Kentucky-Kansas State Postgame Notes

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#4 KENTUCKY VS. #5 KANSAS STATE 
SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2025
HISTORIC MEMORIAL COLISEUM – LEXINGTON, KY.
#5 KANSAS STATE 80, #4 KENTUCKY 79 – FINAL (1OT)

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky concluded the season with a 23-8 overall record and 11-5 mark in the Southeastern Conference, while Kansas State improved to 28-7 overall and earned a 13-5 mark in the Big 12.
  • Kentucky currently had the second-largest win improvement from season-to-season in program history at +11 wins.
• UK is 23-18 all-time in the NCAA Championship.
  • UK is 6-8 in the Second Round.
• The Wildcats concluded the season with a 15-3 mark at home in 2024-25.
  • The Cats are 543-202 all-time at home.
  • The Cats are 503-175 all-time in Historic Memorial Coliseum.
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 51st season of varsity status.
  • UK has a 929-616 all-time record.
• Kenny Brooks is in his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 23-8 record in Blue and White.
  • He is 540-212 in his 23rd overall season as a head coach.
  • This marked Coach Brooks’ 11th appearance in the NCAA Championship.
    • He is now 8-11 in NCAA Championships.
  • UK and K-State are tied, 1-1, in the all-time series.
    • UK trails K-State, 0-1, in Historic Memorial Coliseum.

 

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Georgia Amoore, Dazia Lawrence, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the 31st straight game.
  • UK is 23-8 when using that starting combination.
• The Wildcats won the opening tip for the 17th time this season.
• Clara Strack was the first player to score for Kentucky for the 11th time this season.
• Clara Silva was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the 17th time this season.
• Before the NCAA Championship, UK hadn’t experienced a game all season that finished with a three-point difference or less, and this weekend Kentucky won a game by one point and lost a game by one point.
• This season marked the first time it has scored at least 79 points in each of its first two NCAA Championship games since 2016.
• The Wildcats committed fewer than turnovers this NCAA Championship, including seven vs. Liberty and nine vs. Kansas State.
• In today’s game, Kentucky outrebounded Kansas State, 51-44.
• In today’s game, Kentucky had more points off turnovers (16 to 9), in the paint (32 to 28), second-chance points (19 to 12) and fastbreak (8 to 4).

 

Player Notes

• Georgia Amoore, graduate guard, had 18 points.
  • Combined with her 34 points in the First Round, she is the only player in program history to total 52 points in any two-game span in the NCAA Championship.
  • She scored 10+ points in all but one game this season.
  • She had three 3s.
    • She concluded the season ranked third in 3s in single-season program history (78).
  • She added six assists, three rebounds, one block and one steal.
    • She broke the more than four-decade-old, single-season school record for assists in a season (213).
  • She had 21 games of at least 15 points and five assists this season.
    • That is the most by an SEC player since at least 2002-03.
  • Combined her eight assists in the First Round, she is the second player in program history to have at least six assists in consecutive NCAA Championship games joining Patty Jo Hedges (three straight in 1982).
• Clara Strack, sophomore center, had 22 points.
  • She scored 20+ points in nine games this season.
    • She scored 10+ points in 26 games this season.
  • She added eight rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal.
    • She improved her single-season school record for blocks to 73.
  • Dazia Lawrence, graduate guard, had 15 points.
    • She scored 10+ points in 23 games this season.
    • She had one 3.
      • She concluded the season tied for 10th in 3s in single-season program history.
    • She added five rebounds, two steals and an assist.
  • Teonni Key, a junior forward, had 13 points and a career-high 15 rebounds for her 12th double-double of the season.
    • She scored 10+ points in 22 games this season.
    • She had one 3 on 1-of-2 from the arc.
    • Of her career-high 15 rebounds, she had a career-high nine offensive rebounds.
    • She added three blocks and two steals.
      • She has had 3+ blocks in nine games this season.
        • She concluded the season tied for fifth blocks in single-season program history.
      • She is the first player in program history to have at least 13 points, 15 rebounds, three blocks and two steals in an NCAA Championship game.
      • Amelia Hassett, junior forward, had eight points.
        • She added seven rebounds and three assists.