KENTUCKY WBB POSTGAME NOTES
Kentucky at Ole Miss
The Pavilion at Ole Miss – Oxford, Miss.
Feb. 22, 2018
 
FINAL SCORE: Kentucky 79, Ole Miss 71
 
Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky rises to 14-15 overall, 6-9 in Southeastern Conference play this season, while Ole Miss falls to 11-17, 1-14.
• Matthew Mitchell is in his 11th season as head coach at Kentucky. He is the winningest head coach in program history at 255-115.
• Ole Miss leads the all-time series between the two programs, 22-18.
  • UK has won eight of the last 10 meetings between the two.
  • This was Kentucky’s first win in Oxford since Feb. 28, 2013.
• Kentucky will return home to Memorial Coliseum on Sunday, facing off against No. 2 Mississippi State at noon ET. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU, and fans in Lexington can hear Darren Headrick’s 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 7-9 with that starting-five combination.
• UK took a 19-18 lead with four seconds left in the first quarter and never trailed again.
• The two teams went back and forth to begin the game, but the Wildcats used an 18-2 run across the first quarter into the second quarter to extend its lead to 11 with 7:05 to go in the first half.
• Kentucky took its largest lead of the first half into the locker room, with a 44-31 lead at halftime.
  • UK’s 13-point halftime lead was its second largest in SEC play this season (17 vs Arkansas, 02/15/18).
  • The Wildcats outscored Ole Miss 25-13 in the second quarter.
• With 3:08 to play, Ole Miss crept within eight points (71-63) but UK responded with five unanswered points and the Rebels never got closer than eight until the final play of the game.
• Kentucky’s 79 points matches its highest scoring performance in conference play this season (79 vs. Alabama, 01/21/2018).
• The Wildcats had 22 points off turnovers.
  • Now 6-1 when scoring 20 or more points off turnovers.
• UK had 19 assists in the win, moving to 13-2 this season with 14 or more assists.
• UK shot 47.4 percent in tonight’s contest.
  • In its last nine games, Kentucky has shot 45 percent or better from the field six times.
  • The Wildcats shot 45 percent or better from the field just four times in their first 20 games this season.
  • Kentucky is 11-3 this season when scoring 70+ and shooting 40 percent or more from the floor.
• Kentucky’s bench outscored the Rebels’ 27-19.

 
Player Notes

• Maci Morris led Kentucky in scoring for the 18th time this season with 20 points.

  • Morris has now scored 20+ points in five consecutive games.
    • She’s the first UK player to score 20+ in five straight games since Kim Denkins had seven games in-a-row with 20 or more between Dec. 8 1995 to Jan. 3, 1996.
  • Surpassed Karen Mosley (1,135) to become the No. 25 on UK’s all-time scoring list with 1,149 career points.
  • Tied her career high with three steals in the contest.
• Taylor Murray recorded her third double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 assists.
  • It was the fifth double-double of her career.
  • Her 10 assists matched her season high.
  • Has scored in double figures 16 times this season.
• Dorie Harrison added 12 points to go with four rebounds in the game.
  • It was the freshman’s seventh game in double figures this season.
• Makenzie Cann scored nine points in the game, hitting three 3-pointers.
  • She has hit three or more 3s in four games this season.
  • All three of the 3s game in the first half.