Kentucky WBB Gets A “Big” Win 98-43 Over USC Upstate
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The Kenny Brooks era at Kentucky begins with a “Big” win for the Big Blue Nation (BBN). The South Carolina Upstate Spartans from the Big South traveled to Lexington to take on the Wildcats at the Historic Memorial Coliseum on Monday night.
Cats are back with the second largest margin of victory in a season opener.
— Kentucky Women’s Basketball (@KentuckyWBB) November 5, 2024
Amoore – 11p | 6r | 10a
Key – 14p | 9r | 5a
Lawrence – 9p | 2a
Strack – 22p | 6r | 2a
Hassett – 14p | 9r | 2a
Blue – 4p | 2r | 2a
Rowe – 2p | 1a
Becker – 5p
Brooks – 3p
Silva – 14p | 7r | 2a pic.twitter.com/ptaVxXSrQd
The Cats had a starting lineup of 6’5″ Clara Strack, 6’4″ Teonni Key, 6’3 Amelia Hassett, 5’9″ Dazia Lawrence, and 5’6″ Georgia Amoore. The size seemed to overwhelm the smaller Spartans, Brooks also brought in the 6’7″ freshman Clara Silva off the bench as well. Clara Strack led the Cats with 22 points and 6 rebounds, however, all three of Key, Hassett, and Silva added 14 points each.
Georgia Amoore had a double double with 11 points and ten assist. The Cats had five players in double figures while Dazia Lawrence debut with nine points. The Wildcats shot 35-67 for 52.2% from the floor while hitting 8-27 from three. Clara Silva finished the night with six blocks as the size advantage helped to take over the game.
22 pts
— Kentucky Women’s Basketball (@KentuckyWBB) November 5, 2024
7-11 FG
8-9 FT
6 rbs
2 asts
2 stls
2 blks
Clara freaking Strack. ☺️@ClaraStrack pic.twitter.com/HWlfzyhShb
Kentucky plays Northern Kentucky on Thursday night at Historic Memorial Coliseum for their second game of the season. Come out to catch the fun this season.
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