Kentucky-Wofford Postgame Notes

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#20/19 KENTUCKY VS. WOFFORD
TUESDAY, NOV. 12, 2024
HISTORIC MEMORIAL COLISEUM – LEXINGTON, KY.
 

#20/19 KENTUCKY 76, WOFFORD 42 – FINAL

Postgame Links

• Recap
• Final Book (PDF)
• Season Stats (PDF)
• Postgame Press Conference
  • One page of quotes attached

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 3-0 to begin the season, while Wofford moved to 2-1.
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 51st season of varsity status.
  • UK has a 909-608 (.599) all-time record.
  • UK has a 531-199 (.727) all-time record at home.
  • UK has a 491-472 (.510) all-time record in Historic Memorial Coliseum
• Kenny Brooks is in his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 3-0 record in Blue and White.
  • He improved to 520-204 (.718) in his 23rd overall season as a head coach.
• Kentucky remains the leader in the all-time meetings with Wofford, 3-0, including 3-0 in Historic Memorial Coliseum.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Georgia Amoore, Dazia Lawrence, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the third straight game.
  • UK is 3-0 when using that starting combination
• The Terriers won the opening tip.
• Dazia Lawrence was the first player to score for Kentucky.
• Clara Silva was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky.
• This is just the second time in program history that UK has allowed 43 points or less in each of their first three games of a season, with the first instance occurring in 1974-75.
• This is the third time in program history that UK has won each of their first three games of season by at least 29 points (2011-12, 2017-2018, 2024-25).
• The Wildcats made 10 three-point field goals, marking the first time they have made at least 10 3-pointers since logging 10 at Missouri on Dec. 9, 2022.
• Kentucky had 20 assists.
  • UK has dished out the ball at least 20 times in all three games this season.
• UK logged 10 blocks in tonight’s game.
  • UK has swatted at 10 blocks in all three games this season.
• UK has pulled down at least 50 rebounds in back-to-back games, grabbing 51 boards tonight.
• Kentucky has got off to a hot start this season, shooting exactly 50.0 percent from the field in all three opening quarters in 2024-25, including UK’s 8-of-16 in the first quarter tonight.
• The Wildcats held the Terriers to a season-low 12 points at the half.
• For the second straight game, two players recorded double-doubles.
• At least four players have scored in double-digits in all three games this season.

Player Notes

• Dazia Lawrence, redshirt senior guard, had a team-lead and a season-high 19 points.
  • She scored 15 of those 19 points in the first quarter, going 5-of-5 from the field, 3-of-3 from the arc and 2-of-2 from the line during that time.
  • She concluded the game with four 3-point field goal makes, one shy of her career high.
  • She added one assist and one steal.
• Clara Strack, sophomore center, had her second straight double-double of the season and the third of her career with 16 points and a career-high 15 rebounds.
  • It marked the second straight game she has set her career high in rebounds, grabbing 13 in the previous game against Northern Kentucky on Nov. 7.
  • She has scored in double-digits in all three games this season.
  • She added five assists and a career-high tying four blocks.
    • She has had four blocks in back-to-back games.
  • Teonni Key, junior forward, recorded the first double-double of her career on 11 points and a career-high 13 rebounds.
    • She added two assists and two blocks.
  • Georgia Amoore, graduate guard, had 11 points and seven assists.
    • She has scored in double-digits in all three games this season.
    • She has dished out at least seven assists in all three games this season.
    • She added one steal.