Kentucky-South Carolina Postgame Notes

#3/3 SOUTH CAROLINA 87, #17/19 KENTUCKY 64

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 23-10 and South Carolina is 30-2.
• Kentucky is 5-7 against AP Top 25 opponents this season.
  • UK is 2-4 against AP Top Five opponents this season.

• In the SEC Tournament:
  • Kentucky is 46-46 in all-time Southeastern Conference Tournament games.
  • The Wildcats are 17-18 in the quarterfinal round.
  • Head coach Kenny Brooks 2-2 in the SEC Tournament.
• Kenny Brooks is in his second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 46-18 record in Blue and White.
  • He is 563-222 in his 24th overall season as a head coach.
  • Coach Brooks has led Kentucky to the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament in each of his first two seasons as UK head coach.

• Kentucky trails the series with South Carolina, 44-35, which began in 1979.

• UK and USC are tied in the SEC Tournament, 3-3.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Tonie Morgan, Asia Boone, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the eighth game this season.
  • This is UK’s third starting lineup this season.
  • UK is 5-3 when using that starting combination.
  • UK lost the opening tip for the 14th time this season.
  • Tonie Morgan was the first player to score for Kentucky for the fifth time this season.
  • Jordan Obi was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the eighth time this season.
• Kentucky now has 217 blocks on the season after three against South Carolina.
  • It needs two more to break the single-season school record set last season with 218.
• UK hit 10 3s in the game and extended its school-record for 3-pointers made in a season to 281.

Player Notes

• Amelia Hassett, senior forward, had a team-lead 15 points 5-of-5 from 3.
  • She is the first UK player to go a perfect 5-of-5 from 3 in a single game since Keyla Snowden against Florida on Feb. 18, 2010.
  • She extended her school record with 92 3s.
  • She has made multiple 3s in 26-of-33 games this season.
  • She added five rebounds and one assist.
• Teonni Key, senior forward, added 13 points and a team-lead eight rebounds.
• Clara Strack, junior center, had 11 points, five rebounds and two blocks.
• Asia Boone, junior guard, had 10 points.
  • She went 3-of-7 from the arc.
  • She has made multiple 3s in 25-of-33 games this season.
    • This is her 21st game this season with at least three 3s, which is the most in a single season by a UK player since at least 2002-03.