Kentucky-Green Bay Postgame Notes

March 20, 2012

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Kentucky is now 27-6, while Green Bay is 31-2, ending a 10-game winning streak.
This was the first meeting between the teams.
- UK is 15-0 all-time against teams from the Horizon League.
UK is now 10-8 all-time in its ninth NCAA Tournament appearance.
- UK is 2-3 in second-round games.
Coach Matthew Mitchell is now 143-84 overall and 113-55 at UK.
- UK is 6-2 under Mitchell in the NCAA Tournament, including 2-1 in second-round games.
Kentucky is 655-470 in 38 years of varsity play.
Kentucky has now won a school record six games vs. ranked teams this season, including three vs. teams in The Associated Press top 10. The Cats are 6-2 vs. the ranked.
UK improved to 11-3 in games decided by 10 points or less this season.
Kentucky advances to the Kingston Regional on Sunday against Gonzaga.

Kentucky used the starting lineup of Amber Smith, A’dia Mathies, Bria Goss, Kastine Evans and Samantha Drake for the ninth time this season. The Wildcats are 8-1 with this lineup.
- UK has started a freshman in 136-of-168 games in the Matthew Mitchell era, including 103 straight.
Leading 10-6, UK hit an 11-0 run for a 21-6 lead.
Green Bay narrowed the lead to 10 points before UK scored the final seven points of the half and went into intermission leading 42-25.
UK is now 22-0 this season when leading at halftime.

With UK ahead 51-37 with 11:59 to play, Green Bay went on a 25-10 run to go up 62-61 with 1:57 to go.
Neither team scored again until Keyla Snowden tallied a jumper at the free-throw line with 18 seconds left to put UK ahead 63-62 with 18 seconds left.
After UK forced a miss, Snowden was fouled with 5.4 seconds. Shooting a 1-and-1, she made both for a 65-62 lead. Green Bay missed a three and UK rebounded the miss for preserve the win.

Kentucky shot 51.0 percent from the floor, its third-highest field goal percentage of the season and highest since netting a season-high 54.7 percent vs. Samford on Dec. 21, 2011.
Kentucky forced 24 turnovers in the game.
- UK has forced double-digit miscues in 115 consecutive games. The Cats are 83-31 during that span.
- UK has forced at least 20 turnovers in 29 of 33 games this season.
- Kentucky has forced an SEC-high 911 turnovers this season (27.6 per game), also a single-season school record for UK.
- Kentucky has forced at least 10 turnovers in 54 of 66 halves this season.
UK won the rebounding, 39 to 30, UK is 20-0 this season when outrebounding the opponent.
UK won bench points 33-11.
UK won second-chance points, 10 to 8. UK is 22-1 this season when having more second-chance points by the opponent.
The Wildcats hit four three-pointers today and now have 193 on the season, extending the UK single-season record for threes.
- UK extended its streak of consecutive games with a triple to 290.

A’dia Mathies scored 10 points, all in the first half.
- Has made 317 free throws in her career, moving into sixth place on the UK career list.
Keyla Snowden came off the bench to score 13 points, including the final four of the game.
Samarie Walker had 15 points and 13 rebounds, her second double-double of the season.
- Walker tied the UK record for most rebounds in an NCAA Tournament game.
- Also led the Cats with three steals.
Amber Smith had four points and led the Cats with five assists.
- Smith played the 121st game of her career, moving into a tie for seventh place on the UK career list.

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