Ally the cover girl!
SPORTS INFORMATION (11-3-09):
LSU senior guard Allison Hightower received votes for the five-player women’s college basketball 2009-10 Associated Press Preseason All-America Team that was released by the organization on Tuesday.Hightower, a native of Arlington, Texas, was one of two Southeastern Conference players who received votes.
MEDIA UPDATE (11-2-09):
BILL MARTIN, SID (10/30/09 - 3:30 p.m.)
LSU is the second highest ranked Southeastern Conference team in the AP Top 25. Tennessee is ranked No. 8, Georgia comes in at No. 21 and Vanderbilt is No. 22. Connecticut, the defending national champion, is the unanimous preseason No. 1 after receiving all 40 first-place votes. Stanford, Ohio State, Notre Dame and North Carolina round out the top five.
It marks the ninth straight season LSU has made an appearance in the preseason edition of the AP Top 25. The No. 9 ranking is the 100th top 10 AP poll appearance for LSU this decade, which is sixth most among all teams in the nation.
Read the complete press release:More great news for Allison Hightower, LaSondra Barrett and the LSU Lady Tigers. The SEC Coaches Poll was released and again Ally was picked as the Pre-Season SEC Player of the Year with Boogie joining her on the First-Team All-SEC. Tennessee edged out LSU for the first place among the coaches.“I think the voting shows what we thought all along – that this is going to be a tight race this season for the league title,” LSU head coach Van Chancellor said. “The conference race is up for grabs and anyone can win it. We like the position we are in, but we have to go out and earn it. There is no question in my mind we are getting better as a team every day.”
SPORTS INFORMATION (9-27-09):
Fifteen LSU women’s basketball games during the 2009-10 season will be carried live on regional or national television, including a school-record 12 Southeastern Conference regular season contests, as the league television schedule has been set.
ALLISON HIGHTOWER (10-23-09):
BILL MARTIN (10/22/09)
BOB STARKEY (9-22-09):