Kentucky-Vanderbilt Postgame Notes

March 2, 2014

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UK improved to 22-7 overall this season and 10-6 in the SEC.
The Wildcats have won six of their last eight games.
Kentucky’s all-time record is 708-484 (.594) in 40 seasons of varsity basketball.
The Wildcats are 384-144 in Memorial Coliseum all-time, including 94-16 in the Matthew Mitchell era.
UK is 12-4 this season at home (one game in Rupp Arena).
Kentucky improved to 76-7 at home over the last five seasons.
UK is now 29-10 all-time in regular season home finales and has won five straight.
Mitchell is in his seventh season as the head coach of the Wildcats and owns a record of 166-69 at UK. Overall, Mitchell is 196-98 in nine seasons.
- He already ranks first on UK’s all-time wins list with 166 and winning percentage (.706).
- Mitchell is now 71-37 in SEC play, and 41-13 at home.
UK is 20-27 all-time vs. Vanderbilt, including an 11-10 record in games played in Lexington.
- Kentucky has won seven straight vs. the Commodores, including four straight in Lexington.
Tonight’s attendance was 6,551.
Next up: The Wildcats head to Duluth, Ga., this week for the SEC Tournament and will be the No. 4 seed and receive a double-bye. UK will play Friday at 2:30 p.m. ET vs. the winner of Florida vs. either Missouri or Mississippi State.

UK started with the lineup of Janee Thompson, Kastine Evans, Bernisha Pinkett, DeNesha Stallworth and Samarie Walker.
- It is the first time this season UK has used this starting lineup.
- Pinkett made her ninth career start and first of the season.
- It marked Pinkett’s first start since starting the final eight games of the 2011 season.
Samarie Walker scored the first points of the game for UK with a layup.
- Walker has scored UK’s first points in five games this season.
Bria Goss, Linnae Harper and Jelleah Sidney were the first UK players off the bench at the 16:56 mark in the first half.
UK led 36-33 at the half and is 18-2 this season when leading or tied at the half and 7-2 in SEC play.

UK has hit a 3-pointer in 357 consecutive games.
The Wildcats have forced double-digit turnovers in 181 consecutive games.
The Cats are 65-40 overall in close games (games decided by 10 points or less), including a 9-6 mark this season.
UK outrebounded Vanderbilt, 35-33 and has now outrebounded 18 opponents.
The Wildcats are 17-1 when outrebounding their foe this season.
The senior class of Evans, Pinkett, Stallworth and Walker tie the school record for winning class in school history with a 105-29 (.781) record. The 2010-13 class also won 105 games.
The trio also has charted an all-time mark of 58-7 (.892) in home games.

Senior DeNesha Stallworth finished with a team-high 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field.
- Scored 10 or more points in 15 games this season, including six of her last seven games.
Junior Bria Goss finished with 12 points, marking her 14th game of the season with 10 or more points and second straight.
Senior Samarie Walker tied a career high with four assists.
Senior Kastine Evans has made at least one 3-pointer in 25-of-28 games this season after going 1-of-3 today.

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