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Dazia Lawrence scored 28 points, Georgia Amoore added 24 and No. 16 Kentucky opened the Southeastern Conference season with a school-record18 3-pointers and a 91-69 win over Mississippi State on Thursday night.

Thanks to 22 kills from Brooklyn DeLeye on Thursday afternoon, the third-seeded Kentucky Volleyball team beat seventh-seeded Missouri, 3-1, (25-20, 25-20, 16-25, 25-13) to book a ticket into the 2024 NCAAVolleyball Regional Final on Saturday afternoon. It is Kentucky’s first appearance back in the NCAA Regional Finals since it won the national championship in 2020.

UK guard Kerr Kriisa sustained a foot injury in Saturday night’s game which will require surgery.

Senior setter Emma Grome broke the Kentucky Volleyball rally-scoring era for assists Friday night in Historic Memorial Coliseum as the third-seeded Wildcats beat sixth-seeded Minnesota 3-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-22, 25-24) in four sets to punch their ticket to the regional semifinals of the 2024 NCAA Volleyball Championship.

Thanks to a .391 team hitting percentage and 15 kills from sophomore outside hitter Brooklyn DeLeye, the third-seeded Kentucky Volleyball team raced past Cleveland State 3-0 (25-15, 25-14, 25-16) in three setsThursday night to book a spot into Friday night’s second round of the 2024 NCAA Volleyball Championship.

Otega Oweh had 17 points and seven rebounds, but No. 4 Kentucky suffered its first loss of the season on Tuesday, falling at Clemson 70-66.

Gavin Wimsatt had a pair of touchdown passes, both to Ja’Mori Maclin, but Kentucky lost to Louisville 41-14 on Saturday at Kroger Field. Wimsatt came into the game for injured starter Cutter Boley. The Owensboro native passed for 125 yards and the two touchdowns in the game.

Andrew Carr and Otega Oweh had 18 points each as the Wildcats took down the Hilltoppers 87-68 Tuesday night in Rupp Arena.

Kentucky linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson returned a fumble 25 yards for a touchdown, but Kentucky lost at No. 3 Texas 31-14 on Saturday. Freshman Cutter Boley played the second half for the Cats and completed 10 of 18 passing for 160 yards. Fellow freshman Jamarion Wilcox rushed 11 times for 50 yards for UK.

Dazia Lawrence had 15 points in the first 10 minutes of the game on her way to a UK-high 19 points as the Cats rolled past Wofford 76-42 inside Historic Memorial Coliseum.