Kentucky-Texas Postgame Notes

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#8/13 KENTUCKY VS. #3/3 TEXAS
THURSDAY, FEB. 13, 2025
HISTORIC MEMORIAL COLISEUM – LEXINGTON, KY.   

#3/3 TEXAS 67, #8/13 KENTUCKY 49 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes 

• Kentucky is 19-4 overall and 8-3 in the Southeastern Conference, while Texas is 25-2 overall and 11-1 in the SEC.
  • UK is 4-2 against Associated Press Top 25 opponents this season.
• The Wildcats moved to 12-1 at home in 2024-25.
  • UK has a 540-200 record at home and a 500-173 record in Historic Memorial Coliseum.
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 51st season of varsity status.
  • UK has a 925-612 all-time record.
• Kenny Brooks is in his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 19-4 record in Blue and White.
  • He is 536-208 (.720) in his 23rd overall season as a head coach.
• Kentucky trails Texas, 0-3, in the all-time series.
  • Tonight’s game was the two team’s first meeting in Historic Memorial Coliseum.
• Kentucky will play host to Georgia on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. ET on SEC Network+.
  • It will be the program’s annual Alumni Day.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Georgia Amoore, Dazia Lawrence, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the 23rd straight game.
  • UK is 19-4 when using that starting combination.
• The Wildcats won the opening tip for the 14th time this season.
• Teonni Key was the first player to score for Kentucky for the fourth time this season.
• Clara Silva was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the 12th time this season.
• The game included four lead changes and five ties.
• Including tonight’s game, Kentucky has held 17-of-its-23 opponents to under 40.0 percent shooting from the field, including nine of its 11 league opponents.
  • The Wildcats held the Longhorns to 38.2 percent from the field (26-of-68).
• Tonight marked the first game through 11 league games this season that UK trailed its opponent at halftime.

Player Notes

• Teonni Key, a junior forward, had 12 points and 10 rebounds for her ninth double-double of the season.
  • She is the first Kentucky player with a double-double against an AP Top 5 team since Rhyne Howard against No. 1 South Carolina on Feb. 23, 2020.
  • She has scored 10+ points in 17 games this season.
  • She has recorded 10+ rebounds in nine games this season.
  • She added one assist.
• Georgia Amoore, graduate guard, had 14 points.
  • She has scored 10+ points in all but one game this season.
  • She added three assists and one rebound.
• Dazia Lawrence, graduate guard, had 11 points.
  • She has scored 10+ points in 16 games this season.
  • She added three rebounds and one assist.