W. Basketball. Kentucky-Texas A&M Postgame Notes

Jan. 10, 2013

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Kentucky improves to 15-1, 3-0 SEC, while Texas A&M falls to 12-5, 2-1 SEC.
UK begins conference play at 3-0 for the second straight season.
UK returns to action at Missouri on Sunday, Jan. 13 at 12:30 CST/1:30 p.m. EST in Columbia, Mo. The game will be televised on ESPNU.
Kentucky is in its 39th year of varsity play and owns an overall record of 671-472 (.587).

Head coach Matthew Mitchell is in his sixth year and ranks third on the all-time wins list (129-57) and first in winning percentage (.694).
Mitchell is now 51-28 in SEC games (regular season only).
UK has set the school record for consecutive home wins with 31. The previous record was 30 set from Feb. 12, 1980 until Jan. 31, 82.
The Wildcats own a 367-140 (.724) mark in Memorial Coliseum, including a 77-12 (.865) mark under Mitchell.

UK is now 31-9 in SEC home games under Mitchell, including an impressive 24-2 mark in the last three seasons.

Kentucky has extended its school-record winning streak to 14 games. The streak is tied with Duke for the longest current winning streak in the country.
UK is now 59-196 all-time in ranked games.

Mitchell improves his record against ranked foes to 18-29, including 2-1 this season.

UK's starting lineup featured A'dia Mathies, Bria Goss, Jennifer O'Neill, Samarie Walker and DeNesha Stallworth for the 10th straight game. The Cats are now 12-0 with that lineup.
UK has had at least three players reach double-figures in 13 of 16 games this season.
Kentucky is now 52-30 in games decided by 10 points or less in six seasons under Mitchell, including 3-0 this season.
UK trailed at halftime at home for the first time since Dec. 8, 2011 when Duke led the Cats, 34-31 at the half. The game was played in Rupp Arena.
The last time UK trailed at halftime in Memorial Coliseum was against LSU, 23-22 on Feb. 13, 2011.
The six-point halftime deficit was the largest in SEC play since Tennessee trailing 18 in the opening stanza on Feb. 13, 2012.
Mathies, O'Neill and Stallworth combined to score 29 of the 31 first half points for the Wildcats, including the first 26.
Kentucky took its first lead of the game, 41-40 on an O'Neill layup at the 16:41 mark in the second half.
UK hit nine 3-pointers and have hit at least eight treys in all three SEC games.
The Wildcats extended their streak of consecutive games with a triple to 308.
UK won the turnover battle 21-14 and is 107-27 under Mitchell when committing fewer turnovers than its opponent.
Kentucky has forced double-digit miscues in 133 consecutive games.

SEC preseason Player of the Year and senior guard A'dia Mathies scored a season-high 23 points, recording her second 20-point game of the season and 21st of her career.

Marks the most points tallied by Mathies since she scored 24 vs. Florida (3/2/12).
Has hit at least four 3s in the last two games.
Has reached double figures in 14-of-16 games this season, including seven in a row.
Climbed one spot on several UK career lists:

Ties for third in career starts with Valerie Still (119, 1979-83).
Ties for third in steals with Leslie Nichols (278, 1982-86).
Moves up to sixth in field goals made with 589, passing Elisabeth Lukschu (586, 1977-81).
Moves up to fifth in field goals attempted with 1,407, passing Sara Potts (1,389, 2001-05).
Moves to sixth in 3-point attempts with 392, passing Christina Jansen (388, 1992-96).

Junior center DeNesha Stallworth posted double figures for the 14th time this season with 12 points.

Junior forward Samarie Walker grabbed double-digit rebounds for the seventh time this year and second straight game with 11 boards on the evening.
Redshirt sophomore point guard Jennifer O'Neill posted double-figures for the fifth straight game, scoring 15 points, while dishing out a career-high eight assists.

Becomes the first player to post eight assists since Crystal Riley had eight against Florida (2/18/10).
Averaging 15.4 points in her last five games.

Updated 1/10/2013