Mathies' 21 Leads Kentucky to 84-72 Win Over Arkansas; Mathies scores 21 and adds six assists; Bishop adds 11 points, eight rebounds in only 10 minutes
Mathies' Big Night Pushes UK Past Louisville 74-54; Mathies scores 20 as UK shoots 10-for-19 from 3-point range
General Played in 29 games with three starts as a freshman ... Averaged 5.1 points per game overall and 7.3 points per game in conference play ... Double-figure points in five games, including a career-high 15 points at Florida (1/20/11) ... Ranked third on the team in 3-pointers made with 21, while shooting 36.2 percent (21-of-58) from beyond the arc ... A quick point guard with an excellent ability to drive or shoot the outside shot ... Was Kentucky's first incoming freshman to earn McDonald's All-America honors ... First player to wear No. 0 ... Majoring in kinesiology.
• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll • SEC Freshman of the Week (Jan. 24, 2011)
2011-12 (Sophomore) Has not played this season due to a stress fracture sustained in her right foot during the preseason. Return date is to be determined.
2010-11 (Freshman) Played in 29 games with three starts ... Averaged 5.1 points per game overall and 7.3 points per game in conference play ... Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll ... Made 24 of her last 26 free-throw attempts, including nine in a row to end the season ... Scored at least three points in seven of the final eight games ... Ranked third on the team in 3-point field goals made (21) and 3-point field goal percentage (.362) ... Hit 34-of-46 free-throw attempts (.739) ... Made a career-high nine of 10 free throws vs. Vanderbilt ... Scored in double figures in four consecutive SEC wins (Miss. State, Florida, Vandy and Ole Miss) ... Named SEC Freshman of the Week after coming off the bench to average 12.5 points per game in two SEC wins over Vanderbilt and Florida ... Put together a career night vs. the Gators, netting a career-high 15 points ... Led the Wildcats in their second-half comeback vs. UF by scoring five quick points in the final five minutes to start the key run ... Scored a then career-high 11 points during a season-long 24 minutes of play against Mississippi St., going 2-for-6 from behind the arc and a perfect 3-of-3 from the charity stripe ... Came off the bench and scored five points in nine minutes in UK's first SEC win vs. South Carolina ... Scored her first point as a Wildcat against Miami (Ohio), Nov. 14, in Oxford, Ohio ... Made the most of her first career start, recording eight points and a career-high eight rebounds against Arkansas Pine-Bluff.
High School A consensus national top-30 player ... Ranked as the nation's 10th best point guard, according to ESPN HoopsGurlz ... Named a McDonald's All-American after leading the Eagles to a No. 8 state ranking with averages of 25.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game ... WBCA Nike All-American ... ESPN HoopGurlz All-Star ... Third-team PARADE Magazine All-American (2010) ... MaxPreps Girls Basketball All-American honorable mention ... The Post's All-Manhattan girls basketball Player of the Year ... NYSSWA All-State second-team (2010) ... New York Daily News' Girls Player of the Year (2009) ... Tabbed a fourth-team All-American by PARADE Magazine and was a fifth-team All-America choice by Street & Smith's Magazine in 2009 after averaging 22.0 points and 7.0 assists per game ... Earned first-team all-state honors in Class AA in 2008-09 after leading St. Michael's to its first Federation championship title ... Named Tournament MVP after pouring in 22 points in the CHSAA state `AA' title game and hitting four clutch free throws in the Class AA semifinals in the final 1:01 to lift her squad to a 50-46 win ... Netted a game-high 13 points in the state Federation championship game for the Eagles ... Member of the student council.
The Cats' Cause Volunteered to pack and deliver food for God's Pantry BackPack program.
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