Lakesha Tolliver

Senior Year (2007-08)
Earned a spot on the SEC Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll … third on the team in rebounding at 5.2 rpg and is scoring 9.3 ppg … played in 26 games, including 20 starts … holds the school record for career blocked shots with 177 … reached double-figure points in 11 games … added eight points and four rebounds in the WNIT second-round loss at NC State … hit 6-of-7 from the field to score 14 points against North Carolina A&T in the first round of the WNIT … added nine points in just 12 minutes against Florida in the SEC Tournament … recorded just her second career double-double by tying her career high with 21 points and snagging a career-high 12 rebounds at Kentucky … tossed in 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting against Mississippi State … added eight points and four rebounds in just 18 minutes at Auburn … hit 8-of-9 free throws en route to 10 points and handed out three assists against Mississippi … grabbed seven rebounds and blocked three shots against Arkansas … returned to the lineup at No. 8 LSU after missing the previous six games due to exertional headaches, adding six points and a pair of rebounds in 16 minutes … scored 13 points and snagged a team-high seven rebounds at No. 9 Oklahoma … was second on the team with seven rebounds at Clemson … blocked four shots against Alabama A&M … hit 4-of-5 from the field for 10 points to go with five rebounds and three blocks against Jackson State … grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds against Charleston Southern while blocking five shots, to become the career school-record holder in that category, in just 22 minutes … swatted away a school and Colonial Center record seven shots against UNC Wilmington … also led the team with 18 points and snagged six rebounds in a career-high 30 minutes … poured in a career-high 21 points on 9-of-15 shooting and added seven rebounds against Florida International … hit her first 3-pointer of the season as part of a 10-point, four-assist effort against Penn State … scored 13 points, including a perfect 7-of-7 from the free-throw line, against Buffalo … collected her first career double-double with 10 points, including the 500th of her career, and 10 rebounds against Saint Francis (Pa.).

Junior Year (2006-07)
Earned a spot on the SEC Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll … established a new single-season school record with 60 blocked shots, surpassing Teresa Geter[apos]s previous record of 58 rejections set in 2000-01 … matched a career high and set a season high with 19 points scored in only 21 minutes of action during the Gamecocks[apos] win at Arkansas, blocking four shots as well … came off the bench to score 17 points and grab seven rebounds in Carolina[apos]s overtime win over Mississippi State … with the Gamecocks trailing by three and only eight seconds remaining in regulation vs. Mississippi State, Tolliver was fouled while shooting a 3-pointer, then stepped to the line to drain all three free throws to send the game into overtime, where Carolina eventually won it … reached double figures in both of Carolina[apos]s games the SEC Tournament, scoring 12 points in the Gamecocks[apos] first-round win over Auburn and 13 points in the second round against Tennessee … added another post-season double-figure scoring game when she went for 10 points and eight rebounds against Hofstra in the third round of the Women[apos]s NIT … scored 15 points, grabbed seven rebounds and recorded two steals in helping Carolina to its season-opening win over East Tennessee State … Led the Gamecocks with 14 points at Kentucky … scored 13 points, grabbed five rebounds and blocked two shots in only 16 minutes against Mercer … scored 12 points, grabbed four rebounds and blocked two shots in only 14 minutes against South Carolina State … tied her career high with five blocked shots at Mississippi State … matched a season high with three assists and set a new season high with three steals in that same game against the Bulldogs … scored nine points, grabbed five rebounds, dished out three assists, blocked a shot and made a steal in only 14 minutes against High Point … nearly posted a double-double in Carolina[apos]s home game against Vanderbilt, scoring nine points and grabbing nine rebounds, then came back the next game to score nine points and match a career high with 10 rebounds in the Gamecocks[apos] win over Alabama.

Sophomore Year (2005-06)
Earned a spot on the SEC Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll … Turned in one of the best performances of her career when she scored 16 points and grabbed five rebounds in 18 minutes of play in the Gamecocks[apos] win over Ole Miss … Her 19 points scored against Longwood set a new career high, and her eight rebounds that game set a season high … Scored 11 points and dished out a career-best four assists in the Gamecocks[apos] win over Mississippi State in Columbia … Scored eight points, grabbed four rebounds, blocked a shot and recorded a steal against No. 19 Purdue at the Junkanoo Jam … Blocked a season-best four shots in the Gamecocks[apos] win over Florida in Gainesville, including one key block from behind on a would-be breakaway layup from Gator guard Sarah Lowe that helped preserve Carolina[apos]s lead at a crucial juncture of the second half … Went for 11 points in Carolina[apos]s win at Clemson, then matched that figure with 11 more points against Tennessee … Was active in the Gamecocks[apos] win at Alabama, scoring seven points and grabbing seven rebounds in 16 minutes of action … Scored eight points, grabbed two rebounds, distributed two assists and recorded two steals in only eight minutes against Ohio … Scored eight points, grabbed four rebounds and blocked two shots against Western Carolina … Scored eight points, grabbed five rebounds and blocked a pair of shots against Xavier in the Women[apos]s NIT.

R-Freshman Year (2004-05)
Earned a spot on the SEC Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll … set the South Carolina single-season freshman blocks record with 42, surpassing the existing record of 32 set in 1980-81 by Philicia Allen … swatted three shots in only eight minutes of action in Carolina[apos]s win over Kentucky to preserve the win … set a new Colonial Center record with five blocked shots against Charlotte, then matched that figure with five blocks against South Carolina State … blocked three shots against both UNLV and Jacksonville and ranked among the conference leaders in the category … blocked three or more shots on eight occasions … came up with three steals against UNLV … Turned in a 10-rebound effort against Jacksonville.

Redshirt Year (2003-04)
Played in the season opener at Clemson, then tore her ACL in practice the next day … medical redshirt.

High School
Leader of a Dreher High School team that won 3A South Carolina State championships in 2001 and 2003 … runner-up to York High School in her junior year … in the 2003 3A championship game, scored 18 points, grabbed 10 boards and swatted eight shots … averaged 17 points, 10 rebounds and eight blocks per game to lead the Devils to a 28-2 mark during her senior season … first-team all-state … rated the 94th-best prospect in the nation by All-Star Girls Report … Nominee for prestigious McDonald[apos]s All-America Team … voted best Defensive Player by the Dreher coaching staff in 2001 … named team MVP in 2002 and 2003 … Selected to play in the 2003 North Carolina vs. South Carolina All-State Game … Scored 20 points, grabbed 20 rebounds and made 15 blocks against Strom Thurmond High School during her junior year … broke the Myrtle Beach Beachball Classic record with her 19 rebounds as a senior … an all-around athlete who also participated on the softball, track and volleyball teams … member of Dreher[apos]s 2003 state champion track team … honored as an all-region, All-Area and All-State selection during her senior year in the shot put, 4×4 relay and triple jump events … member of the Dreher National Honor Society.