2019–20 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represents 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, play their home games at Memorial Coliseum and Rupp Arena and compete as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

2019–20 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 16
2019–20 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

2019–20 SEC women's basketball standings
	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 August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

SEC media poll

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

Media poll
Predicted finish	Team
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

Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	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) Kyra Elzy (Tennessee) Niya Butts (Tennessee) Amber Smith (Kentucky) Lin Dunn (Tennessee–Martin) 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	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	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

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.