Kentucky-Miami Postgame Notes

#17/16 KENTUCKY 64, MIAMI 48 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 9-1 to begin the season, and Miami is 5-3.

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

• UK has a 937-617 all-time record.
• Kenny Brooks is in his second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 32-9 record in Blue and White.
• He is 549-213 in his 24th overall season,,l, as a head coach.

• Kentucky leads Miami, 7-2, in the all-time series.
  • Kentucky is tied with Miami, 2-2, in games played in Miami.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Tonie Morgan, Jordan Obi, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack.
  • UK is 9-1 when using that starting combination.
  • UK won the opening tip for the fourth time this season.
  • Clara Strack was the first player to score for Kentucky for the sixth time this season.
• Asia Boone and Lexi Blue were the first substitutes off the bench for Kentucky for the 10th straight game and second straight game, respectively.
• Kentucky defeated Miami, 64-48, for a 16-point margin of victory.

• UK has defeated eight opponents by at least 16 points this season.

• Kentucky held Miami to 48 points.
  • UK has held seven opponents to fewer than 50 points.
  • UK has as many nonconference true road games allowed 48 points or less thus far this season (3) as the previous 16 seasons combined (just three between the years of 2009-10 and 2024-25).

• Following a first half that featured just 26 points on 30.0 percent shooting, Kentucky began the third quarter 5-of-8 (62.5%), including a pair of 3s, for a quick 13 points in three minutes and 32 second.
  • The Wildcats stretched their lead in the third quarter, outscoring the Hurricanes, 24-15, for a 50-38 lead at the end of the period.
    • Part of UK’s third-quarter blitz included forming UM to six turnovers and scoring 12 points off those errors.
• UK outscored UM, 38-25, in the second half.
• The Wildcats shot 43.6 percent overall in the game, holding Miami to 32.0 percent from the field.
  • Kentucky has held all 10 of its opponents to under 40.0 percent shooting.
  • Kentucky has held seven of its 10 opponents to 36.0 percent shooting or under.
• UK had a season-high-tying steals.

Player Notes

• Tonie Morgan, senior guard, led Kentucky in scoring with 20 points.
  • She has led the team in scoring for a team-lead four times this season.
    • She has a team-lead two 20+ point games this season.
  • She added four assists, two steals, two rebounds and a block.
• Clara Strack, junior center, had 13 points.
  • She made one 3.
    • The 6-5 center has made at least one 3 in seven of 10 games this season.
    • Since the start of last season, Strack has the most games with at least one made 3 among players 6-5 or taller in DI women’s basketball (20).
  • She added a season-high four assists and a season-high four steals.
    • All four of her steals came in the first five minutes and 31 seconds of the third quarter.
  • She also had nine rebounds and two blocks.
• Teonni Key, senior forward, had 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting.
  • She added five rebounds, two assists and two steals.
    • She has dished out multiple assists in four games this season.
  • Asia Boone, junior guard, knocked down two 3s.
    • She has had multiple 3s in seven of 10 games this season.