Kentucky-Tennessee Postgame Notes

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#15/14 KENTUCKY VS. #11/11 TENNESSEE
THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 2025
HISTORIC MEMORIAL COLISEUM – LEXINGTON, KY.

#15/14 KENTUCKY 82, #11/11 TENNESSEE 58 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes 

• Kentucky is 22-5 overall and 11-4 in the Southeastern Conference, while Tennessee is 21-7 overall and 8-7 in the league.
  • UK has reached 11 SEC regular-season wins for the seventh time in program history and the first time since 2018-19.
  • UK is 5-3 against Associated Press Top 25 teams this season.
    • Tonight is UK’s second largest margin of victory against an AP Top 25 team in program history (24 points) and the first since UK took down No. 20 Rutgers by 29 points on Jan. 17, 1984.
    • Tonight marked UK’s second triumph over a team ranked in the top 13 this season (also No. 13/12 Oklahoma on Feb. 2).
    • This is the program’s highest-ranked win since knocking off No. 1 South Carolina in the 2022 SEC Tournament on March 6, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Kentucky has clinched a winning record in SEC action.
    • It is the 15th season UK has earned at least a .500 in SEC action since league play formally began in 1982-83.
  • Head coach Kenny Brooks set the program record for most SEC wins by a head coach in their first year at Kentucky (10).
• The Wildcats concluded the regular season with a 14-2 record in Historic Memorial Coliseum this season.
  • The Cats are 502-174 all-time in Historic Memorial Coliseum.
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 51st season of varsity status.
  • UK has a 928-613 all-time record.
• Kenny Brooks is in his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 22-5 record in Blue and White.
  • He is 539-209 (.721) in his 23rd overall season as a head coach.
• Tonight’s triumph marked UK’s largest margin of victory over UT in the all-time series (24).
  • UK’s 82 points are the most scored against UT in regulation in Lexington since Jan. 24^, 1986 (96).
  • Kentucky still trails Tennessee, 61-17, in the all-time series, and also, 23-11, in games played in Lexington.
• Kentucky will play in its final regular-season game at No. 6/6 South Carolina on Sunday, March 2 at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Georgia Amoore, Dazia Lawrence, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the 27th straight game.
  • UK is 22-5 when using that starting combination.
• The Wildcats lost the opening tip.
• Teonni Key was the first player to score for Kentucky for the fifth time this season.
• Clara Silva was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the 14th time this season.
• In 21-of-22 wins this season, UK has won by at least eight points.
  • In 18-of-22 wins this season, UK has won by at least 10 points.
    • UK has eight SEC wins by at least 10 points this season, their most in a single season since 2015-16 (also 8).
  • In 15-of-22 wins this season, UK has won by at least 16 points.
• UK has scored 80+ points in 12 games this season.
  • UK is 12-0 overall this season and 7-0 in league action when it scores at least 80 points.
    • UK’s seven games in SEC action with at least 80 points is the most in a single season in program history.
• The Wildcats shot 51.5 percent from the field (34-of-66) against the Lady Volunteers.
  • They’re 7-0 this season and 5-0 in the league when they shoot at least 51.5 percent.
• The Cats shot at least 50 percent from the field in seven regular-season games this season, tied for their most in a single regular-season over the last 20 years (also 2004-05, 2021-22).
• Kentucky broke the single-season program record in blocks today, currently with 189 in 2024-25.
• UK has had at least a four-point lead at halftime in 13-of-15 league games this season.
  • • UK had a 19-point lead over UT at halftime.
• UK has had at least a 16-point lead at some point in action in 11-of-15 league games this season.
  • • UK had as much as a 35-point lead over UT.
• • Including this evening’s game, Kentucky has held 21-of-its-27 opponents to 40.0 percent or under shooting from the field, including 13-of-15 league opponents.
    • The Wildcats held the Lady Volunteers to 31.1 percent from the field (23-of-74).
    • Kentucky has held all but one of its opponents this season to under 45.0 percent from the field.
  • Tonight was UK’s best field-goal percentage defense against an opponent ranked in the AP Top 15 (31.1 percent) since March 9, 2013, against No. 12 Georgia (22.2%).

Player Notes

• Clara Strack, sophomore center, had 23 points and a career-high 15 rebounds for her 13th double-double of the season.
  • She set the single-game school record in FG% (11-of-11).
    • That includes 1-of-1 from the arc.
      • She has made 13 3-pointers this season.
    • She has the most field goal attempts without a miss by a DI women’s player against an AP Top 15 team since at least 2002-03.
    • She is the only DI women’s player since at least 2002-03 to be perfect from the field against Tennessee (min. 10 attempts).
  • She has scored 20+ points in seven games this season.
    • She has scored 10+ points in 22 games this season.
  • She has recorded 10+ rebounds in 14 games this season.
  • She added two assists and three blocks.
    • She broke the single-season school record in blocks in tonight’s game, currently with 68.
    • She has dished out multiple assists in 19-of-27 games this season.
    • She has swatted multiple blocks in 19-of-27 games this season.
  • She is the only UK player in program history to have at least 23 points, 15 rebounds, three blocks and two assists against an AP Top 25 team since at least 2002-03.
• Georgia Amoore, graduate guard, had 18 points.
  • She has scored 10+ points in all but one game this season.
  • She has made at least three 3FGM in 12 games this season.
    • She needs four more 3s to eclipse 400 for her career.
    • She needs 19 more 3s to break the single-season school record (84).
  • She added seven assists, one steal and one rebound.
    • She needs 21 more assists to break the single-game school record (209).
  • This afternoon’s game marked her 18th game this season with at least 15 points and five assists, the most in the regular season by any SEC player since at least 2002-03.
    • It marked her eighth game of 15 points and five assists in league action, the most by any SEC player since at least 2002-03.
  • Teonni Key, junior forward, had 18 points and 10 rebounds for her 11th double-double of the season.
    • She has scored 10+ points in 20 games this season.
    • She has recorded 10+ rebounds in 11 games this season.
    • She added two blocks, two steals and one assist.
  • Dazia Lawrence, graduate guard, had 13 points.
    • She has scored 10+ points in 19 games this season.
    • She had one 3.
      • She needs 25 more 3s to break the single-season school record (84).
    • She added five rebounds, five assists and one block.
  • Clara Silva, freshman center, had six points, six rebounds and one block.
    • With her one block, she is tied for sixth on the freshman records list for blocks with 30.
  • Amelia Hassett, junior forward, had eight rebounds, four assists, two blocks and two points.
    • She added two steals and one block.