Kentucky-Ole Miss Postgame Notes

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#8/11 KENTUCKY VS. RV/RV OLE MISS
MONDAY, FEB. 10, 2025
PAVILION AT OLE MISS – OXFORD, MISS.  
 

RV/RV OLE MISS 66, #8/11 KENTUCKY 57 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes 

• Kentucky is 19-3 overall and 8-2 in the Southeastern Conference, while Ole Miss is 16-7 overall and 7-4 in the SEC.
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 51st season of varsity status.
  • UK has a 925-611 all-time record.
• Kenny Brooks is in his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 19-3 record in Blue and White.
  • He is 536-207 (.721) in his 23rd overall season as a head coach.
• Kentucky trails Ole Miss, 29-19, in the all-time series.
  • Kentucky trails Ole Miss, 16-8, in Oxford.
• Kentucky is in the midst of a stretch that includes three games in seven days. Kentucky will play host to No. 3/6 Texas on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. ET.
  • The game will be aired on ESPN2.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Georgia Amoore, Dazia Lawrence, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the 22nd straight game.
  • UK is 19-3 when using that starting combination.
• The Wildcats lost the opening tip.
• Georgia Amoore was the first player to score for Kentucky for the fifth time this season.
• Saniah Tyler was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the second time this season.
• Oklahoma had 21 more shot attempts than Kentucky who has 56.
• UK did hold OU to 32.5 percent from the field (25-of-77).
  • UK has held 16-of-its-22 opponents this season to under 40.0 percent shooting, including 8-of-its-10 league opponents.
• The Wildcats went just 3-of-4 from the line, while the Rebels went 14-of-21 at the stripe.
• Oklahoma outrebounded Kentucky, 54-33, while Oklahoma led Kentucky in second chance points, 16-5.
• UK has had a lead at halftime over all 10 of its league opponents this season – even in its losses.
  • UK held a six-point lead over UM at halftime.
• This is the sixth game this season that Kentucky has produced at least two double-doubles in the same game.
• The Wildcats had 14 blocks in tonight’s game, their second most this season.
  • It is the eighth time this season the Cats have had at least 10 blocks.

Player Notes

• Teonni Key, a junior forward, had a team-high 18 points and a team-high-tying 10 rebounds rebounds for her eighth double-double of the season.
  • She has scored 10+ points in 16 games this season.
    • She had 10 points in the first half against Ole Miss.
    • She has scored 15+ points in six games this season.
  • She went 2-of-2 from the arc.
  • She added four blocks, a season-high-tying three steals and two assists.
• Georgia Amoore, graduate guard, had 15 points.
  • She has scored 10+ in 21 games this season.
    • She has scored 15+ in 17 games this season.
  • She added five assists and one steal.
  • She recorded her 14th game of the season with at least 15 points and five assists.
• Clara Strack, sophomore center, had 13 points and 10 rebounds for her 11th double-double of the season.
  • She has scored 10+ points in 19 games this season.
  • She hit her 12th 3-pointer of the season.
  • She reset the school record for most blocks by a sophomore, which was set by Valerie Still at 53 in 1981.
    • Clara Strack had a school-record and career-high eight blocks in today’s game and now has 57 on the season.
      • She had five blocks in the first half.
    • She has made multiple blocks in 15 games this season.
  • She added three assists and one steal.
    • She has made multiple assists in 17 games this season.