Kentucky-Missouri Postgame Notes

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
KENTUCKY VS. MISSOURI
SUNDAY, JAN. 29, 2023
MEMORIAL COLISEUM – LEXINGTON, KY.
  

Kentucky 77, Missouri 54 – FINAL
 
Staff Information and Collection Notes   

• The College of Kentucky girls’s basketball program is in its forty ninth season with an 892-580 (.606) all-time file.    
  • The Wildcats at the moment are 10-11 total and 2-7 within the league.  
  • The Tigers at the moment are 14-8 total and 3-6 within the league. 
• Kyra Elzy is in her third season as the pinnacle coach of the Wildcats, holding a 47-32 total file.   
  • She has a 19-21 total file within the SEC. 
• Kentucky leads the all-time conferences over Missouri, 11-5, in a sequence that started in 1989. 
  • Missouri has by no means defeated Kentucky on the highway, holding a 0-7 file in Lexington. 
  • The Wildcats and the Tigers break up within the common season, 1-1. 
• The Wildcats will hit the highway to play the No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks in Columbia, South Carolina, on Thursday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. ET on SEC Community. 

Staff Notes   

• The final time Kentucky received an SEC sport by 20 or extra factors was in opposition to Auburn (90-62) on Feb. 27, 2022, inside Memorial Coliseum. 
  • Kentucky is 6-3 this season when a sport is set by at the very least 16 factors. 
  • Kentucky is 1-3 this season when a SEC sport is set by at the very least 16 factors.  
• Kentucky used the beginning mixture Jada Walker, Maddie Scherr, Robyn Benton, Blair Inexperienced and Nyah Leveretter for the 1fifth sport this season. UK is 7-8 utilizing that beginning mixture.   
  • Missouri received the opening tip.  
  • Robyn Benton was the primary participant to attain for Kentucky for the fifth time this season. 
  • Adebola Adeyeye was the primary substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the twelfth time this season. 
• Kentucky led Missouri, 11-7, on the first media timeout (4:49), hitting 55.6 p.c from the ground on 5-of-9 capturing, together with 1-of-1 from the arc.  
  • The Tigers dedicated 4 turnovers within the first 5 minutes and 11 seconds of the sport, permitting the Wildcats to attain six factors off these miscues.  
  • Out of the media timeout, Kentucky went on an 11-2 run to shut out the primary quarter. 
  • Kentucky led Missouri, 22-9, on the finish of the primary quarter. 
• Missouri had the primary possession of the second quarter, however Maddie Scherr stole the ball and dished it out to Robyn Benton for a 3-pointer. On UM’s subsequent possession, Jada Walker stole the ball, then Scherr drained a second-straight 3-pointer. Kentucky took a 28-9 lead over Missouri after that run, with eight minutes and 36 seconds remaining within the second quarter. 
  • The Tigers known as a timeout, then went on a 10-2 run out of the break, together with going 4-of-4 from the road. 
  • The Wildcats closed out the primary half on an 11-2 run, which included a 9-0 sequence during the last two minutes and 39 seconds. 
  • Kentucky led Missouri, 41-22 at halftime. 
    • Twenty of Kentucky’s 41 factors got here off turnovers.  
• Robyn Benton scored on a jumper to open the second half, then the Tigers responded with a 3-pointer. 
  • On Kentucky’s subsequent possession, Scherr dished it out to Walker for a 3-pointer. UK stretched that right into a 6-0 sequence after Scherr knocked down three free throws on a fouled jumper behind the arc. 
  • UK and UM traded baskets over the subsequent 5 minutes, earlier than Kentucky would use the ultimate two minutes and 37 seconds of the third quarter to supply an 8-0 run. 
  • Kentucky led Missouri, 69-42, on the finish of the third quarter. 
• Scoring was back-and-forth within the fourth quarter, with neither workforce occurring a run larger than two scores.  
  • The Wildcats have been outscored by the Tigers, 12-8, within the ultimate stanza. 
  • Okayentucky defeated Missouri, 77-44. 
• The Wildcats shot 51.8 p.c from the sector on 29-of-56 capturing, whereas going 8-of-15 from behind the arc.  
  • The Wildcats have made at the very least six 3-pointers in six of their 9 convention video games this season. The Cats solely achieved that feat in 4 of their 12 nonconference video games in 2022-23. 
  • Kentucky’s 4 beginning guards scored in double digits this afternoon.  
    • UK improves to 3-1 when at the very least 4 gamers rating in double digits this season. 
    • UK improves to 1-1 when at the very least 4 gamers rating in double digits in SEC motion this season.  
• Kentucky pressured Missouri to commit 22, scoring 28 factors off these miscues. 
  • In the meantime, the Cats solely turned the ball over 13 instances, giving up simply eight factors from these errors.  
  • The Wildcats have received or tied the turnover battle in 15-of-21 video games this season. 
  • The Wildcats have pressured 13 of their 21 opponents into at the very least 20 turnovers.  

Participant Notes   

• Sophomore guard Jada Walker led Kentucky with 18 factors, whereas 10 of her 18 factors got here within the third quarter. 
  • It marked the sixth occasion this season she has led UK in scoring.  
  • It marked the sixteenth sport this season she has scored at the very least 10 factors. 
  • It marked the tenth sport this season she has scored at the very least 15 factors. 
  • She added 5 assists, two rebounds and three steals. 
    • Walker, who leads the convention in steals, has had at the very least one steal in eight straight video games. 
• Graduate guard Blair Inexperienced had 14 factors and 5 rebounds. 
  • It marked the eighth sport this season she has scored at the very least 10 factors and the primary since Jan. 1. 
  • The 5 rebounds are her most since grabbing seven at Minnesota on Dec. 7. 
    • It marked the fourth sport this season she has grabbed at the very least 5 rebounds.  
  • She went 1-of-3 from the arc, marking the fourth straight sport she has knocked down a 3-pointer.  
• Graduate guard Robyn Benton had 13 factors. 
  • She has scored in double digits in all 20 video games she has performed on this season. 
  • She made at the very least one 3-pointer for the 1fifth straight sport. 
  • She went 3-of-5 from lengthy vary, marking the third time this season she has made at the very least three 3-pointers in a sport. 
  • She added 4 steals, all of which have been within the first quarter, a career-high three blocks, two rebounds and two assists. 
• Junior guard Maddie Scherr had 13 factors.  
  • She has scored at the very least 10 factors in seven straight video games. 
  • She added 5 rebounds, eight assists, three steals and one block. 
    • She leads Kentucky with an energetic streak of 12 straight video games recording at the very least one steal. 
    • She has dished out at the very least three assists in 19 of 21 video games this season. 
      • She has dished out at the very least eight assists in 4 video games this season. 
    • She has blocked at the very least one shot in 4 straight video games. 
• Junior ahead Nyah Leveretter led Kentucky with six rebounds, together with three offensive rebounds and three defensive rebounds. 
  • She added eight factors, on 3-of-5 from the ground and 2-of-2 from the road, and one block. 
  • She has made at the very least six rebounds in seven video games this season, together with the final two straight.