Every Tuesday, UK Athletics recognizes outstanding performances for our student-athletes. These are the honorees for the week ending Sunday, Jan. 3:
Men’s basketball: DeMarcus Cousins
Cousins, a 6-11 forward from Mobile, Ala., averaged 18.5 points and 15.0 rebounds in leading the Wildcats to wins over Hartford and Louisville.
Cousins recorded his fourth straight double-double and his league-leading eighth this season with 18 points and 18 rebounds against Louisville. The 18 rebounds tied his career-high and were the second most by a Wildcat freshman in a game. It also tied a 49-year old record, set by Louisville’s Bob Lochmueller in 1951, for most rebounds in a UK-UofL game.
Cousins also tallied 19 points and 12 rebounds in just 19 minutes against Hartford earlier in the week.
Women’s basketball: Victoria Dunlap
- Junior forward Victoria Dunlap averaged a team-high 18.3 points and 9.0 rebounds in UK’s last three games.
- Posted her fifth double-double of the season and 18th of her career with 20 points and 16 rebounds vs. Middle Tennessee.
- Her 18 career double-doubles ranks fifth on UK’s all-time list.
- It marked the fifth 20-point, 15-rebound game in her career. She joins former UK All-American Valerie Still (1980-83) as the only Wildcats in school history to record four or more 20-15 performances.
- Scored 21 points and added five rebounds and five steals in UK’s win over Mississippi Valley State.
- Averaged a team-high 5.7 steals in UK’s last three games.
- The SEC’s leader in steals has recorded at least one steal in 18 consecutive games, including three or more in eight straight contests.
- Has scored in double figures in 18 consecutive games, including back-to-back 20-point performances.
