Kentucky-Western Kentucky Postgame Notes

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#16/15 KENTUCKY VS. WESTERN KENTUCKY
SATURDAY, DEC. 28, 2024
HISTORIC MEMORIAL COLISEUM – LEXINGTON, KY.
 

#16/15 KENTUCKY 88, WESTERN KENTUCKY 70 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes 

• Kentucky improved to 11-1 to begin the season, while Western Kentucky is 9-3.
  • UK is 8-0 at home this season.
    • UK went undefeated at home during nonconference action for the first time since 2020-21, when UK went 6-0 in Memorial Coliseum against noncon opponents.
    • This is the 18th season in program history that UK has gone undefeated at home during nonconference action.
  • Kentucky finished regular-season nonconference play with one loss or less for the first time since 2020-21.
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 51st season of varsity status.
  • UK has a 917-609 all-time record.
  • UK has a 536-199 all-time record at home.
  • UK has a 496-172 all-time record inside Historic Memorial Coliseum
• Kenny Brooks is in his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 11-1 record in Blue and White.
  • He is 528-205 (.719) in his 23rd overall season as a head coach.
• Kentucky leads Western Kentucky in the all-time series, 16-14.
• The Wildcats will begin Southeastern Conference action in their next game. Kentucky will play host to NR/RV Mississippi State on Thursday, Jan. 2 at 6 p.m. ET inside Historic Memorial Coliseum.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Georgia Amoore, Dazia Lawrence, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the 12th straight game.
  • UK is 11-1 when using that starting combination
• The Wildcats won the opening tip for the seventh time this season.
• Clara Strack was the first player to score for Kentucky for the fifth time this season.
• Cassidy Rowe was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the eighth time this season.
• This is the fourth straight game UK has scored at least 80 points, which marks its longest streak since Nov. 18-Dec. 2, 2015 (five games).
  • UK is 5-0 this season when it scores at least 80 points.
  • UK is 388-26 all-time when it scores at least 80 points.
• Kentucky has scored at least 70 points in 11 of their first 12 games of a season for the first time since 2018-19.
• This is the 10th win this season – of 11 wins total – that UK has defeated its opponents by at least 10 points.
  • Kentucky has their most wins by at least 10 points prior to New Year’s Day (10) since 2018-2019 (12)
• Kentucky shot a season-high 52.9 percent from the field (36-of-68).
  • Thirty-six field-goal makes is also a season high.
  • It is just the second time this season UK has shot greater than 50.0 percent.
  • UK is 2-0 when it shoots greater than 50.0 percent.
  • UK has shot at least 47.0 percent from the field in its last three straight games.
• This is the third straight game UK scored at least 50 points in the second half.
• The Wildcats had a season-high 44 paint points.
• Kentucky delivered 25 assists tonight, the second most this season.
  • UK has dished out at least 19 assists in nine of 12 games this season.
  • UK has dished out at least 20 assists in six of 12 games this season.
• Four players scored in double digits for the 10th game this season.
  • UK is 10-0 when at least four players score in double digits.
• Two players scored 20+ points for the fourth time this season.
  • UK is 4-0 when at least two players put up 20+ points.

Player Notes

• Clara Strack, sophomore center, had a team-high-tying 21 points and a team-high-tying 12 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the season.
  • She has scored at least 20 points in four games this season.
  • She added one assist and one block.
• Georgia Amoore, graduate guard, had a team-high-tying 21 points.
  • She has put up at least 20 points in the last four straight games.
    • She has scored at least 20 points in six games this season.
  • She went 3-of-6 from the arc.
    • She has knocked down at least three 3-pointers in five games this season and the last two straight.
  • She added nine assists and three rebounds.
• Teonni Key, junior forward, recorded 15 points.
  • She has scored in double-digits in 10 games this season.
  • She added six rebounds, three assists and one steal.
• Saniah Tyler, junior guard, recorded a season-high 11 points on 4-of-5 from the field, including 3-of-4 from the arc.
• Amelia Hassett, a junior forward, had nine points and a team-high-tying 12 rebounds.
  • She has had at least 10 rebounds in five games this season.
  • She added three assists, two steals and one block.
• Dazia Lawrence, a graduate guard, had seven points, a season-high seven rebounds and a season-high-tying six assists.
  • She continued her streak of draining at least one 3-pointer in every game this season.