[B]UK Hoops Postgame Notes – NCAA Tournament Regional Final[/B]
[B]The [/B][B]Ryan Center, Kingston, Rhode Island
March 27, 2012[/B]
[B]Final Score: Connecticut 80, Kentucky 65[/B]
[h=3][/h][h=3][U]Team Records and Series Notes[/U][/h][h=3][/h]
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[*]Kentucky ends the season at 28-7, while Connecticut improves to 33-4.
[*]Connecticut leads the series, 3-1.
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[*]UK is 70-33 all-time against teams from the current alignment of the Big East Conference.
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[*]UK is now 11-9 all-time in its nine NCAA Tournament appearances.
[*]UK is 0-3 in regional final games (1982, 2010, 2012).
[*]UK is 7-3 under Mitchell in the NCAA Tournament, including 0-2 in regional final games.
[*]Coach [URL=”http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/mitchell_matthew00.html”][B]Matthew Mitchell[/B][/URL] is now 144-85 overall and 114-56 at UK.
[*]Kentucky is 656-471 in 38 years of varsity play.
[*]UK went 6-3 vs. teams ranked in The Associated Press top-25 poll, the most wins over ranked teams in school history.
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[*]Kentucky used the starting lineup of [URL=”http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/smith_amber00.html”][B]Amber[/B][/URL][B] Smith[/B][B], A’dia Mathies, [URL=”http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/goss_bria00.html”]Bria Goss[/URL][/B][B], [/B][URL=”http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/evans_kastine00.html”][B]Kastine Evans[/B][/URL] and [URL=”http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/walker_samarie00.html”][B]Samantha[/B][/URL][B]Drake[/B] for the 11[SUP]th[/SUP] time this season. The Wildcats are 9-2 with this lineup.
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[*]UK has started a freshman in 137-of-170 games in the [URL=”http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/mitchell_matthew00.html”]Matthew Mitchell[/URL] era, including 105 straight.
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[*]Connecticut jumped out to a 9-0 lead before UK got on the board with a three by Bria Goss.
[*]Trailing 28-21, UK went on a 12-2 run for a 33-30 lead.
[*]The teams battled evenly after that and UConn got a layup at the buzzer to take a 41-39 lead into halftime.
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[*]Ahead 52-49, UConn went on a 17-3 run to stretch the lead to 69-52.
[*]UConn led by as many as 22 points afterward.
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[h=3]Team/Game Notes[/h]
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[*]The Wildcats hit six three-pointers tonight.
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[*]UK now has 211 on the season, extending the UK single-season record for threes.
[*]UK extended its streak of consecutive games with a triple to 292.
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[*]UK had eight steals today, giving the Wildcats 422 on the season and breaking the school record of 418 steals in 2009-10.
[*]Kentucky forced 18 turnovers in the game.
[*]UK has forced double-digit miscues in 117 consecutive games. The Cats are 85-32 during that span.
[*]UK has forced at least 20 turnovers in 29 of 35 games this season.
[*]Kentucky has forced an SEC-high 939 turnovers this season (26.9 per game), also a single-season school record for UK.
[*]Kentucky has forced at least 10 turnovers in 54 of 70 halves this season.
[/LIST][h=3]Individual Notes[/h]
· [B]Samarie Walker [/B]had 14 points and five rebounds.
o Was named to the All-Regional Tournament team.
o Averaged 13.3 points and 10.8 rebounds in four NCAA Tournament games.
· [B]A’dia Mathies [/B]scored eight points and led the Wildcats in rebounding with seven.
o Has 1,435 points as a Wildcat and moved past Jodie Whitaker (1,433) for No. 12 on the UK career list.
o Has made 321 free throws as a Wildcat, moving into fifth place on the UK career list.
· [B]Keyla Snowden [/B]had seven points.
o Snowden averaged 13.7 points per game in six postseason games (SEC/NCAA Tournaments).
o Snowden, a transfer from Akron, ends her three years at UK with 869 points, and moved into sole possession of second place on the UK career three-point list with 176.
· [B]Amber Smith[/B] had nine points.
o Smith played the 123[SUP]rd[/SUP] game of her career, moving into sole possession of sixth place on the UK career list.
o Smith ends her career with 867 points and 425 assists, sixth on the UK career assist list.
· [B]Bria Goss [/B]had 12 points.
o This was her 23[SUP]rd[/SUP] game in double figures, moving into sole possession of third place on the UK freshman list.
· [B]Kastine Evans[/B] had 10 polnts.
o Has made a three-pointer in nine-straight games.
· [B]Crystal Riley, [/B]a transfer from LSU, ends her three-year UK career with 162 points and 63 assists.
