[COLOR=#000000][B]UK Hoops Postgame Notes
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[COLOR=#000000][B][COLOR=black]Final Score: No. 17/13 Kentucky – 100, Jacksonville State – 25
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[COLOR=#000000][B]Team Records and Series Notes[/B][B][/B][/COLOR]
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[*]Kentucky improves to 2-0 overall, while Jacksonville State falls to 0-2.
[*][COLOR=windowtext]This was the first-ever matchup between Kentucky and Jacksonville State.[/COLOR]
[*][COLOR=windowtext]Coach Matthew Mitchell [/COLOR]is now 118-78 overall and 88-49 at UK, including a 4-1 record in home openers while the head coach at Kentucky.
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[*][COLOR=windowtext]Mitchell is three wins shy of moving into a tie for third all-time at UK.[/COLOR]
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[*][COLOR=windowtext]Kentucky is 34-4 all-time in home openers.[/COLOR]
[*]Kentucky is now 630-464 in its 38th year of varsity play.
[*]Kentucky plays again Thursday at 7 p.m. ET against Northeastern.
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[COLOR=#000000][B]First Half Notes[COLOR=black][/COLOR][/B][/COLOR]
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[*][COLOR=windowtext]Kentucky used the starting [/COLOR]lineup of Amber Smith, A’dia Mathies, Bria Goss, Kastine Evans and Brittany Henderson.
[*]After giving up the game’s opening two points, UK went on a 22-0 run, holding Jacksonville St. without a field goal for 7:17.
[*]The Wildcats forced 27 turnovers in the first half, and outscored the Gamecocks 31-1 in points off turnovers.
[*]Kentucky led 49-13 heading into the locker room.
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[*]UK’s 36-point halftime lead ties a program record.
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[COLOR=#000000][B][COLOR=black]Second Half Notes[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR]
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[*]Kentucky held Morehead State to just one two-point field goal the entire second half.
[*]The Kentucky defense allowed just four field goals in the second half.
[*]Kentucky forced 21 turnovers in the second half.
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[COLOR=#000000][B]Team/Game Notes[/B][B][/B][/COLOR]
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[*]The 25 points allowed ties a program record for fewest points allowed in a game. UK also allowed just 25 points vs. the Lexington Merchants on Dec. 3, 1974, the Cats’ first season of varsity women’s basketball.
[*]Kentucky’s 75-point margin of victory is the second largest in program history.
[*]UK has started a freshman in 105-of-137 games in the [COLOR=windowtext][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”][COLOR=black]Matthew Mitchell[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR] era, including 72 straight.
[*]Kentucky is 27-1 under Mitchell when scoring 80 or more points.
[*]UK outscored Jacksonville State 50-1 in points off turnovers.
[*]Kentucky forced Jacksonville State into 48 turnovers and has forced double-digit miscues in 84 consecutive games. The Cats are 59-25 during that span.
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[*]The 48 turnovers Kentucky forced Jacksonville State into is a new program record.
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[*]Kentucky, as a team, had 25 steals, falling three shy of tying the program record.
[*]Kentucky held Jacksonville State without a field goal for five-plus minutes three different times.
[*]Kentucky had four separate runs of 10-0 or better.
[*]With four made 3-pointers, UK extended its streak of consecutive games with a triple to 259.
[*]UK outscored Jacksonville St. 68-12 in the paint, and the UK bench outscored JSU’s bench 53-10.
[*]Kentucky’s 100 points scored are the most since Dec. 21, 2010, when the Wildcats scored 107 vs. Arkansas Pine-Bluff.
[*]The 196 points scored by Kentucky in its first two games is the most since the 1990-91 season when UK scored 215.
[*]UK had five players reach double figures scoring for the first time since Feb. 20, 2011 (Vanderbilt).
[*]UK won the battle of the boards for the second straight game. The Cats outrebounded the Gamecocks, 54-33.
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[*]The +21-rebounding margin was the largest since outrebounding Middle Tennessee by +24 on March 21, 2008.
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[*]Attendance for today’s home opener was 6,842.
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[COLOR=#000000][B][COLOR=black]Individual Notes[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/B][/COLOR]
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[*]Sophomore guard Bernisha Pinkett scored a career-high tying 18 points on 7-11 shooting, and recorded a career-high tying four steals.
[*]Junior guard A’dia Mathies recorded her third career double-double with 18 points to go along with a career-high tying 10 rebounds.
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[*]Mathies is now 40 points away from becoming Kentucky’s 28th member of the 1,000-point club.
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[*]Senior guard Keyla Snowden scored five points, including one 3-pointer.
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[*]Snowden’s five points move her to 988 points for her career.
[*]Snowden attempted six 3-point field goals, moving her to a tie for eighth on UK’s career list for 3-point field goals attempted (315).
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[*]Sophomore guard Maegan Conwright dished out a career-high seven assists.
[*]Senior guard Amber Smith had four assists, moving her up to eighth in career assists at UK (341).
[*]Sophomore guard Kastine Evans scored nine points while dishing out a career-high four assists and recording a career-high tying five steals.
[*]Freshman forward/center Azia Bishop scored 11 points to go along with three boards and five steals.
[*]Freshman guard Bria Goss scored all 10 points in the second half on 4-8 shooting.
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