Kentucky-Buffalo Women's Basketball Postgame Notes

#24/20 KENTUCKY 81, BUFFALO 47– FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 3-0 to begin the season and Buffalo is 0-2.

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

• UK has a 932-616 all-time record.
• Kenny Brooks is in his second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 26-8 record in Blue and White.
• He is 543-212 in his 24th overall season as a head coach.

• This marked the first contest between the two teams in program history.
• This is the second straight season that UK has won its first three games of the season.
  • Kenny Brooks is the first head coach in program history to lead Kentucky to a 3-0 start in each of their first two seasons at the helm.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Tonie Morgan, Jordan Obi, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack.
  • UK is 3-0 when using that starting combination.
  • UK won the opening tip for the third straight game.
  • Clara Strack was the first player to score for Kentucky for the second straight game.
• Asia Boone was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the third straight game.
• Kentucky has scored 75+ in each of its first three games of the season for the first time since 2013-14.
• This marked Kentucky’s largest margin of victory in a true road game (34 points) since at Ole Miss on Feb. 20, 2020 (42 points).
  • And it marked its largest margin of victory in a nonconference true road game since at Wagner on Nov. 10, 2013 (39 points).
• The Wildcats held the Bulls to17 points at halftime, the fewest points they have held a team to at halftime this season.
  • The Cats have held their last two straight opponents to under 18 points in the first half.
• UK shot 46.2 percent from the field (30-of-65).
  • UK has shot at least 46.0 percent from the field for the second straight game.
• In the head coach Kenny Brooks era, UK has held 25 of its last 34 opponents to under 40.0 percent shooting from the field.
  • The Cats held the Bulls to 30.4 percent shooting (17-of-56).
• This marked the first game that Kentucky has had two players with at least 17 points, 12 rebounds, two assists and one steal in the same game (Key and Strack) since at least 2002-03.
• The Wildcats had 11 blocks. The Cats have had at least 10 blocks in two of three games this season.
  • This is the fourth time that the Cats have had at least 11 blocks in a true road game since at least 2002-03 (and the first time since at Ole Miss on Feb. 10, 2025).
  • This is the only time Kentucky has had at least 11 blocks in a nonconference true road game since at least 2002-03.

Player Notes

• Clara Strack, junior center, had a career-high 27 points on 9-of-14 (64.3%) and 12 rebounds.
  • She is the only Kentucky player to have at least 27 points, 12 rebounds, four blocks, two assists and one steal in a game since at least 2002-03.
    • She also is just the fourth SEC player to have those numbers in a game since at least 2002-03 (and the first since South Carolina’s Alaina Coates vs. Kentucky on Feb. 4, 2016).
  • It marked her second double-double this season and the 33rd of her career.
  • She added a season-high four blocks, two assists and one steal.
    • She had made at least three blocks in all three games this season.
      • She has 10 total for the season.
    • She has dished out multiple assists in all three games this season.
  • Teonni Key, senior forward, had 17 points on 8-of-12 (66.7%) and 12 rebounds.
    • It marked her first double-double of the season and the 13th of her career.
    • She added two assists and one steal.
  • Tonie Morgan, senior guard, had a team-high nine assists for the second straight game.
    • She is the only Kentucky player to have at least nine assists twice within the first three games of a season since at least 2002-03.
    • She added five points, two steals and one rebounds.
  • Kaelyn Carroll, freshman forward, had a career-high eight points and made a career-high two 3s.