Kentucky-Auburn Postgame Notes

#16/18 KENTUCKY 63, AUBURN 56

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 21-8 (8-7, SEC) and Auburn is 14-15 (3-12, SEC).

• UK is 8-5 on the road in 2025-26.
  • UK is 14-9 on the road under head coach Kenny Brooks.

• Kenny Brooks is in his second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 44-16 record in Blue and White.
• He is 561-220 in his 24th overall season as a head coach.

• Kentucky leads Auburn in the all-time series, 29-28.
  • Kentucky leads Auburn in Auburn, 13-12.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Tonie Morgan, Asia Boone, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the fourth time this season.
  • This is UK’s third starting lineup this season.
  • UK is 3-1 when using that starting combination.
  • UK won the opening tip for the 18th time this season.
  • Amelia Hassett was the first player to score for Kentucky for the third time this season.
  • Jordan Obi was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the fourth time this season.
• UK is 26-0 when it holds opponents to fewer than 60 points.
• Kentucky shot a second-quarter SEC high 53.8 percent (7-13).
• Kentucky shot a first-half SEC high 53.8 percent (14-of-26).
• Kentucky shot a third-quarter SEC high 63.6 percent (7-11).
• The Wildcats had seven 3s in tonight’s game, needing just three more to break the school record that was set in 2019-20 (252).
  • The Cats now have 250.
• The Wildcats had six blocks in tonight’s game, needing just 23 more to tie the school record that they set last season (218).
  • The Cats now have 196.
• UK has outrebounded AU, 37-26, and has outrebounded its opponent in 19 games this season, including six in the SEC.

Player Notes

• Amelia Hassett, senior forward, led Kentucky with 15 points on five 3s.
  • She has had five 3s in back-to-back games.
    • She has made multiple 3s in 23-of-29 games this season.
  • She now has 78 3s this season and needs just seven more to break the single-season school record (84).
  • She added six rebounds, two blocks and a steal.
• Clara Strack, junior center, had 12 points, five rebounds, two blocks and one steal.
  • She improved her single-season school record for blocks to 77.
• Teonni Key, a senior forward, had 11 points, a team-high nine rebounds, a season-high-tying three assists and one block.