Mathies leads No. 7 Kentucky women past UCSB 66-38

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Mathies leads No. 7 Kentucky women past UCSB 66-38

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) - A'dia Mathies scored 19 points and No. 7 Kentucky extended its winning streak to nine games Friday with a 66-38 victory over UC Santa Barbara.

The Wildcats (10-1) went 2-0 on their Pacific Coast road trip that began with an 80-62 win over Pepperdine in Malibu on Tuesday.

DeNesha Stallworth and Samarie Walker each scored 12 for the Wildcats. Stallworth, a 6-foot-3 junior from Richmond, Calif., stood tall in her home state. She had 17 points against Pepperdine.

Mathies, a senior guard from Louisville, hit four 3-pointers, three of them in the second half, as Kentucky broke the game open after leading 28-20 at halftime.

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