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#11/12 Kentucky Wildcats vs. Murray State Racers Wednesday, Nov. 25 - 1 p.m. ET Memorial Coliseum (1,200) - Lexington, Ky. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TV - SEC Network+ Radio - UK Sports Network Tickets (home games) Follow the Cats PBP: Jeff Piecoro PBP: Darren Headrick Ticketmaster.com Twitter: @KentuckyWBB Ticket quantities will be Analyst: Christi Thomas 630AM WLAP (Lexington) limited this season due to Instagram: @KentuckyWBB COVID-19 regulations. Facebook: /KentuckyWBB 2020-21 KENTUCKY WBB SCHEDULE Record: 0-0, 0-0 SEC Home: 0-0 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-0 November 2020 Ranking: 11th (AP)/12th (Coaches) 25 MURRAY STATE SEC Network+ 1 p.m. Last Game: n/a 29 BELMONT SEC Network 4 p.m. Coach: Kyra Elzy (1st season) Alma Mater: Tennessee, 1999/2001 December 2020 Overall: 0-0 (.000) (1st season) 3 at Kansas State^ 7:30 p.m. at UK: 0-0 (.000) (1st season) 6 INDIANA ESPNU 4 p.m. 9 MARSHALL SEC Network+ 7 p.m. Record: 0-0, 0-0 OVC 13 SAMFORD SEC Network+ 2 p.m. Home: 0-0 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-0 16 at DePaul 3 p.m. Ranking: n/a 19 WOFFORD SEC Network+ 1 p.m. Last Game: n/a 22 TBD TBD Coach: Rechelle Turner (4th season) 31 ARKANSAS* SEC Network 8:30 p.m. Alma Mater: Murray State, 1996 Overall: 38-52 (.422) (4th season) January 2021 at Murray St.: 38-52 (.422) (4th season) 3 at Tennessee* TBD QUICK NOTES 7 at Texas A&M* SEC Network 8:30 p.m. • Kentucky is in its 47th season with a 845-548 (.607) all-time record. 10 SOUTH CAROLINA* TBD • UK is 38-8 all-time in season openers, including winning 11 in a 14 at Auburn* SEC Network 8:30 p.m. row. Last season, UK defeated Mount St. Mary’s 67-44 in its season 17 VANDERBILT* SEC Network 5 p.m. opener at Memorial Coliseum. The Wildcats are 42-4 all-time in 24 at Mississippi State* TBD home openers and have won 11 in a row as well. 28 ALABAMA* SEC Network 7 p.m. • Kentucky and Murray State are facing off for the 15th time in pro- 31 MISSOURI* SEC Network 1 p.m. gram history on Wednesday. Kentucky is 6-0 all-time against Murray State at home. This is only the third meeting between the two February 2021 4 at Ole Miss* TBD schools since 1994. UK won the last meeting on Dec. 21, 2018 inside 11 TENNESSEE* TBD Memorial Coliseum, 88-49. 15 at Florida* SEC Network 7 p.m. • The Wildcats have had great success in Memorial Coliseum, sitting 18 LSU* TBD at 461-159 (.744) overall in the historic building. 21 at South Carolina* TBD • For the 12th time in the last 14 seasons, the Wildcats begin the sea- 25 at Georgia* TBD son ranked or receiving votes in the AP Top 25. UK is No. 11 in the 28 OLE MISS* SEC Network Noon preseason listing this year, which is its highest since 2014-15. • Rhyne Howard was a first-team All-American last season by the March 2021 USBWA, AP and Wooden Award. So far this preseason, Howard has 3-7 SEC Tournament (N1) SEC Network TBD headlined the 2021 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch 19-22 NCAA First & Second Rounds (N2) TBD List, 2021 WBCA Wade Trophy Watch List and 2021 Cheryl Miller 26-29 NCAA Regionals (N3) TBD Award Preseason Watch List. She has also been named the SEC Pre- season Player of the Year by league media and league coaches. April 2021 • The Associated Press named Rhyne Howard a first-team preseason 2 & 4 NCAA Final Four (N4) TBD All-American by unanimous selection. She is the first player in pro- gram history to be a first-team AP Preseason All-American. * denotes SEC game; ^ denotes SEC/Big 12 Challenge; All game times are • In 46 years of women’s basketball, Kentucky has 95 wins over EASTERN STANDARD TIME and subject to change due to TV selection; All home ranked opponents and are scheduled to face nine ranked teams. games are ALL CAPS and will be played at Memorial Coliseum unless noted oth- • Kyra Elzy became the eighth head coach in Kentucky women’s erwise; N1 – SEC Tournament – Greenville, S.C. (Bon Secours Wellness Arena); basketball history on Thursday, Nov. 12 when UK AD Mitch Barnhart N2 – NCAA First & Second Rounds – TBD; N3 – NCAA Regionals – Albany, N.Y. named her interim head coach following the abrupt retirement of (Times Union Center), Austin, Texas (H-E-B Center), Cincinnati, Ohio (Cintas Cen- Matthew Mitchell. The 2020-21 season is the ninth for Elzy in the ter), Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena); N4 – NCAA Final Four Kentucky program with most of that time coming as the associate – San Antonio, Texas (Alamodome) head coach. Elzy has recruited some of the best players to ever wear the Blue and White and helped guide the Wildcats to the SEC Championship in 2012 and two NCAA Elite Eights. NUMERICAL BY CLASS No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/High School/Previous College Seniors (3) 00 Olivia Owens C R-So. 6-4 Albany, N.Y./Niskayuna HS/Maryland KeKe McKinney 1 Robyn Benton G Jr. 5-9 Conyers, Ga./Greater Atlanta Christian/Auburn Chasity Patterson 3 KeKe McKinney F Sr. 6-1 Knoxville, Tenn./Fulton HS Tatyana Wyatt 5 Blair Green G Jr. 6-0 Harlan, Ky/Harlan County HS 10 Rhyne Howard G Jr. 6-2 Cleveland, Tenn./Bradley Central HS Juniors (5) 12 Treasure Hunt G Fr. 6-2 Chattanooga, Tenn./Hamilton Heights Robyn Benton 13% Jazmine Massengill G Jr. 6-0 Chattanooga, Tenn./Hamilton Heights/Tennessee Blair Green 14 Tatyana Wyatt F Sr. 6-2 Columbus, Ga./Columbus HS Rhyne Howard 15 Chasity Patterson G Sr. 5-5 Houston, Texas/North Shore/Texas 20 Erin Toller G Fr. 5-7 Louisville, Ky./Sacred Heart Academy Jazmine Massengill 21 Nyah Leveretter F Fr. 6-3 Blythewood, S.C./Westwood HS Kameron Roach 23 Kameron Roach G R-Jr. 5-6 Hopkins, S.C./Lower Richland HS 34 Emma King G Soph. 5-10 Stanford, Ky./Lincoln County HS Sophomores (3) 44 Dre’una Edwards F R-So. 6-2 Las Vegas, Nev./Liberty HS/Utah Dre’una Edwards ALPHABETICAL Olivia Owens No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/High School/Previous College Emma King 1 Robyn Benton G Jr. 5-9 Conyers, Ga./Greater Atlanta Christian/Auburn 44 Dre’una Edwards F R-So. 6-2 Las Vegas, Nev./Liberty HS/Utah Freshmen (3) 5 Blair Green G Jr. 6-0 Harlan, Ky/Harlan County HS Treasure Hunt 10 Rhyne Howard G Jr. 6-2 Cleveland, Tenn./Bradley Central HS Nyah Leveretter 12 Treasure Hunt G Fr. 6-2 Chattanooga, Tenn./Hamilton Heights Erin Toller 34 Emma King G Soph. 5-10 Stanford, Ky./Lincoln County HS 21 Nyah Leveretter F Fr. 6-3 Blythewood, S.C./Westwood HS BY HEIGHT 13% Jazmine Massengill G Jr. 6-0 Chattanooga, Tenn./Hamilton Heights/Tennessee 5-5 ......................... Chasity Patterson 3 KeKe McKinney F Sr. 6-1 Knoxville, Tenn./Fulton HS 00 Olivia Owens C R-So. 6-4 Albany, N.Y./Niskayuna HS/Maryland 5-6 ..............................Kameron Roach 15 Chasity Patterson G Sr. 5-5 Houston, Texas/North Shore/Texas 5-7 .........................................Erin Toller 23 Kameron Roach G R-Jr. 5-6 Hopkins, S.C./Lower Richland HS 20 Erin Toller G Fr. 5-7 Louisville, Ky./Sacred Heart Academy 5-9 .................................Robyn Benton 14 Tatyana Wyatt F Sr. 6-2 Columbus, Ga./Columbus HS 5-10 .....................................Emma King % denotes player will sit out 2020-21 season due to NCAA transfer rules 6-0 .......................................Blair Green Coaching Staff ....................... Jazmine Massengill Interim Head Coach: Kyra Elzy (Tennessee, 1999, 2001) – 1st season, 9th at Kentucky Assistant Coach: Niya Butts (Tennessee, 2000; Tennessee Tech, 2002) – 5th season, 10th at Kentucky 6-1 ............................... KeKe McKinney Assistant Coach: Amber Smith (Kentucky, 2011) – 3rd season, 10th at Kentucky (player/support staff) 6-2 ............................... Tatyana Wyatt Interim Assistant Coach: Daniel Boice (Arizona, 2014, 2016) - 1st season, 5th at Kentucky ................................Rhyne Howard Support Staff ............................Dre’una Edwards Assistant Athletics Director/Women’s Basketball: Amy Tilley (Kentucky, 2007; EKU, 2011 & 2014) Special Assistant to the Head Coach: Lin Dunn (UT Martin, 1969) ................................ Treasure Hunt Academic Counselor/Women’s Basketball Admin.: Tiffany Hayden (UK, 2001; Louisville, 2009) 6-3 .............................Nyah Leveretter Director of Recruiting: Aisha Foy (Radford, 2016; Southeast Missouri State, 2018) Recruiting Assistant: Jackie Clark (Kentucky, 2015; Kentucky, 2017) 6-4 ................................... Olivia Owens Coaching Video Coordinator: DeNesha Stallworth (Kentucky, 2013) Staff Support Associate: Carrie Marshall (Kentucky, 2003) PRONUNCIATION Creative Director: Kim Troxall (SCAD, 1994) DRE’UNA EDWARDS Senior Athletic Trainer: Courtney Jones (Purdue, 2001) (dre-ON-a) Nutrition Coach: Monica Fowler (Kentucky, 2010) Dr. Robert Hosey (Virginia Tech, 1989) Team Physician: RHYNE HOWARD Strength & Conditioning Coach: John Spurlock (Hanover College, 2005) (like RYAN) Communications and PR Director: Evan Crane (Kentucky, 2010) Communications and PR Assistant: Cami Moore (Kentucky, 2018) Equipment Manager: Kortez Wilson (Kentucky, 2014) NYAH LEVERETTER (nigh(like high)-uh) (lev-er-RETT(like wet)-tur) OLIVIA ROBYN KEKE BLAIR RHYNE OWENS 00 BENTON 1 MCKINNEY 3 GREEN 5 HOWARD 10 6-4 – R-Soph. – TR – C 5-9 – Jr. – TR – G 6-1 – Sr. – F 6-0 – Jr. – G 6-2 – Jr. – G Albany, N.Y. Conyers, Ga. Knoxville, Tenn. Harlan County, Ky. Cleveland, Tenn. (Niskayuna HS/Maryland) (Greater Atlanta Christian/Auburn) (Fulton HS) (Harlan County HS) (Bradley Central HS) TREASURE JAZMINE TATYANA CHASITY ERIN HUNT 12 MASSENGILL 13 WYATT 14 PATTERSON 15 TOLLER 20 6-2 – Fr.