[COLOR=#000000][B][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK Hoops Postgame Notes
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[COLOR=#000000][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial Narrow]Final Score: No. 12/10 Kentucky – 74, No. 10/11 Louisville – 54
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[COLOR=#000000][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial Narrow]Team Records and Series Notes[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial Narrow][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/COLOR]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky improves to 8-0 overall, while Louisville falls to 7-2.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]This is Kentucky’s best start to a season since the 2009-10 season when UK started 11-0.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky is now 30-18 against Louisville all-time, and 20-4 against the Cardinals in Lexington.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]The home team has won in each of the last four years in this rivalry.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK head coach Matthew Mitchell is now 2-3 against the Cardinals.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Coach Matthew Mitchell is now 124-78 overall and 94-49 at UK.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK has won 28 consecutive nonconference games at home dating back to the 2008-09 season.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK is 37-2 at Memorial Coliseum over the past three seasons.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK is 57-12 at Memorial Coliseum under the direction of Mitchell.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky is now 636-464 in 38 years of varsity play.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Sunday’s 20-point victory is UK’s largest margin of victory against Louisville since 2009 (+34).[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK and Louisville have not played a game decided by less than 15 points in the last five years.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky plays again Thursday at 6 p.m. ET against No. 7/6 Duke in Rupp Arena. The game is UK’s second Pack the House game of the season, and will be televised by the CW and Fox Sports Network.[/FONT]
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[COLOR=#000000][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial Narrow]First Half Notes[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/COLOR]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky used the starting lineup of Amber Smith, A’dia Mathies, Bria Goss, Kastine Evans and Samantha Drake for the fourth straight game.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky is 4-0 with this lineup.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK has started a freshman in 111-of-142 games in the [/FONT][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][FONT=Arial Narrow]Matthew Mitchell[/FONT][/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][FONT=Arial Narrow] era, including 78 straight.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Trailing 2-6, Kentucky went on a 23-6 run, holding the Cardinals to one field goal in 10:05, to take a 25-12 lead.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky held Louisville scoreless from the 13:14 mark to the 8:22 mark, a span of 4:52.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]The Wildcats held Louisville without a field goal for 6:07, spanning from the 13:14 mark to the 7:07 mark.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]For the fifth time in eight games, Kentucky held its opponent to 23 points or less in the first half.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky shot a season-high 51.7 percent from the field in the first half.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky is the first opponent Louisville has allowed to score 40 or more points in the first half.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky led 40-23 heading into the locker room.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Sophomore center Samantha Drake scored the opening six points of the second half for Kentucky.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky held a lead of at least 13 points the entire second half, stretching to 24 points at the 1:27 mark in the second half.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]The Wildcats hit 12-14 free-throw attempts in the second half.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky’s 20-point victory over No. 10 Louisville is the largest margin of victory over a top-10 ranked opponent in program history.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky is 2-5 against opponents when opponents are ranked No. 10.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky held a double-digit lead for the final 26:19 of the game.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky forced Louisville into 26 turnovers and has forced double-digit miscues in 90 consecutive games. The Cats are 65-25 during that span.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky is 32-1 when forcing 25-plus miscues.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky has forced 276 turnovers this season (34.5 per game).[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky has forced at least 10 turnovers in every half this season.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK outrebounded Louisville 34-25, and has outrebounded every opponent this season.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK again took advantage on second-chance opportunities, outscoring the Cardinals 24-10.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky tied a season high with 10 3-point field goals made.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky shot a season-high 52.6 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]With 10 made 3-pointers, UK extended its streak of consecutive games with a triple to 265.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Attendance was 7,951, the sixth highest attendance in Memorial Coliseum history.[/FONT]
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[COLOR=#000000][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial Narrow]Individual Notes[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial Narrow][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/COLOR]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Junior guard A’dia Mathies hit a career-high four 3-pointers en route to scoring 20 points. Mathies also had four rebounds, three assists and two steals.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Mathies has three 20-point games this season.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Mathies (1,034 points) is now three points shy of tying Kim Denkins (1994-98) at No. 24 on UK’s all-time scoring list.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Mathies (197) is now four steals shy of Valerie Still (1979-83) at No. 9 on the UK all-time steals list.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Sophomore center Samantha Drake scored 10 points to go with two blocks and two boards.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Drake is averaging 10.3 points and 8.8 rebounds over the last four games.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Drake has reached double figures scoring in each of the last three games.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Senior guard Amber Smith scored seven points and dished out six assists.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Smith is averaging 4.6 assists per game this season.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Smith’s six assists move her into seventh place on UK’s career assists list with 370. Smith is 30 assists away from Rita Adams (1999-2003) at No. 6.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Smith has dished out at least four assists in every game this season.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Sophomore guard Kastine Evans scored nine points and grabbed a season-high tying six boards.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Senior guard Keyla Snowden hit her lone 3-point field goal attempt. Snowden has made a 3-pointer in three straight games, and has connected on her last five 3-point field goal attempts.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Snowden is 9-14 (.643) from behind the 3-point arc over the last three games.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Junior forward Brittany Henderson scored six points on 2-2 shooting, and had four rebounds.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Freshman forward Bra’Shey Ali made the most of her minutes, scoring four points in four minutes played. Ali has connected on each of her last six field goal attempts.[/FONT]
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