1 - University of Kentucky Athletics
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6-6 • Sr. • Center<br />
McKee, Ky./Jackson County HS<br />
Sarah Elliott<br />
General<br />
<strong>Kentucky</strong>’s go-to player in the middle …<br />
Team’s leading returning scorer ... Possesses a nice<br />
touch around the basket and is a potent shot<br />
blocker … Became the 26th member <strong>of</strong> UK’s<br />
1,000-point club last season vs. Vanderbilt ... Now<br />
ranks 18th on the all-time scoring list with 1,161<br />
career points ... Second on UK’s all-time blocks<br />
list with 139 … Needs just 21 more to break the<br />
career blocks record ... Tallest member <strong>of</strong> the team<br />
... One <strong>of</strong> only three 6-6 players ever to play at<br />
<strong>Kentucky</strong> (Lisa Ellis and Melanie Warren also<br />
were 6-6) ... One <strong>of</strong> six Kentuckians on the roster<br />
... Has played in 99 career games with 70 starts.<br />
• All-SEC second team AP and SEC (2006-07)<br />
• Odwalla Classic All-Tournament Team<br />
• All-Classic Team at Wells Fargo New Year’s<br />
Classic<br />
• All-SEC Honorable Mention - AP (2005-06)<br />
• MVP Pepperdine Thanksgiving Classic (2005)<br />
• SEC All-Freshman Team (2004-05)<br />
• SEC Player <strong>of</strong> the Week (Jan. 17, 2005)<br />
2006-07 (Junior)<br />
A second-team All-SEC<br />
selection by both the league<br />
and The Associated Press …<br />
Played in all 34 games with 33<br />
starts … Was the team’s leading<br />
scorer, averaging 13.5 ppg,<br />
which ranked 10th in the SEC …<br />
Averaged a team-high 14.0 ppg in<br />
league contests … Also led the team<br />
in blocks with 50 and was second in<br />
rebounds with 7.0 rpg … Was sixth in<br />
the SEC in blocks and 11th in rebounding<br />
… Showed keen shot selection, leading<br />
the team with a .559 field goal percentage<br />
from the floor, the league’s<br />
fourth-best mark … Tallied 26 doublefigure<br />
scoring games, including registering<br />
double-figure point totals in 10<br />
<strong>of</strong> the team’s last 11 games … Scored<br />
in double-figures in 10 <strong>of</strong> the team’s<br />
14 league contests, including the last<br />
six consecutive … Had a stretch <strong>of</strong><br />
17 consecutive games in which she<br />
Career Highs<br />
Points: 26 vs. Delaware 11-24-06<br />
FGM: 12 vs. Delaware 11-24-06<br />
FGA: 17, twice, last vs. Arkansas 3-1-07<br />
FTM: 6 vs. Nicholls State 12-21-04<br />
FTA: 7, twice, last vs. Florida 2-5-06<br />
3FGM: 0<br />
3FGA: 0<br />
O-Rebounds: 7 vs. Indiana 11-12-06<br />
D-Rebounds: 12 vs. Ole Miss 1-14-07<br />
Total Rebounds: 18 vs. Ole Miss 1-14-07<br />
Assists: 4, four times, last vs. Arkansas 2-18-07<br />
Blocks: 6 vs. North Carolina A&T 12-6-05<br />
Steals: 2, three times, last vs. UAPB 12-17-06<br />
Minutes: 41 vs. Georgia 2-15-07<br />
scored in double figures spanning three months<br />
during the season … Eclipsed the 20-point<br />
plateau four times, including a career-high 26<br />
points vs. Delaware (11/24/06) … Led the team<br />
in rebounding eight times … Had five doubledoubles<br />
during her junior campaign … Scored<br />
14 <strong>of</strong> her team-high 18 points in the second half<br />
to help the Wildcats advance past Ball State in<br />
the second round <strong>of</strong> the WNIT (3/19/07) …<br />
Had 17 points, including 15 in the second half,<br />
to complement seven rebounds and three blocks<br />
vs. Arkansas in the SEC Tournament (3/1/07)<br />
… Played a career-high 41 minutes vs. No. 11<br />
Georgia (2/15/07) … Scored a squad-best 18<br />
points, including 16 in the second half, at No.<br />
7/8 Ohio State (1/6/07) … Named to the All-<br />
Classic Team <strong>of</strong> the Wells Fargo New Year’s<br />
Classic, averaging 16.0 ppg and 4.0 rpg during<br />
the two-game stretch … Posted double-doubles<br />
in back-to-back games against Delaware and<br />
Southern Illinois with 26 points and 12 rebounds<br />
against the Blue Hens (11/24/06) … Named to<br />
the All-Tournament Team <strong>of</strong> the Odwalla Classic.<br />
2005-06 (Sophomore)<br />
Saw action in all 31 games with 26 starts ...<br />
Team’s second-leading scorer with 11.2 ppg …<br />
Scored in double figures 17 times with two double-doubles<br />
... Ranked third in rebounding,<br />
pulling down 5.9 rpg … Led the team in blocks<br />
with 40, which ranks as the sixth-best single-season<br />
blocks mark in school history ... Tied the <strong>Kentucky</strong><br />
school record for blocked shots in a game<br />
with six against North Carolina A&T (12/6/05) ...<br />
Finished the season tied for seventh in the SEC in<br />
Career Stats<br />
Year GP-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT/AVG PF-FO A TO BLK ST PTS/AVG<br />
04/05 34-11 674/19.8 149-267 .558 0-0 .000 56-83 .675 63-122 185/5.4 95-3 13 70 49 11 354/10.4<br />
05/06 31-26 712/23.0 149-273 .546 0-1 .000 49-73 .671 74-109 183/5.9 83-2 34 53 40 13 347/11.2<br />
06/07 34-33 861/25.3 208-372 .559 0-0 .000 44-69 .638 81-156 237/7.0 90-1 26 57 50 10 460/13.5<br />
Totals 99-70 2247/22.7 506-912 .555 0-1 .000 149-225 .662 218-387 605/6.1 268-6 73 180 139 34 1161/11.7<br />
52 • 2006-07 Women’s Basketball
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