Oct. 18, 2002

Lexington, Ky. – The Kentucky women’s basketball team will conduct their annual media day on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2002, in room 42 of the UK marketing offices in Memorial Coliseum. Lunch will be served at 11:15 a.m. with Coach Bernadette Mattox’s press conference following at 11:45 a.m. Players will be available from 12:15-12:45 p.m. and an early segment of practice will be open for photographers.

Four starters are back from a squad that finished last season on an upswing. Two of them – junior SeSe Helm and senior Rita Adams – are All-SEC performers.

The Wildcats plan to pick up where they left off last season. UK surprised many in the first round of the SEC Tournament by upsetting No. 5 seed Mississippi State, which boasted the nation’s leading scorer in LaToya Thomas. The Cats battled nationally ranked LSU in the second round before falling 74-62 and gained confidence despite the loss. That confidence has continued to grow over the summer as all five returning Wildcats remained in Lexington to work on their strength and conditioning.