Kentucky-LSU Postgame Notes

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#14/14 KENTUCKY VS. NO. 7/7 LSU
SUNDAY, FEB. 23, 2025
HISTORIC MEMORIAL COLISEUM – LEXINGTON, KY.

#7/7 LSU 65, #14/14 KENTUCKY 58 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes 

• Kentucky is 21-5 overall and 10-4 in the Southeastern Conference, while LSU is 27-2 overall and 12-2 in the league.
  • The Wildcats are 13-2 in Historic Memorial Coliseum this season.
  • 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 927-613 all-time record.
• Kenny Brooks is in his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 21-5 record in Blue and White.
  • He is 538-209 (.721) in his 23rd overall season as a head coach.
• Kentucky trails LSU, 38-18, in the all-time series, and also, 13-9, in games played in
• Kentucky will return home to host #15/13 Tennessee on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 7 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 26th straight game.
  • UK is 21-5 when using that starting combination.
• The Wildcats won the opening tip for the 16th time this season.
• Amelia Hassett 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 13th time this season.
• UK has had at least a four-point lead at halftime in 12-of-14 league games this season.
  • UK had a 12-point lead over LSU at halftime.
• UK has had at least a 16-point lead at some point in action in 10-of-14 league games this season.
  • UK had as much as a 16-point lead over LSU.
• The Wildcats set a new school record for most three-point attempts with 36.
• Kentucky had 15 bench points, its most in SEC action this season.
• Including this evening’s game, Kentucky has held 20-of-its-26 opponents to 40.0 percent or under shooting from the field, including 12-of-14 league opponents.
  • The Wildcats held the Tigers to 36.4 percent from the field (24-of-66).
  • Kentucky has held all but one of its opponents this season to under 45.0 percent from the field.
• The Wildcats had six blocks in this afternoon’s game.
  • They need just one more block to tie the single-season school record (181).

Player Notes

• Georgia Amoore, graduate guard, had 16 points.
  • She has scored 10+ points in all but one game this season.
  • She has made at least three 3FGM in 11 games this season.
    • She made all three of her 3FG in the first half.
    • She needs seven more 3s to eclipse 400 for her career.
    • She needs 22 more 3s to break the single-season school record (84).
  • She added five assists, three steals and one block.
    • She needs 28 more assists to break the single-game school record 209).
  • This afternoon’s game marked her 17th 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 seventh game of 15 points and five assists in league action, the most by any SEC player since at least 2002-03.
  • Clara Silva, freshman center, had 12 points, a career-high eight rebounds and three blocks.
    • She went 6-of-6 from the field, the second time this season she has hit those exact numbers.
    • With her three blocks, she is alone in seventh on the freshman records list for blocks with 29.
      • She needs one more block to tie for sixth.
    • She has scored 10+ points in three games this season.
  • Dazia Lawrence, graduate guard, had nine points.
    • She eclipsed 1,500 career points in this afternoon’s game.
    • She had one 3.
      • She needs 26 more 3s to break the single-season school record (84).
    • She added one assist.
  • Clara Strack, sophomore center, had eight points and nine rebounds.
    • She added one block.
      • She needs two more blocks to break the single-season school record (66).
    • Amelia Hassett, junior forward, had nine points and eight rebounds.
      • She added two steals and one block.