No. 5Kentucky Wildcats

Regional 3 in Fort Worth · 2nd Round

YES!

Kentucky Wildcats beat the West Virginia Mountaineers

Ranked #5 · 25-10 74 – 73

Ranked #4 · 28-7

Final · Mon, Mar 23

Game Details

Hope Coliseum (Morgantown) · 12,830 fans · ESPN2 View tournament bracket →

Highlights

Key and Strack help Kentucky women beat West Virginia 74-73 to secure Sweet 16 trip

Teonni Key had 19 points and 10 rebounds, Clara Strack had 18 points and 15 rebounds, and Kentucky nearly gave up a big lead and held on to beat

Recap via ESPN

1:18 West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Kentucky Wildcats - Game Highlights

0:16 Gia Cooke hits a tough shot for West Virginia

0:14 Clara Strack knocks down basket

0:24 Kierra Wheeler drills the and-1 basket for West Virginia

Clips play on ESPN

Hope Coliseum · Morgantown

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
UK	20	16	26	12	74
WVU	15	21	14	23	73

Game Flow

UK WVU

Q1Q2Q3Q4

11-0Biggest Run9-0

14Largest Lead4

1 lead change · tied 6 times

Win Probability · Kentucky Wildcats

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Game Leaders

Kentucky Wildcats

Teonni Key · 19Points
Clara Strack · 4Assists
Clara Strack · 15Rebounds

West Virginia Mountaineers

Sydney Shaw · 23Points
Jordan Harrison · 4Assists
Kierra Wheeler · 5Rebounds

2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings

Team	GB
South Carolina	-
Texas	2
Vanderbilt	2
LSU	3
Oklahoma	4
Kentucky	7
Georgia	7
Ole Miss	7
Tennessee	7
Alabama	8
Texas A&M	8
Mississippi State	10
Florida	10
Missouri	11
Auburn	12
Arkansas	14

2025-26 Big 12 Conference Standings

Team	GB
TCU	-
West Virginia	1
Baylor	2
Texas Tech	3
Oklahoma State	3
Colorado	4
Iowa State	5
Utah	5
Arizona State	6
BYU	6
Kansas	7
Kansas State	7
Cincinnati	9
Arizona	12
UCF	12
Houston	14

Team Stats

Kentucky WildcatsWest Virginia Mountaineers

Shooting

27-56, 48% Field Goals 25-60, 42%

5-17, 29% 3-Pointers 9-19, 47%

15-18, 83% Free Throws 14-16, 88%

Possessions

39 Rebounds 23

12 Offensive Rebounds 6

13 Assists 9

2 Steals 8

6 Blocks 2

17 Turnovers 8

16 Fouls 15

Scoring

32 Points in Paint 28

6 Fast Break Points 8

14 Largest Lead 4

Box Score

Kentucky Wildcats ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
A. HassettF	9	6	1	38	2-7	2-7	3-3	1	1	0	1	5	3
T. KeyF	19	10	2	34	9-14	0-1	1-2	4	0	0	3	7	1
C. StrackC	18	15	4	39	8-14	0-0	2-3	4	1	4	5	10	1
A. BooneG	9	3	3	28	3-9	3-7	0-0	1	0	0	1	2	5
T. MorganG	15	2	3	40	3-9	0-1	9-10	4	0	2	1	1	2
Bench
K. CarrollF	0	2	0	10	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	1	1	1
J. GilvinG	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
J. ObiG	4	0	0	10	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
E. VadforsC	DNP: Did not play
L. BlueG	DNP: Did not play
D. PaurováG	DNP: Did not play
G. BrooksG	DNP: Did not play
Team	74	39	13		27-56	5-17	15-18	17	2	6	12	27	16

West Virginia Mountaineers ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
C. McCrayF	0	1	0	11	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	1
K. WheelerF	16	5	1	39	8-11	0-0	0-1	4	0	0	1	4	3
J. HarrisonG	11	4	4	37	4-13	1-3	2-2	0	4	0	1	3	2
G. CookeG	23	1	1	37	5-13	2-5	11-12	0	0	0	1	0	3
S. ShawG	23	2	2	37	8-16	6-11	1-1	2	4	1	0	2	2
Bench
C. RivièreF	0	3	1	29	0-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	3	2
R. MakaluskyF	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
S. WoodleyG	0	3	0	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	3	0
J. ThomasF	DNP: Did not play
M. ParrishG	DNP: Did not play
L. JohnsonG	DNP: Did not play
Team	73	23	9		25-60	9-19	14-16	8	8	2	6	17	15

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