Kentucky-West Virginia Postgame Notes

#16/17 KENTUCKY 74, #11/13 WEST VIRGINIA 73

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 25-10 and West Virginia is 28-7.
  • UK has 25 wins for the first time since 2018-19 (25).
  • UK is 6-7 against AP ranked teams this season.
    • It is the first time UK has won at least six games against ranked opponents since 2015-16 (8).

• This is Kentucky’s 19th appearance in the NCAA Championship, including its second straight.
  • UK is 25-18 all-time in the NCAA Championship.
  • UK is 6-8 all-time in the Second Round.
  • This is the third time in program history UK has defeated a top-four seed in the NCAA Championship.
• The Wildcats have made their seventh Sweet 16 in program history and their first since 2016.
  • This is the lowest seeded Cats team to advance to the Sweet 16 (5).
• Kenny Brooks is in his second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 48-18 record in Blue and White.
  • He is 565-222 in his 24th overall season as a head coach.

• Kentucky leads the all-time series with West Virginia, 4-1.
  • Today marked the two teams’ first matchup in Hope Coliseum.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Tonie Morgan, Asia Boone, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the 10th game this season.
  • This is UK’s third starting lineup this season.
  • UK is 7-3 when using that starting combination.
  • UK won the opening tip for the 21st time this season.
  • Amelia Hassett 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 10th  time, respectively, this season.
• UK and WVU were tied, 36-36, at halftime.
  • UK moved to 3-0 when it is tied at halftime, including wins over No. 5 LSU and No. 5 Oklahoma.
• Kentucky used a 7-0 run out of halftime to take a 43-36 lead and force West Virginia to take a timeout.
  • UK led WVU, 26-14, in the third quarter to take a 12-point lead into the final stanza (62-50).
• The Wildcats improved to 44-3 when they score at least 70 points under head coach Kenny Brooks.
• UK is the first team in SEC history to have two player make at least 94 3s in the same season (Vanderbilt has a chance to accomplish that feat this season, too).
• Kentucky went 15-of-18 (83.3%) from the line.
• UK outrebounded WVU, 39-23.
  • UK has outrebounded or tied its opponents in 28-of-35 games this season.
• School Records / Watch Lists:
  • Kentucky improved its school record in 3s with 294.
  • Kentucky improved its school record in blocks with 231.
  • Kentucky improved to fifth on the all-time, single-season points list with 2,641.
  • Kentucky improved to second on the all-time, single-season assists list with 596.
  • Kentucky improved to 39 on the all-time, single-season rebounds list with 1,425.

Player Notes

• Teonni Key, senior forward, had a team-lead 19 points and 10 rebounds for her seventh double-double this season.
  • She has led UK in scoring three times this season.
  • She hit double-digit scoring by the seventh minute in the second quarter.
  • It is the ninth time this season she has had 10+ rebounds.
  • She added two assists.
• Clara Strack, junior center, had 18 points and 14 rebounds for her 16th double-double of the season.
  • She is now 10th on the program’s all-time, single-season scoring list (591).
  • She added a team-lead four assists and a team-lead four blocks.
    • She improved her single-season school record in blocks to 91.
  • She is the fifth player ever to have at least 18 points, 15 rebounds, four assists, four blocks and one steal in an NCAA Championship game.
• Tonie Morgan, senior guard, played all 40 minutes. She had 15 points, three assists, two rebounds and two and a career-high-tying blocks.
  • She went 9-of-10 from the FT line.
• Amelia Hassett, senior forward, had nine points on two 3s and 3-of-3 from the line.
  • She extended her school record to 98 3s.
  • She has made multiple 3s in 28-of-35 games this season.
  • She added six rebounds, one assist and one steal.
• Asia Boone, junior guard, also had nine points on three 3s.
  • She has made multiple 3s in 27-of-35 games this season.
• Jordan Obi, graduate guard, went 2-of-2 from the field for four points.