ESPN.com wants to give you a quick look inside the lives of the players we cover. Every game day throughout the NCAA Tournament, we'll feature a new student-athlete who has taken the time to answer our 20 Questions.

Texas Tech's Plenette Pierson

	Pierson

Vitals: 6-2 sophomore forward/center
2000-2001 stats:Scored 19 points in Friday's first-round victory over Penn. The second-team All-Big 12 pick leads the Lady Raiders in scoring with 14.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. In 30 games, also has blocked 41 shots and made 38 steals while shooting 49.2 percent from the field (157-for-319). Notched three straight double-doubles (including two against top 25 teams) during the end of February.
Career stats: Was named Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year in 2000. Named to the 2000 NCAA Mideast Regional All-Tournament team. As a freshman, scored in double figures in 25 games and was the team's second leading scorer (13.6) and rebounder (6.9).

20 QUESTIONS
1	If you could be a cartoon character or super hero, who would you be and why? Goofy. That describes my personality.
2	What does ESPN stand for? Exceptional Sophomore Pierson put up Numbers
3	Who's the best player you've ever faced? The U.S. national team's Yolanda Griffith.
4	Who's the one player, man or woman, you'd want to take one-on-one? Vince Carter.
5	What's your favorite movie? Love and Basketball.
6	What's your favorite TV show? SportsCenter.
7	What's the last CD you bought? Dixie Chicks.
8	Who's the most famous person you have ever met? Natalie Maines, the lead singer of the Dixie Chicks.*
9	How did you get started playing basketball? I just wanted to prove to guys that girls could play just as good as them.
10	What's your favorite pre-game meal? Buffalo wings or spaghetti and chicken.
11	What's your favorite junk food? Strawberry cheesecake.
12	If you could invite any three people (dead or alive) to dinner, who would they be? Jesus Christ, Maya Angelou.
13	If you were stuck on a deserted island, what's the only thing you'd take with you? My Bible.
14	What is the one thing you can't get through the day without? The Lord.
15	If a movie was made about you, which actress would you like to see cast to play you? Sanaa Lathan, the girl who played Monica in Love and Basketball.
16	What's something we don't know about you? My second toe is the longest and I have extremely large hands.
17	If you weren't a basketball player, what would you be? A hand model.
18	If you could change one thing about basketball, what would it be? There wouldn't be as many television timeouts.*
19	What are your plans after graduation? Extend my basketball career and go to the next level (WNBA).*
20	What are some words to live by? Always fight through obstacles because in the long run they will make you a better person.*

* Due to an incomplete questionnaire, information from the Lady Raiders' 2000-2001 media guide was included in this report.