Kentucky-Missouri Postgame Notes

UK ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME MATERIALS
#14/14 KENTUCKY VS. MISSOURI
THURSDAY, FEB. 20, 2025
MIZZOU ARENA – COLUMBIA, MO.   

#14/14 KENTUCKY 73, MISSOURI 65 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes 

• Kentucky improved to 21-4 overall and 10-3 in the Southeastern Conference, while Missouri is 13-15 overall and 2-11 in the league.
  • UK is 6-3 on the road.
  • Kentucky has clinched a winning record in SEC action. It is the 15th season UK has earned at least a .500 in SEC action since league play formally began in 1982-83.
  • Head coach Kenny Brooks set the program record for most SEC wins by a head coach in their first year at Kentucky (10).
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 51st season of varsity status.
  • UK has a 927-612 all-time record.
• Kenny Brooks is in his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 21-4 record in Blue and White.
  • He is 538-208 (.721) in his 23rd overall season as a head coach.
• Kentucky leads Missouri, 13-5, in the all-time series.
  • UK leads UM, 5-4, in games played in Columbia.
  • UK has a three-game winning streak over UM.
• Kentucky will return home to host No. 7/7 LSU for Senior Dayon Sunday, Feb. 23 at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Georgia Amoore, Dazia Lawrence, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the 25th straight game.
  • UK is 21-4 when using that starting combination.
• The Wildcats won the opening tip for the 15th time this season.
• Clara Strack was the first player to score for Kentucky for the ninth time this season.
• Lexi Blue was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the third time this season.
• Kentucky shot 52.9 percent from the field (27-of-51).
  • It marked the sixth game this season and the fourth game in league action that UK has shot at least 50.0 percent.
    • UK is undefeated when it shoots at least 50.0 percent.
  • Kentucky has shot at least 50.0 percent in three SEC road games this season (at Vanderbilt, at Oklahoma, at Missouri).
    • It is the first season since at least 2002-03 that UK has accomplished that feat in three SEC road games.
  • The Wildcats shot 83.3 percent (15-of-18) from the line, their best FT shooting performance in an SEC road game (min. 15 attempts) since Feb. 13, 2023 at Ole Miss (86.4%, 19-22).
  • UK has had at least a 10-point lead over its league opponents in 10-of-its 13 league opponents at some point in the game this season.
    • UK had as big as a 10 lead over UM in the game.
  • Including this evening’s game, Kentucky has held 19-of-its-25 opponents to 40.0 percent or under shooting from the field, including 11 of its 13 league opponents.
    • The Wildcats held the Tigers to 40.0 percent from the field (26-of-65).
    • Kentucky has held all but one of its opponents this season to under 45.0 percent from the field.
  • The Wildcats had seven blocks in this evening’s game.
    • They need just seven more blocks to break the single-season school record (181).
  • UK moved to 17-0 this season when at least four players score in double digits.
  • UK moved to 20-0 this season when it scored at least 70 points.

Player Notes

• Clara Strack, sophomore center, had 22 points and 12 rebounds for her 12th double-double this season,
  • She has scored 10+ points in 21 games this season.
    • She has scored 20+ points in six games this season.
  • She has had 10+ rebounds in 13 games this season.
  • She added two blocks and one assist.
    • She needs three more blocks to break the single-season school record (66).
  • She is the first UK players with at least 22 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks in an SEC road game since Vicotria Dunlap at Alabama on Jan. 30, 2011.
• Georgia Amoore, graduate guard, had 19 points.
  • She has scored 10+ points in all but one game this season.
  • She added five assists, three rebounds and one steal.
    • She needs 32 more assists to break the single-game school record.
  • This evening’s game marked her 16th 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.
    • It marked her sixth game of 15 points and five assists in league action, the most by any SEC player since at least 2002-03.
  • Teonni Key, a junior forward, had 13 points on 4-of-6 from the field and 4-of-4 from the line.
    • She has scored 10+ points in 19 games this season.
    • She knocked down her ninth 3-pointer of the season.
    • She added five rebounds and one block.
  • Dazia Lawrence, graduate guard, had 12 points on 5-of-7 from the field and 2-of-2 from the line.
    • She has scored 10+ points in 18 games this season.
    • She added two rebounds, two assists and a steal.