Kentucky women’s basketball head coach Matthew Mitchell and his team dedicated Sunday’s 63-53 win over No. 17 Vanderbilt to recently retired football coach Rich Brooks.

“We want to honor coach Rich Brooks with this win,” Mitchell said. “Our retired football coach is a man that has always supported our women’s basketball team and they enthusiastically agree that we should give this win to coach Brooks as a parting gift, if you will. He is a man that means a lot to our team and means a lot to me personally. He has been a great example for me and has always exhibited what we are all about: honesty, hard work and discipline. We just want to honor coach Brooks with that.”