Jan. 15, 2014
@LadyTopperHoops vs. UALR
Postgame Notes
Jan. 15, 2014
E.A. Diddle Arena; Bowling Green, Ky.
FINAL SCORE: WKU 65, UALR 39
Team Records, Game Notables and Series Information
- WKU improved to 11-4 on the season, including a 3-1 mark in Sun Belt Conference play. UALR falls to 8-7 on the season with a 3-2 mark in league play.
- WKU leads the all-time series 21-6 with the win tonight. WKU also holds a 10-2 advantage in games played in Bowling Green.
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- WKU's 26-point victory over UALR was its largest since a 31-point win on March 5, 2005, a 91-60 decision in the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
- WKU has won the last three regular season games in the series.
- WKU improved to 3-1 against UALR under Michelle Clark-Heard.
- WKU returns to action on Saturday, Jan. 18 against Arkansas State in the 31st Annual BB&T Classic at E.A. Diddle Arena. Tipoff is set for 4:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised by the Hilltopper Sports Satellite Network and ESPN3.
Team Notes
- UALR, which entered the game averaging 57.9 points per game on the year, were held to 39 points.
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- It marked the 19th opponent that WKU has held under their season scoring average during the Clark-Heard era, including ninth this season.
- WKU has held eight opponents to at least 10 points under their season average in 2013-14.
- Michelle Clark-Heard's teams have held two opponents under 40 points in her first two seasons after doing it just once in the previous six years before she arrived on The Hill.
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- WKU has held opponents under 40 points on five occasions in the last 17 season (since the start of the 1997-98 season), including the two occurrences under Michelle Clark-Heard.
- The 26-point win was the largest in a Sun Belt Conference game during the Michelle Clark-Heard era.
- WKU held UALR to 39 points. It was WKU's best defensive effort in a conference game since Feb. 11, 2012 when WKU held Troy to 36 points.
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- It was the second fewest points by a WKU opponent during the Michelle Clark-Heard.
- WKU has won back-to-back Sun Belt Conference games by 20 or more points for the first time since defeating FIU 79-56 on Feb. 27, 2008 and FAU 89-52 on March 1, 2008, both coming on the road.
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- WKU accomplished the same feat earlier that season in Diddle Arena, beating FIU 84-53 on Jan. 13, 2008 and FAU 86-50 on Jan. 17, 2008.
- WKU held UALR to 15 points during the first half of play. It was the second best defensive effort for a half during the Michelle Clark-Heard era, surpassed only by the eight points allowed against Morehead State in the first half on Dec. 6, 2012 in Morehead.
- WKU made its first 14 free throw attempts of the contest, including the first 12 of the second half.
- WKU hit five of its first seven three-point field goal attempts to open the game.
- WKU used the lineup of Chastity Gooch, Chanell Lockhart, Micah Jones, Bianca McGee and Kendall Noble for the second consecutive game.
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- It marked the first time that WKU had used the same lineup in consecutive games since using the grouping of Alexis Govan, Gooch, Chaney Means, Jones and Jalynn McClain in the first six games of the season.
Individual Notes
- Senior Chaney Means had a season high 11 points, reaching double figures for the first time since Jan. 6, 2013 when she scored 10 against Arkansas State.
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- Means made her first four field goal attempts of the game, including three from behind the three-point arc.
- She finished 4-of-5 from the field for the game and 3-of-3 from behind the arc.
- Junior forward and All-America candidate Chastity had a game-high 15 points and added eight rebounds, four assists and two blocks.
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- Gooch has started 38 consecutive games for WKU, the longest active streak on the team. The streak encompasses the final 23 games of last season and the first 15 games of the 2013-14 season.
- Sophomore guard Micah Jones had 14 points, hitting 9-of-10 from the free throw line.
