Jan. 16, 2002
Lexington, Ky. – The Kentucky women’s basketball team looks to snap its two-game losing streak and capture its first win in Fayetteville, Ark., when it faces the Lady Razorbacks of Arkansas on Thursday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. ET at the Bud Walton Arena. The game will be broadcast live on WLXG-AM Sports Radio 1300 with announcer Chris Cross.
Arkansas leads the all-time series against Kentucky 9-6 and is a perfect 6-0 against the Cats in Fayetteville. The Lady ‘Backs have won four of the last five meetings, including both games last season. UK’s last win over Arkansas came on Jan. 16, 2000 in Lexington, 68-60.
“We have been working on keeping our intensity the entire 40 minutes,” UK Coach Bernadette Mattox said. “We’ve had a few games slip away because we had lapses where we let down our intensity. We will be a tough team to beat if we play consistently the entire game. Arkansas is a hard team to play on the road and we will have to limit our mistakes.”
Sophomore center SeSe Helm has led the Cats in scoring in six of the last seven games. She had team-highs of 14 and 18 points versus Vandy and Auburn, respectively, and leads UK in scoring (17.3) and rebounding (6.8). Junior point guard Rita Adams is the team’s second-leading scorer with 10.8 points per game, finishing with 17 points and a career-high four three-pointers versus the Tigers. Senior forward LaTonya McDole is the team’s third-leading scorer with 9.1 points per game and is the second leading rebounder with 6.4 rpg.
Arkansas is 9-6 overall, 0-3 in the Southeastern Conference after falling to Ole Miss (81-46), Alabama (84-70) and No. 9 South Carolina (91-66) last week.
Sophomore Shameka Christon leads the Lady Razorbacks in scoring and rebounding, averaging 13.9 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. Following in the scoring column are juniors India Lewis and Dana Cherry with 13.1 and 10.0 points per game, respectively.
Coach Gary Blair is in his ninth season at the helm of the Lady ‘Backs and owns a 165-103 record.
This is 16th matchup between the teams. UK and Arkansas have met every year since 1992. This is the first time in four seasons that UK will not face Arkansas twice. The Cats now play Vanderbilt and Alabama in a two-year rotation home-and-home series (one divisional- Vanderbilt, and one non-divisional- Alabama).
The Kentucky women’s basketball team looks to snap its two-game losing streak and capture its first win in Fayetteville, Ark., when it faces the Lady Razorbacks of Arkansas on Thursday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. ET at the Bud Walton Arena. The game will be broadcast live on WLXG-AM Sports Radio 1300 with announcer Chris Cross.
Arkansas leads the all-time series against Kentucky 9-6 and is a perfect 6-0 against the Cats in Fayetteville. The Lady ‘Backs have won four of the last five meetings, including both games last season. UK’s last win over Arkansas came on Jan. 16, 2000 in Lexington, 68-60.
“We have been working on keeping our intensity the entire 40 minutes,” UK Coach Bernadette Mattox said. “We’ve had a few games slip away because we had lapses where we let down our intensity. We will be a tough team to beat if we play consistently the entire game. Arkansas is a hard team to play on the road and we will have to limit our mistakes.”
Sophomore center SeSe Helm has led the Cats in scoring in six of the last seven games. She had team-highs of 14 and 18 points versus Vandy and Auburn, respectively, and leads UK in scoring (17.3) and rebounding (6.8). Junior point guard Rita Adams is the team’s second-leading scorer with 10.8 points per game, finishing with 17 points and a career-high four three-pointers versus the Tigers. Senior forward LaTonya McDole is the team’s third-leading scorer with 9.1 points per game and is the second leading rebounder with 6.4 rpg.
Arkansas is 9-6 overall, 0-3 in the Southeastern Conference after falling to Ole Miss (81-46), Alabama (84-70) and No. 9 South Carolina (91-66) last week.
Sophomore Shameka Christon leads the Lady Razorbacks in scoring and rebounding, averaging 13.9 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. Following in the scoring column are juniors India Lewis and Dana Cherry with 13.1 and 10.0 points per game, respectively.
Coach Gary Blair is in his ninth season at the helm of the Lady ‘Backs and owns a 165-103 record.
This is 16th matchup between the teams. UK and Arkansas have met every year since 1992. This is the first time in four seasons that UK will not face Arkansas twice. The Cats now play Vanderbilt and Alabama in a two-year rotation home-and-home series (one divisional- Vanderbilt, and one non-divisional- Alabama).
