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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES

KENTUCKY VS. MOREHEAD STATE

FRIDAY, NOV. 11, 2022
MEMORIAL COLISEUM – LEXINGTON, KY.
 

Kentucky 73, Morehead State 48 – FINAL

 
Staff Information and Collection Notes 

• The College of Kentucky girls’s basketball program is in its forty ninth season with an 884-569 (.608) all-time file.  
  • The Wildcats improved to 2-0 this season, together with 2-0 at residence in 2022-23. 
• Kyra Elzy is in her third season as the top coach of the Wildcats, holding a 39-21 total file. 
  • Elzy is 24-7 at residence, together with 22-5 file inside Memorial Coliseum and 2-2 mark inside Rupp Area. 
• Kentucky leads the all-time conferences with Morehead State, 33-4, in a collection that started in 1970.  
  • UK leads the all-time conferences with MSU in video games performed in Lexington, 23-1.  
  • The Wildcats have received the final 16 straight conferences with the Eagles. 
• Kentucky will host Coastal Carolina for its subsequent sport Sunday, Nov. 13 at 1 p.m. ET in Memorial Coliseum for Daddy and Daughters day. 

 
Staff Notes 

• Kentucky held Morehead State to 48 factors. 
  • It marked the primary time it has held an opponent to underneath 50 factors since permitting simply 44 factors towards SC Upstate on Dec. 19, 2021. 
  • The Wildcats held the Eagles to only 14 factors within the quick half, the primary time the Cats have held an opponent to underneath 20 factors within the first half since permitting simply 18 factors towards Missouri on Jan. 31, 2021. 
• Kentucky used the beginning mixture Jada Walker, Maddie Scherr, Robyn Benton, Blair Inexperienced and Nyah Leveretter. The Wildcats are 2-0 utilizing that beginning mixture this season. 
  • Kentucky received the opening tip. 
  • Maddie Scherr was the primary Kentucky participant to attain within the sport. 
  • Adebola Adeyeye and Emma King had been the primary substitutes off the bench. 
• Kentucky had a 13-0 run to start out the sport, due to the scoring efforts of 5 totally different gamers. 
  • UK’s first three subject objectives within the sport had been three-point subject objectives scored by Maddie Scherr, Emma King and Eniya Russell. 
  • The Wildcats led the Eagles, 17-6, on the finish of the primary quarter. 
    • That is the fewest quantity of factors the Cats have allowed in 1 / 4 up to now this season.  
• Morehead State opened the scoring within the second quarter to try to eat at Kentucky’s lead. 
  • Blair Inexperienced responded with a jumper at 8:38 within the second quarter. 
  • Each groups went scoreless for the subsequent three-plus minutes. 
  • The scoring drought was capped by Amiya Jenkins’ 3-pointer slightly below the five-minute mark. 
    • Kentucky improved its lead over Morehead State, 24-10. 
  • The Eagles went on a 4-0 run because the clock counted towards the ultimate minute of the second quarter. 
  • Russell scored on a layup down the stretch. 
  • Kentucky led Morehead State, 26-14, at halftime. 
• The Eagles scored first popping out of the half. 
  • The Wildcats responded in a giant approach, scoring three straight 3-pointers, first by Robyn Benton, adopted by Inexperienced, then capped by Scherr. 
  • Kentucky turned that into an 11-0 run. 
    • That run featured a disruption in Morehead State’s inbound play. Adeyeye pressured a steal, then handed it to Scherr, who would dish it to Walker for a layup underneath the basket.  
  • That might ultimately flip into an 18-0 run because the clock approached the five-minute mark within the third quarter. 
  • Kentucky’s run was snapped by a Morehead State 3-pointer, which become a 9-0 run for the Eagles. 
  • The Cats went on another 6-0 run to cap the third quarter, because the Wildcats led the Eagles, 54-27, forward of the ultimate 10 minutes. 
• As soon as once more, Morehead State opened the third quarter in scoring.  
  • Inexperienced and Adebola responded with a jumper and a layup, respectively, earlier than Morehead State rallied for an and-one. 
  • Scherr adopted along with her fourth 3-pointer of the sport. Benton added a layup underneath the basket, as Kentucky led Morehead State, 63-32. 
  • The Eagles went on a 7-0 run to dip underneath the five-minute mark within the sport.  
  • From there, it was again-and-forth till the top of the sport, as Kentucky defeated Morehead State, 73-48. 
• Kentucky shot a season-high 51.7 p.c from the sphere on 30-of-42 taking pictures. 
  • The Wildcats additionally scored 10 3-pointers on 43.5 p.c from the arc. 
  • UK pressured MSU to commit 30 turnovers, scoring 38 factors off these miscues. 
  • Kentucky had 24 assists on 30 subject objectives. 

Participant Notes 

• Kentucky had three gamers rating in double digits, together with Maddie Scherr (14), Blair Inexperienced (13) and Robyn Benton (11). 
• Junior guard Maddie Scherr led the group with 14 factors on 5-of-7 from the sphere.  
  • She tied her profession excessive in three-point subject objective makes with 4, going 4-of-4 from the arc.  
  • Scherr added a career-high tying 9 assists. She additionally added six rebounds, three blocks and a steal. 
• Graduate guard Blair Inexperienced had 13 factors on 6-of-11 from the sphere, whereas tacking on 4 rebounds, an help and a steal. 
• Graduate guard Robyn Benton scored 11 factors on 5-of-11 from the sphere. 
  • It marked the second straight sport this season she has scored in double digits.  
  • She additionally had three rebounds and three assists. 
    • It marked the second straight sport this season she has recorded no less than three assists. 
• Freshman guard Amiya Jenkins had a career-high eight factors on 3-of-4 from the sphere. 
  • The rookie made her first profession 3-pointer within the sport. 
• Graduate ahead Adebola Adeyeye led the group in boards for the second straight sport with seven rebounds.  
  • She additionally had three steals and an help and a block. 
• Regardless of sophomore guard Jada Walker solely taking part in 12 minutes due to foul hassle, she produced 4 assists and a steal. 
• Freshman guards Saniah Tyler and Cassidy Rowe and freshman ahead Zennia Thomas made their collegiate debuts.