Kentucky-Tennessee Postgame Notes

#17/17 TENNESSEE 60, #11/12 KENTUCKY 58 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 17-4 (4-3, SEC), and Tennessee is 14-3 (6-0, SEC).

• UK is 6-3 on the road in 2025-26.
  • UK is 12-7 on the road under head coach Kenny Brooks.

• The Wildcats are 3-3 against Associated Press ranked opponents this season.
• Kenny Brooks is in his second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 40-12 record in Blue and White.
• He is 557-216 in his 24th overall season as a head coach.

• Kentucky trails the all-time series with Tennessee, 62-17.
  • UT is 29-4 against UK in Knoxville.
  • UK held UT to 60 points, the fewest UK has held UT in Knoxville to in program history.
  • UK held UT to 34.3 percent shooting, UK’s best FG% defense against UT in Knoxville since at least 2002-03.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Tonie Morgan, Asia Boone, Jordan Obi, Amelia Hassett and Clara Strack for the seventh time this season.
  • UK is 3-2 when using that starting combination.
  • UK lost the opening tip for the 10th time this season.
  • Clara Strack was the first player to score for Kentucky for the 10th time this season.
• Lexi Blue and Kaelyn Carroll were the first substitutes off the bench for Kentucky for the eighth and second time this season, respectively.
• Kentucky trailed Tennessee, 29-22, at halftime.
  • It marked just the third time this season Kentucky has trailed at halftime (also vs. Maryland and at Alabama).
    • It moved to 0-3 this season when it trails a team at halftime.
• The Wildcats had 21 turnovers.
  • The Lady Vols outscored the Wildcats on POT, 21-5.

Player Notes

• Tonie Morgan, senior guard, had 13 points.
  • She added four rebounds, four assists and three steals.
• Clara Strack, junior center, had nine points and 15 rebounds.
  • She has had double-digit rebounds in 12 of 21 games this season.
  • She is the only UK player since at least 2002-03 to have multiple games with at least 15 rebounds against UT.
  • She is the first UK player since at least 2002-03 to have 15 rebounds in Knoxville.
  • She added two steals and one block.
• Jordan Obi, graduate guard, 14 points and 11 rebounds for her third double-double this season and her first in the SEC.
  • She added three blocks and two assists.
• Amelia Hassett, senior forward, had a team-high 16 points.
  • She has made numerous 3s in 17 of 21 games this season, including six straight.
    • She has made 3+ 3s in nine of 21 games this season.
  • She added six rebounds, three blocks and one assist.