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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
NO. 13 KENTUCKY VS. MOREHEAD STATE
THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 2019
MEMORIAL COLISEUM – LEXINGTON, KY.
 
No. 13 Kentucky 79, Morehead State 54 – FINAL
 
Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 5-0, while Morehead State is 2-3
  • The Wildcats are now 3-0 at home this season.
  • UK is 172-40 at home under Matthew Mitchell, including 164-31 in Memorial Coliseum.
• Kentucky is 828-540 all-time, including 478-173 all-time at home.
• The Wildcats have had great success in Memorial Coliseum, sitting 451-157 all-time in the historic building.
• This was the 37th all-time meeting between Kentucky and Morehead State in women’s basketball.
  • UK leads the all-time series 32-5, including 22-1 in Lexington.
  • UK has won 15 games in a row against the Eagles.
• Matthew Mitchell is in his 13th season as the head coach of the Wildcats.
  • Mitchell is 316-154 overall in his career and 286-125 during his tenure at Kentucky.
  • UK is 73-9 all-time in the month of November under Mitchell.
• Kentucky is ranked 13th in the latest Associated Press Top 25.
  • UK holds a 20-4 record all-time when ranked 13th in the nation, including winning 16 of its last 18 games while carrying the No. 13 ranking.

 
Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination of sophomore guard Rhyne Howard, senior guards Sabrina Haines and Amanda Paschal, and junior forwards KeKe McKinney and Tatyana Wyatt.
  • UK is 5-0 this season when it uses that starting combination.
• UK scored 27 points in the first quarter, which was its second most points scored in a quarter this season and the most in the first quarter this season.
  • The Wildcats ended the quarter on a 15-5 run, included in that was a 10-0 to take a 12-8 lead to a 22-8 lead.
  • The Wildcats were 9-of-18 from the field in the first quarter for 50 percent shooting, including 4-of-6 from long range.
• UK started the second quarter with back-to-back 3-pointers and outscored the Eagles 21-11 overall in the quarter to take a 48-24 lead into the break at halftime.
  • The 48 points were the most in the first half for Kentucky this season, while the 24-point lead was UK’s biggest halftime lead of the season.
• The Wildcats 18-of-37 from the field for 48 percent from the field, which was its best first-half shooting percentage this season.
  • UK also went 7-of-16 from 3.
  • Rhyne Howard led Kentucky with 13 first-half points, adding two 3s.
• UK committed just five turnovers in the first half, but forced Morehead State into 16 miscues and scored 23 points off those turnovers.
• The Wildcats had several top performances offensively in the game.
  • UK scored a season high 79 points behind a season-high 39.7 percent from the field.
  • The Wildcats hit a season-high 11 3-pointers in the game.
• UK forced Morehead State into 25 turnovers and scored 35 points off those miscues.
  • UK has scored 20 points or more off turnovers in every game this season and forced 20 or more turnovers in every game this season.
• Conversely, UK committed a season-low six turnovers and allowed just nine points off turnovers.
• The Wildcats were out rebounded 43-37, marking the first time this season UK has lost the rebounding battle.
• UK had a season-high 18 assists in the game.

 
Player Notes

• Sophomore guard Rhyne Howard led Kentucky in scoring with 24 points on 9-of-20 shooting, including 5-of-11 from long range.

  • Howard has hit at least one 3-pointer in 32 of her 37 career games.
  • Howard has scored 10 or more points in 30 of her 37 career games.
  • Howard has scored 20 or more points in 12 of her 37 career games.
  • Howard has led UK in scoring in 19 of her 37 career games.
  • Howard has made three or more 3s in 13 of her 37 career games.
  • Howard has led UK in scoring three times this season.
• Senior guard Sabrina Haines scored 14 points in the game with six rebounds and four steals.
  • Haines has scored 10 or more points in three games this season.
  • Haines has recorded three or more steals in three games, including four steals in two games.
  • Haines has led Kentucky ins teals twice this season.
  • Haines has hit a 3-pointer in every game this season, including two or more 3s in three games.
• Junior forward Tatyana Wyatt scored 10 points with eight rebounds in the game.
  • Wyatt went 5-of-7 from the field.
  • This was the second time this season that Wyatt has scored 10 or more points this season and the 17th time in her career.
  • Wyatt has led Kentucky in rebounding twice this season and nine times in her career.
• Sophomore guard Blair Green scored a season-best 12 points in the game with two rebounds and two steals.
  • Green has scored 10 or more points five times in her career.
• Senior guard Amanda Paschal had a career-high eight assists in the game.