Kentucky-Belmont Postgame Notes

#15/15 KENTUCKY 77, BELMONT 69 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 11-1 to begin the season, and Belmont is 4-6.
  • Kentucky tied 14 other seasons as the best start through 12 games in program history, also starting out 11-1 in 2024-25, 2019-20, 2018-19, 2015-16, 2013-14, 2012-13, 2011-12, 2010-11, 2009-10, 1990-91, 1989-90, 1982-83, 1980-81 and 1979-80.

• UK is 5-0 in true road games this season, and 6-1 in away games this season.
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 52nd season of varsity status.

• UK has a 939-617 all-time record.
• Kenny Brooks is in his second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 34-9 record in Blue and White.
• He is 551-213 in his 24th overall season as a head coach.

• Kentucky remains the leader in the all-time series against Belmont, 7-1, in the all-time series.
  • Kentucky also leads the series at Belmont, 2-0.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Tonie Morgan, Jordan Obi, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack.
  • UK is 11-1 when using that starting combination.
  • UK won the opening tip for the ninth time this season.
  • Jordan Obi was the first player to score for Kentucky for the fourth time this season.
• Asia Boone was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the 12th straight game.

• Kentucky went into the locker room at halftime up 41-32, then went on an 8-0 run to begin the third quarter.
  • All points in that 8-0 run were scored by Clara Strack, who had just six points in 18 minutes of action. Strack concluded the third quarter with 10 points in that period.
• The Wildcats have an active 27-game win streak in regular season nonconference games when they score at least 75 points.
  • The Cats have put up at least 75 points in nine of 12 games this season.
• The Wildcats improved their stretch of holding each opponent this season to under 40.0 percent shooting, including the Bruins’ 37.3 percent.
  • Meanwhile, the Cats shot at least 40.0 percent (40.3) for the 10th game this season.
• Kentucky outrebounded Belmont by 20 (49-29), the second time this season it has outrebounded a team by at least 20.
• The Wildcats have played two teams this season that have made at least 10 3s, and the cats have defeated both of them.
• With Amelia Hassett’s double-double, five Wildcats have earned a double-double this season.

Player Notes

• Amelia Hassett, senior forward, had her first double-double of the season on a team-lead and season-high 19 points and 10 rebounds.
  • She made a season-high five 3s.
  • She has made multiple 3s in 10 of 12 games this season.
  • She added one assist, one steal and one block.
• Tonie Morgan, senior guard, had 18 points.
  • She went 9-of-10 from the FT line.
    • She has went 20-of-22 from the FT line over the past three games.
  • Morgan, who entered the game leading the nation in assists and second in the nation in assists per game, had nine assists.
    • She has had at least nine assists in six of 12 games this season.
  • She added four rebounds, one steal and one block.
• Clara Strack, junior center, had 18 points.
  • She added eight rebounds, two blocks, one assist and one steal.
• Jordan Obi, graduate guard, had her second double-double of the season 13 points and 10 rebounds .
  • She added two assists.