Kentucky-Mississippi State Postgame Notes

MISSISSIPPI STATE 71, #7/9 KENTUCKY 59 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 17-3 (4-2, SEC), and Mississippi State is 15-5 (2-4, SEC).

• UK is 6-2 on the road in 2025-26.
  • UK is 12-6 on the road under head coach Kenny Brooks.

• Kenny Brooks is in his second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 40-11 record in Blue and White.
• He is 557-215 in his 24th overall season as a head coach.

• Kentucky remains the all-time series leader with Mississippi State, 33-25.
  • UK is tied with MSU, 12-12, in Starkville.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Tonie Morgan, Asia Boone, Jordan Obi, Amelia Hassett and Clara Strack for the sixth time this season.
  • UK is 3-2 when using that starting combination.
  • UK won the opening tip for the 11th time this season.
  • Tonie Morgan was the first player to score for Kentucky for the third time this season.
• Lexi Blue was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the seventh time this season.
• The Wildcats had just six turnovers.
  • It is the second game in conference action the Cats have committed 10 or fewer.
  • It is the 10th game overall this season that the Cats have committed 10 of fewer.
• All five starters scored in double digits for the second straight game and the third time this season.

Player Notes

• Tonie Morgan, senior guard, had a team-high 15 points.
  • She added seven assists, three rebounds and two steals.
  • She had just one turnover.
• Clara Strack, junior center, had 10 points and 15 rebounds for her 10th double-double of the season.
  • She added five blocks, one steal and one assist.
    • She has had numerous blocks in 17 of 20 games this season.
  • She is the first UK player with at least 10 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks in a single game since Evelyn Akhator vs. Morehead State on Nov. 18, 2015.
• Jordan Obi, graduate guard, had 12 points, seven rebounds, two steals, one block and one assist.
• Asia Boone, junior guard, had 11 points, knocking down a trio of 3s.
  • She has made numerous 3s in 15-of-20 games this season.
  • She added three rebounds.
• Amelia Hassett, senior forward, had 11 points, knocking down 2 3s.
  • She has made numerous 3s in 16-of-20 games this season.
  • She added five rebounds and two steals.