No. 13 Kentucky 62, Missouri 47 – FINAL
Team Records and Series Notes
- Kentucky is 17-3 (6-2 SEC), while Missouri is 5-16 (2-6 SEC)
- Kentucky is 840-543 all-time.
- UK is 6-2 in road games this season and are 82-66 in road games under Coach Mitchell.
- This was the 12th all-time meeting between Kentucky and Missouri in women’s basketball.
- UK leads the all-time series in games played 8-4.
- UK leads the all-time series in games played in Columbia 3-2.
- This was UK’s first win in Columbia vs. Missouri in three tries.
- Matthew Mitchell is in his 13th season as the head coach of the Wildcats.
- Mitchell is 328-157 overall in his career and 398-128 during his tenure at Kentucky.
- Kentucky is ranked 13 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 and No. 13 in the latest USA Today/Coaches Top 25.
- The Wildcats will return to action Sunday, Feb. 2 when they play host to Florida at 1 p.m. ET on SEC Network. Sunday’s game will be National Women’s and Girls in Sports Day at Memorial Coliseum. All children wearing a sports jersey receive free admission.
Team Notes
- Kentucky used the starting combination of senior guards Amanda Paschal, Sabrina Haines and Jaida Roper, junior forward Tatyana Wyatt and sophomore guard Blair Green.
- This was the first time this season that UK has used this starting combination.
- Senior guard Sabrina Haines scored first for Kentucky in the game, hitting a layup off a turnover. Haines has been the first Wildcat to score four times this season.
- The Wildcats missed their first five shots and trailed 5-0 in the early going but responded with an 11-0 hitting five of nine field goals to end the quarter while Missouri missed each of its last six shots.
- UK led 11-7 at the end of the quarter with Missouri hitting two free throws with just over one minute to go to end the UK run.
- Kentucky forced Missouri into eight turnovers and score nine points off those miscues in the first quarter. UK had four first-quarter turnovers but MU scored only 2 points off those TOs.
- UK started the second quarter on a 9-0 run and put together a dominating performance in the quarter on both sides of the ball.
- UK outscored MU 23-10 in the second quarter going 10-of-15 from the field.
- Missouri went just 4-of-17 from the field in the second quarter.
- The Tigers hit six field goals in the first half. The Wildcats held the Tigers without a field from 9:14 in the first quarter to 6:31 in the second quarter, which is 12:43 without a field goal.
- Missouri’s 17 first-half points marks the first time UK has limited an SEC opponent to 20 points or less in the first half since holding LSU to 15 points last season in Memorial Coliseum.
- Mizzou’s 17 first-half points ties the second fewest total of the season for the Tigers who had 15 first-half points vs. Princeton and 17 vs. South Carolina.
- The Tigers outscored the Wildcats 13-12 in the third quarter ending the quarter on a 6-1 run. Missouri won the second half 30-28.
- Kentucky forced Missouri into 20 turnovers and has forced 15 opponents into 20+ miscues this season.
- UK is 14-1 when it forces 20 or more turnovers this season.
- The Wildcats scored 21 points off Missouri turnovers and have scored 20 or more points off turnovers in 16 games this season.
- Kentucky is 14-1 and 5-0 in the SEC when leading at halftime this season.
- UK is 11-0 and 3-0 in the SEC when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent.
- UK is 17-1 and 6-1 in the SEC when the opponent shots 50 percent or less.
Player Notes
- Sophomore guard Rhyne Howard did not play in the game due to a fractured finger on her left hand. She is expected to return in mid-February.
- Senior guard Sabrina Haines scored nine points with four steals in the game.
- Haines’ four steals ties a season high.
- This was the third time she has led UK in steals.
- Senior guard Amanda Paschal scored a career high 18 points in the game with five rebounds and three assists.
- This was the second time this season and second time in her career she has led UK in scoring.
- This was the seventh time this season that she has led UK in assists.
- This was the sixth time this season she has recorded five or more rebounds.
- This was the fourth game this season she has scored 10 or more points and the second where she has scored 15 or more points.
- Sophomore guard Blair Green scored 11 points in the game hitting two 3s with seven rebounds.
- This was the fifth 10+ point game for Green this season and the eighth of her career.
- This was the first time in her career that Green has led UK in rebounds.
- Green’s three steals tied a career high.
- Junior guard Chasity Patterson scored 12 points.
- Patterson has scored 10 or more points in three of her nine games played.
