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April 18, 2012 5:22 PM
"I want to thank Pat Summitt for all she has done for the sport of women's basketball. Her 1,098 wins, eight national titles and numerous conference titles are just a few of her staggering statistics and accomplishments. What I think is more important about Pat Summitt than her impressive statistics,...
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March 28, 2012 6:44 PM
One of Kentucky's best seasons in history ended with an exit to a vastly more experienced Connecticut squad. While the Wildcats won't be going to the Final Four, they're gaining valuable knowledge about what it takes to get there. Kentucky (28-7) got off to a record start, won the Southeastern...
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March 18, 2012 6:53 PM
AMES, Iowa (AP) - Outside of the Midwest, not a ton of people know just how good Green Bay is. Regionally, the attention paid to the powerhouse Phoenix can be suffocating. With a staggering 14 consecutive Horizon League titles, Green Bay (31-1) has set the bar so high that anything...
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March 12, 2012 8:57 PM
The UK Hoops team earned a No. 2 seed in the Kingston R.I. Region of the NCAA women's basketball tournament, matching the highest tournament seed in the history of the program.
Kentucky will face No.15 seed McNeese State Saturday at 4:20 PM. The Cowgirls (27-6) earned a tournament bid...
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February 26, 2012 10:32 PM
After winning the Southeastern Conference regular season championship with a school-record 13 league wins, the Kentucky women's basketball team earned the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye in the SEC Tournament. The Wildcats are preparing to square off against the winner of Florida (No. 8 seed) and Auburn (No....
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February 26, 2012 4:11 PM
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - A'Dia Mathies and Bernisha Pinkett scored 13 points each to lead No. 13 Kentucky to a 76-40 victory Sunday over Mississippi State and clinch the Wildcats' first regular season Southeastern Conference title in 30 years. Kentucky (24-5, 13-3 SEC) opened the game on a 19-7 run...
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February 10, 2012 5:26 PM
Matthew Mitchell is hoping for a first Monday night in Tennessee at 7pm.
The 7th ranked Kentucky women's basketball team has never won at Thompson-Boling Arena, and they are looking for their first win in Knoxville since 1985.
The game will be televised on ESPN2 and is the...
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February 4, 2012 12:41 PM
The No. 6/5 Kentucky women's basketball team is set to embark on a tough stretch in conference play as it travels to LSU on Sunday for the first of three straight road games. Game time in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center is 3 p.m. ET and it will be televised...
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February 1, 2012 11:59 PM
The No. 6/5 Kentucky women's basketball team looks to continue its record-breaking season when they meet Ole Miss on Thursday in Memorial Coliseum. It will mark the final home game for the Cats until Feb. 20. Game time is 7 p.m. ET.
This marks the first time in program...
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January 29, 2012 6:50 PM
(AP) - Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell had high hopes that his sixth-ranked Wildcats would put on a show in front of the only team in school history to win a conference title. By the end, he was just happy for a win. "It's almost as if we thought if we...
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December 21, 2011 10:59 PM
(AP) - Samantha Drake is glad to have new teammate Samarie Walker down in the paint with her, giving No. 8 Kentucky yet another option in its varied attack. Drake scored 18 points and Walker added 10 as the Wildcats rebounded from their first loss of the season by routing...
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December 20, 2011 3:22 PM
No. 8/8 Kentucky looks to get back on the winning track when it plays host to the Samford Bulldogs on Wednesday, Dec. 21 in its final home game of 2011. Tip off in Memorial Coliseum is set for 7 p.m. ET.
The Wildcats (10-1) are coming of their first...
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December 18, 2011 6:50 PM
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell saw a good effort by his No. 8 Wildcats fall apart toward the end at Notre Dame. Samantha Drake scored 21 points to help Kentucky stay even, but the No. 3 Irish used a late 11-0 run to hand the Wildcats...
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December 16, 2011 4:50 PM
After a week-long break for final exams, the No. 8/7 undefeated Kentucky women's basketball team will put its 10-game winning streak on the line when it travels to No. 3 Notre Dame on Sunday for a battle of two top-10 teams. The game will be played at the Purcell Pavilion...
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December 4, 2011 7:14 PM
(AP) - Kentucky head coach Matthew Mitchell didn't know what to expect Sunday when his team took the floor against No. 10 Louisville. The No. 12 Wildcats had yet to play a team from a major conference and won their first seven games by an average of 36.4 points. So...
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November 19, 2011 5:50 PM
(AP) - A'dia Mathies scored 20 points to lead No. 17 Kentucky to an 88-71 victory over Southern Mississippi on Saturday. Southern Miss (1-2) stayed close well into the second half, when the Wildcats (4-0) put the game out of reach with a 15-2 run. Tanecka Carey had 22 points...
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November 6, 2011 6:59 PM
The No. 18/15 University of Kentucky women's basketball team won its lone exhibition in preparation for the 2011-12 season, racing past Division II foe Coker College by a score of 86-44 in Memorial Coliseum on Sunday.
Coach Matthew Mitchell and the Wildcats relied on their signature pressure defense to...
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November 5, 2011 3:28 PM
The No. 18/15 Kentucky women's basketball team opens year five of the Matthew Mitchell era when it plays host to NCAA Division II foe Coker College in the Cats' lone exhibition contest of the season Sunday, Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. ET in Memorial Coliseum. Admission is free.
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October 29, 2011 6:33 PM
It's a great day for Matthew Mitchell. UK is picked 18th in the Associated Press poll. It's the first time UK has been ranked in back to back preseason AP polls.
Last season, UK was a 25-9, including a school-record tying 11 Southeastern Conference victories.
The SEC is...
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March 20, 2011 6:19 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Both North Carolina and Kentucky got off to slow starts in the NCAA tournament, heading into the locker room in their first-round games with their star players stuck on 2 points in just seven minutes of playing time. Wildcats forward Victoria Dunlap, the SEC player of...
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March 4, 2011 6:55 PM
Team Records and Series Notes after UK beat LSU 60-58.
Kentucky improves to 23-7 overall while LSU falls to 19-13. The win advances UK to the semifinal round of the SEC tournament for the second consecutive season. UK will face the winner of Vanderbilt/Mississippi State on Saturday at 6:30...
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February 28, 2011 9:27 AM
With a school-record tying 11 league wins, the Kentucky women's basketball team earned a No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in the Southeastern Conference Tournament for the second consecutive season.
UK plays the winner of LSU (No. 7 seed) and Alabama (No. 10 seed) in the quarterfinals. The...
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February 26, 2011 6:31 PM
No. 20 Kentucky travels to Auburn for the final regular-season game of the 2010-11 season when it takes on the Tigers Sunday, Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. EST in the new Auburn Arena. The game will be televised on the SEC Network with Cara Capuano and Abby Waner calling the...
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February 19, 2011 7:13 PM
After a tough road loss at Georgia on Thursday, the 19th-ranked Kentucky women's basketball team travels to the Music City Sunday, Feb. 20 looking to chart its first win over Vanderbilt in Memorial Gym since 1986. Game time is 2 p.m. EST as it will be televised on the SEC...
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February 13, 2011 6:56 PM
(AP) - Brittany Henderson made a layup with 1.1 seconds left to give No. 15 Kentucky a 49-47 win over LSU. The sophomore had only four points but was able to bank in an open look. LSU, which had no timeouts, was unable to get off a desperation shot from...
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February 12, 2011 2:43 PM
No. 15/18 Kentucky returns to Memorial Coliseum on Sunday, Feb. 13 vs. LSU for its annual "WBCA Pink Zone" game. Game time is 2:30 p.m. EST as it will be broadcast live in front of a nationally televised audience on ESPN2 with Bob Picozzi and Abby Waner calling the action....
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January 24, 2011 3:21 PM
Former University of Connecticut forward Samarie Walker has transferred to play at Kentucky, Wildcats head coach Matthew Mitchell announced Monday.
Per NCAA transfer rules, the 6-foot-1 Walker will be permitted to practice but will not be able to participate in games or travel with the team. She will be...
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January 16, 2011 4:50 PM
Victoria Dunlap scored 22 points and No.19 Kentucky held off a late rally to beat Mississippi State 72-60 on Sunday. The Wildcats (13-4, 2-2) started slowly but scored 22 straight points in the first half during a nine-minute stretch. They forced eight turnovers and didn't give the Lady Bulldogs any...
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January 10, 2011 1:05 PM
You might say the new polls were fair to UK men and very nice to the ladies.
With Cal's Cats losing to Georgia, who hit 88% of their free throws and made 20 more points from the free throw line, UK drops from 10 to 13 in AP.
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January 9, 2011 5:43 PM
(AP) - Georgia coach Andy Landers had a simple explanation for Khaalidah Miller's career game - she got a lot of shots. Miller scored a career-high 24 points to help the Lady Bulldogs end No. 10 Kentucky's 25-game home winning streak with a 61-59 victory on Sunday. "She ends up...
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January 6, 2011 11:15 PM
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - C'eira Ricketts scored 19 points to lead No. 25 Arkansas to a 78-67 win over No. 10 Kentucky on Thursday night. Ricketts was one of four in double figures for the Razorbacks (13-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference), who started the season 12-0 before opening conference play with...
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January 5, 2011 1:34 PM
Updated UK notes from last nights tough loss to Duke. I'm still upset over the bad calls by officials at the end of the game. And, it's obvious True Blue Fans aren't happy either based on your comments on our True Blue Fan Facebook page.
Final Score: No. 10...
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December 28, 2010 4:32 PM
The 11th-ranked Kentucky women's basketball team returns from the holiday break with rare back-to-back nonconference matchups, the first vs. Middle Tennessee on Wednesday, Dec. 29 at 6 p.m. EST in Memorial Coliseum. The game will be televised live on the Big Blue Sports Network and FSN South and broadcast on...
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December 21, 2010 10:28 PM
Matthew Mitchell got his 100th win Tuesday night as the head coach of Kentucky in a laugher.
The 11th ranked UK women's team beat winless Arkansas Pine-Bluff 107-35. It's the third largest margin of victory in school history.
Keyla Snowden led the way with a career-high 28 points....
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December 18, 2010 6:45 PM
(AP) - Victoria Dunlap scored 22 points to lead four players in double-figures, and No. 13 Kentucky coasted to an 84-58 victory over Alabama A&M on Saturday. Kentucky (8-1) played to character in the first half, forcing turnovers and capitalizing with easy transition baskets. The Bulldogs turned it over 18...
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December 6, 2010 7:38 PM
The Kentucky women's basketball team returns to the friendly confines of Memorial Coliseum Tuesday, Dec. 7 when it plays host to Ohio Valley Conference member Tennessee Tech at 6 p.m. EST.
The No. 14/9 Wildcats (5-1) look to get back on the winning track after dropping its first game...
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December 5, 2010 7:15 PM
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louisville freshman Shoni Schimmel grew up in Oregon, far away from the madness that is the rivalry between the Cardinals and Kentucky. Listening to her new teammates, she quickly realized they were still smarting from a 34-point whipping at the hands of the Wildcats a year...
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November 21, 2010 4:15 PM
(AP) - Victoria Dunlap scored 24 points and redshirt freshman guard Bernisha Pinkett had a career-high 17 points as No. 9 Kentucky beat No. 12 Notre Dame 81-76 on Sunday. Keyla Snowden added 17 points for the Wildcats (3-0), who have won 20 straight games at Memorial Coliseum. Natalie Novosel...
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November 19, 2010 5:15 PM
The No. 9/10 Kentucky women's basketball team puts its 19-game home winning streak on the line Sunday when it plays host to first-time opponent and 12th-ranked Notre Dame in the Wildcats' annual "Pack the House" game at 1 p.m. EST.
The Fighting Irish (2-1) are the highest ranked nonconference...
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November 18, 2010 4:50 PM
Kentucky women's basketball coach Matthew Mitchell, who led the Wildcats to a top-10 finish nationally and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight last season, has been rewarded a new five-year contract worth $600,000 annually, plus the opportunity for performance-based incentives, UK Director of Athletics Mitch Barnhart announced Thursday....
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November 13, 2010 12:22 PM
After a season-opening 82-48 win over Morehead State on Friday, No. 9/10 Kentucky women's basketball has little time to rest as it travels to Oxford, Ohio to take on the Miami RedHawks on Sunday, Nov. 14 in the Cats' first road test of the season. Game time is 2 p.m....
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November 11, 2010 1:13 PM
Two of the nation's top 30 recruits in Azia Bishop, a 6-foot-3 power forward/center from Start High School in Toledo, Ohio, and Bria Goss, a 5-10 guard from Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis, have signed national letters of intent with the Kentucky women's basketball team, head coach Matthew Mitchell...
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November 8, 2010 3:05 PM
Matthew Mitchell talks about the season which begins Friday at 11am against Morehead State.
On the play of Samantha Drake against Kentucky Wesleyan...
"I liked a lot of things Samantha did yesterday. She showed you that she has a tremendous amount of god-given talent. She has a lot...
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November 7, 2010 8:30 PM
Using the same up-tempo, full-court pressing style of play that helped propel itself to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight last season, the No. 9/10 University of Kentucky women's basketball team cruised to a 99-55 exhibition victory over NCAA Division II foe Kentucky Wesleyan Sunday at Memorial Coliseum.
Kentucky's chaos-causing...
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October 28, 2010 9:04 PM
Matthew Mitchell has become a YouTube sensation, and there's no way he could have predicted it.
Perhaps the most talked about moment from Big Blue Madness had nothing to do with John Calipari's highly touted newcomers, but the dance moves from the women's coach.
Yep, doin' the dougie....
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October 19, 2010 4:53 PM
UK women's team was picked to finish behind Tennessee in a select panel of SEC and media members.
Kentucky and Auburn received one first place vote.
Tennessee, which returns all five starters from a squad that went 32-3 and won both the 2010 SEC regular-season and tournament championships...
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October 13, 2010 5:26 PM
Fresh off one of the most successful seasons in school history, which included an Elite Eight appearance, the University of Kentucky women's basketball team will be televised a school-record 16 times during the regular season. The previous high was 12 regular-season televised games last year and 18 total contests, which...
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September 23, 2010 5:20 PM
LEXINGTON, Ky. - On the heels of a record-breaking season, the Kentucky women's basketball team has earned top-15 preseason rankings by Sporting News Magazine, Athlon Sports Magazine and Lindy's Basketball Annual, which were released recently. The Wildcats, whose remarkable season included an NCAA Elite Eight appearance, the most wins (28)...
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August 19, 2010 7:59 PM
University of Kentucky head women's basketball coach Matthew Mitchell announced Thursday that Kyra Elzy has been promoted to associate head coach. "I'm excited to announce that Kyra Elzy has been promoted to associate head coach," Mitchell said "She is such a good fit here (at UK) because she has a...
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