February 20, 2020
The No. 14 Kentucky Wildcats dominating 94-52 win over the Ole Miss Rebels on Thursday night down in Oxford saw flashbacks to the win from this past Sunday over the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The similarities were frightening, yet encouraging: Mississippi State led Kentucky 6-0 in the first 90 seconds on that game, which forced the…
January 31, 2020
Coach Calipari spoke some confidence into Matthew Mitchell’s squad after learning about Rhyne Howard’s injury. The men’s basketball coach knows a thing or two about teaching young superstars, and he also knows how to respond when one of them goes down. “We knew Rhyne [Howard] went out at the beginning of the week,” Amanda Paschal said…
January 30, 2020
An hour before tipoff, nobody knew what the No. 13 Kentucky Wildcats women’s basketball team would look like. Rhyne Howard had just been ruled out for at least the next two weeks due to a fractured pinky. The nation’s third-leading scorer injured herself in Kentucky’s win over Auburn on Monday, but she came back late…
January 28, 2020
The No. 13 Kentucky women’s basketball team sure gave the Big Blue Nation a scare on Monday night. Whether it was nearly blowing a 16-point halftime lead or a dislocated pinky to Rhyne Howard, the Wildcats’ first game back in eight days was as stressful as they come. (By the way, Howard said following the game…
January 17, 2020
Coming into Thursday night’s game agaisnt No. 12 Texas A&M, Kentucky Wildcats center Nae Nae Cole had appeared in just 51 minutes through six outings overall. Against the Aggies, she played a season-high 22 minutes and provided a massive spark off the bench as the ‘Cats secured a 76-54 win inside Memorial Coliseum. Cole’s impact was…
January 16, 2020
Blair Green had arguably her worst game while wearing a Kentucky uniform in the Wildcats’ most recent outing against the Florida Gators. She followed it up with her best the very next game. The No. 11 Kentucky Wildcats women’s basketball team took advantage of a key injury to the No. 12 Texas A&M Aggies to…
November 26, 2019
The Grambling State Tigers (1-5) gave the No. 14 Kentucky Wildcats (6-0) quite a scare through the first five minutes but exploded in the final three quarters as they cruise to an easy 81-35 win at Memorial Colisuem on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Led by a season-high of 27 points – just two off her…
October 31, 2019
The Kentucky women’s basketball team finally has that first game out of the way and there was a lot to take away from the 80-44 win over Southern Indiana. So let’s jump into it. Rhyne Howard’s beautiful second-half In the first 20 minutes of the Wildcats lone exhibition game, sophomore guard Rhyne Howard came out of…
October 30, 2019
Rhyne Howard picks at the tiny holes in her purposely ripped jeans, contemplating what to say next. She’s quiet — always has been — and today is no different. Answering questions asked by a stranger she’s seen only in passing or during postgame press conferences is not her preferred setting. She would rather be surrounded…
October 11, 2019
Serving as the appetizer for the main course, the Lady Wildcats did not disappoint. And we have head coach Matthew Mitchell to thank for that. Mitchell’s rendition and subsequent dance to the hit song Old Town Road was everything that I wanted it to be and more. The outfit. The moves. The backup dancers. The…