Every Tuesday, UK Athletics recognizes outstanding performances for our student-athletes. These are the honorees for the week ending Sunday, Jan. 8:
Men’s basketball: Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis averaged a double-double for the third straight week, helping the Wildcats to a 2-0 record on the week including a win in the SEC opener over South Carolina … Davis has tallied five-straight double-doubles and six in his last seven games … He now has nine double-doubles on the season, tying him for fourth most by a UK freshman in school history … He blocked 10 shots on the week and is on pace to destroy the UK single season blocks record by nearly 70 blocks … Davis tallied a 20-10 game against Arkansas-Little Rock, his second 20-10 performance of the season … He then just missed a triple-double in his first-career SEC outing, with a 12 point, 10 rebound, seven block effort against South Carolina
Swimming & diving: Greg Ferrucci
- The Kentucky diving team competed in the Georgia Diving Invitational this week in Athens, Ga. UK was paced by sophomore Greg Ferrucci who posted a score of 412.20 in the three-meter competition. The score was good enough to land the defending Southeastern Conference Freshman Diver of the Year the overall champion in the event, taking home first place. John Fox placed eighth in the same competition, posting a score of 334.10.
- The score of 412.20 on the three-meter dive set a new school record for Ferrucci, passing Ben Starchuk, who held the record since 2005 with a score of 406.43 on Feb. 5, 2005.
Gymnastics: Head coach Tim Garrison
In his first meet as the head coach of the UK gymnastics team, Tim Garrison led the Wildcats to a second-place finish at the Excite Night at the Kentucky Classic event at Memorial Coliseum. A total of 3,686 fans helped open the Tim Garrison Era at Memorial Coliseum with an energetic atmosphere.
Women’s basketball: Bria Goss
- Scored 11 points against Arkansas on a perfect 4-4 shooting from the field, including a career-high tying three 3-pointers, to go along with five rebounds, two assists and two steals.
- Scored 13 points, including a career-high tying three 3-pointers for the second consecutive game, and had four rebounds and three steals vs Florida.
- Shooting 6-7 from beyond the arc over the last two games.
- Is 8-11 from the field over the last two games.
- Third in scoring (12.0 ppg), tied for second in rebounding (4.5 rpg) and first in steals (2.5 spg) for the week.
- Has reached double figures in scoring in 14 of 16 games for the Wildcats, including each of the last eight.
- Has started in every game this season.
- Has at least two steals in seven of UK’s last eight games.
- Leading freshman scorer in the SEC.
Men’s basketball: Terrence Jones
Recovering from a dislocated pinkie Jones scored in double figures in back-to-back games helping Kentucky to a 2-0 mark on the week … Shot better than 73 pct. from the field on the week, averaging15.0 ppg … Shot over 88 pct. from the field in SEC-opening victory over South Carolina hitting eight of nine shots … 20 points against South Carolina was most since tallying 26 against St. John’s on Dec. 1
Women’s basketball: A’dia Mathies
- Scored a team-high 21 points vs. Arkansas, including a career-high five 3-pointers, a season-high six assists, three rebounds, two blocks and two steals.
- Scored 20 points and grabbed five rebounds in 20 minutes vs. Mississippi State.
- Scored 20 or more points in both games this week.
- Hit three of Kentucky’s program-record 14 3-pointers vs. Mississippi State.
- Was 8-16 from beyond the arc in wins over Arkansas and Mississippi State.
- Led UK in minutes played this week.
- Has started in every game she has played this season.
- Has reached double figures in scoring in 13 of 15 games she has played in.
- No. 22 in scoring all-time at UK (1,166), and is just four points shy of tying Jocelyn Mills at No. 20.
- No. 9 in steals all-time at UK (215), and is just nine steals shy of tying Sandy Harding at No. 8.
Gymnastics: Storey Morris
Gymnastics senior Storey Morris performed very well in her final season opener as a UK gymnasts, scoring a 9.7 or above on vault, uneven bars and balance beam. Morris started the night by sticking her landing on vault en route to a score of 9.8, while she secured a 9.7 posting on bars and led the Wildcats on beam with a score of 9.75.
Men’s tennis: Eric Quigley
Kentucky men’s tennis senior Eric Quigley went 2-0 in singles play at the Rainbow Warrior Challenge over the weekend, taking his career singles record to 139-43, sitting only two wins shy of tying Jesse Witten (2002-05) for second all-time in career singles wins.