H1999-00 Tech 97-94 A2000-01 Tech 105-47 H2000-01 Tech 67-52 A2000-01 Tech 86-63 N2001-02 Tech 87-47 H2002-03 WKU 71-57 A2004-05 Tech 73-60 H2005-06 WKU 80-59 A2006-07 WKU 73-60 H2007-08 WKU 87-76 A2008-09 WKU 60-59 H2009-10 Tech 63-52 A

Wisconsin (Tech 1-0)1984-85 Tech 86-51 H

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1. Pam Kelly (1978-82) 2,979Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.78-79 38 301-472 .638 119-211 .564 372 721 19.079-80 45 376-615 .611 180-303 .594 491 932 20.780-81 34 236-394 .599 123-204 .603 322 595 17.581-82 36 280-435 .644 171-247 .692 326 731 20.3Totals 153 1,193-1,916 .623 593-965 .615 1,511 2,979 19.5

2. janice Lawrence (1980-84) 2,403Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.80-81 34 192-326 .589 123-189 .651 283 507 14.981-82 36 202-363 .556 124-174 .713 253 528 14.782-83 33 272-455 .598 141-222 .635 301 685 20.783-84 32 268-433 .619 147-207 .710 260 683 21.3Totals 135 934-1,577 .592 535-792 .676 1,097 2,403 17.8

3. Angela Turner (1978-82) 2,262Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.78-79 38 273-564 .484 62-92 .674 398 608 17.879-80 45 369-710 .520 79-114 .693 315 817 18.280-81 34 204-449 .454 53-70 .757 185 507 13.681-82 36 175-381 .459 26-38 .684 175 376 10.4Totals 153 1,021-2,104 .485 220-314 .701 1,073 2,262 14.8

4. Venus Lacy (1987-90) 2,004Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.87-88 33 199-368 .556 82-147 .558 302 480 14.588-89 34 280-507 .552 161-241 .668 403 724 21.389-90 33 314-521 .603 170-232 .733 420 800 24.2Totals 100 793-1,396 .568 413-620 .666 1,125 2,004 20.0

5. Vickie johnson (1992-96) 1,960Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.92-93 31 165-372 .444 76-103 .738 194 417 13.593-94 35 209-418 .500 87-118 .737 244 517 14.894-95 33 224-421 .532 94-127 .740 227 542 16.495-96 32 195-382 .510 94-119 .790 216 484 15.1Totals 131 793-1,593 .498 351-467 .752 881 1,960 15.0

5. Sheila ethridge (1987-91) 1,960Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.87-88 34 110-225 .489 47-70 .671 119 268 7.988-89 34 184-407 .452 72-91 .791 185 451 13.389-90 32 206-430 .479 55-67 .821 158 485 15.290-91 30 281-638 .440 119-154 .773 208 756 25.2Totals 130 781-1,700 .459 293-382 .767 670 1,960 15.1

7. Tori Harrison (1983-87) 1,868Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.83-84 33 128-251 .510 55-87 .632 217 311 9.484-85 33 201-365 .551 78-134 .582 303 480 14.585-86 32 226-367 .616 69-104 .663 247 521 16.386-87 33 240-393 .611 76-130 .585 253 556 16.8Totals 131 795-1,376 .578 278-455 .611 1,020 1,868 14.3

8. Amanda Wilson (1995-99) 1,832Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.95-96 32 109-211 .517 23-37 .622 166 256 8.096-97 31 178-314 .567 38-68 .559 267 400 12.997-98 34 287-464 .619 54-76 .711 299 629 18.998-99 33 241-389 .620 64-83 .771 261 547 16.6Totals 130 815-1,378 .591 179-264 .678 993 1,832 14.1

9. Tamicha jackson (1996-2000) 1,822Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.96-97 35 172-472 .364 36-59 .610 92 428 12.297-98 33 202-456 .443 20-33 .606 108 481 14.698-99 33 157-382 .411 34-42 .810 62 384 11.699-00 34 222-456 .487 39-53 .736 90 529 15.6Totals 135 753-1,766 .426 129-187 .690 352 1,822 13.5

10. Nora Lewis (1985-89) 1,760Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.85-86 15 80-177 .452 40-58 .690 107 200 13.386-87 33 194-421 .461 80-131 .611 259 468 14.287-88 33 164-339 .484 122-200 .610 323 450 13.6

88-89 35 253-468 .541 135-239 .565 382 642 18.3Totals 114 691-1,405 .492 377-628 .600 1,071 1,760 15.4

11. Debra Williams (1992-96) 1,749Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.92-93 32 120-301 .399 34-60 .567 135 290 9.193-94 35 183-417 .439 61-81 .753 159 461 13.294-95 31 166-381 .436 64-81 .790 113 432 13.995-96 32 224-475 .472 68-94 .723 155 566 17.7Totals 130 693-1,574 .440 227-316 .718 562 1,749 13.5

12. Pam Gant (1981-85) 1,714Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.81-82 36 62-125 .496 29-40 .725 48 153 4.382-83 32 131-279 .470 23-41 .561 83 285 8.983-84 32 225-385 .584 71-101 .703 106 521 16.384-85 32 314-552 .569 127-154 .825 139 755 23.6Totals 132 732-1,341 .546 250-336 .744 376 1,714 13.0

13. elinor Griffin (1976-79) 1,677Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.76-77 31 216-418 .517 63-114 .553 411 495 16.077-78 28 236-506 .466 70-108 .648 352 542 19.478-79 36 286-548 .522 68-126 .540 398 640 17.8Totals 95 738-1,472 .501 201-348 .578 1,161 1,677 17.7

14. Kay Ford (1975-79) 1,644Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.75-76 29 215-378 .569 106-158 .671 282 536 18.576-77 31 189-328 .576 108-151 .715 234 486 15.777-78 28 132-255 .518 85-115 .739 192 349 12.578-79 38 97-198 .490 79-101 .782 208 273 7.2Totals 126 633-1,159 .546 378-525 .720 916 1,644 13.0

15. Shanavia Dowdell (2006-2010) 1,599Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.06-07 29 44-84 .524 23-32 .719 70 113 3.907-08 31 159-330 .482 54-98 .551 231 380 12.308-09 33 218-409 .533 85-144 .590 326 531 16.109-10 32 235-446 .527 101-153 .660 398 575 18.0Totals 125 656-1269 .517 263-427 .616 1025 1599 12.8

16. Trina Frierson (1999-00, 2001-2004) 1,581Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.99-00 32 132-272 .485 71-97 .732 148 336 10.500-01 DNP01-02 30 94-205 .459 44-61 .721 147 233 7.802-03 34 210-397 .529 90-119 .756 249 510 15.003-04 31 215-423 .508 70-99 .707 217 502 16.2Totals 127 651-1297 .502 275-376 .731 761 1581 12.4

17. Lori Scott (1979-83) 1,565Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.79-80 44 217-430 .505 74-134 .552 403 508 11.580-81 34 148-288 .514 48-84 .571 252 344 10.181-82 36 115-245 .469 56-87 .644 185 286 7.982-83 33 176-301 .585 75-105 .714 214 427 12.9Totals 147 656-1,264 .519 253-410 .617 1,054 1,565 10.6

18. Belinda jones (1974-78) 1,489Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.74-75 22 223-503 .443 48-69 .696 225 494 22.575-76 17 107-247 .433 26-39 .667 227 240 14.176-77 28 175-408 .429 53-74 .716 139 403 14.477-78 27 156-311 .502 40-58 .690 151 352 13.0Totals 94 661-1,469 .450 167-240 .696 742 1,489 15.8

19. Amber Obaze (2000-2004) 1,464Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.00-01 36 135-318 .425 46-66 .697 141 330 9.201-02 30 153-353 .433 40-45 .889 140 363 12.102-03 34 170-399 .426 52-77 .675 130 401 11.803-04 32 154-346 .445 53-65 .815 130 372 11.6Totals 132 612-1416 .432 191-253 .754 541 1464 11.1

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20. Ayana Walker (1998-2002) 1,454Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.98-99 33 70-141 .496 14-39 .359 123 154 4.799-00 33 139-263 .529 54-75 .720 234 332 10.100-01 36 241-507 .475 94-135 .696 305 577 16.001-02 30 162-364 .445 67-98 .684 266 391 13.5Totals 132 612-1275 .480 229-347 .660 928 1454 11.0

21. jane ellen Cook (1975-79) 1,426Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.75-76 22 83-174 .477 25-38 .658 113 191 8.776-77 31 180-401 .449 47-64 .734 133 407 13.177-78 28 169-358 .472 50-63 .794 127 388 13.978-79 38 197-379 .520 46-55 .836 142 440 11.6Totals 119 629-1,312 .479 168-220 .764 515 1,426 12.0

22. Monica Maxwell (1995-99) 1,410Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.95-96 33 106-262 .405 48-73 .658 192 260 7.996-97 35 152-364 .418 90-120 .750 237 408 11.797-98 35 150-351 .427 62-79 .785 223 418 11.998-99 33 114-281 .406 40-58 .690 206 324 9.8Totals 136 522-1,258 .415 240-330 .727 858 1,410 10.4

23. Cheryl Ford (1999-2003) 1,380Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.99-00 34 83-143 .580 56-84 .667 176 222 6.500-01 35 106-201 .527 75-125 .600 180 287 8.201-02 30 128-275 .465 82-140 .586 262 338 11.302-03 34 206-429 .480 121-192 .630 438 533 15.7Totals 133 523-1048 .499 334-541 .617 1056 1380 10.3

24. Racquel Spurlock (1992-96) 1,346Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.92-93 32 102-214 .477 77-129 .597 199 281 8.893-94 35 142-277 .513 82-116 .707 217 366 10.594-95 31 143-239 .598 64-105 .610 261 350 11.395-96 32 141-267 .528 67-110 .609 239 349 10.9Totals 130 528-997 .530 290-460 .630 916 1,346 10.4

25. Debra Rodman (1980-84) 1,306Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.80-81 34 113-212 .533 48-85 .565 288 274 8.181-82 34 123-240 .513 63-99 .636 268 309 9.182-83 33 190-347 .548 59-101 .584 352 439 13.383-84 31 122-214 .570 40-87 .460 292 284 9.2Totals 132 548-1,013 .541 210-372 .565 1,200 1,306 9.9

25. erica Westbrooks (1984-88) 1,306Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.84-85 33 96-183 .525 38-73 .521 184 230 7.085-86 32 150-280 .536 48-74 .649 207 348 10.986-87 33 103-205 .502 41-61 .672 201 247 7.587-88 33 210-378 .556 61-83 .735 238 481 14.6Totals 131 559-1,046 .534 188-291 .646 830 1,306 9.9

27. Adrienne johnson (2007-present) 1,283Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.07-08 31 105-254 .413 25-35 .714 163 243 7.808-09 34 211-454 .465 103-143 .720 243 527 15.509-10 32 189-395 .478 133-175 .760 229 513 16.0Totals 97 505-1103 .458 261-353 .739 635 1283 13.2

28. Tasha Williams (2002-06) 1,252Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.02-03 34 56-114 .491 52-66 .788 82 168 4.903-04 31 42-91 .462 44-61 .721 67 137 4.404-05 30 177-369 .480 166-207 ..802 135 546 18.205-06 31 114-264 .432 164-207 .792 161 401 12.9Totals 126 389-838 .464 426-541 .787 445 1252 9.9

29. erica Smith-Taylor (2001-2005) 1,246Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.01-02 30 88-207 .425 42-63 .667 78 236 7.902-03 34 142-372 .382 62-82 .756 137 388 11.403-04 32 158-357 .443 84-108 .778 200 443 13.804-05 16 58-164 .354 54-66 .818 65 19 11.2Totals 112 446-1100 .405 242-319 .759 480 1246 11.1

30. Angela Lawson (1984-88) 1,210Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.84-85 29 49-121 .405 25-56 .446 72 123 4.285-86 30 147-353 .416 48-65 .738 121 342 11.486-87 33 167-392 .426 40-53 .755 138 374 11.387-88 33 154-362 .425 56-97 .577 119 371 11.2Totals 125 517-1,228 .421 169-271 .624 450 1,210 9.7

31. Shan Moore (2003-07) 1,183Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.03-04 30 37-81 .457 41-61 .672 75 116 3.904-05 30 107-258 .415 87-116 .750 155 318 10.605-06 31 114-313 .364 105-124 .847 157 335 10.806-07 30 145-376 .386 79-108 .731 132 414 13.8Totals 121 403-1028 .392 312-409 .762 519 1,183 9.8

32. Tia Sossamon (1979-83) 1,161Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.79-80 45 185-356 .520 74-121 .612 262 444 9.980-81 33 94-203 .463 40-63 .635 124 228 6.981-82 35 87-192 .453 41-71 .577 125 215 6.182-83 33 102-207 .493 70-101 .693 145 274 8.3Totals 146 468-958 .489 225-356 .632 656 1,161 8.0

33. Alisa Burras (1996-98) 1,134Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.96-97 35 272-452 .602 93-162 .574 333 637 18.297-98 35 205-339 .605 87-150 .580 283 497 14.2Totals 70 477-791 .603 180-312 .577 616 1,134 16.2

34. Shantel Hardison (1988-90; 91-92) 1,127Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.88-89 34 97-215 .451 85-122 .697 124 279 8.289-90 32 131-273 .480 71-109 .651 126 333 10.491-92 29 190-436 .436 135-183 .738 233 515 17.8Totals 95 418-924 .452 291-414 .703 483 1,127 11.9

35. Teresa Weatherspoon (1984-88) 1,087Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.84-85 33 72-140 .514 51-100 .510 127 195 5.985-86 32 110-226 .487 61-112 .545 125 281 8.886-87 33 122-234 .521 67-95 .705 137 311 9.487-88 33 119-249 .478 57-86 .663 144 300 9.1Totals 131 423-849 .498 236-393 .6001 533 1,087 8.3

36. Danielle Whitehurst (1989-93) 1,066Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.89-90 33 68-197 .345 38-67 .567 125 177 5.490-91 30 81-219 .370 76-132 .576 239 238 7.991-92 30 90-233 .386 59-101 .584 165 239 8.092-93 31 161-331 .486 90-125 .720 202 412 13.3Totals 124 400-980 .408 263-425 .619 731 1,066 8.6

37. LaQuan Stallworth (1995-99) 1,062Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.95-96 31 32-102 .314 16-33 .485 69 83 2.796-97 35 104-271 .384 84-121 .694 112 294 8.497-98 35 137-299 .458 125-173 .723 138 400 11.498-99 33 89-222 .401 107-132 .811 131 285 8.6Totals 134 362-894 .405 332-459 .723 450 1,062 7.9

38. Takeisha Lewis (1998-2002) 1,035Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.98-99 32 60-118 .508 27-50 .540 108 147 4.699-00 34 126-207 .609 37-71 .521 228 289 8.500-01 36 177-334 .530 58-100 .580 325 412 11.401-02 29 78-167 .467 31-61 .508 138 187 6.4Totals 131 441-826 .534 153-282 .542 799 1,035 7.9

39. Amy Brown (1991-95) 1,033Season G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb. Pts. Avg.91-92 21 79-163 .485 54-64 .844 87 213 10.192-93 32 107-226 .473 47-66 .712 121 273 8.593-94 35 123-257 .479 83-97 .856 141 334 9.594-95 33 83-194 .428 36-39 .923 109 213 6.5Totals 121 392-840 .466 220-266 .827 458 1,033 8.5

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louisiana tech statistical trendsYear Fg-Fga Fg Pct 3P-3PA 3pt Pct FT-FTA FT Pct OR DR Tot R Avg Ast TO Blk Steals Pts Avg09-10 863-2000 .432 124-406 .305 513-746 .688 475 943 1418 44.3 463 546 120 225 2363 73.808-09 899-2214 .406 139-471 .295 418-691 .605 545 966 1511 44.4 439 569 153 291 2355 69.307-08 784-1941 .404 116-363 .320 436-658 .663 497 853 1350 43.5 354 601 118 274 2120 68.406-07 739-1894 .390 101-316 .320 399-608 .656 488 823 1311 43.7 360 575 97 297 1978 65.905-06 793-1956 .405 118-361 .327 557-784 .710 477 904 1381 44.5 385 548 135 336 2261 72.904-05 766-1887 .406 145-423 .343 517-730 .708 446 793 1239 41.3 356 478 138 283 2194 73.103-04 987-2142 .461 119-353 .337 546-780 .700 528 895 1423 44.5 509 546 122 449 2639 82.502-03 1019-2272 .449 111-317 .350 517-740 .699 568 969 1537 45.2 533 525 142 366 2666 78.401-02 878-2036 .431 116-336 .345 419-611 .686 559 897 1456 48.5 467 476 151 323 2291 76.400-01 1040-2311 .450 104-305 .341 532-780 .682 575 1015 1590 44.2 558 560 167 314 2716 75.499-00 1163-2452 .474 163-434 .376 471-661 .713 614 963 1577 46.4 542 610 157 454 2960 87.198-99 1117-2413 .463 162-467 .347 492-700 .703 661 855 1516 45.9 532 526 115 463 2888 87.597-98 1180-2416 .488 137-397 .345 521-781 .667 596 1007 1603 45.8 660 548 116 406 3018 86.296-97 1117-2475 .451 91-318 .286 492-805 .611 707 985 1692 48.3 562 541 141 441 2817 80.595-96 1127-2409 .468 78-241 .324 520-810 .642 642 941 1708 51.8 523 437 141 341 2852 86.494-95 1041-2137 .487 77-250 .308 561-847 .662 495 902 1536 46.5 503 478 123 333 2720 82.493-94 1079-2335 .462 63-180 .350 623-901 .691 594 965 1559 44.5 438 459 129 296 2844 81.392-93 961-2142 .449 52-199 .261 499-747 .668 594 901 1495 46.7 438 459 129 296 2473 77.391-92 829-2024 .410 28-129 .217 502-721 .696 457 1210 1667 44.5 418 414 92 265 2188 72.990-91 853-2077 .410 114-328 .348 495-723 .685 531 820 1351 45.0 393 464 69 293 2315 77.289-90 1152-2465 .467 47-162 .290 502-763 .658 736 1011 1747 52.9 658 504 175 410 2853 86.588-89 1170-2448 .478 25-75 .333 610-935 .652 690 1029 1719 47.8 684 477 115 377 2975 82.687-88 1159-2378 .487 14-55 .255 509-814 .625 677 959 1636 48.1 632 481 156 420 2841 83.686-87 1065-2255 .472 ____ ___ 396-668 .593 618 965 1583 48.0 640 510 156 354 2526 76.585-86 1000-2129 .468 ____ ___ 429-684 .627 ___ ___ 1465 45.8 620 558 178 327 2429 75.984-85 1099-2223 .494 ____ ___ 533-850 .627 ___ ___ 1547 46.9 614 602 159 396 2731 82.883-84 1121-2130 .526 ____ ___ 557-857 .650 ___ ___ 1465 44.4 677 624 165 409 2799 84.882-83 1102-2123 .519 ____ ___ 500-769 .650 ___ ___ 1422 43.1 750 556 147 367 2704 81.981-82 1257-2432 .517 ____ ___ 630-947 .665 ___ ___ 1666 46.3 751 625 136 518 3144 87.380-81 1215-2383 .510 ____ ___ 610-957 .638 ___ ___ 1756 51.7 691 669 162 498 3040 89.479-80 1622-3094 .524 ____ ___ 683-1065 .641 ___ ___ 2179 48.4 963 861 178 393 3927 87.378-79 1337-2583 .518 ____ ___ 494-773 .639 ___ ___ 1823 48.0 781 776 140 368 3168 83.477-78 933-2024 .461 ____ ___ 391-605 .646 ___ ___ 1314 46.9 450 518 94 236 2257 80.676-77 1114-2368 .470 ____ ___ 479-727 .659 ___ ___ 1669 53.8 498 731 __ __ 2714 87.575-76 912-2099 .434 ____ ___ 416-589 .706 ___ ___ 1414 48.8 392 715 __ __ 2255 77.874-75 761-2001 .380 ____ ___ 266-437 .609 ___ ___ 1112 50.5 __ __ __ __ 1788 81.3

milestone victoriesNo. Opponent Date Score1 LSU 1974-75 97-8310 UL-Monroe 1974-75 116-6650 Louisiana State 1976-77 101-88100 Southern Univ. 1978-79 105-83150 McNeese State 1980-81 101-48200 Oral Roberts 1981-82 94-53250 Mississippi Col. 1983-84 109-60300 Oral Roberts 1984-85 78-59350 Penn State 1986-87 75-58400 Holy Cross 1988-89 79-51450 UL-Monroe 1989-90 55-44500 Alabama 1992-93 93-72550 W. Kentucky 1993-94 68-43600 W. Kentucky 1995-96 89-49650 Florida State 1997-98 86-60700 Arkansas State 1998-99 114-67750 North Texas 2000-01 75-63800 New Mexico 2002-03 67-54850 UTEP 2003-04 74-47900 Iowa 2006-07 77-59950 Fresno State 2008-09 80-62

Total Games PlayedOverall: 1180 in 36 seasonsIndependent: 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 RecordOverall: 976-204 (.828)Independent: 364-63 (.852)America South: 114-19 (.857)Sun Belt Conference: 290-46 (.863)WAC: 208-76 (.732)

20-Win SeasonsOverall: 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; 1989-90; 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 SeasonsOverall: 18 (1978-79; 1979-80; 1980-81; 1981-82; 1982-83; 1983-84; 1986-87; 1987-88; 1988-89; 1989-90; 1993-94; 1995-96; 1996-97; 1997-98; 1998-99; 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 SeasonsSix 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)


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opponent statistical trendsYear Fg.-Fga. Fg. Pct. 3P-3PA 3pt. Pct. FT-FTA FT Pct. OR DR Tot R Avg. Ast. TO Blk Steals Pts. P Avg.09-10 766-2049 .374 152-554 .274 385-584 .659 445 785 1230 38.4 346 558 134 262 2069 64.708-09 780-2118 .406 159-577 .276 401-606 .662 490 923 1413 41.6 404 638 127 269 2120 62.407-08 741-1910 .388 178-504 .353 369-552 .668 423 772 1195 38.5 392 577 125 293 2029 65.506-07 647-1734 .373 116-410 .283 427-623 .685 375 777 1152 38.4 308 609 87 279 1837 61.205-06 649-1837 .353 142-519 .274 440-673 .654 413 793 1206 38.9 353 649 94 215 1880 60.604-05 726-1871 .388 146-473 .309 395-571 .692 449 789 1238 41.3 382 544 127 228 1993 66.403-04 686-1899 .361 139-468 .297 387-561 .690 412 751 1163 36.3 354 769 125 252 1898 59.302-03 706-1977 .357 159-495 .321 386-552 .699 392 816 1208 35.5 354 707 127 200 1957 57.601-02 574-1741 .330 130-482 .270 327-479 .683 351 704 1055 35.2 282 599 93 202 1605 53.500-01 732-2104 .348 164-567 .289 444-631 .704 451 831 1282 35.6 302 711 66 181 2072 57.699-00 702-1997 .352 149-526 .283 461-664 .694 446 771 1217 35.8 315 868 45 221 2014 59.298-99 687-1879 .366 127-392 .324 451-675 .668 448 741 1189 36.0 311 821 31 211 1952 59.297-98 754-2030 .371 135-449 .301 403-597 .675 391 795 1186 33.9 325 798 56 205 2046 58.596-97 722-2034 .355 116-395 .294 368-582 .632 442 835 1277 36.5 374 830 69 236 1928 55.195-96 636-1895 .336 107-416 .257 387-598 .647 365 741 1106 33.5 302 670 100 172 1766 53.594-95 634-1867 .340 116-398 .291 410-679 .604 388 686 1074 32.5 289 631 76 243 1794 54.493-94 714-1973 .362 118-395 .299 472-732 .645 439 843 1282 36.6 331 779 107 214 2018 57.792-93 644-1796 .359 95-342 .278 480-724 .663 428 755 1183 37.0 287 601 83 215 1863 58.291-92 665-1687 .394 81-275 .295 476-732 .650 1137 37.9 330 555 98 173 1887 62.990-91 726-1744 .416 76-224 .339 531-767 .692 343 834 1177 39.2 339 555 58 192 2059 68.689-90 628-1883 .334 78-280 .279 434-711 .610 397 747 1144 34.7 335 742 70 224 1766 53.588-89 770-2050 .376 57-198 .288 383-568 .674 369 768 1137 31.6 374 694 96 201 1980 55.087-88 710-1943 .365 61-193 .316 413-640 .645 390 716 1106 32.5 357 700 62 215 1894 55.786-87 692-1931 .358 ____ ___ 436-660 .661 411 724 1135 34.4 384 613 42 232 1822 55.285-86 742-1970 .377 ____ ___ 426-657 .648 ___ ___ 1142 35.7 432 584 71 263 1910 59.784-85 805-2168 .371 ____ ___ 445-730 .610 ___ ___ 1293 39.2 422 684 86 279 2055 62.383-84 778-2016 .386 ____ ___ 399-658 .606 ___ ___ 1100 33.3 423 707 73 302 1955 59.282-83 765-1968 .389 ____ ___ 342-539 .635 ___ ___ 1065 32.3 430 702 92 238 1872 56.781-82 789-2064 .382 ____ ___ 377-575 .656 ___ ___ 1110 30.8 419 894 70 257 1955 54.380-81 787-2061 .382 ____ ___ 398-656 .607 ___ ___ 1075 31.6 462 751 89 269 1970 57.979-80 1218-3108 .392 ____ ___ 484-762 .635 ___ ___ 1550 34.4 659 850 114 328 2920 64.978-79 1014-2513 .404 ____ ___ 365-560 .658 ___ ___ 1209 31.8 524 766 73 315 2393 63.077-78 771-1840 .419 ____ ___ 413-649 .636 ___ ___ 1071 38.3 346 494 72 259 1955 69.876-77 900-2310 .390 ____ ___ 504-816 .618 ___ ___ 1503 48.5 399 722 __ __ 2304 74.375-76 763-2029 .376 ____ ___ 368-578 .637 ___ ___ 1516 52.3 296 815 __ __ 1818 62.774-75 675-1773 .389 ____ ___ 295-505 .584 ___ ___ 1157 52.6 __ __ __ __ 1645 74.8

20-Win Seasons by CoachLeon 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 CoachLeon Barmore: 13 Kurt Budke: 1Sonja Hogg: 6

Record in Season OpenersOverall: 29-7 (.805) Home Openers: 31-5 (.861)Road/Neutral Openers: 25-11 (.694)

Record in Home OpenersOverall: 31-5 (.861)At Thomas Assembly Center: 24-4 (.857)At Memorial Gym: 7-1 (.875)

Record in Road OpenersOverall: 25-11 (.694)

Longest Winning Streaks OverallNo. Began Ended 54 1980 vs. La. College 1981 vs Old Dominion (L 61-58)32 1989 vs. Praire View A&M 1990 vs Auburn (L, 81-69)30 1982 vs. Alabama 1983 vs. Southern Calif. (L 69-67)29 2002 vs. Tulane 2003 vs. LSU (L 69-63)25 1993 vs. Texas-Arlington 1994 vs. N. Carolina (L 60-59)22 1998 vs. Cleveland State 1999 vs. Purdue (L 77-63)21 1999 vs. S. Alabama 2000 vs. Penn State (L 86-65)21 2004 vs. Nevada 2004 vs. Duke (L 63-49)20 1987 vs. E. Washington 1988 vs Penn St. (L 66-62)

Longest Winning Streaks At Home

62 1983 vs. Alabama 1986 vs. UL-Monroe (L 82-74)60 1978 vs. Arkansas 1983 vs. Southern Calif. (L 64-58)53 1995 vs. Furman 1998 vs. Tennessee (L 92-73)43 1986 vs. SFA 1989 vs. Tennessee (L 72-65)31 1999 vs. SMU 2000 vs. Tennessee (L 70-62)30 1989 vs. Lamar 1995 vs. Tennessee (L 62-56)30 2002 UL-Lafayette 2004 vs. Illinois (L 71-65 OT)

On the Road23 1980 vs. La. College 1982 vs. Old Dominion (L 61-58)20 1982 vs. Maryland 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)

At Home4 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/Neutral3 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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30-point cluB Shantel Hardison 39 Central Fla. 2/1/92Sheila Ethridge 38 UNLV 12/17/90Sheila Ethridge 38 LSU 12/8/90Janice Lawrence 37 UL-Monroe 2/1/84Pam Gant 37 Tennessee 1/18/84Elinor Griffin 37 La. College 2/2/78LaVerne Henderson 37 UL-Monroe 2/15/75Tasha Williams 36 Hawaii 2/10/05Venus Lacy 36 Central Fla. 2/26/90Venus Lacy 36 S. F. Austin 1/17/89Pam Gant 36 UL-Monroe 2/11/85Pam Kelly 36 Nebraska 1/11/80Alisa Burras 35 New Orleans 1/30/97Sheila Ethridge 35 Texas Tech 1/28/91Elinor Griffin 35 Tennessee 3/23/79Elinor Griffin 35 S. F. Austin 2/11/78Debra Williams 34 SMU 12/9/95Venus Lacy 34 UL-Lafayette 3/9/90Venus Lacy 34 Texas Tech 1/11/90Venus Lacy 34 Iowa 12/2/89Venus Lacy 34 UL-Lafayette 3/6/89Janice Lawrence 34 Texas 3/25/84Janice Lawrence 34 Auburn 2/6/84Pam Kelly 34 Baylor 12/15/79Pam Kelly 34 Southern Univ. 12/12/79Pam Kelly 34 S. F. Austin 2/10/79Kay Ford 34 NW (La.) St. 1/31/78LaVerne Henderson 34 LSU 2/21/75Sheila Ethridge 33 Lamar 3/9/91Venus Lacy 33 Ark. State 2/17/90Venus Lacy 33 New Orleans 2/3/90Venus Lacy 33 Georgia 12/13/88Tori Harrison 33 Central Mich. 12/5/86Pam Gant 33 Oral Roberts 2/16/85Pam Gant 33 Old Dominion 2/13/85Pam Kelly 33 Tennessee 12/15/80Kay Ford 33 Nicholls State 12/5/75LaVerne Henderson 33 UL-Monroe 2/17/75Belinda Jones 33 LSU 1/24/75Amisha Carter 33 SMU 2/21/04Ayana Walker 32 Michigan 11/16/01

Amanda Wilson 32 W. Kentucky 2/7/98Janice Lawrence 32 Hawaii 2/28/84Elinor Griffin 32 LSU 2/25/77Shanavia Dowdell 31 Nevada 1/26/10Adrienne Johnson 31 SMU 3/19/08Whitney Jones 31 Utah State 1/10/08Shan Moore 31 San Jose State 2/8/07Tamicha Jackson 31 New Orleans 3/4/00Betty Lennox 31 W. Kentucky 1/23/00Betty Lennox 31 UCLA 12/5/99Debra Williams 31 Massachusetts 12/02/95Shantel Hardison 31 No. Illinois 3/18/92Nora Lewis 31 Lamar 3/11/89Venus Lacy 31 Tennessee 2/15/88Teresa Weatherspoon 31 New Orleans 3/7/86Tori Harrison 31 Alabama 2/22/86Janice Lawrence 31 LSU 3/23/84Janice Mulford 31 Nicholls State 1/18/80Belinda Jones 31 UL-Monroe 2/4/75Aarica Ray-Boyd 31 San Jose St. 2/16/06Shanavia Dowdell 30 UTSA 12/30/09Shanavia Dowdell 30 Western Kentucky 11/30/08Erica Smith-Taylor 30 Texas Tech 3/22/04Tamicha Jackson 30 Arizona 12/6/98Amanda Wilson 30 W. Kentucky 1/25/98LaQuan Stallworth 30 South Ala. 1/12/98Amanda Wilson 30 Florida State 12/13/97Alisa Burras 30 Lamar 1/23/97Venus Lacy 30 New Orleans 2/20/90Venus Lacy 30 Auburn 3/31/89Pam Kelly 30 Mississippi 3/2/82Pam Kelly 30 S. F. Austin 1/16/82Pam Kelly 30 Memphis 1/28/80Angela Turner 30 So. Univ. 2/12/79Elinor Griffin 30 Memphis 12/1/78 Belinda Jones 30 Delta State 2/14/78Marilyn Norris 30 SE La. 2/2/77Elinor Griffin 30 UL-Monroe 1/26/77Mickie DeMoss 30 NW (La.) State 2/7/75Belinda Jones 30 Nicholls State 2/1/75

40-point club Name Points Opponent Date

Sheila Ethridge 47 UTPA 2/23/91

LaVerne Henderson 43 Nicholls State 2/21/75

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 41 UL-Monroe 1/12/75

Sheila Ethridge 40 Arkansas State 2/2/91

Pam Gant 40 Penn State 2/24/85

Kay Ford 40 UL-Lafayette 2/26/76

inDiviDual BreakDown40-Plus-Point Games

by Player (10)

Sheila Ethridge - 3

Pam Gant - 2

Belinda Jones - 2

Kay Ford - 1

LaVerne Henderson - 1

Pam Kelly - 1

30-Plus-Point Games

by Player (88)

Venus Lacy - 12

Pam Kelly - 9

Sheila Ethridge - 7

Pam Gant - 6

Elinor Griffin - 6

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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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 Teresa Weatherspoon (85-86) vs. UCLA 1. 10 LaQuan Stallworth (97-98) vs. So. Ala. 1. 10 Tasha Williams (02-03) vs. Boise State 1. 10 Tasha Williams (05-06) vs. Hawaii 5. 9 Teresa Weatherspoon (85-86) vs. Long Bch. St. 5. 9 Teresa Weatherspoon (87-88) vs. Pepperdine 5. 9 Amanda Wilson (97-98) vs. Arizona 8. 8 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

individual game records 6. 7 Rosalind Polk (83-84), SFA 6. 7 Ramona Jones (91-92), Lamar 6. 7 Hamchetou Maiga (99-00), Old Dominion 6. 7 Kimya Murray (01-02), UTEP

Blocks 1. 9 Tori Harrison (84-85) vs. Southern Cal 2. 8 Tori Harrison (85-86) vs. New Orleans 2. 8 Shanavia Dowdell (08-09) vs. Nicholls State 4. 7 Tori Harrison (86-87) vs. Miami 4. 7 Margaret DeCiman (04-05) vs. Boise St 6. 6 11 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

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

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

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

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 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

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 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

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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individual single season recordsPoints 1. 932 Pam Kelly (79-80) 2. 817 Angela Turner (79-80) 3. 800 Venus Lacy (89-90) 4. 756 Sheila Ethridge (90-91) 5. 755 Pam Gant (84-85) 6. 731 Pam Kelly (81-82) 7. 724 Venus Lacy (88-89) 8. 721 Pam Kelly (78-79) 9. 685 Janice Lawrence (82-83) 10. 683 Janice Lawrence (83-84)

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)

Assists 1. 365 Jennifer White (79-80) 2. 274 Mary Nell Kendrick (78-79) 3. 269 T. Weatherspoon (86-87) 4. 256 T. Weatherspoon (85-86) 5. 238 T. Weatherspoon (84-85) 6. 233 Kim Mulkey (83-84) 7. 225 LaQuan Stallworth (97-98) 8. 218 Kim Mulkey (82-83) 8. 218 Shantel Hardison (89-90) 10. 202 Kim Mulkey (81-82)

Steals 1. 117 T. Weatherspoon (86-87) 2. 111 Tamicha Jackson (99-00) 3. 104 Pam Gant (84-85) 4. 102 T. Weatherspoon (87-88) 4. 102 T. Weatherspoon (85-86) 6. 101 Erica Smith-Taylor (03-04) 7. 100 Betty Lennox (99-00) 8. 98 Amanda Wilson (97-98) 8. 98 Amanda Wilson (96-97) 10. 96 Angela Turner (80-81) 10. 96 Angela Turner (79-80)

Blocks 1. 103 Tori Harrison (85-86) 2. 88 Ayana Walker (00-01) 3. 87 Tori Harrison (86-87) 4. 85 Tori Harrison (84-85) 5. 72 Venus Lacy (89-90) 6. 71 Lori Scott (79-80) 7. 66 Tori Harrison (83-84) 7. 66 Cheryl Ford (02-03) 9. 62 Elinor Griffin (78-79) 10. 60 Shanavia Dowdell (08-09)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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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individual career leadersPoints 1. 2,979 Pam Kelly 1978-82 2. 2,403 Janice Lawrence 1980-84 3. 2,262 Angela Turner 1978-82 4. 2,004 Venus Lacy 1987-90 5. 1,960 Vickie Johnson 1992-96 6. 1,960 Sheila Ethridge 1987-91 7. 1,868 Tori Harrison 1983-87 8. 1,832 Amanda Wilson 1995-99 9. 1,822 Tamicha Jackson 1996-00 10. 1,760 Nora Lewis 1985-89

Scoring Average 1. 20.0 Venus Lacy 1987-90 2. 19.5 Pam Kelly 1978-82 3. 17.8 Janice Lawrence 1980-84 4. 17.7 Elinor Griffin 1976-79 5. 16.1 Alisa Burras 1996-98 6. 15.8 Belinda Jones 1974-78 7. 15.2 Nora Lewis 1985-89 8. 15.1 Sheila Ethridge 1987-91 9. 15.0 Vickie Johnson 1992-96 10. 14.8 Angela Turner 1978-82

Rebounds 1. 1,511 Pam Kelly 1979-82 2. 1,200 Debra Rodman 1981-84 3. 1,161 Elinor Griffin 1977-79 4. 1,125 Venus Lacy 1987-90 5. 1,097 Janice Lawrence 1981-84 6. 1,073 Angela Turner 1978-82 7. 1,071 Nora Lewis 1986-89 8. 1,056 Cheryl Ford 1999-03 9. 1,054 Lori Scott 1980-83 10. 1,025 Shanavia Dowdell 2006-10

Assists 1. 958 Teresa Weatherspoon 1984-88 2. 849 Kim Mulkey 1980-84 3. 819 Jennifer White 1979-83 4. 581 LaQuan Stallworth 1995-99 5. 494 Kendra Neal 1992-96 6. 477 Tasha Williams 2002-06 7. 474 Tamicha Jackson 1996-00 8. 466 Angela Turner 1978-82 9. 448 Shantel Hardison 1988-90; 1991-92 10. 431 Brooke Lassiter 1998-01

Steals 1. 411 Teresa Weatherspoon 1984-88 2. 361 Tamicha Jackson 1996-00 3. 358 Angela Turner 1978-82 4. 303 Amanda Wilson 1995-99 5. 291 Janice Lawrence 1980-84 6. 277 Tasha Williams 2002-06 7. 274 Pam Kelly 1978-82 8. 253 Pam Gant 1981-85 9. 250 Erica Smith-Taylor 2001-05 10. 237 Kendra Neal 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 sea-son)

Field Goals Made 1. 1,193 Pam Kelly 1978-82 2. 1,021 Angela Turner 1978-82 3. 934 Janice Lawrence 1980-84 4. 815 Amanda Wilson 1995-99 5. 795 Tori Harrison 1983-87 6. 793 Vickie Johnson 1992-96 7. 793 Venus Lacy 1987-90 8. 781 Sheila Ethridge 1987-91 9. 753 Tamicha Jackson 1996-00 10. 738 Elinor Griffin 1976-79

Field Goals Attempted 1. 2,104 Angela Turner 1978-82 2. 1,916 Pam Kelly 1978-82 3. 1,766 Tamicha Jackson 1996-00 4. 1,700 Sheila Ethridge 1987-91 5. 1,593 Vickie Johnson 1992-96 6. 1,577 Janice Lawrence 1980-84 7. 1,574 Debra Williams 1992-96 8. 1,469 Belinda Jones 1974-78 9. 1,416 Amber Obaze 2000-04 10. 1,405 Nora Lewis 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 1979-82 2. 535 Janice Lawrence 1981-84 3. 426 Tasha Williams 2002-06 4. 413 Venus Lacy 1988-90 5. 378 Kay Ford 1976-79 6. 377 Nora Lewis 1986-89 7. 351 Vickie Johnson 1993-96 8. 334 Cheryl Ford 1999-03 9. 332 LaQuan Stallworth 1996-99 10. 312 Shan Moore 2006-07

Free Throws Attempted 1. 965 Pam Kelly 1979-82 2. 792 Janice Lawrence 1981-84 3. 628 Nora Lewis 1986-89 4. 620 Venus Lacy 1988-90 5. 541 Cheryl Ford 1999-03 5. 541 Tasha Williams 2002-06 7. 525 Kay Ford 1976-79 8. 467 Vickie Johnson 1993-96 9. 460 Racquel Spurlock 1993-96 10. 455 Tori Harrison 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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single season records by classificationFreshman RecordsPoints 1. Pam Kelly (78-79) 721 2. Angela Turner (78-79) 608 3. Kay Ford (75-76) 536 4. Lori Scott (79-80) 508 5. Janice Lawrence (80-81) 507 6. Elinor Griffin (76-77) 495 7. Belinda Jones (74-75) 494 8. Tia Sossoman (79-80) 444 9. Jennifer White (79-80) 430 10. Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 428

Rebounds 1. Elinor Griffin (76-77) 411 2. Lori Scott (79-80) 403 3. Pam Kelly (78-79) 372 4. LaVerne Henderson (74-75) 328 5. Debra Rodman (80-81) 288 6. Janice Lawrence (80-81) 283 7. Kay Ford (75-76) 282 8. Tia Sossoman (79-80) 262 9. Marilyn Norris (76-77) 253 10. Angela Turner (78-79) 246

Assists 1. Jennifer White (79-80) 365 2. Teresa Weatherspoon (84-85) 238 3. Kim Mulkey (80-81) 196 4. Julie Wilkerson (79-80) 150 5. Lori Scott (79-80) 134 6. Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 132 7. Angela Turner (78-79) 111 8. Tasha Williams (02-03) 108 9. LaQuan Stallworth (95-96) 79 9. Amber Obaze (00-01) 79

Steals 1. Teresa Weatherspoon (84-85) 90 2. Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 82 3. Angela Turner (78-79) 71 4. Tasha Williams (02-03) 69 5. Tarkeisha Wysinger (07-08) 67 6. Jennifer White (79-80) 65 7. Pam Kelly (78-79) 61 8. Debra Rodman (80-81) 59 9. Janice Lawrence (80-81) 57 10. Lori Scott (79-80) 56

Blocks 1. Lori Scott (79-80) 71 2. Tori Harrison (83-84) 66 3. Debra Rodman (80-81) 52 4. Janice Lawrence (80-81) 49 5. Ayana Walker (98-99) 44 6. LaShawn Brown (91-92) 34 7. Adrienne Johnson (07-08) 30 8. Cheryl Ford (99-00) 29 9. Erica Westbrooks (84-85) 25 10. Monica Maxwell (95-96) 20

Field Goals Attempted 1. Angela Turner (78-79) 564 2. Belinda Jones (74-75) 503 3. Pam Kelly (78-79) 472 3. Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 472 5. Lori Scott (79-80) 430 6. Elinor Griffin(76-77) 418 7. Kay Ford (75-76) 378 8. Vickie Johnson (92-93) 372 9. Tia Sossoman (79-80) 356 10. Jennifer White (79-80) 332

Field Goals Made 1. Pam Kelly (78-79) 301 2. Angela Turner (78-79) 273 3. Belinda Jones (74-75) 223 4. Lori Scott (79-80) 217 5. Elinor Griffin (76-77) 216 6. Kay Ford (75-76) 215 7. Janice Lawrence (80-81) 192 8. Tia Sossoman (79-80) 185 9. Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 1721 0. Jennifer White (79-80) 169

Free Throws Attempted 1. Pam Kelly (78-79) 211 2. Janice Lawrence (80-81) 189 3. Kay Ford (75-76) 158 4. LaVerne Henderson (74-75) 143 5. Lori Scott (79-80) 134 5. Jennifer White (79-80) 134 7. Tarkeisha Wysinger (07-08) 132 8. Racquel Spurlock (92-93) 129 9. Tia Sossoman (80-81) 121 10. Kim Mulkey (80-81) 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 6. LaVerne Henderson (74-75) 88 7. Julie Wilkerson (79-80) 83 8. Racquel Spurlock (92-93) 77 9. Kim Mulkey (80-81) 76 10. Vickie Johnson (92-93) 76

Three-pointers Attempted 1. Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 145 2. Aarica Ray-Boyd (02-03) 85 3. Erica Smith-Taylor (01-02) 54 4. Debra Williams (92-93) 53 5. Jamie Scheppmann (96-97) 52 6. Eboni Mangum (05-06) 51 7. Toya George (02-03) 49 8. Amanda Wilson (95-96) 48 9. Sidney Stewart (07-08) 45 10. Amber Obaze (00-01) 36

Three-pointers Made 1. Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 48 2. Aarica Ray-Boyd (02-03) 38 3. Erica Smith-Taylor (01-02) 18 4. Debra Williams (92-93) 16 4. Sidney Stewart (07-08) 16 6. Toya George (02-03) 15 6. Amanda Wilson (95-96) 15 6. Jamie Scheppmann (96-97) 15 9. Amber Obaze (00-01) 14 10. Eboni Mangum (05-06) 13

Minutes Played 1. Tamicha Jackson (96-97) 984 2. Amber Obaze (00-01) 930 3. Vickie Johnson (92-93) 877 4. Tasha Williams (02-03) 822 5. Tarkeisha Wysinger (07-08) 821 6. Racquel Spurlock (92-93) 690 7. Jamie Scheppmann (96-97) 822 8. Adrienne Johnson (07-08) 650 9. Debra Williams (92-93) 607 10. Eboni Mangum (05-06) 605

Sophomore RecordsPoints 1. Pam Kelly (79-80) 932 2. Jane Ellen Cook (79-80) 817 3. Elinor Griffin (77-78) 542 4. Janice Lawrence (81-82) 528 5. Adrienne Johnson (08-09) 527 6. Vickie Johnson (93-94) 517 7. Kay Ford (76-77) 486 8. Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 481 9. Tori Harrison (84-85) 480 9. Venus Lacy (87-88) 480

Rebounds 1. Pam Kelly (79-80) 491 2. Elinor Griffin (77-78) 352 3. Angela Turner (79-80) 315 4. Venus Lacy (87-88) 302 5. Debra Rodman (81-82) 268 6. Amanda Wilson (96-97) 267 7. Stacey Davis (84-85) 255 8. Janice Lawrence (81-82) 253 9. Lori Scott (80-81) 252 10. Vickie Johnson (93-94) 244

Assists 1. Teresa Weatherspoon (85-86) 256 2. Kim Mulkey (81-82) 202 3. Angela Turner (79-80) 174 4. Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 156 5. Jennifer White (80-81) 141 6. LaQuan Stallworth (96-97) 137 7. Jasmine Bendolph (09-10) 123 8. Lori Scott (80-81) 111 9. Kendra Neal (93-94) 110 9. Brooke Lassiter (99-00) 110

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

Blocks 1. Tori Harrison (84-85) 85 2. Ayana Walker (98-99) 56 3. Racquel Spurlock (93-94) 51 4. Venus Lacy (87-88) 50 5. Adrienne Johnson (08-09) 46 6. Janice Lawrence (81-82) 44 7. Elinor Griffin (77-78) 43 8. Shanavia Dowdell (07-08) 40 9. Erica Westbrooks (85-86) 38 10. Takeisha Lewis (99-00) 37

Field Goals Attempted 1. Angela Turner (79-80) 710 2. Pam Kelly (79-80) 615 3. Elinor Griffin (77-78) 506 4. Mickie DeMoss (74-75) 502 5. Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 456 6. Adrienne Johnson (08-09) 454 7. Whitney Jones (08-09) 431 8. Vickie Johnson (93-94) 418 9. Debra Williams (93-94) 417 10. Sheila Ethridge (88-89) 407

Field Goals Made 1. Pam Kelly (79-80) 376 2. Angela Turner (79-80) 369 3. Elinor Griffin (77-78) 236 4. Adrienne Johnson (08-09) 211 5. Vickie Johnson (93-94) 209 6. Janice Lawrence (81-82) 202 6. Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 202 8. Tori Harrison (84-85) 201 9. Venus Lacy (87-88) 199 10. Kay Ford (76-77) 189

Free Throws Attempted 1. Pam Kelly (79-80) 303 2. Janice Lawrence (81-92) 174 3. Maquisha Walker (94-95) 157 4. Kay Ford (76-77) 151 5. Venus Lacy (87-88) 147 6. Adrienne Johnson (08-09) 143 7. Tori Harrison (84-85) 134 8. Danielle Whitehurst (90-91) 132 9. Cheryl Ford (00-01) 125 10. Elinor Griffin (77-78) 123

Free Throws Made 1. Pam Kelly (79-80) 180 2. Janice Lawrence (81-82) 124 3. Kay Ford (76-77) 108 4. Adrienne Johnson (08-09) 103 5. Monica Maxwell (96-97) 90 6. Vickie Johnson (93-94) 87 7. Shan Moore (04-05) 87 8. Shanel Hardison (88-89) 85 8. Maquisha Walker (94-95) 85 10. LaQuan Stallworth (97-98) 84

Three-pointers Attempted 1. Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 167 2. Sidney Stewart (08-09) 117 3. Whitney Jones (08-09) 113 4. Erica Smith-Taylor (02-03) 112 5. Debra Williams (93-94) 87 6. Eboni Mangum (06-07) 71 7. Tiawana Pringle (07-08) 65 8. Brietta Thomas (08-09) 64 9. Aarica Ray-Boyd (03-04) 59 10. Monica Maxwell (96-97) 54

Three-pointers Made 1. Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 57 2. Erica Smith-Taylor (02-03) 42 3. Whitney Jones (08-09) 38 4. Debra Williams (93-94) 34 5. Sidney Stewart (08-09) 33 6. Tiawana Pringle (07-08) 26 7. Eboni Mangum (06-07) 21 7. Jasmine Bendolph (09-10) 21 9. Brietta Thomas (08-09) 20 10. Brooke Lassiter (99-00) 18 Minutes 1. Adrienne Johnson (08-09) 1122 2. Whitney Jones (08-09) 1110 3. Monica Maxwell (96-97) 1053 4. Teresa Weatherspoon (85-86) 1016 5. Vickie Johnson (93-94) 1005 6. Tamicha Jackson (97-98) 991 7. Erica Smith-Taylor (02-03) 966 8. LaQuan Stallworth (96-97) 964 9. Sheila Ethridge (88-89) 960 10. Stacy Davis (84-85) 955


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junior RecordsPoints 1. Venus Lacy (88-89) 724 2. Janice Lawrence (82-83) 685 3. Elinor Griffin (78-79) 640 4. Alisa Burras (96-97) 637 5. Amanda Wilson (97-98) 629 6. Pam Kelly (80-81) 595 7. Ayana Walker (00-01) 577 8. Tasha Williams (04-05) 546 9. Vickie Johnson (94-95) 542 10. Janice Mulford (79-80) 531 10. Shanavia Dowdell (08-09) 531 Rebounds 1. Venus Lacy (88-89) 403 2. Elinor Griffin (78-79) 398 3. Debra Rodman (82-83) 352 4. Alisa Burras (96-97) 333 5. Shanavia Dowdell (08-09) 326 6. Takeisha Lewis (00-01) 325 7. Nora Lewis (87-88) 323 8. Pam Kelly (80-81) 322 9. Ayana Walker (00-01) 305 10. Janice Mulford (79-80) 304

Assists 1. Teresa Weatherspoon (86-87) 269 2. LaQuan Stallworth (97-98) 225 3. Kim Mulkey (82-83) 218 3. Shantel Hardison (89-90) 218 5. Brooke Lassiter (00-01) 179 6. Kendra Neal (94-95) 173 7. Mary Nell Kendrick (77-78) 154 8. Jennifer White (81-82) 147 9. Tasha Williams (04-05) 127 10. Amber Obaze (02-03) 119

Steals 1. Teresa Weatherspoon (86-87) 117 2. Erica Smith-Taylor (03-04) 101 3. Amanda Wilson (97-98) 98 4. Angela Turner (80-81) 96 5. Tamicha Jackson (98-99) 84 6. Pam Gant (83-84) 83 7. Janice Lawrence (82-83) 80 7. Kendra Neal (94-95) 80 9. Shantel Hardison (89-90) 75 10. Nora Lewis (87-88) 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) 548 2. Venus Lacy (88-89) 507 2. Ayana Walker (00-01) 507 4. Amanda Wilson (97-98) 464 5. Janice Lawrence (82-83) 455 6. Alisa Burras (96-97) 452 7. Angela Turner (80-81) 449 8. Janice Mulford (79-80) 430 8. Sheila Ethridge (89-90) 430 10. Vickie Johnson (94-95) 421

Field Goals Made 1. Amanda Wilson (97-98) 287 2. Elinor Griffin (78-79) 286 3. Venus Lacy (88-89) 280 4. Janice Lawrence (82-83) 272 4. Alisa Burras (96-97) 272 6. Ayana Walker (00-01) 241 7. Pam Kelly (80-81) 236 8. Janice Mulford (79-80) 228 9. Tori Harrison (85-86) 226 10. Pam Gant (83-84) 225

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

Free Throws Made 1. Tasha Williams (04-05) 166 2. Venus Lacy (88-89) 161 3. Janice Lawrence (82-83) 141 4. Adrienne Johnson (09-10) 133 5. LaQuan Stallworth (97-98) 125 6. Pam Kelly (80-81) 123 7. Nora Lewis (87-88) 122 8. Brooke Lassiter (00-01) 111 9. Shan Moore (05-06) 105 10. Vickie Johnson (94-95) 94 10. Ayana Walker (00-01) 94

Three-pointers Attempted 1. Monica Maxwell (97-98) 143 2. Tamicha Jackson (98-99) 134 3. Erica Smith-Taylor (03-04) 128 3. Whitney Jones (09-10) 128 5. Aarica Ray-Boyd (04-05) 120 6. Essence Perry (00-01) 111 7. Brooke Lassiter (00-01) 110 8. Debra Williams (94-95) 109 9. Linda Watson (94-95) 98 10. Betty Lennox (98-99) 88 10. Lakiste Barkus (03-04) 88 Three-pointers Made 1. Monica Maxwell (97-98) 56 2. Brooke Lassiter (00-01) 44 3. Aarica Ray-Boyd (04-05) 43 3. Erica Smith-Taylor (03-04) 43 5. Whitney Jones (09-10) 40 6. Debra Williams (94-95) 36 6. Tamicha Jackson (98-99) 36 6. Christie Sides (98-99) 36 9. Essence Perry (00-01) 33 10. Lakiste Barkus (03-04) 31 Minutes 1. Essence Perry (00-01) 1223 2. Brooke Lassiter (00-01) 1219 3. Ayana Walker (00-01) 1148 3. Tasha Williams (04-05) 1059 5. Amber Obaze (02-03) 1059 6. Adrienne Johnson (09-10) 1057 7. Teresa Weatherspoon (86-87) 1055 8. LaQuan Stallworth (97-98) 1041 9. Shanavia Dowdell (08-09) 1037 10. Nora Lewis (87-88) 1020

Senior RecordsPoints 1. Venus Lacy (89-90) 800 2. Sheila Ethridge (90-91) 756 3. Pam Gant (84-85) 755 4. Pam Kelly (81-82) 731 5. Janice Lawrence (83-84) 683 6. Nora Lewis (88-89) 642 7. Betty Lennox (99-00) 587 8. Shanavia Dowdell (09-10) 575 9. Debra Williams (85-86) 566 10. Tori Harrison (86-87) 556

Rebounds 1. Cheryl Ford (02-03) 438 2. Venus Lacy (89-90) 420 3. Shanavia Dowdell (09-10) 398 4. Nora Lewis (88-89) 382 5. Amisha Carter (03-04) 344 6. Pam Kelly (81-82) 326 7. Jo Sneed (07-08) 308 8. Debra Rodman (83-84) 292 9. Ty Moore (06-07) 275 10. Ayana Walker (01-02) 266

Assists 1. Mary Nell Kendrick (78-79) 274 2. Kim Mulkey (83-84) 233 3. Teresa Weatherspoon (87-88) 198 4. Pam Thomas (93-94) 172 5. Jennifer White (82-83) 166 5. Kendra Neal (95-96) 166 7. Jane Ellen Cook (78-79) 153 8. Tasha Williams (05-06) 145 9. LaQuan Stallworth (98-99) 140 10. Shantel Hardison (91-92) 138

Steals 1. Tamicha Jackson (99-00) 111 2. Pam Gant (84-85) 104 3. Teresa Weatherspoon (87-88) 102 4. Betty Lennox (99-00) 100 5. Angela Turner (81-82) 95 6. Tasha Williams (05-06) 87 7. Amanda Wilson (98-99) 78 8. Janice Lawrence (83-84) 76 9. Pam Thomas (93-94) 69 10. Amber Obaze (03-04) 67

Blocks 1. Tori Harrison (86-87) 87 2. Venus Lacy (89-90) 72 3. Cheryl Ford (02-03) 66 4. Janice Lawrence (83-84) 52 4. Erica Westbrooks (87-88) 52 4. Racquel Spurlock (95-96) 52 7. Lori Scott (82-83) 49 8. Ayana Walker (01-02) 48 9. LaShawn Brown (94-95) 39 9. Amisha Carter (03-04) 39 9. Shanavia Dowdell (09-10) 39

Field Goals Attempted 1. Sheila Ethridge (90-91) 638 2. Pam Gant (84-85) 552 3. Betty Lennox (99-00) 526 4. Venus Lacy (89-90) 521 5. Debra Williams (95-96) 475 6. Nora Lewis (88-89) 468 7. Tamicha Jackson (99-00) 456 8. Shanavia Dowdell (09-10) 446 9. Shantel Hardison (91-92) 436 10. Pam Kelly (81-82) 435

Field Goals Made 1. Pam Gant (84-85) 314 1. Venus Lacy (89-90) 314 3. Sheila Ethridge (90-91) 281 4. Pam Kelly (81-82) 280 5. Janice Lawrence (83-84) 268 6. Nora Lewis (88-89) 253 7. Amanda Wilson (98-99) 241 8. Tori Harrison (86-87) 240 9. Shanavia Dowdell (09-10) 235 10. Betty Lennox (99-00) 232 10. Debra Williams (95-96) 224

Free Throws Attempted 1. Pam Kelly (81-82) 247 2. Nora Lewis (88-89) 239 3. Venus Lacy (89-90) 232 4. Amisha Carter (03-04) 231 5. Janice Lawrence (83-84) 207 5. Tasha Williams (05-06) 207 7. Cheryl Ford (02-03) 192 8. Shantel Hardison (91-92) 183 9. Jo Sneed (07-08) 178 10. Pam Gant (84-85) 154 10. Sheila Ethridge (90-91) 154

Free Throws Made 1. Pam Kelly (81-82) 171 2. Venus Lacy (89-90) 170 3. Tasha Williams (05-06) 164 4. Amisha Carter (03-04) 152 5. Janice Lawrence (83-84) 147 6. Nora Lewis (88-89) 135 7. Shantel Hardison (91-92) 135 8. Jo Sneed (07-08) 128 9. Pam Grant (84-85) 127 10. Cheryl Ford (02-03) 121

Three-pointers Made 1. Aarica Ray-Boyd (05-06) 86 2. Sheila Ethridge (90-91) 75 3. Betty Lennox (99-00) 61 4. Monica Maxwell (98-99) 56 5. Brooke Lassiter (01-02) 54 6. Debra Williams (95-96) 50 7. Lakiste Barkus (04-05) 47 8. Tamicha Jackson (99-00) 46 9. Shan Moore (06-07) 45 10. Nastassja Levingston (07-08) 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 7. Teresa Weatherspoon (87-88) 996 7. Angela Turner (81-82) 996 8. Pam Thomas (93-94) 979 9. Venus Lacy (89-90) 968

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Year-by-Year leadersScoringYear Player Gms Pts. Avg.1974-75 Belinda Jones 22 494 22.41975-76 Kay Ford 29 536 18.51976-77 Elinor Griffin 31 495 16.01977-78 Elinor Griffin 28 542 19.41978-79 Pam Kelly 38 721 19.01979-80 Pam Kelly 45 932 20.71980-81 Pam Kelly 34 595 17.51981-82 Pam Kelly 36 731 20.31982-83 Janice Lawrence 33 685 20.71983-84 Janice Lawrence 32 683 21.31984-85 Pam Gant 32 755 23.61985-86 Tori Harrison 32 521 16.31986-87 Tori Harrison 33 556 16.81987-88 Erica Westbrooks 33 481 14.61988-89 Venus Lacy 34 724 21.31989-90 Venus Lacy 33 800 24.21990-91 Sheila Ethridge 30 756 25.21991-92 Shantel Hardison 29 515 17.81992-93 Vickie Johnson 31 417 13.51993-94 Vickie Johnson 35 517 14.81994-95 Vickie Johnson 33 542 16.41995-96 Debra Williams 32 566 17.71996-97 Alisa Burras 35 637 18.21997-98 Amanda Wilson 34 629 18.91998-99 Amanda Wilson 33 547 16.61999-00 Betty Lennox 34 934 17.52000-01 Ayana Walker 36 577 16.02001-02 Ayana Walker 29 391 13.52002-03 Cheryl Ford 34 533 15.72003-04 Amisha Carter 32 542 16.92004-05 Tasha Williams 30 546 18.22005-06 Aarica Ray-Boyd 31 440 14.22006-07 Shan Moore 30 414 13.82007-08 Jo Sneed 30 465 15.52008-09 Shanavia Dowdell 33 531 16.12009-10 Shanavia Dowdell 32 575 18.0

Field Goal Percentage (Min. 100 att)Year Player FGM-FGA Pct.1975-75 Belinda Jones 223-503 .4431975-76 Kay Ford 215-378 .5691976-77 Kay Ford 189-328 .5761977-78 Kay Ford 132-255 .5181978-79 Pam Kelly 301-472 .6381979-80 Pam Kelly 376-515 .6111980-81 Pam Kelly 236-394 .5991981-82 Pam Kelly 280-435 .6441982-83 J Lawrence 272-455 .5981983-84 J Lawrence 268-433 .6191984-85 Pam Gant 314-552 .5691985-86 Tori Harrison 226-367 .6161986-87 Tori Harrison 240-393 .6111987-88 E Westbrooks 210-378 .5561988-89 Venus Lacy 280-507 .5521989-90 Venus Lacy 314-521 .6031990-91 Terri Meyer 64-212 .5291991-92 D Jackson 55-113 .4871992-93 R Spurlock 102-214 .4771993-94 R Spurlock 142-277 .5131994-95 R Spurlock 143-239 .5981995-96 Priya Gilmore 62-110 .5641996-97 Alisa Burras 272-452 .6021997-98 Amanda Wilson 287-464 .6191998-99 Amanda Wilson 241-389 .6201999-00 Takeisha Lewis 126-207 .6092000-01 Takeisha Lewis 177-334 .5342001-02 Takeisha Lewis 78-167 .4672002-03 Trina Frierson 210-397 .5292003-04 Trina Frierson 215-423 .5052004-05 Tasha Williams 177-369 .4802005-06 Ty Moore 132-263 .5022006-07 Ty Moore 149-310 .4812007-08 Jo Sneed 168-205 .5512008-09 Shanavia Dowdell 218-409 .5332009-10 Shanavia Dowdell 235-446 .527

Three-Point Field Goal Percentage (Min. 25 att)Year Player Gms 3PGM-A Pct1987-88 Angela Lawson 33 7-27 .2801988-89 Sheila Ethridge 34 11-32 .3441989-90 Sheila Ethridge 32 18-52 .3461990-91 Sheila Ethridge 30 75-189 .3971991-92 Cara Guillion 29 25-85 .2941992-93 Debra Williams 32 16-53 .3021993-94 Debra Williams 35 34-87 .3911994-95 Debra Williams 31 36-109 .3301995-96 Debra Williams 32 50-129 .3881996-97 Tamicha Jackson 35 48-145 .3311997-98 Monica Maxwell 35 56-143 .3961998-99 Christie Sides 33 36-77 .4681999-00 Christie Sides 34 33-77 .4292000-01 Brooke Lassiter 36 44-110 .4002001-02 Brooke Lassiter 30 54-141 .3832002-03 Aarica Ray-Boyd 33 38-85 .4472003-04 Lakiste Barkus 32 31-88 .3522004-05 Shan Moore 30 17-40 .4252005-06 Aarica Ray-Boyd 31 86-232 .3712006-07 Shan Moore 30 45-111 .4052007-08 Tiawana Pringle 31 26-65 .4002008-09 Shanavia Dowdell 33 10-28 .3572009-10 Jasmine Bendolph 32 21-53 .396

Free Throw Percentage (min 50 att.)Year Name Gms. FTM-FTA Pct.1975-75 Belinda Jones 22 48-69 .6961975-76 Mandy Warren 29 73-102 .7161976-77 Mandy Warren 31 40-55 .7271977-78 Jane Ellen Cook 28 50-63 .7941978-79 Jane Ellen Cook 38 46-55 .8361979-80 Janice Mulford 45 75-108 .6941980-81 Jennifer White 34 44-59 .7461981-82 Janice Lawrence 36 124-174 .7131982-83 Jennifer White 33 38-51 .7451983-84 Janice Lawrence 32 147-207 .7101984-85 Pam Gant 32 127-154 .8251985-86 Angela Lawson 30 48-65 .7391986-87 Angela Lawson 33 40-53 .7551987-88 Erica Westbrooks 33 61-83 .7351988-89 Sheila Ethridge 34 72-91 .7911989-90 Sheila Ethridge 32 55-67 .8211990-91 Sheila Ethridge 30 119-154 .7731991-92 Amy Brown 21 54-64 .8441992-93 Vickie Johnson 31 76-103 .7381993-94 Amy Brown 35 83-97 .8561994-95 Debra Willams 31 64-81 .7901995-96 Vickie Johnson 32 94-119 .7901996-97 J Scheppmann 34 58-73 .7951997-98 Monica Maxwell 35 62-79 .7851998-99 Christie Sides 33 55-66 .8331999-00 Brooke Lassiter 34 64-71 .9012000-01 Brooke Lassiter 36 111-122 .9102001-02 Brooke Lassiter 30 58-61 .9512002-03 Tasha Williams 34 52-66 .7882003-04 Amber Obaze 32 53-65 .8152004-05 E Smith-Taylor 16 54-66 .8182005-06 Shan Moore 31 105-124 .8472006-07 Tamika Kursh 30 44-59 .7462007-08 Tarkeisha Wysinger 31 96-132 .7272008-09 Adrienne Johnson 34 103-143 .7202009-10 Jasmine Bendolph 32 64-74 .865

ReboundingYear Name Gms. Rebs Avg1974-75 L Henderson 21 328 15 .61975-76 Belinda Jones 17 227 13.41976-77 Elinor Griffin 31 411 13.31977-78 Elinor Griffin 28 352 12.61978-79 Elinor Griffin 36 398 11.11979-80 Pam Kelly 45 491 10.91980-81 Pam Kelly 34 322 9.51981-82 Pam Kelly 36 326 9.11982-83 Debra Rodman 33 352 10.7

1983-84 Debra Rodman 31 292 9.41984-85 Tori Harrison 33 303 9.21985-86 Tori Harrison 32 247 7.71986-87 Nora Lewis 33 259 7.81987-88 Nora Lewis 33 323 9.81988-89 Venus Lacy 34 403 11.91989-90 Venus Lacy 33 420 12.71990-91 D Whitehurst 30 239 8.01991-92 Shantel Hardison 29 233 8.01992-93 Danielle Whitehurst 31 202 6.51993-94 Vickie Johnson 35 244 7.01994-95 Racquel Spurlock 31 261 8.41995-96 Racquel Spurlock 32 239 7.51996-97 Alisa Burras 35 333 9.51997-98 Amanda Wilson 34 299 8.81998-99 Amanda Wilson 33 261 7.91999-00 Ayana Walker 33 234 7.12000-01 Takeisha Lewis 36 325 9.02001-02 Ayana Walker 29 266 9.22002-03 Cheryl Ford 34 438 12.92003-04 Amisha Carter 32 344 10.82004-05 Tamika Kursh 30 227 7.62005-06 Ty Moore 31 285 9.22006-07 Ty Moore 30 275 9.22007-08 Jo Sneed 30 308 10.32008-09 Shanavia Dowdell 33 326 9.92009-10 Shanavia Dowdell 32 398 12.4

AssistsYear Name Gms Asts Avg1977-78 Mary Nell Kendrick 28 154 5.51978-79 Mary Nell Kendrick 38 274 7.21979-80 Jennifer White 45 365 8.11980-81 Kim Mulkey 34 196 5.81981-82 Kim Mulkey 36 202 5.61982-83 Kim Mulkey 31 218 7.01983-84 Kim Mulkey 32 233 7.31984-85 T Weatherspoon 33 238 7.21985-86 T Weatherspoon 32 253 7.91986-87 T Weatherspoon 33 269 8.21987-88 T Weatherspoon 33 198 6.01988-89 Pam Wells 34 197 5.81989-90 Shantel Hardison 32 218 6.81990-91 Lisa Payne 29 84 2.91991-92 Shantel Hardison 29 138 4.81992-93 Pam Thomas 31 110 3.51993-94 Pam Thomas 35 172 4.91994-95 Kendra Neal 33 173 5.21995-96 Kendra Neal 32 166 5.21996-97 LaQuan Stallworth 35 137 3.91997-98 LaQuan Stallworth 35 225 6.41998-99 LaQuan Stallworth 33 140 4.21999-00 Betty Lennox 34 116 3.42000-01 Brooke Lassiter 36 179 5.02001-02 Essence Perry 29 128 4.42002-03 Amber Obaze 34 119 3.52003-04 Erica Smith-Taylor 32 118 3.72004-05 Tasha Williams 30 127 4.22005-06 Tasha Williams 31 145 4.72006-07 Eboni Mangum 30 96 3.22007-08 Tiawana Pringle 31 88 2.82008-09 Tiawana Pringle 34 98 2.92009-10 Jasmine Bendolph 32 123 3.8

Blocked ShotsYear Name Gms. Blk. Avg.1977-78 Elinor Griffin 28 43 1.51978-79 Elinor Griffin 36 62 1.71979-80 Janice Mulford 45 49 1.11980-81 Debra Rodman 34 52 1.51981-82 Janice Lawrence 36 44 1.21982-83 Lori Scott 33 49 1.51983-84 Tori Harrison 33 66 2.01984-85 Tori Harrison 33 85 2.61985-86 Tori Harrison 32 103 3.21986-87 Tori Harrison 33 87 2.61987-88 Eric Westbrooks 33 52 1.61988-89 Venus Lacy 34 42 1.2


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100-point gamesScore Diff Opp. Season Site126-25 +101 UTPA 88-89 H109-21 +88 Morgan St. 93-94 H111-28 +83 UTPA 88-89 H108-29 +79 Ark. St. 88-89 H115-38 +77 UTPA 97-98 A130-55 +75 Cleveland St. 98-99 H111-36 +75 UL-Lafayette 95-96 H124-51 +73 UL-Lafayette 89-90 H106-34 +72 UL-Lafayette 75-76 A102-31 +71 Hawaii-Pacific 85-86 A115-44 +71 So. Alabama 97-98 H111-40 +71 UL-Lafayette 95-96 A106-36 +70 Arkansas St. 89-90 H119-51 +68 Lamar 97-98 H118-50 +68 New Orleans 97-98 H100-34 +66 Centenary 00-01 H121-57 +64 Central Fla. 89-90 A110-47 +63 Nevada 03-04 H113-50 +63 Ark. St. 87-88 H121-59 +62 New Orleans 80-81 N 103-41 +62 UTPA 97-98 H108-47 +61 Alcorn St. 81-82 H114-53 +61 Tenn. Tech 81-82 H110-50 +60 New Orleans 98-99 H105-47 +58 W. Kentucky 00-01 H100-42 +58 Lamar 96-97 N108-50 +58 Nicholls St. 79-80 H106-49 +57 Lamar 87-88 H103-46 +57 So. Alabama 93-94 H102-45 +57 UL-Lafayette 77-78 H102-45 +57 UTPA 90-91 H104-48 +56 S. F. Austin 84-85 N100-44 +56 UL-Lafayette 93-94 H100-44 +56 UL-Monroe 93-94 H107-51 +56 US Inter. 86-87 N 101-46 +55 McNeese St. 78-79 H102-47 +55 UL-Monroe 81-82 H108-54 +54 UTEP 02-03 H101-48 +53 McNeese St. 80-81 H103-50 +53 Tulane 81-82 H113-60 +53 McNeese St. 81-82 H110-57 +53 SLU 80-81 H109-56 +53 Lamar 88-89 H103-51 +52 Washington 82-83 N104-53 +51 Lamar 97-98 A107-57 +50 E. Wash. 87-88 N100-50 +50 UL-Lafayette 97-98 H116-66 +50 UL-Monroe 74-75 N101-51 +50 UTPA 95-96 H109-60 +49 SFA 03-04 A100-51 +49 Central Fla. 91-92 H105-56 +49 Lamar 94-95 H109-60 +49 Miss. Col. 83-84 H101-52 +49 UL-Lafayette 89-90 H

106-58 +48 Boise State 01-02 A100-52 +48 New Orleans 94-95 A111-63 +48 Northwestern 79-80 A115-67 +48 Northwestern 80-81 H100-52 +48 UL-Monroe 79-80 H114-67 +47 Arkansas St. 98-99 A105-58 +47 Memphis 88-89 A108-61 +47 New Orleans 99-00 H106-59 +47 New Orleans 81-82 A102-55 +47 So. Alabama 92-93 H105-58 +47 S. F. Austin 81-82 H100-54 +46 Kansas St. 89-90 H104-58 +46 UL-Monroe 82-83 H100-55 +45 Arkansas St. 96-97 H100-55 +45 Miss. Col. 81-82 H108-63 +45 New Orleans 94-95 H103-58 +45 New Orleans 95-96 H101-56 +45 SE La. 80-81 H101-56 +45 Tenn. Tech 95-96 H107-62 +45 Texas Tech 87-88 H114-69 +45 UL-Lafayette 99-00 H100-56 +44 Boise State 03-04 N102-58 +44 Nevada 01-02 A103-59 +44 Hawaii 79-80 A101-57 +44 Oklahoma 81-82 A104-61 +43 Baylor 81-82 H104-61 +43 Northwestern 78-79 A107-64 +43 SLU 79-80 A104-61 +43 UTPA 93-94 A110-70 +40 Alcorn St. 92-93 H100-60 +40 La. Col. 80-81 H103-63 +40 UCLA 81-82 H100-61 +39 Kansas 78-79 N115-76 +39 Southern 79-80 H108-72 +36 Nevada 04-05 H102-66 +36 Boise State 02-03 A106-70 +36 UTA 76-77 N100-66 +34 Baylor 79-80 N104-71 +33 Maryland 79-80 H102-70 +32 La. Col. 80-81 A103-71 +32 Kansas 83-84 H100-68 +32 Miss. Col. 84-85 A104-73 +31 New Orleans 74-75 N105-75 +30 Oklahoma 82-83 H100-72 +28 Cheyney St. 83-84 N102-76 +26 McNeese St. 79-80 H104-79 +25 Central Fla. 90-91 H103-78 +25 Okla. St. 88-89 H105-83 +22 Southern 78-79 N101-83 +18 Northwestern 75-76 A 102-84 +18 Tennessee 78-79 N101-88 +13 La. State 76-77 H108-117 -9 Miss. Col. 76-77 A102-104 -2 SLU 76-77 H

100-point game Facts• 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)

1989-90 Venus Lacy 33 72 2.21990-91 Sheila Ethridge 30 17 0.61991-92 Amy Brown 21 34 1.11992-93 Racquel Spurlock 32 60 1.91993-94 Racquel Spurlock 35 51 1.51994-95 Racquel Spurlock 31 52 1.71995-96 Racquel Spurlock 32 52 1.61996-97 Alisa Burras 35 56 1.61997-98 Alisa Burras 35 32 0.91998-99 Ayana Walker 33 44 1.31999-00 Ayana Walker 33 56 1.72000-01 Ayana Walker 36 88 2.42001-02 Cheryl Ford 30 53 1.82002-03 Cheryl Ford 34 66 1.92003-04 Amisha Carter 32 39 1.22004-05 Margaret DeCiman 30 57 1.92005-06 Ty Moore 31 48 1.52006-07 Ty Moore 30 29 1.02007-08 Shanavia Dowdell 31 40 1.32008-09 Shanavia Dowdell 33 60 1.82009-10 Adrienne Johnson 32 51 1.6

Steals Year Name Gms. Stl. Avg.1978-79 Pam Kelly 38 61 1.61979-80 Angela Turner 45 96 2.11980-81 Angela Turner 34 96 2.81981-82 Angela Turnver 36 95 2.61982-83 Janice Lawrence 33 80 2.41983-84 Pam Gant 32 83 2.61984-85 Pam Gant 32 104 3.31985-86 T Weatherspoon 32 103 3.21986-87 T Weatherspoon 33 117 3.51987-88 T Weatherspoon 33 102 3.11988-89 Nora Lewis 35 64 1.81989-90 Shantel Hardison 32 75 2.31990-91 Annie Lockett 26 58 2.21991-92 Shantel Hardison 29 61 2.11992-93 Vickie Johnson 31 49 1.6 D Whitehurst 31 49 1.61993-94 Pam Thomas 35 69 2.01994-95 Kendra Neal 33 80 2.41995-96 Kendra Neal 32 59 1.81996-97 Amanda Wilson 31 98 3.21997-98 Amanda Wilson 34 98 2.91998-99 Tamicha Jackson 33 84 2.51999-00 Tamicha Jackson 34 111 3.32000-01 Essence Perry 36 65 1.82001-02 Amber Obaze 30 54 1.82002-03 Erica Smith-Taylor 34 73 2.12003-04 Erica Smith-Taylor 32 101 3.22004-05 Lakiste Barkus 30 57 1.92005-06 Tasha Williams 31 87 2.82006-07 Amber Metoyer 30 55 1.82007-08 Tarkeisha Wysinger 31 67 2.22008-09 Adrienne Johnson 34 59 1.72009-10 Adrienne Johnson 32 42 1.3

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team single season highs Points (Total) 1. 1979-80 3927 2. 1978-79 3168 3. 1981-82 3144 4. 1980-81 3040 5. 1997-98 3018 6. 1988-89 2975 7. 1999-00 2960 8. 1998-99 2888 9. 1989-90 2853 10. 1995-96 2852

Points (Average) 1. 1980-81 89.4 2. 1976-77 87.5 2. 1998-99 87.5 4. 1979-80 87.3 4. 1981-82 87.3 6. 1999-00 87.1 7. 1989-90 86.5 8. 1995-96 86.4 9. 1997-98 86.2 10. 1983-84 84.8

Rebounds (Total) 1. 1979-80 2179 2. 1978-79 1823 3. 1980-81 1756 4. 1989-90 1747 5. 1988-89 1719 6. 1995-96 1708 7. 1996-97 1692 8. 1876-77 1669 9. 1981-82 1666 10. 1987-88 1636

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

Assists 1. 1979-80 861 2. 1978-79 781 3. 1981-82 751 4. 1982-83 750 5. 1980-81 691 6. 1988-89 684 7. 1983-84 677 8. 1997-98 660 9. 1989-90 658 10. 1986-87 640

Steals 1. 1981-82 518 2. 1980-81 498 3. 1998-99 463 4. 1999-00 454 5. 2003-04 449 6. 1996-97 441 7. 1987-88 420 8. 1989-90 410 9. 1983-84 409 10. 1997-98 406

Blocks 1. 1979-80 178 1. 1985-86 178 3. 1989-90 175 4. 2000-01 167 5. 1983-84 165 6. 1980-81 162 7. 1984-85 159 8. 1999-00 157 9. 1986-87 156 9. 1987-88 156

Turnovers 1. 1978-79 776 2. 1980-81 669 3. 1981-82 625 4. 1983-84 624 5. 1999-00 610 6. 1984-85 602 7. 2007-08 601 8. 2006-07 575 9. 2008-09 569 10. 2000-01 560

FGM 1. 1979-80 1622 2. 1978-79 1337 3. 1981-82 1257 4. 1980-81 1215 5. 1997-98 1180 6. 1988-89 1170 7. 1999-00 1163 8. 1987-88 1159 9. 1989-90 1152 10. 1995-96 1127

FGA 1. 1979-80 3094 2. 1978-79 2583 3. 1996-97 2475 4. 1989-90 2465 5. 1999-00 2452 6. 1988-89 2448 7. 1981-82 2432 8. 1997-98 2416 9. 1998-99 2413 10. 1995-96 2409

FG Percentage 1. 1983-84 .526 2. 1979-80 .524 3. 1982-83 .519 4. 1978-79 .518 5. 1981-82 .517 6. 1980-81 .510 7. 1984-85 .494 8. 1997-98 .488 9. 1987-88 .487 9. 1994-95 .487

3FGM 1. 1999-00 163 2. 1998-99 162 3. 2004-05 145 4. 2008-09 139 5. 1997-98 137 6. 2009-10 124 7. 2003-04 119 8. 2005-06 118 9. 2001-02 116 9. 2007-08 116

3FGA 1. 2008-09 471 2. 1998-99 467 3. 1999-00 434 4. 2004-05 423 5. 2009-10 406 6. 1997-98 397 7. 2007-08 363 8. 2005-06 361 9. 2003-04 353 10. 2001-02 336

3FG Percentage 1. 1999-00 .376 2. 1993-94 .350 2. 2002-03 .350 4. 1990-91 .348 5. 1998-99 .347 6. 1997-98 .345 6. 2001-02 .345 8. 2004-05 .343 9. 2000-01 .341 10. 2003-04 .337

FTM 1. 1979-80 683 2. 1981-82 630 3. 1993-94 623 4. 1980-81 610 4. 1988-89 610 6. 1994-95 561 7. 1983-84 557 7. 2005-06 557 9. 2003-04 546 10. 1984-85 533

FTA 1. 1979-80 1065 2. 1980-81 957 3. 1981-82 947 4. 1988-89 935 5. 1993-94 901 6. 1983-84 857 7. 1984-85 850 8. 1994-95 847 9. 1987-88 814 10. 1995-96 810

FT Percentage 1. 1999-00 .713 2. 2005-06 .710 3. 2004-05 .708 4. 1975-76 .706 5. 1998-99 .703 6. 2003-04 .700 7. 2002-03 .699 8. 1991-92 .696 9. 1993-94 .691 10. 2009-10 .688

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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 (74-75) 2. 81 vs. New Orleans (75-76) 3. 76 vs. Miss. College (76-77) 4. 74 vs. Southern (78-79) 4. 74 vs. UTPA (89-90) 4. 74 vs. SMU (01-02) 7. 73 vs. Tulane (76-77) 8. 72 vs. LSU (76-77) 8. 72 vs. UL-Lafayette (88-89) 10. 71 twice

Rebounds by Opponent 1. 71 by NW (La.) St. (74-75) 1. 71 by Southern (75-76) 3. 70 by UL-Monroe (74-75) 4. 68 by Miss. College (76-77) 5. 66 by LSU (74-75) 5. 66 by Southeastern (74-75) 6. 66 by Miss. College (75-76) 8. 63 by LSU (77-78) 9. 61 by New Orleans (74-75) 10. 60 four times

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

Assists by Opponent 1. 33 by Delta State (76-77) 2. 26 by Connecticut (99-00) 3. 25 by LSU (77-78) 3. 25 by Valdosta State (77-78) 5. 24 by Southeastern (76-77) 5. 24 by Texas A&M (79-80) 7. 23 by Southeastern (76-77) 7. 23 by LSU (78-79) 7. 23 by Wayland (78-79) 7. 23 by Connecticut (01-02)

Steals by Tech 1. 31 vs. UL-Lafayette (98-99) 2. 27 vs. UL-Monroe (81-82)

2. 27 vs. UL-Lafayette (84-85) 4. 26 vs. Arkansas State (98-99) 4. 26 vs. UALR (99-00) 4. 25 vs. New Orleans (80-81) 7. 25 vs. UL-Lafayette (97-98) 8. 24 six times

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 (88-89) 6. 48 vs. UTPA (87-88) 10. 47 three times

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 (94-95) 8. 23 vs. W. Kentucky (02-03) 8. 23 vs. UTSA (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 No.Pam Kelly 1979-80 31Venus Lacy 1989-90 29Venus Lacy 1988-89 26Cheryl Ford 2002-03 24Nora Lewis 1988-89 22Shanavia Dowdell 2009-10 22Elinor Griffin 1976-77 19Elinor Griffin 1977-78 19Elinor Griffin 1978-79 19Jo Sneed 2007-08 19Debra Rodman 1982-83 18Shanavia Dowdell 2008-09 18Pam Kelly 1981-82 17LaVerne Henderson 1974-75 17Amisha Carter 2003-04 17Pam Kelly 1980-81 16Alisa Burras 1996-97 16Lori Scott 1979-80 15Ayana Walker 2000-01 15Pam Kelly 1979-79 14Kay Ford 1975-76 14Janice Lawrence 1982-83 14Tori Harrison 1984-85 14Nora Lewis 1987-88 14Ty Moore 2006-07 13Ayana Walker 2001-02 13Janice Lawrence 1981-82 13Amanda Wilson 1997-98 13Takeisha Lewis 2000-01 13Belinda Jones 1974-75 12Venus Lacy 1987-88 12Alisa Burras 1997-98 12Ty Moore 2005-06 11Cheryl Ford 2001-02 10Marilyn Norris 1976-77 10Angela Turner 1979-80 10Janice Lawrence 1983-84 10Nora Lewis 1986-87 10

Olympic GamesVenus Lacy (1996)Janice Lawrence (1984)Kim Mulkey (1984)Teresa Weatherspoon (1988, 1992)

World ChampionshipsJanice Lawrence (1983)Kim Mulkey (1983)Teresa Weatherspoon (1986)

Pan American GamesVenus Lacy (1991)Janice Lawrence (1983)Kim Mulkey (1983)

World University GamesAmber Obaze (2002)Lori Scott (1983)Ayana Walker (1999, 2001)Teresa Weatherspoon (1987)

junior World ChampionshipsTamicha Jackson (1997)Racquel Spurlock (1993)R. William Jones CupJanice Lawrence (1984)Monica Maxwell (1997)Kim Mulkey (1984)Racquel Spurlock (1994)

Goodwill GamesTeresa Weatherspoon (1986)

U.S. Olympic FestivalAmy 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)

lady techsters in usa Basketball

career Double-Doubles

Player Years No.Pam Kelly 1979-82 78Venus Lacy 1988-90 67Elinor Griffin 1977-79 57Nora Lewis 1986-89 49Shanavia Dowdell 2006-10 46Janice Lawrence 1981-84 43Debra Rodman 1981-84 38Amanda Wilson 1996-99 37Cheryl Ford 1999-02 36Tori Harrison 1984-87 34Ayana Walker 1999-02 33Lori Scott 1980-83 28Alisa Burras 1997-98 28 Kay Ford 1976-79 27Ty Moore 2002-07 25Takeisha Lewis 1999-02 23Jo Sneed 2006-08 22Belinda Jones 1975-78 18Vickie Johnson 1993-96 18LaVerne Henderson 1974-75 17Amisha Carter 2002-04 17Teresa Weatherspoon 1985-88 16Erica Westbrooks 1985-88 16Marilyn Norris 1977-78 16Monica Maxwell 1996-99 16 Trina Frierson 1999-01 16Adrienne Johnson 2007-present 15Angela Turner 1979-82 15Racquel Spurlock 1993-96 14Ty Moore 2002-07 13Danielle Whitehurst 1990-93 13Shantel Hardison 1989-92 11Tia Sossamon 1980-83 8Mandy Warren 1976-77 8Janice Mulford 1979-80 7LaShawn Brown 1992-95 7LaQuan Stallworth 1996-99 7Stacy Davis 1984-87 7Amy Brown 1992-95 6

Sheila Ethridge 1988-91 5Maquisha Walker 1994-96 5Annie Lockett 1990-91 5Tamika Kursh 2002-07 5 Mary Robertson 1975-76 4Jane Ellen Cook 1976-79 4Jennifer White 1980-83 4Kim Mulkey 1981-84 4Erica Smith-Taylor 2001-05 4 Tamicha Jackson 1997-00 3Barbara Bolden 1989-90 3Tarkeisha Wysinger 2007-present 3Amber Obaze 2000-01 2Tatia Brown 1985-88 2Sebrena Smith 1989-90 2Betty Lennox 1998-00 2Kendra Neal 1993-96 1Debra Williams 1993-96 1Mickie DeMoss 1975-77 1Kathy Bailey 1975-77 1Gail Hays 1976-77 1Mary Nell Kendrick 1976-79 1Angie Donner 1978-79 1Catina Malone 1994-95 1Pam Grant 1982-85 1Beanie Lincoln 1986-88 1Kay Konerza 1983-86 1Angela Lawson 1985-88 1Linda Watson 1995-96 1Paulette Stall 1986-89 1Shaka Massey 1998-00 1Brooke Lassiter 1998-01 1Kenya Bibbs 2000-01 1Pam Thomas 1992-94 1Aarica Ray-Boyd 2002-06 1Tasha Williams 2002-06 1Lakiste Barkus 2003-05 1Tiawana Pringle 2006-10 1Kiara Young 2008-present 1

all-time triple-Doubles

Tasha Williams 1 10 points, 11 assists, 10 stealsvs. Hawaii, March 4, 2006Thomas Assembly Center, Ruston, La.

Shantel Hardison 111 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists vs. So. Alabama, March 12, 1992E.A. Diddle Arena, Bowling Green, Ky.

Angela Turner 116 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assistsvs. Nebraska, Jan. 11, 1980Memorial Gym, Ruston, La.


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thomas assembly centerThe 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-

ketball program has done nothing less than

dominate on their home courts during the

36-year history of the women’s basketball

program. Whether playing in old Memorial

Gym from 1974 through March of 1982

or in the Thomas Assembly Center since

November of 1982, Louisiana Tech has pro-

duced a won-loss record unmatched by any

other women’s basketball program nation-

wide.

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,

the Lady Techsters have owned opponents in

Ruston, La.

Over the course of the 36 years of

women’s basketball at Louisiana Tech, the

Lady Techsters have posted a record of 474-

45 in games played in Ruston. The winning

percentage of 91.3 percent ranks Ruston as

the hardest place in the country to play in

women’s basketball.

On the list of all-time toughest home

arenas, both the Thomas Assembly Center

and Memorial Gym rank in the top three

in the country. Louisiana Tech has posted

a mark of 390-39 at the Assembly Center

(90.91%) and a record of 84-6 at Memorial

Gym (93.33%), trailing only Thompson-

Boling Arena (94.84%) in Knoxville, Tenn.

The Lady Techsters are 158-11 all-time

against conference foes in regular season

games in Ruston. The Lady Techsters have

posted home winning streaks of 49, 52 and

62 games, which all rank in the Top 15 in

Division I history.

Even more impressive is the fact

Louisiana Tech has never lost a postseason

game in Ruston, La. The Lady Techsters

were 7-0 during the 1970s in the state AIAW

Tournament, 4-0 in the national AIAW

Tournament and a perfect 36-0 in the NCAA

Tournament ... for a combined mark of 47-0

in Ruston in postseason play.

Despite the incredible record in Ruston,

one interesting fact is that Louisiana Tech

lost its first home game ever played in

both Memorial Gym (59-55 to Southeastern

Louisiana in 1974-75) and the Thomas

Assembly Center (64-58 to Southern

California in 1982-83).

milestone wins in rustonNo. 1 Tech 97, LSU 83 Jan. 24, 1975 Memorial Gym

No. 50 Tech 93, LSU 61 Feb. 2, 1980 Memorial Gym

No. 84 Tech 82, Kentucky 60 March 20, 1982 Memorial Gym (last in arena)

No. 85 Tech 83, Alabama 56 Dec. 9, 1982 Thomas Assembly Center

(1st in arena)

No. 100 Tech 91, M. Tenn. St. 59 March 17, 1983 Thomas Assembly Center

No. 200 Tech 87, UL-Monroe 49 Dec. 5, 1989 Thomas Assembly Center

No. 250 Tech 99, Texas So. 57 Dec. 3, 1993 Thomas Assembly Center

No. 300 Tech 66, Southern Cal 47 Dec. 7, 1996 Thomas Assembly Center

No. 400 Tech 74, Ohio St. 61 March 25, 2003 Thomas Assembly Center

No. 450 Tech 70, San Jose State 54 Feb. 16, 2008 Thomas Assembly Center

Did You know?Despite the fact that Iowa guard Crystal

Smith scored 46 points, the second most

ever scored in the Thomas Assembly Cen-

ter, 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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tac Year-by-Year record and attendance Figures

Season Gms Rec'd Attend Avg1982-83 19 18-1 81,620 4,2961983-84 15 15-0 79,945 5,3301984-85 16 16-0 62,110 3,8821985-86 16 15-1 54,345 3,3971986-87 14 14-0 45,710 3,2651987-88 16 16-0 39,365 2,4601988-89 20 19-1 68,738 3,4371989-90 15 15-0 29,336 2,4451990-91 16 12-4 35,089 2,1931991-92 14 11-3 21,454 1,5321992-93 16 14-2 51,057 3,1911993-94 15 15-0 43,963 2,9351994-95 17 15-2 63,428 4,2291995-96 15 15-0 55,181 3,6791996-97 17 17-0 65,990 3,8821997-98 18 18-0 71,254 3,9591998-99 13 12-1 58,715 4,5171999-00 15 15-0 57,071 3,8052000-01 18 16-2 71,840 3,9912001-02 13 13-0 48,857 3,7582002-03 16 15-1 57,960 3,6232003-04 13 13-0 47,119 3,6252004-05 13 11-2 42,719 3,2862005-06 13 13-0 39,852 3,0662006-07 13 7-6 33,176 2,5522007-08 14 8-6 30,514 2,1802008-09 16 13-3 34,802 2,1752009-01 13 9-4 32,450 2,318TOTALS 430 390-39 1,423,660 3,310

la tech all-time recordYear by Year (Home, Road and Neutral)Year Overall Home Road Neutral74-75 13-9 2-1* 2-3 9-575-76 19-10 8-2* 6-4 5-476-77 22-9 10-2* 6-4 6-377-78 20-8 8-1* 7-5 5-278-79 34-4 10-0* 11-2 13-279-80 40-5 18-0* 13-2 9-380-81 34-0 12-0* 10-0 12-081-82 35-1 16-0* 11-1 8-082-83 31-2 18-1 9-0 4-183-84 30-3 15-0 13-2 2-184-85 29-4 16-0 7-4 6-085-86 27-5 15-1 11-3 1-186-87 30-3 14-0 11-2 5-187-88 32-2 16-0 10-2 6-088-89 32-4 19-1 12-1 1-289-90 32-1 15-0 15-0 2-190-91 18-12 12-4 5-7 1-191-92 20-10 11-3 6-6 3-192-93 26-6 14-2 10-3 2-193-94 31-4 15-0 9-3 7-194-95 28-5 15-2 11-1 2-295-96 31-2 15-0 10-1 6-196-97 31-4 17-0 8-3 6-197-98 31-4 18-0 7-2 6-298-99 30-3 12-1 14-0 4-299-00 31-3 15-0 10-2 6-100-01 31-5 16-2 9-2 6-101-02 25-5 13-0 10-3 2-202-03 31-3 15-1 12-1 4-103-04 29-3 13-0 11-2 5-104-05 20-10 11-2 7-5 2-305-06 26-5 13-0 9-4 4-106-07 17-13 7-6 9-5 1-207-08 16-15 8-6 6-8 2-108-09 21-13 13-3 6-9 2-109-10 23-9 9-4 10-4 4-1TOTALS 976-204 474-45 335-106 169-53* Home games played at Memorial Gym

all-time toughest places to play Cities (Program) Conference Record Percentage

1. Knoxville, Tenn. (Tennessee) SEC 477-44 (91.57%)

2. Ruston, La. (Louisiana Tech) 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%)

7. Bowling Green, Ky. (Western Ky.) Sun Belt 421-88 (82.71%)

8. State College, Pa. (Penn State) 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%)

Arenas (Active)

(Must have played at least 75 games in the arena)

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%)

top assembly center crowds Att. Date Result

1. 8,975 1/22/85 Tech 79, UL-Monroe 77(OT)

2. 8,825 1/14/84 Tech 88, UL-Monroe 67

3. 8,700 12/4/82 Southern Cal 64, Tech 58

4. 8,635 1/9/95 Tennessee 62, Tech 56

5. 8,372 11/30/98 Tennessee 92, Tech 73

6. 8,370 1/3/84 Tech 75, Southern Cal 66

7. 8,340 2/9/83 Tech 104, UL-Monroe 58

8. 8,110 2/18/86 UL-Monroe 82, Tech 74

9. 7,650 3/23/84 Tech 92, LSU 67 (NCAA Midwest Regional)

10. 7,633 12/10/00 Tennessee 70, Tech 62

11. 7,526 2/24/97 Tech 98, Tennessee 80

12. 7,476 2/10/95 Tech 83, Western Kentucky 72

13. 7,321 1/7/01 Connecticut 71, Tech 55

14. 7,240 1/7/89 Tech 87, LSU 60

15. 7,160 2/14/89 Tennessee 72, Tech 65

16. 6,919 3/16/98 Tech 74, Clemson 52 (NCAA Second Round)

17. 6,847 3/14/99 Tech 79, Penn State 62 (NCAA Second Round)

18. 6,840 3/25/84 Tech 85, Texas 60 (NCAA Midwest Regional)

19. 6,836 12/4/02 Tennessee 60, Tech 35

20. 6,824 3/18/96 Tech 84, Southern Miss. 46 (NCAA Second Round)


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Team Game RecordsMost Points Scored1. 130 by Tech vs. Cleveland St., 12-28-982. 126 by Tech vs. UTPA, 2-18-893. 124 by Tech vs. UL-Lafayette, 3-9-90Fewest Points1. 24 by UCLA vs. Tech, 1-4-842. 25 by UTPA vs. Tech, 2-18-893. 29 by St. John vs. Tech, 12-1-95Field Goals Attempted1. 96 by Tech vs. Alcorn State, 12-4-922. 95 by Tech vs. UTPA, 2-24-963. 94 by Tech vs. Texas Tech, 1-13-88Field Goals Made1. 55 by Tech vs. Cleveland St., 12-28-982. 53 by Tech vs. Arkansas St., 12-11-873. 48 by Tech vs. U.S. International, 12-12-86Field Goal Percentage1. 69.1 by Tech (34-49) vs. Tenn., 12-14-822. 68.1 by Tech (47-61) vs. Lamar, 1-30-883. 66.0 by Tech (35-53) vs. UTA, 11-24-97Three-Point Field Goals Attempted1. 34 by Tech vs. Illinois, 12-4-042. 32 by Idaho vs. Tech 1-30-10Three-Point Field Goals Made1. 12 by New Orleans vs. Tech, 3-6-981. 12 by Tech vs. UTPA, 2-23-913. 11 by Tech vs. South Ala., 2-6-993. 11 by W. Kentucky vs. Tech 2-10-95Three-Point Field Goal Percentage (minimum 10 attempted)1. 64.7 by Tech (11-17) vs. So. Ala., 2-6-992. 63.6 by Penn St. (7-11) vs. Tech, 3-14-992. 63.6 by Tennessee (7-11) vs. Tech, 2-5-91Free Throws Attempted1. 50 by Tech vs. UCLA, 1-4-842. 49 by Tech vs. Lamar, 1-17-983. 48 by Tech vs. San Diego State, 1-13-86Free Throws Made1. 33 by Tech vs. Lamar, 1-17-981. 33 by Tech vs. San Diego State, 1-13-863. 32 by Tech vs. UCLA, 1-4-843. 32 by Tech vs. NMSU 1-16-10Free Throw Percentage(minimum 10 attempted)1. 100.0 by ULL (12-12) vs. Tech, 1-10-961. 100.0 by W. Kentucky (10-10) vs. Tech, 12-3-833. 92.9 by Tech (13-14) vs. Alcorn St., 12-22-05Rebounds1. 74 by Tech vs. UTPA, 1-18-901. 74 by Tech vs. SMU, 2-16-023. 72 by Tech vs. UL-Lafayette, 2-4-89Assists1. 37 by Tech vs. UL-Lafayette, 3-9-902. 34 by Tech vs. Arkansas State, 12-11-873. 33 by Tech vs. South Alabama, 1-12-98Steals1. 27 by Tech vs. SLU, 12-5-842. 26 by Tech vs. Arkansas State, 1-14-993. 25 by Tech vs. UL-Lafayette, 1-8-983. 25 by Tech vs. McNeese State, 1-17-83Blocked Shots1. 17 by Tech vs. Nicholls State, 11-26-082. 15 by Tech vs. Miss. College, 11-30-833. 14 by Tulsa vs. Tech, 1-24-02

Individual Game RecordsMost Points1. 47 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. UTPA, 2-23-912. 46 Crystal Smith, Iowa vs. Tech, 11-22-053. 42 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. Tenn., 2-5-913. 42 Pam Gant, Tech vs. Penn St., 1-7-855. 40 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. Ark. St., 2-2-91Most Field Goals Attempted1. 39 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. Tenn., 2-5-912. 36 Kim Perrot, UL-Lafayette vs. Tech, 3-9-903. 31 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. Lamar, 3-9-914. 30 Kim Perrot, UL-Lafayette vs. Tech, 2-22-905. 29 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. UTPA, 2-23-915. 29 Sandra Hodge, UNO vs. Tech, 3-10-835. 29 Crystal Smith, Iowa vs. Tech, 11-22-05Most Field Goals Made1. 18 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. UTPA, 2-23-912. 17 Pam Gant, Tech vs. Penn State, 1-7-853. 16 Alisa Burras, Tech vs. UNO,1-30-973. 16 Venus Lacy, Tech vs. SFA, 1-17-895. 15 Amanda Wilson, Tech vs. W. Ky., 2-7-985. 15 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. Tenn., 2-5-915. 15 Tori Harrison, Tech vs. Central Mich., 12-5-86Most Three-Point Field Goals Attempted1. 23 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. Tenn., 2-5-912. 20 Kim Perrot, UL-Lafayette, vs. Tech, 3-9-903. 19 Kim Sitzman, UALR, vs. Tech 12-22-08 4. 17 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. UTEP, 2-23-915. 15 Tate, Ark. State vs. Tech, 2-15-935. 15 Brenda Hatchett, Lamar vs. Tech, 2-15-92Most Three-Point Field Goals Made1. 10 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. UTEP, 2-23-912. 8 Sheila Ethridge, Tech vs. Tenn., 2-5-913. 7 Sonja Tate, Ark. State vs. Tech, 2-15-933. 7 Abby Vaughan, Boise St., vs. Tech, 1-3-023. 7 Ashley Bastian, Boise St. vs. Tech, 2-15-03Most Free Throws Attempted 1. 21 Shantel Hardison, Tech vs. Lamar, 2-15-922. 17 Venus Lacy, Tech vs. Virginia, 12-10-88

3. 16 Kim Young, Southern Miss vs. Cleveland State, 12-29-983. 16 Venus Lacy, Tech vs. LSU, 3-23-893. 16 Tasha Williams, Tech vs. Rice, 1-1-053. 16 Tasha Williams, Tech vs. Ole Miss, 12-20-05Most Free Throws Made1. 15 Tasha Williams, Tech vs. Rice, 1-1-051. 15 Shantel Hardison, Tech vs. Lamar, 2-15-923. 13 Kim Young, Southern Miss. vs. Cleveland State, 12-29-983. 13 Yolanda Watkins, Alabama vs. Tech, 12-5-923. 13 Venus Lacy, Tech vs. LSU, 3-23-89Most Rebounds1. 23 Cheryl Ford, Tech vs. SMU, 3-6-032. 22 Cindy Brown, Long Beach State vs. Tech, 1-10-863. 21 Uirannah Jackson, Lamar vs. Tech, 2-15-923. 21 Amisha Carter, Tech vs. UTEP, 1-31-043. 21 Ty Moore, Tech vs. Nevada, 2-9-06Most Assists1. 17 Teresa Weatherspoon, Tech vs.

UL-Monroe, 2-22-852. 16 Teresa Weatherspoon, Tech vs. Texas Tech, 2-1-863. 15 Kim Mulkey, Tech vs. Western Kentucky, 12-3-833. 15 Teresa Weatherspoon, Tech vs. Auburn, 1-12-853. 15 Teresa Weatherspoon, Tech vs. UL-Monroe, 1-6-873. 15 Shantel Hardison, Tech vs. UL-Lafayette, 3-9-90Most Blocked Shots1. 14 by Alyssa Shriver, Tulsa vs. Tech, 2. 8 Shanavia Dowdell, LA Tech vs. Nicholls State, 11-26-083. 7 Cassandra Barker, UL-Monroe vs. Tech, 1-11-934. 6 multiple timesMost Steals1. 10 Tasha Williams, Tech vs. Boise St., 3-1-031. 10 Tasha Williams, Tech vs. Hawaii, 3-4-061. 10 LaQuan Stallworth, Tech vs. South Alabama, 1-12-981. 10 Teresa Weatherspoon, Tech vs. UCLA, 1-4-865. 9 Teresa Weatherspoon, Tech vs. Cal State-Long Beach, 1-10-86

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NCAA Game HighsTournament Career BestsGames 1. 18 Amanda Wilson 1995-99 1. 18 Monica Maxwell 1995-99 1. 18 LaQuan Stallworth 1995-99 1. 18 Tamicha Jackson 1996-00 5. 17 Pam Gant 1982-85 5. 17 Vickie Johnson 1993-96 5. 17 Racquel Sprulock 1993-96 5. 17 Debra Williams 1993-96 9. 16 Teresa Weatherspoon 1985-88 9. 16 Erica Westbrooks 1985-88

Points 1. 262 Janice Lawrence 1982-84 2. 261 Venus Lacy 1988-90 3. 251 Vickie Johnson 1993-96 4. 244 Tamicha Jackson 1996-00 5. 237 Amanda Wilson 1996-99 6. 232 Nora Lewis 1987-89 7. 227 Debra Williams 1993-96 8. 192 Monica Maxwell 1996-99 9. 189 Pam Gant 1982-85 10. 182 Pam Thomas 1992-94

Rebounds 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

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 Player Opponent Year 1. 14 Jennifer White LSU 1980 * 2. 13 T. Weatherspoon Kansas 1988 3. 12 Mary Nell Kendrick Kansas 1979 * 3. 12 Mary Nell Kendrick Tennessee 1979 * 5. 11 LaQuan Stallworth Purdue 1998 5. 11 T. Weatherspoon Northwestern 1987 5. 11 T. Weatherspoon Southern Ill. 1987 5. 11 T. Weatherspoon Texas 1987 5. 11 Kim Mulkey USC 1983 10. 10 Shantel Hardison Southern Miss. 1990 10. 10 T. Weatherspoon Long Beach St. 1986

Steals Stl. Player Opponent Year 1. 7 T. Weatherspoon Northwestern 1987 1. 7 T. Weatherspoon Texas 1987 3. 6 Janice Lawrence Old Dominion 1983 3. 6 Erica Westbrooks Auburn 1988 3. 6 Nora Lewis Mississippi 1988 3. 6 Debra Rodman USC 1981 * 7. 5 Tatia Brown Okla. State 1989 7. 5 Shantel Hardison Okla. State 1989 7. 5 Janice Lawrence USC 1981 * 7. 5 Lori Scott Jackson State 1981 * 7. 5 Lori Scott UCLA 1981 * 7. 5 Angela Turner Arizona State 1982 7. 5 Shantel Hardison Texas 1990 7. 5 Tamicha Jackson Old Dominion 2000

Blocks Blk Player Opponent Year 1. 6 Takeisha Lewis Old Dominion 2000 2. 5 Venus Lacy Southern Miss. 1990 2. 5 Tori Harrison Washington 1986 2. 5 Ayana Walker Alcorn State 2000 2. 5 Margaret DeCiman Temple 2005 6. 4 Ayana Walker Penn State 1999 6. 4 Erica Westbrooks San Diego St. 1985 6. 4 Erica Westbrooks Auburn 1988 6. 4 Lori Scott Texas 1983 6. 4 Venus Lacy Purdue 1990 6. 4 Racquel Spurlock Texas 1993*Denotes AIAW National Tournament

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Final Four resultsAIAW TournamentYear Champion Runner-up Semifinalists1979 Old Dominion LA TeCH Tennessee, UCLA1980 Old Dominion Tennessee LA TeCH, S. Carolina1981 LA TeCH Tennessee USC, Old Dominion

NCAA TournamentYear Champion Runner-up Semifinalists1982 LA TeCH Cheyney St. Tennessee, Maryland1983 USC LA TeCH Old Dominion, Georgia1984 USC Tennessee LA TeCH, Cheyney State1985 Old Dominion Georgia W. Kentucky, UL-Monroe1986 Texas USC Tennessee, W. Kentucky1987 Tennessee LA TeCH Texas, Long Beach 1988 LA TeCH Auburn Long Beach, Tennessee1989 Tennessee Auburn LA TeCH, Maryland1990 Stanford Auburn LA TeCH, Virginia1991 Tennessee Virginia Connecticut, Stanford1992 Stanford W. Kentucky Virginia, SW Missouri1993 Texas Tech Ohio State Iowa, Vanderbilt1994 North Carolina LA TeCH Alabama, Purdue1995 Connecticut Tennessee Stanford, Georgia1996 Tennessee Georgia Stanford, Connecticut1997 Tennessee Old Dominion Notre Dame, Stanford1998 Tennessee LA TeCH Arkansas, NC State1999 Purdue Duke LA TeCH, Georgia2000 Connecticut Tennessee Penn State, Rutgers2001 Notre Dame Purdue Connecticut, SW Missouri2002 Connecticut Oklahoma Tennessee, Duke2003 Connecticut Tennessee Duke, Texas2004 Connecticut Tennessee LSU, Minnesota2005 Baylor Michigan St. LSU, Tennessee2006 Maryland N. Carolina Duke, LSU2007 Tennessee Rutgers LSU, North Carolina2008 Tennessee Stanford LSU, UConn2009 UConn Stanford Louisville, Oklahoma2010 UConn Stanford Baylor, Oklahoma

NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team Members from Louisiana Tech1982 Janice Lawrence (MOP), Pam Kelly, Kim Mulkey1983 Janice Lawrence, Jennifer White1984 Janice Lawrence1987 Teresa Weatherspoon1988 Erica Westbrooks (MOP), Teresa Weatherspoon1989 Venus Lacy1990 Venus Lacy1994 Vickie Johnson, Pam Thomas1998 Tamicha Jackson

MOP = Most Outstanding Player

NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team Members from Louisiana Tech1982 Pam Kelly (MOP), Janice Lawrence1983 Janice Lawrence (MOP), Lori Scott1984 Janice Lawrence (MOP), Pam Gant1985 Pam Gant, Tori Harrison1986 Tori Harrison, Angela Lawson1987 Tori Harrison (MOP), Nora Lewis, Teresa Weatherspoon1988 Teresa Weatherspoon (MOP), Venus Lacy1989 Venus Lacy (MOP), Nora Lewis1990 Shantel Hardison (MOP), Venus Lacy1993 Danielle Whitehurst (MOP), Pam Thomas1994 Debra Williams (MOP), Pam Thomas1996 Vickie Johnson, Racquel Spurlock, Debra Williams1998 Alisa Burras (MOP), LaQuan Stallworth, Tamicha Jackson1999 Amanda Wilson (MOP), Monica Maxwell, Betty Lennox2000 Tamicha Jackson, Betty Lennox2001 Takeisha Lewis2003 Cheryl Ford

NCAA Final Four Participants from Louisiana Tech

Barbara Bolden 1990Melshika Bowman 1998Amy Brown 1994Lashawn Brown 1994Tatia Brown 189Nicole Burn 1998Alisa Burras 1998Danielle Butler 1998Melinda Chambless 1987, 1988Katie Cochran 1998Pam Crawford 1984Stacey Davis 1987Sheila Ethridge 1988, 1989, 1990Sandra Felton 1982Priya Gilmore 1998, 1999Pam Gant 1982, 1983, 1984Cara Guillon 1990Shantel Hardison 1989, 1990Tori Harrison 1984, 1987Tamicha Jackson 1998, 1999Vickie Johnson 1994Pam Kelly 1982Kay Konerza 1983, 1984Venus Lacy 1988, 1989, 1990Brooke Lassiter 1999Janice Lawrence 1982, 1983, 1984Angela Lawson 1987, 1988Betty Lennox 1999Nora Lewis 1987, 1988, 1989Takeisha Lewis 1999Annie Lockett 1990Michelle Martin 1990Shaka Massey 1999Monica Maxwell 1998, 1999Sherry McDonald 1987Terri Meyer 1990Kim Mulkey 1982, 1983, 1984Kendra Neal 1994Ann Pendergrass 1982Debbie Primeaux 1983Joletta Riser 1994Debra Rodman 1982, 1983, 1984Rita Rust 1982Jamie Sheppmann 1998Lori Scott 1982, 1983Christie Sides 1999Sebrena Smith 1990Anna Snider 1998Tia Sossamon 1982, 1983Racquel Spurlock 1994Paulette Stall 1987, 1989LaQuan Stallworth 1998, 1999Pam Thomas 1994Angela Turner 1982Ayana Walker 1999Maquisha Walker 1994Jocelyn Watson 1989, 1990Teresa Weatherspoon 1987, 1988Pam Wells 1989, 1990Erica Westbrooks 1987, 1988Jennifer White 1982, 1983Danielle Whitehurst 1990Julie Wilkerson 1983Debra Williams 1994Amanda Wilson 1998, 1999

NCAA Tournament by the Numbers

No. 1 Seeds 1. Tennessee 20 2. Connecticut 13 3. Louisiana Tech 10 4. Duke 7 5. Stanford 7 6. Old Dominion 5 7. Georgia 4 7. Southern Cal 4 7. Texas 4

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 106 2. Connecticut 77 3. Louisiana Tech 65 4. Stanford 61 5. Georgia 50 6. Purdue 42 7. Duke 43 8. North Carolina 39 9. LSU 38 10. Vanderbilt 37

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 scores1982 (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)


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)


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 atNacog-

doches, 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 scores1979 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 scores2009 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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1977-78Week Rank 1 NR 2 NR 3 NR 4 NR 5 NR 6 NR 7 NR 8 NR 9 NR 10 T20 11 T20 12 20 13 20 14 NR

1978-79Week Rank 1 18 2 17 3 16 4 12 5 12 6 15 7 14 8 8 9 4 10 3 11 3 12 4 13 4 14 4 15 4 16 2 17 2

1979-80Week Rank 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 10 3 11 3 12 3 13 3 14 2 15 2 16 4 17 3

1980-81Week Rank 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12 1 13 1 14 1 15 1 16 1 17 1 18 1

1981-82Week Rank 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12 1 13 1 14 1 15 1 16 1 17 1 18 1

1982-83Week Rank 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 10 1 11 1 12 1 13 1 14 1 15 1 16 1 17 1

1983-84Week Rank 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12 1 13 2 14 2 15 2 16 2 17 2

1984-85 Week Rank 1 8 2 8 3 8 4 7 5 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 9 6 10 6 11 4 12 6 13 6 14 5 15 5 16 4 17 4

1985-86Week Rank 1 4 2 4 3 3 4 7 5 7 6 6 7 5 8 3 9 3 10 3 11 5 12 3 13 5 14 6 15 4 16 4

1986-87Week Rank 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 5 6 5 7 6 8 6 9 7 10 7 11 8 12 3 13 5 14 6 15 4 16 4

1987-88Week Rank 1 5 2 5 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 7 T2 8 2 9 2 10 2 11 2 12 2 13 5 14 5 15 5 16 5 17 5

1988-89Week Rank 1 6 2 4 3 3 4 3 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 4 9 3 10 3 11 3 12 2 13 2 14 3 15 3 16 3 17 3

1989-90Week Rank 1 1 2 2 3 2 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12 1 13 1 14 1 15 1 16 1 17 1

1990-91Week Rank 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 7 5 6 6 11 7 18 8 23 9 23 10 22 11 NR 12 NR 13 NR 14 NR 15 NR 16 NR 17 NR

1991-92Week Rank 1 21 2 24 3 NR 4 NR 5 NR 6 NR 7 NR 8 NR 9 NR 10 NR 11 NR 12 NR 13 NR 14 NR 15 NR 16 NR 17 NR 18 NR

1992-93Week Rank 1 19 2 10 3 11 4 13 5 16 6 14 7 13 8 13 9 12 10 12 11 10 12 8 13 8 14 11 15 11 16 14

1993-94Week Rank 1 4 2 6 3 5 4 10 5 10 6 14 7 14 8 14 9 14 10 14 11 13 12 13 13 12 14 8 15 7 16 7 17 6

1994-95Week Rank 1 3 2 4 3 4 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 3 9 3 10 4 11 8 12 7 13 5 14 4 15 4 16 4 17 4 18 8

1995-96Week Rank 1 4 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12 2 13 2 14 2 15 1 16 1 17 1 18 1

1996-97Week Rank 1 14 2 11 3 6 4 3 5 3 6 5 7 5 8 4 9 4 10 6 11 6 12 4 13 4 14 4 15 7 16 6 17 5 18 5

1997-98 Week Rank 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 7 4 8 4 9 4 10 4 11 4 12 4 13 4 14 4 15 4 16 4 17 4 18 4

1998-99Week Rank 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 2 5 4 6 4 7 5 8 5 9 5 10 5 11 4 12 3 13 3 14 3 15 3 16 3 17 3 18 3

1999-00Week Rank 1 6 2 2 3 2 4 4 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 3 9 4 10 4 11 3 12 2 13 2 14 4 15 4 16 4 17 4 18 3 19 3

2000-01Week Rank 1 9 2 8 3 11 4 9 5 12 6 10 7 10 8 9 9 8 10 8 11 8 12 8 13 7 14 8 15 8 16 6 17 5 18 6 19 6

2001-02Week Rank 1 6 2 5 3 6 4 8 5 11 6 11 7 11 8 13 9 11 10 10 11 8 12 6 13 8 14 8 15 7 16 9 17 8 18 8

2002-03Week Rank 1 16 2 10 3 15 4 15 5 17 6 17 7 16 8 14 9 12 10 11 11 11 12 9 13 9 14 10 15 7 16 6 17 T6 18 6 19 6

2003-04Week Rank 1 11 2 12 3 11 4 12 5 12 6 8 7 8 8 8 9 12 10 11 11 9 12 8 13 6 14 6 15 7 16 7 17 7 18 7

2004-05Week Rank 1 25 2 25 3 23 4 21 5 NR 6 NR 7 NR 8 NR 9 NR 10 NR 11 NR 12 NR 13 NR 14 NR 15 NR 16 NR 17 NR 18 NR

2005-06Week Rank 1 NR 2 NR 3 NR 4 NR 5 NR 6 NR 7 NR 8 NR 9 NR 10 NR 11 NR 12 NR 13 NR 14 24 15 24 16 20 17 19 18 17 19 17

2006-07Week Rank 1 NR 2 NR 3 NR 4 NR 5 NR 6 NR 7 NR 8 NR 9 NR 10 NR 11 NR 12 NR 13 NR 14 24 15 24 16 20 17 19 18 17 19 17

2007-08Week Rank 1 NR 2 NR 3 NR 4 NR 5 NR 6 NR 7 NR 8 NR 9 NR 10 NR 11 NR 12 NR 13 NR 14 NR 15 NR 16 NR 17 NR 18 NR 19 NR



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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 num-bers 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 weeksTech in the Top 25: 443 weeksTech in the Top 5: 279 weeksTech in the Top 10: 371 weeksTech Debut in the poll: Feb. 15, 1978 at No. 20Tech Debut in the Top 10: Jan. 16, 1979 at No. 8Tech Debut at No. 1: Dec. 25, 1979Longest 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

No. 14: 10 weeks No. 15: 3 weeks No. 16: 3 weeks No. 17: 5 weeks No. 18: 2 weeks No. 19: 2 weeks No. 20: 5 weeks No. 21: 2 weeksNo. 22: 1 weekNo. 23: 3 weeks No. 24: 3 weeksNo. 25: 2 weeks

Final Polls(Note: 1986 marked the first year for the USA Today poll).

Final polls

1978-79 (34-4)Associated Press 1. Old Dominion 2. LA TECH 3. Tennessee 4. Texas 5. S F Austin 6. UCLA 7. Rutgers 8. Maryland 9. Cheyney State 10. Wayland Bapt.

Final Four at Greensboro, N.C. LA TECH Old Dominion Tennessee UCLA

1979-80 (40-5)Associated Press 1. Old Dominion 2. Tennessee 3. LA TECH 4. South Carolina 5. S F Austin 6. Maryland 7. Texas 8. Rutgers 9. Long Beach St 10. NC State

Final Four at Mt. Pleasant, Mich. LA TECH Old Dominion Tennessee South Carolina

1980-81 (34-0) Associated Press 1. LA TECH 2. Tennessee 3. Old Dominion 4. Southern Calif 5. Cheyney State 6. Long Beach St 7. UCLA 8. Maryland 9. Rutgers 10. Kansas

Final Four at eugene, Ore. LA TECH Tennessee Old Dominion Southern Calif

1981-82 (35-1)Associated Press 1. LA TECH 2. Cheyney State 3. Maryland 4. Tennessee 5. Texas 6. Southern Calif 7. Old Dominion 8. Rutgers 9. Long Beach St 10. Penn State

Final Four at Norfolk, Va. LA TECH Cheyney State Maryland Tennessee

1982-83 (31-2) Associated Press 1. Southern Calif. 2. LA TECH 3. Texas 4. Old Dominion 5. Cheyney State 6. Long Beach St 7. Maryland 8. Penn State 9. Georgia 10. Tennessee

Final Four at Norfolk, Va. LA TECH Southern Calif Old Dominion Georgia

1983-84 (30-3)Associated Press 1. Texas 2. LA TECH 3. Georgia 4. Old Dominion 5. Southern Calif 6. Long Beach St 7. Kansas State 8. LSU 9. Cheyney State 10. Mississippi

Final Four at Los Angeles, Calif. LA TECH Southern Calif Cheyney State Tennessee

1984-85 (29-4)Associated Press 1. Texas 2. Northeast La 3. Long Beach St 4. LA TECH 5. Old Dominion 6. Mississippi 7. Ohio State 8. Georgia 9. Penn State 10. Auburn

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. LA TECH 5. W. Kentucky 6. Virginia 7. Auburn 8. Long Beach St. 9. LSU 10. Rutgers

USA Today 1. Texas 2. So. Calif. 3. W. Kentucky 4. Georgia 5. Tennessee 6. Mississippi 7. LA TECH 8. LSU 9. Auburn 10. Rutgers

Final Four at Lexington, Ky. Texas Southern Calif. W. Kentucky Tennessee

1986-87 (30-3)Associated Press 1. Texas 2. Auburn 3. LA TECH 4. Long Beach St. 5. Rutgers 6. Georgia 7. Tennessee 8. Mississippi 9. Iowa 10. Ohio State

USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. LA TECH 3. Texas 4. Long Beach St. 5. Rutgers 6. Auburn 7. Iowa 8. Ohio State 9. Georgia

Final Four at Austin, Texas LA TECH Texas Long Beach St. Tennessee

1987-88 (32-2)Associated Press 1. Tennessee 2. Iowa 3. Auburn 4. Texas 5. LA TECH 6. Ohio State 7. Long Beach St. 8. Rutgers 9. Maryland 10. Virginia

USA Today 1. LA TECH 2. Auburn 3. Tennessee 4. Long Beach St. 5. Texas 6. Iowa 7. Virginia 8. Maryland 9. Ohio State 10. Georgia

Final Four at Tacoma, Wash. LA TECH Tennessee Auburn Long Beach St.

1988-89 (32-4)Associated Press 1. Tennessee 2. Auburn 3. LA TECH 4. Stanford 5. Maryland 6. Texas 7. Long Beach St. 8. Iowa 9. Colorado 10. Georgia

USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. Auburn 3. Maryland 4. LA TECH 5. Stanford 6. Texas 7. Long Beach St. 8. Mississippi 9. Ohio State 10. NC State

Final Four at Tacoma, Wash. LA TECH Tennessee Auburn Maryland

1989-90 (32-1)Associated Press 1. LA TECH 2. Stanford 3. Washington 4. Tennessee 5. Nevada-Las Vegas 6. S. F. Austin 7. Georgia 8. Texas 9. Auburn 10. Iowa

USA Today 1. Stanford 2. Auburn 3. Virginia 4. LA TECH 5. Tennessee 6. Texas 7. Washington 8. Arkansas 9. S. F. Austin 10. NC State

Final Four at Knoxville, Tenn. LA TECH Stanford Virginia Auburn

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

USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. Virginia 3. Stanford 4. Connecticut 5. Auburn 6. Georgia 7. Lamar 8. Clemson 9. Penn State 10. NC State

Final Four at New Orleans, La. Virginia Tennessee Stanford Connecticut

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. 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 Los Angeles, Calif. Stanford W. Kentucky Virginia SW Missouri St.


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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

USA Today 1. Texas Tech 2. Ohio State 3. Iowa 4. Vanderbilt 5. Tennessee 6. Virginia 7. Stanford 8. LA TECH 9. Colorado 10. Auburn

Final Four at Atlanta, Ga. Texas Tech Ohio State Iowa Vanderbilt

1993-94 (31-4)Associated Press 1. Tennessee 2. Penn State 3. Connecticut 4. North Carolina 5. Colorado 6. LA TECH 7. USC 8. Purdue 9. Texas Tech 10. Virginia

USA Today 1. North Carolina 2. LA TECH 3. Purdue 4. Alabama 5. Tennessee 6. Penn State 7. Connecticut 8. Stanford 9. So. California 10. Colorado

Final Four at Richmond, Va. LA TECH North Carolina Purdue Alabama

1994-95 (28-5)Associated Press 1. Connecticut 2. Colorado 3. Tennessee 4. Stanford 5. Texas Tech 6. Vanderbilt 7. Penn State 8. LA TECH 9. W. Kentucky 10. Virginia

USA Today 1. Connecticut 2. Tennessee 3. Stanford 4. Georgia 5. Colorado 6. Virginia 7. Texas Tech 8. Vanderbilt 9. Purdue 10. LA TECH

Final Four at Minneapolis, Minn. Connecticut Stanford Tennessee Georgia

1995-96 (31-2) Associated Press 1. LA TECH 2. Connecticut 3. Stanford 4. Tennessee 5. Georgia 6. Old Dominion 7. Iowa 8. Penn State 9. Texas Tech 10. Alabama

USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. Georgia 3. Connecticut 4. Stanford 5. LA TECH 6. Virginia 7. Vanderbilt 8. Auburn 9. Iowa 10. Old Dominion

Final Fourat Charlotte, N.C. Tennessee Georgia Connecticut Stanford

1996-97 (31-4)Associated Press 1. Connecticut 2. Old Dominion 3. Stanford 4. North Carolina 5. LA TECH 6. Georgia 7. Florida 8. Alabama 9. LA State 10. Tennessee

USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. Old Dominion 3. Stanford 4. Connecticut 5. Notre Dame 6. Florida 7. Georgia 8. LA TECH 9. North Carolina 10. G. Washington

Final Four at Cincinnati, Ohio Tennessee Old Dominion Notre Dame Stanford

1997-98 (31-4)Associated Press 1. Tennessee 2. Old Dominion 3. Connecticut 4. LA TECH 5. Stanford 6. Texas Tech 7. North Carolina 8. Duke 9. Arizona 10. NC State

USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. LA TECH 3. North Carolina 4. NC State 5. Connecticut 6. Old Dominion 7. Arkansas 7. Duke 9. Arizona 10. Texas Tech

Final Four at Kansas City, Kan. Tennessee LA TECH Arkansas NC State

1998-99 (30-3)Associated Press 1. Purdue 2. Tennessee 3. LA TECH 4. Connecticut 5. Old Dominion 6. Texas Tech 7. Colorado State 8. Notre Dame 9. Rutgers 10. Clemson

USA Today 1. Purdue 2. Tennessee 3. LA TECH 4. Connecticut 5. Old Dominion 6. Texas Tech 7. Colorado State 8. Notre Dame 9. Rutgers 10. Clemson

Final Four at San jose, Calif. PurdueLATECH Duke Georgia

1999-2000 (31-3)Associated Press 1. Connecticut 2. Tennessee 3. LA TECH 4. Georgia 5. Notre Dame 6. Penn State 7. Iowa State 8. Rutgers 9. UC-Santa Barbara 10. Duke

USA Today 1. Connecticut 2. Tennessee 3. Penn State 4. Rutgers 5. Georgia 6. LA TECH 7. Texas Tech 8. Louisiana State 9. Notre Dame 10. Iowa State

Final Four at Philadelphia, Penn. Connecticut Tennessee Rutgers Penn State

2000-01 (31-5)Associated Press 1. Connecticut 2. Notre Dame 3. Tennessee 4. Georgia 5. Duke 6. LA TECH 7. Oklahoma 8. Iowa State 9. Purdue 10. Vamderbilt

USA Today 1. Notre Dame 2. Purdue 3. Connecticut 4. SW Mo. St. 5. Tennessee 6. LA TECH 7. Vanderbilt 8. Duke 9. Xavier 10. Oklahoma

Final Four at Kansas City, Mo. Notre Dame Purdue Connecticut SW Missouri Stat

2001-2002 (25-5)Associated Press 1. Connecticut 2. Oklahoma 3. Duke 4. Vanderbilt 5. Stanford 6. Tennessee 7. Baylor 8. LA TECH 9. Purdue 10. Iowa State

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

Final Four at San Antonio, Texas Connecticut Oklahoma Tennessee Duke

2002-2003 (31-3)Associated Press 1. Connecticut 2. Duke 3. LSU 4. Tennessee 5. Texas 6. LA TECH 7. Texas Tech 8. Kansas State 9. Stanford 10. Purdue

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

Final Four at Atlanta, Ga. Connecticut LSU Tennessee Duke

2003-2004 (29-3)Associated Press 1. Duke 2. Tennessee 3. Purdue 4. Texas 5. Penn State 6. Connecticut 7. LA TECH 8. Kansas State 9. Houston 10. Stanford

USA Today 1. Connecticut 2. Tennessee 3. LSU 4. Minnesota 5. Duke 6. Penn State 7. Stanford 8. Georgia 9. Purdue 10. Texas

Final Four at New Orleans, La. Connecticut LSU Tennessee Minnesota

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

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

Final Four at Indianapolis, Ind. LSU Tennessee Baylor Michigan State

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. Maryland 2. Duke 3. North Carolina 4. LSU 5. Tennessee 6. Connecticut 7. Stanford 8. Oklahoma 9. Rutgers 10. Ohio State

Final Fourat Boston, Mass.MarylandDukeNorth CarolinaLSU

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

USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. Rutgers 3. North Carolina 4. LSU 5. Connecticut 6. Duke 7. Purdue 8. Arizona State 9. Oklahoma 10. Mississippi

TennesseeRutgersNorth CarolinaLSU

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

TennesseeStanfordUConnLSU

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

UConnLouisvilleOklahomaStanford

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 UConnStanfordOklahomaBaylor

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game-by-game vs. ap top 251976-77 (0-2)@ # 2 Delta State 95, NR Louisiana Tech 78vs. # 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 59vs. # 3 Wayland Bap. 87, # 20 Louisiana Tech 81vs. # 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 84vs. # 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 63vs. # 5 S. F. Austin 73, # 2 Louisiana Tech 65@ # 4 Louisiana Tech 81, # 12 Kansas 73@ # 3 Louisiana Tech 96, # 9 Long Beach St. 70vs. # 1 Old Dominion 73, # 3 Louisiana Tech 59vs. # 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 55vs. # 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 60vs. # 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. 69vs. # 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 75vs. # 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 58vs. # 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 57vs. # 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 70vs. # 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 78vs. # 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 66vs. # 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 55vs. # 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 48vs. # 7 Florida 71, # 5 Louisiana Tech 57


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1997-98 (8-4)@ # 1 Tennessee 75, # 2 Louisiana Tech 61# 2 Louisiana Tech 85, vs. # 19 SFA 53vs. # 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 65vs. # 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 60vs. # 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 62vs. # 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 74vs. # 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 55vs. # 1 Connecticut 67, # 6 Louisiana Tech 48

2001-02 (1-3)@ # 6 Louisiana Tech 81, # 17 Michigan 66@ # 2 Tennessee 90, # 6 Louisiana Tech 75vs. # 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 61vs. # 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 59NR 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

tech vs. ap top 25 teamsOverall Record vs. Top 25 teams: 168-94Overall Record vs. Top 10: 88-72Overtime Games vs. Top 25: 7-3Overall Record vs. No. 1: 10-21Overall 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 Score Date Site NR 1 Tennessee L 83-59 12-15-05 A NR 1 Tennessee L 81-60 11-26-07 A NR 2 Delta State L 95-78 1-19-77 A NR 3 Wayland Bapt L 75-61 11-26-77 H NR 4 Delta State L 67-62 12-5-77 A NR 4 Tennessee L 71-50 11-28-06 H NR 5 Delta State L 74-71 2-14-78 H NR 5 Tennessee L 77-74 2-5-91 H NR 5 Iowa L 61-57 1-13-92 H NR 6 LSU L 61-44 12-30-07 A NR 7 LSU L 77-74 12-1-09 H NR 8 LSU L 76-45 12-16-07 H NR 8 Baylor L 77-67 12-5-09 A NR 9 Tennessee L 70-59 12-15-04 H NR 10 Florida State L 75-61 3-20-10 A NR 12 LSU L 76-70 2-14-91 A NR 12 W Kentucky W 79-66 2-6-92 H NR 13 Tennessee L 94-59 11-23-08 A NR 14 Virginia L 68-52 12-29-08 A NR 15 S F Austin L 80-67 1-21-78 A NR 15 Temple L 66-61 3-20-05 N NR 16 W Kentucky L 82-63 3-8-92 A NR 16 W Kentucky L 72-66OT 3-13-92 A NR 17 S F Austin W 74-73 2-11-78 H NR 18 Texas L 94-85 3-12-77 N NR 19 Texas Tech W 69-66 1-27-92 H NR 20 S F Austin L 77-74OT 2-19-91 H NR 21 Iowa L 72-57 2-25-91 A NR 23 Lamar W 77-76 3-9-91 H NR 24 Ole Miss W 84-71 12-20-05 H(5-23)

Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 1 2 Tennessee W 79-59 3-29-81 N 1 2 Old Dominion W 81-47 1-22-81 H 1 2 So Carolina W 71-58 1-8-82 A 1 2 Cheyney St W 76-62 3-28-82 N 1 2 USC L 69-67 4-3-83 N 1 3 Tennessee W 77-53 12-15-80 H 1 3 Rutgers W 67-60 12-20-80 N 1 3 Old Dominion W 75-59 2-20-81 A 1 3 Old Dominion W 68-51 12-20-81 N 1 3 Texas W 72-58 3-27-83 A 1 4 S. F. Austin L 75-71 1-21-80 A 1 4 UCLA W 99-61 1-29-81 A 1 4 USC W 66-50 3-29-81 N 1 4 Old Dominion W 71-55 4-1-83 N 1 4 Tennessee L 77-72 1-22-96 A 1 5 Kansas W 75-72 12-19-80 N 1 5 Maryland W 73-56 2-1-82 A 1 5 Georgia L 90-76 3-25-96 N 1 6 So Carolina W 97-70 12-9-80 H 1 6 Long Bch St W 78-73 1-28-81 A 1 6 Rutgers W 83-73 12-19-81 N 1 7 Maryland W 104-71 1-7-80 H 1 7 Old Dominion L 61-58 1-29-82 A 1 7 Old Dominion L 66-64 2-4-84 A 1 8 Tennessee W 69-46 3-26-82 N 1 8 Texas W 71-57 3-24-90 A 1 9 S F Austin W 69-56 1-23-90 A

1 9 Auburn L 81-69 3-30-90 N 1 9 Texas Tech W 66-55 3-23-96 N 1 10 UCLA W 87-54 3-24-81 N 1 10 Long Bch St W 74-46 1-19-82 H 1 11 Purdue W 66-50 12-18-89 H 1 11 Colorado W 65-61 11-25-95 A 1 12 Long Bch St. W 74-57 1-24-83 A 1 12 Tennessee W 81-63 1-18-84 A 1 13 Auburn W 80-68 2-6-84 A 1 14 UCLA W 93-77 1-4-80 H 1 14 Kentucky W 82-60 3-20-82 N 1 14 Auburn W 81-54 3-25-83 N 1 15 Kansas W 70-39 11-28-81 N 1 15 UCLA W 84-59 1-26-83 A 1 15 Purdue W 91-47 3-22-90 N 1 16 S F Austin W 81-57 1-17-81 H 1 16 Georgia W 83-60 1-26-82 N 1 17 S F Austin W 79-61 2-12-81 A 1 17 S F Austin W 69-59 1-16-82 A 1 17 Arizona St W 92-54 3-18-82 N 1 18 S F Austin W 97-59 11-27-81 N 1 19 S F Austin W 98-67 3-14-81 N 1 19 So Carolina W 94-54 1-15-83 H 1 19 DePaul W 89-75 12-14-89 A 1 20 Tennessee W 72-64 1-10-82 A 1 20 So Miss W 89-70 3-17-90 H 1 22 DePaul W 90-56 12-7-95 H(47-7)

Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 2 1 Old Dominion L 75-65 3-25-79 N 2 1 USC L 64-58 12-4-82 H 2 1 USC W 58-56 1-22-83 N 2 1 USC W 75-66 1-3-84 H 2 1 Texas W 85-60 3-25-84 N 2 1 Tennessee W 59-58 12-9-89 A 2 1 Tennessee L 75-61 11-21-97 A 2 3 Tennessee W 102-84 3-23-78 N 2 3 Tennessee L 72-65 2-14-89 H

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Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 3 1 Old Dominion L 73-59 3-21-80 N 3 1 Texas W 79-75 3-27-87 A 3 1 Tennessee L 69-62 11-20-94 N 3 1 Tennessee L 62-56 1-9-95 H 3 1 Purdue L 77-63 3-27-99 N 3 1 Connecticut L 90-63 1-2-00 A 3 2 S F Austin L 83-82 2-10-79 A 3 2 Georgia W 72-55 12-13-88 H 3 2 Auburn L 76-71 3-31-89 N 3 4 S. F. Austin W 82-56 2-6-80 H 3 4 So Carolina L 77-69 3-23-80 N 3 4 Stanford W 85-75 3-25-89 N 3 6 Penn State L 86-65 3-27-00 N 3 7 Tennessee L 67-44 3-29-87 N 3 7 Virginia W 88-66 12-10-88 H 3 9 Long Bch St. W 96-70 3-18-80 N 3 9 Iowa W 66-65 3-21-87 N 3 11 Purdue W 94-62 12-21-99 H 3 12 Purdue W 62-49 12-18-88 A 3 14 Tennessee W 59-56 2-10-86 A 3 14 Old Dominion W 86-74 3-25-00 N 3 15 Penn State L 72-68 2-12-86 A 3 15 UCLA W 88-62 3-22-99 N 3 16 So Illinois W 66-53 3-19-87 N 3 17 UNLV W 74-63 2-8-80 H 3 17 S F Austin W 88-54 1-17-89 H 3 18 Penn State W 79-62 3-14-99 H 3 21 LSU W 73-52 3-20-99 N 3 23 Fla Intern W 94-70 3-6-99 N 3 24 Fla Intern W 80-65 2-9-99 A(19-11)

Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 4 1 Old Dominion W 59-57 12-23-79 N 4 1 Connecticut W 83-81OT 11-19-95 N

4 1 Tennessee L 93-75 3-29-98 N 4 2 NLU L 85-76 3-24-85 A 4 2 Old Dominion L 88-65 12-7-97 N 4 2 Connecticut W 90-76 1-18-99 H 4 3 Texas W 77-74 3-9-79 N 4 3 Long Bch St L 81-76 1-31-85 A 4 3 USC L 80-64 3-22-86 N 4 3 Iowa L 70-66 11-28-93 A 4 3 Purdue L 71-65 12-19-98 N 4 5 UCLA W 82-64 12-5-99 N 4 6 Wayland Bapt W 75-64 1-27-79 A 4 7 Rutgers W 89-83OT 12-22-79 N 4 8 Long Bch St W 86-82 12-19-79 N 4 8 Long Bch St W 71-69 3-20-86 N 4 8 Washington W 81-47 12-2-94 H 4 9 W. Kentucky L 79-71 1-22-95 A 4 10 Colorado W 77-62 12-3-94 H 4 10 Arizona W 75-64 12-30-97 H 4 10 N C State W 84-65 3-27-98 N 4 11 Wayland Bapt W 72-59 3-10-79 N 4 11 W Kentucky L 71-68 3-11-95 H 4 11 Alabama W 71-57 3-21-98 N 4 12 Kansas W 81-73 3-15-80 N 4 14 Delta State W 89-66 2-14-79 H 4 14 Clemson W 74-52 3-16-98 H 4 15 UNLV W 73-61 12-18-79 A 4 15 W Kentucky W 69-68 3-7-98 H 4 16 W Kentucky L 88-86 1-25-98 A 4 18 W Kentucky W 84-76 2-7-98 H 4 19 UNLV W 91-63 12-7-87 H 4 20 San Diego St W 94-64 3-22-85 N 4 21 Purdue W 72-65 3-23-98 N 4 22 W Kentucky L 73-65 2-16-97 A(24-11)

Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 5 1 Tennessee W 68-59 4-1-88 N 5 2 USC W 75-53 1-6-86 H 5 3 Tennessee L 76-74 2-15-88 A 5 3 Auburn W 56-54 4-3-88 N 5 4 Texas W 83-80OT 3-26-88 A 5 4 Georgia W 71-69 12-27-96 N 5 6 Long Bch St W 80-68 1-10-86 H 5 7 Tennessee W 72-60 2-9-87 H 5 7 Florida L 71-57 3-22-97 N 5 9 Penn State W 88-69 2-24-85 N 5 9 W. Kentucky W 83-72 2-10-95 H 5 11 Georgia W 79-59 12-4-87 A 5 12 Mississippi W 80-60 3-24-88 N 5 13 Auburn W 74-48 3-16-97 H 5 15 Washington W 70-50 11-28-87 A 5 22 W. Kentucky W 80-68 3-8-97 A 5 24 LSU L 84-75 12-8-90 A(14-3)

Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 6 1 Tennessee L 62-61 11-27-88 N 6 1 Tennessee W 71-68 3-24-94 N 6 1 Connecticut L 67-48 3-26-01 N 6 2 Tennessee L 90-75 11-23-01 A 6 2 Tennessee W 69-64 11-14-99 A 6 3 LSU L 69-63 3-30-03 N 6 3 Old Dominion W 72-63 2-13-85 H 6 4 No Carolina L 60-59 4-3-94 N 6 4 NLU W 79-77OT 1-22-85 H 6 4 NLU L 80-67 2-11-85 A 6 5 Iowa W 62-58 11-26-88 N 6 7 Long Bch St L 99-95OT 1-14-87 A 6 7 USC W 75-66 3-26-94 N 6 8 USC W 83-79OT 1-26-85 A 6 8 Tennessee W 98-80 2-24-97 H 6 12 Duke L 76-64 12-2-01 N 6 14 UNLV L 84-77 12-17-90 A 6 16 Alabama L 99-77 12-11-93 A 6 16 Alabama W 69-66 4-2-94 N 6 17 Michigan W 81-66 11-16-02 H 6 18 W. Kentucky W 82-65 1-19-97 H 6 20 Alabama W 76-51 2-9-85 H 6 23 Mississippi W 82-67 3-19-94 H 6 25 Okla. State W 75-70 12-4-93 H(14-10)

Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 7 1 Duke L 63-49 3-28-04 N 7 10 Penn State W 97-83 1-7-85 H 7 12 Auburn W 85-65 1-12-85 H 7 14 Texas Tech W 81-64 3-22-04 N 7 15 Tennessee W 73-57 12-13-84 H(4-1)

Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 8 1 Connecticut L 71-55 1-7-01 H 8 1 Connecticut L 74-50 12-9-01 A 8 2 S. F. Austin W 76-68 1-19-79 H 8 4 Purdue W 68-63 11-20-00 A 8 10 Virginia L 63-62 3-23-95 N 8 13 Virginia W 72-59 11-19-00 N 8 16 Penn State W 75-58 2-2-87 H 8 17 W. Kentucky L 63-62 2-28-93 A(4-5)

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 Date Site 11 1 Tennessee L 83-76 12-18-92 H 11 3 Tennessee W 66-64 11-20-96 H 11 8 N. C. State W 71-54 11-19-96 H 11 14 Texas Tech L 74-71 12-21-92 A 11 16 W. Kentucky L 81-73 3-13-93 H(2-3)

Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 12 2 Tennessee L 70-62 12-10-00 H 12 6 Penn State W 87-84 12-21-03 A 12 10 S. F. Austin W 78-63 2-2-93 A 12 14 Mississippi St. W 83-65 12-7-00 H(3-1)

Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 13 23 W. Kentucky W 87-82OT 2-26-94 A(1-0)

Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 14 1 Vanderbilt L 58-53 3-27-93 N 14 10 UCLA W 85-81 1-12-78 A 14 16 Texas W 82-78 3-20-93 A 14 20 W. Kentucky W 82-50 1-22-94 H(3-1)

Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 15 4 Tennessee L 60-35 12-4-02 H(0-1)

Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 16 1 Tennessee W 64-56 12-16-78 N 16 7 Texas Tech W 85-76 11-10-02 N 16 13 Valdosta State L 85-82 12-15-78 N(2-1)

Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 19 14 Alabama W 93-72 12-15-92 H(1-0)

Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 20 2 LSU L 77-59 2-25-78 A 20 2 LSU L 78-76 3-11-78 N 20 3 Wayland Bap. L 87-81 3-10-78 N(0-3)

Tech Opp Opponent W/L Score Date Site 21 1 Tennessee L 90-70 11-22-91 A(0-1)

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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 enroll-ment 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 Loui-siana 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 publica-tion. 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 as-sistant 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 en-gineer 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 Univer-sity 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 depart-ment 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 commenda-tion 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 As-sociation supported his selection through a resolution sent to Baton Rouge; many faculty members circulated a petition for his appoint-ment; 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 doc-toral 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 re-search, such as a study conducted by the Applied Research Technol-ogy 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 hus-band, 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 Feb-ruary of 2010 by Louisiana Tech Presi-dent 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 dep-uty athletics director and chief operating officer, took over full leader-ship of a department that fields 16 NCAA Division I sanctioned pro-grams, 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 Louisi-ana 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 num-ber 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. Con-tract more than doubled revenue derived from corporate sponsorships and created state-wide radio network for Louisiana Tech athletics. Ne-gotiated purchase of $1.6 million Daktronics large screen high-defini-tion video board for Joe Aillet Stadium.• Upgraded ticket operations by negotiating new contract with Ticket-master. 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 mem-ber Teresa Weatherspoon.• In 2010, the Louisiana Tech athletic de-partment earned the PRISM Award for excellence in athletics management un-der 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 suc-cess on the fields and courts since Van De Velde’s arrival at Tech as the Bulldog football team captured its first bowl vic-tory in more than 30 years with the 2008 Independence Bowl title. The Lady Tech-ster basketball team won the 2009 regu-lar season Western Athletic Conference title and the 2010 WAC Tournament title,

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 un-precedented five bowl appearances in six years and the highest na-tional 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 confer-ence championships and participated in the 2001, 2002 and 2005 NCAA basketball tournaments.

Van De Velde, with a track record for generating revenue, in-creased 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 leader-ship, over 2,000 new donors joined the National Cyclone Club. Includ-ing capital project gifts, scholarship endowments and annual contribu-tions, 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 sev-enth 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 na-tional 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 post-season tournaments and is the winningest coach in the history of the Utah State program.

While serving as the associate athletic director for football opera-tions 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 Univer-sity of Oklahoma, Van De Velde served as the senior administrative of-ficer 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 schol-arships. As associate athletic director for development at the Univer-sity 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 contribu-tions as an athletic director.

Throughout his career in college athletics, Van De Velde has served on numerous NCAA committees including the Champion-ships 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.

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 sanc-tioned programs.

As one of the top two ranking administrators in the Tech athlet-ics department, Hungate is part of a senior staff that has been in-strumental 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.


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. Weather-spoon 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 Gradua-tion 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 student-athletes earned Academic all-WAC honors.

Hungate also plays an important role in LA Tech’s NCAA Certifica-tion process. As a member of the Steering Committee and the liai-son 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. Dur-ing 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 as-sistant athletics director for academics and compliance as well as se-nior 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 Colle-giate Women Athletics Administrators Wade Trophy Selection Commit-tee 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 Coun-cil, 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 Coordi-nator and head volleyball, head basketball and head softball coach at Il-linois’ Carl Sandburg Junior College. She spent four seasons at the col-lege 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 Rich-woods 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, Hun-gate 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 Loui-siana Tech athletics. Buskirk is a member of the NACMA Board of Di-rectors, 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 excel-lence, 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 con-tracted 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 depart-ment, 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, offi-cially 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 larg-est in the Western Athletic Conference.

Buskirk came to Louisiana Tech after working at UTSA as the as-sistant athletic director for external affairs. Buskirk oversaw the ex-ternal 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 in-crease in its external components, including more than doubling cor-porate sponsorship revenue in Buskirk’s first 12 months directing the department. Buskirk was instrumental in negotiating with XOS Tech-nologies 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 Cham-pionships 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-

gional. Buskirk was also a key committee member for the 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Final Four hosted by UTSA.

Other additions to the UTSA external department included part-nerships with local media giants Clear Channel, FOX TV, and Time War-ner 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 market-ing director at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, where he also served as an adjunct professor in the College of Business and Man-agement. 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 as-sistant men’s basketball coach at St. Charles Prep in Columbus.

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Buskirk lettered in football, basket-ball, 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.

Malcolm Butler begins his 12th year in the Louisiana Tech athlet-ics 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 bas-ketball, softball and men’s golf and also serves as the secondary con-tact 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 Jackson-ville 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 wom-en’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 instru-

mental 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.


He was instrumental in the forming the partnership between Louisiana Tech and CBS College Sports in the fall of 2007 in the re-design and hosting of the athletic departments website, www.lat-echsports.com. The website has undergone two redesigns since the inaugural release.

As part of the agreement with CBS College Sports, a new web-streaming 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 Louisi-ana Tech (2000, 2001 and 2003) while also serving as the host me-dia 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 bas-ketball 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 Bull-dog football broadcasts. Butler is also the host of Inside Tech Basket-ball 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, soft-ware, and other essentials.

He is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA), Unit-ed States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) and Football Writ-ers Association of America (FWAA).

Marie Pipes will begin her 26th year at Louisiana Tech and her third as associate athletics director - chief financial officer in the ath-letic 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 instru-mental 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.


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 Loui-siana 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.

Leah Beasley enters her sixth year as a member of the Louisiana Tech athletics department staff, including her fifth as the assistant ath-letics director for marketing and game management.

Some of Beasley’s responsibilities include game management supervision, coordinating the booking of many of the halftime activi-ties 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 market-ing 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 de-partment 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 Manage-ment 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 hon-ors 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 Direc-tors 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.

Lisa Merritt is now in her fourth year as a member of the Loui-siana Tech athletics department staff serving as assistant athletics di-rector 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 stu-dents majoring in speech communication.

Since joining the Tech athletics department, Merritt has teamed up with student success specialist Missy Farrar to help the Universi-ty’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 suc-cess 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 student-athlete.

In her current role, Merritt oversees the student-athletes’ aca-demic 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

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-ath-letes. Members of SAAC are also active in various community service projects such as hosting an annual Halloween carnival as well as serv-ing 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 Fac-ulty Orientation” each fall and during the year to the University Sen-ate. 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, Ja-pan, 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 six-year old daughter named Maisie and the couple are expecting their second child in December.

Zach Williams begins his second year as a member of the Louisi-ana 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 forward-ing 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 substan-tial 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 rec-ognizes colleges for managerial excellence across four areas: market-ing/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 recog-nizes the most efficient athletic departments in the nation.

While at Northwestern State, Williams earned invaluable expe-rience 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.

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 ele-ments 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 Tech-sters.

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 Man-ager 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 rela-tions roles in the telecommunications and entertainment industries.

The Birmingham, Ala. native has served on numerous endow-ment boards and board of directors for sports and education orga-nizations 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. Ellenberg-er 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.,

and the couple has two sons, James and Hunter.

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 coor-dinator and business manager for the football team, handling all as-pects 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.


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 gradu-ate, 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.

Josh Perot serves as account executive for LA Tech Sports Prop-erties, 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 advertis-ing and venue signage.

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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 Prop-erties, including growing the LA Tech Sports Network which broad-casts over 250 games, daily shows and coach’s shows throughout the year.

Perot returned to his alma mater from Texas A&M Sports Proper-ties 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 assis-tant for Louisiana Tech athletics while finishing his bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2007.

In June 2009, Perot married the former Haley Nardini of Alexan-dria, La., also a graduate from LA Tech. The couple resides in Ruston.

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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 administra-tion.

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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