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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
NO. 17 KENTUCKY VS. FLORIDA
SEC TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2021
BON SECOURS WELLNESS ARENA – GREENVILLE, S.C.
No. 17 Kentucky 73, Florida 64 – FINAL
Team Records and Series Notes
- Kentucky is now 17-7 on the season, while Florida drops to 11-13.
- This was the first neutral-stie game this season for the Wildcats.
- The Wildcats are the No. 5 seed in the 2021 SEC Tournament.
- UK is 37-41 all-time in the event.
- UK is 4-0 in second-round games in the event.
- Kentucky is 3-2 as the fifth seed in the event with this being the third time UK has been the fifth seed.
- This was the 60th all-time meeting between Kentucky and Florida in women’s basketball.
- UK leads the all-time series 34-26.
- UK leads the series 6-3 in neutral-site games.
- UK leads the series 7-2 in games played in the SEC Tournament.
- Kyra Elzy is in her first season as head coach at Kentucky.
- Elzy is now 17-7 as head coach of Kentucky.
- UK is now 862-555 all-time in its 47th year of varsity women’s basketball.
- Kentucky is ranked No. 17 in the latest AP Top 25 and No. 19 in the USA Today/Coaches Top 25.
- The Wildcats will return to action at approx. 1 p.m. ET Friday as they face fourth seeded Georgia in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.
- The game will be televised on SEC Network, while Darren Headrick will have the call on the UK Sports Network.
Team Notes
- Kentucky used the starting combination of senior guard Chasity Patterson, senior forwards Tatyana Wyatt and KeKe McKinney and junior guards Rhyne Howard and Jazmine Massengill.
- This was the fifth time this season that UK has used this starting combination, sitting 4-1.
- Jazmine Massengill scored first for Kentucky in the game – the first time this season she has been the first Wildcat to score.
- Dre’una Edwards was the first sub for Kentucky.
- It was the 10th time Edwards has been the first sub for the Wildcats.
- Kentucky won the tip, marking the seventh time this season that UK has won the opening tip.
- Florida led 17-15 at the end of the first quarter even though the Gators missed eight of their last 10 field goal attempts.
- UK had all four of their first-quarter turnovers in the final five minutes of the quarter.
- Florida went 7-of-16 from the field in the first quarter with Smith scoring 15 of the team’s 17 points.
- UK was 6-of-15 from the field and Howard scored 10 or UK’s 15 points.
- Kentucky led going into halftime, 33-32, after outscoring Florida 18-15 in the second half.
- Florida had 13 offensive rebounds in the first half and led the rebounding battle 26-18.
- UK lost its lead as Florida won the third quarter 17-13.
- UK went 6-of-17 from the field an 0-of-4 from 3 in the quarter.
- Kentucky outscored Florida 27-15 in the fourth quarter to earn the win.
- UK went 11-of-14 from the field, 2-of-3 from 3 and3-of-3 from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter.
- The Wildcats outrebounded Florida 7-3 in the final 10 minutes and forced four turnovers.
- UK assisted on six of its 11 made field goals in the fourth quarter.
- Kentucky shot 49.2 percent from the field, going 30-of-61.
- Florida shot 38.8 percent from the field.
- Kentucky is 14-0 this season when its opponent shoots worse than 42% from the field.
- Dating back to 2018-19, Kentucky has won 32 consecutive games when its opponent shoots worse than 42% from the field.
- Florida’s 64 points scored, which is its fewest points scored in its last eight games.
- Kentucky is now 13-0 this season when it holds its opponent to 69 points or less.
- Kentucky had 16 assists in the game and is now 10-0 this season when it has 16 or more assists.
- The Wildcats won the paint points 38-34 and are now 8-0 this season when it scores more points in the paint.
- UK won the rebounding battle 38-37 and are now 11-1 this season when it outrebounds its opponent.
Player Notes
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Junior guard Rhyne Howard scored 27 points with six rebounds, four assists and four steals.
- Howard scored nine points in the fourth quarter with three assists and two steals, going 3-of-3 from the free-throw line.
- Howard has scored 20 or more points in three straight games.
- In four career SEC Tournament games, Howard is averaging 25.5 points per game, 6.7 rebounds per game, 2.5 assists per game, 2.0 steals per game.
- 2018-19: vs. Missouri – 25 points, 6 rebounds
- 2019-20: vs. Tennessee – 24 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 1 block; vs. Miss. State – 26 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block
- 2020-21: vs. Florida – 27 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, 1 block
- Howard has scored 1,580 career points sitting 9th in UK history in points scored. She needs 18 more to tie Pam Browning for eighth.
- In 80 career games, Howard has …
- Hit at least one 3 in 70 career games, including 17 games this season.
- Scored 10+ points in 71 career games, including 19 games this season.
- Scored 15+ points in 57 career games, including 14 games this season.
- Scored 20+ points in 42 career games, including 11 games this season.
- Scored 25+ points in 24 career games, including six games this season.
- Scored 30+ points in 6 career games, including three games this season.
- Led UK in scoring in 51 career games, including 13 games this season.
- Led UK in assists in 27 career games, including 11 games this season.
- Led UK in steals in 28 career games, including five games this season.
- Led UK in blocks in 30 career games, including nine games this season.
- Freshman guard Treasure Hunt scored nine points with seven rebounds, adding a 3, four assists and two steals.
- The seven rebounds were a career high for Hunt.
- Hunt has hit a 3-pointer in six games this season, including two straight, and four of the last five games played.
- Her four assists were a career high.
- Here two steals were a career high.
- Senior forward KeKe McKinney scored 10 points with eight rebounds, adding two assists.
- This was the sixth double-digit scoring game for McKinney this season.
- This was the fourth time she has recorded eight or more rebounds in a game and the first since she had eight at Auburn on Jan. 21, 2021.
- Junior guard Blair Green scored four points in the game, going 2-of-3 from the field with two rebounds.
- All four of Green’s points were in the fourth quarter when UK needed a spark.
- UK is 12-1 this season when Green scores four or more points.
