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UK Hoops Postgame Notes – SEC Tournament Semifinals[/B]
[B]Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn.
March 3, 2012[/B]
[B]Final Score: LSU 72, No. 10/9 Kentucky 61[/B]
[h=3][/h][h=3][U]Team Records and Series Notes[/U][/h][h=3][/h]
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[*]Kentucky is now 25-6, while LSU is 22-9.
[*]LSU leads the series 30-10, including 8-3 in SEC Tournament play.
[*]UK is now 25-33 all-time in SEC Tournament play, 3-7 in semifinal games.
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[*]UK is 6-5 under Coach Matthew Mitchell in the SEC tourney, including 2-2 in semifinals.
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[*]Coach [URL=”http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/mitchell_matthew00.html”][B]Matthew Mitchell[/B][/URL] is now 141-84 overall and 111-55 at UK. Mitchell is 3-6 vs. LSU.
[*]Kentucky is 653-470 in 38 years of varsity play.
[*]Kentucky now looks for an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament. The selection show is Monday, March 12 and the first and second rounds will be played March 17-20.
[/LIST][h=3]First Half Notes[/h][h=3][/h]
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[*]Kentucky used the starting lineup of [B][URL=”http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/smith_amber00.html”]Maegan Conwright[/URL][/B][B], A’dia Mathies,[/B] [B][URL=”http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/goss_bria00.html”]Bria Goss[/URL][/B][B],[/B] [B][URL=”http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/evans_kastine00.html”]Kastine Evans[/URL][/B] and [B][URL=”http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/walker_samarie00.html”]Samarie Walker[/URL][/B] for the fourth time this season. The Wildcats are 3-1 with this lineup.
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[*]UK has started a freshman in 133-of-165 games in the [URL=”http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/mitchell_matthew00.html”]Matthew Mitchell[/URL] era, including 100 straight.
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[*]Tied at six, LSU went on a 10-0 run for a 16-6 lead and led the remainder of the game.
[*]LSU went to intermission ahead 26-16.
[/LIST][h=3]Second Half Notes[/h][h=3][/h]
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[*]The pace picked up considerably as did both teams’ scoring.
[/LIST]* After scoring 16 points in the first half, it took UK only 5:35 to score 16 in the second half.
* LSU made their first eight field goals of the second half and did not miss a shot in the second half until 10:31 remained in the game.
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[*]LSU kept pace with the UK scoring spurt, however, and UK got no closer than eight points in the second half.
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[h=3]Team/Game Notes[/h][h=3][/h]
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[*]UK held LSU without a three-point basket.
[/LIST]* It was the second time in the last four games UK accomplished that feat, also holding South Carolina without a three on Feb. 23.
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[*]Kentucky forced 24 turnovers in the game.
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[*]UK has forced double-digit miscues in 113 consecutive games. The Cats are 82-31 during that span.
[*]UK has forced at least 20 turnovers in 28 of 31 games this season.
[*]Kentucky has forced an SEC-high 874 turnovers this season (28.2 per game), also a single-season school record for UK.
[*]Kentucky has forced at least 10 turnovers in 52 of 62 halves this season.
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[*]Kentucky won the turnover battle (17-24).
[*]The Wildcats are 22-5 when committing fewer turnovers than the opponent.
[*]UK leads the nation in turnover margin at +11 per game.
[*]The Wildcats are now 93-26 when committing fewer turnovers than their opponent in the Matthew Mitchell era.
[*]UK is 22-3 when its bench outscores the opponent’s bench.
[*]The Cats bench outscored the LSU bench 25-10.
[*]With seven made 3-pointers, UK extended its streak of consecutive games with a triple to 288.
[/LIST][h=3]Individual Notes[/h][h=3][/h]
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[*][B]A’dia Mathies[/B] led the Wildcats with 18 points.
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[*]Mathies made one three-pointer, giving her 101 as a Wildcat and tying her with Carly Ormerod for 10[SUP]th[/SUP] place on UK’s career three-pointer list.
[*]Mathies had three steals, giving her 246 as a Wildcat and moving her into sole possession of sixth place on the UK career list.
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[*][B]Keyla Snowden [/B]had 17 points in both games of the SEC Tournament.
[*]Snowden made a season-high five three-pointers, just one shy of her career high.
[/LIST]· [B]Azia Bishop [/B]netted eight points, second-most against an SEC opponent this season.
