Jan. 4, 2014
@LadyTopperHoops vs. Troy
Postgame Notes
Jan. 4, 2014
Trojan Arena; Troy, Ala.
FINAL SCORE: WKU 86, Troy 69
Team Records, Game Notables and Series Information
- WKU improved to 9-4 on the season, including a 1-1 mark in Sun Belt Conference play.
- WKU is now 15-1 all-time against the Trojans, including a 7-1 mark in Troy, Ala.
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- WKU has now won nine straight games in the series, including the last five games in Troy, Ala.
- 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. It is the start of a three-game home stand for the Lady Toppers.
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- Tickets for the general public are just $1 for the game as part of the NCAA Pack the House Challenge through the WKU Ticket Office.
Team Notes
- WKU used the lineup of Chastity Gooch, Chanell Lockhart, Micah Jones, Bianca McGee and Jalynn McClain for the first time this season. It is the eighth consecutive game that WKU has used a different lineup.
- WKU had four players record new career highs in the game in Chastity Gooch (30), Micah Jones (20), Kendall Noble (12) and Chanell Lockhart (10).
- WKU's 51 points in the first half were the most scored by the Lady Toppers in the first half of a game during the Michelle Clark-Heard era.
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- It was the fourth time in the Clark-Heard era that WKU has scored 50 points or more in a half and the second time it has been achieved against Troy over the last two seasons.
- WKU limited Troy to 69 points in the game. It was the third lowest output by the Trojans this year after No. 3 Tennessee held them to 64 points and Jacksonville held the Trojans to 67 points.
- The game was the final in a stretch of games that saw WKU play 7-of-10 games away from home. The stretch saw WKU post a 2-0 record in San Juan, Puerto Rico as WKU defeated both Belmont and Georgetown during the 2013 Puerto Rico Classic.
- WKU had two runs of 8-0 or better in the first half, including a 9-0 run to open the game.
- WKU had 13 assists in the first half. The team hadn't had more than 14 in a game in last three outings.
- With Gooch and Jones both reaching 20 points, WKU had two players reach the 20-point mark for the first time since Feb. 9, 2013 when Gooch had 20 points and Govan had 23 points.
Individual Notes
- Junior forward Chastity Gooch finished with 30 points and 16 rebounds for WKU.
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- Gooch finished 12-of-22 from the field and 5-of-7 from the free throw line.
- Gooch added an assists and a block in the outing.
- It was the first time a WKU player has scored 30 points in a game since teammate Alexis Govan had 31 points against Florida Atlantic on Feb. 13, 2013.
- Gooch had her 10th double figure game of the season and 45th of her career.
- Gooch recorded her sixth double-figure rebounding game of the season and 38th of her career.
- Gooch had her sixth double-double of the season and 32nd of the her career.
- Gooch scored 11 of WKU's first 15 points in the game.
- Gooch has started 36 consecutive games for WKU, the longest active streak on the team. The streak encompasses the final 23 games of last season and the first 13 games of the 2013-14 season.
- Gooch has now started 57 career games.
- Senior guard Chaney Means had six assists off the bench, all in the first half.
- Junior forward Chanell Lockhart had a career best 10 points, the first double figure scoring game of her career.
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- Lockhart made her second career start.
- Sophomore guard Micah Jones had a career high 20 points.
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- Jones hit her first four three-point attempts of the game and finished 4-of-6 for the game.
- Jones break of a streak of four consecutive games without a three-point field goal with her performance today. She was 0-of-10 from behind the three-point arc in the previous four games before her breakout performance in the first half.
- Redshirt freshman Kendall Noble had a career best 20 points in the game.
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- Noble had her first ever career double-figure scoring game.
- Noble hit the first three-point field goal of her career with 3:07 left in the first half to give WKU a 47-29 lead.
- Noble had a new career high before halftime as she broke her previous high of seven points with her three-point field goal with 3:07 left in the opening half.
- Junior guard Alexis Govan missed her second consecutive game due to a stress fracture in her left tibia.
