Nov. 9, 2013
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@LadyTopperHoops vs. Austin Peay
Postgame Notes
Nov. 9, 2013
E.A. Diddle Arena; Bowling Green, Ky.
FINAL SCORE: WKU 78, Austin Peay 75
Team Records, Game Notables and Series Information
- WKU improves to 1-0 to open the 2013-14 season, winning their season opener for the second consecutive season under head coach Michelle Clark-Heard.
- WKU now leads the all-time series 15-7, having won five straight games in the series.
- WKU returns to action on Monday evening when the Lady Toppers travel to Nashville to meet Vanderbilt in Memorial Gymnasium. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m.
Team Notes
- WKU opened play for the 41st season of the modern era of Lady Topper Basketball tonight.
- WKU improved to 32-9 in season openers since the program was reestablished in 1973-74.
- WKU improved to 35-6 in home openers since the program was reestablished in 1973-74.
- Michelle Clark-Heard began her second season as the head coach of the Lady Toppers.
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- Clark-Heard is now 23-11 in her career as WKU coach and has a career mark of 47-43 as a head coach.
- WKU is now 2-0 in home openers under Clark-Heard.
- WKU is now 2-0 in season openers under Clark-Heard.
- WKU improved to 5-1 in the month of November under Clark-Heard.
- Clark-Heard is now 62-11 as a coach or player in E.A. Diddle Arena.
- WKU has won six straight regular season non-conference games.
- WKU erased a 12-point deficit in the game to post the win. It marked the sixth time in the Clark-Heard era that WKU has come back to win after trailing by eight points or more.
- WKU shot just 26.3 percent as a team (10-of-38) in the first half of play.
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- The WKU starters combined to shoot just 4-of-18 in the opening half of play.
- It marked just the fourth time in the Michelle Clark-Heard era that WKU had shot under 30 percent in a half.
Individual Notes
- Senior guard Bianca McGee had a team-high 21 points in the game in 30 minutes of play.
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- McGee has scored in double figures in three consecutive games.
- It was the fifth time in her career that she has hit three or more three-point field goals in a game and the second consecutive. She hit five three-point field goals against Auburn in the season finale a year ago.
- Junior All-America candidate Chastity Gooch had 15 points and 15 rebounds for WKU.
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- It was the fourth time in her career that she has grabbed 15 points and 15 rebounds in the same game.
- Gooch has started 24 consecutive games.
- Junior All-America candidate Alexis Govan, the preseason Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, had 13 points in just 22 minutes as she was limited due to foul trouble in the first half of play.
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- Govan has started 43 consecutive games, the longest active streak on the team. She started the final nine games of the 2011-12 season and every game of the 2012-13 season.
- Sophomore Jalynn McClain made her first start since earning the nod against North Texas on Feb. 7, 2013.
- Sophomore guard Micah Jones had 14 points in 26 minutes.
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- Jones has started 21 consecutive games.
- Jones hit 4-of-4 free throws in the final 30.4 seconds of the game.
