Every Tuesday, UK Athletics recognizes outstanding performances for our student-athletes.
These are the honorees for the week ending Sunday, Dec. 20:

Men’s Basketball: DeMarcus Cousins

Scored 19 points and pulled down eight rebounds in just 22 minutes in helping
Kentucky to a 90-69 win over Austin Peay … Finished 5-5 from the free throw
line and has hit nine of his last 10 from the charity stripe … Scored 10 points
and pulled down four rebounds in the second half … Is averaging 8.7 pionts
and 5.6 rebounds in the second half this season … Scored in double-digits in
three straight games … Averaging 14.3 points and 8.7 rebounds over the last
three games

Women’s Basketball: Victoria Dunlap

• Junior forward Victoria Dunlap scored a game-high 27 points to go with
  a team-high nine rebounds and a career-high eight steals in leading Kentucky
  to a 101-67 victory over in-state rival Louisville. The victory gave UK a
  school-record 10 consecutive wins to start a season.
• Hit a season-high tying 10 field goals.
• Her 21 field-goal attempts were a career high.
• Swatted a game-high four blocks in the win which tied a career high.
• Has now scored 20 or more points in four games this season and has reached
  double figures in points in every game she has played (nine).
• The league’s leader in steals has recorded at least one steal in 15 consecutive
  games, including swiping three or more steals in each of her last five games.

Men’s Basketball: Patrick Patterson

Led the Wildcats in scoring with 21 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds
in UK’s 90-69 win over Austin Peay … Finished 5-5 from the free throw line … Missed
double-double by one rebound … Scored in double-digits in the first half for
the fifth time this season … Has averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds over the
last two games