LADY TECHSTER WAC TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
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2010 WAC Tournament Bracket
WAC Tournament Central
Dowdell, Johnson Named All-WAC
Utah State Pregame Story
LA Tech 82, Utah State 65
Nevada Pregame Story
Tech 80, Nevada 77
First Round Matchup
Louisiana Tech and Utah State will play in the first round of the 2010 Western Athletic Conference Tournament at 10:30 p.m. CT (8:30 PT) Wednesday night at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno. Tech is the #2 seed in the event while Utah State is the #7 seed.
Series History
Louisiana Tech and Utah State meet for the 11th time ever tonight. Louisiana Tech is 9-1 all-time against Utah State, although the two teams split the series this year with each team winning on the other's home court.This will be the first meeting between the two programs in the postseason.
Overall: Tech leads 9-1
Ruston: Tech leads 4-1
Logan: Tech leads 5-0
All-Time Scores:
2005-06 Tech 73-56 Logan, Utah
2005-06 Tech 88-54 Ruston, La.
2006-07 Tech 69-54 Ruston, La.
2006-07 Tech 71-58 Logan, Utah
2007-08 Tech 71-56 Logan, Utah
2007-08 Tech 62-47 Ruston, La.
2008-09 Tech 90-82 OT Logan, Utah
2008-09 Tech 53-46 Ruston, La.
2009-10 USU 69-66 Ruston, La.
2009-10 Tech 74-54 Logan, Utah
History of Conference Tournament Championships
Louisiana Tech has won 15 conference tournament titles in 22 years of conference affiliation. Tech has only captured one conference tournament championship in the last five years after a streak of nine straight titles (1996-2004).
1988 American South Tournament Champs
1989 American South Tournament Champs
1990 American South Tournament Champs
1991 American South Tournament Champs
1992 Lost in Sun Belt Semifinals
1993 Lost in Sun Belt Finals
1994 Sun Belt Tournament Champs
1995 Lost in SBC Finals
1996 Sun Belt Tournament Champs
1997 Sun Belt Tournament Champs
1998 Sun Belt Tournament Champs
1999 Sun Belt Tournament Champs
2000 Sun Belt Tournament Champs
2001 Sun Belt Tournament Champs
2002 Western Athletic Tournament Champs
2003 Western Athletic Tournament Champs
2004 Western Athletic Tournament Champs
2005 Lost in WAC Finals
2006 Western Athletic Tournament Champs
2007 Lost in WAC Quarterfinals
2008 Lost in WAC Semifinals
2009 Lost in WAC Semifinals
Techsters vs. Teams in WAC Tournament
Louisiana Tech has posted a mark of 16-4 in seven Western Athletic Conference Tournaments.
Boise State 4-0
Fresno State 2-1
Hawaii 2-0
Tulsa* 1-0
UTEP* 1-0
NMSU 2-1
Nevada 2-1
Idaho 1-0
Rice* 1-1
*, no longer a member of the WAC
Techsters Breakdown in Conference Tournaments
During its 21 years of conference affiliation, Louisiana Tech is 47-6 all-time in conference tournaments. Below is a breakdown of Louisiana Tech's record in conference tournament history.
American South 8-0 4 titles in 4 years
Sun Belt 24-3 7 titles in 10 years
WAC 16-4 4 titles in 8 years
Overall 48-7 15 titles in 22 years
Quarterfinals 15-1
Semifinals 18-3
Finals 15-3
In Ruston 14-2
On Road 6-3
Neutral Site 28-2
Seeded #1 43-3
Seeded #2 3-2
Seeded #3 1-1
Seeded #5 1-1
First Meeting Between LA Tech-Utah State This Year
Utah State 69, LA Tech 66 (Jan. 6 in Ruston)
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 Weatherspoon. "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 deliberate 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 advantage 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-Buchanan scored 13 points.
Second Meeting Between LA Tech-Utah State This Year
LA Tech 74, Utah State 54 (Feb. 6 in Logan, Utah)
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 rebounds 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 Holloway 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.
