Dec. 20, 2013
FINAL SCORE: WKU 66, Belmont 46
Team Records, Game Notables and Series Information
- WKU improved to 7-3 on the season with the win while Belmont is now 3-9.
- WKU has won six straight games in the series and lead the overall series 6-3.
- WKU returns to action on Saturday when the Lady Toppers face Georgetown at 11:00 a.m. in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- WKU returns home on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 when the Lady Toppers face Georgia State for the Spread the Red Education Game at 11:30 a.m. CT. Tickets for the general public are just $1 for the game as part of the NCAA Pack the House Challenge.
- WKU used the lineup of Chastity Gooch, Alexis Govan, Micah Jones, Bianca McGee and Chaney Means for the first time this season. It is the fifth starting lineup used by WKU this year.
- WKU is now 3-1 in neutral site games during the Clark-Heard era.
- WKU improved to 6-0 on the year and 25-3 in the Clark-Heard era when leading at the half.
- WKU won for the first time this season when being outrebounded and is now 10-9 in the Clark-Heard era when being outrebounded.
- WKU shot 61.9 percent in the second half of play.
- WKU hit a season best 10-of-10 from the free throw line.
- WKU had three runs of 8-0 or better in the game and closed the game on a 33-8 run.
- The 17 points allowed by WKU in the second half today were the third fewest allowed in a half during the Michelle Clark-Heard era.
- The Lady Toppers struggled on the boards early, falling behind 14-3 on the boards in the first 8 minutes of the game and trailing 25-14 on the backboards at halftime. For the game, Belmont outrebounded WKU 38-30.
- Junior guard Alexis Govan had 20 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in the game. She also added two blocks in 28 minutes.
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- Govan's 21 points were a season high, tying the mark she had against Southeast Missouri on Nov. 19, 2013.
- Govan had the 22nd 20-point game of her career and third of the season.
- Govan continued to build on her career point total after recently becoming the 34th member of WKU's 1,000 point club. She remained in 34th place on the all-time list, inching closer to Jamie Walz's 1,044 points that would tie her for 33rd on the all-time list. She now has 1,033 in her career.
- Govan has scored in double figures in 46 consecutive games, tying her with Crystal Kelly for the third longest double-figure scoring streak at WKU since the start of the 2000-01 season. The streak is the second longest such active streak in the nation.
- Govan has started 51 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.
- Govan now has 60 career starts to her credit.
- Govan's seven assists were a career high, tying the mark she had last season against Wright State.
- Senior guard Bianca McGee had 14 points, scoring 12 of her 14 points in the second half.
- Junior forward Chastity Gooch had 21 points and seven rebounds.
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- Gooch had the 14th 20-point game of her career.
