Women's Basketball Timeline - University of Kentucky Athletics
Women's Basketball Timeline - University of Kentucky Athletics
Women's Basketball Timeline - University of Kentucky Athletics
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Cats in the Postseason WNIT<br />
Cats in the WNIT<br />
WNIT/NWIT Appearances: 3 (1978, 1990, 2005)<br />
WNIT/NWIT Record: 8-2<br />
NWIT Championship Titles: 1 - 1990<br />
2005 WNIT FINAL FOUR<br />
Date Result Location<br />
March 16, 1978 <strong>Kentucky</strong> 92, Kansas 87 (2OT) Amarillo, TX<br />
March 17, 1978 Texas 75, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 60 Amarillo, TX<br />
March 18, 1978 <strong>Kentucky</strong> 79, Cal St. Long Beach 69 Amarillo, TX<br />
March 22, 1990 <strong>Kentucky</strong> 76, Maine 66 Amarillo, TX<br />
March 23, 1990 <strong>Kentucky</strong> 80, Miami (FL) 68 Amarillo, TX<br />
March 24, 1990 <strong>Kentucky</strong> 85, Toledo 76 Amarillo, TX<br />
March 18, 2005 <strong>Kentucky</strong> 79, Eastern Michigan 68 Lexington, KY (2,125)<br />
March 20, 2005 <strong>Kentucky</strong> 91, Chattanooga 54 Lexington, KY (2,035)<br />
March 24, 2005 <strong>Kentucky</strong> 67, Xavier 62 Lexington, KY (3,531)<br />
March 28, 2005 <strong>Kentucky</strong> 75, West Virginia 80 (2OT) Lexington, KY (3,452)<br />
1990 NWIT CHAMPIONS<br />
<strong>Kentucky</strong> 85, Toledo 76<br />
March 24, 1990--Cal Farley Coliseum<br />
Front row, left to right: Kris Miller, Stacy McIntyre, Tracye Davis, Kristi<br />
Cushenberry, Tammy Dowdell, Jennifer Johnson, Malinka Salhi. Back row,<br />
left to right: Assistant Coach Karen Booker, Graduate Asst. Lisa Bressman,<br />
Graduate Asst. Jane Dalton, Asst. Coach Jerry McLaughlin, Mia Daniel,<br />
Vanessa Foster-Sutton, Cathy Proctor, Lisa Ellis, Pattresa Leonard, Josh<br />
Mills, Associate Trainer Sue Stanley, Head Manager Susan Crabtree, Manager<br />
Tracy Livingston, Head Coach Sharon Fanning.<br />
AMARAILLO,<br />
Texas - After breezing<br />
through the first two<br />
rounds <strong>of</strong> the 1990<br />
NWIT Championships,<br />
the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Kentucky</strong><br />
women’s basketball<br />
team faced a tough<br />
test in the final against<br />
the Toledo Rockets,<br />
who finished third in<br />
the previous year’s<br />
event.<br />
The Lady Rockets<br />
appeared poised to win their first championship as they led the Cats 41-33<br />
at halftime, but <strong>Kentucky</strong> battled back in<br />
the second half to outscore Toledo, 52-35,<br />
in the final period and capture the<br />
championship.<br />
The Wildcats were under the direction <strong>of</strong><br />
third-year head coach Sharon Fanning, who<br />
dressed appropriately for the showdown in<br />
the lonestar state with her colorful blue<br />
Texas-style leather jacket, white leather<br />
pants and <strong>Kentucky</strong> blue boots. The Cats<br />
were led by guard Kristi Cushenberry who<br />
scored 20 points and connected 8-<strong>of</strong>-9<br />
attempts from the charity stripe in the game.<br />
<strong>Kentucky</strong>, under the direction <strong>of</strong> second-year<br />
head coach Mickie DeMoss, posted 15 regularseason<br />
wins for the first time since 1999 and was<br />
rewarded with a berth in the Sportsview.tv<br />
Women’s National Invitation Tournament.<br />
Thanks in large part to their record-breaking<br />
crowds, the Wildcats were able to host every<br />
round in which they competed. UK opened with a 79-68 comeback victory<br />
over Eastern Michigan in the first round before routing Chattanooga,<br />
91-54, backed by 32 points from senior guard/forward Sara Potts.<br />
In the quarterfinal contest with Xavier, the Cats trailed nearly the entire<br />
game before taking their first lead <strong>of</strong> the second half with 35 seconds<br />
remaining on a jumper by Potts. UK extended its longest postseason run in<br />
school history by defeating the Musketeers, 67-62.<br />
The Wildcats battled border-rival West Virginia closely throughout the<br />
entire game, but fell to the Mountaineers, 80-75, in double-overtime, capping<br />
<strong>of</strong>f one <strong>of</strong> the most successful seasons in school history. <strong>Kentucky</strong> finished<br />
the season with a 18-16<br />
overall record.<br />
(Left) Vanessa Foster-Sutton averaged<br />
nearly 30 points and eight<br />
rebounds per game as a senior captain<br />
on <strong>Kentucky</strong>’s 1990 NWIT<br />
championship squad.<br />
(Right) Sara Potts was named to<br />
the WNIT All-Tournament team<br />
after averaging 27.8 points per<br />
game during the four-game postseason<br />
run. Potts tallied two 30-<br />
plus point games vs. Chattanooga<br />
and Xavier in the tournament.<br />
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