Kentucky-LSU Women's Basketball Postgame Notes

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
KENTUCKY AT NO. 9/7 LSU
SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2024
PETE MARAVICH ASSEMBLY CENTER – BATON ROUGE, LA.

9/7 LSU 77, KENTUCKY 56 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky concluded the regular season 11-19 overall and 4-12 in the Southeastern Conference in 2023-24, while LSU finished the regular season 26-4 overall and 13-3 in the conference this season.
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 50th season.
• UK has a 905-607 (.599) all-time record.
• Kyra Elzy is in her fourth season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 60-59 (.513) overall record.
• She has a 23-40 overall record in the SEC.
• Kentucky trails the all-time meetings with LSU, 37-18, in a series that began in 1982.
• Kentucky trails LSU, 17-5, in games played in Baton Rouge.
• Kentucky will play as the No. 12 seed in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament on Wednesday, March 6.
• The game, which is pending the opponent, will be broadcast on SEC Network.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Casidy Rowe, Maddie Scherr, Amiya Jenkins, Emma King and Ajae Petty for the fifth straight game.
• UK is 2-3 when using that starting combination.
• It is UK’s 11th starting combination this season.
• The Wildcats lost the opening tip.
• Amiya Jenkins was the first player to score for Kentucky.
• Brooklynn Miles was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky.
• The Wildcats had 22 bench points, compared to the Tigers’ two.
• It marked the Cats’ fifth straight game with at least 20 bench points.

How It Happened

• Kentucky trailed LSU, 20-9, at the end of the first quarter.
• Ten of LSU’s points came off turnovers and another eight of its points came off free throws.
• UK turned the ball over nine times in that period.
• The Wildcats forced the Tigers into a shot clock violation to end the period.
• LSU started the second quarter on an 11-5 run, but Kentucky closed the quarter on a 13-2 run, to trail LSU by just six points at the half, 37-33.
• Kentucky went 10-of-28 (35.7) from the field, including three 3-pointers, in the first half, while LSU went 12-of-27 (32.4) from the field in that time.
• Kentucky outrebounded LSU, 23-20, in the first half.
• Out of the halftime break, LSU outscored UK, 15-4, in the first four minutes and eight seconds of the third quarter to tie its largest lead at 17 points.
• The Wildcats outscored the Tigers, 14-10, to close out the quarter, including going on a 6-0 run under the two-minute mark.
• Kentucky trailed LSU, 60-45, at the end of the third quarter.
• The Cats forced the Tigers into seven turnovers in the third quarter.
• The Wildcats doubled the Tigers scoring efforts, 8-4, in the first four-and-a-half minutes, to cut it to an 11-point deficit.
• The Tigers responded with a 13-3 run down the stretch.
• Kentucky lost to LSU, 77-56.

Player Notes

• Saniah Tyler, a sophomore guard, had a team-high tying 14 points, including four 3-pointers.
• She has scored 10+ points in four straight games.
• She has scored 10+ points in 16 games this season and 16 games in her career.
• She has made at least three 3-pointers in 11 games this season and 11 games in her career.
• She added three rebounds, an assist and a steal.
• Amiya Jenkins, a sophomore guard, had a team-high tying 14 points.
• She has scored 10+ points in two straight games.
• She has scored 10+ points in eight games this season and eight games in her career.
• She added two rebounds and a steal.
• Ajae Petty, a senior forward, had 13 points and a team-high 15 rebounds.
• She has recorded a double-double in 16 games this season and 18 games in her career.
• She has scored 10+ points in 23 games this season and 33 games in her career.
• She had recorded 10+ rebounds in 17 games this season and 19 games in her career.
• She added a career-high tying and a team-high three blocks, an assist and a steal.
• Brooklynn Miles, a junior guard, led Kentucky with a career-high tying seven assists.
• It was her most assists in Southeastern Conference action.
• She added three rebounds, two steals, a point and a block.