BriaGoss

General
UK’s third-leading returning scorer with 10.2 pts per game … Has played in 106 career games with 91 starting assignments … One of the most versatile and talented guards on the team … A tenacious defender and high-energy player … An offensive threat who looks to use her speed to score in transition … One of five high school McDonald’s All-Americans on the team … Coach Mitchell says, “Bria is the epitome of what we want a Kentucky basketball player to be. She is of highest character, she has the greatest work ethic, she cares about people, cares about this program, cares about Kentucky and winning.” … Named Indiana Miss Basketball as a senior in high school … Won two state high school championships and led Ben Davis to an impressive 105-3 record in her four seasons … Major is communications.

· SEC Freshman of the Year (AP, Coaches and College Sports Madness) (2012)
· All-SEC Freshman Team (Coaches and AP) (2012)
· College Sports Madness All-SEC, fourth team (2012)
· Full Court Freshman All-American, first team (2012)
· SEC?Freshman of the Week (Nov. 21, 2011)
· SEC?Freshman of the Week (Dec. 12, 2011)
· SEC?Freshman of the Week (Jan. 23, 2012)
· SEC?Freshman of the Week (Feb. 27, 2012)

2014-15 (Senior)
Named to the SEC Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll … Graduated in May with a degree in communications … Named to the prestigious Allstate WBCA Good Works Team … Member of the SEC Community Service Team … Started in 119 of 134 career games, including 33 straight … Tied for fourth on UK’s career list for games played with 134 … Averaged 9.3 points overall and upped her average to 10.1 points per game in SEC play … Ranks 17th on UK’s all-time scoring list with 1,318 career points … Ranks fourth on UK’s career list for free throws made (398) and fourth in FT percentage (.819) … Returned to action vs. Florida (1/15/15) after missing six games due to a broken left thumb sustained in shoot around before UK’s game with Belmont on Dec. 14 … Netted double figures in 11 of the 17 final games, including a season-high tying 16 points in double overtime win over No. 13 Mississippi State (2/12/15) and vs. No. 5 Tennessee in the SEC Tournament (3/7/15) … Finished 60-of-71 (.845) from the free-throw line in the last 17 games … Hit a school-record 31 consecutive free throws (over nine games) before missing one vs. Tennessee in the SEC Tournament … Took 21 charges this season, second on the team behind Jennifer O’Neill (24).

2013-14 (Junior)
Played in all 35 games with 34 starts… Third on the team in scoring at 10.2 points per game and fourth in rebounding with 4.1 boards a game… Led the SEC and ranked seventh-nationally in free throw percentage (90.1 percent)… Her 90.1 free throw percentage set a new school mark for free throw percentage in a single season… Hit a school-record tying 27 consecutive free throws before missing one vs. Ole Miss (2/13)…Averaged 12.0 points per game in UK’s last nine wins, while shooting .453 percent (24-of-53) from the field and .883 from the free-throw line (53-of-60)…Became the 29th Wildcat to score 1,000 career points vs. Florida (3/7) in the SEC Tournament…Ranks 25th on UK’s all-time scoring list with 1,059 points…Ranks third on UK’s career lists for free-throw shooting percentage (.825) and eighth in free-throws made (311)…Took a team-high 30 charges this season after leading the team with 20 as a sophomore…Had three 20-point games during the season… Finished the season with 19 games of 10 or more points… In seven of the last eight games for UK, she reached double-figures… Registered 20 points in an overtime win at Mississippi State (2/27)… Recorded a career-high 23 points on a perfect 12-of-12 from the free throw line vs. Grambling State (12/29)… Scored 11 of her 13 points vs. Baylor (12/6) from the free-throw line (11-of-12) to go with six boards in a career-high 49 minutes of action.

2012-13 (Sophomore)
Appeared in all 36 games with 22 starts … Came off the bench in the final 14 games, improving her scoring output from 8.4 ppg as a starter to 9.0 ppg in a reserve role … Fourth on the team in scoring overall (8.8 ppg) and third in steals (1.6 spg) … Shot a team-high .843 percent from the free-throw line (86-of-102) … Came off the bench for the first time in her career at Arkansas (2/7), snapping her 57-game starting streak … Scored a team-high 17 points off the bench, including 16 points in the decisive second half and overtime … Made a career-high nine free throws on 10 attempts … Fourth-most double-figure scoring games for UK with 17 … Had nine double-digits scoring games in SEC play … Took a team-high 20 of Kentucky’s 46 charges.

2011-12 (Freshman)
SEC?Freshman of the Year (AP and coaches), SEC?All-Freshman Team (coaches) and All-SEC?honorable mention (AP) … One of five freshmen named to USBWA?National Freshman of the Year Watch List … In UK freshman history: Had the eighth highest scoring average (11.0 ppg), third most double-figure scoring games (23) and fifth most 3-ptrs made (34) … UK’s second-leading scorer, and led all freshmen in scoring in the SEC, with 11.0 pts per game … Reached double figures in scoring in 23 of 35 games … Started every game … Scored 12 pts. and hit seven of eight free throws vs. UConn … Scored 10 pts. and knocked down a pair of 3s vs. Gonzaga … Scored eight points and grabbed seven boards vs. McNeese State … Scored 14 pts. vs. South Carolina … Scored team-high 15 points at Tennessee … Scored a team-high 19 pts vs. Ole Miss … Pulled down a career-high nine rebs. vs. Florida … Scored a career-high 22 pts, including a career-high tying three 3-ptrs at Georgia … Hit a career-high tying three 3-ptrs en route to scoring 13 pts vs. Mississippi St. … Shot a perfect 4-4 from the field and hit a career-high tying three 3-ptrs vs. Arkansas … Scored all 11 pts at Florida in the first half and played a career-high 36 mins. … Scored 14 pts and grabbed five boards at No. 3 Notre Dame … Scored 19 pts against Arkansas-Pine Bluff for the second straight game, and had a career-high six steals … Scored 19 pts against No. 6 Duke.

The Cats’ Cause
Volunteered to pack and deliver food for God’s Pantry BackPack program … Participated in Lexington’s Fire Prevention Parade.

High School
2011 Indiana Miss Basketball … 2011 Indiana Gatorade Player of the Year … Named a WBCA, McDonald’s and Parade Magazine All-American … Ranked as the 17th overall player and the No. 4 guard in the country, according to ESPN HoopGurlz … Averaged an impressive 21.6 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.6 steals and 3.2 assists per game for the Giants who won 81 straight games and back-to-back Class 4A state titles … Concluded her prep basketball career with 1,604 points … Named first-team Indiana All-State (2010), first-team All-Metro Super Team (2010) and first-team AP Indiana All-State … Two-time first-team All-Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (2009 and 2010) choice and two-time first-team All-Marion County (2009 and 2010) selection … Helped lead Ben Davis High School to an impressive 105-3 record, including 81 consecutive wins during her prep career … Also excelled in volleyball and track.