LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A'dia Mathies scored 13 second-half points, including back-to-back 3-pointers during Kentucky's 19-6 run, to help the No. 10 Wildcats pull away from No. 8 Tennessee for a 78-65 victory on Sunday.
Mathies, Kentucky's No. 2 career scorer, finished with 16 points in her home finale. Jennifer O'Neill added four 3-pointers for 16 points as Kentucky (25-4, 13-3) claimed the No. 2 seed for this week's Southeastern Conference tournament.
Kentucky set the tone throughout but emerged from a 36-32 halftime lead with a big run set up by three steals and two rebounds by Samarie Walker (10 points). That put the Wildcats up 55-38 and they stayed safely ahead to make Matthew Mitchell the program's winningest coach with 139 victories.
Regular-season champion Tennessee (23-6, 14-2) played without center Isabelle Harrison, who sustained a right knee injury Thursday.
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Comments » 3
LadyVolsFan71 writes:
Brackets are all set. Go to SEC womens basketbal site for complete bracket. UT gets winner of Florida/Arkansas. See everyone in Duluth.
Have a safe trip down.
ps11824 writes:
31 turnovers? Are you kidding me? Were they hurrying? KY suckered them in, didn't they?
johnlg00 writes:
UK lives and dies by forcing turnovers. The LVs were tired, hurt, and had already clinched the SEC regular-season championship outright and secured the #1 seed in the tournament. It was Senior Day at UK for the winningest seniors they have ever had, who STILL finished behind the LV team picked in the preseason to finish fourth when the Cats were picked to finish FIRST. UK was playing for pride as much as anything while the LVs had relatively nothing to play for. If the injured ones can get healed up and the tired ones get rested, it will be a different story if they get UK again.
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