Jan. 8, 2014
FINAL SCORE: WKU 80, Georgia State 59
Team Records, Game Notables and Series Information
- WKU improved to 10-4 on the season, including a 2-1 mark in Sun Belt Conference play.
- Today's game marked the first ever meeting between WKU and Georgia State. Georgia State is one of three new members of the Sun Belt Conference for the 2013-14 season.
- WKU returns home on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 when the Lady Toppers face UALR at 7:00 p.m. CT. The first 250 fans will receive a free foam finger.
- WKU used the lineup of Chastity Gooch, Chanell Lockhart, Micah Jones, Bianca McGee and Kendall Noble for the first time this season. It is the ninth consecutive game that WKU has used a different lineup.
- WKU led by double digits for the second consecutive game at halftime.
- WKU improved to 12-0 when scoring at least 80 points during the Michelle Clark-Heard era.
- WKU has won 57 consecutive games when scoring at least 80 points in a game and are now 417-23 in games when scoring 80 points or more.
- WKU improved to 27-3 when leading at the half under Michelle Clark-Heard.
- WKU is now 29-2 when leading with five minutes remaining in the game.
- Four of five starters and five players overall scored in double figures for WKU.
- The 21-point win was the largest in conference play for a Michelle Clark-Heard coached-team.
- The 21-point win was the fifth 20-point victory of the Clark-Heard era for WKU.
- Junior forward and All-America candidate Chastity Gooch had 18 points, hitting 7-of-11 shots from the field, and grabbed six rebounds in 27 minutes.
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- Gooch had her 46th career double figure scoring game and 11th of the 2013-14 season.
- Gooch has started 37 consecutive games for WKU, the longest active streak on the team. The streak encompasses the final 23 games of last season and the first 14 games of the 2013-14 season.
- Sophomore guard Micah Jones scored in double figures for the second straight games and finished with 14 points, hitting 3-of-4 from behind the three-point arc.
- Redshirt freshman Kendall Noble had a career high 14 points.
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- Noble reached double figures for the second consecutive game. The two scoring outputs also represent the only two double figure scoring games of her career.
- Noble earned her second career start.
- Freshman post Bria Gaines had 10 points, the third double figure scoring game of the season for Gaines.
- Senior guard Bianca McGee added 13 points in 26 minutes.
- Junior guard and All-America candidate Alexis Govan missed her third consecutive game due to a stress fracture in her left tibia.
