No. 15 Kentucky 86, Charlotte 39 – FINAL
Team Records and Series Notes
- Kentucky is 8-0, while Charlotte is 6-2.
- The Wildcats are now 6-0 at home this season.
- UK is 175-40 at home under Matthew Mitchell, including 167-31 in Memorial Coliseum.
- Kentucky is 831-540 all-time, including 481-173 all-time at home.
- The Wildcats have had great success in Memorial Coliseum, sitting 454-157 all-time in the historic building.
- This was the second all-time meeting between Kentucky and Charlotte in women’s basketball.
- The series is now tied 1-1.
- Matthew Mitchell is in his 13th season as the head coach of the Wildcats.
- Mitchell is 319-154 overall in his career and 289-125 during his tenure at Kentucky.
- UK is 54-22 all-time in the month of December under Matthew Mitchell.
- Kentucky is ranked 15th in the latest Associated Press Top 25.
Team Notes
- Kentucky used the starting combination of sophomore guard Rhyne Howard, senior guards Sabrina Haines and Amanda Paschal and junior forwards KeKe McKinney and Tatyana Wyatt.
- The Wildcats have used this starting combination in every game but one this season and are 7-0 with this starting five.
- UK won the tip for the seventh time this season.
- This was the fourth time Howard has won the tip for UK.
- Howard also scored first for UK, hitting a 3 in the early seconds of the game. She has been the first Wildcat to score three times this season.
- The Wildcats started the game on a 10-0, marking the most consecutive points for UK to start a game this season.
- The run ended at the 6:00 mark as Charlotte hit a 3 pointer.
- Kentucky ended the first quarter with a 29-9 lead, marking the most points it has scored in the first quarter of a game this season and the second most scored in any quarter this season.
- UK hit five 3s in the first quarter and were 10-of-16 from the field overall.
- UK’s offensive momentum continued to the second quarter as UK started the stanza on a 7-0 run that was part of an overall 13-0 run. That run was stopped by a Charlotte and-one.
- The Wildcats have scored 40 or more first-half points in each of their last four games.
- UK has had a 20+ point lead in each of the last four games.
- Charlotte went a 6-0 run late in the first half to cut into UK’s lead before two Rhyne Howard free throws ended the scoring in the first half.
- After its hot shooting in the first half, UK went 6-of-16 from the field in the second quarter.
- Kentucky only committed two first-half turnovers, while forcing Charlotte into 10 first-half turnovers and scoring 14 points off those miscues.
- UK forced 22 turnovers and scored 24 points off those miscues.
- UK has forced 20 or more turnovers in every game this season and scored 20+ points off turnovers in every game but one this season.
- The Wildcats had 16 assists and have recorded 15 or more assists in each of the last four games.
- UK hit 10 3s in the game and have hit 10 or more 3s in three of the last four games.
- Kentucky has scored 20+ points in 11 of its last 16 quarters of play.
- UK held Charlotte to a season-low 39 points while the Wildcats scored a season-high 86 points.
- UK has scored 80 or more points in three straight games for the first time since the 2015-16 squad accomplished the feat five straight times in late November and early December of 2015.
- Kentucky is now 352-23 all-time when it scored 80 or more points, including 106-5 under Mitchell.
- UK is now 103-9 in regular-season non-conference home games under Matthew Mitchell.
- The Wildcats shot a higher percentage from the floor than Charlotte and are now 158-17 under Mitchell when they can shoot a higher percentage from the floor.
- Kentucky went 18-of-23 from the free-throw line in the game, which was a season high in makes. UK’s 78.3 percent from the line was the second highest this season.
Player Notes
- Sophomore guard Rhyne Howard tied a career-high with 29 points in the game, adding seven rebounds and four steals.
- Howard has hit at least one 3-pointer in 35 of her 40 career games.
- Howard has scored 10 or more points in 33 of her 40 career games.
- Howard has scored 20 or more points in 14 of her 40 career games.
- Howard has led UK in scoring in 22 of her 40 career games.
- Howard has made three or more 3s in 14 of her 38 career games.
- Howard has led UK in scoring six times this season.
- Scored 19 points in the first half and has scored 15 or more first-half points in three games this season.
- Her 29 points were the most by a UK player since Maci Morris scored 31 against Morehead State last November.
- Led Kentucky with four steals, marking the fourth time this season she has led UK in steals.
- Led UK with seven rebounds, marking the third time this season she has led UK in rebounds.
- Senior guard Sabrina Haines scored 16 points with five rebounds and two steals in the game.
- Haines has hit a 3-pointer in every game this season.
- Haines went 3-of-4 from the 3-point line continuing her SEC-leading 3-point percentage this season.
- Haines has hit three or more 3s in three games this season and seven times in her career.
- This was the fifth double-figure scoring game for Haines this season and the second 15+ performance of the year.
- Senior guard Jaida Roper scored 10 points with four assists.
- Roper has scored 10 or more points in three straight games for the second time in her career.
- Senior guard Amanda Paschal recorded a team-best five assists in the game and has now led UK in assists four times this season.
- Junior forward Tatyana Wyatt returned after missing the last game due to illness and recorded nine points with five rebounds.
- Wyatt hit a 3-pointer in the game, which was the second make this season from long range.
- Wyatt has scored seven or more points in every game but one this season.
- Wyatt has five or more rebounds in every game but one this season.