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Another day, another departure from UK Women's team

UK Athletics

Another UK women’s basketball player has entered the transfer portal. UK athletics confirms that redshirt Olivia Owens

The 6-foot-4 center averaged 3.1 points and 3.0 rebounds in about 13 minutes per game for the Wildcats this past season. Owens is the fourth Wildcat to announce her decision to transfer from the program, following Kentucky's historic rise from the SEC Tournament's No. 7 seed to the eventual tournament champion in early March. She joins Dre'Una Edwards, Jazmine Massengill and Treasure Hunt in the portal. Senior first-team All-American Rhyne Howard is graduating from UK and is entering the WNBA Draft after four years in Lexington.

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