Friday, February 15, 2008

What A Great Win Last Night For the Lady Tigers against Tenn!!!


What a Game!!!! Goodness we were down 19-point early on and we WIN 78-62 over the Number 1 Lady Vols . We have the SEC Championship in out grasp!!!!

The LSU Coach had amusing quotes as usual:
LSU HEAD COACH VAN CHANCELLOR
“Well when it was 21-2 I didn’t want to answer my cell phone. I thought it might be the athletic director telling me I no longer had a job.".....


When Tennessee raced to a 21-2 lead in the first seven minutes Thursday night, LSU women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor might have yearned for his good old days as a courtside commentator.
As he put it, “TV, compared to coaching, is just like stealing. There’s no pressure in that job.”
The pressure mounted as quickly as UT’s lead at Thompson-Boling Arena.
How bad was it?
It was so bad that …
“I thought when the score was 21-2, I didn’t want to answer my cell phone,” said Chancellor, a 30-year head coach who spent last season as a full-time television commentator on women’s basketball. “I thought it might be the athletic director telling me I no longer had a job.”
It was so bad that …
“It might be like General Custer was that time with the Indians,” Chancellor said. “I thought it might be a massacre.”.
Anyway here is the coverage from both the Louisiana and Tenn papers


Highlights from the Game from the LSU viewpoint:

Sylvia Fowles became the fifth player in LSU history to reach 2,000 career points when she knocked down a free throw with 1:08 left to play in the game.
- Sylvia Fowles scored in double figures for the 20th game this season and the 111th game of her career with 17 points tonight.
- Fowles recorded her 13th double double of the season and the 75th of her career with 17 points and 14 rebounds tonight.
- Allison Hightower scored in double figures for the 11th game this season and the 16th game of her career with 10 points tonight.
- Quianna Chaney scored in double figures for the 21st game this season and the 60th game of her career with 14 points tonight.
- RaShonta LeBlanc scored in double figures for the sixth game this season and the 14th game of her career with 11 points tonight.
- Erica White scored in double figures for the fifth game this season and the 24th game of her career with 10 points tonight.
- Ashley Thomas scored in double figures for the fourth game this season and the 14th game of her career with 10 points tonight.
- LSU had six players score in double figures in a game for the first time in the program’s career.
- The Lady Tigers defeated No. 1 for the second time in 12 tries.
Finally a Message form the LSU Coach after the Game Tiger Fans:
"We're going for an SEC Championship," Chancellor said. "We have three [home] SEC games left. I want our fans - I don't care if you're a football fan or what kind of fan you are - I want you to come out and support this team. We cannot have a letdown, and fans are what prevent a letdown."


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