Jan. 29, 2014
@LadyTopperHoops vs. UT Arlington
Postgame Notes
Jan. 29, 2014
E.A. Diddle Arena; Bowling Green, Ky.
FINAL SCORE: WKU 59, UT Arlington 46
Team Records, Game Notables and Series Information
- WKU is now 14-5 on the season with a 6-2 mark in Sun Belt Conference play.
- Today's game marked the first ever meeting between WKU and UT Arlington.
- WKU returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014 when the Lady Toppers face Texas State at 4:30 p.m. CT in E.A. Diddle Arena. The game is the annual Play4Kay game on the WKU schedule with fans encouraged to wear pink in support of breast cancer awareness and in recognition of the legacy of former NC State coach Kay Yow. The first 500 fans will receive a pink rally towel and a donation bucket will be passed around during the game to support the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. In addition, a silent auction will be held beginning at 3:30 p.m. CT in the Hall of Champions to benefit the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Signed items from head coach Michelle Clark-Heard, the 2013-14 Lady Toppers and WKU legend Crystal Kelly are among the items available for auction. The auction will close at the conclusion of halftime intermission of the men's game that follows the Lady Topper game.
- The Kay Yow Cancer Fund was officially founded on December 3, 2007 from the vision of the organization's namesake Kay Yow, former NC State University head women's basketball coach. Coach Yow was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 before succumbing to the disease on January 24, 2009. The Kay Yow Cancer Fund is a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization committed to being a part of finding an answer in the fight against women's cancers through raising money for scientific research, assisting the underserved, and unifying people for a common cause. Coach Yow believed strongly that coaches share not only a community, but should also share in a cause much larger than the game. To date, the Kay Yow Cancer Fund has supported more than $2.6 million in women's cancer research and related projects. For more information on the Kay Yow Cancer Fund or to make a donation, please visit www.Play4Kay.org.
- Yow's coaching career spanned more than 38 years, including 34 with NC State. She had a record of 737-344, which encompassed 20 NCAA championship bids, a Women's Final Four appearance in 1998 and four ACC Tournament championships. She also coached the U.S. Olympic women's team to a gold medal in 1988 and was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002 and the inaugural NC State Hall of Fame in October, 2012. Yow won the inaugural Jimmy V ESPNY for Perseverance award in 2007.
- The Lady Toppers learned more about Yow earlier this season when women's basketball ambassador Debbie Antonelli visited the WKU campus to talk with the team.
Team Notes
- WKU used the starting lineup of Chanell Lockhart, Chastity Gooch, Bianca McGee, Micah Jones and Kendall Noble.
- WKU has used nine different starting lineups during the 2013-14 season, using a combination of nine different players. WKU has used three different starting lineups in conference play using a combination of six different players.
- WKU is 6-2 to open league play, marking the second straight year that WKU has won at least six of its first eight league games after failing to do so in the previous four seasons.
- WKU has a 14-5 record through 19 games this season.
- It is the second straight year that WKU has won at least 14 games in the opening 19 games of the season.
- It is just the fifth time in the last 15 seasons that WKU has won at least 14 games in the opening 19 games of the season.
- WKU has won at least 14 games in the opening 19 games of the season on 21 occasions since 1975-76.
Individual Notes
- Junior forward and All-America candidate Chastity Gooch had 12 points and 12 rebounds. She added three steals.
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- Gooch recorded her 34th career double-double and the eighth of the season.
- Gooch reached double figures for the 16th time this season and for the 51st time in her career.
- Gooch reached double figures in rebounds for the eighth time this season and for the 40th time in her career.
- Senior guard Bianca McGee had a game-high 17 points to lead WKU. She hit three three-point field goals and was 8-of-9 from the free throw line.
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- McGee reached double figures for the 10th time this season and 25th time in her career.
- McGee reached double figures for the first time since Jan. 8, 2014 against Georgia State, ending a streak of four games without reaching double figures.
- McGee ended a streak of 15-straight field goal misses when she hit a three-point field goal with 5:20 left in the first half. She then added another three-point field goal with 4:41 left in the half to give WKU a 20-18 lead with 4:41 left in the half.
- Junior guard and All-America candidate Alexis Govan missed her eighth consecutive game with a stress fracture in her left tibia. Her last appearance came on Dec. 21, 2013 against Georgetown in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
