The UK women’s basketball team hopes to rebound from a disappointing loss to Louisville over the weekend when they take the court against Tennessee Tech tonight.
The Wildcats (5-1) will host Tech in Memorial Coliseum tonight at 6:00 p.m. EST.
The Golden Eagles enter the contest at 5-1 overall and 1-0 in the Ohio Valley Conference.
Kentucky will be seeking out its 21st consecutive home win.
Here is an excerpt of the game preview from [URL=”http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/120610aaa.html”]UKAthletics.com[/URL]:
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The No. 14/9 Wildcats (5-1) look to get back on the winning track after dropping its first game of the season on Sunday to intrastate rival Louisville, 78-52. The Cards hit 12 three-pointers and held UK to just 28.2 percent shooting en route to their sixth consecutive win over the Cats in Louisville. It marked the lowest shooting percentage for the Cats since their loss to Wisconsin in the Women’s Invitation Tournament on March 22, 2009.
“I was very pleased with how the players approached practice today,” UK Hoops Coach Matthew Mitchell said. “Tomorrow is an important game for us. I think preparation is so crucial to each game and when you don’t have a lot of time to prepare, the time you do have is critical. With the limited amount of time we had, I was pleased with our intensity and we need to bring that tomorrow night in order to beat Tennessee Tech.”
One of the bright spots for UK on Sunday was senior All-American Victoria Dunlap (Nashville, Tenn.). The reigning Southeastern Conference Player of the Year grabbed her 24th career double-double with a team-high 17 points and a career-high 23 rebounds. The 23 rebounds tied the single-game rebounding mark and the school’s third-highest rebounding total. It marked the most rebounds in a game since Valerie Still grabbed a school-record 27 rebounds vs. National College on Feb. 9, 1982, and Dunlap became just the fifth player in school history to grab 20 or more rebounds in a game.
Dunlap, who left the game with three minutes to go with an injury to her left knee, will be listed as probable for Tuesday’s matchup. She is UK’s leading scorer and rebounder with 15.8 points and a league-high 12.4 rebounds per game. Sophomore guard A’dia Mathies (Louisville, Ky.) and freshman guard Maegan Conwright (Arlington, Texas) follow in the scoring column with 15.0 and 10.2 points per game, respectively.
The Wildcats have won 20 consecutive games at home, including 16 in a row against nonconference opponents. The home winning streak is the school’s second-longest and ranks eighth nationally.
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