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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
NO. 20 KENTUCKY VS. NO. 16 TENNESSEE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021
RUPP ARENA – LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
 
No. 20 Kentucky 71, No. 16 Tennessee 56 – FINAL
 
Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 14-5 on the season and 7-4 in the SEC, while Tennessee is 12-4 on the year and 6-2 in the SEC.
• This was the 71st all-time meeting between Kentucky and Tennessee in women’s basketball.
  • Tennessee leads the all-time series in games played 56-15, including 22-10 mark in games played in Lexington.
  • This was the third all-time meeting between teams at Rupp Arena with UK holding a 2-1 record in those games.
  • This was the second time in program history that UK has won back-to-back home games against Tennessee. It also happened in 2012 and 2013.
  • Kentucky has defeated Tennessee four times in a span of five meetings for the first time in program history.
  • Kentucky has defeated Tennessee three times in a span of four home games for the first time in program history.
  • This is the second largest margin of victory for Kentucky against Tennessee in program history (15 points), and their largest in a home game against the Volunteers. On Mar. 6, 2020, Kentucky defeated Tennessee by 21 points in the SEC Tournament.
• Kyra Elzy is in her first season as head coach at Kentucky.
  • Elzy is now 14-5 as head coach of Kentucky. 
• UK is now 859-553 all-time in its 47th year of varsity women’s basketball.
• The Wildcats hold an all-time record of 498-177 at home, including a 30-19 mark inside Rupp Arena.
• Kentucky is ranked No. 20 in the latest AP Top 25 and No. 18 in the USA Today/Coaches Top 25.
• The Wildcats will return to action Monday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. ET at Florida.
  • The game will be broadcast on SEC Network.

 
Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination of senior guard Chasity Patterson, senior forwards Tatyana Wyatt and KeKe McKinney and junior guards Jazmine Massengill and Rhyne Howard.
  • This was the first time this season that UK has used this starting combination, holding a 1-0 record in those games.
  • This was the first career start for Jazmine Massengill at Kentucky.
  • Chasity Patterson scored first for Kentucky in the game – the fourth time this season she has been the first Wildcat to score.
  • Dre’una Edwards was the first sub for Kentucky.
    • It was the seventh time Edwards has been the first sub for the Wildcats.
  • Tennessee won the tip, marking the 14th time this season that UK has lost the opening tip.
• Neither team shot the ball well to start the game with Tennessee starting 5-of-21 from the field, while Kentucky was 5-of-17. The Lady Vols were 0-of-3 from the 3 and UK was 2-of-8 from long range.
  • UT had a 10-4 advantage in paint points in the first quarter.
• Kentucky started the second quarter on a 7-2 run to take a 20-13 lead but Tennessee responded with five straight points to cut it to 20-18. UK answered right back with a 3 by Tatyana Wyatt and after a UT bucket Rhyne Howard got back-to-back steals, scoring a fast-break layup and creating another layup for Dre’una Edwards to put UK up 27-20 and force a UT timeout with 5:40 to go in the first half.
  • After the timeout, Howard got another steal that led to a Chasity Patterson layup and a 29-20 UK lead.
• The Wildcats continued to roll in the third quarter going on a 12-0 run as part of a 15-2 run. UK held a 35-20 lead at that point, but the Lady Vols answered by ending the quarter on a 6-2 run to cut it to 37-26 at halftime.
  • UK went 9-of-17 from the field and 2-of-3 from long range in the second quarter.
  • At the half, the team rebounds were even 23-23 and the paint points were even 16-16.
  • UK’s 12-0 run was its largest in an SEC game this season.
  • Kentucky is 12-3 this season and 7-2 in the league when it leads at halftime.
  • This tied UK’s largest halftime lead in a game this season. The Wildcats also led Alabama by 11 at halftime earlier this season at Rupp Arena.
• Tennessee came out blazing after halftime starting the third quarter on a 13-2 run to tie the game 39-39 with 5:54 to go.
  • The run continued to 19-2 and 15-0 before Kentucky stopped it with a Jazmine Massengill 3 at 2:54 to go in the third quarter.
  • Since UK took a 35-20 lead late in the second quarter, Tennessee went on a 25-4 run over the next 9:30 of game action to tie the game.
  • Kentucky started the third quarter going 1-of-15 from the field.
  • Tennessee went 7-of-14 from the field and 2-of-3 from long range in the third quarter.
• Kentucky started the fourth quarter on a 7-0 run, getting a jumper by Wyatt, layup by Howard and 3-pointer from McKinney.
  • The Wildcats kept the foot on the gas in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Lady Vols 16-3 to end the game and earn the 71-56 victory.
• The Wildcats went 10-of-20 from long range in the game and are now 7-0 this season when they hit 10 or more 3s.
  • Blair Green hit a 3 in the game and Kentucky is now 10-1 when she hits one from long range.
• Kentucky had 17 assists in the game and are 10-1 this season when it has 15 or more assists and 8-0 when it has 17 or more.
• In the first meeting in Knoxville, the Lady Vols outrebounded Kentucky 56-25 and had a 44-18 edge in paint points. Thursday, the Wildcats cut that to a 42-38 UT rebounding edge and a 30-26 advantage in paint points.
  • Kentucky is 7-1 this season when it holds its opponent to 30 paint points or less.
• The win was Kentucky’s fourth of the season against a ranked opponent and the 99th all-time in program history.
• Kentucky is now 11-1 at home this season and 2-0 at Rupp Arena.
• Kentucky is 8-0 this season and 2-0 in the SEC when its opponent scored 60 points or less.
  • This was Tennessee’s lowest scoring output of the season.
  • Kentucky tonight had their best field goal percentage defense against Tennessee (35.5%) since Feb. 19, 2009 (35%).
• This was Tennessee’s largest margin of defeat this season and UK’s largest win in league play.
• UK is 12-2 and 6-1 in the league when it scores over 70 points this season.

 
Player Notes

• Junior guard Rhyne Howard scored eight points but effected the game in a variety of ways with seven rebounds, six assists and seven steals.  

  • The seven steals ties a career high.
  • Howard has made 192 career 3s, which ranks fourth most in school history.
  • Howard has 1,462 career points as a Wildcat, which ranks her 14th all-time in scoring at UK.
    • She needs 20 more points to tie Stacey Reed for 13th all-time.
  • This was only the ninth time in Howard’s career she has not scored in double figures.
  • It was also only the ninth time in her career she has not hit a 3-pointer in a game.
  • Kentucky is 8-0 this season in games in which Howard attempts 14 field goals or less.
  • In 75 career games, Howard has …
    • Hit at least one 3 in 66 career games, including 13 games this season.
    • Made three or more 3s in 33 career games, including seven games this season.
    • Scored 10+ points in 66 career games, including 14 games this season.
    • Scored 15+ points in 53 career games, including 10 games this season.
    • Scored 20+ points in 38 career games, including seven games this season.
    • Scored 25+ points in 20 career games, including twice this season.
    • Led UK in scoring in 46 career games, including eight times this season.
    • Led UK in rebounding in 40 games career games, including nine games this season.
    • Led UK in assists in 25 career games, including nine games this season.
    • Led UK in steals in 25 career games, including two games this season.
    • Led UK in blocks in 26 career games, including five games this season..
• Senior guard Chasity Patterson scored a game-high 21 points on 9-of-16 shooting with three 3s and five rebounds.
  • This was the 14th time this season Patterson has scored 10 or more points.
  • This was the seventh time this season Patterson has scored 15 or more points.
  • This was the third time this season Patterson has scored 20 or more points.
    • It was her sixth 20+ scoring game of her career.
  • She has hit three or more 3s in three games this season and five games in her career.
  • This was the fifth game this season and seventh time in her career she has led UK in scoring.
• Junior guard Jazmine Massengill scored a season-high 11 points, hitting a career-best three 3s with three assists.
  • Massengill’s previous career high in 3s was against UCONN last season when she was a Lady Vol.
  • This was the third time in her career she has scored over 10 points.
  • This was the ninth time in her career and the third time this season she has had three assists or more in a game.
  • This was Massengill’s first career start at Kentucky and her 32 career start overall in her collegiate career.
• Sophomore forward Dre’una Edwards scored seven points with six rebounds and three blocks in the game.
  • Edwards has led UK in blocks in nine games this season.
• Senior forward Tatyana Wyatt scored seven points with seven rebounds in the game.
  • Wyatt has led UK in rebounding once this season and 14 times in her career.
• Junior guard Robyn Benton went 1-of-2 from 3 and scored eight points in the game.
  • Benton has a 3-pointer in 15 games.