Late rally falls short for Kentucky WBB

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Robyn Benton scored 19 factors however the Kentucky girls’s basketball staff fell to Auburn 71-68 on Thursday night time at Memorial Coliseum.

Kentucky (Sept. 11, 1-7 SEC) acquired 16 factors, eight rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocked pictures from Maddie Scherr. Jada Walker had 14 factors for UK.

The Cats struggled with turnovers on Thursday, committing 20 miscues that led to 32 Auburn factors. In the meantime, the Tigers turned it over 16 instances, resulting in 18 UK factors.

Kentucky opened the sport by scoring the primary 4 factors to seize an early lead. Auburn would battle again to tie the sport at six, eight and 10. The Cats answered by scoring six in a row, keyed by an Emma King three, to guide 16-10. The Cats would maintain an 18-15 lead after one quarter.

The Cats scored the primary two factors of the second interval on a Benton basket, however then noticed Auburn flip up the protection on its option to an 11-0 run that gave the Tigers a 26-20 lead. Nonetheless, the Cats would rating seven of the sport’s subsequent 9 factors to chop the Auburn benefit to 1, 28-27.

Kentucky would ultimately take the lead, 31-30, on an Adebola Adeyeye. Nonetheless, the lead lasted simply 16 seconds. The Cats would tie the sport at 33 and 35 however Auburn would maintain a 38-35 lead on the break.

Auburn prolonged the lead early within the third quarter, scoring the primary 4 factors to guide 42-35. Kentucky answered with an 8-2 run, six of which had been by Scherr, to get inside one, 44-43. However Auburn had the answered with 11 consecutive factors to guide 55-43. The Cats would shut the interval on a 6-2 run however nonetheless trailed 59-50 with 10 minutes left to play.

Kentucky spent your entire fourth quarter attempting to chip into the Auburn lead. The Cats would get inside two on 4 events, together with on a pair of Walker free throws with 40 seconds left. On the following possession, Kentucky pressured an Auburn turnover with 15.5 seconds left, giving the Cats one possession to tie or take the lead. However the Cats did not get a shot off and got here up simply quick.

Kentucky returns to motion on Sunday, internet hosting Missouri at Memorial Coliseum. Tipoff is ready for 3 p.m. ET and the sport might be seen on the SEC Community.