Kentucky-Texas Postgame Notes

#3/3 TEXAS 76, #16/17 KENTUCKY 54

Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky is 25-11 and Texas is 34-3.
  • UK concluded its season with 25 wins for the first time since 2018-19 (25).
  • UK concluded its season with a 6-8 record against AP ranked teams this season, its most since 2015-16.

• This is Kentucky’s 19th appearance in the NCAA Championship, including its second straight.
  • UK is 25-19 all-time in the NCAA Championship.
  • UK is 4-3 in the Sweet 16.
• Kenny Brooks is in his second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 48-19 record in Blue and White.
  • He is 565-223 in his 24th overall season as a head coach.

• Kentucky trails the all-time series with Texas, 5-0.
  • UK trails UT, 3-0, all-time on neutral courts.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Tonie Morgan, Asia Boone, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the 11th game this season.
  • This is UK’s third starting lineup this season.
  • UK is 7-4 when using that starting combination.
  • UK lost the opening tip for the 15th time this season.
  • Amelia Hassett was the first player to score for Kentucky for the sixth time this season.
  • Jordan Obi was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the 11th  time this season.
• Kentucky trailed Texas, 33-13, through the first 12 minutes and 30 seconds of the game as season-long leading scorers Clara Strack and Tonie Morgan struggled from the floor during that stretch each going 0-4.
• UK took its largest halftime deficit of the season into the locker room at 48-26 (-22).
  • Despite being outscored 29-11 in the first quarter, UK trailed just 19-15 in the second quarter.
• UK led UT by one point in the third, 16-15, and trailed UT by one point in the fourth 13-12.
• Kentucky became the fourth DI women’s team ever to have two players make at least 95 3s in the same season (also including Idaho in 2018-19 and 2017-18 and Fresno State in 2010-11).
  • Amelia Hassett concluded the season as the single-season 3FG record holder with 99, while Asia Boone finishes second with 96.
• School Records / Watch Lists:
  • Kentucky improved its school record in 3s with 299.
  • Kentucky improved its school record in blocks with 235.
  • Kentucky remained second on the all-time, single-season assists list with 608 (and the best since 1981-82).
  • Kentucky improved to second on the all-time, single-season rebounds list with 1,454 (and the best since 2013-14).
  • Kentucky improved to fourth on the all-time, single-season points list with 2,695 (and the best since 2013-14).

Player Notes

• Clara Strack, junior center, had a team-lead 16 points.
  • She is now tied-for-ninth on the program’s all-time, single-season scoring list (607).
  • She has scored double digits in 31 of 36 games this season.
  • She added five rebounds.
    • She concluded the season as the single-season record holder in blocks with 91.
  • She became the first player in DI women’s basketball history to accomplish all these in a single season: 607 points, 365 rebounds, 91 blocks, 68 assists, 44 steals and 25 made 3s.
• Asia Boone, junior guard, had 11 points.
  • She has scored in double digits in 23 of 36 games this season.
  • She has made multiple 3s in 28-of-36 games this season.
  • She added two assists, one rebound and one steal.
• Teonni Key, senior forward, had 10 points and nine rebounds.
  • She has scored double digits in 18 of 36 games this season.
  • She added three blocks, two assists and one steal.
  • She is the first Kentucky player to have at least 10 points, nine rebounds and three blocks in the Sweet 16 round or later of the NCAA Championship.
• Tonie Morgan, senior guard, had eight points, seven assists, three steals and one rebound.
  • Her seven assists tied the program record for most assists by a player in the NCAA Championship Sweet 16.
  • Today marked her 35th game this season with at least four assists, which is the most by any player in the SEC since at least 2002-03.
  • She became the 10th different player in DI women’s basketball history to have at least 495 points and 286 assists in a singe season and the first since Iowa’s Caitlin Clark in 2023-24.
• Amelia Hassett, senior forward, had five points, including a 3.
  • She improved her school record to 99 3s.
  • She added two rebounds.
• Jordan Obi, graduate guard, had two points and seven rebounds.
• Josie Gilvin, senior guard, had four steals, one assist and one rebounds in just 12 minutes.