2013–14 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2013–14 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball

NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 10
Record	26–9 (10–6 SEC)
Head coach	Matthew Mitchell (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Jeff House Shalon Pillow Danielle Santos
Home arena	Memorial Coliseum
Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 South Carolina	14	–	2	.875	29	–	5	.853
No. 3 Tennessee †	13	–	3	.813	29	–	6	.829
No. 15 Texas A&M	13	–	3	.813	27	–	9	.750
No. 10 Kentucky	10	–	6	.625	26	–	9	.743
Florida	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Georgia	7	–	9	.438	20	–	12	.625
LSU	7	–	9	.438	21	–	13	.618
Vanderbilt	7	–	9	.438	18	–	13	.581
Auburn	7	–	9	.438	19	–	15	.559
Alabama	7	–	9	.438	14	–	16	.467
Arkansas	6	–	10	.375	19	–	11	.633
Missouri	6	–	10	.375	17	–	14	.548
Mississippi State	5	–	11	.313	22	–	14	.611
Ole Miss	2	–	14	.125	12	–	20	.375

† 2014 SEC tournament winner As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC) Rankings from AP poll^[1]^[2]

The 2013–14 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Kentucky during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by seventh year head coach Matthew Mitchell, played their home games at the Memorial Coliseum and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished with a record of 26–9 overall, 10–6 in SEC play for a fourth-place finish. They lost in the 2014 SEC women's basketball tournament to Tennessee. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament which they defeated Wright State in the first round, Syracuse in the second round before losing to Baylor in the sweet sixteen.

Roster

2013–14 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
PG	0	Jennifer O'Neill	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Saint Michael Academy	Bronx, NY
PG	3	Janee Thompson	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Whitney Young	Chicago, IL
F	5	Kyvin Goodin-Rogers	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Marion County	Lebanon, KY
G	10	Bernisha Pinkett	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Woodson	Washington, DC
F	11	DeNesha Stallworth	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Sr	Pinole Valley California	Richmond, CA
F/C	12	Jelleah Sidney	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Saint Michael Academy Chipola JC	Queens Village, NY
G	13	Bria Goss	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Ben Davis	Indianapolis, IN
G	15	Linnae Harper	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Whitney Young	Chicago, IL
F/C	23	Samarie Walker	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Chaminade-Julienne Connecticut	West Carrollton, OH
G	25	Makayla Epps	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Marion County	Lebanon, KY
F/C	31	Samantha Drake	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Nelson County	Bardstown, KY
G	32	Kastine Evans	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Norwich Free Academy	Salem, CT
F/C	50	Azia Bishop	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Start	Toledo, OH

Head coach

Matthew Mitchell (Mississippi State)

Assistant coach(es)

Jeff House (Nazareth)
Shalon Pillow (Tennessee)
Danielle Santos (Florida)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2013-08-16

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov. 5, 2013* 1:00 p.m.	No. 7	Eckerd College	W 83–35	–	Memorial Coliseum (2,314) Lexington, KY
Regular Season
Nov. 8, 2013* 7:00 p.m.	No. 7	at Marist	W 75–61	1–0	McCann Field House (3,200) Poughkeepise, NY
Nov. 10, 2013* 1:00 p.m.	No. 7	at Wagner	W 96–57	2–0	Spiro Sports Center (1,847) Staten Island, NY
Nov. 13, 2013* 11:00 a.m.	No. 7	Georgia Southern	W 103–38	3–0	Memorial Coliseum (6,278) Lexington, KY
Nov. 17, 2013* 2:00 p.m., UK IMG/FSN	No. 7	Central Michigan	W 96–74	4–0	Memorial Coliseum (4,813) Lexington, KY
Nov. 21, 2013* 7:00 p.m.	No. 7	Lipscomb	W 116–49	5–0	Memorial Coliseum (5,031) Lexington, KY
Nov. 24, 2013* 5:00 p.m., WNAB	No. 7	at Middle Tennessee	W 84–72	6–0	Murphy Center (4,822) Murfreesboro, TN
Nov. 27, 2013* 5:00 p.m.	No. 7	Bradley	W 117–77	7–0	Memorial Coliseum (4,829) Lexington, KY
Dec. 1, 2013* 1:00 p.m., UK IMG/FSN	No. 7	No. 4 Louisville The Battle For The Bluegrass	W 74–69	8–0	Memorial Coliseum (7,963) Lexington, KY
Dec. 6, 2013* 7:30 p.m.	No. 5	vs. No. 9 Baylor	W 133–130 ^4OT	9–0	AT&T Stadium (N/A) Arlington, TX
Dec. 12, 2013* 7:00 p.m., FS1	No. 5	at DePaul	W 96–85	10–0	Sullivan Athletic Center (2,577) Chicago, IL
Dec. 15, 2013* 2:00 p.m., UK IMG/FSN	No. 5	East Tennessee State	W 73–56	11–0	Memorial Coliseum (5,431) Lexington, KY
Dec. 22, 2013* 3:00 p.m., UK IMG/FSN	No. 5	No. 2 Duke	L 61–67	11–1	Rupp Arena (23,706) Lexington, KY
Dec. 29, 2013* 2:00 p.m.	No. 6	Grambling State	W 109–46	12–1	Memorial Coliseum (5,165) Lexington, KY
Jan. 2, 2014 3:00 p.m.	No. 6	at Alabama	W 85–63	13–1 (1–0)	Foster Auditorium (1,639) Tuscaloosa, AL
Jan. 5, 2014 3:00 p.m., CSS	No. 6	Florida	L 73–83	13–2 (1–1)	Memorial Coliseum (7,039) Lexington, KY
Jan. 9, 2014 7:00 p.m.	No. 9	at No. 10 South Carolina	L 59–68	13–3 (1–2)	Colonial Life Arena (5,689) Columbia, SC
Jan. 12, 2014 5:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 9	Missouri	W 80–69	14–3 (2–2)	Memorial Coliseum (5,279) Lexington, KY
Jan. 19, 2014 2:00 p.m., SEC TV	No. 10	at Auburn	W 73–71	15–3 (3–2)	Auburn Arena (3,129) Auburn, AL
Jan. 23, 2014 7:00 p.m.	No. 9	Alabama	L 55–57	15–4 (3–3)	Memorial Coliseum (4,722) Lexington, KY
Jan. 26, 2014 1:00 p.m., SPSO	No. 9	Arkansas	W 68–58	16–4 (4–3)	Memorial Coliseum (5,396) Lexington, KY
Jan. 30, 2014 9:00 p.m., SPSO	No. 13	at Georgia	L 56–58	16–5 (4–4)	Stegeman Coliseum (2,509) Athens, GA
Feb. 2, 2014 12:00 p.m., SPSO	No. 13	No. 14 LSU	W 63–56	17–5 (5–4)	Memorial Coliseum (6,333) Lexington, KY
Feb. 9, 2014 12:00 p.m., CSS	No. 15	at Florida	L 80–86	17–6 (5–5)	O'Connell Center (2,759) Gainesville, FL
Feb. 13, 2014 7:00 p.m., SPSO	No. 18	Ole Miss	W 108–78	18–6 (6–5)	Memorial Coliseum (6,530) Lexington, KY
Feb. 16, 2014 1:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 18	at No. 8 Tennessee Rivalry	W 75–71	19–6 (7–5)	Thompson–Boling Arena (15,664) Knoxville, TN
Feb. 20, 2014 7:00 p.m., UK IMG/FSN	No. 15	No. 4 South Carolina	L 58–81	19–7 (7–6)	Memorial Coliseum (5,958) Lexington, KY
Feb. 23, 2014 2:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 15	at No. 16 Texas A&M	W 83–74	20–7 (8–6)	Reed Arena (7,343) College Station, TX
Feb. 27, 2014 8:00 p.m.	No. 12	at Mississippi State	W 81–74 ^OT	21–7 (9–6)	Humphrey Coliseum (2,871) Starkville, MS
Mar. 2, 2014 4:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 12	Vanderbilt	W 65–63	22–7 (10–6)	Memorial Coliseum (6,551) Lexington, KY
SEC tournament
Mar. 7, 2014 2:30 p.m., SPSO	No. 12 (4)	vs. No. (5) Florida Quarterfinal	W 75–70	23–7	Arena at Gwinnett Center (4,217) Duluth, GA
Mar. 8, 2014 Noon, ESPNU	No. 12 (4)	vs. No. 5 (1) South Carolina Semifinal	W 68–58	24–7	Arena at Gwinnett Center (6,306) Duluth, GA
Mar. 9, 2014 3:30 p.m., ESPN	No. 12 (4)	vs. No. 6 (2) Tennessee Championship game / Rivalry	L 70–71	24–8	Arena at Gwinnett Center (6,544) Duluth, GA
NCAA women's tournament
Mar. 22, 2014* 11:00 a.m., ESPN2	No. 10 (3)	No. (14) Wright State First Round	W 106–60	25–8	Memorial Coliseum (N/A) Lexington, KY
Mar. 24, 2014* 6:25 p.m., ESPN2	No. 10 (3)	No. (6) Syracuse Second Round	W 64–59	26–8	Memorial Coliseum (4,661) Lexington, KY
Mar. 29, 2014* 12:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 10 (3)	vs. No. 5 (2) Baylor Sweet Sixteen	L 72–90	26–9	Edmund P. Joyce Center (N/A) South Bend, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[3]

Rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	9	10	9	13	15	18	15	12	12	10	10
Coaches	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	10	12	8	12	13	18	15	15	13	11	11

References

^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
^ "2013-14 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball schedule". UK Athletics. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.

v t e Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
Venues	Memorial Coliseum (1971–2023) (2024 - ) Rupp Arena (select games 2006–present) (temporary 2023-2024) Clive M. Beck Center (temporary 2023-2024) Joe Craft Center (practice)
Rivalries	Indiana Louisville Tennessee
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24