Kentucky-Florida Women’s Basketball Postgame Notes (2024)

• Women's Basketball
• February 18, 2024 - 03:57 PM

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
KENTUCKY VS. FLORIDA
SUNDAY, FEB. 18, 2024
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER

KENTUCKY 81, FLORIDA 77 – FINAL

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 10-16 overall and 3-9 in the Southeastern Conference in 2023-24, while Florida is 13-11 overall and 4-8 in the conference this season.
• The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program is in its 50th season.
  • UK has a 904-604 (.599) all-time record.
• Kyra Elzy is in her fourth season as the head coach of the Wildcats, holding a 59-56 (.513) overall record.
  • She has a 22-37 overall record in the SEC.
• Kentucky remains the leader in the all-time series with Florida, 37-27, and in Lexington, 17-12.
• Kentucky will play at Mississippi State in Starkville, Mississippi, on Thursday, Feb. 22 at7:30 p.m. ET.
  • The game will be broadcast on SEC Network+.

Team Notes

• Kentucky used the starting combination Casidy Rowe, Maddie Scherr, Amiya Jenkins, Emma King and Ajae Petty for the first game this season.
  • It is UK’s 11th starting combination this season.
  • UK is 1-0 when using that starting combination.
• The Wildcats won the opening tip.
• Ajae Petty was the first player to score for Kentucky.
• Brooklynn Miles was the first substitute off the bench for Kentucky.

• The Wildcats improved to 4-0 on the season when they score at least 80 points.
  • The Cats improved to 383-26 all-time when they score at least 80 points.
• UK’s 81 points is a season high in SEC games.
• The Wildcats had a season-high tying 42 bench points.
• Kentucky improved to 7-3 when at least four players score in double digits in 2023-24.
• UK led UF in rebounds, 43-35.
• The Wildcats went 22-of-33 at the line, both of which are season highs in SEC games.
• Kentucky took a season-best seven charges in the game.

How It Happened

• Both teams shot 46.7 percent on 7-of-15 from the field in the first quarter as Kentucky and Florida were tied, 17-17, at the end of the period.
  • The Wildcats went 3-of-7 from the arc in that period.
• Eniya Russell scored nine points in the second quarter on 3-of-6 from the arc, a 3-pointer and 2-of-2 from the line to lead UK in the third quarter.
  • Maddie Scherr and Amiya Jenkins combined for another eight points, as Kentucky led Florida, 36-34, at halftime.
• The Wildcats trailed the Gators, 60-54, despite making just one less field goal.
  • One difference in the third quarter was at the line, as the Gators went 10-of-14 and the Cats went just 4-of-7.
  • Florida also scored six points off Kentucky’s six turnovers in that period.
• Down six points to start the fourth quarter, Kentucky chipped away at Florida’s lead through the first five minutes of the period.
  • Amiya Jenkins’ layup and Maddie Scherr’s jumper helped UK tied UF, 69-69, just under the five-minute mark.
  • Florida regained a two-point lead on the next possesion, but Kentucky followed with a 5-0 run to take the lead and keep it until the end of the game.
  • Kentucky defeated Florida, 81-77.

Player Notes

• Eniya Russell, a senior guard, led Kentucky with a career-high 24 points on 8-of-15 from the field and 7-of-10 from the line.
  • She has scored 10+ points in 13 games this season and 17 games in her career.
  • She added five rebounds, three assists, two steals and one block.
    • She has dished out 3+ assists in five games this season and 11 games in her career.
    • She has made 2+ steals in five games this season and six games in her career.
  • Ajae Petty, a senior forward, had 10 points and a team-high 11 rebounds.
    • It marked her 14th double-double this season and 16th of her career.
    • She has scored 10+ points in 20 games this season and 30 games in her career.
    • She has had 10+ rebounds in 15 games this season and 17 games in her career.
    • She added one assist.
  • Maddie Scherr, a senior guard, had 14 points on 4-of-8 from the field and 4-of-4 from the line.
    • She has scored 10+ points in 17 games this season and 38 games in her career.
    • She added three rebounds, an assist and a steal.
  • Amiya Jenkins, a sophom*ore guard, had 10 points and a season-high seven rebounds.
    • She has scored 10+ points in six games this season and six games in her career.
    • She added an assist.