Kentucky-Tennessee Postgame Notes

Feb. 15, 2015

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Kentucky is now 19-6 overall, 8-4 in the SEC, while Tennessee is 22-3, 12-0 SEC.
Kentucky moves to 731-492 (59.8) all-time in 41 seasons of varsity women’s basketball and 168-144 (53.8) in the month of February.
Matthew Mitchell, UK’s all-time winningest coach, is to 219-106 overall, 190-77 at UK.
- Mitchell is now 79-41 in SEC play.
This was the 62nd meeting between the programs since UK began women’s basketball as a varsity sport in 1974-75.
- Tennessee leads the series 52-10, including 22-3 in Knoxville.
- Tennessee has won the last three against the Wildcats.
Today’s attendance was 16,013.
Next up: Kentucky will play host to No. 15/16 Texas A&M on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET. The game will be televised on the SEC Network. Thursday is UK’s Play4Kay game.

UK started with the lineup of Linnae Harper, Makayla Epps, Bria Goss, Alyssa Rice and Jelléah Sidney for the fifth time this season. This lineup is now 4-1.
It was a game of streaks early on. Tennessee jumped out to a 10-2 lead, Kentucky had a 7-0 run and Tennessee replied with an 8-0 spurt.
UK nabbed its first lead, 22-21, with 7:05 on the clock when Epps hit a straightaway 3-pointer.
The Wildcats’ largest lead of the period was three at 28-25 and the teams went to halftime tied at 31.

Kentucky began the second half with its original starting five.
Trailing 38-37, Tennessee took the lead with 14:49 remaining when Ariel Massengale hit a 3-pointer with the shot clock expiring. That began a 14-2 Tennessee run to give the Lady Volunteers a 51-40 lead they did not relinquish.
Kentucky cut the lead to as few as four points at 58-54 but could get no closer.

Kentucky had only 11 turnovers, tying a season low achieved on two previous occasions.
Kentucky had balanced scoring with four players landing in double figures.

Sophomore Makayla Epps led the Wildcats with 13 points.
- It is her second straight game to lead the Cats in scoring and sixth time this season.
- It was her eighth consecutive game in double figures and 21st of the season.
- She also had three steals, one shy of her career high.
Senior Jennifer O’Neill tallied 12 points.
- It is her 20th double-figure game of the season and 67th of her career.
- She extended a streak of 15 straight games with at least one 3-pointer.
Senior Bria Goss scored 10 points, her ninth double-figure game of the season and 68th of her career.
Sophomore Linnae Harper scored 10 points and has reached double figures in a team-best 23 of 25 games this season. She also paced the Wildcats in rebounding with six boards.

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