Kentucky-Texas A&M Postgame Notes

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#11/11 KENTUCKY VS. TEXAS A&M
THURSDAY, JAN. 23, 2025
REED ARENA – BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
 

TEXAS A&M 61, #11/11 KENTUCKY 55 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes 

• Kentucky is 16-2 overall and 5-1 in the Southeastern Conference, while Texas A&M improved to 10-8 overall and 3-3 in the SEC.
  • UK is 4-2 in road games.
  • UK is 3-1 in road SEC games.
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 51st season of varsity status.
  • UK has a 922-610 all-time record.
• Kenny Brooks is in his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 16-2 record in Blue and White.
  • He is 533-206 (.722) in his 23rd overall season as a head coach.
• Kentucky tails Texas A&M, 10-5, in the all-time series.
  • UK also trails the series in Bryan-College Station, 5-3.
• Kentucky will return home for back-to-back games at home including playing host to Arkansas on Sunday, Jan. 26 at noon ET and No. 19/19 Alabama on Thursday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. ET.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Georgia Amoore, Dazia Lawrence, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the 18th straight game.
  • UK is 16-2 when using that starting combination.
• The Wildcats won the opening tip for the 12th time this season.
• Clara Strack was the first player to score for Kentucky for the seventh time this season.
• Clara Silva was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the 10th time this season.
• The loss marked UK’s first as a ranked opponent against an unranked opponent on the road since falling at Ole Miss, 72-60, on Feb. 4, 2021.
  • UK was No. 15/14 at the time.
• The loss snapped a nine-game win streak overall and a five-game win streak in the league.
• UK has had a lead at halftime over all six of its league opponents this season.
  • UK held a five-point halftime lead over TAMU, 30-25.
• UK is 0-2 when it scores less than 60 points.
• The Wildcats shot under 40.0 percent for just the second time this season.
• Kentucky made a season-low one three-point field goal.
• The fifth different UK player this season produced a game of 20+ points in tonight’s game (Teonni Key, 20 points).

Player Notes

• Teonni Key, junior forward, had a career-high 20 points on 8-of-16 from the field.
  • It marked the third time this season she reset her career high in scoring.
  • She had scored 10+ points in 14 games this season.
    • She has scored 15+ points in five games this season.
  • She added nine rebounds and one steal.
  • She knocked down her fifth three-point field goal of the season.
• Georgia Amoore, graduate guard, added 15 points.
  • She has scored 10+ points in 17 games this season.
    • She has scored 15+ points in 13 games this season.
  • She added five assists, three rebounds and one steal.
    • She needs 12 more assists to eclipse 800 for her career.