Women’s basketball drops contest, 67-59.

Baton Rouge, La. (January 15, 1999) — The University of Kentucky women’s basketball teamdropped its second straight conference road game, falling to Louisiana StateUniversity, 67-59, in Baton Rouge, La., on Thursday. Missed layups andrebounding proved too costly for the Wildcats (11-5, 2-3) in the first half asthe Lady Tigers (12-3, 4-1) took a 35-27 lead and a 24-19 advantage onthe boards. UK, however, came out on a 12-0 run in the second half toregain the lead, 39-37, since leading 15-14 in the first half. LSU would battleback to tie the score at 48 with 8:44 remaining before pulling away with thehelp of forwards April Brown and Katrina Hibbert. Hibbert led all scorerswith 22 points while Brown scored seven of her 11 points in the second half.Center Detrina White also scored seven points in the last half, charting 15points and nine rebounds for the game.

Four Wildcats posted double figures with junior Tiffany Wait and freshmanLaTonya McDole leading with 12 points apiece. Sophomore LauraMeadows added 11 points and senior Jaye Barnes chipped in 10 points andnine rebounds. UK committed 22 turnovers compared to LSU’s 17 and hitonly 7-of-15 free throws compared to LSU’s 17-of-27. “I thought weexecuted our game plan tonight better than we have all year,” UK CoachBernadette Mattox said. “We just missed easy shots and free throws. Thatkilled us down the stretch.” The Cats haven’t won in Baton Rouge since1994-95, winning 63-49 in their last regular season game of the season.LSU holds a 12-6 overall record versus the Cats.

UK will face the top-ranked Lady Vols in Knoxville, Tenn., on Sunday, Jan.17 at 3 p.m. The Cats will then face the Lady Cardinals in Louisville onWednesday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m.

Wildcat fans can listen to the UK women’s basketball games onWLXG-AM Sports Radio 1300 with Chris Cross calling the play-by-play.