[B]UK Hoops Postgame Notes[/B]
[B]Memorial Coliseum[/B]
[B]Lexington, Ky.
Jan. 29, 2012[/B]
[B]Final Score: No. 6/6 Kentucky – 82, Alabama – 68[/B]
[B]Team Records and Series Notes[/B]
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[*]Kentucky improves to 20-2, 9-0 SEC, while Alabama falls to 10-12, 0-8 SEC.
[/LIST]· It is the first time in program history that UK has started conference play 9-0.
· Kentucky’s 20-2 start ties its best start in program history through the first 22 games. Kentucky’s best start to a season was in 1982-83 (21-2).
· Kentucky has now won a school-record 12 straight SEC games dating back to last season.
· UK has now won seven straight SEC home games dating back to last season, one shy of tying the school record set in the 2009-10 season.
· UK’s nine SEC wins are two shy of tying the school record for most SEC wins in a season.
· The win gives Kentucky its 13th 20-win season in program history, and third consecutive 20-win season.
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[*]Kentucky is 22-15 against Alabama all-time, and 12-5 when the game is played in Lexington.
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[*]UK head coach Matthew Mitchell is 5-0 against the Crimson Tide.
[*]Sunday’s win is Kentucky’s seventh in a row over Alabama, and its sixth straight win over Alabama in Lexington.
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[*]Coach Matthew Mitchell is 136-80 overall and 106-51 at UK.
[*]Kentucky is 648-466 in 38 years of varsity play.
[*]The Wildcats are 141-213 all-time in SEC play, and 44-25 under the direction of Mitchell.
[*]UK is 354-140 (.717) at Memorial Coliseum, including 64-12 (.842) under Mitchell.
[*]Kentucky’s current 17-game home winning streak is the fourth longest in program history.
[*]UK is 45-2 in Lexington over the past three seasons.
[*]Kentucky has won nine-straight games, and is two wins shy of tying the program record winning streak of 11 games (1982-83 and 2009-10).
[*]Kentucky plays again Thursday at 2 p.m. ET vs. Ole Miss at Memorial Coliseum.
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[B]First Half Notes[/B]
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[*]Kentucky used the starting lineup of Amber Smith, A’dia Mathies, Bria Goss, Kastine Evans and Brittany Henderson for the seventh straight game. UK is 10-0 with this lineup.
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[*]UK has started a freshman in 125-of-157 games in the [URL=”https://exchange.uky.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=f12a5c9354c14b71bae223dc9df727a4&URL=https%3a%2f%2fexchange.uky.edu%2fowa%2fredir.aspx%3fC%3d8c3c8d1ac5914ebf9e5a0939cc8f6913%26URL%3dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.ukathletics.com%252fsports%252fw-baskbl%252fmtt%252fmitchell_matthew00.html”]Matthew Mitchell[/URL] era, including 92 straight.
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[*]Leading 10-9 at the 15:19 mark, Kentucky held Alabama without a field goal for 8:40, outscoring Alabama 20-6 during that time.
[*]In a 32-second span from 3:49 to 3:17, UK went on an 8-0 run fueled by four points from [B]Samarie Walker[/B], three points from [B]Keyla Snowden[/B] and two points from [B]Bernisha Pinkett[/B].
[*]Kentucky forced 16 first-half turnovers, tied for the most forced turnovers in the first half this season in conference play (Mississippi State, 1/8, and Auburn, 1/26).
[*]The Wildcats outscored Alabama 23-7 in points off turnovers.
[*]The UK bench outscored Alabama’s reserves 26-3.
[*]Kentucky led Alabama 46-29 heading into the locker room.
[*]The Wildcats are 16-0 this season when leading or tied at the half.
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[B]Second Half Notes[/B]
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[*]The Cats raced out of the gates in the second half, going on a 7-0 run in the half’s opening 2:24 to force an Alabama timeout. The run stretched UK’s lead to 53-29.
[*]Alabama cut the Kentucky lead to 11 points on three separate occasions, but would get no closer.
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[B]Team/Game Notes[/B]
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[*]Kentucky forced 25 turnovers in the game.
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[*]UK has forced double-digit miscues in 104 consecutive games. The Cats are 77-27 during that span.
[*]Kentucky has forced an SEC-high 638 turnovers this season (29.00 per game).
[*]Kentucky has forced at least 10 turnovers in 37 of 44 halves this season.
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[*]Kentucky is 36-2 under Matthew Mitchell when scoring 80 or more points.
[*]Kentucky won the turnover battle (17-25).
[*]UK has forced at least 20 turnovers in 20 of 22 games this season.
[*]The Wildcats are 18-1 when its bench outscores the opponent’s bench.
[*]UK got great production from its bench, outscoring Alabama’s bench 42-16.
[/LIST]· With eight made 3-pointers, UK extended its streak of consecutive games with a triple to 279.
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[*]Kentucky outscored Alabama 29-15 in points off turnovers.
[*]Kentucky led by at least 11 points for the final 29:52 of the game.
[*]Attendance was 7,871.
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[*]It was the ninth largest crowd in Memorial Coliseum history.
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[B]Individual Notes[/B]
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[*]Sophomore guard [B]Kastine Evans[/B] scored seven points and grabbed six rebounds.
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[*]Evans has hit at least one 3-pointer in each of the last five games.
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[*]Senior guard [B]Keyla Snowden[/B] scored a team-high 14 points, including three 3-pointers on four attempts.
[*]Snowden’s three 3-pointers give her 152 in her career, and move her to within 10 of Jenny Pfeiffer at No. 3 on the all-time 3-point field goals made list.
[*]Snowden was 3-4 from beyond the arc, and remains No. 3 on the UK career 3-point field goal percentage list at .374 (152-406).
[*]Mathies’ 13 points give her 1,250 points in her career. She is 15th on the all-time scoring list and is 87 points shy of tying Belitta Croley at No. 14 all-time.
[*]Mathies had one steal, giving her 224 in her career. Mathis is now tied with Sandy Harding at No. 8 on the all-time steals list. Mathies has recorded at least one steal in 22 straight games, dating back to last season.
[*]Has scored 10 or more points in 16 of the 21 games she’s played this season.
[*]Walker has grabbed seven or more rebounds in eight of the 12 games she’s played in this season, including each of the last four.
[*]Junior guard[B] A’dia Mathies[/B] scored 13 points, including three 3-pointers.
[*]Sophomore forward [B]Samarie Walker[/B] scored nine points and grabbed a team-high tying seven rebounds.
[*]Junior forward [B]Brittany Henderson[/B] scored seven points and grabbed a team-high tying seven rebounds, while also blocking a team-high two shots.
[*]Freshman guard [B]Bria Goss[/B] scored 11 points and had three steals.
[/LIST]o Goss has reached double figures in scoring in 16 of 22 games.
