UK HOOPS 1985-86 Overall Record: 18-11 NCAA Midwest Region • Des Moines, Iowa CATS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT KENTUCKY OUTLOOK WILDCATS 1st • Drake 73, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 70 • The 1985-86 team, led by Coach Terry Hall, defeated four Top 20 teams en route to the NCAA Tournament. • The Cats lost a three-point hearbreaker despite a career-high 24 points and 10 assists from junior Sandy Harding. Drake hit 9-<strong>of</strong>-16 free throws compared to UK’s 0-<strong>of</strong>-1. Back Row (L-R): Terry Hall, Coach; Sue Stanley, Trainer; Laurie Hudgens, Shell Miller, Karen Mosley, Melanie Warren, Debbie Miller, Leslie Nichols, Cindy Noble, Asst. Coach; Donna Murphy, Asst. Coach. Seated (L-R): Michele Pennie, Monique Tarantini, Pam Shrum, Jodie Whitaker, Bebe Croley, Lynne Elbert, Sandy Harding. STAFF REVIEW 1982-83 Overall Record: 23-5 NCAA Mideast Region • Lexington, Ky. 1st • Indiana 87, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 76 MEDIA INFO OPPONENTS HONORS HISTORY RECORDS • The Wildcats were ranked as high as No. 4 nationally during the 1982-83 season but were upset by Indiana in the first round <strong>of</strong> the NCAA Tournament. • All-American Valerie Still had 28 points and 13 rebounds but the Wildcats couldn’t overcome the hot-shooting Hoosiers. IU shot 64.6 percent for the game, including 82.4 percent (14-<strong>of</strong>-17) in the second half. Three IU players scored over 20 points. 1981-82 Overall Record: 24-8 NCAA Midwest Regionals • Ruston, La. 1st • <strong>Kentucky</strong> 88, Illinois 80 2nd • <strong>Kentucky</strong> 73, South Carolina 69 3rd • Louisiana Tech 82, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 60 • Coach Terry Hall led the Lady Kats to their finest season ever, a 24-8 campaign that ended in the Midwest Regional championship, where UK fell to No. 1-ranked and eventual national champion Louisiana Tech on the Lady Techsters’ home floor. • By the end <strong>of</strong> the season, UK was playing so well that Hall proclaimed, “If we had been in any other region, we would have been in the Final Four.” Back Row (L-R): Terri Naiser, Valerie Still, Jody Runge, Sally Loughton, Karen Mosley, Leslie Nichols, Lisa Collins. Seated (L-R): Diane Stephens, Donna Martin, Patty Jo Hedges, Lea Wise, Audre Andrew, Lynnette Lewis. Back Row (L-R): Terry Hall, Coach; Lynn Norenberg, Grad. Asst.; Kathy Lokie, Valerie Still, Jody Runge, Grace Odrick, Terri Naiser, Tayna Fogle, Dottie Berry, Asst. Coach; Mimi Porter, Trainer. Seated (L-R): Michele Oberst, Manager; Lisa Collins, Donna Martin, Patty Jo Hedges, Lori Edgington, Lea Wise, Diane Stephens, Gary Loyd, Manager. 170
CATS IN THE POSTSEASON WNIT WNIT/NWIT Appearances: 5 (1978, 1990, 2005, 2007, 2008) WNIT/NWIT Record: 12-4 2004-05 WNIT Final Four UK HOOPS Date Result Location March 16, 1978 W, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 92, Kansas 87 (2OT) Amarillo, Texas March 17, 1978 L, Texas 75, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 60 Amarillo, Texas March 18, 1978 W, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 79, Cal St. Long Beach 69 Amarillo, Texas March 22, 1990 W, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 76, Maine 66 Amarillo, Texas March 23, 1990 W, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 80, Miami (FL) 68 Amarillo, Texas March 24, 1990 W, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 85, Toledo 76 Amarillo, Texas March 18, 2005 W, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 79, Eastern Michigan 68 Lexington, Ky. (2,125) March 20, 2005 W, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 91, Chattanooga 54 Lexington, Ky. (2,035) March 24, 2005 W, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 67, Xavier 62 Lexington, Ky. (3,531) March 28, 2005 L, West Virginia 80, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 75 (2OT) Lexington, Ky. (3,452) March 15, 2007 W, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 65, Oakland 56 Rochester, Mich. (1,030) March 19, 2007 W, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 85, Ball State 82 Muncie, Ind. (3,581) March 22, 2007 L, Wisconsin 67, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 61 Madison, Wisc. (2,420) March 21, 2008 W, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 68, Middle Tennessee (OT) Lexington, Ky. (1,608) March 26, 2008 W, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 84, James Madison Lexington, Ky. (1,703) March 30, 2008 L Marquette 69, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 64 Lexington, Ky. (2,102) 2007-08 Back Row (L-R): Chante’ Bowman, Keiko Tate, Eleia Roddy, Jennifer Humphrey, Sarah Elliott, Afton Perry, Stephanie Stumbo, Sade Buley. Front Row (L-R): Assistant Coach Matthew Mitchell, Coach Mickie DeMoss, Angela Phillips, Nastassia Alcius, Danyelle Payne, Sara Potts, Samantha Mahoney, Assistant Coach Pam Stackhouse, Assistant Coach Niya Butts. Sara Potts was named to the 2005 WNIT All-Tournament team after averaging 27.8 points per game during the four-game postseason run. Potts tallied two 30- plus point games vs. Chattanooga and Xavier in the tournament. 1989-90 NWIT Champions KENTUCKY OUTLOOK WILDCATS STAFF REVIEW RECORDS Back Row (L-R): Christian Stefanopoulos (Video Coordinator), Leslie Lusk (Student Trainer), Melinda Redinger (Mgr.), Stephanie Tracey-Simmons (Strength Coach), Tricia Matysak (Head Trainer), Katie Kaiser (Mgr.), Beth Davis (Administrative Assistant). Middle Row (L-R): Assistant Coach Wendy Palmer, Assistant Coach Vonn Read, Lydia Watkins, Jenn’e Jackson, Eleia Roddy, Sarah Elliott, Catina Bett, Amani Franklin, Victoria Dunlap, (Assoc. Head Coach Niya Butts), Pam Stackhouse (Asst. AD/Women’s Basketball), Matthew Mitchell (Head Coach). Front Row (L-R): Brittany Edelen, Amber Smith, Carly Ormerod, Chant Bowman, Samantha Mahoney, Carly Morrow, Ali Lomax, Chelsea Chowning. 2006-07 Front Row (L-R): Kris Miller, Stacy McIntyre, Tracye Davis, Kristi Cushenberry, Tammy Dowdell, Jennifer Johnson, Malinka Salhi. Back Row (L-R): Assistant Coach Karen Booker, Graduate Asst. Lisa Bressman, Graduate Asst. Jane Dalton, Asst. Coach Jerry McLaughlin, Mia Daniel, Vanessa Foster-Sutton, Cathy Proctor, Lisa Ellis, Pattresa Leonard, Josh Mills, Associate Trainer Sue Stanley, Head Manager Susan Crabtree, Manager Tracy Livingston, Head Coach Sharon Fanning. Vanessa Foster-Sutton scored in double-figures throughout the 1990 NWIT Tournament and was named to the All-Tournament team along with teammate Kristi Cushenberry. 1977-78 HISTORY HONORS OPPONENTS MEDIA INFO Back Row (L-R): Brittany Edelen, Jenn’e Jackson, Jennifer Humphrey, Sarah Elliott, Eleia Roddy, Lydia Watkins, Amani Franklin. Front Row (L-R): Assistant Coach Vonn Read, Head Coach Mickie DeMoss, Carly Ormerod, Chante’ Bowman, Nastassia Alcius, Samantha Mahoney, Jenny Pfeiffer, Moe Gamble, Assistant Coach Pam Stackhouse, Assistant Coach Niya Butts. Back Row (L-R): Coach Debbie Yow, Maria Donh<strong>of</strong>f, Pam Browning, Laura Upton, Liz Lukschu, Jeannine Mjoseth, Janet Timperman, Assistant Coach Diane Beauchamp. Front Row (L-R): Manager Margaret LaFontaine, Debra Oden, Linda Edelman, Geri Grigsby, Debbie Mack, Terry Boyd, Mitzi Combs, Trainer Mimi Porter. 171