UK warmed up before its first round NCAA tournament game against Hampton at The Pit in Albuquerque, N.M. on Saturday March 19, 2011. Photo by Pablo Alcala | Staff
Welcome to lovely Albuquerque and a place they affectionately call “The Pit”
- Cats look like they’re going to survive with ball, a 65-62 lead and Conwright heading to the line with 1.5 seconds to go.
- Another McMillian three-pointer has the Cats up 65-62 with 21.3 seconds to play, but a turnover costs UK the ball and Hampton has a chance to tie it.
- Cats have a 63-59 lead and the ball with 50 seconds to play.
- Henderson has scored four in a row and UK has a 50-56 lead with 2:37 to play.
- Snowden floater from the baseline with less than a second on the clock rims out and we are headed to overtime.
- Fifth foul on Mathies, who hit the basket to put UK up 56-54 with 2:20 to go. Hampton has the ball and trails by that margin with 1:05 left.
- With 2:47 to play, UK is in a dog fight, clings to a 54-52 lead and Hampton has the ball.
- Hampton pulls ahead 52-51 on Jenkins’ floater in the lane and UK continues to struggle.
- Jenkins’ made free throws got the Pirates within three points with 9:36 to play, but Dunlap has been a beast on the boards the last few minutes and has five straight points and she’s headed to the line for two free throws.
- Six straight points from Hampton’s Quanneisha Perry gets Hampton to within four points 45-41 and Mitchell has seen enough, calls timeout.
- Kentucky getting hammered on the boards 32-22, but it still has a 45-39 lead with 11:50 to play. Hampton keeps hanging around and could get a little confidence if allowed to do so for long.
- UK leads Hampton 41-34 with 14:43 to play in the half. Snowden has 19 points for the Cats, but the Pirates are sticking around.
- A Conwright three-pointer at the halftime horn gives UK a 32-26 lead. Before that UK had gone nearly four minutes without a field goal. The Cats led by as many as nine points in the first half following a three-point barrage, but Hampton took advantage of both Mathies and Dunlap being out with two fouls and cut it to 29-26 with 20 seconds to play.
- Three minutes left in the half and UK has now hit four three-pointers in a row and grabbed a 26-18 lead with Sam Drake heading to the line.
- Cats have hit three straight threes and lead 23-17 with 4:36 to play in half.
- Snowden leads UK with eight points, including her first made three-pointer 15 seconds ago.
- With 7:26 to go in the first half, UK clings to a 14-13 lead and can get no separation from a fast, athletic Hampton team.
- Dunlap picks up her second foul fighting for offensive rebound and takes a seat midway through first half.
- UK and Hampton tied 8-8 with eight minutes in the books. Neither team is shooting the ball well and nerves seem to be the cause. Right now Pirates have made 4 of 13 and UK has made 3 of 12.
- With 14:43 to go in the first half, UK leads 6-4 and Mitchell has been subbing liberally so far. He may think Cats have depth advantage. They have held the Pirates to 2-for-10 shooting in the early going.
- Nothing like taunting by the band and Hampton’s band does a lot of it.
- UK stars Victoria Dunlap and A’dia Mathies have each picked up their first foul i the game’s opening 30 seconds. Not a good start for the Cats.
No. 4 seed Kentucky (24-8) vs. No. 13 seed Hampton (25-6)
