Kentucky begins its season 1-0 while Morehead St. falls to 0-1.
This was the first meeting between the schools in Lexington since 1995.
Kentucky now leads the all-time series with Morehead St. 24-4, including a 17-1 advantage when playing in Lexington.
Kentucky extended its current home winning streak to 19 games, which is tied for the second-longest home winning streak in school history and currently ranks 10th nationally.
Kentucky is 79-16 all time against Ohio Valley Conference opponents.
Morehead St. won the tip but failed to capitalize on the opening possession.
Crystal Riley put in the opening points of the season at the free-throw line with 18:46 to play in the opening half, to go up 1-0.
Keyla Snowden hit the first three of the game at the 18:00 mark of the first half.
Kentucky enjoyed its biggest lead of the first half at intermission, leading 27-20.
After trailing, 16-17 at the 5:54 mark in the first half, UK went on 66-31 run including an 18-0 run that spanned more than six minutes at the beginning of the second half.
Kentucky collected 14 steals after corralling 10 or more steals in 27 times last season.
UK forced Morehead into 36 turnovers. UK is now 4-0 under Matthew Mitchell when forcing 30 or more turnovers. The last time the Wildcats forced 30-plus turnovers was 40 against Mississippi Valley St., Jan. 1, 2010.
UK has forced double-digit turnovers in 49 straight games, dating back to the 2008-09 season.
UK scored 80-plus points, improving its record to 263-19 when scoring 80 or more since 1974.
The Wildcats held Morehead to 27.8 percent from the field on 15-of-54 shooting. The last time Kentucky held an opponent to under 30 percent shooting was Dec. 13, 2009 against Florida A&M.
UK extended its streak of consecutive games with a three-pointer to 224 consecutive games, dating back to the 2003-04 season.
Everyone available on the roster played minutes in the game.
Individual Game Notes
Senior forward Victoria Dunlap scored 18 points to go with nine rebounds and seven steals.
She currently has 1,302 points, 820 rebounds, 214 steals and 133 blocks.
Dunlap has scored in double figures in 34 of her last 37 games, including eight games in a row.
She has recorded at least one steal in 43 of the last 44 games.
Sophomore A’dia Mathies totaled 18 points to go with four rebounds.
It marked her 27th career game with double figures.
Junior Keyla Snowden finished with six points and hit two three-pointers. She has hit at least one three-pointer in 12 consecutive games, dating back to last season.
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