Kentucky-South Carolina Postgame Notes

#3/3 SOUTH CAROLINA 60, #16/18 KENTUCKY 56

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 21-9 (8-8, SEC) and South Carolina is 29-2 (15-1, SEC).

• UK had held back-to-back top five teams to four-point-or-less victories (at Vanderbilt (2), vs. South Carolina (4)). UK has held three top-10 teams to four-point-or-less victories overall this season (also vs. Vanderbilt (1)).
  • Kentucky is 4-6 against Associated Press Top 25 teams this season.
  • Kentucky is 2-3 against AP Top Five teams this season.
• UK went 12-3 at home in 2025-26.
  • UK is 27-6 at home under head coach Kenny Brooks.
• Kenny Brooks is in his second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 44-17 record in Blue and White.
• He is 561-221 in his 24th overall season as a head coach.

• Kentucky trails the series with South Carolina, 43-35.
  • UK leads USC in games played in Lexington, 20-15.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Tonie Morgan, Asia Boone, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the fifth straight game this season.
  • This is UK’s third starting lineup this season.
  • UK is 3-2 when using that starting combination.
  • UK lost the opening tip for the 12th time this season.
  • Teonni Key was the first player to score for Kentucky for the fifth time this season.
  • Jordan Obi was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the fifth time this season.
• The Wildcats went on an 8-0 run to get to halftime trailing by just six points, 33-27.
  • The Cats stretched that into an 11-0 run with a 3-pointer on the first play after the break.
• UK used another 12-2 run through the first six minutes and 30 seconds of the fourth quarter to get within three points, 56-53.
  • Jordan Obi’s free throw made it a two-point game just under one minute before South Carolina stretched it to a four-point win at the buzzer.
  • UK outscored USC, 15-6, in the fourth quarter.
• Kentucky held South Carolina to its fewest points all season (60).
  • Kentucky also held South Carolina to its fewest points against an SEC opponent since Jan. 8, 2023 at Mississippi State (58).
• UK is the first SEC team since at least 2002-03 to allow 64 points or less to three AP Top Five opponents in the SEC regular season play.
• UK outrebounded USC, 40-34, in the game.
• UK broke the single-season, three-point field goal school record, which was set in 2019-20 (252).
  • Following today’s game, the Cats have 255.
  • Last season, the Cats were just one 3-pointer away from tying the school record with 251.

Player Notes

• Clara Strack, junior center, had a game-high 24 points on 11-of-19.
  • She has had a team-high seven 20+ point games this season.
  • She added a team-high nine rebounds, two assists and one steal.
• Asia Boone, a junior guard, eclipsed 1,000 career points with an 11-point performance.
  • She went 3-of-6 from the arc.
  • She has made multiple 3s in 23-of-30 games this season.
    • This is her 19th game this season with at least three 3s, which is the most in a single season by a UK player since at least 2002-03.
  • She has made at least three 3s in eight of her last nine games.
  • She added three assists and two rebounds.
• Amelia Hassett, senior forward, had six points on a pair of 3s, six rebounds, a game-high-tying three blocks and two assists.
  • She has made multiple 3s in 24-of-30 games this season.
  • She now has 81 3s this season and needs just four more to break the single-season school record (84).