Brittany Henderson won the opening tip for UK. She is 1-0 on the season on tip-offs.
After giving up the game’s opening two points, UK went on a dominating 26-4 run to take a commanding 26-6 lead.
The Wildcats forced 27 turnovers in the first half, and outscored the Huskies 33-6 in points off turnovers.
It is the second straight game that Kentucky has forced 27 first-half turnovers.
Kentucky had two separate runs of 10-0 or better.
Kentucky led 48-14 heading into the locker room.
The Cats are 2-0 when leading at the half this season.
Second Half Notes
Keyla Snowden fittingly reached 1,000 points in her collegiate career off a 3-pointer. Snowden hit the 3 with 14:34 on the clock to put the Cats up 63-23.
Kentucky held the lead comfortably throughout the half.
Team/Game Notes
UK has started a freshman in 106-of-138 games in the Matthew Mitchell era, including 73 straight.
Kentucky is 28-1 under Mitchell when scoring 80 or more points.
UK outscored Northeastern 40-15 in points off turnovers.
Kentucky forced Northeastern into 37 turnovers and has forced double-digit miscues in 85 consecutive games. The Cats are 60-25 during that span.
Kentucky is 27-1 when forcing 25-plus miscues.
Kentucky has forced 115 turnovers in the first three games of the season (38.3 per game).
With 10 made 3-pointers, UK extended its streak of consecutive games with a triple to 260.
UK had four players reach double figures scoring.
Every Wildcat scored who was available to play.
Attendance was 3,960.
Individual Notes
Junior guard A'dia Mathies scored a season-high 20 points to go along with six rebounds and a season-high four steals.
Mathies is now 20 points away from becoming Kentucky’s 28th member of the 1,000-point club.
Mathies now has nine 20-point games in her career.
Senior guard Keyla Snowden scored 14 points, including four 3-pointers.
Snowden’s 14 points move her to 1,002 points for her career. She scored 439 points in her freshman season at Akron and has compiled 563 in three seasons at UK.
Snowden attempted eight 3-point field goals, moving her up to seventh on UK’s career list for 3-point field goals attempted (323).
Sophomore guard Maegan Conwright tied a career high with five steals.
Senior guard Amber Smith had four assists for the third consecutive game.
Smith is 22 assists shy of Tracye Davis (1987-1991) at No. 7 on the all-time assists list.
Freshman forward/center Azia Bishop scored a career-high 12 points and pulled down a career-high eight rebounds.
Freshman guard Bria Goss also had a career night, notching career highs in points (11), rebounds (six) and assists (four). Goss also tied a career high with three steals.
