No. 15 Kentucky 88, Georgia 77 – FINAL
- Kentucky is 21-6 overall and 10-5 in the SECwhile Georgia is 15-13 overall and 6-9 in the league.
- UK is 14-3 at home this season, including 13-2 inside Memorial Coliseum.
- This was the 57th all-time meeting between Kentucky and Georgia in women’s basketball.
- Georgia leads the all-time series 37-20, including a 14-11 mark in Lexington.
- Kentucky has won five of the last six meetings in the series.
- Matthew Mitchell is in his 13th season as the head coach of the Wildcats.
- Mitchell is 332-160 overall in his career and 302-131 during his tenure at Kentucky.
- Kentucky is ranked 15th in the latest AP Top 25 and 16th in the latest USA Today/Coaches Top 25.
- The Wildcats will return to action Sunday when they close out the regular season at Vanderbilt. The game will tip at 2 p.m. ET on SEC Network+.
Team Notes
- Kentucky used the starting combination of senior guards Sabrina Haines and Jaida Roper, sophomore guard Rhyne Howard, junior forward KeKe McKinney and senior forward Ogechi Anyagaligbo.
- This was the fourth time this season that UK has used this starting combination, sitting 3-2.
- Ogechi Anyagaligbo scored first for Kentucky in the game. This was the fourth time this season that she has been the first Wildcat to score.
- Kentucky scored 22 first-quarter points but allowed Georgia to score 20 and end the first quarter on a 7-0 run after UK had taken a 22-13 lead with just under two minutes to go.
- Kentucky scored 53 points in the first half, which was its most in the first half of a league game this season.
- Georgia tied its season high in first-half points with 46 while it was also its most points in the first half in league play this season.
- Kentucky went 10-of-18 from 3 in the first half, while Georgia went 5-of-5 from long range.
- UK’s 10 3s was one off the most 3s hit in a half in program history, which was 11 vs. Detroit in 1993.
- The Wildcats went 12-of-20 from 3 in the game, marking the 13th time this season UK has hit 10 or more 3s in a game.
- UK has 228 3-pointers this season, which ranks third most in program history.
- The Wildcats went an impressive 20-of-21 from the free-throw line in the game.
- Jaida Roper was 11-of-11 from the line and has hit 22 straight from the line tying the eighth longest streak in program history.
- Kentucky had 20 assists in the game and has 20 or more assists two of the last three games.
- UK scored 22 points off turnovers marking the 21st time this season UK has scored 20 or more points off turnovers.
- This is the 10th time in Mitchell’s tenure that the Wildcats have won 10 or more league games.
- Kentucky has earned another 20-win season under Matthew Mitchell, the 10th in his 13-year tenure.
- This is the 20th time in 46 seasons that UK has won 20 or more games.
Player Notes
- Sophomore guard Rhyne Howard scored a game-high 25 points in the game, including 13 in the fourth quarter.
- Howard has 1,082 career points, moving up to 28th all-time in scoring in program history.
- Howard needs 53 more to tie for 27th.
- Howard has hit 146 career 3-pointers, which ranks eighth most in program history.
- Howard needs 16 more makes from 3 to tie Jenny Pfeffier for seventh all-time on that list at 162 makes.
- Howard has hit 72 3-pointers this season, ranking seventh on the UK single-season list.
- Howard has now scored 20 or more points in 18 games.
- Howard has scored 20 or more points in 13 of her last 14 games.
- This was the 19th time this season and 35th time in her career that Howard has led UK in scoring.
- This was the 12th time this season and 31st career time that Howard has led UK in rebounds.
- In 56 career games, Howard has recorded some impressive numbers:
- Hit at least one 3 in 50 career games
- Made three or more 3s in 24 games
- Made five or more 3s in 9 games
- Scored 10+ points in 49 games
- Scored 15+ points in 40 games
- Scored 20+ points in 28 games
- Scored 25+ points in 17 games
- Scored 30+ points in 3 games
- Led UK in scoring in 35 games
- Led UK in rebounding in 31 games
- Howard has 1,082 career points, moving up to 28th all-time in scoring in program history.
- Senior guard Sabrina Haines scored 15 points in the game.
- Haines went 3-of-9 from 3 in the game.
- Haines has hit at least one 3 in 23 games, including three or more 3s in 11 games.
- This was the 17th time this season that Haines has scored 10 or more points.
- This was the sixth time this season that Haines has scored 15 or more points.
- Senior guard Jaida Roper scored 14 points in the game going 11-of-11 from the free-throw line.
- Roper’s strong showing at the free-throw line was only the 13th time in program history a player has attempted 10 or more free throws and hit every attempt.
- Roper had five assists in the game, tying for a team high.
- This was the 12th time this season she has led UK in assists.
- Senior forward Ogechi Anyagaligbo scored 10 points in the game with four rebounds.
- This is the third time she has scored 10 points tying her season high.