KENTUCKY WBB POSTGAME NOTES
Kentucky vs. South Carolina
Rupp Arena – Lexington, Ky.
Jan. 21, 2018
 
FINAL SCORE: Kentucky 64, No. 10 South Carolina 81
 
Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky falls to 9-11 overall, 1-5 in Southeastern Conference play this season, while South Carolina rises to 16-3, 5-2 SEC.
• Matthew Mitchell is in his 11th season as head coach at Kentucky. He is the winningest head coach in program history at 250-111.
• The Wildcats still lead the all-time series between the two programs, 33-29.
  • South Carolina has won seven straight games in the series.
  • This was the second-ever game between the two teams in Rupp Arena, and the Gamecocks own a 2-0 edge in those contests.
• Kentucky will be back in action Thursday, Jan. 25, returning to Memorial Coliseum to take on Alabama at 7 p.m. ET. The game will be shown live on SEC Network+ and broadcast on the UK Sports Radio Network with Darren Headrick calling the action.

 
Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination of senior Alyssa Rice, senior Makenzie Cann, junior Taylor Murray, junior Maci Morris and freshman KeKe McKinney.

  • UK is 2-5 with that starting-five combination.
• The two teams went back-and-forth in the first quarter, but South Carolina held onto a slight 13-12 edge to end the stanza.
• The Wildcats were held to just eight second-quarter points, and the Gamecocks went into halftime with a 34-20 lead.
• Kentucky scored 28 points in the third quarter, which was its most scored in a single quarter in conference play this season.
• A 3-pointer from KeKe McKinney with 28 seconds to go in the third quarter cut South Carolina’s lead to eight, but the Gamecocks would hit a 3 on the other end to finish the quarter with an 11-point lead.
  • The Gamecocks led by as many as 19 points in the quarter.
• UK was not able to cut the deficit to single digits again, as South Carolina shot 79.2 percent from the floor in the second half.
• The Wildcats had four players score in double digits in the game for the first time in SEC play this season.
  • It was the first time since Dec. 8 against FGCU in which four UK players have scored in double figures.
• The Wildcats forced 17 turnovers in the contest, and scored 23 points off those turnovers.
• UK outscored the Gamecocks in second-chance points, 17-7.

 
Player Notes

• Maci Morris led the Wildcats with 19 points and a team-high four assists.

  • Morris has scored in double figures in 16 of her 19 games played this season.
  • The junior has led UK in scoring 12 times this season.
  • Morris is just 31 points away from becoming the 33rd member of Kentucky’s 1,000 point club, with 969 career points.
  • Her four assists matched her career-high set earlier this season against Texas A&M.
• Taylor Murray added 17 points, two boards and two steals.
  • In the past three games, Murray is averaging 19.6 points per game.
  • It was her tenth double-digit scoring performance of the season.
• KeKe McKinney posted a career-high 12 points to go with seven rebounds.
  • Her seven rebounds matched her career high, set on Nov. 11 vs. Gardner-Webb.
• Dorie Harrison scored a career-high 11 points to go with seven boards.
  • The freshman’s only additional double-digit scoring effort came in the season-opener, where she scored 10 against Sacramento State.