LSU Women's Basketball http://lsuwbkb.posterous.com The Lady Tiger Way - Official Blog posterous.com Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:44:00 -0700 Big Syl 1st team All-WNBA http://lsuwbkb.posterous.com/big-syl-1st-team-all-wnba http://lsuwbkb.posterous.com/big-syl-1st-team-all-wnba

Chicago Sky center Sylvia Fowles was named to the 2010 All-WNBA First Team, the league announced today.

Fowles received 125 points in the voting which was conducted by a panel of national and local sportswriters and broadcasters. Players were selected by position and received five points for each First Team vote. Lauren Jackson, Cappie Pondexter, Tamika Catchings and Diana Taurasi are the other First Team selections.

“I am thankful to have received this recognition,” said Fowles. “It was my goal to stay healthy and have the best season I possibly could and I am happy with my on-court performance in 2010 and hope to continue to improve on my game in the offseason and produce even better results for the Sky in 2011.”

This is the first time Fowles has received this honor. In 2010, she played a career-high 34 games in which she averaged of 17.8 points, 9.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocks in 32 minutes per game, all career-highs. She also shot a career-best 76 percent from the free throw line. During the Sky’s 10-game stretch from June 27 through July 24 Fowles recorded nine double-doubles, she finished the season with 15 total. Her 88 total blocked shots in 2010 are a Sky franchise record and the 9th best single-season total in WNBA history.

For the season, Fowles ranked No. 6 in the WNBA in points per game, No. 3 in rebounds per game, No. 1 in blocks per game and No. 3 in field goal percentage. She was also named to the WNBA All-Defensive first team and the MVP at the WNBA vs. USA Basketball: Stars at the Sun showcase game in which she scored 23 points and eight rebounds to lead Team USA.

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Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:47:00 -0700 Big Syl named 1st Team All-WNBA Defense http://lsuwbkb.posterous.com/big-syl-named-1st-team-all-wnba-defense http://lsuwbkb.posterous.com/big-syl-named-1st-team-all-wnba-defense

NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2009 –One thing they know at LSU is how to play defense and Chicago Sky center Sylvia Fowles has extended that to the WNBA level by being names to the 2010 WNBA All Defense 1st team.

Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings, the 2010 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year presented by Kia Motors, headlines the 2010 WNBA All-Defensive Team, the league announced today. Catchings, who also earned Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2005, 2006 and 2009, collected 22 points from the league’s 12 head coaches. Atlanta Dream forward Angel McCoughtry and Fowles finished second with 18 points apiece.

Seattle Storm guard Tanisha Wright (11 points) and New York Liberty guard Cappie Pondexter (10 points) round out the All-Defensive First Team.

Catchings earns her sixth consecutive appearance on the All-Defensive First Team. She is the only player to be named to the First Team every year it has been selected (2005-2010). Wright is the only other member of the First Team who was so honored last season. McCoughtry and Fowles, who were selected to the All-Defensive Second Team in 2009 and 2008, respectively, make their initial appearance on the First Team. For Pondexter, it is her first time earning All-Defensive Team honors.

The WNBA All-Defensive Second Team is comprised of Seattle Storm forward-center Lauren Jackson (15 points), Minnesota Lynx forward Rebekkah Brunson (six points), Atlanta Dream center Sancho Lyttle (seven points), Washington Mystics guard Lindsey Harding (nine points), and Indiana Fever guards Tully Bevalaqua and Katie Douglas (six points apiece).

Jackson, the 2007 Defensive Player of the Year, was twice selected to the All-Defensive First Team (2007 and 2009) and twice named to the All-Defensive Second Team (2005 and 2008). For Brunson, this marks her third selection to the All-Defensive Second Team (2007 and 2008), while Lyttle earns Second Team honors for a second consecutive season. The Fever guards, Bevilaqua and Douglas, are no strangers to this honor. Bevilaqua was selected to the All-Defensive First Team in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009, and to the second team in 2007; Douglas was a member of the First Team three consecutive seasons, 2005-2007. Harding is a first-time member of the All-Defensive squad.

A panel of the WNBA’s 12 head coaches voted on the WNBA All-Defensive Team, selecting First and Second Teams by position. Coaches were not permitted to vote for players from their own team. Players earned two points for each First Team vote and one point for a Second Team vote.

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Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:13:00 -0700 Swish Appeal ranks LSU #14th women's basketball program http://lsuwbkb.posterous.com/swish-appeal-ranks-lsu-14th-womens-basketball http://lsuwbkb.posterous.com/swish-appeal-ranks-lsu-14th-womens-basketball

Swish Appeal has been on a long track of ranking the top 100 women's basketball programs in the nation based on their success over a long period of time.  The LSU Lady Tigers come in at 14th of all programs in the nation.  Here is what Swish Appeal has to say about LSU women's basketball:

14.   LSU:  The Lady Tigers of Louisana State have had a lot of success, and a lot of great coaches.  Sue Gunter coached the team for 24 years, taking the team to a NCAA Final Four.  Pokey Chatman inherited that team and that team went to three Final Fours after that.  With Chatman's resignation, Van Chancellor took over the team.  The first year he was with the team - 2007-08 - the team went to another Final Four, five consecutive Final Fours in all.  The only other school with five consecutive Final Fours?  Connecticut.

Aside from the WNBA players that come out of the program - Seimone Augustus and Marie Ferdinand-Harris - the program is investing in its infrastructure with a new practice facility that was completed in January 2010.  They picked up the #16 recruiting class in the country according to ESPN.   It looks like LSU wants very badly to at the very least get to another Final Four.  Don't be surprised if they make it.

Check here for all of the Swish Appeal rankings: http://bit.ly/dbHm0x

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