SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2021
MEMORIAL COLISEUM – LEXINGTON, KY.
No. 19 Kentucky 69, Ole Miss 73 – FINAL
No. 19 Kentucky 69, Ole Miss 73 – FINAL
Team Records and Series Notes
- Kentucky is 16-7 on the season and 9-6 in the SEC, while Ole Miss is 10-10, 4-10 in the league.
- This was the 44th all-time meeting between Kentucky and Ole Miss in women’s basketball.
- The Rebels lead the all-time series 25-19.
- The all-time meeting in games played in Lexington is tied 10-10.
- Ole Miss has won two straight inside Memorial Coliseum.
- Ole Miss has won three of the last four outings.
- Kyra Elzy is in her first season as head coach at Kentucky.
- Elzy is now 16-7 as head coach of Kentucky.
- UK is now 861-555 all-time in its 47th year of varsity women’s basketball.
- UK is 471-161 all-time in Memorial Coliseum.
- Kentucky went 11-2 at home this season, including 9-2 inside Memorial and 2-0 at Rupp Arena.
- Kentucky is ranked No. 19 in the latest AP Top 25 and No. 17 in the USA Today/Coaches Top 25.
- UK honored two senior managers – Mariah Osborne and Rachael Blackburn – along with guards Chasity Patterson and Kameron Roach pregame.
- KeKe McKinney and Tatyana Wyatt each have decided to return for an addition season in 2021-22.
- Kentucky is 34-12 all-time on Senior Day and have won 14 of the last 18 Senior Day games.
- The Wildcats will return to action in next week’s SEC Tournament.
- Seeding and game information will become final later today.
Team Notes
- Kentucky used the starting combination of senior guards Chasity Patterson and Kameron Roach, senior forwards Tatyana Wyatt and KeKe McKinney and junior guard Rhyne Howard.
- This was the first time this season that UK has used this starting combination.
- Rhyne Howard scored first for Kentucky in the game – the sixth time this season she has been the first Wildcat to score.
- Jazmine Massengill was the first sub for Kentucky.
- It was the fifth time Massengill has been the first sub for the Wildcats.
- Ole Miss won the tip, marking the 17th time this season that UK has lost the opening tip.
- Kentucky led 22-13 heading into the second quarter thanks to ending the quarter on a 10-2 run. UK’s run was 10-0 before a jumper by Ole Miss with just over a minute to go.
- UK went 7-of-14 from the field in the first 10 minutes adding a 7-of-8 mark from free throw.
- Ole Miss was 5-of-16 from the field in the first quarter and 0-of-3 from long range.
- Kentucky held a 9-8 mark in rebounds in the first quarter and a 10-6 mark in paint points.
- UK is 7-3 this season when it scored 20 or more in the first quarter. The losses are at DePaul, at TAMU and vs. Ole Miss.
- The Wildcats took a 31-25 lead into the break at halftime, but had a 31-20 lead midway through the quarter before Ole Miss ended the half on a 5-0 run.
- UK went the final 4:13 of the second quarter without scoring. The Wildcats missed their last six field goal attempts and hit just 1 of their last 10 attempts from the field.
- Ole Miss outscored Kentucky 12-9 in the second quarter.
- UK’s nine second-quarter points is its fewest this season.
- The run continued into the third quarter for Ole Miss, scoring back-to-back open layups to start the second half and forcing a UK timeout :45 into the half.
- After UK took a 11-point lead with 4:17 to go in the first half, the Rebels answered with a 17-0 run to take a 37-31 lead.
- Since that point, UK went 1-of-18 from the field and missed 13 straight shots.
- The run was broken by Dre’una Edwards hitting a 3 with 6:04 to go in the third quarter.
- All told, UK went 8:08 of the game without scoring.
- Kentucky ended the third quarter on a 6-0 run to cut the Ole Miss lead to 43-42 heading into the final 10 minutes.
- The Rebels outscored UK 18-11 in the third quarter.
- Ole Miss outscored UK 30-27 in the fourth quarter to earn the win.