– Matthew Mitchell is in his 10th season with Kentucky. Mitchell is 258-123 overall as a head coach and 228-94 during his tenure at Kentucky. 

– Currently, UK is No. 24 in the Associated Press Top 25. Kentucky has been ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 since week 13 of the 2009-10 season, which is a program-record streak of 141 weeks.

– With today’s win, Kentucky improves to 6-1 in the overall series record against the Tigers.

o UK has won all four games played in Lexington. 

o Kentucky has not lost to Missouri since it joined the SEC in 2012.

o Matthew Mitchell is now 5-0 vs Missouri. 

o This is UK’s first win in the series that did not come by 10 points or more. 

– Kentucky will return to action Sunday, Jan. 8 at 2 p.m. ET, when the Wildcats face Texas A&M inside Memorial Coliseum. The game will be broadcast live on SEC Network and on the UK Sports Radio Network in Lexington on 630AM WLAP.

– Kentucky used the starting five of Makayla Epps, Evelyn Akhator, Maci Morris, Alyssa Rice and Taylor Murray. 

o UK is 7-3 this season with that starting-five combination.

– With today’s win, UK improves to 10-5 overall.

o In the latest NCAA RPI report, UK has the fourth-toughest schedule in the nation. 

o The Wildcats remain perfect in Memorial Coliseum this season (9-0). 

– UK is now 1-1 in Southeastern Conference games.

– Kentucky scored just eight points in the first quarter, the lowest scoring output for a single quarter all season. 

o The previous low was 10 points in the fourth quarter vs. both Duke and Middle Tennessee.

– The Wildcats outscored the Tigers 26-6 in the second quarter, marking the second time this season it has outscored its opponents by 20+ in a quarter

o The largest point differential in a quarter for UK was +21 (30-9) in the third quarter vs. New Hampshire

o Kentucky went 6-for-8 from 3-point range in the second quarter, the most 3’s made in a single quarter all season. 

? The previous high was four vs. Washington State 

– Kentucky took the lead thanks to a 29-3 run spanning from the end of the first quarter to just before halftime.

o Part of the run was 17-straight points by UK, the most consecutive points scored all season by the Wildcats. 

o UK also went on a 11-0 run in that quarter. 

– UK made nine 3-pointers in the game, the second-most 3s made all season by UK (vs. UNH).

– The Wildcats had three players score in double figures, led by Makayla Epps’ 17 points.

– Kentucky committed only nine turnovers in the game. UK has now has turned in back-to-back single-digit turnover games and five this season overall. 

– UK had 20 points in the paint, outscoring the Tigers 20-16 in that category. 

– Makayla Epps scored a team-high 17 points. 

o Thursday marked her 13th double-figure scoring games of the season and 74th of her career.

o This is the ninth time that Epps has led Kentucky in scoring this season. 

o Had a game-high five assists to add to her team lead of 50. 

o Now is just 28 points away from moving up to No. 10 all-time at Kentucky in scoring. 

o Epps now ranks 12th in program history in scoring with 1,459 career points. 

– Evelyn Akhator posted her 13th double-figure scoring game with 14 points and eight rebounds.

o This was her 36th career double-figure scoring game. 

o Made three and-one field goals in the fourth quarter alone, including the eventual game-winning points to put UK up 63-56 with 1:14 to go in the game. 

– Maci Morris scored 11 points in the game, marking the third player for UK to score double figures in the game.

o Thursday marks her 11th time this season scoring 10-plus points and 26th of her career.

o Made a free throw with seven seconds left to go in a 63-60 game to make it a two-possession game and put the game on ice. 

o Went 2-of-3 from 3, scoring her team leading 24th and 25th outside shots of the season. 

– Jaida Roper had five points and three rebounds in the game on 2-of-7 shooting from the floor.

o Hit her first-career 3-pointer in the second quarter to give UK its first lead of the game at 16-15.

– Paige Poffenberger scored three points in four minutes, making her first-career 3-pointer in the beginning of the second quarter.