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#15/16 KENTUCKY VS. BELMONT
FRIDAY, DEC. 20, 2024
HISTORIC MEMORIAL COLISEUM – LEXINGTON, KY.
 

#15/16 KENTUCKY 84, BELMONT 78 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes 

• Kentucky improved to 10-1 to begin the season, while Belmont is 5-6.
  • UK is 7-0 at home this season.
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 51st season of varsity status.
  • UK has a 916-609 all-time record.
  • UK has a 535-199 all-time record at home.
  • UK has a 494-172 all-time record inside Historic Memorial Coliseum
• Kenny Brooks is in his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 10-1 record in Blue and White.
  • He is 527-205 (.719) in his 23rd overall season as a head coach.
• Kentucky leads the all-time series with Belmont, 6-1.
  • UK leads the all-time series with Belmont at home, 5-1.
• In its next game, Kentucky will play host to Western Kentucky on Saturday, Dec. 28 at 5 p.m. ET in Historic Memorial Coliseum.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Georgia Amoore, Dazia Lawrence, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the 11th straight game.
  • UK is 10-1 when using that starting combination
• The Wildcats lost the opening tip.
• Amelia Hassett was the first player to score for Kentucky for the second time this season.
• Cassidy Rowe was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the seventh time this season.
• Of Kentucky’s 10 wins this season, this is the first win that was fewer than a 10-point margin.
• This is the second straight game UK scored at least 50 points in the second half.
• The Wildcats recorded their second-best shooting percentage of the season on 49.2 percent (32-of-65).
• The Wildcats are 4-0 this season when scoring at least 80 points.
  • The Cats have scored 80+ points in back-to-back games.
  • The Cats are 387-26 all-time when scoring at least 80 points.
• Kentucky delivered 19 assists tonight.
  • UK has dished out at least 19 assists in eight of 11 games this season.
• Kentucky made 12 3-pointers in tonight’s game.
  • It marked the first time UK has made at least 12 3-pointers since knocking down 12 against Tennessee on March 5, 2021.
  • UK is 4-0 when it makes at least 10 3-pointers.
  • UK tied its season-high 30 3-pointers, which it set in its last game at Purdue.
• Five players scored in double figures for the third time this season and the second straight game.
  • UK is 3-0 when at least five players score in double digits.
  • UK is 9-0 when at least four players score in double digits.

Player Notes

• Georgia Amoore, graduate guard, had a team-high 23 points, shooting 7-of-13 from long range.
  • She is the first player to record at least seven 3-pointers since Rhyne Howard made eight against Auburn on Feb. 27, 2022.
  • She had just three points in the first half.
  • She has scored at least 20 points in three straight games.
    • She has scored at least 20 points in five games this season.
  • She added five assists and three rebounds.
• Amelia Hassett, a junior forward, had 16 points and 11 rebounds for her second double-double of the season.
  • She went 4-of-9 from the arc.
    • She has made at least three 3-pointers in five games this season, including four back-to-back.
  • She scored at least 15 points in three games this season.
  • She added two steals and one assist.
• Clara Strack, sophomore center, had 12 points.
  • She has scored at least 10 points in 10 games this season.
  • She added four assists, two blocks and one steal.
    • She has delivered at least three assists in seven games this season.
  • Dazia Lawrence, a graduate guard, had 15 points.
    • She has scored at least 15 points in five games this season.
    • She added a season-high-tying five rebounds, five assists and a career-high three steals.
  • Teonni Key, junior forward, recorded 12 points.
    • She has scored in double-digits in nine games this season.
    • She added five rebounds, two assists and a block.