Grambling State University - Tiger Yearbook (Grambling, LA)

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Tigers Have Three All-Americans Three Lady Tigers were named to the Black College Sports Information Directors’ Association’s All-American squad. Head coach Patricia Bibbs was selected “Coach of the Year”’ while guard LaChandra LeDay and forward Mary Currie were chosen to the first unit. Aretha Sparks fights for ball. 1985-86 Results LeChandra scores on a layup. Marv works the ball in. Opponent 2 Jarvis Christian @ {no show) 89 Texas College 79 Florida Memorial 81 Miami 75 Florida International 56 Mississippi 92 Central Florida 103 Tennessee State 7 Alcorn 97 Southern 70 Northwestern 69 Prairie View 89 Texas Southern 78 Jackson State 89 Alabama State . 87 Tennessee State : 87 Mississippi Valley 132 Texas College 86 Northwestern 72 Alcorn 68 Southern — 139 darvis Christian 90 Prairie View 74 Texas Southern 79 dackson State 82 Alabama State 67. —s Mississippi Valley Alcorn — Shevonn controls rebound. It’s up there somewhere. ey

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“When you’re hot you’re hot and when you’re not you’re not.” Grambling’s Lady Tigers lived and eventually “‘expired’’ by that slogan. Fortunately, the record-breaking Ti- gers sizzled most of the season. Al- though they. finished second in the con- ference race and also in the SWAC tourney, the cagers produced the best record of any loop school. Their 21-8 mark was the best slate compiled by a GSU unit since the revival of women’s basketball here in 1977. About’the only time the terrific Tigers cooled off was in the SWAC tournament finals. There Alcorn hit 19 of 27 field goal attempts in the first half en route to an 84-77 -victory. In the initial stanza, GSU hit on 12 of 40 shots. é Junior forward Mary Currie led the Lady Tiger attack. This All-SWAC per- former from Dubach averaged 21.5 . points per encounter and pulled down. Coach Bibbs and assistants Wynn and Witherspoon are engrossed in action. nine rebounds per game. She also hit an Pat instructs during a break. amazing 74 per cent of her free throw A my = —— attempts. : Another AIl-SWAC performer, LaChandra LeDay of Opelousas, not only added speed to the Grambling at- tack, but also led in assists (3.1 per game) and amazed an 18.0 scoring average. : Newcomer Rita Simmons of Miami was third in scoring with a 9.4 norm and second in rebounding with 8.2. Junior Aretha Sparks of Miami had 7.9 points per game and pulled down a 5.5 rebound average. Sophomore ReaLisa Sampson of Arcadia proved valuable with her 5.8 scoring norm and 2.3 assist average. This Grambling squad led the SWAC in scoring by accumulating 2,314 points. (Front Row L-R) Shawn Sanders, LaChandra LeDay, Lynetter Ba- Daniels, Kris Harrison, Rita Simmons, Aretha Sparks, Rea ker, ReaLisa Sampson, Dorothy Lewis, Connie Millner. (Second) Washington, Sheila Sanders, Mary Currie, Shevonn Weems, Jenni- . Assistant Coach Anthony Witherspoon, Monica Smith, Tiffany fer Littleton, Coach Pat Bibbs. Bketball 147

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Nv OS LeDay sets up Grambling offense. National Scoring Record Set If you like high-scoring games, you should have watched the GSU-Jarvis Christian battle in Memorial Gymnasium. Not only did the Lady Ti- gers produce 139 points, but in doing so, they set a na- tional scoring record. Their 139-36 victory surpassed the previous NCAA high mark of 138 points. That record was established Dec. 6, 1983, when North Carolina- Wilmington romped past Da- vidson 138-44. Junior Mary Currie broke her own GSU scoring record when she sank 51 points against Central Florida. Crowd seems entranced by action. Currie was the team’s scoring leader. Will it ever come down? There is no stopping this Lady Tiger.