Kentucky, Morehead State Square Off in Salute to Veterans Game

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The College of Kentucky girls’s basketball program will play host to Morehead State on Friday, Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. ET inside Memorial Coliseum, which is able to mark the second of 5 in-state matchups this season. The sport will likely be broadcast on SEC Community+ and 98.5 FM within the Lexington space, with Darren Headrick on the decision.

It’s the program’s annual Salute to Veterans sport, that includes programming, particular company and bulletins honoring previous, current and future service members of the USA Armed Forces.

Doorways to Memorial Coliseum will open one hour previous to the tip time. Luggage should adhere to the UK Athletics Clear Bag coverage, and luggage and objects will likely be searched. To keep away from extra contact factors, followers are strongly inspired to not convey pointless luggage to Memorial Coliseum. Extra on UK Athletics’ Clear Bag coverage may be discovered on-line right here.

Parking for video games is accessible beginning three hours previous to tipoff in a majority of floor heaps surrounding Memorial Coliseum, together with the Excessive Avenue Lot, East Maxwell Lot, Joe Craft Middle Lot, School View Lot, Alumni Middle Lot and Profession Middle Lot. The Cornerstone Storage and Parking Construction No. 2 will open two hours previous to tip. The Gatton Pupil Middle Lot is pay-to-park whereas all different parking choices are free. The JCC Lot is primarily used for restricted mobility/handicap parking. No shuttles are being supplied at this level within the season.

Darren Headrick may have the decision on the UK Sports activities Community on 98.5 FM in Lexington. Free reside audio will likely be obtainable on-line at UKathletics.com and reside stats will likely be obtainable on-line at KentuckyStats.com.

Kentucky is coming off a season-opening overcome Radford, 82-78, final Monday inside Memorial Coliseum. The Wildcats had two scorers in double digits, together with sophomore guard Jada Walker. She scored 19 factors on 8-of-11 from the sphere, marking simply the second time she has led the Cats in scoring by 32 profession video games. Along with her scoring contribution, the previous Southeastern Convention All-Freshman choice added 4 rebounds, 4 steals and two assists.

Robyn Benton, a graduate scholar, had 17 factors and 4 steals towards Radford, which marked the fortieth sport of her profession scoring in double digits.

5 Wildcats made their debut in Kentucky blue, together with transfers Adebola Adeyeye, Ajae Petty, Eniya Russell, Maddie Scherr and freshman Amiya Jenkins. Each Scherr and Jenkins are Kentucky natives and former Miss Kentucky Basketball honorees.

Within the victory final Monday, Kentucky had a formidable 56 factors within the paint, whereas scoring an uncharacteristic three 3-pointers. The Wildcats pressured the Highlanders to commit 17 turnovers, scoring 18 factors off these miscues, whereas the Cats dedicated simply 10 turnovers themselves.

Kentucky and Morehead State haven’t met since 2019, when the Wildcats defeated the Eagles, 79-54, at dwelling, marking UK’s fifteenth straight win over MSU. Then-No. 13 Kentucky improved to a 5-0 total report after the win, in a sport that was led in scoring by Rhyne Howard’s 24 factors.

The Eagles (0-1) are coming off their lone lack of the season to the South Florida Bulls, 87-40, on the street. MSU featured balanced scoring, whereas Veronica Charles led the staff with 9 factors. In the meantime, the Eagles scored 23 factors within the fourth quarter of the sport, their most towards a Energy 5 faculty for the reason that NCAA adopted quarters in 2015.

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