Oct. 29, 2013
@LadyTopperHoops vs. Kentucky Wesleyan
Postgame Notes
Oct. 29, 2013
E.A. Diddle Arena; Bowling Green, Ky.
FINAL SCORE: WKU 87, Kentucky Wesleyan 49
Team Records, Game Notables and Series Information
- WKU is 1-0 in exhibition play this season.
- Michelle Clark Heard improves to 2-0 in exhibition games as the WKU coach.
- Although the game does not count in the official record books. WKU is 3-0 all-time against Kentucky Wesleyan. The teams last met in a regular season game in 1983-84.
Team Notes
- WKU held Kentucky Wesleyan without a field goal over the first 7:47 of the game as the Panthers were held without a made field goal in their first 10 attempts. WKU took a 10-0 lead to open the game.
- All 12 players on the WKU roster that were available for the game participated with 11-of-12 scoring.
- Four Lady Toppers scored in double figures in the game.
- WKU reached the 80-point mark in the game. The Lady Toppers reached the mark seven times last season. WKU has won 52 consecutive regular season games when reaching the 80-point mark and are 412-23 all-time when scoring 80 points or more.
Individual Notes
- Junior All-America candidate Chastity Gooch recorded a double-double, reaching the mark in just her 18th minute on the court in the game. She finished with 18 points and 14 rebounds in the game in just 25 minutes.
- Junior All-America candidate Alexis Govan, the preseason Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, had 18 points in the game, hitting 7-of-13 field goal attempts.
- Sophomore Jalynn McClain had 12 points and 10 rebounds. She hit 6-of-8 shots in the game.
- It would have been her sixth career game in double figures at WKU had the game been an official contest.
- It would have been McClain's fourth career game with eight rebounds or more in a game at WKU had the game been an official contest.
- Senior Chaney Means drew four charges in the first half of play and finished the game with eight assists and zero turnovers.
- Five players made their debut in a WKU uniform: Chanell Lockhart, Jasmine Crawford, Ruta Savickaite, Kierra Muhammad and Bria Gaines.
