Kentucky Women’s Basketball Postgame Notes
Kentucky vs. Virginia  
Rupp Arena – Lexington, Ky.
Thursday, November 15 2018
 
Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky moves to 3-0 on the season while Virginia is now 0-2.
  • The Wildcats will return to action Sunday at 2 p.m. ET inside Memorial Coliseum when they play host to High Point. The game will be televised on SEC Network+. Darren Headrick will have the call on radio on the UK Sports Network.
• The Wildcats now lead the all-time series in games played against Virginia, 1-0.

• UK is now 801-532 all-time in program history.
  • Matthew Mitchell is in his 12th year with the Wildcats and holds a 259-117 record. Mitchell is 289-146 overall in 14 years as a head coach.
• UK now has an all-time record of 26-18 in Rupp Arena, including a 1-0 mark this season.
• Kentucky is receiving votes in the USA Today/Coaches Preseason Top 25 and is scheduled to play 14 games this season against teams that are currently ranked in the USA Today/Coaches Top 25 and/or the Associated Press Top 25.

 
Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination of senior guard Taylor Murray, senior guard Maci Morris, freshman guard Rhyne Howard, sophomore forward KeKe McKinney and sophomore forward Tatyana Wyatt.
  • Kentucky is now 3-0 this season when it uses this starting combination.

• The Wildcats started slow offensively, going just 4-of-15 from the field in the first quarter and 10-of-37 overall in the first half.
  • Virginia went 8-fo-14 from the field in the first half, including 2-of-3 from long range.
• Kentucky’s defense was fantastic in the first half, turning UVA over 15 times in the first 20 minutes with 15 points off those miscues.
  • UK had five steals in the first half.

• UK had a 9-0 edge in offensive rebounds in the first half. 
  • Virginia held the overall lead in rebounds at halftime, 19-17.
• A different Kentucky team came out of the locker room at halftime outscored UVA 23-11 in the third quarter with a 9-0 run and 7-0 run.
  • Kentucky shot 45 percent from the field and 50 percent from 3 in the third quarter.

• Kentucky has allowed 51 points or less in three consecutive games for the first time since Nov. 17, 23, and 25, 2012.
• Kentucky has their fewest points allowed through their first three games of a season (127) since 1974-1975 (108)

 
Player Notes

• Senior guard Taylor Murray had 12 points in the game to lead Kentucky.  

  • Murray now has 1,000 career points, becoming the 34th player in program history to join the UK 1,000 point club.
  • Murray has 342 career assists and needs 7 more to tie A’dia Mathies for 10th all-time in program history.
  • Murray has now led Kentucky in assists 44 times during her career.
• Senior guard Maci Morris scored nine points.
  • Morris now has 1,241 career points, which ranks 19th most in program history. She needs 75 more to tie Bria Goss for 18th all-time in school history in points scored.
  • Morris has 183 career 3-pointers made which ranks third in program history. She needs 14 more to tie Jennifer O’Neill for second all-time in program history.
• Freshman guard Rhyne Howard scored 11 points and has double figures in every game this season. 
  • Howard also added seven rebounds, which was a career high.
• Junior guard Jaida Roper was fantastic on the defensive end for Kentucky and ended the game with 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting.