#5 UK Hoops Vs. LSU: 40 Minutes Of Dread Heads To The Bayou

by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 5, 2012 10:48 AM EST

Fans of the UK Hoops squad, I have a new name for you. We are now going to be called DreadHeads. I am sending that one to Coach Mitchell and the U.S. Patent office. And come 3PM Sunday, the DreadHeads must unite!

It is going to take a serious effort for UK to go down to the bayou and get out with their pelts intact. The Bayou has it's share of Wildcats, but they are not of the Kentucky variety. And we all know that Cats hate water. The starters are going to need their "A" game, and A'Dia Mathies is going to have to lead the way. Mathies leads the team in scoring (15.2), steals (2.8), 3-point field goals made (39) and 3-point field goal percentage (.382). She is also second on the team in rebounding (5.5), assists (2.5) and blocks (0.7). But Mathies is not alone, as SEC Freshman of the Year contender Bria Goss follows in the scoring column with 11.7 ppg. She has scored in double digits in three of the last five games, including a team-high 19 points vs. Ole Miss on Thursday. Samarie Walker is UK’s leading rebounder at 6.3 boards per game and has averaged 8.8 points and 8.8 rebounds in the last four games.

Coach Mitchell in his opening statement of his press conference stated, "We have a tough task ahead Sunday afternoon. LSU’s a very talented team and they’ve gotten a bit more healthy here. They’re motivated to win so it’ll be a tough matchup, it always is in Baton Rouge. We’ll have to do a good job as we’ve been able to on Friday afternoons of getting ready to turn our attention to our game Sunday. I’m real confident we’ll have good preparation for the LSU game, we’ll need it."

More after the jump......

LSU (14-8, 4-5 SEC)comes into Sunday’s game coming off a 64-73 loss to Florida. The Lady Tigers had three players reach double figures, led by junior guard Adrienne Webb’s team-high 19 points. LaSondra Barrett pulled down eight boards. She is the Bayou Bengals’ leading scorer and rebounder on the season, averaging 12.0 points and 6.9 rebounds. Senior forward Courtney Jones can also be trouble for UK. Nine games into the SEC season, she is averaging 10.8 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.

In the meantime, UK, which has won three in a row over the Lady Tigers, is one win away from tying the school record for the most SEC wins in a single season and the longest consecutive winning streak in school history (11). UK’s 21-2 start ties its best start in program history. Kentucky also started 21-2 in 1982-83. The Wildcats have also won a school-record 13 straight SEC games dating back to last season, including six consecutive league road games, also a school record. UK is 4-0 in SEC road games this season.

Expect a hard fought and physical game on both ends of the floor, but you should also expect a victory, as I don't look for the ladies' winning ways to end in Baton Rouge. I am calling it a catfight, ending in a UK victory 73-59.

***Note: We will be using this thread as the live game thread, as there is no TV. Just in case anyone wants to comment during. Should a station pick up the game at the last minute, we will already be here.

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