Hoops Clinches Share of SEC Crown with Senior Night Win
A'dia Mathies scored 21 points and the No. 13 Kentucky women defeated South Carolina 53-50 on Thursday night. The win give the Wildcats a 17-0 home record this season, the third time in program history they have gone undefeated at home. Bria Goss added 14 points for the Wildcats (23-5, 12-3 Southeastern Conference), who set a school record for SEC wins in a season. Neither team led by more than six points until Kentucky went on a 9-2 run and built a nine-point lead at 48-39 with 5:05 remaining in the game. Mathies capped the run with a layup. But South Carolina battled back, trimming the deficit to 50-48 on a basket by Ashley Bruner with 42 seconds to go. Kentucky sealed it with three free throws in the final 10 seconds.