A’dia Mathies’ Career Stats Year GP-GS MIN 2009-10 36-36 1151-32.0 2010-11 34-33 992-29.2 2011-12 34-34 1006-29.6 TOTAL 104-103 3149-30.3
FG-FGA 178-439 146-337 181-424 505-1200
PCT .405 .433 .427 .421
3FG-FGA 31-107 22-66 51-135 104-308
by a UK player since 1987 ... Poured in 20 pts. vs. Miss. St. ... Scored team-high 21 pts., including career-high five 3s, and had season-high six assists vs. Arkansas ... Scored 17 pts. at Notre Dame in 21 mins ... Named USBWA Women's National Player of the Week for her performance vs. Duke ... Scored 23 pts. against Duke, hitting four 3s ... Scored 20 pts. vs. Louisville, hitting four 3s ... Had career-high nine steals against Nebraska Omaha, tied for the second most in UK single-game history ... Became 4th-fastest player in UK history (74 games) to reach 1,000 career pts (Southern Miss.) ... Recorded third career double-double vs. Jax St. (18p/10r).
2010-11 (Sophomore) All-SEC second team (coaches) and All-Defensive team member ... All-SEC honorable mention (AP) ... Started in 33-of-34 games ... Did not start vs. UTC (12/11/10) due to disciplinary reasons ... Moved to UK’s starting point guard position in the final 13 minutes of the Georgia game on Jan. 9 ... Led the team in assists (89) ... UK’s second-leading scorer (overall and SEC) which ranked ninth in the SEC (12.8 ppg) ... Second on the team and fifth in the SEC in steals (2.1 spg) ... Ranks fourth on UK’s career steals per game list (2.383) ... Second on the team in field goal percentage, shooting .433 percent (146-of-337) ... Team’s third-leading rebounder with 4.7 rpg ... UK’s assist leader and 14th in the SEC (2.6 apg) ... Double-figure points in 51 career games, including 26-of-34 games this season ... Recorded her first career double-double with 26 points and a career-high 10 rebounds vs. Murray State ... The 26 points marked her eighth career game with 20-plus points ... Scored a goahead three-point play with 38.8 seconds to go vs. LSU in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament ... Scored the game-winning lay-up with less than 4.4 seconds in the win over Arkansas ... Recorded 18 points and a team-high four assists and four steals in a season-high 39 minutes vs. No. 4 Tennessee ... Dished out a career-high tying seven assists in the win against Mississippi State in only her second game as the team’s floor general ... Named the Most Valuable Player of the 2010 Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic after averaging 20.0 points and 10.0 rebounds in the two-game event ... Put together her second career double-double against Tennessee Tech with 17 points and 10 rebounds while adding a team-leading six steals and four assists ... Provided a key steal in the final minutes vs. No. 12 Notre Dame in Lexington.
2009-10 (Freshman) Started in all 36 games, averaging a team-high 32.0 minutes per game ... Team’s second-leading scorer with 13.6 points per game ... Scored in double-figures in 26 of UK’s 36 games ... Scored in double figures in 11 of 16 SEC games with four 20point performances against league competition ... UK’s first SEC Freshman of the Year and first freshman All-American since Valerie Still in 1980 ... Owns the school freshman record for most steals (93) and ranked second only to UK Hoops leg-
PCT .290 .333 .378 .338
FT-FTA 104-149 121-178 96-141 321-468
PCT .698 .680 .681 .686
OFF-DEF 78-96 77-82 88-87 243-265
TOT-AVG 174-4.8 159-4.7 175-5.1 508-4.9
PF-FO A 98-3 87 94-4 89 73-3 93 265-10 269
TO 86 85 95 266
BLK 22 12 21 55
ST 93 71 87 251
PTS-AVG 491-13.6 435-12.8 509-15.0 1435-13.8
end Valerie Still in points (491)... Ranks among UK’s all-time freshmen leaders in 10 categories ... Ranks fifth on UK’s single-season steals list with 93 ... Became the 11th player in school history to score at least 32 points in a game when she netted 32 points on 9-of-15 field goals and 12-of-17 free-throw attempts against Liberty in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (3/20/10) ... It marked the most points ever scored by a UK player in the NCAA Tournament ... Averaged 17.5 points in four NCAA Tourney games ... Named to SEC All-Tournament team after averaging 17.0 points and 5.7 rebounds in leading UK to the finals for the first time since 1982 ... Scored a game-high 25 points on 6-of-11 field goals and 11-of-12 free throws to go with five rebounds in UK’s 76-65 come-frombehind win over Mississippi State in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament (3/6/10) ... Pulled down at least four rebounds in 30 of 36 games, including the 19-straight to end the season ... Grabbed three or more steals in 18 games ... Made at least one 3-pointer in 21 games ... Ranked third in the SEC in steals (2.6 spg), 11th in scoring (13.6) and 13th in free-throw shooting (69.8 percent) for all games.
High School UK’s first high school All-American since 2004 (Sarah Elliott) ... Rated the 13th-best shooting guard in the nation and the 65th player overall in the Class of 2009 by HoopGurlz.com ... Full Court Press High School All-American ... 2009 Kentucky Miss Basketball ... 2009 Kentucky Farm Bureau Female High School Athlete of the Year ... Elected Most Valuable Player of the Houchens Industries Girls’ Sweet Sixteen championship ... Gatorade Kentucky Girls' Basketball Player of the Year ... Named Louisville Courier-Journal’s Sixth Region Player of the Year ... Averaged 17.1 points, 11.4 rebounds, 3.9 steals, 3.8 assists and 1.9 blocks per game as a senior … Led Iroquois High School to an impressive 33-1 overall record and the Lady Raiders’ first state tournament title in 2008-09 ... Coached by Al Northington ... Varsity player since the sixth grade ... Tallied 3,113 career points and 2,583 rebounds while starting at guard seven consecutive seasons ... Iroquois’ all-time leading scorer ... Averaged 17.3 points and 11.0 rebounds a game as a junior ... Named to the All-State Tournament Team after averaging 19.2 points, 8.8 boards, 3.5 steals in the 2007 Houchens/KHSAA Girl's Sweet 16 during her sophomore season.
The Cats’ Cause Played Bingo at Kentucky Children’s Hospital ... Volunteered at YMCA’s Fall Festival ... Participated in Cats Cultivating Character, where student-athletes teach character lessons once a month to third grade students at a local elementary school ... Volunteered to pack and deliver food for God’s Pantry BackPack program ... Participated in Beaumont Centre YMCA’s Fall Festival ... Volunteered to serve lunch at the Lexington Hope Center ... Participated in Lexington’s Fire Prevention Parade.
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CAREER HIGHS Points: FGM: FGA: FTM: FTA: 3FGM: 3FGA: O-Rebounds: D-Rebounds: Total Rebounds: Assists: Blocks: Steals: Minutes:
34 vs. Tennessee 1/12/12 11, twice, last at Alabama 2/16/12 22 vs. Southern Miss. 11/19/11 12 vs. Liberty 3/20/10 17 vs. Liberty 3/20/10 5 vs. Arkansas 1/5/12 10 vs. Southern Miss. 11/19/11 8 vs. Jacksonville State 11/15/11 8 vs Murray State 11/26/10 10, five times, last at Georgia 1/18/12 7, three times, last vs. Gonzaga 3/25/12 3, three times, last at South Carolina 1/15/12 9 vs. Nebraska Omaha 11/23/11 39, three times. last vs. Tennessee 2/7/11