Thomas Assembly Center

THOMAS

ASSEMBLY Center

The Thomas Assembly Center has been the home to some of the most exciting women’s basketball in the country for the past two and a half decades.

The Louisiana Tech Lady Techster basketball program has done nothing less than dominate on their home courts during the 44-year history of the women’s basketball program. Whether playing in old Memorial Gym from 1974 through March of 1982 or in the Thomas Assembly Center since November of 1982, Louisiana Tech has produced a wonloss record unmatched by any other women’s basketball program nationwide.

From the very first win at Memorial Gym against LSU (97-83) in 1974-75 to the inaugural victory at the Thomas Assembly Center against Alabama (83-56) in 1982-83, the Lady Techsters have owned opponents in Ruston, La.

Over the course of the history of women’s basketball at Louisiana Tech, the Lady Techsters have posted a record of 576-99 in games played in Ruston. The winning percentage of 85.3 percent ranks Ruston as one of the hardest place in the country to play in women’s basketball.

On the list of all-time toughest home arenas, both the Thomas Assembly Center and Memorial Gym rank in the top 10 in the country. Louisiana Tech has posted a mark of 492-93 at the Assembly Center (84.1%) and a record of 84-6 at Memorial Gym (93.33%).

The Lady Techsters have posted home winning streaks of 49, 52 and 62 games, which all rank in the Top 15 in Division I history.

Even more impressive is the fact Louisiana Tech is 48-1 all-time in national postseason games in Ruston, La. The Lady Techsters were 7-0 during the 1970s in the state AIAW Tournament, 4-0 in the national AIAW Tournament, a perfect 36-0 in the NCAA Tournament and 1- 1 in the WNIT.

Despite the incredible record in Ruston, one interesting fact is that Louisiana Tech lost its first home game ever played in both Memorial Gym (59-55 to Southeastern Louisiana in 1974-75) and the Thomas Assembly Center (64-58 to Southern California in 1982-83).

MILESTONE WINS IN RUSTON

No. 1 Tech 97, LSU 83 Jan. 24, 1975 Memorial Gym No. 50 Tech 93, LSU 61 Feb. 2, 1980 Memorial Gym No. 84 Tech 82, Kentucky 60 March 20, 1982 Memorial Gym (last in arena) No. 85 Tech 83, Alabama 56 Dec. 9, 1982 Thomas Assembly Center (1st in arena) No. 100 Tech 91, M. Tenn. St. 59 March 17, 1983 Thomas Assembly Center No. 200 Tech 87, UL-Monroe 49 Dec. 5, 1989 Thomas Assembly Center No. 250 Tech 99, Texas So. 57 Dec. 3, 1993 Thomas Assembly Center No. 300 Tech 66, Southern Cal 47 Dec. 7, 1996 Thomas Assembly Center No. 400 Tech 74, Ohio St. 61 March 25, 2003 Thomas Assembly Center No. 450 Tech 70, San Jose State 54 Feb. 16, 2008 Thomas Assembly Center No. 500 Tech 71, Texas State 58 Jan. 10, 2013 Thomas Assembly Center

Season Gms Rec’d Attend Avg

82-83 19 18-1 81,620 4,296 83-84 15 15-0 79,945 5,330 84-85 16 16-0 62,110 3,882 85-86 16 15-1 54,345 3,397 86-87 14 14-0 45,710 3,265 87-88 16 16-0 39,365 2,460 88-89 20 19-1 68,738 3,437 89-90 15 15-0 29,336 2,445 90-91 16 12-4 35,089 2,193 91-92 14 11-3 21,454 1,532 92-93 16 14-2 51,057 3,191 93-94 15 15-0 43,963 2,935 94-95 17 15-2 63,428 4,229 95-96 15 15-0 55,181 3,679 96-97 17 17-0 65,990 3,882 97-98 18 18-0 71,254 3,959 98-99 13 12-1 58,715 4,517 99-00 15 15-0 57,071 3,805 00-01 18 16-2 71,840 3,991 01-02 13 13-0 48,857 3,758 02-03 16 15-1 57,960 3,623 03-04 13 13-0 47,119 3,625 04-05 13 11-2 42,719 3,286 05-06 13 13-0 39,852 3,066 06-07 13 7-6 33,176 2,552 07-08 14 8-6 30,514 2,180 08-09 16 13-3 34,802 2,175 09-10 13 9-4 32,450 2,318 10-11 14 13-1 31,611 2,258 11-12 13 7-6 45,161 3,474 12-13 14 9-5 33,260 2,376 13-14 15 8-7 28,776 1,918 14-15 11 7-4 22,672 2,061 15-16 15 9-6 29,306 1,954 17-18 15 10-5 28,868 1,925 17-18 17 12-5 39,497 2,323 18-19 13 8-5 21,528 1,656 19-20 17 11-6 28,449 1,673 20-21 12 8-4 14,400 1,200

TOTALS 572 484-88 1,616,457 2,826 Year Overall H A N

74-75 13-9 2-1* 2-3 9-5 75-76 19-10 8-2* 6-4 5-4 76-77 22-9 10-2* 6-4 6-3 77-78 20-8 8-1* 7-5 5-2 78-79 34-4 10-0* 11-2 13-2 79-80 40-5 18-0* 13-2 9-3 80-81 34-0 12-0* 10-0 12-0 81-82 35-1 16-0* 11-1 8-0 82-83 31-2 18-1 9-0 4-1 83-84 30-3 15-0 13-2 2-1 84-85 29-4 16-0 7-4 6-0 85-86 27-5 15-1 11-3 1-1 86-87 30-3 14-0 11-2 5-1 87-88 32-2 16-0 10-2 6-0 88-89 32-4 19-1 12-1 1-2 89-90 32-1 15-0 15-0 2-1 90-91 18-12 12-4 5-7 1-1 91-92 20-10 11-3 6-6 3-1 92-93 26-6 14-2 10-3 2-1 93-94 31-4 15-0 9-3 7-1 94-95 28-5 15-2 11-1 2-2 95-96 31-2 15-0 10-1 6-1 96-97 31-4 17-0 8-3 6-1 97-98 31-4 18-0 7-2 6-2 98-99 30-3 12-1 14-0 4-2 99-00 31-3 15-0 10-2 6-1 00-01 31-5 16-2 9-2 6-1 01-02 25-5 13-0 10-3 2-2 02-03 31-3 15-1 12-1 4-1 03-04 29-3 13-0 11-2 5-1 04-05 20-10 11-2 7-5 2-3 05-06 26-5 13-0 9-4 4-1 06-07 17-13 7-6 9-5 1-2 07-08 16-15 8-6 6-8 2-1 08-09 21-13 13-3 6-9 2-1 09-10 23-9 9-4 10-4 4-1 10-11 24-8 13-1 9-4 2-3 11-12 17-15 7-6 6-5 4-4 12-13 14-17 9-5 4-10 1-2 13-14 12-20 8-7 2-13 2-0 14-15 16-15 7-4 7-9 2-2 15-16 14-16 9-6 4-8 1-2 16-17 18-14 10-5 7-8 1-1 17-18 19-12 12-5 6-5 1-2 18-19 14-16 8-5 5-9 1-2 19-20 15-15 11-6 3-9 1-0 20-21 14-10 8-4 5-5 1-1

TTLS 1153-362 576-99 391-191 186-72

* Home games played at Memorial Gym

TOP ASSEMBLY CENTER CROWDS

Att. Date Result

1. 8,975 1/22/85 Tech 79, UL-Monroe 77(OT) 2. 8,825 1/14/84 Tech 88, UL-Monroe 67 3. 8,700 12/4/82 Southern Cal 64, Tech 58 4. 8,635 1/9/95 Tennessee 62, Tech 56 5. 8,372 11/30/98 Tennessee 92, Tech 73 6. 8,370 1/3/84 Tech 75, Southern Cal 66 7. 8,340 2/9/83 Tech 104, UL-Monroe 58 8. 8,110 2/18/86 UL-Monroe 82, Tech 74 9. 7,650 3/23/84 Tech 92, LSU 67 (NCAA Midwest Regional) 10. 7,633 12/10/00 Tennessee 70, Tech 62 11. 7,526 2/24/97 Tech 98, Tennessee 80 12. 7,476 2/10/95 Tech 83, Western Kentucky 72 13. 7,321 1/7/01 Connecticut 71, Tech 55 14. 7,240 1/7/89 Tech 87, LSU 60 15. 7,160 2/14/89 Tennessee 72, Tech 65 16. 7,123 2/5/11 Tech 90, Fresno State 94 (OT) 17. 7,034 2/4/12 Fresno State 61, Tech 59 18. 6,919 3/16/98 Tech 74, Clemson 52 (NCAA Second Round) 19. 6,847 3/14/99 Tech 79, Penn State 62 (NCAA Second Round) 20. 6,840 3/25/84 Tech 85, Texas 60 (NCAA Midwest Regional)