Kentucky-Alabama Women's Basketball Postgame Notes

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
KENTUCKY AT ALABAMA
SUNDAY, JAN. 28, 2024
COLEMAN COLISEUM – TUSCALOOSA, ALA.
 

Alabama 91, Kentucky 74 – FINAL
 
Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 9-12 overall and 2-5 in the Southeastern Conference in 2023-24, while Alabama is 16-6 overall and 3-4 in the conference this season.
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 50th season.
  • UK has a 903-600 (.601) all-time record.
• Kyra Elzy is in her fourth season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 58-52 (.527) overall record.
  • She has a 21-33 overall record in the SEC.
• The Wildcats remain the leader in the all-time series with the Crimson Tide, 36-19, and in games played in Tuscaloosa, 14-11.
• Kentucky returns home to play host to Mississippi State on Thursday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. ET in Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center in Lexington.
  • The game will be televised on the SEC Network+.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Brooklynn Miles, Maddie Scherr, Amiya Jenkins, Emma King and Ajae Petty for the first time this season.
  • • UK is 0-1 when using that starting combination.
  • The Wildcats lost the opening tip.
  • Ajae Petty was the first player to score for Kentucky.
  • Eniya Russell was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky.
• Five Wildcats scored in double digits for the third time this season.
  • The Cats are 2-1 when five players score in double digits in 2023-24.

How It Happened

• Kentucky earned an 8-0 run right up to the first media timeout (3:14), to take a 12-8 lead. That run began with a 3-pointer from Amiya Jenkins, who re-entered the starting lineup for the first time in 13 games. It already marked her second field goal of the game.
  • Saniah Tyler capped that 8-0 run with a 3-pointer for herself, which would be the first of three she recorded in the first quarter, as the sophomore went into the period break going 3-of-3 from behind the arc.
  • Kentucky led Alabama, 20-16, at the end of the first quarter.
    • UK got outrebounded, 14-7, in that period, with UA grabbing 10 offensive rebounds.
• Kentucky and Alabama were tied, 29-29, by the second quarter media timeout (4:52), with UA using a pair of runs (5-0 and 6-0) in the first five minutes of the period to tighten the game.
  • The Crimson Tide went on another 6-0 run out of the timeout, thanks to a pair of 3-pointers. The Wildcats responded with a 5-0 run, but the Tide came back with another 7-0 run to take their largest lead of the, 42-34, with less than two minutes remaining in the quarter.
    • The 7-0 run led the Cats to call their first timeout of the game.
  • Out of the timeout, UA stretched its 7-0 run into a 11-2 run to close out the period.
  • Kentucky trailed Alabama, 46-36, at halftime.
    • UA turned its 30.0 percent shooting in the first quarter to 77.0 percent shooting in the second quarter.
• The Crimson Tide went on a 15-2 run through the first four minutes and seven seconds of the third quarter to taking a 61-38 lead, as the Wildcats had to burn two of its three remaining timeouts during that stretch.
  • Out of the timeout, Saniah Tyler made her fourth 3-pointer of the game, before the Tide put together another 7-0 run.
  • Kentucky would make one more 3-pointer by Amiya Jenkins and a complete and-1 play by Brooklynn Miles, keeping Alabama scoreless from the field in the final three minutes of the period.
  • Kentucky trailed Alabama, 70-47, at the end of the third quarter.
• Kentucky made six of its nine attempts from the field through the first five minutes and 12 seconds of the fourth quarter, closing the gap on Alabama’s lead, 78-60.
  • Balanced scoring the rest of the way didn’t allow for UK to make a run.
  • Kentucky lost to Alabama, 91-74.

Player Notes

• Brooklynn Miles, a junior guard, had a team-high tying and career-high 14 points.
  • • Her 14 points were on 6-of-7 from the field and 2-of-3 from the line.
  • It marked the first time she has led Kentucky in scoring in her career.
  • It marked the sixth time this season and the seventh time in her career she has scored 10+ points.
  • She added five assists, three rebounds and a steal.
• Saniah Tyler, a sophomore guard, had a team-high tying 14 points.
  • It marked the fourth time this season and in her career she has led Kentucky in scoring.
  • It marked the 10th time this season and in her career she has scored 10+ points.
  • She added a rebound and a steal.
• Maddie Scherr, a senior guard, has 11 points and a team-high nine rebounds.
  • It marked the 13th time this season and the 34th time in her career she has scored 10+ points.
  • It marked the first time this season and the sixth time in her career she has led Kentucky in rebounds.
  • She added six assists, three steals and one block.
    • It marked the 12th time this season and the 57th time in her career she has recorded 3+ assists.
    • It marked the ninth time this season and the 49th time in her career she has recorded 2+ steals.
• Amiya Jenkins, a sophomore guard, had 13 points.
  • She has scored in double digits in five games this season and in her career.
  • She added four rebounds.
• Eniya Russell, a senior guard, had 11 points.
  • She has scored in double digits in three straight games.
  • She has scored in double digits in 11 games this season and 15 games in her career.
  • She added a rebound and a steal.