Kentucky-Morehead State Postgame Notes

#24/20 KENTUCKY 75, MOREHEAD STATE 59 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 1-0 to begin the season and Morehead State is 0-1.

• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 52nd season of varsity status.

• UK has a 930-616 all-time record.
• The Wildcats have a 1-0 mark at home in 2025-26.
  • The Cats are 544-202 all-time at home.
  • The Cats are 504-175 all-time in Historic Memorial Coliseum.
• Kenny Brooks is in his second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 24-8 record in Blue and White.
• He is 541-212 in his 24th overall season as a head coach.

• Kentucky remains the leader in the all-time meetings with Morehead State, 34-4.

• UK is 44-8 all-time in season openers, and it has won 17 in a row.
• UK is 48-4 all-time in home openers, and it has won 17 in a row.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Tonie Morgan, Jordan Obi, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack.
  • UK is 1-0 when using that starting combination.
  • UK won the opening tip.
  • Jordan Obi was the first player to score for Kentucky.
• Asia Boone was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky.

• Kentucky is 10-0 under head coach Kenny Brooks when the opponent scores fewer than 60 points.
• UK has held 23 of its last 32 opponents to under 40.0 percent shooting from the field.
• The Wildcats went on a 21-4 run to close out the first quarter 25-17.
• The Wildcats ended the game with 22 second-chance points and held the Eagles to three. Their 22 second-chance points are more than the team recorded in any game in 2024-25.
  • The Cats had 17 second chance points at halftime, holding the Eagles to 0.
• UK had two scoring runs of 10+ points in the game and held MSU to none.
• Tonight marked the first time Kentucky has had three players score at least 15 points each in a season opener since vs. Presbyterian on Nov. 9, 2021 (Rhyne Howard, Dre’una Edwards, Treasure Hunt).
• Two players had a double-double in the game – Strack (15 pts, 15 rbs) and Obi (15 pts, 15 rbs).
  • It marked the first time that Kentucky has had teammates with at least 15 points and 15 rebounds each in the same game since at Texas A&M on Feb. 28, 2016 (Evelyn Akhator, Alexis Jennings).
    • They’re also the first players to have 15 and 15 in a season opener since vs. Rice on Nov. 13, 2015 (Evelyn Akhator).
  • The last time two players had a double-double in the same game was by Clara Strack and Teonni Key in a triumph over Tennessee on Feb. 27.
• Kentucky had 12 blocks.
  • Since the start of last season, Kentucky has now had five games with at least 12 blocks. Prior to last season, Kentucky had three such games in program history.
• UK had its fewest two-point field goals allowed in a season opener (10) since vs. Mount St. Mary’s on Nov. 5, 2019 (five).
• The Wildcats got 14 points from their bench tonight.
  • The Cats had five games all last season with 14-or-more bench points.
• Kentucky had nine steals (and 13 points off those miscues).
  • UK had three games all lasts season with nine-or-more steals.

Player Notes

• Tonie Morgan, senior guard, had a team-high 16 points in her Kentucky debut.
  • She has scored 10+ points in 73 career games.
  • She added four assists, two rebounds and one block.
  • She went 4-of-4 from the FT line.
• Clara Strack, junior center, had a double-double with 15 points and 15 rebounds.
  • She is the first Kentucky player to score at least 15 points in consecutive season openers since Taylor Murray in 2017 and 2018.
  • She has scored 10+ points in 32 career games.
  • It marked her 17th career double-double.
  • Her 15 rebounds are one shy of her career high.
  • She went 3-of-3 from the FT line.
  • She added three blocks, three steals and two assists.
• Jordan Obi, graduate guard, had a double-double with 15 points and a career-high-tying 15 rebounds.
  • She is the first Kentucky player to have at least 15 points and 15 rebounds in their Kentucky debut since Evelyn Akhator vs. Rice on Nov. 13, 2015.
  • She has scored 10+ points in 66 career games.
  • It marked her 20th career double-double.
  • She added one assist and one steal.

• Amelia Hassett, senior guard, had 10 points, including two 3s.
  • She has scored 10+ points in 59 career games.
  • She added eight rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a steal.

• Kaelyn Carroll, freshman forward, played 13 minutes in her college debut.
  • She recorded five points on 2-of-5 shooting, including one 3, and added three rebounds, and assist and a steal.