March 1, 2014
@LadyTopperHoops vs. UT Arlington
Postgame Notes
March 1, 2014
College Park Center; Arlington, Texas
FINAL SCORE: WKU 94, UT Arlington 70
Team Records, Game Notables and Series Information
- WKU improves to 19-8 on the season with an 11-5 mark in Sun Belt Conference play and currently are in second place in the Sun Belt Conference.
- WKU now leads the overall series 2-0 with both wins coming this season.
- The Lady Toppers conclude the home portion of the 2013-14 season on Wednesday, March 5 when the Lady Toppers host Louisiana-Lafayette. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m. Prior to the game, WKU will honor senior players Chaney Means and Bianca McGee along with senior manager Bryan Houk in a pre-game ceremony for Senior Night. The first 500 fans will receive a WKU and Coke Koozie at the gate.
Team Notes
- WKU's 90.5 percent clip from the free throw line ranks as the seventh best mark for a game in WKU history, amongst games with at least 20 attempts.
- For the fifth consecutive game, WKU held a halftime lead of 21 points or more. WKU held a 52-27 lead today against UT Arlington.
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- The five game streak is the longest in school history, besting the previous streak of three from the 1994-95 season.
- WKU has won five consecutive games by at least 24 points each, the first time WKU has achieved that feat since the 1984-85 season.
- WKU scored 52 points in the first half, marking the fourth time in five games that WKU has scored at least 48 points in the first half.
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- WKU has scored at least 43 first half points in five straight games.
- WKU reached the 50-point mark in a half for the third time in the last five games.
- It was the fifth half of at least 50 points for WKU this season.
- WKU has now won 61 consecutive games when scoring 80 points or more.
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- WKU is now 16-0 when scoring 80 points or more during the Michelle Clark-Heard era.
- WKU has won 92 of its last 94 games when scoring 80 or more points dating to the start of the 2002-03 season.
- WKU is now 421-23 all-time when scoring 80 points or more.
- WKU reached the 90 points mark for the fifth time during the Michelle Clark-Heard era, improving to 5-0 in such games.
- WKU's current five-game winning streak is its longest conference streak since winning the first five games in league play last season.
- WKU's current five-game winning streak is it's longest since a seven-game winning streak in December 2012 that extended into January 2013.
- WKU's first five field goals of the game (5-of-5 to open the game) came from each of WKU's five starters.
- WKU shot 59.4 percent in the first half on a 19-of-32 clip. WKU also hit 4-of-8 from behind the three-point arc in the opening half.
- WKU forced 13 turnovers in the first half.
- WKU used the starting lineup of Chanell Lockhart, Chastity Gooch, Jalynn McClain, Micah Jones and Kendall Noble.
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- WKU has used 11 different starting lineups during the 2013-14 season, using a combination of nine different players. WKU has used five different starting lineups in conference play using a combination of seven different players.
Individual Notes
- Junior forward and All-America candidate Chastity Gooch had 16 points.
- Sophomore Jalynn McClain had 10 points.
- Redshirt freshman Kendall Noble had 22 points, six rebounds, five assists and four steals in 32 minutes.
- Sophomore Bria Gaines tied her career high with 15 points.
- Junior guard and All-America candidate Alexis Govan missed her 15th 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.
