Kentucky-Oklahoma Postgame Notes

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#12/13 KENTUCKY VS. #10/10 OKLAHOMA
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2025
BON SECOURS WELLNESS ARENA – GREENVILLE, S.C.

#10/10 OKLAHOMA 69, #12/13 KENTUCKY 65 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes 

• Kentucky is 22-7 overall and 11-5 in Southeastern Conference regular-season action, while Oklahoma is 25-6 overall and 11-5 in SEC regular-season action.
• UK is 44-45 all-time in the SEC Tournament.
  • UK is 17-17 all-time in quarterfinal games.
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 51st season of varsity status.
  • UK has a 928-615 all-time record.
• Kenny Brooks is in his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 22-7 record in Blue and White.
  • He is 539-211 in his 23rd overall season as a head coach.
• The Wildcats still lead the Sooners, 4-2, in the all-time series.
  • The Cats and the Sooners are tied, 2-2, on neutral courts.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Georgia Amoore, Dazia Lawrence, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the 29th straight game.
  • UK is 22-7 when using that starting combination.
• The Wildcats lost the opening tip.
• Teonni Key was the first player to score for Kentucky for the sixth time this season.
• Clara Silva was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the 16th time this season.
• Kentucky had a five-point lead at halftime.
  • Kentucky has had at least a four-point lead at halftime over 14 of its 17 league opponents this season.
• The Wildcats held the Sooners to 30.6 percent shooting from the field (22-72).
  • It marked UK’s second-best field-goal percentage defense in an SEC Tournament game since 2002-03 (also held Georgia to 22.2 percent from the field on March 9, 2013).
  • The Cats have held 22-of-its-29 opponents to 40.0 percent shooting or under, including 14-of-its-17 league opponents.
• Meanwhile, UK shot 38.0 percent from the field and had five more makes from the field (27-71).
• OU went 19-of-20 from the line, while UK went 7-of-8 from the line.
• Kentucky made four 3s in today’s game.
  • Kentucky needs just 22 more 3s to break the single-season school record in 3s (252).
• The Wildcats outrebounded the Sooners, 49-4

Player Notes

• Georgia Amoore, graduate guard, had 29 points.
  • She had the most points by a UK player in the SEC Tournament since Rhyne Howard vs. LSU on March 4, 2022.
  • She has scored 20+ points in 13 games this season.
    • She has scored 10+ points in all but one game this season.
  • She had three 3s.
    • She needs one more 3s to eclipse 400.
    • She needs 16 more 3s to break the single-season school record in 3s (84).
  • She added seven assists – and zero turnovers – and five rebounds.
    • She needs 11 more assists to break the single-season school record in assists (209).
    • She has dished out at least seven assists in 19 games this season.
  • She is the only SEC player since at least 2002-03 to have at least 29 points, seven assists, five rebounds, one steal and no turnovers in a single game.
  • She is the only SEC player since at least 2002-03 to have at least 29 points, seven assists, five rebounds and one steal in the SEC Tournament.
  • She is the second UK player since 2002-03 to have at least 29 points, seven assists and five rebounds in a single game (also Rita Adams vs. Western Kentucky on Dec. 7, 2002).
  • She has had 19 games of at least 15 points and five assists this season.
    • That is the most by an SEC player since at least 2002-03.
  • Clara Strack, sophomore center, had 12 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for the 14th double-double this season.
    • Strack had 12 rebounds in the first half, which was as many or more than 22 of her full games this season.
    • She has scored 10+ points in 24 games this season.
    • She has had 10+ rebounds in 15 games this season.
    • She is the first UK player to have at least 12 points and 16 rebounds in an SEC Tournament game since Jennifer Humphrey vs. Arkansas on March 1, 2007.
  • Dazia Lawrence, graduate guard, had 11 points.
    • She has scored 10+ points in 21 games this season.
    • She had one 3.
      • She needs 22 more 3s to break the single-season school record in 3s (84).
    • She added three rebounds and one block.