Kentucky-Wright State Postgame Notes

#12/13 KENTUCKY 96, WRIGHT STATE 53– FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 12-1 to begin the season, and Wright State is 5-9.
  • Kentucky tied 10 other seasons as the best start through 13 games in program history, also starting out 12-1 in 2024-25, 2018-19, 2015-16, 2013-14, 2012-13, 2009-10, 1990-91, 1982-83, 1980-81 and 1979-80.

• UK improved to 6-0 at home this season.
  • UK is 21-3 at home under head coach Kenny Brooks.
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 52nd season of varsity status.

• UK has a 940-617 all-time record.
• Kenny Brooks is in his second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 35-9 record in Blue and White.
• He is 552-213 in his 24th overall season as a head coach.

• Kentucky remains the leader in the all-time series against Wright State, 2-0, in the all-time series.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Tonie Morgan, Asia Boone, Amelia Hassett, Jordan Obi and Clara Strack for the first time this season.
  • UK is 1-0 when using that starting combination.
  • UK won the opening tip for the 10th time this season but the first time with Clara Strack taking the jump ball.
  • Clara Strack was the first player to score for Kentucky for the seventh time this season.
• Lexi Blue was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the third time this season.
• First Half Notes:
  • The Wildcats scored a quarter, season-high 31 points.
    • The previous high was 25 points, done three times.
  • Kentucky went on a 22-0 run going into halftime.
  • Six different players made a 3 in the first half for a combined 10 3s at the break on a 52.6 percent.
  • Strack had 18 points in the first half.
  • The Wildcats had one turnover in the first half.
• The Wildcats knocked down 15 3s in tonight’s game, the second most this season.
  • Since the start of the Kenny Brooks era – the start of last season – his teams have had seven performances on the top-10, single-game, team 3s list in program history, including three performances in 2025-26.
• Kentucky moved to 6-0 this season when it scores at least 80 points, including 18-0 under head coach Kenny Brooks.
• UK had 20 assists in tonight’s game. UK has had at least 20 assists in three of the last six games and just five times all season.
  • Meanwhile, UK had just five turnovers, the second time this season it has had five or fewer.
• The Wildcats held the Raiders to 33.3 percent shooting, marking the eighth game this season the Cats have held their opponents to under 35.0 percent shooting.
  • The Cats have held all 13 opponents to under 40.0 percent shooting.
• UK, who leads the nation with 8.2 blocks per game, had nine in tonight’s game.

Player Notes

• Clara Strack, junior center, had 26 points on 9-of-18 from the field and 7-of-9 from the line.
  • She scored 11 points in the first quarter alone on 4-of-6 from the field.
• It is her second 25+ point game of the season.
• She knocked down one three in tonight’s game – she has knocked down at least one 3 in eight of 13 games this season.
• She added seven rebounds, four blocks and three assists.

• Tonie Morgan, senior guard, had 18 points for the second straight game.
  • She has scored at least 18 points in three of the last four games.
• Morgan, who entered the game leading the nation in assists and second in the nation in assists per game, had six assists.
• She added six rebounds, two steals and two blocks.

• Kaelyn Carroll, freshman guard, had a career-high 18 points.
  • She knocked down a career-high six 3s in the game on 6-of-11.
  • She added five rebounds.
• Asia Boone, junior guard, had 17 points.
  • She knocked down a season-high-tying five 3s.
  • She added four assists.
  • She earned her first start at UK.