UK women travel to Mississippi St.

Sunday
Kentucky at Mississippi St.
When: 3 p.m.
Records: Kentucky 17-3 (5-2 SEC); Mississippi St. (14-7, 5-3 SEC)
Series: Mississippi State leads 17-16
Last meeting: The Bulldogs won 52-45 on Jan. 18, 2009 in Lexington
Radio: WLAP-AM 630
Matchups
KENTUCKY (17-3, 5-2 SEC)
Probable starters: Amber Smith, 5-5, Jr., G (10.6 ppg, 3.9 apg, 2.7 rpg); Carly Morrow, 5-11, Jr. G (7.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg); A'dia Mathies, 5-9, Fr., G (11.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.6 spg); Amani Franklin, 5-11, Sr., G/F (8.3 ppg, 7.0 rpg); Victoria Dunlap, 6-1, Jr., F (17.5 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 3.5 spg, 1.9 bpg).
Top reserves: Lydia Watkins, 6-1, Sr., F (7.2 ppg, 4.9 rpg); Rebecca Gray, 5-10, So., G (6.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg); Keyla Snowden, 5-7, So., G (5.9 ppg); Crystal Riley, 5-5, So., G (4.2 ppg); Brittany Henderson, 6-2, Fr., F (3.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg).
Mississippi State (14-7, 5-3 SEC)
Probable starters: Armelie Lumanu, 5-9, Sr., G (13.0 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 3.9 apg); Alexis Rack, 5-7, Sr., G (20.3 ppg, 4.3 apg, 3.2 rpg); Mary Kathryn Govero, 5-11, Jr., G (10.6 ppg, 4.7 rpg); Chanel Mokango, 6-5, Sr., F (9.9 ppg, 6.9 rpg); Rima Kalonda, 6-3, Sr., C (2.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg).
Top reserves: Diamber Johnson, 5-7, So., G (4.9 ppg, 2.0 rpg); Tysheka Grimes, 6-0, Sr., G/F (11.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg)

SEC standings
Conf. All
Tennessee 6-1 18-2
Kentucky 5-2 17-3
Mississippi 5-2 14-6
Georgia 5-3 18-3
Mississippi St. 5-3 14-7
Florida 4-3 11-9
Vanderbilt 4-4 15-6
South Carolina 4-4 11-9
Louisiana St. 3-4 14-5
Auburn 2-6 11-10
Arkansas 1-6 9-11
Alabama 1-7 9-12
Sunday's games
Tennessee at South Carolina, 2 p.m.
Kentucky at Mississippi St., 3 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Arkansas, 3 p.m.
Florida at Mississippi, 3 p.m.
LSU at Alabama, 3 p.m.
Georgia at Auburn, 6 p.m.

Fresh off an impressive win over No. 18 LSU on Thursday, Kentucky must now refocus as it goes for its first five-game SEC winning streak in school history.

The Cats will put their current run of success on the line against Mississippi State and former UK coach Sharon Fanning-Otis on Sunday in Starkville, Miss.

Both teams are coming off huge victories Thursday night. The Wildcats snapped a 16-game losing skid to the Lady Tigers and charted their first win in Baton Rouge since 1995. Mississippi State shocked No. 9 Georgia with a 74-66 win in Starkville, its highest-ranked victory since defeating No. 9 Florida in 2001.

"They are very talented and probably have as much scoring power as anybody in the conference," said UK Coach Matthew Mitchell, a 1995 MSU graduate. "Georgia is a really good basketball team and Mississippi State put it on them pretty good. It will be another test for us."

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