[COLOR=#000000][B]UK Hoops Postgame Notes
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[COLOR=#000000][B][COLOR=black]Morehead, Ky.
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[COLOR=#000000][B][COLOR=black]Final Score: No. 18/15 Kentucky – 96, Morehead State – 60
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[COLOR=#000000][B]Team Records and Series Notes[/B][B][/B][/COLOR]
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[*]Kentucky [COLOR=black]improves to 1-0 overall, while Morehead State falls to 0-1.[/COLOR]
[*][COLOR=windowtext]Kentucky leads the overall series against [/COLOR]Morehead State 25-4 with the Wildcats winning the last eight in a row. UK is 8-3 at Morehead, Ky.
[*][COLOR=windowtext]Coach Matthew Mitchell [/COLOR]is now 117-78 overall, 87-49 at UK, including a 3-0 record all-time against Morehead State.
[*]Kentucky is now 629-464 in its 38th year of varsity play.
[*]Kentucky plays again Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET against Jacksonville State in its home opener.
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[COLOR=#000000][B]First Half Notes[/B][/COLOR]
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[*]Kentucky used the starting lineup of Maegan Conwright, A’dia Mathies, Bria Goss, Brittany Henderson and Samantha Drake.
[*]Samantha Drake won the opening tipoff for Kentucky. Drake is 1-0 on the season.
[*]Brittany Henderson scored the game’s opening two points on a layup.
[*]Kentucky trailed 31-32 heading into the locker room.
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[COLOR=#000000][B]Second Half Notes[/B][/COLOR]
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[*]Trailing 34-36, Kentucky went on a 9-0 run to take the lead 43-36. UK would lead the remainder of the game.
[*]Kentucky held Morehead State without a field goal for 4:44, going on an 18-2 run in the process.
[*]Kentucky exploded on a 36-10 run in the second half to take a decisive 70-46 lead.
[*]The Wildcats shot 62.2 percent from the field in the second half.
[*]Kentucky held Morehead State to just eight field goals on 26.7 percent shooting in the second half.
[*]Kentucky outrebounded Morehead State 30-12 in the second half.
[*]Kentucky scored 65 points in the second half. It is the most points ever scored in a half by a Kentucky team.
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[COLOR=#000000][B]Team Notes[/B][B][/B][/COLOR]
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[*]UK has started a freshman in 104-of-136 games in the [COLOR=windowtext][URL=”https://exchange.uky.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=f12a5c9354c14b71bae223dc9df727a4&URL=https%3a%2f%2fexchange.uky.edu%2fowa%2fredir.aspx%3fC%3d8c3c8d1ac5914ebf9e5a0939cc8f6913%26URL%3dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.ukathletics.com%252fsports%252fw-baskbl%252fmtt%252fmitchell_matthew00.html”][COLOR=black]Matthew Mitchell[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR] era, including 71 straight.
[*]Kentucky is 26-1 under Mitchell when scoring 80 or more points.
[*][COLOR=black]UK won the rebounding battle 49-38 for the game, and 30-12 in the second half[/COLOR].
[*]Kentucky force[COLOR=black]d Morehead State into 30 turnovers[/COLOR] and has forced double-digit miscues in[COLOR=black] 83 co[/COLOR]nsecutive games. The Cats are[COLOR=black] 58-25 [/COLOR]during that span.
[*]With[COLOR=black] six m[/COLOR]ade 3-pointers, UK extended its streak of consecutive games with a triple to 258.
[*]UK outscored the Lady Eagles 54-24 in the paint.
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[COLOR=#000000][B]Individual Notes[/B][B][/B][/COLOR]
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[*]Sophomore guard Kastine Evans led Kentucky with a career-high 23 points on 8-12 shooting.
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[*]Scored 17 of 23 points in the second half.
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[*]Junior guard A’dia Mathies scored 16 points to go along with six rebounds. Mathies is now 58 points away from becoming Kentucky’s 28th member of the 1,000-point club.
[*]Senior guard Keyla Snowden scored 15 points, including three 3-pointers. Snowden also had a career-high four assists. Snowden had recorded three assists on four separate occasions.
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[*]Snowden’s 15 points move her to 983 points for her career (including points scored at Akron).
[*]It is the 16th time Snowden has hit three or more 3-pointers.
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[*]Sophomore center Samantha Drake led Kentucky with a team-high 10 rebounds. It is her second career double figure rebounding effort.
[*]Sophomore guard Maegan Conwright scored 11 points to go along with a career-high tying five assists
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