Kentucky-Queens Postgame Notes

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#16/16 KENTUCKY VS. QUEENS
MONDAY, DEC. 9, 2024

HISTORIC MEMORIAL COLISEUM – LEXINGTON, KY.

#16/16 KENTUCKY 87, QUEENS 45 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 8-1 to begin the season, while Queens is 5-4.
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 51st season of varsity status.
  • UK has a 914-609 (.600) all-time record.
• Kenny Brooks is in his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 8-1 record in Blue and White.
  • He is 525-205 (.719) in his 23rd overall season as a head coach.
• Kentucky leads the all-time series with Queens, 1-0.
  • With tonight’s win, UK improved its streak of defeating 12-straight, first-time opponents dating back to 2017.
• In its next game, Kentucky will play at Purdue on Saturday, Dec. 14 at 5 p.m. ET in West Lafayette, Indiana.
  • It’s the first game in a home-and-home series.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Georgia Amoore, Dazia Lawrence, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the ninth straight game.
  • UK is 8-1 when using that starting combination
• The Wildcats won the opening tip for the fifth time this season.
• Amelia Hassett was the first player to score for Kentucky for the first time this season.
• Cassidy Rowe and Lexi Blue were the first substitutes off the bench for Kentucky for the fifth and first times this season, respectively.
• This is just the second time in program history that UK has allowed 45 points or less four times within their first nine games of a season (six times in 1974-75).
• UK has held five of its nine opponents to less than 30.0 percent from the field, including holding Queens to 26.3 percent.
  • Not included in the five opponents is holding Arizona State to 30.3 percent from the field.
• In all eight of UK’s wins, it has defeated its opponents by at least 10 points.
• Kentucky delivered 24 assists tonight, its second most this season behind 26 against USC Upstate in the season opener.
  • UK has dished out at least 20 assists in four of nine games this season, while two other times recording 19 apiece.
• The Wildcats went a season-high 95.0 percent from the free-throw line on 19-of-20 at the stripe.
• Kentucky scored at least 50 points (52) in the first half for the first time since scoring 50 against Winthrop on Nov. 21, 2021.
• Kentucky has shot at least 50.0 percent from the field in seven of its nine first quarters this season, including its 50.0 percent (10-of-20) tonight.
  • UK scored a season-high 29 points in tonight’s first quarter.
• At least four players have scored in double digits for seven of nine games this season, including tonight.
  • UK is 7-0 when at least four players score in double digits in 2024-24.
• Kentucky now has four 1,000-point career scorers on its team with Amelia Hassett’s 19 points in tonight’s game to eclipse 1K.

Player Notes

• Amelia Hassett, a junior forward, eclipsed 1,000 career points with her season-high 19 points in tonight’s game.
  • She shot 50.0 percent from the field (7-of-14).
  • She has scored in double-digits in four games this season.
  • She made three 3-pointers.
    • She has made at least three 3-pointers in three games this season, including two back-to-back.
  • She added six rebounds, three assists, one block and one steal.
• Georgia Amoore, graduate guard, had a team-high 20 points.
  • She has led UK in scoring three times this season.
  • She has scored at least 20 points in three games this season.
  • She is just 12 points away from 2,000 career points.
  • She made three 3-pointers.
    • She has made at least three 3-pointers in three games this season.
  • She added four assists, one block and one rebound.
• Clara Strack, sophomore center, had 16 points.
  • She shot 50.0 percent from the field (7-of-14).
  • She has scored at least 15 points in six games this season.
  • She added six rebounds, two blocks, two assists and two steals.
    • She has blocked at least one shot and dished out at least two assists in all nine games this season.
  • Teonni Key, junior forward, recorded 12 points and a career-high-tying and team-high 13 rebounds for her fifth double-double of the season.
    • She went 50.0 percent from the field (4-of-8).
    • She has scored in double-digits in seven games this season.
    • She added four assists, one block and one steal.
  • Dazia Lawrence, a graduate guard, had a season-high five rebounds and a season-high and team-high five assists.
    • She added seven points, going 3-of-4 from the field, including 1-of-1 from long range.
    • It marked the first time this season she has led UK in assists.