KENTUCKY WBB POSTGAME NOTES
Arkansas at Kentucky
Memorial Coliseum – Lexington, Ky.
Feb. 15, 2018
 
FINAL SCORE: Arkansas 57, Kentucky 78
 
Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky moves to 13-14 overall, 5-8 in Southeastern Conference play this season, while Arkansas drops 12-14, 3-10 SEC.
• Matthew Mitchell is in his 11th season as head coach at Kentucky. He is the winningest head coach in program history at 254-114.
• Kentucky leads the all-time series in games played against Arkansas, 23-13.
• Kentucky has now won nine straight games against Arkansas, including nine straight wins in Memorial Coliseum vs. the Razorbacks.
• Kentucky will travel to No. 8 South Carolina this Sunday, Feb. 18, to take on the No. 8 Gamecocks at 3 p.m. ET. The game can be seen live on SEC Network, while fans in Lexington can hear Darren Headrick’s radio call on the UK Sports Network.

 
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 6-8 with that starting-five combination.
• Maci Morris led the way for the Wildcats in the first half with 14 points. She also scored Kentucky’s first six points.
• Kentucky went on a 9-0 run in 3:11 during the second quarter to lead 37-26, which was their largest lead of the first half.
• In the third quarter, Arkansas went on a 11-0 run in 2:08 to tie the game at 45-45. Maci Morris would end the run with two free throws. UK would finished the quarter on a 12-2 run to lead 57-47 going into the fourth quarter.
• Kentucky would go on a 14-1 run in the fourth quarter to take control of the game.
• The Wildcats had five players score in double figures – Harrison (10), McKinney (11), Morris (20), Rice (13), and Wyatt (11).
  • Last time that happened was at Arkansas on Jan. 29th.
• Arkansas made 11 3-pointers in the game, which is the most Kentucky has allowed this season.
• Kentucky’s bench outscored Arkansas 32-7, while it had a 38-12 advantage in paint points and 17-16 edge in second-chance points.

 
Player Notes

• Maci Morris led the Wildcats with 20 points in the game.

  • It was the third consecutive game in which she’s scored 20+ points and the eighth time this season.
  • Morris’ 1,094 career points now ranks 26th on Kentucky’s all-time scoring list. She needs 41 points to move to 25th.
  • She also had five rebounds and two assists tonight.
• Alyssa Rice scored 13 points and was perfect from the field going 6-6.  
  • Rice led the Wildcats with nine rebounds in the game.
  • Rice has recorded five or more rebounds in 19 games and seven or more in 14 games.
• Tatyana Wyatt scored 11 points and made a season-high 3 3-pointers in the game.
  • All three of Tatyana’s 3s were in the second half.
• KeKe McKinney scored 11 points and had four rebounds in the game.
  • Her 11 points are one off her career high.
  • She went a perfect 4-for-4 from the free-throw line.
• Doire Harrison scored 10 points with four rebounds in the game.
  • Harrison has scored 10 or more points five of her last nine games.