Kentucky-Georgia Postgame Notes

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#8/13 KENTUCKY VS. GEORGIA
SUNDAY, FEB. 16, 2025
HISTORIC MEMORIAL COLISEUM – LEXINGTON, KY.   

#8/13 KENTUCKY 84, GEORGIA 55 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes 

• Kentucky improved to 20-4 overall and 9-3 in the Southeastern Conference, while Georgia is 10-16 overall and 2-10 in the league.
  • UK earned its first 20+ win season since 2019-20, when the program went 23-8.
  • UK has now had 21 20+ win seasons in program history.
  • Kenny Brooks has now had 19 20+ win seasons in his 23 seasons.
• The Wildcats improved to 13-1 at home in 2024-25.
  • UK has a 541-200 record at home and a 501-173 record in Historic Memorial Coliseum.
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 51st season of varsity status.
  • UK has a 926-612 all-time record.
• Kenny Brooks is in his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 20-4 record in Blue and White.
  • He is 537-208 (.721) in his 23rd overall season as a head coach.
• Kentucky trails Georgia, 41-25, in the all-time series.
  • Kentucky also trails Georgia, 15-13, in Lexington.
• This afternoon’s game marked Kentucky’s second sellout of the season.
• Kentucky will play at Missouri on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. ET on SEC Network+.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Georgia Amoore, Dazia Lawrence, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the 24th straight game.
  • UK is 20-4 when using that starting combination.
• The Wildcats lost the opening tip.
• Amelia Hassett was the first player to score for Kentucky for the third time this season.
• Lexi Blue was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the second time this season.
• The Wildcats outscored the Lady Bulldogs, 30-15, in the first quarter.
  • It marked the third time this season and the third time in SEC action the Cats have scored at least 30 points in the first frame, going 3-0 in those contests (also at Vanderbilt and at Oklahoma).
• Kentucky has scored 80+ points in 11 games this season, including six league games this season.
  • Kentucky is 11-0 in those games.
• This is Kentucky’s sixth SEC regular season game scoring at least 80 points, tying the 2013-14 team for the most in a single season.
• This is Kentucky’s seventh SEC regular season win by at least 14 points, the second most in a single season in program history (the 2009-10 team had eight such wins).
• The Wildcats knocked down 11 3-pointers in today’s game.
  • They have knocked down at least 10 3-pointers in nine games this season.
  • They are 9-0 in those games.
• Kentucky went 15-of-17 from the line for 88.2 percent.
  • It marked Kentucky’s best FT% night in an SEC regular season game (min. 15 attempts) since Feb. 2, 2023 at South Carolina (96.2%, 25-of-26).
• UK has led 11-of-its-12 league opponents at halftime this season,
  • UK had a 15-point lead over UGA at halftime (30-15).
• UK has had at least a 17-point lead over its league opponents in 9-of-its 12 league opponents at some point in the game this season.
  • UK had as big as a 29 leader over UGA in the game.
    • That marked UK’s largest lead in an SEC game this season.
  • All five starters scored in double digits for the fifth time this season and the third league game this season.
    • This was the second time this season that Kentucky has had five players score at least 14 points in an SEC regular season game (also at Vanderbilt on Jan. 5).
      • Kentucky had no such games in the SEC regular season since at least 2002-03.
    • Including this afternoon’s game, Kentucky has held 18-of-its-24 opponents to under 40.0 percent shooting from the field, including 10 of its 12 league opponents.
      • The Wildcats held the Lady Bulldogs to 34.5 percent from the field (20-of-58).

Player Notes

• Teonni Key, a junior forward, had 14 points and a career-high 14 rebounds for her 10th double-double of the season.
  • Key is the first Kentucky player to have at least 14 points, 14 rebounds and four assists in an SEC regular-season game since Rhyne Howard (vs. Ole Miss on Feb. 28, 2021).
  • She has scored 10+ points in 18 games this season.
  • She has recorded 10+ rebounds in 10 games this season.
  • She added four assists, which ties her second most this season, and one block.
• Georgia Amoore, graduate guard, had 21 points.
  • She has scored 10+ points in all but one game this season.
    • She has scored 20+ points in 12 games this season.
  • She has made at least three 3-pointers in 10 games this season.
    • She went 3-of-6 from beyond the arc.
  • She added seven assists and one rebound.
    • She has had dished out at least seven assists in 17 games this season.
  • She became the third player in Division I history – since the assists became an official stat in 1984-85 – to have at least 2,300 career points and 800 career assists (joining Caitlin Clark and Sabrina Ionescu).
  • This afternoon’s game marked her 15th game this season with at least 15 points and five assists, the most in the regular season by any SEC player since at least 2002-03.
• Dazia Lawrence, graduate guard, had 15 points.
  • She has scored 10+ points in 17 games this season.
    • She has scored 15+ points in nine games this season.
  • She has made at least three 3-pointers in 12 games this season.
    • She went 3-of-4 from long range.
  • She added five rebounds.
    • She has grabbed at least five rebounds in five games this season.
  • Amelia Hassett, junior forward, had 14 points.
    • She has scored 10+ points in 12 games this season.
    • She has made at least three 3-pointers in nine games this season.
      • She went 4-of-7 from long range in the game.
      • She went 3-of-3 from long range in the first quarter.
    • She added three rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks.
  • Clara Silva, freshman center, recorded three blocks to move into the freshman all-time, top-10 list for blocks.
    • She is currently tied for seventh with 25.
      • The freshman record is 49.
    • She added four rebounds and one point.