[B]UK Hoops Postgame Notes[/B]
[B]Thompson-Boling Arena[/B]
[B]Knoxville, Tenn.
Feb. 13, 2012[/B]
[B]Final Score: No. 7/7 Kentucky – 54, No. 13/11 Tennessee – 91[/B]
[B]Team Records and Series Notes[/B]
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[*]Kentucky falls to 21-4, 10-2 SEC, while Tennessee improves to 18-7, 9-3 SEC.
[*]Kentucky is 8-49 against Tennessee all-time, and 2-21 when the game is played in Knoxville.
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[*]UK head coach Matthew Mitchell is 2-8 against the Lady Tigers.
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[/LIST]· The Cats went 1-1 vs. the Lady Vols this season.
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[*]Coach Matthew Mitchell is 137-82 overall and 107-53 at UK.
[*]Kentucky is 649-468 in 38 years of varsity play.
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[*]The Wildcats are 142-215 all-time in SEC play, and 45-27 under the direction of Mitchell.
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[*]UK is 4-2 in SEC road games this season.
[*]Kentucky plays again Thursday at Alabama at 7:30 p.m. ET.
[/LIST][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 10th straight game. UK is 11-2 with this lineup.
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[*]UK has started a freshman in 128-of-160 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%3a%2f%2fwww.ukathletics.com%2fsports%2fw-baskbl%2fmtt%2fmitchell_matthew00.html”]Matthew Mitchell[/URL] era, including 95 straight.
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[*]Trailing 6-18 at the 13:37 mark, Kentucky went on a 10-3 run to cut the UT lead to five at 16-21 at the 9:20 mark.
[*]Tennessee’s 14-0 run stretching from the 6:46 to 4:36 mark in the first half to take a 39-18 lead is the largest run by a Kentucky opponent this season.
[*]Junior guard [B]A’dia Mathies[/B] scored a team-high 10 points in the opening half.
[*]Kentucky trailed Tennessee 28-46 heading into the locker room.
[*]The Wildcats are 4-4 this season when trailing at the half, 2-2 in SEC play.
[*]Tennessee’s 46 first-half points tie a season high for a UK opponent. Notre Dame also scored 46 points in the opening stanza (12/18/11).
[*]Kentucky’s 18-point first half deficit was its largest this season.
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[*]Kentucky held Tennessee without a field goal for the opening 2:31 of the half, scoring four of the half’s opening five points.
[*]After playing just two minutes in the first half due to foul trouble, freshman guard [B]Bria Goss[/B] came out of the second half on fire, scoring 10 of UK’s opening 12 points, including 10 straight following [B]Mathies’[/B] layup to open the half.
[*]Freshmen scored 19 of Kentucky’s 26 points in the second half, with [B]Goss[/B] scoring 15 and [B]Bra’Shey Ali[/B] scoring four.
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[*]Kentucky forced 19 turnovers in the game.
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[*]UK has forced double-digit miscues in 107 consecutive games. The Cats are 78-29 during that span.
[*]Kentucky has forced an SEC-high 719 turnovers this season (28.76 per game).
[*]Kentucky has forced at least 10 turnovers in 42 of 50 halves this season.
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[/LIST]· With four made 3-pointers, UK extended its streak of consecutive games with a triple to 282.
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[*]Attendance was 14,807.
[/LIST][B]Individual Notes[/B]
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[*]Freshman guard [B]Bria Goss[/B] scored a team-high 15 points, all in the second half, after playing just two minutes in the first half due to foul trouble.
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[*]It was Goss’ 18th double-figure scoring game of the season, tied for the fourth most in UK freshman history.
[*]Goss’ 29 made 3-pointers this season are the seventh most in UK freshman history. Goss is one shy of moving into a tie for sixth place with Stacey Reed (1991-92).
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[*]Junior guard[B] A’dia Mathies[/B] scored 12 points, grabbed a team-high tying four rebounds, passed out a team-high tying two assists and had two steals.
[*]Mathies’ 12 points give her 1,285 points in her career. She is 15th on the all-time scoring list and is 52 points shy of tying Belitta Croley at No. 14 all-time.
[*]Mathies has recorded at least one steal in 23 of 24 games played this season.
[*]Has scored 10 or more points in 19 of the 24 games she’s played this season.
[*]Sophomore forward [B]Samarie Walker[/B] scored six points and grabbed a team-high tying four rebounds.
[*]Pinkett’s 10 points are the most she’s scored since Jan. 8, when she scored 10 against Mississippi State.
[*]Pinkett’s two 3-pointers made tie a season-high.
[*]Sophomore guard [B]Bernisha Pinkett[/B] scored 10 points, including two 3-pointers.
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