Georgia Amoore leads Kentucky to SEC road win at No. 13 Oklahoma

Team Records and Series Notes

– Kentucky improved to 19-2 overall and 8-1 in the Southeastern Conference, while Oklahoma is 16-6 overall and 4-5 in the SEC.
– The Wildcats are 4-1 against Associated Press Top 25 teams this season.
– The Cats have defeated all four of those opponents by at least nine points.
– Today’s game marked Kentucky’s highest ranked win since defeating No. 1 South Carolina on March 6, 2022.
– The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 51st season of varsity status.
– UK has a 925-610 all-time record.
– Kenny Brooks is in his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 19-2 record in Blue and White.
– He is 536-206 (.722) in his 23rd overall season as a head coach.
– Kentucky leads Oklahoma, 3-1, in the all-time series.
– Kentucky improved to 1-0 in Norman, Oklahoma.
– Kentucky has a four-game winning streak over Oklahoma.
– Kentucky will have its second and last bye period this week before going back on the road to face Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi, on Monday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

Team Notes

– Kentucky used the starting combination Georgia Amoore, Dazia Lawrence, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack for the 21st straight game.
– UK is 19-2 when using that starting combination.
– The Wildcats won the opening tip for the 13th game this season.
– Clara Strack was the first player to score for Kentucky for the eighth time this season.
– Clara Silva was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the 11th time this season.
– The Wildcats defeated their first AP Top 25 opponent on the road since No. 19/17 Kentucky upset No. 17/18 Georgia in Athens, Georgia, on Feb. 25, 2021.
– The Wildcats are 4-1 against Associated Press Top 25 teams this season.
– The Cats have defeated all four of those opponents by at least nine points.
– Kentucky is 4-0 this season when scoring at least 90 points, including 3-0 in league games.
– Kentucky is 10-0 this season when its scores at least 80 points, including 5-0 in league games.
– Kentucky shot 50.0 percent from the field (33-of-66).
– Kentucky is 5-0 this season when shooting at least 50.0 percent, including 3-0 in league games.
– UK held OU to 39.5 percent from the field (30-of-76).
– UK has held 15-of-its-21 opponents this season to under 40.0 percent shooting, including 7-of-its-9 league opponents.
– The Wildcats had 12 steals, their second most this season.
– The Cats had 25 points off turnovers, tying for their second-most this season.
– While Kentucky shot 75.0 percent from the field in the first quarter (12-of-16), it held Oklahoma to 26.3 percent (5-of-19), to take a 30-19.
– However, OU drew five more fouls than UK in the first period, 7-3, as OU went 8-of-8 from the line in the first period compared to UK’s 2-of-2.
– UK’s 30 points in the first frame were its second-most in the first frame this season (behind 31 scored at Vanderbilt).
– UK has shot more than 50.0 percent in the first frame in 12 of 21 games this season and six of nine league games.
– 18 of 19 wins have come by at least nine points.
– All eight league wins have come by at least nine points.
– UK has had at least a 17-point lead in eight of its nine league opponents this season.
– UK had as big as a 17-point lead over OU in the game.
– UK has had a lead at halftime over all nine of its league opponents this season.
– UK held a nine-point lead over OU at halftime.
– Kentucky concluded the game with 24 fouls, while Oklahoma had 23 fouls.
– UK went 12-of-16 from the line, while OU went 20-of-23 from the line.
– This is UK’s second ranked game this season that its opponent recorded at least 20 points from the line and UK still won.
– Three Wildcats fouled out of the game, while one Sooner fouled out.

Player Notes

* Georgia Amoore, graduate guard, had a school-record-tying and career-best 43 points.
– She becomes just the fifth player in Division I this season to score as many as 43 points, and the second in the SEC.
– Her previous season high was 27 points and her previous career high was 39 points.
– Her 43 points tied Rhyne Howard (at Alabama (1/9/2020)) and Jennifer O’Neill (vs. Baylor (12/6/13)) for the most points in a single game in program history.
– She had 20 points at halftime, the first UK player to have at least 20 points in the first half since Rhyne Howard had 24 against Auburn on Feb. 27, 2022.
– She has scored 20+ points in 11 games this season, including five of nine league games.
– She has scored 10+ points in 20 games this season.
– She went 15-22 from the field, 7-12 from the arc and 6-8 from the line.
– It marked her third game this season she has made at least seven 3-pointer in a game.
– She becomes the first player in program history to have three game with at least seven 3-pointers in the same season.
– She added eight assists and one rebound.
– She has recorded at least eight assists in 14 games this season.
– She recorded her 13th game of the season with at least 15 points and five assists.

* Clara Strack, sophomore center, had 19 points.
– She has scored 10+ points in 18 games this season.
– She has scored 15+ points in 12 games this season.
– She went 3-of-5 from the arc, a career high makes from long range.
– She added six rebounds, a career-high five steals, two blocks and one assist.
– She has made at least one assist in every game this season.
– She has made at least one block in 20 of her 21 games this season.
– Strack played jut 25 minutes.

* Dazia Lawrence, a graduate guard, had 14 points.
– She has scored 10+ points in 15 games this season.
– She went 3-of-7 from the arc.
– She has made at least three 3-pointers in 11 games this season, including the last three straight.
– She added four assists, two steals and two rebounds.