2013–14 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team

The 2013–14 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team will represent Louisiana State University during the 2013–2014 college basketball season. The team's head coach is Nikki Fargas, who is in her third season at LSU. They play their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center as members of the Southeastern Conference.

2013–14 LSU Lady Tigers basketball
Barclays Center Women's Invitational Champions NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	21–13 (7–9 SEC)
Head coach	Nikki Fargas (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Tasha Butts Angel Elderkin Tony Perotti
Home arena	Pete Maravich Assembly Center

2013–14 SEC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 South Carolina	14	–	2		.875			29	–	5		.853
No. 3 Tennessee †	13	–	3		.813			29	–	6		.829
No. 15 Texas A&M	13	–	3		.813			27	–	9		.750
No. 10 Kentucky	10	–	6		.625			26	–	9		.743
Florida	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
Georgia	7	–	9		.438			20	–	12		.625
LSU	7	–	9		.438			21	–	13		.618
Vanderbilt	7	–	9		.438			18	–	13		.581
Auburn	7	–	9		.438			19	–	15		.559
Alabama	7	–	9		.438			14	–	16		.467
Arkansas	6	–	10		.375			19	–	11		.633
Missouri	6	–	10		.375			17	–	14		.548
Mississippi State	5	–	11		.313			22	–	14		.611
Ole Miss	2	–	14		.125			12	–	20		.375
† 2014 SEC tournament winner As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC) Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2013–14 LSU Tigers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown C 1 Derreyal Youngblood 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So John Curtis HS Harvey, La. G 3 Akilah Bethel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Academy of Holy Cross/West Virginia Baltimore, Md. G 4 Anne Pedersen 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So The Rock School / FL Copenhagen, Denmark G 5 Jeanne Kenney 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr St. Michael HS Baton Rouge, La. G 10 Jasmine Rhodes 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Faith Academy Mobile, Ala. G 11 Raigyne Moncrief 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr American Heritage HS Fort Lauderdale, Fla. G 13 Rina Hill 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr IMG Academy / FL Nagoya-Shi, Japan F 21 Shanece McKinney 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr LeFlore HS Mobile, Ala. G 24 DaShawn Harden 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr St. Thomas Aquinas HS/Johnson County (KS) CC Olathe, Kan. F 31 Ann Jones 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Liberty Magnet School/Memphis Jackson, Tenn. G 32 Danielle Ballard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Memphis Central HS Memphis, Tenn. F 42 Sheila Boykin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Long Beach Poly HS Los Angeles, Calif. F 55 Theresa Plaisance 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Vandebilt Catholic HS New Orleans, La.	Head coach Nikki Fargas Assistant coach(es) Tasha Butts Angel Elderkin Tony Perotti Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2013-08-16

Schedule and Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Oct. 30, 2013* 7:00 p.m.	No. 17	Tennessee Temple	W 95–24	–	Maravich Center (N/A) Baton Rouge, LA
Nov. 2, 2013* 2:00 p.m.	No. 17	Mississippi College	W 104–30	–	Maravich Center (N/A) Baton Rouge, LA
Regular Season
Nov. 8, 2013* 7:00 p.m.	No. 15	Stephen F. Austin Preseason WNIT	W 86–58	1–0	Maravich Center (2,290) Baton Rouge, LA
Nov. 10, 2013* 2:00 p.m.	No. 15	Saint Joseph's Preseason WNIT	W 80–64	2–0	Maravich Center (2,623) Baton Rouge, LA
Nov. 14, 2013* 6:00 p.m.	No. 14	at No. 5 Louisville Preseason WNIT	L 67–88	2–1	KFC Yum! Center (8,099) Louisville, KY
Nov. 20, 2013* 7:00 p.m.	No. 15	Hampton	W 73–54	3–1	Maravich Center (2,459) Baton Rouge, LA
Nov. 23, 2013* 1:00 p.m.	No. 15	at Louisiana Tech	W 81–69	4–1	Thomas Assembly Center (2,767) Ruston, LA
Nov. 29, 2013* 12:00 p.m.	No. 15	vs. Rutgers Barclays Women's Invitational semifinals	W 69–65	5–1	Barclays Center (1,194) Brooklyn, NY
Nov. 30, 2013* 9:00 p.m.	No. 15	vs. Michigan Barclays Women's Invitational championship	W 64–62	6–1	Barclays Center (1,012) Brooklyn, NY
Dec. 3, 2013* 11:30 a.m.	No. 13	Indiana State	W 83–66	7–1	Maravich Center (6,105) Baton Rouge, LA
Dec. 15, 2013* 2:00 p.m.	No. 13	at Arkansas-Little Rock	W 58–51	8–1	Jack Stephens Center (2,635) Little Rock, AR
Dec. 17, 2013* 7:00 p.m., CST	No. 12	Florida Gulf Coast	W 69–46	9–1	Maravich Center (2,190) Baton Rouge, LA
Dec. 20, 2013* 6:00 p.m.	No. 12	at NC State	L 79–89	9–2	Reynolds Coliseum (2,025) Raleigh, NC
Dec. 30, 2013* 8:00 p.m., CST	No. 16	Jackson State	W 72–45	10–2	Maravich Center (2,801) Baton Rouge, LA
Jan. 2, 2014 6:00 p.m., CSS/CST	No. 16	at No. 5 Tennessee	W 80–77	11–2 (1–0)	Thompson–Boling Arena (14,437) Knoxville, TN
Jan. 5, 2014* 2:00 p.m.	No. 12	at Tulane	W 63–35	12–2	Devlin Fieldhouse (2,844) New Orleans, LA
Jan. 9, 2014 6:00 p.m., CST	No. 12	Texas A&M	L 48–52	12–3 (1–1)	Maravich Center (2,786) Baton Rouge, LA
Jan. 12, 2014 12:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 12	Florida	W 82–68	13–3 (2–1)	Maravich Center (3,672) Baton Rouge, LA
Jan. 16, 2014 7:00 p.m.	No. 14	at Missouri	W 87–68	14–3 (3–1)	Mizzou Arena (2,005) Columbia, MO
Jan. 19, 2014 1:00 p.m., FSN/SPSO	No. 14	at No. 24 Vanderbilt	L 70–79	14–4 (3–2)	Memorial Gymnasium (6,020) Nashville, TN
Jan. 23, 2014 7:00 p.m.	No. 15	Auburn	W 71–60	15–4 (4–2)	Maravich Center (2,855) Baton Rouge, LA
Jan. 26, 2014 1:00 p.m., SEC TV	No. 15	at Ole Miss	W 66–56	16–4 (5–2)	Tad Smith Coliseum (737) Oxford, MS
Jan. 30, 2014 7:00 p.m., CST	No. 14	Mississippi State	W 65–56	17–4 (6–2)	Maravich Center (2,587) Baton Rouge, LA
Feb. 2, 2014 11:00 a.m., FSN/SPSO	No. 13	at No. 14 Kentucky	L 56–63	17–5 (6–3)	Memorial Coliseum (6,333) Lexington, KY
Feb. 6, 2014 7:00 p.m.	No. 16	Missouri	W 75–58	18–5 (7–3)	Maravich Center (2,663) Baton Rouge, LA
Feb. 9, 2014 1:30 p.m., FSN/SPSO	No. 16	at No. 19 Texas A&M	L 67–72	18–6 (7–4)	Reed Arena (5,926) College Station, TX
Feb. 16, 2014 2:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. 19	No. 5 South Carolina	L 57–73	18–7 (7–5)	Maravich Center (4,275) Baton Rouge, LA
Feb. 20, 2014 6:00 p.m.	No. 19	at Georgia	L 67–71	18–8 (7–6)	Stegeman Coliseum (3,421) Athens, GA
Feb. 23, 2014 1:00 p.m., CST	No. 19	Arkansas	L 53–57	18–9 (7–7)	Maravich Center (3,155) Baton Rouge, LA
Feb. 27, 2014 8:00 p.m., CSS/CST		No. 10 Tennessee	L 67–72	18–10 (7–8)	Maravich Center (3,374) Baton Rouge, LA
Mar. 2, 2014 1:00 p.m., SEC TV		at Alabama	L 60–78	18–11 (7–9)	Foster Auditorium (2,536) Tuscaloosa, AL
2014 SEC Tournament
Mar. 6, 2014 5:00 p.m., SPSO	No. (10)	vs. No. (7) Alabama Second round	W 78–65	19–11	Arena at Gwinnett Center (3,152) Duluth, GA
Mar. 7, 2014 5:00 p.m., SPSO	No. (10)	vs. No. 6 (2) Tennessee Quarterfinal	L 65–77	19–12	Arena at Gwinnett Center (5,232) Duluth, GA
2014 NCAA Tournament
Mar. 22, 2014* 11:50 a.m., ESPN2	No. (7)	No. (10) Georgia Tech First round	W 98-78	20-12	Pete-Maravich Assembly Center (2,833) Baton Rouge, LA
Mar. 25, 2014* 8:45 p.m., ESPN2	No. (7)	No. (2) West Virginia Second round	W 76-67	21-12	Pete-Maravich Assembly Center (2,186) Baton Rouge, LA
Mar. 30, 2014* 1:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. (7)	No. (3) Louisville Sweet Sixteen	L 47-73	21-13	KFC Yum! Center (11,097) Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source:

Rankings

Main article: 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	15	14	15	15	13	13	12	16	16	12	14	15	14	16	19	19
Coaches	17	16	18	17	14	13	12	16	16	13	14	14	14	14	17	18

See also

• 2013–14 LSU Tigers basketball team