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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
NO. 15 KENTUCKY AT OLE MISS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021
THE PAVILION AT OLE MISS – OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI
 
No. 15 Kentucky 60, Ole Miss 72 – FINAL
 
Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 13-5 on the season and 6-4 in the SEC, while Ole Miss is 8-7 on the year and 2-7 in the SEC.
• This was the 43rd all-time meeting between Kentucky and Ole Miss in women’s basketball.
  • Ole Miss leads the series 24-19, including a 14-8 mark in games played in Oxford.
• Kyra Elzy is in her first season as head coach at Kentucky.
  • Elzy is now 13-5 as head coach of Kentucky. 
• UK is now 858-553 all-time in its 47th year of varsity women’s basketball.
• Kentucky is ranked No. 15 in the latest AP Top 25 and No. 14 in the USA Today/Coaches Top 25.
• The Wildcats will return to action Thursday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. ET vs. Tennessee.
  • The game will be played at Rupp Arena and be stream 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 Blair Green and Rhyne Howard.
  • This was the third time this season that UK has used this starting combination, holding a 2-1 record in those games.
  • Blair Green scored first for Kentucky in the game – the third time this season she has been the first Wildcat to score.
  • Dre’una Edwards and Robyn Benton were the first subs for Kentucky.
    • It is the team-leading 11th time this season that Benton has been the first sub and the sixth time for Edwards.
  • Ole Miss won the tip, marking the 13th time this season that UK has lost the opening tip.
• Kentucky held a 14-9 lead with 4:54 to go in the first quarter but the Rebels responded with an 8-0 run to retake the lead.
  • UK hit just one of its last eight field goal attempts in the quarter.
  • The one make was a Chasity Patterson floater at the buzzer to make it 17-16 Ole Miss at the break.
• Ole Miss picked up right where it left off by starting the second quarter with four straight points after forcing back-to-back UK turnovers.
  • The quick 4-0 run led to a UK timeout just :29 seconds into the second quarter.
  • Chasity Patterson ended the run with a layup at the 8:30 mark.
• Kentucky trailed 41-28 at halftime after the Rebels outscored UK 24-12 in the second quarter.
  • UK was just 3-of-11 from the field in the second quarter.
  • Twenty-six of Ole Miss’ 41 first-half points were scored in the paint.
  • It was Kentucky’s largest deficit in an SEC game this season and tied the longest of any game. UK also trailed Indiana by 13 at halftime.
• UK started the third quarter on a 12-2 run to cut the Rebels lead to three at 43-40, but would get no closer as Ole Miss stretched the lead to 55-47 at the end of the third quarter.
• Ole Miss won the fourth quarter 17-13 to clinch the win.

 
Player Notes

• Junior guard Rhyne Howard scored 26 points with 10 rebounds, four assists and two blocks.

  • Howard has made 192 career 3s, which ranks fourth most in school history.
  • Howard has 1,454 career points as a Wildcat, which ranks her 14th all-time in scoring at UK.
    • She needs 28 more points to tie Stacey Reed for 13th all-time.
  • This was the fifth double-double of the season for Howard and her second straight.
  • In 74 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 39 games career games, including eight games this season.
    • Led UK in assists in 24 career games, including eight games this season.
    • Led UK in steals in 24 career games, including one game this season.
    • Led UK in blocks in 26 career games, including five games this season..
• Senior guard Chasity Patterson scored 14 points with two steals.