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JONATHAN PALMER Wire, Staff and Special Reports UK guard A’dia Mathies got a scored 20 points and Rico Fer- Top-seeded Lindsey Wilson guson had 12 points and four hug from former UK assistant outlasted No. 2-seed Pikeville assists in the Panthers’ win the Kyra Elzy after the game. Elzy 77-73 in overtime in the Mid- opening round of the GLVC is an assistant at Tennessee. South tournament champion- tournament at Owensboro. ship game on Sunday at the Frankfort Convention Center. Women STORY The tournament title was LSU 67, No. 13 Texas A&M From Page C1 the first for the Blue Raiders 52: Theresa Plaisance scored since 2004-05 and they had 16 points and Danielle Bal- “I thought they made us to withstand an extraordinary lard had 15 points and 11 play fast,” Tennessee Coach performance from the con- rebounds for LSU at College MATT YORK | ASSOCIATED PRESS Holly Warlick said. “If you ference’s player of the year. Station, Texas. want to interpret it as pan- Pikeville’s Jamar Briscoe hit Ballard, a freshman, posted led a total of 122 laps at Phoenix International Raceway, including the final 78. “I’m icky, they just made us play six threes and shot 11 of 23 her second consecutive dou- very, very happy to be back in the mix here,” he said after his first win since Las Vegas in 2011. fast and we just quick-shot from the field to finish with a ble-double for the Tigers, who the basketball.” game-high 32 points. have won six in a row enter- NASCAR It seemed only right that Kalen Kimberland led ing next weekend’s Southeast- Mitchell’s record-setting win Lindsey Wilson with 25 ern Conference Tournament. came on Senior Day for Ken- points, hitting 12 of 16 shots Ballard had 14 points and 10 tucky star A’dia Mathies (as from the free-throw line, while rebounds on Thursday in a Edwards’ 70-race skid well as her classmate Brittany Milton Watts added 12 points win over Alabama. Henderson). When Mathies and 10 rebounds. No. 11 Georgia 55, Vanderbilt — having spurned her “Every play they ran was 50: Jasmine Hassell scored 16 hometown school, Louisville, for Briscoe and we ran ev- points and host Georgia re- ends at Phoenix to cast her lot with Kentucky erything for Kalen,” Lindsey bounded from a disappointing — arrived in Lexington, Wilson Coach Paul Peck said. Southeastern Conference loss Mitchell’s record at UK was a “Unbelievable performances. to beat Vanderbilt. JOHNSON HOLDS OFF NEXT RACE SPRINT CUP: SUBWAY FRESH FIT 500 lukewarm 33-32. I can’t think of a much better Georgia’s shooters could HAMLIN FOR SECOND Kobalt Tools 400 At Avondale, Ariz. With Mathies on his team, game in our league than this.” only improve after shoot- 1-mile Phoenix International Raceway When: 3 p.m. Sunday (Start position in parentheses) Mitchell is 106-28. It could have ended differ- ing 18.2 percent in a 50-38 By John Marshall 1. (15) Carl Edwards, Ford, 316 laps, 48 points On Sunday, the stoic ently. Tied at 64 with 10 sec- loss to Mississippi State on Associated Press Where: Las Vegas Motor Speedway 2. (3) , , 316, 43 5-foot-9 Mathies showed the onds left Lindsey Wilson sent 3. (8) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 316, 41 Thursday. The Bulldogs shot AVONDALE, Ariz. — Carl 4. (11) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 316, 41 home crowd one final time Pikeville’s Elisha Justice to the 35.8 percent Sunday, though Edwards climbed from his car, 5. (21) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 316, 40 the wide range of skills that line for one and the bonus. Jus- they only made 2 of 11 three- stood on the door and landed Despite struggling with his 6. (13) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 316, 38 7. (9) , Toyota, 316, 37 have made her an all-time tice missed his first shot and pointers. a backflip near the finish line. car most of the day, Hamlin 8. (6) , Chevrolet, 316, 36 Wildcats great. In spite of Kimberland came up short on No. 14 South Carolina 67, He then hopped up on the wall made a bold move on the last 9. (5) , Chevrolet, 316, 35 10. (20) , Chevrolet, 316, 34 missing eight of her first nine a runner at the buzzer to send Florida 56: Ashley Bruner in front of the grandstand, lap with a pass on the apron 11. (23) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 316, 33 shots, Mathies finished with the game to overtime. scored 16 points and Aleighsa grabbed the checkered flag below the dogleg. He popped 12. (29) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 316, 33 16 points, four rebounds, four 13. (7) , Chevrolet, 316, 31 “I said it before the game, Welch and Ieasia Walker add- and waded into the crowd, up alongside Daytona 500 14. (43) , Ford, 316, 30 assists, four steals and two if the score got into the 90s, ed 14 apiece for host South trading high-fives with fans. winner Jimmie Johnson and 15. (18) Aric Almirola, Ford, 316, 29 blocks. we didn’t have a chance,” said Carolina. The Gamecocks After a miserable week at the two drag-raced to the fin- 16. (12) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 316, 28 17. (17) , Ford, 316, 28 “To get (Mitchell’s record- Peck. “But we kept it low with (23-6, 11-5) set a school re- Daytona, Edwards had plenty ish, where Johnson edged him 18. (22) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 316, 26 breaking) win on senior great defense and this is how cord for Southeastern Confer- to celebrate. That it came at by a few inches. 19. (2) , Chevrolet, 316, 25 20. (16) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 316, 24 night, and it being our last it turned out.” ence victories in a season and Phoenix International Race- Keselowski, who was out- 21. (1) , Toyota, 316, 24 night against a rivalry team, No. 4 Michigan 58, No. 9 tied their program record for way only seemed fitting. side Johnson during Hamlin’s 22. (19) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 316, 22 I think it was meant to be,” 23. (4) , Toyota, 316, 21 Michigan State 57: Trey Burke regular-season wins. Coming through on his move, finished fourth and 24. (33) , Toyota, 315, 20 Mathies said. stole the ball from Keith Ap- Former Boone County star promise to dominate after his Dale Earnhardt Jr. ended up 25. (34) David Reutimann, Toyota, 315, 20 As for the day’s imperfec- pling near midcourt and went Sydney Moss scored 16 points Daytona disaster, Edwards fifth. 26. (32) Joey Logano, Ford, 315, 18 27. (25) , Chevrolet, 315, 17 tion, the one thing missing in alone for a dunk with 22 and grabbed 10 rebounds for pulled away on a late restart “As far down as I was, I 28. (27) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 315, 16 that could have made Sunday seconds left, then made anoth- the Gators. and snapped a 70-race winless was committed, there was 29. (30) , Toyota, 313, 15 30. (37) David Stremme, Toyota, 313, 14 a perfect moment for Ken- er steal in the final seconds to Cumberland 59, Campbells- streak on Sunday, the second nothing that I was going to 31. (41) , Toyota, 311, 0 tucky women’s basketball was give host Michigan a win. ville 46: Top-seeded Cumber- longest drought he’s ended at do where I would back out,” 32. (38) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 309, 12 that the SEC regular-season 33. (26) , Chevrolet, 306, 11 The Spartans had the ball land scored 11 straight points Phoenix. Hamlin said. “I just hoped I 34. (42) , Ford, accident, 300, 10 championship was not on the with the shot clock off at 56-all, down the stretch to defeat “This win feels as good would have just slid in front 35. (36) , Ford, 295, 0 line. For most of the season, but Burke’s first big defensive 36. (14) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 284, 8 third-seeded Campbellsville or better as any win I’ve ever of the 48, then you risk get- 37. (31) David Gilliland, Ford, accident, 237, 7 it appeared UK and UT would play enabled Michigan to take in the Mid-South Confer- had,” Edwards said. ting punted and spun, and 38. (24) , Ford, accident, 186, 7 settle that in Lexington. the lead. After Derrick Nix ence tournament finals in the Edwards had a rough 2012 your whole day you’ve worked 39. (40) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, accident, 184, 5 40. (10) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, accident, 137, 4 Instead, a Kentucky loss made one of two free throws Frankfort Convention Center. season, missing the Chase everything for is taken away 41. (28) Scott Speed, Ford, brakes, 88, 3 at LSU two Sundays ago and Mitch McGary missed Daizah Kimberland led the for the championship. His in a corner. I held my line and 42. (35) , Toyota, brakes, 34, 0 43. (39) , Ford, accident, 19, 0 opened the door for Tennes- the front end of a 1-and-1 for Tigers with 13 points. downward spiral continued at thought I really did the right Race statistics see to claim the league crown Michigan, Burke stole a pass Daytona, where he wrecked thing and gave those guys Average speed of winner: 105.187 mph with a home win over Texas Saturday’s late men’s games Time of race: 3 hours, 0 minutes, 15 seconds by Gary Harris to end it. five cars during Speedweeks. room to pass me back — and Margin of victory: 1.024 seconds A&M on Thursday. Purdue 69, No. 17 Wisconsin Illinois Wesleyan 80, Transyl- On his way out of Florida, one of them did.” Caution flags: 8 for 43 laps In UK’s bid to win the 56: D.J. Byrd scored 16 of his vania 71: Barrett Meyer scored Edwards said he was ready to Mark Martin failed in Lead changes: 12 among 9 drivers Top 12 in points: 1. Johnson 90; 2. Earnhardt league title for a second 22 points in the second half 27 points and Ethan Spurlin dominate and win at Phoenix. his bid to become the oldest Jr. 82; 3. Keselowski 82; 4. Hamlin 72; 5. Bow- straight year, the SEC and Purdue upset host Wiscon- had 24, but the Pioneers were He did just that, lead- Sprint Cup winner. yer 72; 6. Biffle 66; 7. Martin 65; 8. Gordon 60; 9. Stenhouse Jr. 60; 10. Almirola 60; 11. Edwards 59; schedule maker did not do sin. Terone Johnson added 16 defeated in the first round of ing the final 78 laps on the The 54-year-old became 12. Ambrose 52. Kentucky any favors. When points for the Boilermakers. the Division III tournament at 312-lap race around PIR’s the second-oldest driver to Missouri and Texas A&M Bellarmine 79, Illinois- Bloomington, Ill. odd-shaped oval in the first start on the pole in a Sprint gave the SEC 14 teams for Springfield 57: Chris Dowe North Central 66, Centre 50: non-restrictor-plate race with Cup car, a few months short into the wall. its 16-game women’s hoops scored 21 points and grabbed Donovan Whiteside scored a NASCAR’s new Gen-6 car. of Harry Gant’s mark. Martin Patrick’s car careened back schedule, the league chose to eight rebounds and the team-high 13 points in Cen- Edwards got a good push led the first 49 laps and 26 into David Ragan, flipping her have each team play all other Knights opened the Great tre’s loss in the first round of from defending Sprint Cup more later on, but couldn’t hood over the windshield and foes once — but play three Lakes Valley Conference Tour- the Division III tournament at champion Brad Keselowski on sustain it in his bid to become shredding the left front fender teams twice. nament with a victory. Naperville, Ill. the restart with two laps left the oldest Sprint Cup winner, as protective foam from the Kentucky drew South Caro- Jelani Johnson added 11 Washington (Mo.) 70, Spal- and pulled away from there, finishing 21st. driver’s side door flew onto lina (its permanent foe), Texas points, five assists and five re- ding 61: Jametrius Brasher winning for the first time “The car was pretty fast, the track. A&M and LSU to play twice. bounds for Bellarmine. scored 16 points in Spalding’s since Las Vegas in 2011. but we had multiple problems She came to a stop along Those three combined to go Kentucky Wesleyan 93, Wil- first-round loss in the Division After parking his car at the today,” Martin said. the inside wall with a trail 32-16 in league games. UK liam Jewell 75: Kreig Oxley III tournament at St. Louis. finish line, Edwards landed So did Danica Patrick, of debris covering about half went 4-2 in those six contests. his first backflip in nearly two who had a rough follow-up to the home straightaway behind Tennessee drew Vander- Line scores years and celebrated with the her breakthrough week at the her. She climbed from the car bilt (its permanent foe), fans — just like he did at PIR Daytona 500. and was quickly cleared by Missouri and Auburn to play after ending another 70-race She couldn’t stay with the the medical center. MEN Tennessee St. 42 (Covington 16). Assists—Eastern twice. Those three combined Ky. 15 (DiNunno 6), Tennessee St. 18 (Miller 11). Total winless streak in 2010. leaders at Phoenix, ending “Whenever those right- to go 20-28 in league play. BELLARMINE 79, SPRINGFIELD 57 fouls—Eastern Ky. 21, Tennessee St. 18. A—2,771. “Last year we didn’t even her day with one of the hard- fronts go, they always hit hard UT went 5-1 in those six SPRINGFIELD (8-19) — Dawson 14, Gupton 12, TENNESSEE TECH 72, MOREHEAD ST. 66 make the Chase,” Edwards est hits of her career. It hap- because you don’t broadside, Bruenger 7, Sparkman 7, King 4, Snowden 5, Brin- contests. Saturday’s game said. “For me to sit home while pened with about 100 laps you hit more straight on,” kley 5, Eldridge 3. Totals 20-52 11-16 57. MOREHEAD ST. (14-17) — Reed 0-4 3-4 3, Still, Kentucky could have BELLARMINE (21-6) — Dowe 21, Johnson 11, everybody was at the Chase left, when the right-front tire said Patrick, who finished Chavis 3-5 0-0 7, Posthumus 4-6 2-2 10, Atkinson earned a share of the SEC Jones 10, Hall 7, Thelen 7, Suggs 9, Clemons 9, 1-4 0-0 3, Warner 2-6 6-6 11, Kelly 0-1 3-6 3, Ow- stuff and in Vegas, that was a on Patrick’s No. 10 Chevrolet 39th. “It took a hard hit both Burton 5. Totals 29-57 12-15 79. championship Sunday had it ens 2-4 1-2 5, Stokes 2-4 4-4 8, Muhammad 1-3 1-3 Halftime—Bellarmine 40-30. little bit of a shock to me and I went down and slammed her sides and I’m fine. …” not lost a 14-point lead and a 3, Turner 3-7 2-3 9, James 0-1 0-0 0, Holmes 1-2 did not like that at all. To get a KENTUCKY WESLEYAN 93, WILLIAM JEWELL 75 2-2 4. Totals 19-47 24-32 66. home game to Georgia. TENNESSEE TECH (12-17) — Ogbe 9-15 3-4 26, victory puts us in better posi- “I was very disappointed WILLIAM JEWELL (13-14) — Mattson 14, Deck Barnes 0-1 0-0 0, Samarrippas 2-5 4-4 9, McKay tion to be in the Chase, it just 20, Bell 14, Tisdale 5, Scofield 7, Sistrunk 10, Lewis SHOWTIME STARTS by that,” Mitchell said Sun- 1-2 2-2 4, Dillard 6-17 11-15 23, Marseille 0-3 4-6 feels good to win and I’m just 3, Taylor 2. Totals 25-56 16-22 75. 4, Johnson 2-5 0-0 6, Hill 0-0 0-0 0, Diressa 0-0 COWBOYS 12 NOON day of Kentucky not winning KENTUCKY WESLEYAN (20-7) — Herzog 2, 0-0 0, Morse 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-49 24-31 72. very glad to be here.” 15 Hours of Continuous the league championship. “I Dawson 8, Ferguson 12, Ixley 20, Barker 7, Starke Halftime—Tied 30-30. “I’m sure it’s a relief for Gentleman’s Club 12, Danforth 9, Shelley 2, Griffin 2, Neel 8, John- Three-point goals—Morehead St. 4-14 (Turner Entertainment 6 DAYS A WEEK! was very sad about that. We son 11. Totals 27-50 33-39 93. someone like Carl,” said Den- of the 1-2, Atkinson 1-2, Warner 1-3, Chavis 1-3, James 0-1, Home Kentucky’s Best Showgirls! desperately wanted to win Halftime—William Jewell 41-39. Muhammad 0-1, Reed 0-1, Stokes 0-1), Tennessee Home ble ny Hamlin, who finished third $5 Ta     the title.” LINDSEY WILSON 77, PIKEVILLE 73 Tech 8-18 (Ogbe 5-8, Johnson 2-3, Samarrippas and had a long winless streak 1-3, Marseille 0-1, Dillard 0-3). Fouled out—Post- Dance!     Not winning the league PIKEVILLE (26-6) — Saintil 6, Johnson 7, Bris- humus. Rebounds—Morehead St. 34 (Posthumus, end at Phoenix last year. regular-season title won’t coe 32, Whitaker 2, Setty 7, Magee 8, Justice 11. Warner 6), Tennessee Tech 33 (Marseille 8). As- “He’s now relevant again, he         Totals 28-68 9-14 73. sists—Morehead St. 9 (Warner 3), Tennessee Tech        matter nearly as much if LINDSEY WILSON (29-4) — Hanspard 8, Scott 14 (Samarrippas 5). Total fouls—Morehead St. 25, really is and it’s a good sign       

11, Ballou 2, Kimberland 25, Clark 9, Bridges 10, Tennessee Tech 23. Technical—Dillard. A—2,460. Road Kentucky goes on and wins for their race team for things Circle Watts 12. Totals 24-53 25-36 77. New Russell COWBOYs the SEC Tournament and/ WASHINGTON 70, SPALDING 61 to come.” North Cave Halftime—Lindsey Wilson 31-28. Broadway Road or makes it to the program’s For his part, Edwards NORTH CENTRAL 66, CENTRE 50 Saturday’s game O               first NCAA Tournament Final SPALDING (20-8) — Sangester 4, Robertson 2, hopes the momentum of his Four. Both goals are realistic Saturday’s game Blakemore 13, Hardin 7, Goeing 4, Gabriel 5, Bar- 20th career victory continues CENTRE (21-6) — Taylor 8, Scinta 10, Karsner 7, ber 10, Brasher 16. Totals 21-51 14-17 61. for a deep, talented, experi- Wesley 6, Griggls 4, Lopez 2, Whiteside 13. Totals WASHINGTON (21-5) — Klimek 7, Palucki 8, throughout the season. enced UK team. 23-63 2-4 50. Burnett 13, Aboona 8, Cooney 8, Fatoki 2, Hoener “When you’re struggling, it After the victory over UT, NORTH CENTRAL (25-3) — Rourke 4, Kmiec 19, Barnes 2, Burt 3. Totals 24-57 17-21 70. 6, Tiknis 10, Raridon 10, Gamble 17, Merrithey 8, Halftime—Tied at 29. seems like time slows down,” Kentucky presented Mitchell Rosenberg 11. Totals 26-50 13-16 66. Edwards said after being told Halftime—North Central 28-21. WOMEN with a framed collage of pic- of Hamlin’s “relevant” com- tures from his most memo- TENNESSEE ST. 85, EASTERN KY. 81 (OT) CUMBERLAND 59, CAMPBELLSVILLE 46 ment. “You’re working harder, rable moments as Wildcats Saturday’s game CAMPBELLSVILLE (24-9) — Lee 2, Allen 11, you’re trying more, you’re coach. EASTERN KY. (23-8) — Cosey 5-14 2-2 16, Karumba 4, Clifton 11, Kimberland 13, Jehlik 4, questioning yourself more. ... For the new winningest Walden 2-9 6-6 12, DiNunno 7-18 5-5 24, Lewis Sholtes 1. Totals 15-47 11-15 46. 5-12 0-0 10, Williams 1-4 4-4 7, Knipp 0-2 0-0 0, CUMBERLAND (30-2) — Pace 16, Elie 7, Camp- (Last year) was one of the coach in Kentucky women’s Parsons 0-0 0-0 0, J. Johnson 1-2 2-2 5, T. Johnson bell 6, Allen 12, Tye 3, Cowan 10, Ryan 3, Davis 2. longest years of my life, to basketball history, it was a 0-1 0-0 0, Stutz 3-6 1-1 7. Totals 24-68 20-20 81. Totals 19-52 17-23 59. work that hard and not get TENNESSEE ST. (17-13) — Thornton 9-13 7-10 Halftime—Campbellsville 28-20. perfect ending to a day that 25, Miller 5-11 7-8 19, Rhett 3-3 0-1 6, Harris 4-5 the victories. needed one more thing to 1-2 11, Dockery 0-1 1-2 1, Fredrick 0-4 0-0 0, Cov- WILLIAM JEWELL 84, BELLARMINE 73 ington 3-7 7-7 13, Green 0-1 0-0 0, Cyphers 3-6 2-2 “It just feels good to win. have been perfect itself. 10. Totals 27-51 25-32 85. BELLARMINE (19-11) — Hutchinson 19, So, yeah, I hope Denny’s Halftime—Eastern Ky. 35-27. End of regulation—Tied Greenwell 13, Hamilton 10, Brady 5, Clemons 1, right. I hope we’re relevant or 71. Three-point goals—Eastern Ky. 13-42 (DiNunno Goodin 10, Osen 8, Jones 5, Lamb 2. Totals 26-64 Mark Story: (859) 231-3230. 5-14, Cosey 4-9, Walden 2-5, J. Johnson 1-2, Williams 14-17 73. more than relevant all year. I Email: [email protected]. 1-3, T. Johnson 0-1, Knipp 0-2, Lewis 0-6), Tennessee WILLIAM JEWELL (18-9) — Meeks 34, Nicolay hope we dominate this thing.” St. 6-15 (Harris 2-2, Cyphers 2-3, Miller 2-5, Green 0-1, 17, Smith 10, Wood 8, Wheeler 15. Totals 30-63 Twitter: @markcstory. Thornton 0-1, Covington 0-1, Fredrick 0-2). Fouled 19-24 84. The big duel came behind Blog: markstory.bloginky.com. out—Stutz. Rebounds—Eastern Ky. 29 (Williams 7), Halftime— William Jewell 44-30. Edwards.