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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
#23 KENTUCKY VS. FLORIDA
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2022
MEMORIAL COLISEUM – LEXINGTON, KY.
 
No. 23 Kentucky 52, Florida 77 – FINAL
 
Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 8-6, 1-3 in the SEC this season, while Florida is 14-5, 4-2 in the league
  • This was the 61st all-time meeting between Kentucky and Florida in women’s basketball.
  • UK leads the all-time series in games played 34-27.
  • UK owns a 16-12 record in games played in Lexington.
  • UK has won 19 of the last 27 meetings, including seven of the last nine.
• Kentucky is in its 48th season with a 871-563 (.607) all-time record.
• Kyra Elzy is in her second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 26-15 overall record.
• Kentucky will be back in action Sunday, Jan. 23 vs. Ole Miss inside Rupp Arena. The game will tip at Noon ET on SEC Network and the UK Sports Network.  

 
Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination of senior guards Jazmine Massengill and Rhyne Howard, redshirt junior center Olivia Owens, sophomore wing Treasure Hunt and freshman guard Jada Walker.
  • This is the first time UK has used this starting combination this season.
  • Olivia Owens scored first for Kentucky in the game. It was the first time this season she has scored first.
  • Robyn Benton was the first sub for Kentucky. It was the third time she has been the first Wildcat off the bench.
  • Florida won the opening tip. It was the seventh time that UK has lost the opening tip.
• The Wildcats trailed by eight in the first quarter before hitting five of its last five field goals to close the Florida lead to 20-16 at the end of the quarter.
  • UK was 7-of-13 from the field in the first quarter.
  • Florida’s first 10 points were scored in the paint, but they did not score another paint point in the first quarter.
  • UF won the rebounding in the first quarter 10-6 and had a 5-0 edge in second-chance points in the first quarter.
• Florida started the second quarter on a 6-0 run to take its lead to double digits.
  • The Gators outscored Kentucky 24-10 in the second quarter
  • Florida ended the half on a 6-0 run and went on another 10-0 run during the quarter.
  • UK was 4-of-18 from the field in the second quarter, while Florida was 9-of-15.
  • Florida led 23-14 in total rebounds in the first half, including seven offensive rebounds.
  • UK had nine first-half turnovers and Florida scored 11 points off those miscues.
  • UF had a 20-14 edge in paint points in the first half.
• This was Kentucky’s largest margin of defeat at home since Tennessee defeated UK 65-40 (25) on Jan. 17, 2008.
• Florida shot 30-of-58 from the floor for 52 percent.
• Kentucky was 18-of-66 from the floor for 27.3 percent.
  • The shooting percentage is the lowest of the season for Kentucky.
• Florida outscored Kentucky in the paint 40-16.
  • The 16 paint points is the fewest for Kentucky since having 14 vs. South Carolina on Feb. 23, 2020.