Kentucky Women’s Basketball Postgame Notes
Mount St. Mary’s vs. No. 13 Kentucky
Memorial Coliseum – Lexington, Ky.   
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019
 
No. 13 Kentucky 67, Mount St. Mary’s 44 – FINAL
 
Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is now 1-0, while Mount St. Mary’s is 0-1.
  • This was the season opener for both teams.
  • Kentucky is now 42-4 all-time in home openers and 38-8 all-time in season openers. UK has won 11 straight of each.
• Kentucky is 824-540 all-time, including a 449-157 mark in Memorial Coliseum.
• This was the first all-time meeting in women’s basketball between Kentucky and Mount St. Mary’s. The Mount’s men’s basketball team will also play in Lexington this season, facing off against Kentucky MBB at Rupp Arena later this month. 
• UK is coming off a 25-win season in 2018-19 that ended with an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
• Matthew Mitchell is beginning his 13th season as the head coach of the Wildcats.
  • Mitchell is 312-154 overall in his career and 282-125 during his tenure at Kentucky.

 
Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination of Rhyne Howard, Sabrina Haines, Amanda Paschal, KeKe McKinney and Tatyana Wyatt.
  • UK is 1-0 this season when it uses that starting combination.
• Kentucky led 15-12 at the end of the first quarter after a slow start on the offensive end. UK went just 7-of-20 from the field in the first 10 minutes, while The Mount went 4-of-12 and 2-of-5 from 3.
  • Kentucky had four turnovers in the first 10 minutes and The Mount scored four points off those miscues.
  • Five of Kentucky’s seven made field goals in the first quarter were assisted.
• After Mount St. Mary’s tied the game 18-18 midway through the second quarter, UK went on a 9-0 run to open up the lead before Mount St. Mary’s hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to end the quarter with UK up 27-21.
  • UK shot 12-of-35 in the first half, while The Mount went 7-of-25 from the field and 5-of-15 from 3.
  • UK went 5-of-15 from the field in the second quarter.
  • UK forced Mount St. Mary’s into six turnovers in the final 5:03 of the half.
• Kentucky’s 27 points in the first half was its fewest in the first half against a non-conference team since it had 21 against Virginia last season inside Rupp Arena.
  • UK scored 27 or less points in the first half in seven games last season and went 3-4 in those games.
• UK scored the first five points of the second half to take a 32-21 lead with just over five minutes to go in the third quarter.
• The Wildcats outscored The Mount 23-12 in the fourth quarter thanks to a 11-0 run.
• UK finished with 29 points off turnovers, 20 paint points and 30 bench points.

 
Player Notes

• Sophomore guard Rhyne Howard played a team-high 31:29 and scored a game-best 14 points with 11 rebounds, five assists and five steals.

  • The double-double for Howard was the sixth of her career.
  • Howard has scored 10 or more points in 27 of her 33 career games played.
  • This was the seventh career double-figure rebounding game for Howard.
• Junior forward Tatyana Wyatt started and scored 10 points with five rebounds adding a block.
  • Wyatt has scored in double figures 16 times in her career. 
• Senior guard Jaida Roper scored 13 points going 3-of-3 from the field, 1-of-1 from 3 and 6-of-8 from the free-throw line.
  • This was the 14 career double-figure scoring game for Roper.
  • Roper’s 13 points were two off her career best.
• Senior guard Sabrina Haines scored seven points with eight rebounds.
  • Haines’ eight rebounds were a UK career high and one off her collegiate career high she earned at Arizona State.
• Freshman guard Emma King, seeing her first career action, scored seven points, hitting two 3s.
• Junior forward KeKe McKinney scored six points with seven rebounds, adding three blocks.
• Sophomore guard Blair Green scored seven points with five rebounds.
  • The five rebounds were one off her career best at Kentucky.