Kentucky-Louisville Postgame Notes

#20/18 KENTUCKY 72, #21/19 LOUISVILLE 62 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky improved to 7-0 to begin the season and Louisville is 4-2.

• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 52nd season of varsity status.

• UK has a 935-616 all-time record.
• Kentucky is 9-4 on the road under head coach Kenny Brooks, including 3-0 in 2025-26.
  • The last time the program played three true road games in the first seven games of the season was 2013-14. That team also got off to a 7-0 start in that stretch, including road triumphs at Marist, Wagner and Middle Tennessee.
• Kenny Brooks is in his second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 30-8 record in Blue and White.
• He is 547-212 in his 24th overall season as a head coach.

• Kentucky remains the leader in the all-time series with Louisville, 36-25.
  • UK has won back-to-back games against UofL for the first time since 2014-15 and 2015-16.
  • UK still trails UofL in Louisville territory, 17-12.
  • UK still trails UofL when UofL is ranked, 8-6.
• This is the second straight season that UK has won its first seven games of the season.
  • This is just the 11th time in program history UK has won its first seven games of a season.
  • Kenny Brooks became the first head coach in program history to lead Kentucky to even a 3-0 start in each of their first two seasons at the helm.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Tonie Morgan, Jordan Obi, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack.
  • UK is 7-0 when using that starting combination.
  • UK won the opening tip for the sixth time this season.
  • Clara Strack was the first player to score for Kentucky for the fourth time this season.
• Asia Boone was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the seventh straight game.
• Kentucky had its best shooting percentage of the first quarter this season at 57.1% on 8-of-14 for a 19-18 lead after 10 minutes.
  • It is the second straight game it has set a first-quarter, season-high, field-goal percentage.
• Kentucky also had its best shooting percentage for a first half this season at 55.2% on 16-of-29 for a 37-35 lead at halftime.
  • Kentucky has led all seven of its opponents at halftime this season.
• Kentucky also tied its best shooting percentage of the fourth quarter this season at 54.5% on 6-of-11.
• Kentucky shot 52.5% from the field, the second time it has shot at least 50.0% from the field this season.
  • Kentucky is 9-0 under head coach Kenny Brooks when it shoots at least 50.0%.
• Kentucky’s defeated Louisville, 72-62, for its largest margin of victory at UofL since Jan. 20, 1999 (13 points).
• UK has held all seven of its opponents to fewer than 62 points.
• The Wildcats have won all seven of their games by at least 10 points this season.
  • The Cats are 6-3 under head coach Kenny Brooks when the game was decided by 6-10 points.
• Kentucky has held all seven of its opponents to under 40.0 percent shooting, including holding Louisville to 39.7 percent.
• The Wildcats had eight blocks.

• The Cats, who entered the game leading the nation on 10.0 blocks per game, have had at least eight blocks in all but one game this season.

• UK outrebounded UofL, 41-27.
  • UK scored 13 second-chance points.

Player Notes

• Tonie Morgan, senior guard, had a team-lead 19 points on 8-of-16.
  • She added five rebounds, seven assists and one steal.
    • She has had at least six assists in all seven games this season.
    • She led the nation in assists and was second in the nation in assists per game entering the matchup.
  • Clara Strack, junior center, had her fifth straight double-double on 17 points and 10 rebounds.
    • She led the nation in double-doubles going into the game, now with six out of seven games.
      • Dre’una Edwards was the last player to record five straight double-doubles and five straight games with at least 10 rebounds from November 2021 to December 2021.
    • She went 1-of-1 from the arc and has now made at least one 3 in five of seven games this season.
    • She added three assists, two steals and two blocks.
      • She has recorded multiple assists in 5-of-7 games this season.
      • She has recorded multiple blocks in 6-of-7 games this season.
    • She is the first UK player to have at least 17 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks in a true road game since Rhyne Howard at Missouri on Feb. 24, 2022.
  • Teonni Key, senior forward, had a season-high 17 points.
    • She added eight rebounds, a season-high tying four blocks, one assist and one steal.
  • Jordan Obi, graduate guard, had 10 points and five rebounds.
  • Amelia Hassett, senior forward, had six points on two 3s.
    • She has made multiple 3s in all seven games this season.
    • She added seven rebounds, two blocks, one assist and one steal.