CATS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT 1985-86
Overall Record: 18-11 NCAA Midwest Region • Des Moines, Iowa 1st • Drake 73, Kentucky 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 heartbreaker despite a career-high 24 points and 10 assists from junior Sandy Harding. Drake hit 9-of-16 free throws compared to UK’s 0-of-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.
1982-83
Overall Record: 23-5 NCAA Mideast Region • Lexington, Ky. 1st • Indiana 87, Kentucky 76 • The Wildcats were ranked as high as No. 4 nationally during the 1982-83 season but were upset by Indiana in the first round of 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-of-17) in the second half. Three IU players scored over 20 points. 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.
1981-82
Overall Record: 24-8 NCAA Midwest Regionals • Ruston, La. 1st • Kentucky 88, Illinois 80 2nd • Kentucky 73, South Carolina 69 3rd • Louisiana Tech 82, Kentucky 60
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.
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• 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 of 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.”