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1 Possible Starting Line-up Louisiana-Lafayette (1-1, 0-0 SBC West) No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. 5 Whitney Dunlap G 5-8 Junior 21 Alicia McDaniel SG 5-7 Senior 15 Onna Charles SG 5-8 Senior 50 Kina Miller PF 6-2 Senior 20 Sonora Edwards C 6-2 Senior Off the bench No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. 00 Bronson Rodgers PG 5-5 Soph. 2 Jasmine Barnes SG 5-7 Fresh. 25 D Mya Clay SG 5-8 Fresh. 33 Lyndra Bell PF 5-10 Fresh. 23 Valanette Amie F 6-2 Fresh. 34 Ovigwerade Agbuke C 6-5 Soph. Quick Facts Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns at Ole Miss Rebels Sunday, November 18, Oxford, Miss. -- C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum (8,700) Louisiana Mississippi Lafayette, La. Location Oxford, Miss Founded ,075 Enrollment 17,325 Ragin' Cajuns Nickname Rebels Vermilion & White Colors Cardinal Red & Navy Sun Belt Conference Southeastern David Walker Athletics Director Pete Boone Errol Rogers Head Coach Renee Ladner (Louisiana, 95) (Ole Miss, 81) First Season Record at School First Season First Meeting Coach vs. Opp. First Meeting Dec. 1, 1989 at UM Last Meeting Rebels 0-2 All-time Series 2-0 Chris Whitehead SID Jay D'Abramo Louisiana s Ragin Cajuns Date Opponent Time-CT November 11 at Mercer L, ARK-MONTICELLO (DH) W, at Mississippi 2:00 p.m. 21 at Louisiana State 7:00 p.m. 28 TULANE 7:00 p.m. December 1 at Centenary 3:00 p.m. 9 LSU-Shreveport 2:00 p.m. 16 at Texas 2:00 p.m. 18 NICHOLLS STATE 7:00 p.m. 22 at Louisiana-Monroe* 3:00 p.m. 28 at Savannah State 2:00 p.m. 30 at Mississippi State 2:00 p.m. January 3 ARKANSAS STATE* 3:00 p.m. 5 NEW ORLEANS* (DH) 4:30 p.m. 10 at UALR* (DH) 5:15 p.m. 12 at North Texas* (DH) 5:00 p.m. 20 WESTERN KENTUCKY* TBA 23 at South Alabama* 7:00 p.m. 27 at Troy* (DH) 3:00 p.m. 30 MIDDLE TENNESSEE* 7:00 p.m. February 2 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* 3:00 p.m. 6 at Florida Int l* (DH) 4:15 p.m. 10 at Denver* (DH) 4:00 p.m. 13 LOUISIANA-MONROE* 7:00 p.m. 17 at Arkansas State* 2:00 p.m. 21 at New Orleans* 7:00 p.m. 24 UALR* 2:00 p.m. 27 NORTH TEXAS* 7:00 p.m. March 1 DENVER* 3:00 p.m. 5 SBC Championship First Round 8-11 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Listen to the Ragin Cajuns on Sports Radio ESPN 1420AM Steve Peloquin (home) and Jay Walker (conference road) have the play-by-play for nearly every game Head coach Errol Rogers is available to the press after practice and during his weekly press luncheon (dates on p. 79 of Cajuns media guide).

2 Shooting Highs & Lows in High in a half: 60.0-percent (15-25) 2nd half vs. Ark.-Monticello Low in a half: 27.5-percent (11-40) 1st half at Mercer High in a game: 52.8-percent (28-53) vs. Arkansas-Monticello Low in a game: 28.6-percent (22-77) at Mercer Senior Leadership UL has more seniors than any other school in the Sun Belt. The Cajuns six-pack of seniors Onna Charles, Sonora Edwards, Elaine McCants, Alicia McDaniel, Kina Miller and Courtney Ratliff have played in a total of 345 games. Louisiana 6 ULM 5 North Texas 4 Denver 4 South Alabama 4 Troy 4 UALR 4 WKU 3 New Orleans 3 Florida Int l 3 Middle Tenn. 3 Florida Atlantic 2 Arkansas State 1 1,000-point watch Onna Charles and Sonora Edwards both enter the season within sight of 1,000 career points. Charles sits just 104 points shy, while Edwards needs 257 more points to reach the coveted plateau. Pre-Season Sun Belt Poll As voted on by all 13 league head coaches. East Division Points 1. WKU (9) Middle Tennessee (4) Florida International 45 T4. South Alabama 33 T4. Troy Florida Atlantic 19 West Division Points 1. UALR (6) Denver (3) North Texas (2) Arkansas State (2) Louisiana-Lafayette Louisiana-Monroe New Orleans 17 Records section Alicia McDaniel is 20 games played away from the all-time mark. Onna Charles needs four games started to move into a tie for sixth place. Charles needs 80 field goals to crack the career top 10. Sonora Edwards, currently seventh, is 175 rebounds from second alltime. Charles sits in the top five in career three-point field goals made, attempted and percentage. RAGIN CAJUNS THIS SEASON W L PCT All Games Sun Belt Games Non-Conference Home Games Conference Home Away Games Conference Away Day Games Night Games Televised Games Rebounding Out-rebounding opponent Being out-rebounded Same rebounds Shooting Over 40-percent Less than 40-percent Better than opponent Worse than opponent Scoring 70+ points Scoring points Scoring less than 60 points Turnovers More than opponent Fewer than opponent Same as opponent Fouls More than opponent Fewer than opponent Same as opponent Leading at halftime Trailing at halftime Tied at halftime Day of the Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Month November December January February March

3 Sun Belt Conference Women s Basketball Standings Eastern Division Conference Overall W-L Pct. Streak W-L Pct. Streak South Alabama W3 Florida International W1 Western Kentucky L1 Middle Tennessee W1 Florida Atlantic L1 Troy L1 Western Division Conference Overall W-L Pct. Streak W-L Pct. Streak New Orleans W1 ULM W2 UALR L2 Arkansas State W1 Louisiana W1 North Texas W1 Denver L1 PRE-SEASON ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE First Team Kim Sitzmann (UALR, So., G) LaQuetta Ferguson (Florida International, Sr., G) Amber Holt (Middle Tennessee, Sr., F) Le Della English (New Orleans, Sr., G) Crystal Kelly (Western Kentucky, Sr. F) Second Team Nikya Hughes (UALR, Sr., F/C) Alisha Godette (Denver, Sr., G) Onna Charles (Louisiana, Sr., G) Amy Lewis (Troy, Sr., G) Dominique Duck (Western Kentucky, Jr. F) Third Team Anshel Cooper (UALR, So., G) Iva Ciglar (Florida International, Jr., G) LeJeanna Howard (Louisiana-Monroe, Sr., G) Talicia Sanders (North Texas, Sr., F) Monique Jones (South Alabama, Sr., G) Preseason Player of the Year - Crystal Kelly (Western Kentucky, Sr. F) Starters-Bench Comparison Opp Pts/Reb (Bench P/R) at Mercer 43/22 18/21 Ark.-Monticello 69/32 2/12 at Ole Miss at LSU Tulane at Centenary LSU-Shreveport at Texas Nicholls State at ULM* at Savannah State at Mississippi State Arkansas State* New Orleans* at UALR* at North Texas* Western Kentucky* at South Alabama* at Troy* Middle Tennessee* Florida Atlantic* at Florida International* at Denver* ULM* at Arkansas State* at New Orleans* UALR* North Texas* Denver* Record by Starting Line-up Dunlap, McDaniel, Charles, Miller, Edwards (1-1) From the Floor Half...FG-FGA... Percentage 1st nd Overtime From 3-Pt. Half...FG-FGA... Percentage 1st nd Overtime From the Stripe Half...FT-FTA... Percentage 1st nd Overtime Final Minute

Alphabetical Women s Basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (Last school) 34 Ovigwerade Agbuke C 6-5 So.-Sq. San Antonio, Texas (Cornerstone Christian) 52 Valanette Amie PF 6-2 Fr.

4 Alphabetical Women s Basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (Last school) 34 Ovigwerade Agbuke C 6-5 So.-Sq. San Antonio, Texas (Cornerstone Christian) 52 Valanette Amie PF 6-2 Fr.-RS Tulsa, Okla. (Central HS) 2 Jasmine Barnes SG 5-7 Fr.-HS Baton Rouge, La. (Broadmoor HS) 33 Lyndra Bell PF 5-10 Fr.-HS Lafayette, La. (Teurlings Catholic HS) 1 Blair Brodhead PG 5-7 Fr.-RS Lafayette, La. (Teurlings Catholic HS) 15 Onna Charles SG 5-8 Sr.-3L New Iberia, La. (New Iberia Senior HS) 25 D Mya Clay SG 5-8 Fr.-HS Columbus, Ohio (East Arcadia HS) 5 Whitney Dunlap SG 5-8 Jr.-2L Baton Rouge, La. (Bishop Sullivan HS) 20 Sonora Edwards C 6-2 Sr.-3L Snook, Texas (Somerville HS) 10 Elaine McCants PG 5-6 Sr.-JC Boston, Mass. (Brookline HS/Chipola JC) 21 Alicia McDaniel SG 5-7 Sr.-3L Houston, Texas (James Madison HS) 50 Kina Miller C 6-2 Sr.-1L Aurora, Ill. (Aurora HS/Cloud County CC) 22 Courtney Ratliff PF 5-10 Sr.-1L Canton, Miss. (Canton HS/Trinity Valley JC) 00 Bronson Rodgers PG 5-5 So.-JC Itawamba, Miss. (Itawamba HS/Itawamba JC) 3 Shondalynn Wilson SG 5-7 So.-Tr. Jennings, La. (Jennings HS/McNeese State) Numerical No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (Last school) 00 Bronson Rodgers PG 5-5 So.-JC Itawamba, Miss. (Itawamba HS/Itawamba JC) 1 Blair Brodhead PG 5-7 Fr.-RS Lafayette, La. (Teurlings Catholic HS) 2 Jasmine Barnes SG 5-7 Fr.-HS Baton Rouge, La. (Broadmoor HS) 3 Shondalynn Wilson SG 5-7 So.-Tr. Jennings, La. (Jennings HS/McNeese State) 5 Whitney Dunlap SG 5-8 Jr.-2L Baton Rouge, La. (Bishop Sullivan HS) 10 Elaine McCants PG 5-6 Sr.-JC Boston, Mass. (Brookline HS/Chipola JC) 15 Onna Charles SG 5-8 Sr.-3L New Iberia, La. (New Iberia Senior HS) 20 Sonora Edwards C 6-2 Sr.-3L Snook, Texas (Somerville HS) 21 Alicia McDaniel SG 5-7 Sr.-3L Houston, Texas (James Madison HS) 22 Courtney Ratliff PF 5-10 Sr.-1L Canton, Miss. (Canton HS/Trinity Valley JC) 25 D Mya Clay SG 5-8 Fr.-HS Columbus, Ohio (East Arcadia HS) 33 Lyndra Bell PF 5-10 Fr.-HS Lafayette, La. (Teurlings Catholic HS) 34 Ovigwerade Agbuke C 6-5 So.-Sq. San Antonio, Texas (Cornerstone Christian) 50 Kina Miller C 6-2 Sr.-1L Aurora, Ill. (Aurora HS/Cloud County CC) 23 Valanette Amie PF 6-2 Fr.-RS Tulsa, Okla. (Central HS) Head Coach: Errol Rogers (Louisiana-Lafayette 95, 1 st year) Asst Coaches: Paula Lee (Louisiana State, 88, 1 st year) Liza Whittington (Lambuth, 94, 1 st year) Women s Basketball Athletic Trainer: Victoria Dupreez (Nebraska-Kearney 05) Sports Information Contacts: Daryl Cetnar (Tulane 97) Chris Whitehead (Georgia Tech 02) Pronunciation Guide Agbuke (Ah-boo-kay) Amie (Amy) Brodhead (Broad-head) Errol (Air-ul) D Mya (Duh-my-uh) Kina (Key-nah) Onna (O-nah) Ovigwerade (O-veeg-way)

5 Meet the Cajuns 00 Bronson Rodgers Sophomore Guard Season Highs Pts. 3 Rbs. 2 Ast. 1 Stl. 0 Blk. 0 Min. 10 NOTES: Saw six minutes of action in the season-opener at Mercer, hitting a three-pointer Grabbed a pair of rebounds and added an assist in 10 minutes against Arkansas-Monticello. 1 Blair Brodhead Redshirt Freshman Guard Season Highs Pts. 0 Rbs. 0 Ast. 0 Stl. 0 Blk. 0 Min. 0 Career Highs Pts. 6 Rbs. 1 Ast. 0 Stl. 1 Blk. 0 Min. 15 NOTES: 2 Jasmine Barnes Freshman Guard Season Highs Pts. 4 Rbs. 4 Ast. 1 Stl. 1 Blk. 0 Min. 26 NOTES: Played 16 minutes in the season-opener at Mercer, scoring four points on 1-of-7 shooting and grabbed four boards Scored two points and pulled down a pair of rebounds in 26 minutes of action against Arkansas-Monticello. 3 Shondalynn Wilson Sophomore Guard Season Highs Pts. 0 Rbs. 0 Ast. 0 Stl. 0 Blk. 0 Min. 1 NOTES: Saw her first action of the season in the home-opener against Arkansas-Monticello, playing one minute. 5 Whitney Dunlap Junior Guard Season Highs Pts. 15 Rbs. 5 Ast. 8 Stl. 2 Blk. 0 Min. 39 Career Highs Pts. 22 Rbs. 6 Ast. 8 Stl. 4 Blk. 2 Min. 40 NOTES: Started at point guard and played 39 minutes in the season-opener at Mercer Scored 15 points and had five rebounds and a career-best eight assists against the Bears In the home-opener against Arkansas-Monticello, netted 15 points, grabbed four rebounds and dished out five assists in 33 minutes. 10 Elaine McCants Senior Guard Season Highs Pts. 0 Rbs. 0 Ast. 0 Stl. 0 Blk. 0 Min. 0 NOTES: 15 Onna Charles Senior Guard Season Highs Pts. 15 Rbs. 5 Ast. 1 Stl. 2 Blk. 0 Min. 13 Career Highs Pts. 35 Rbs. 10 Ast. 5 Stl. 4 Blk. 2 Min. 42 NOTES: Started but played only 13 minutes in the season-opener at Mercer Played only 13 minutes against Arkansas-Monticello, but scored 15 points on 7- of-9 shooting.

6 20 Sonora Edwards Senior Center Season Highs Pts. 21 Rbs. 13 Ast. 2 Stl. 2 Blk. 1 Min. 38 Career Highs Pts. 21 Rbs. 17 Ast. 3 Stl. 2 Blk. 3 Min. 38 NOTES: Played a career-high 38 minutes in the season-opener at Mercer, scoring nine points to go along with four rebounds, two steals and an assist Had her first double-double of the season in the home-opener against Arkansas-Monticello Against the Cotton Blossoms, scored 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, while adding a pair of assists, two steals and a blocked shot. 21 Alicia McDaniel Senior Guard Season Highs Pts. 17 Rbs. 9 Ast. 5 Stl. 5 Blk. 1 Min. 35 Career Highs Pts. 17 Rbs. 12 Ast. 7 Stl. 6 Blk. 2 Min. 45 NOTES: Scored a career-best 17 points in the season-opener at Mercer, while adding seven boards, five steals and four assists Fell one rebound shy of her first double-double of the season in the home-opener against Arkansas-Monticello Scored 10 points and grabbed nine rebounds, while adding five assists and a block in 30 minutes against the Cotton Blossoms. 22 Courtney Ratliff Senior Forward Season Highs Pts. 0 Rbs. 0 Ast. 0 Stl. 0 Blk. 0 Min. 0 Career Highs NOTES: Pts. 12 Rbs. 8 Ast. 2 Stl. 4 Blk. 1 Min D Mya Clay Freshman Guard Season Highs Pts. 2 Rbs. 2 Ast. 1 Stl. 2 Blk. 0 Min. 11 NOTES: Played 11 minutes at Mercer in the season-opener, getting two points, two rebounds and two steals Saw six minutes of action in the home-opener against Arkansas-Monticello, contributing a rebound and an assist. 33 Lyndra Bell Freshman Forward Season Highs Pts. 4 Rbs. 8 Ast. 1 Stl. 0 Blk. 1 Min. 29 NOTES: Played 29 minutes in the season-opener at Mercer, scoring four points to go along with a team-best eight boards Played 14 minutes in the homeopener against Arkansas-Monticello, grabbing one rebound and chipping in one assist. 34 Ovigwerade Agbuke Sophomore Center Season Highs Pts. 0 Rbs. 0 Ast. 0 Stl. 0 Blk. 0 Min. 1 Career Highs Pts. 3 Rbs. 4 Ast. 0 Stl. 0 Blk. 1 Min. 12 NOTES: Played one minute in the Cajuns season-opener at Mercer and the home-opener against Arkansas-Monticello. 50 Kina Miller Junior Center Season Highs Pts. 8 Rbs. 4 Ast. 1 Stl. 2 Blk. 3 Min. 27 Career Highs Pts. 13 Rbs. 9 Ast. 2 Stl. 2 Blk. 5 Min. 27 NOTES: Started the season-opener at Mercer, but played only eight minutes, but blocked a pair of shots In the home-opener against Arkansas-Monticello, scored eight points, pulled down four rebounds, while blocking three shots in 27 minutes. 52 Valanette Amie Redshirt Freshman Forward Season Highs Pts. 5 Rbs. 3 Ast. 0 Stl. 0 Blk. 0 Min. 5 NOTES: Had five points and three rebounds in five minutes in the season-opener at Mercer Had a turnover and a foul in four minutes against Arkansas- Monticello.

7 Head Coach Errol Rogers On May 2, 2007, Louisiana s Ragin Cajuns named Errol Rogers the 11 th head women s basketball coach in school history. The Louisiana-Lafayette graduate spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach at Mississippi State with his primary responsibilities including on-court teaching and assisting with recruiting. The Bulldogs enjoyed a 12-win turnaround last season and advanced to the WNIT quarterfinals their second WNIT trip in the last three seasons. Rogers collegiate experience also includes four years as an assistant coach at Bethune-Cookman College from where he was in charge of developing game strategies, conditioning and training, recruiting, and arranging travel and lodging accommodations. BCC enjoyed back-to-back winning seasons in his final two years, marking the best two campaigns for the Wildcats in the past decade. I m very pleased to bring a coach to our University that was born in Louisiana, graduated from Louisiana-Lafayette and has coaching ties to the state, said athletics director David Walker. His recruiting abilities are very well known and I expect our program s recent success to continue. He came highly recommended by some very well respected and prestigious college coaches. Prior to his stint as an assistant coach on the collegiate level, Rogers spent eight years as a high school head coach in Louisiana. He accumulated a career record of on the high school level in the state of Louisiana and was named Coach of the Year six times during his career. Rogers final high school stop was at Lafayette High, leading his team to a district co-championship, the first in school history. He was the head girl's coach from at Opelousas Catholic High School, coincidently, during nearly the same period Cajuns head men s basketball coach Robert Lee was the head boy s basketball coach at Opelousas High School from Rogers tallied 120 victories with OCHS, as the Vikings were named district champions twice and had appearances in the playoffs all five years. He started coaching in the high school ranks from at the Holy Rosary Institute. Rogers advanced to the state semifinals with his girl's team, leading HRI to its first Sweet 16 appearance in school history. The 1993 team produced the most wins in school history. Rogers got his start in coaching at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Middle School during his tenure from In addition to coaching the girl's basketball team, he also had stints as the athletic director and head football coach. While at the helm of the basketball team, Immaculate Heart was Catholic league champions four times. In 1985, Rogers founded the Acadiana Stars, an AAU girl s basketball club in Lafayette. He was instrumental in helping bring the first AAU national championship to Lafayette for girls 14 and under in Former WNBA Miami Sol standout Shari Sam went through his program. A native of Lake Charles, La., Rogers is married to the former Damita Nabers. The couple has six children, five daughters, Dominique, Desiree, Danielle, Erin and Erika and one son, Errol, Jr.

8 Ragin' Cajuns Women's Basketball Louisiana-Lafayette Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 16, 2007) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES... (1-1) (1-0) (0-1) (0-0) CONFERENCE... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE... (1-1) (1-0) (0-1) (0-0) ---TOTAL PTS REBOUNDS---- ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Rodgers, Bronson Barnes, Jasmine Wilson, Shondalynn Dunlap, Whitney Charles, Onna Edwards, Sonora McDaniel, Alicia Clay, D'Mya Bell, Lyndra Agbuke, Ovigwerade Miller, Kina Amie, Valanette TEAM Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS UL OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND SCORING /11/07 at Mercer L Points per game /14/07 ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO W Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game WINNING STREAK Home win streak ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total Louisiana-Lafayette Opponents

GAME RESET. Ragin Cajuns Tentative Starters

GAME RESET. Ragin Cajuns Tentative Starters 2008-09 RAGIN CAJUNS WOMEN S BASKETBALL SEASON NOTEBOOK Women s Basketball Contact: Chris Whitehead (Georgia Tech, 2002) E-mail: whitehead@louisiana.edu Office: (337) 482-6329 Cell: (404) 697-6363 University