Two women’s basketball teams in Louisiana have not lost a game this season.No. 7 LSU (5-0) and Louisiana Tech (3-0) will attempt to cause the other team’s first loss of the season tonight at Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, a game Louisiana Tech first-year coach Teresa Weatherspoon said will give her team “great exposure.””For so many years, Louisiana Tech dominated the state of Louisiana,” Weatherspoon said. “LSU has done a good job of stepping up their program and in essence dominating the state the last six or seven years. It’s a big game for us.”The Tigers have won the last four meetings between the teams, but Louisiana Tech leads the all-time series, 12-10, since 1976. LSU coach Van Chancellor said the Lady Tigers have to be ready for the “passion and intensity” of the Lady Techsters.”This is their Super Bowl game of the year, and we have to be ready to play for their best shot,” Chancellor said. “Weatherspoon has done a fantastic job and instilled in them a winning attitude. Their team has really adopted her personality.”LSU will make one change in the starting lineup Tuesday. Sophomore forward LaSondra Barrett will start for sophomore forward Courtney Jones, who twisted her right ankle Wednesday against Tulane. But Jones is expected to be at full strength tonight and play as a reserve.Barrett’s promotion comes after she led all scorers against Tulane with 22 points and 11-of-12 from the free throw line. She and Jones are just two Lady Tigers that Weatherspoon said present a threat for Louisiana Tech.”Their bench is very, very good, and they can play down to the 10th, 11th or 12th player,” Weatherspoon said. “If you look down in the paint with [sophomore forward Taylor] Turnbow and what she’s done at such a young age, they’re pretty big down in the paint.”Weatherspoon said LSU presents some matchup problems for Louisiana Tech, including LSU senior guard Allison Hightower. Hightower left the Tulane game with leg cramps, an injury that has plagued her before, but she is expected to be ready to play tonight.”Allison Hightower is a tremendous name known all over women’s basketball,” Weatherspoon said. “She is the engine that makes this team go.”Weatherspoon said one of the Lady Tigers’ biggest strengths is their ability to get defensive rebounds and convert them to fastbreak points.LSU allows an average of 45.4 points per game, and opponents shoot 34 percent from the field although Tulane scored 65 points and shot 43 percent Wednesday. “The moment you get by one [player], you have 20 others to get by,” Weatherspoon said. “They do a great job of on-ball defense. It doesn’t matter whether you have the ball or not, they are in great position relative to the basketball.”LSU senior point guard Andrea Kelly, the Lady Tigers’ leading 3-point shooter in 2008, still has not practiced since suffering a foot injury in late October. Kelly will not play against Louisiana Tech, team spokesman Bill Martin told The Daily Reveille.–Contact Rachel Whittaker at [email protected]