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[B][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial Narrow]Final Score: No. 8/8 Kentucky – 90, Samford – 61[/FONT][/COLOR][/B]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky improves to 11-1 overall, while Samford falls to 6-5.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky is now 1-0 against Samford all-time. [/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK head coach Matthew Mitchell is now 2-3 against the Lady Bulldogs.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Coach Matthew Mitchell is now 127-79 overall and 97-50 at UK.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK has won 31 consecutive nonconference games at home dating back to the 2008-09 season.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK is 40-2 in Lexington over the past three seasons.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK is 349-140 (.714) at Memorial Coliseum, including a 59-12 (.831) record under Mitchell.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky’s current 12-game home winning streak is the sixth longest in school history.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky is now 639-465 in 38 years of varsity play.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky plays again Wednesday, Dec. 28 at 8 p.m. ET against Middle Tennessee State in Murfreesboro, Tenn.[/FONT]
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[B][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial Narrow]First Half Notes[/FONT][/COLOR][/B]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky used the starting lineup of Amber Smith, A’dia Mathies, Bria Goss, Kastine Evans and Samantha Drake for the seventh time this season.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky is 6-1 with this lineup.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK has started a freshman in 115-of-147 games in the [/FONT][COLOR=windowtext][URL=”https://exchange.uky.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=f12a5c9354c14b71bae223dc9df727a4&URL=https://exchange.uky.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C%3d8c3c8d1ac5914ebf9e5a0939cc8f6913%26URL%3dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.ukathletics.com%252fsports%252fw-baskbl%252fmtt%252fmitchell_matthew00.html”][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial Narrow]Matthew Mitchell[/FONT][/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][FONT=Arial Narrow] era, including 82 straight.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky hit 10 of its first 13 field goal attempts, and had 28 points 7:59 into the game.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]The Wildcats’ defense held Samford without a made field goal for 8:08, spanning from the 14:13 mark, when UK led 20-14, to the 6:05 mark, where UK’s lead had ballooned to 43-24.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK shot a blistering 20-34 (.588) from the field, and 13-14 (.929) from the foul line.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Nine different Wildcats scored in the opening half.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky led 55-28 heading into the locker room.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky’s 55 first-half points were the most points scored in the opening stanza for the Wildcats this year, and the third most points scored in any half this season.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]The 55 points are the most points scored in the first half for UK since scoring 57 vs. Miami (Ohio) on Dec. 1, 2009.[/FONT]
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[B][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial Narrow]Second Half Notes[/FONT][/COLOR][/B]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK shot 15-30 (.500) from the field in the second half.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky led comfortably throughout the second half.[/FONT]
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[B][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial Narrow]Team/Game Notes[/FONT][/COLOR][/B]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK hit a season-high 54.7 percent from the field (35-of-64). It marks UK’s highest field goal shooting performance since hitting 57.1 percent (36-of-63) vs. Miami Ohio on Dec. 1, 2009.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky forced 28 turnovers in the game.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK has forced double-digit miscues in 94 consecutive games. The Cats are 68-26 during that span.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky has forced 399 turnovers this season (33.3 per game).[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky has forced at least 10 turnovers in 22 of 24 halves this season.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK has forced at least 22 turnovers in every game this season.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky is 33-2 under Matthew Mitchell when scoring 80 or more points.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky again got a wealth of production from its bench, outscoring Samford’s bench 41-11.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK finished with 13 steals for the second consecutive game. The Wildcats have charted double-figure steals in all 12 games this season.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky outscored Samford 52-24 in points off turnovers.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]The Wildcats outrebounded Samford 34-20.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK has won or tied the rebounding battle in 10 of 12 games, including six by more than 10.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky was 17-19 from the foul line against the Lady Bulldogs.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky is 34-42 (.810) from the free-throw line over its last two games after going 17-23 against No. 3 Notre Dame.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]With three made 3-pointers, UK extended its streak of consecutive games with a triple to 269.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Attendance was 5,311.[/FONT]
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[B][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial Narrow]Individual Notes[/FONT][/COLOR][/B]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Sophomore center [B]Samantha Drake[/B] scored a team-high 18 points on 6-6 shooting from the field and 6-7 shooting from the foul line. Drake also grabbed three rebounds.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Drake has reached double figures in scoring in six of the last seven games.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Drake is 14-17 (.824) from the field over the last two games, averaging 19.5 points per game.[/FONT]
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[/LIST][COLOR=black][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial Narrow]Freshman guard [B]Bria Goss[/B] scored 11 points and grabbed four rebounds.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Goss is averaging 15.8 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals over the past four games.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Goss has reached double figures in scoring in 10 of 12 games this season.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Senior guard [B]Keyla Snowden[/B] scored 12 points, including a pair of 3-pointers.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Sophomore forward [B]Samarie Walker[/B] played in her first home game as a Wildcat after sitting out the first semester, per NCAA transfer regulations.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Walker scored 10 points on 5-10 shooting, grabbed a team-high seven rebounds for the second straight game, and blocked a team-high three shots.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Freshman forward/center [B]Azia Bishop[/B] scored 13 points, grabbed four boards and had three steals in just 10 minutes of action.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Sophomore guard [B]Kastine Evans[/B] scored 11 points to go with three boards and two steals.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Junior guard [B]A’dia Mathies[/B] had nine points, six boards and three steals.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]It was the first game of the season where Mathies did not reach double figures in scoring.[/FONT]
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