Career Night for Stallworth as Hoops Rolls MSU
DeNesha Stallworth scored 25 points and No. 5 Kentucky moved to 17-1 for the best start in school history with a 100-47 rout of Mississippi State on Thursday night. Stallworth was 9 of 15 from the field for the Wildcats, who moved past the 1982-83 team which opened 16-1. A'dia Mathies added 21 points and Bria Goss had 13 as Kentucky (17-1, 5-0 Southeastern Conference) also extended its school-record winning streak to 16 games and its record home win streak to 32. Kendra Grant had 11 points and Carnecia Williams 10 for Mississippi State (8-10, 0-5), which lost its fifth straight overall and sixth in a row to Kentucky. It was also the Bulldogs' second consecutive lopsided loss on the Wildcats' home floor, following a 48-point defeat last January.