Kentucky-Purdue Postgame Notes

#20/18 KENTUCKY 76, PURDUE 35– FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 6-0 to begin the season and Purdue moved to 2-1.

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

• UK has a 934-616 all-time record.
• The Wildcats have a 4-0 mark at home in 2025-26.
  • The Cats are 547-202 all-time at home.
  • The Cats are 507-175 all-time in Historic Memorial Coliseum.
• Kenny Brooks is in his second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 29-8 record in Blue and White.
• He is 546-212 in his 24th overall season as a head coach.

• Kentucky and Purdue are tied, 2-2, in the all-time series.
• This is the second straight season that UK has won its six five games of the season.
  • Kenny Brooks became the first head coach in program history to lead Kentucky to even 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 6-0 when using that starting combination.
  • UK won the opening tip for the fifth time this season.
  • Teonni Key was the first player to score for Kentucky for the second time this season.
• Asia Boone was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the sixth straight game.
• For the second straight game, Kentucky held its opponent from making a field goal for at least the first five minutes and 20 seconds of the game.
  • Meanwhile, the Wildcats had a first-quarter, season-high 52.9 percent shooting from the field (9-of-17).
  • Purdue made its first field goal at 4:40, while Marshall made its first field goal at 3:25 on its own home court.
• The Wildcats took an 18-point lead into the locker room at halftime.
  • The Cats have led by at least 16 points at halftime in all six games this season.
• Kentucky knocked down 11 3s.
  • UK has made at least nine 3s in 4-of-6 games this season.
  • UK improved to 13-0, under head coach Kenny Brooks, when it makes at least 10 3s.
• The Wildcats had 10 blocks.
• Kentucky has scored 75+ in each of its first six games of the season for the first time since 2013-14 (first seven).
• UK has held all six of its opponents to fewer than 60 points.
• UK has held its last five straight opponents to fewer than 50 points for the first time since 2006-07 (also five straight).
  • A five game stretch like that has only been done three times in program history (2025-26, 2006-07, 1974-75).
• UK has held two teams to 35 points or fewer this season, including Purdue, the first time a UK team has had two such games in a single season since 2015-16.
• The Wildcats have won their last five straight games by at least 32 points.
  • The Cats have defeated all six opponents this season by at least 16 points.
• Tonight marked UK’s best field-goal percentage defense (20.0 percent) in a game since March 2, 2007.
  • The Wildcats have held their last five straights opponents to under 30.0 percent shooting from the field.
  • The Wildcats have held all six opponents to under 36.0 percent shooting from the field this season.
• Kentucky tied the school record for fewest points allowed in a half against a Power Conference opponent after holding Purdue to just nine points in the second half (5 in the third quarter, 4 in the fourth quarter).

Player Notes

• Clara Strack, junior center, had 17 points and 13 rebounds.
  • She led the nation in double-doubles going into the game.
    • It marked her fourth straight double-double. It also marked her fifth double-double of the season and the 36th of her career.
    • She joins Evelyn Akhator as the only two UK players, since at least 2002-03, to have five double-doubles within the first six games of a season.
  • She made one 3, and has now made a 3 in four of six games this season.
  • She added five blocks and two assists.
    • She has recorded multiple assists in 4-of-6 games this season.
    • She has recorded multiple blocks in 5-of-6 games this season.
  • She is the only UK player, since at least 2002-03, to have at least 17 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks in a single game.
    • She is the only DI women’s player, since at least 2002-03, to have at least 17 points, 13 rebounds, five blocks two assists and one made 3 in a single game.
  • Jordan Obi, graduate guard, also had 17 points.
    • She went 2-of-4 from the arc, a season-high makes from the arc, and has now knocked down at least one 3 in the last three straight games.
    • She added eight rebounds, a block and a steal.
  • Tonie Morgan, senior guard, had 11 points.
    • She added six assists and two rebounds.
      • She has had at least six assists in all six games this season.
    • Amelia Hassett, senior forward, also had 11 points.
      • She knocked down a trio of 3s.
        • She has made multiple 3s in all six games this season.
      • She added four rebounds, one block and one steal.