Kentucky-Vanderbilt Postgame Notes

#7/8 VANDERBILT 84, #16/16 KENTUCKY 83

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 18-6 (5-5, SEC), and Vanderbilt is 22-2 (8-2, SEC).
• The Wildcats moved to 3-3 against AP teams this season.

• UK is 10-2 inside Historic Memorial Coliseum in 2025-26.
  • UK is 25-5 at home under head coach Kenny Brooks.

• Kenny Brooks is in his second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 41-14 record in Blue and White.
• He is 558-218 in his 24th overall season as a head coach.

• Kentucky trails the Commodores, 33-29, in the all-time series.
  • UK leads VU, 15-13, in Lexington.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Tonie Morgan, Jordan Obi, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the 16th time this season.
  • UK is 14-2 when using that starting combination.
  • UK won the opening tip for the 14th time this season.
  • Amelia Hassett was the first player to score for Kentucky for the second time this season.
• Asia Boone was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the 16th time this season.
• The Wildcats had a better field-goal percentage (56.4%) than the Commodores (44.8%).
  • It marked the Cats’ best FG% against an AP Top 10 opponent since at least 2002-03.
• Tonight marked UK’s most points scored in a hone game against an AP Top 10 opponents (83) since Feb. 20, 1994 vs. No. 1 Tennessee (89).
• Kentucky has 10 3s.
  • UK is 8-3 this season when it scores at least 10 3s.
  • UK is 18-3 under Brooks when it scores at least 10 3s.
• UK also outrebounded VU, 39-21.
• The Wildcats had 23 assists, the most against an AP Top 10 opponent since at least 2002-03.
• Kentucky had 20 turnovers compared to Vanderbilt’s six.
  • VU scored 25 points off UK’s miscues.
• Teonni Key and Clara Strack both recorded double-doubles for the second straight game.
  • Tonight is the only time since 2002-03 that UK had two players with at least 14 points and 12 rebounds each against an AP Top 10 opponent.
  • For the second straight game, Key and Straight combined for more rebounds (27) than the opponent (21).

Player Notes

• Clara Strack, junior center, had her 12th double-double of the season on 14 points and 15 rebounds. She also had an SEC-career high seven assists.
  • It marked her second straight double-double.
  • She also made a 3-pointer.
    • The 6-5 versatile center has made at least one 3 in 12 of 24 games this season (17 total 3s).
  • She is the second UK player since 2002-03 to have at least 14 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists in a single game (also Jennifer Humphrey).
  • She played every minute of the game for the first time this season.
• Teonni Key, senior forward, had her fifth double-double of the season on a career-high 27 points and 12 rebounds.
  • She went 11-of-15 from the field and 5-of-8 from the line.
  • It marked her first 20+ point game this season and the second of her college career.
    • She is the second UK player since 2002-03 to have at least 27 points and 12 rebounds against an AP Top 10 opponents (also Evelyn Akhator).
  • She added one assist, one steal and one block.
• Amelia Hassett, senior forward, had 19 points.
  • She made four 3s on 5-of-10 from the arc.
    • She has made multiple 3s in 20-of-24 games this season.
  • She added five rebounds, four assists and one steal.
• Asia Boone, junior guard, had 12 points on 4-of-5 from the arc.
  • She has made multiple 3s in 18-of-24 games this season.
  • She added three rebounds and one assist.
• Tonie Morgan, senior guard, had eight points and 10 assists.
  • This is the ninth game she has dished out at least 10 assists and the fifth game in the SEC.
  • She is the only SEC player since at least 2002-03 to have at least two SEC regular-season games with at least 10 assists against AP Top 10 opponents in a single season.