Kentucky got out of Louisville with a 72-62 win over the Cardinals on Saturday afternoon.
Tonie Morgan led the Cats (7-0) with 19 points and 7 assists. Clara Strack finished with 17 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocked shots. Teonni Key chipped in 17 points, 8 boards and 4 blocks.
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— Kentucky Women’s Basketball (@KentuckyWBB) November 22, 2025
Postgame Notes:
#20/18 KENTUCKY 72, #21/19 LOUISVILLE 62 – FINAL
Team Records and Series Notes
– Kentucky improved to 7-0 to begin the season and Louisville is 4-2.
– The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 52nd season of varsity status.
– UK has a 935-616 all-time record.
– Kentucky is 9-4 on the road under head coach Kenny Brooks, including 3-0 in 2025-26.
– The last time the program played three true road games in the first seven games of the season was 2013-14. That team also got off to a 7-0 start in that stretch, including road triumphs at Marist, Wagner and Middle Tennessee.
– Kenny Brooks is in his second season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 30-8 record in Blue and White.
– He is 547-212 in his 24th overall season as a head coach.
– Kentucky remains the leader in the all-time series with Louisville, 36-25.
– UK has won back-to-back games against UofL for the first time since 2014-15 and 2015-16.
– UK still trails UofL in Louisville territory, 17-12.
– UK still trails UofL when UofL is ranked, 8-6.
– This is the second straight season that UK has won its first seven games of the season.
– This is just the 11th time in program history UK has won its first seven games of a season.
– Kenny Brooks became the first head coach in program history to lead Kentucky to even a 3-0 start in each of their first two seasons at the helm.
Team Notes
Kentucky used the starting combination Tonie Morgan, Jordan Obi, Amelia Hassett, Teonni Key and Clara Strack.
UK is 7-0 when using that starting combination.
UK won the opening tip for the sixth time this season.
Clara Strack was the first player to score for Kentucky for the fourth time this season.
Asia Boone was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky for the seventh straight game.
Kentucky had its best shooting percentage of the first quarter this season at 57.1% on 8-of-14 for a 19-18 lead after 10 minutes.
It is the second straight game it has set a first-quarter, season-high, field-goal percentage.
Kentucky also had its best shooting percentage for a first half this season at 55.2% on 16-of-29 for a 37-35 lead at halftime.
Kentucky has led all seven of its opponents at halftime this season.
Kentucky also tied its best shooting percentage of the fourth quarter this season at 54.5% on 6-of-11.
Kentucky shot 52.5% from the field, the second time it has shot at least 50.0% from the field this season.
Kentucky is 9-0 under head coach Kenny Brooks when it shoots at least 50.0%.
Kentucky’s defeated Louisville, 72-62, for its largest margin of victory at UofL since Jan. 20, 1999 (13 points).
UK has held all seven of its opponents to fewer than 62 points.
The Wildcats have won all seven of their games by at least 10 points this season.
The Cats are 6-3 under head coach Kenny Brooks when the game was decided by 6-10 points.
Kentucky has held all seven of its opponents to under 40.0 percent shooting, including holding Louisville to 39.7 percent.
The Wildcats had eight blocks.
The Cats, who entered the game leading the nation on 10.0 blocks per game, have had at least eight blocks in all but one game this season.
UK outrebounded UofL, 41-27.
UK scored 13 second-chance points.
Player Notes
Tonie Morgan, senior guard, had a team-lead 19 points on 8-of-16.
She added five rebounds, seven assists and one steal.
She has had at least six assists in all seven games this season.
She led the nation in assists and was second in the nation in assists per game entering the matchup.
Clara Strack, junior center, had her fifth straight double-double on 17 points and 10 rebounds.
She led the nation in double-doubles going into the game, now with six out of seven games.
Dre’una Edwards was the last player to record five straight double-doubles and five straight games with at least 10 rebounds from November 2021 to December 2021.
She went 1-of-1 from the arc and has now made at least one 3 in five of seven games this season.
She added three assists, two steals and two blocks.
She has recorded multiple assists in 5-of-7 games this season.
She has recorded multiple blocks in 6-of-7 games this season.
She is the only UK player, since at least 2002-03, to have at least 17 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks in a true road game since Rhyne Howard at Missouri on Feb. 24, 2022.
Teonni Key, senior forward, had a season-high 17 points.
She added eight rebounds, a season-high tying four blocks, one assist and one steal.
Jordan Obi, graduate guard, had 10 points and five rebounds.
Amelia Hassett, senior forward, had six points on two 3s.
She has made multiple 3s in all seven games this season.
She added seven rebounds, two blocks, one assist and one steal.
