Kentucky-Baylor Postgame Notes

Nov. 13, 2012

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Kentucky falls to 1-1, while Baylor improves to 2-0.
UK is in its 39th year of varsity play and owns an overall record of 657-472 (.582).
UK is now 51-19 (.729) in regular-season, non-conference games under head coach Matthew Mitchell.
- UK is now 57-196 all-time against ranked opponents.
- The Cats are 1-16 all-time against top-ranked teams.
This was the first meeting between UK and Baylor all-time
- The Wildcats are now 4-7 all-time against the Big 12.

Kentucky’s starting lineup included A’dia Mathies, Bria Goss, Maegan Conwright, Samarie Walker and DeNesha Stallworth. This lineup is 1-1.
Samarie Walker scored the first bucket for UK on a jumper at the 18:46 mark to cut the Baylor lead to 4-2.
After an A’dia Mathies’ bucket to trim the BU lead to 19-13, the Bears went on a 23-2 run to open up a 42-15 advantage.
- The run including a UK scoring drought from the 7:49-2:43 mark.
Kentucky won the turnover battle 12-11 in the first half for the second straight game.

UK shot 12-of-36 (33.3%) from the floor in the second half and forced 10 turnovers.
A’dia Mathies and Azia Bishop fouled out.

The Wildcats hit five 3-pointers, extending their streak of consecutive games with a triple to 294.
UK its opponent without a 3-pointer for the second straight game. Baylor was 0-3, while Delaware State was 0-0.
UK’s 27.1 shooting percentage was the lowest since 21.0% vs. No. 23/25 Xavier on Dec. 2, 2008.
Kentucky pressured the Lady Bears into 22 turnovers in the game and has now forced double-digit miscues in 119 consecutive games.
- The Cats are 86-33 during that span.
- UK has forced 20-plus turnovers in 31 of their last 37 games dating back to the start of last season.

Senior guard A’dia Mathies scored 12 points, grabbed four rebounds, dished out four assists and recorded one steal before fouling out with 5:30 to play.
- She is now 19 points shy of tying Stacey Reed (1991-95) at No. 10 on UK’s all-time scoring list.
- Mathies needs just 11 more steals to climb into a tie with Rita Adams (267, 1999-2003) at No. 5 on the career charts.
- The senior connected on a 3-pointer moving her alone into eighth place all-time and needs one more to tie Kristi Cushenberry for seventh (110, 1988-92).
- Mathies moves up to No. 8 all-time in 3-pointers attempted, passing Tiffany Wait (319, 1995-2000).
Sophomore guard Bria Goss netted 11 points and grabbed a season-high seven rebounds, marking the second straight game with double-figure points.
Junior center Samarie Walker recorded a team and season-best with nine rebounds.

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