Kentucky-Evansville Postgame Notes

#12/10 KENTUCKY 98, EVANSVILLE 30 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 4-0 to begin the season and Evansville is 0-3.

• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 53rd season of varsity status.

• UK has a 958-627 all-time record.
• The Wildcats have a 3-0 mark at home in 2026-27.
  • The Cats are 558-205 all-time at home.
  • The Cats are 518-178 all-time in Historic Memorial Coliseum.
• Kenny Brooks is in his third season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 52-19 record in Blue and White.
• He is 569-223 in his 25th overall season as a head coach.
• Kentucky is 19-1 under Brooks in the month of November.

• Kentucky and Evansville are now tied in the all-time series, 2-2.
  • UK has won the last two straight.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Diana Collins, Asia Boone, Ajša Sivka, Me’Arah O’Neal and Clara Strack for the fourth time this season.
  • UK is 4-0 when using that starting combination.
  • UK won the opening tip for the for the fourth time this season.
  • Diana Collins was the first player to score for Kentucky for the first time this season.
  • Savvy Swords was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the fourth time this season.
• The Wildcats defeated the Aces, 98-30, which marked the fifth largest margin of victory in program history.
  • The 68-point margin of victory is their largest margin of victory since 2015 (also 68).
  • The Wildcats also produced its largest halftime lead of the season with a 35-point margin over Evansville, 46-11.
  • Tonight marked the first time in program history that UK has three 40-point wins within their first four games of a season.
• Kentucky has scored at least 93 points in consecutive games for the first time since March 20 and 22, 2015.
• The Wildcats have made 18 team 3s in two straight games, which is tied with the single-game school record.
  • The Cats made those 18 team 3s on 46.2 percent shooting in both games – against NC State and against Evansville.
• UK became the only SEC team to have two different players make at least eight 3s in a single game in the same season since at least 2002-03 (Ajša Sivka with eight against NC State and Emily McDonald with nine against Evansville).
• UK became the first SEC team ever to have two games of at least 18 team 3s in the same season.
• UK became the second SEC team ever to have three games all-time with at least 18 team 3s (also Missouri).
  • UK’s three times include its games against NC State and Evansville this season, and its game against Mississippi State in 2025.
• UK shot 55.2 percent from the field, marking the second straight game it has shot at least 53.0 percent from the field.
  • This is the first time that UK has shot at least 53.0 percent from the field in consecutive games since Dec. 15, 2018.
• Kentucky held Evansville to just 21.7 percent shooting from the field, which is the third game in just four games this season it has held its opponent to 30 percent or under.
  • UK has held all four opponents to under 40.0 percent shooting.

Player Notes

• Emily McDonald, freshman guard, broke the 3-point school record for a single game with nine 3s. She went 9-of-12 from the field, with all shot attempts coming from behind the arc, for a team-lead 27 points.
  • She is the fifth freshman in SEC history to make at least nine 3s in a single game, while her nine 3s are tied for second-most by a freshman in SEC history.
  • She also became the first freshmen (freshmen defined as a player with all five years of eligibility remaining) to score at least 25 points.
• Me’Arah O’Neal, junior forward, put up a season-high 18 points on 6-of-7 from the field, including two 3s, and 4-of-4 from the line..
  • She went 4-of-4 from the field and 2-of-2 from the line to rack up all of Kentucky’s 11 points just three minutes and 12 seconds to begin the second quarter.
  • She added a season-high eight rebounds, three assists and one block.
• Ajša Sivka, first-year guard, added 12 points on 5-of-6 from the field, including two 3s, while Clara Strack, senior center, contributed 11 points on 4-of-7 form the field and one 3. Sivka and Strack each played under 20 minutes.
  • Strack also had three blocks. She needs just 16 more blocks to tie the Kentucky career blocks school record.
• Savvy Swords, freshmen forward, led the team in rebounds for the second time this season, this time with a season-high 13 rebounds.
  • She stuffed the stats, too, adding six points, four assists and a team-high four steals.
• Maddyn Greenway, freshman guard, led the team with eight assists.
  • She added three steals and a block.