Kentucky-George Washington Postgame Notes

Nov. 23, 2008

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UK improves to 2-1 while GW falls to 1-2 overall.
This was the third all-time meeting between GW and UK and the first against George Washington in Lexington. GW now leads the all-time series 2-1.
UK is now 19-10 all-time vs. teams from the Atlantic 10 conference.
The Wildcats are now 301-133 all-time in “the house that Rupp built.” UK is 560-432 all-time in 35 years of varsity basketball, needing only seven more games to reach their 1000 th contest.
UK Hoops continues regular-season play at the Courtyard LaGuardia Turkey Classic in New York City vs. Yale on Friday, Nov. 28, 2008.

Starting line-up: Carly Ormerod, Eleia Roddy, Amber Smith, Brittany Edelen and Victoria Dunlap. This is the first time Coach Mitchell has used this lineup.
Key run: Carly Ormerod’s three-pointer with 9:08 left in the game sparked a 12-0 run by the Cats.
Four players scored in double figures for the first time since James Madison on March 26, 2008 in the WNIT third round.
UK shot a season high 33.9 percent from the field (19-of-56).
The Wildcats held George Washington to only 48 points. The last time UK held an opponent to 50 points or less was 44 against Alabama on Feb. 17, 2008.
UK also held GW to 28.6 percent shooting in the game. The last opponent to shoot under 30 percent was Georgia’s 28.3 percent shooting on Jan. 31, 2008.
UK outscored GW 44-26 in the second half after only leading by one point at halftime.
UK outscored GW 24-10 in points in the paint and 16-4 in second chance points.

Junior Amani Franklin scored a game and season high 16 points to lead all scorers. She also tied her season high in rebounds with three. She went 6-of-6 from the charity stripe.
Sophomore Victoria Dunlap earned her fifth career and second season double-double with 13 points and a career high-tying 14 rebounds. She also pulled down 14 rebounds vs. MTSU in the WNIT on March 21, 2008.
Senior Eleia Roddy recorded 12 points and seven rebounds. She went 8-of-8 from the free throw line.
Senior Carly Ormerod charted a season high seven points and four rebounds in the game.
Sophomore Amber Smith scored a season high 12 points. She also charted her first season three-pointer. It marked her first trey since the South Carolina game on Jan. 24, 2008. She also grabbed a season high five rebounds.
Junior Brittany Edelen earned her second career start and pulled down a career-high seven rebounds.

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