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After four fruitless trips to the AIAW Championship Finals, which included two championship game losses, and three previous appearances in the NCAA Final Four, including one championship game defeat, the Tennessee Lady Vols finally brought home the ultimate trophy in 1987. In Austin, Texas, before a record 9,823 fervid fans, the Lady Vols defeatd their old nemesis, the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters, by a resounding 67-44 score to win their first NCAA Championship. Sophomores Bridgette Gordon and Sheila Frost and frosh Tonya Edwards each scored 13 points to lead the way. Gordon and Frost controlled the boards, pulling down 12 and 8, respectively. Head coach Pat Summitt said, "I do not think I could go without recognizing that it was a tremendous team effort... has been for the last three weeks. This team has played as hard and as smart as I could ask any team to play." Edwards was named the tournment's Most Outstanding Player. |
1986-87 ROSTER
NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN
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4 Dawn Marsh G 5-6 Jr Alcoa, TN
11 Kathy Spinks C 6-2 Jr Forest Hills, KY
12 Sheila Frost C 6-4 So Pulaski, TN
14 Gay Townson F 5-9 Sr Loudon, TN
23 Shelley Sexton G 5-7 Sr Lake City, TN
24 Carla McGhee F 6-3 Fr Peoria, IL
30 Bridgette Gordon F 6-0 So DeLand, FL
32 Jennifer Tuggle F 6-2 Jr Etowah, TN
33 Tonya Edwards G 5-10 Fr Flint, MI
34 Lisa Webb F 5-9 Jr Milledgeville, GA
35 Melissa McCray G 5-10 So Johnson City, TN
40 Sabrina Mott G 5-9 Fr Brentwood, TN
44 Cheryl Littlejohn C 6-3 Sr Gastonia, NC
55 Karla Horton F/C 6-2 Sr Kershaw, SC
Assistant Coaches: Mickie DeMoss
Holly Warlick
Shelia Collins (GA)
Heidi Van Derveer (GA)
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THE NCAA TOURNAMENTOpening Round: defeated Tennessee Tech, 95-59 Mideast Regional: defeated Virginia, 66-58 defeated Auburn, 77-61 Semifinals: Tennessee 74, Long Beach State 64 Louisiana Tech 79, Texas 75 ______________________________________________________ CHAMPIONSHIP GAME STATISTICS LOUISIANA TECH FG-FGA FT-FTA REB PF MIN PTS ------------------------------------------------------- Davis 0-0 1-3 6 1 39 1 Lewis 4-11 4-6 7 3 40 12 Harrison 3-11 2-5 8 5 33 8 Weatherspoon 4-11 3-3 3 5 29 11 Lawson 1-4 0-0 1 2 17 2 Stall 3-7 2-3 7 4 23 8 Westbrooks 0-3 0-2 3 0 7 0 Chambless 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 McDonald 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 2 Team 1 ------------------------------------------------------- Totals 16-48 12-22 36 20 190 44 (200?) ======================================================= TENNESSEE FG-FGA FT-FTA REB PF MIN PTS ------------------------------------------------------- Gordon 5-19 3-4 12 3 34 13 Horton 4-8 1-2 5 3 38 9 Spinks 1-3 0-0 1 2 10 2 Sexton 4-8 0-0 2 3 24 8 Edwards 4-13 5-8 7 4 32 13 Marsh 1-2 4-4 3 1 19 6 Frost 6-10 1-5 8 2 29 13 McCray 0-0 0-0 0 2 7 0 Webb 1-3 1-1 2 1 3 3 Littlejohn 0-1 0-0 1 0 2 0 Tuggle 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 McGhee 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 Team 6 ------------------------------------------------------- Totals 26-67 15-24 47 21 200 67 ======================================================= SITE: Austin, TX ATTENDANCE: 9,823 HALFTIME: Tennessee 33, Louisiana Tech 24 PERCENTAGES: Tennessee - 38.8 fg, 62.5 ft Louisiana Tech - 33.3 fg, 54.5 ft ASSISTS: Tennessee (12) - Sexton 4, Edwards 4, Gordon 2, Marsh 1, Frost 1 Louisiana Tech (6) - Weatherspoon 3, Lewis 1, Harrison 1, Stall 1 TURNOVERS: Tennessee (12) - Sexton 3, Edwards 3, Marsh 2, McCray 2, Gordon 1, Horton 1 Louisiana Tech (20) - Weatherspoon 6, Harrison 4, Lewis 3, Stall 3, Davis 1, Lawson1, Westbrooks 1, Chambless 1 BLOCKS: Louisiana Tech (5) - Harrison 4, Davis 1 STEALS: Tennessee (9) - Gordon 3, Marsh 2, Horton 1, Sexton 1, Edwards 1, Littlejohn 1 Louisiana Tech (5) - Lewis 2, Weatherspoon 2, Stall 1 OFFICIALS: June Courteau, Patty Broderick ______________________________________________________ |
1986-87 SEASON STATISTICSUnofficial - culled from newspaper box scores.
RECORD: (28-6); SEC (6-3)
PLAYER GP-GS FGM-FGA PCT FTM-FTA PCT PTS PT/G
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Bridgette Gordon 34-32 222-459 .484 115-160 .719 559 16.4
Sheila Frost 34-19 161-273 .590 61-102 .598 383 11.3
Karla Horton 33-29 128-279 .459 66-92 .717 322 9.8
Tonya Edwards 34-5 107-248 .431 89-114 .781 303 8.9
Shelley Sexton 34-34 111-240 .463 49-72 .681 271 8.0
Melissa McCray 34-11 81-185 .438 26-35 .743 188 5.5
Dawn Marsh 32-22 60-124 .484 47-65 .723 167 5.2
Lisa Webb 32-0 57-122 .467 30-39 .769 144 4.5
Carla McGhee 34-0 46-97 .474 55-80 .688 147 4.3
Kathy Spinks 30-15 45-99 .455 33-62 .532 123 4.1
Jennifer Tuggle 28-0 29-62 .468 12-21 .571 70 2.5
Cheryl Littlejohn 31-3 21-45 .467 18-26 .692 60 1.9
Gay Townson 9-0 3-6 .500 2-2 1.000 8 0.9
Sabrina Mott 8-0 0-0 .000 7-10 .700 7 0.9
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Totals 34 1071-2239 .478 610-880 .693 2752 76.5
(2758?)
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PLAYER REB-AVG AST TO BLK ST MIN
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Bridgette Gordon 232-6.8 63 66 12 80 928
Sheila Frost 217-6.4 31 36 56 57 696
Karla Horton 226-6.8 32 53 8 35 824
Tonya Edwards 89-2.7 71 79 4 42 628
Shelley Sexton 91-2.8 108 68 2 40 845
Melissa McCray 73-2.1 41 27 2 26 537
Dawn Marsh 50-1.6 205 85 1 51 839
Lisa Webb 66-2.1 14 33 2 11 312
Carla McGhee 113-3.3 10 35 10 20 336
Kathy Spinks 82-2.7 13 34 4 11 359
Jennifer Tuggle 30-1.1 10 27 5 5 209
Cheryl Littlejohn 41-1.3 8 28 1 8 213
Gay Townson 2-0.2 1 2 1 3 15
Sabrina Mott 4-0.5 1 3 0 1 18
Team 122-3.6
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Totals 1438-42.3 608 576 108 390 6759
(6800?)
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PER-GAME AVERAGES
A/TO
PLAYER FGM FGA FTM FTA PTS AST TO RATIO BLK ST MIN
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Bridgette Gordon 6.5 13.6 3.4 4.7 16.4 1.9 1.9 1.0 0.4 2.4 27.3
Sheila Frost 4.6 7.9 1.8 3.0 11.3 0.9 1.1 0.9 1.6 1.7 20.5
Karla Horton 3.9 8.5 2.0 2.8 9.8 1.0 1.6 0.6 0.2 1.1 25.0
Tonya Edwards 3.1 7.3 2.6 3.4 8.9 2.1 2.3 0.9 0.1 1.2 18.5
Shelley Sexton 3.3 7.1 1.4 2.1 8.0 3.2 2.0 1.6 0.1 1.2 24.9
Melissa McCray 2.4 5.4 0.8 1.0 5.5 1.2 0.8 1.5 0.1 0.8 15.8
Dawn Marsh 1.9 3.9 1.5 2.0 5.2 6.4 2.7 2.4 0.0 1.5 26.2
Lisa Webb 1.8 3.8 0.9 1.2 4.5 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.3 9.8
Carla McGhee 1.4 2.9 1.6 2.4 4.3 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.6 9.9
Kathy Spinks 1.5 3.3 1.1 2.1 4.1 0.4 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.4 12.0
Jennifer Tuggle 1.0 2.2 0.4 0.8 2.5 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.2 7.5
Cheryl Littlejohn 0.7 1.5 0.6 0.8 1.9 0.3 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.3 6.9
Gay Townson 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.3 1.7
Sabrina Mott 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 0.9 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.1 2.3
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Team 31.5 65.9 17.9 25.9 76.5 17.3 16.9 1.1 3.2 11.5 ---
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1986-87 SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT SCORE RECORD ATTENDANCE POINTS REBOUNDS
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Iowa Hawkeye Classic - at Iowa City, IA
Nov 29 vs. Providence 86-70 W (1-0) 1500, est. Gordon-24 Horton-9
Nov 30 vs. Iowa 74-56 W (2-0) 1836 Gordon-18 Horton-11
Dec 4 DAYTON 66-40 W (3-0) 1406 Gordon-15 Frost, Gordon-10
Dec 6 NO. CAROLINA ST. 86-65 W (4-0) 1751 Gordon-19 Horton-6
Dec 14 at Texas 85-78 W (5-0) 8835 Gordon-26 Gordon-9
Dec 20 UCLA 81-58 W (6-0) 4012 Horton-19 Horton-10
Orange Bowl Classic - at Miami, FL
Dec 27 vs. St. Joseph's 76-66 W (7-0) 451 Spinks-20 Spinks, Horton-7
Dec 28 vs. Southern Cal 89-75 W (8-0) 500, est. Gordon-26 Horton-11
Dec 29 vs. Texas 74-88 L (8-1) 1200, est. Gordon-14 Horton-7
Jan 4 NORTH CAROLINA 87-68 W (9-1) 3658 Gordon-21 Gordon, Horton-6
Jan 7 at Old Dominion 99-90 W (10-1) 970 Edwards, Gordon-20 McCray-8
Jan 11 KENTUCKY* 76-64 W (11-1) 4883 Gordon-24 Horton-11
Jan 14 at Auburn* 69-75 L (11-2) 5089 Gordon-14 Horton-9
Jan 17 at Florida* 90-72 W (12-2) 3500 Gordon-14 Gordon-14
Jan 20 at Northwestern 74-71 W (13-2) 205 Frost-18 Horton-11
Jan 24 GEORGIA* 78-72 W (14-2) 8623 Frost-23 Frost-18
Jan 28 MEMPHIS STATE 91-81 W (15-2) 3150 Littlejohn-13 Frost-7
Jan 31 MISSISSIPPI* 65-69 L (15-3) 3394 Gordon-15 Gordon-13
Feb 2 GEORGIA TECH 100-74 W (16-3) 2346 Gordon-14 Horton-8
Feb 4 at Vanderbilt* 76-77 L (16-4) 4297 Frost-24 Frost, Gordon-9
Feb 7 at Louisiana St.* 84-73 W (17-4) 2359 Horton-17 Gordon-13
Feb 9 at Louisiana Tech 60-72 L (17-5) 4770 Horton-11 Frost-8
Feb 14 NOTRE DAME 90-55 W (18-5) 3155 Sexton-16 McGhee-8
Feb 19 SOUTH CAROLINA 80-56 W (19-5) 2420 Edwards-13 Gordon-10
Feb 21 MISSISSIPPI ST.* 84-53 W (20-5) 4033 Frost-21 Edwards, Webb-6
Feb 25 at Alabama* 108-77 W (21-5) 4695 Gordon-18 Gordon-11
Mar 1 NC-CHARLOTTE 91-44 W (22-5) 7067 Gordon-15 Horton-8
SEC Tournament - at Albany, GA
Mar 5 vs. L.S.U. 64-63 W (23-5) 1100 Gordon-17 Horton, McGhee-9
Mar 6 vs. Auburn 96-102 L (23-6) 3500 Spinks-24 Spinks-11
NCAA Tournament - at Knoxville, TN
Mar 15 vs. Tennessee Tech 95-59 W (24-6) 5998 Gordon-23 Frost-11
Mar 19 vs. Virginia 66-58 W (25-6) 5420 Gordon-21 Frost-8
Mar 21 vs. Auburn 77-61 W (26-6) 7533 Gordon-33 Frost-13
NCAA Tournament - at Austin, TX
Mar 26 vs. Long Beach St. 74-64 W (27-6) 15615 Edwards, Gordon-21 Gordon-11
mar 28 vs. Louisiana Tech 67-44 W (28-6) 9823 Gordon, Edwards, Frost-13 Gordon-12
* SEC contest
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