BATON ROUGE — The LSU women’s basketball team will play the fourth annual Pack the PMAC game on Saturday, Feb. 12 when the Lady Tigers host Arkansas at 11 a.m. at the Maravich Assembly Center.
This year’s contest will be televised live to a national audience by ESPN2.
Over 60,000 tickets will be distributed free of charge in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas in an attempt to set the school’s all-time attendance mark. The current record of 7,255 was set against Ole Miss in Pack the PMAC II in 1998. The first Pack the PMAC game, also against Arkansas, originally set the school’s attendance mark as 6,552 fans showed up for the game. Last year, a crowd of 5,768 watched the Lady Tigers beat Kentucky in Pack the PMAC III.
Since the first Pack the PMAC game in 1997, LSU has had nine of the 10 largest crowds in school history, including six of 5,000 or better. Prior to 1997, the Lady Tigers had never played before a crowd of more than 2,500 at home. Overall, three of the top four crowds in school history have come at Pack the PMAC games.
One of the highlights of this year’s event will be the Flying Frenzy halftime paper airplane contest. The first 5,000 fans in the arena will have a chance to win a 2000 Mitsubishi Montero Sport that is valued at over $25,000, if they can throw a paper airplane through the sunroof. There will also be televisions, a satellite system, DVD players, as well as other home audio equipment that will be given away at halftime.
In addition to the halftime contest, one LSU student will win $1,000 and another LSU student will win a personal computer.
Tickets can be picked up free of charge at any Baton Rouge area Winn-Dixie, McDonald’s, Tiger Mania, Abita Springs Water Company as well as the LSU Ticket Office.
Pack the PMAC History
| Date | Game | Results | Att. |
| Jan. 21, 1997 | LSU vs. Arkansas | LSU won 79-72 | 6,552 |
| Jan. 18, 1998 | LSU vs. Ole Miss | LSU won 69-56 | 7,255 |
| Jan. 14, 1999 | LSU vs. Kentucky | LSU won 67-59 | 5,768 |
LSU’s Top 10 PMAC Single-Game Crowds
| Att. | Date | Opponent | Results |
| 7,255 | Jan. 18, 1998 | Ole Miss | LSU won 69-56 |
| 6,552 | Jan. 21, 1997 | Arkansas | LSU won 79-72 |
| 5,833 | Feb. 21, 1999 | Tennessee | LSU won 72-69 |
| 5,768 | Jan. 14, 1999 | Kentucky | LSU won 67-59 |
| 5,502 | March 17, 1997 | Marquette | LSU won 71-58 |
| 5,260 | March 15, 1997 | Maine | LSU won 88-79 |
| 3,739 | Feb. 22, 1997 | Tennessee | LSU won 83-78 |
| 2,890 | March 15, 1999 | Notre Dame | LSU won 74-64 |
| 2,746 | March 13, 1999 | Evansville | LSU won 78-69 |
| 2,545 | Jan. 14, 1984 | Ole Miss | Ole Miss won 78-77 |