2019–20 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

2019–20 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
2019–20 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 16
Record	22–8 (10–6 SEC)
Head coach	Matthew Mitchell (13th season);
Assistant coaches	Kyra Elzy; Niya Butts; Amber Smith;
Home arena	Memorial Coliseum; Rupp Arena
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by thirteenth-year head coach Matthew Mitchell, played their home games at Memorial Coliseum and Rupp Arena and competed as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

2019–20 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 South Carolina †	16	–	0	1.000	32	–	1	.970
No. 9 Mississippi State	13	–	3	.813	27	–	6	.818
No. 24 Arkansas	10	–	6	.625	24	–	8	.750
No. 16 Kentucky	10	–	6	.625	22	–	8	.733
No. 19 Texas A&M	10	–	6	.625	22	–	8	.733
Tennessee	10	–	6	.625	21	–	10	.677
LSU	9	–	7	.563	20	–	10	.667
Alabama	8	–	8	.500	18	–	12	.600
Georgia	7	–	9	.438	17	–	14	.548
Florida	6	–	10	.375	15	–	15	.500
Missouri	5	–	11	.313	9	–	22	.290
Vanderbilt	4	–	12	.250	14	–	16	.467
Auburn	4	–	12	.250	11	–	18	.379
Ole Miss	0	–	16	.000	7	–	23	.233

† 2020 SEC tournament winner As of November 25, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

Preseason

SEC media poll

The SEC media poll was released on October 15, 2019.^[1]

Predicted finish	Team
Media poll
1	South Carolina
2	Texas A&M
3	Mississippi State
4	Kentucky
5	Arkansas
6	Tennessee
7	Auburn
8	LSU
9	Missouri
10	Georgia
11	Alabama
12	Florida
13	Ole Miss
14	Vanderbilt

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	13	13	13	14	15	14	15	14	13
Coaches	16	16	14	14	14

^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.

Roster

2019–20 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Sabrina Haines	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Sr	Desert Vista Arizona State	Phoenix, AZ
F	3	KeKe McKinney	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Fulton (TN)	Knoxville, TN
G	5	Blair Green	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Harlan County	Harlan, KY
G	10	Rhyne Howard	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Bradley Central	Cleveland, TN
F	11	Deasia Merrill	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Villa Rica	Villa Rica, GA
G	12	Amanda Paschal	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Sr	Chipley Gulf Coast State	Brooklyn, NY
F	14	Tatyana Wyatt	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Columbus	Columbus, GA
G	15	Chasity Patterson	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	North Shore Texas	Houston, TX
F	21	Ogechi Anyagaligbo	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Miami Country Day Stony Brook	Miami, FL
G	23	Kameron Roach	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Lower Richland	Hopkins, SC
G	32	Jaida Roper	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Houston	Memphis, TN
G	34	Emma King	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Lincoln County	Stanford, KY
C	44	Nae Nae Cole	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Sr	Paul VI NC State	Gainesville, VA
F	44	Dre'una Edwards	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Liberty Utah	Las Vegas, NV

Head coach

Matthew Mitchell (Mississippi State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 7, 2019

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2019* 7:00 pm	No. 13	Southern Indiana	W 80–44		20 – Howard	7 – McKinney	6 – Roper	Memorial Coliseum (974) Lexington, KY
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, SECN+	No. 13	Mount St. Mary's	W 67–44	1–0	14 – Howard	11 – Howard	5 – Howard	Memorial Coliseum (3,575) Lexington, KY
November 10, 2019* 3:00 pm	No. 13	at Middle Tennessee	W 67–52	2–0	16 – Paschal	7 – Anyagaligbo	4 – McKinney	Murphy Center (3,809) Murfreesboro, TN
November 13, 2019* 7:00 pm, SECN+	No. 13	Stetson	W 67–48	3–0	24 – Howard	10 – McKinney	8 – Roper	Memorial Coliseum (3,573) Lexington, KY
November 16, 2019* 5:00 pm, ACCNX	No. 13	at Virginia	W 50–47	4–0	17 – Haines	11 – Howard	2 – Tied	John Paul Jones Arena (2,507) Charlottesville, VA
November 21, 2019* 7:00 pm, SECN+	No. 13	Morehead State	W 79–54	5–0	24 – Howard	8 – Wyatt	8 – Paschal	Memorial Coliseum (3,932) Lexington, KY
November 26, 2019* 7:00 pm, SECN+	No. 14	Grambling State	W 81–35	6–0	27 – Howard	6 – McKinney	7 – Roper	Memorial Coliseum (3,710) Lexington, KY
December 1, 2019* 4:00 pm, SECN	No. 14	Austin Peay	W 89–52	7–0	14 – Howard	9 – Haines	6 – Paschal	Memorial Coliseum (3,902) Lexington, KY
December 4, 2019* 11:00 am, SECN+	No. 15	Charlotte	W 86–39	8–0	29 – Howard	7 – Howard	5 – Paschal	Memorial Coliseum (4,646) Lexington, KY
December 8, 2019* 2:00 pm, SECN+	No. 15	Samford	W 79–49	9–0	30 – Howard	6 – Tied	7 – Roper	Memorial Coliseum (3,795) Lexington, KY
December 11, 2019* 7:00 pm	No. 14	Winthrop	W 91–36	10–0	30 – Roper	6 – Wyatt	5 – Paschal	Rupp Arena (3,779) Lexington, KY
December 15, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN	No. 14	No. 7 Louisville	L 66–67	10–1	26 – Howard	5 – Wyatt	4 – Haines	Rupp Arena (11,256) Lexington, KY
December 21, 2019* 7:00 pm	No. 14	at California	W 63–61	11–1	29 – Howard	8 – Wyatt	3 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (1,426) Berkeley, CA
SEC regular season
January 2, 2020 7:40 pm, SECN+	No. 13	at No. 4 South Carolina	L 72–99	11–2 (0–1)	28 – Howard	6 – Tied	2 – Tied	Colonial Life Arena (12,261) Columbia, SC
January 5, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 13	No. 22 Tennessee Rivalry	W 80–76	12–2 (1–1)	37 – Howard	9 – Howard	5 – Howard	Memorial Coliseum (5,516) Lexington, KY
January 9, 2020 8:00 pm, SECN+	No. 14	at Alabama	W 81–71	13–2 (2–1)	43 – Howard	6 – Howard	5 – Tied	Coleman Coliseum (2,322) Tuscaloosa, AL
January 12, 2020 12:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 14	at Florida	W 65–45	14–2 (3–1)	22 – Howard	7 – Wyatt	2 – Tied	O'Connell Center (1,431) Gainesville, FL
January 16, 2020 6:30 pm, SECN	No. 11	No. 12 Texas A&M	W 76–54	15–2 (4–1)	24 – Howard	11 – Howard	4 – Howard	Memorial Coliseum (3,886) Lexington, KY
January 19, 2020 2:00 pm, SECN	No. 11	at LSU	L 59–65	15–3 (4–2)	26 – Howard	12 – Howard	2 – Tied	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (2,537) Baton Rouge, LA
January 27, 2020 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 13	Auburn	W 68–61	16–3 (5–2)	17 – Haines	8 – McKinney	4 – Tied	Memorial Coliseum (3,803) Lexington, KY
January 30, 2020 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 13	at Missouri	W 62–47	17–3 (6–2)	18 – Paschal	7 – Green	3 – Tied	Mizzou Arena (3,405) Columbia, MO
February 2, 2020 1:00 pm, SECN	No. 13	Florida	L 62–70	17–4 (6–3)	15 – Roper	8 – Paschal	2 – Tied	Memorial Coliseum (5,087) Lexington, KY
February 6, 2020 7:00 pm, SECN+	No. 15	Alabama	W 66–62	18–4 (7–3)	14 – Haines	6 – Tied	5 – Roper	Memorial Coliseum (3,739) Lexington, KY
February 9, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 15	at No. 25 Arkansas	L 85–103	18–5 (7–4)	32 – Patterson	4 – Tied	6 – Roper	Bud Walton Arena (5,638) Fayetteville, AR
February 16, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 18	No. 6 Mississippi State	W 73–62	19–5 (8–4)	26 – Howard	10 – Howard	5 – Roper	Memorial Coliseum (5,317) Lexington, KY
February 20, 2020 8:00 pm, SECN+	No. 14	at Ole Miss	W 94–52	20–5 (9–4)	21 – Howard	7 – Howard	6 – Tied	The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,180) Oxford, MS
February 23, 2020 2:00 pm, SECN/ESPN2	No. 14	No. 1 South Carolina	L 58–67	20–6 (9–5)	24 – Howard	11 – Howard	3 – Howard	Memorial Coliseum (7,174) Lexington, KY
February 27, 2020 7:00 pm, SECN+	No. 15	Georgia	W 88–77	21–6 (10–5)	25 – Howard	5 – Roper	5 – Tied	Memorial Coliseum (4,163) Lexington, KY
March 1, 2020 2:05 pm, SECN+	No. 15	at Vanderbilt	L 64–70	21–7 (10–6)	26 – Howard	7 – McKinney	3 – Anyagaligbo	Memorial Gymnasium (3,081) Nashville, TN
SEC Tournament
March 6, 2020 8:30 pm, SECN	(3) No. 16	vs. (6) Tennessee Quarterfinals / Rivalry	W 86–65	22–7	24 – Howard	8 – Howard	5 – Roper	Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
March 7, 2020 7:30 pm, ESPNU	(3) No. 16	vs. (2) No. 9 Mississippi State Semifinals	L 59–77	22–8	26 – Howard	7 – Howard	2 – Howard	Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ^[2]

References

^ "South Carolina tabbed as 2020 SEC women's hoops champs". SEC Sports. October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
^ "2019-20 Schedule". Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

[1] "South Carolina tabbed as 2020 SEC women's hoops champs". SEC Sports. October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.

[2] "2019-20 Schedule". Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

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