MaciMorris

Terrific shooter that is an in-state product and has worked hard to succeed on both sides of the floor … Plays under control, reads spacing, distributes in transition … Mid-range game producer with consistent results … Gained strength and improved conditioning over the summer … Chose Kentucky over Louisville, Marquette and Dayton.

• SEC All-Freshman Team by league coaches (2016)
• SEC Academic Honor Roll (2016, 2017)

2016-17 (Sophomore)
Put together a great season for Kentucky, starting all 33 games … Finished fourth on the team in scoring with 11.8 points per game, scoring the third-highest total points on the team with 391 … Led the team in 3-pointer field goals made with 53, shooting 32.3 percent from long range … Ended her true sophomore season with 104 career 3-pointers made, becoming only the second UK player to hit 100 or more 3s in their first two seasons on campus … Averaged 32.7 minutes per game last season, which ranked third most on the team … Paced the Wildcats going 74-for-84 from the free-throw line for a team-best 88.1 percent … Averaged 2.8 rebounds per game … Set or tied career highs on the season in points (29), field-goals made (9), field-goals attempted (21), free-throws made (9), free-throws attempted (9), 3-point field-goals made (5), 3-point field-goals attempted (10), offensive rebounds (3), defensive rebounds (9), total rebounds (9), assists (4), steals (2) and minutes (42) … Scored 10 or more points in 22 games with 15 or more points eight times … Led the Wildcats in scoring three times, rebounds twice, assists four times and blocks nine times … Finished third on the team with 20 blocks … Best performance came against Arizona State, where she had a career-best 29 points with three assists, going 9-for-9 from the charity stripe … Had 19 points in Kentucky’s win over Oklahoma, hitting three 3s with eight rebounds … After scoring 18 points at Auburn, including the game-winning basket in the paint and a free-throw with three seconds left to seal the win, she scored in double figures in 12 of her final 14 games … Posted 17 points against Ole Miss with a season-best five 3-pointers hit, while she had 15 points against Belmont in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. 

2015-16 (Freshman)
Great freshman season, being named to the SEC All-Freshman Team by league coaches … Started all 33 games, averaging 8.5 ppg … Second on the team with 49 3-pointers made … Had the fifth-best scoring effort in a varsity debut in UK history against Rice, draining 16 points in the victory and going 3-for-5 from 3-point range … Dropped an SEC career-high-tying 17 points to lead the Cats in the victory over No. 14 Mississippi State …Hit at least one 3-pointer in the first 11 games this season … Missed the first free throw of her career after going 13-of-13 in her first attempts … It was a record for most consecutive free throws to start a career in Mitchell era … Had a career day against Eastern Michigan, pouring in 17 points thanks to five 3-pointers and grabbing a career-best six rebounds while also notching her first career block … Hit her first seven 3-point attempts in the first two games of the NCAA Tournament, going 3-for-3 against UNCA and 4-for-5 versus Oklahoma, marking a UK record for consecutive triples in NCAA Tournament play … Her 49 3-pointers were just one off tying the UK freshman 3-point record, tying Carly Ormerod for the second-most triples made by a freshman in UK history … Sits second in freshman 3-point percentage after connecting on 39.2% of her shots beyond the arc. 

High School
Played varsity basketball at Bell County High School since the seventh grade and has been a starter since the eighth grader … Was ranked as the 10th-best shooting guard and a top-50 prospect nationally by espnW … Was named Miss Kentucky Basketball in a statewide vote of coaches and was on Courier-Journal’s All-State Team last season … A three-time All-State honoree by the CJ and Lexington Herald-Leader … Finished her career with 3,368 career points, ranking sixth in state history … Morris averaged 25.6 points and 7.9 rebounds her senior season to help Bell County finish 29-3 and reach the first round of the Sweet 16 … Averaged 22.1 points and 9.6 rebounds per game as a junior, shooting 55.6 percent from the floor and 35.1 percent from beyond the 3-point line. 

Personal
Place of Birth: Hazard, Ky. … Parent(s): Lewis and Patti Morris … Siblings: One brother (Victor) … Major: Kinesiology … Shooting Hand:  Right

The Cats’ Cause
Volunteered to pack and deliver food for God’s Pantry BackPack program … Spent time spreading joy at the UK Children Hospital on Halloween and during Christmas.