Kentucky Women’s Basketball Postgame Notes
No. 13/14 Kentucky (4 seed) vs. rv/rv Missouri (5 seed)
SEC Tournament Quarterfinals 
Bon Secours Wellness Arena – Greenville, S.C.
Friday, March 8, 2019
 
No. 13/13 Kentucky 68, rv/rv Missouri 70 – FINAL/OT
 
Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky moves to 24-7 on the year while Missouri is now 23-9 overall.
• Kentucky leads the all-time series in games played against Missouri, 7-4.
  • Missouri leads the series 2-0 in games played at a neutral site.
  • This was the first ever meeting between the two teams in the SEC Tournament.
  • Kentucky won the regular-season showdown against Missouri, 52-41 in Lexington.

• UK is now 822-539 all-time in its 45 years as a program.
  • Matthew Mitchell is in his 12th year with the Wildcats and holds a 280-123 record. Mitchell is 310-153 overall in 14 years as a head coach.
• Kentucky is ranked No. 13 in the Associated Press Top 25 and No. 13 in the USA Today/Coaches Top 25.
• Kentucky is 35-40 all-time in the SEC Tournament.
  • This was the first time in 10 years that Kentucky has not won at least one game in the event.
  • UK finished top four in the league for the 10th time under Coach Mitchell.
  • This was the sixth time under Mitchell that UK won 11 league games.
  • UK has advanced to the quarterfinals or better of the tournament 11 times under Mitchell.
  • Kentucky has made nine semifinal appearances in the event under Mitchell.

 
Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination of senior guard Taylor Murray, senior guard Maci Morris, freshman guard Rhyne Howard, junior guard Amanda Paschal and sophomore forward Tatyana Wyatt.
  • UK is 1-1 with that combination.
• The Wildcats got off to a slow start as Missouri held a 11-2 lead early in the game forcing a Kentucky timeout.
  • The Wildcats went the first 9:01 without a field goal in the game starting 0-for-10 from the field.
  • UK had five turnovers in the first seven minutes of the game and MU scored six points off those miscues. UK had just four turnovers the rest of the game.
  • Kentucky scored just seven points with one made field goal in the first quarter, which tied its second fewest points scored in a quarter this season. UK has scored seven points or less in two of the last three first quarters this season.
  • UK went just 1-of-13 from the field in the first quarter. The one field-goal made was the fewest for UK in a first quarter this season. The previous low was three against Texas A&M.
• The Wildcats started the second half on a 10-2 run to start the second quarter and tie the game 17-17.
  • Missouri answered with a 10-0 run to retake the lead 27-17 with 1:20 to go in the first half.
  • UK ended the run with two free throws from Maci Morris and trailed 27-19 at the half.
  • The Wildcats made just one of their last 11 field goal attempts including missing eight straight.
  • UK’s 19 first-half points were the second fewest in a game this season. The lowest was 18 against Missouri back in January in Memorial Coliseum.
• UK outscored Missouri 21-19 in the third quarter and had cut the Tigers’ lead to three late in the third quarter before a 3-pointer by Missouri with seconds remaining to the lead to 46-40.
• Kentucky is 4-6 this season when trailing at halftime.
• UK is 7-7 this season when it shoots a lower percentage than its opponent.
• This was Kentucky’s second overtime game of the season. UK is now 1-1 in overtime games.
  • UK’s win in overtime was vs. UCLA back in the Paradise Jam 75-74.
• UK did not make a 3-pointer in the game for the first time this season. The Wildcats’ previous low mark from 3 was against Missouri (Jan. 24) and LSU (Feb. 24).
  • UK entered the game first in the SEC and 17th nationally in 3-point field-goal percentage.
  • According to ESPN statisticians, UK’s 0-for-16 from long range was the most attempts without a make by an SEC team in a game since Arkansas went 0-of-18 from behind the arc on Feb. 17, 2005. And first time Wildcats did not make a 3-pointer in a game since Dec. 9, 2016.

 
Player Notes

• Senior guard Taylor Murray scored 14 points with four rebounds, four assists and six steals in the game.

  • Murray now has 1,336 career points and ranks 19th all-time in points scored. She needs 3 more points to tie Belitta Croley for 18th all-time.
  • Murray has 442 career assists which ranks tied for fifth most in program history. 
  • Murray has 281 career steals which ranks fourth most in program history. 

• Freshman guard Rhyne Howard scored a team-best 25 points with six rebounds.

  • Howard has scored 489 points this season which ranks third most by a freshman in a season in program history. She needs 2 more point to tie A’dia Mathies for second. She needs 152 more points to tie Valerie Still for the program record.
  • Howard has hit 68 3-pointers this season, which is the most ever by a true freshman in a single season in program history.
  • She has 64 steals, which ranks third most by a freshman in program history.
  • Her 200 rebounds is third most all-time by a freshman in program history. 
• Senior guard Maci Morris scored eight points with five rebounds and four steals.
  • Morris now has 1,653 career points, which ranks sixth most in program history. She needs 135 more point to tie Makayla Epps for fifth all-time in school history in points scored.
  • Morris has 245 career 3-pointers made which ranks second in program history. She needs 26 more 3s to tie Sara Potts for most all time.
  • Morris has hit at least one 3-pointer in 106 of 127 career games played.
  • Morris’ four steals ties a career high.
  • Morris has not hit a three in each of UK’s last two games. It marks just the fourth time in her career she has gone back-to-back games without a 3.
• Sophomore forward Tatyana Wyatt scored 11 points with four rebounds.
  • Wyatt has scored in double figures in four straight games for the first time this season.