Auburn Tigers at Kentucky Wildcats
· NCAA Women's Basketball
53 - 97
A'dia Mathies' best game of year helps Kentucky roll Auburn
The senior guard made eight of her nine shots and had a season high 24 points for No. 5 Kentucky in a 97-53 win over Auburn on Sunday.
"No, I really didn't feel it," Mathies said. "I didn't know I missed one shot. I was just out there playing. Luckily the shots went in, and my teammates did a great job of setting me up."
Mathies' five made 3-pointers tied a career high.
"I think she's just playing with tremendous control right now and confidence," Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell said. "If you leave her open right now at the 3-point stripe, you are paying dearly because she's shooting the ball so well."
The Wildcats, who have now won 17 games in a row and are tied with No. 4 Duke for the longest win streak in the country, put the game away in the first half, running out to an 11-point early. Auburn (13-6, 2-4) closed the lead to eight points with 11:04 until halftime.
But over the next 7½ minutes, Kentucky went on a 24-2 run, during which six different Wildcats scored.
Kentucky led 51-21 at halftime. The Tigers scored consecutive field goals only once in the first half. It was those two field goals that snapped the Wildcats' 24-2 stretch that put them on top 46-15.
Auburn, which entered Sunday's game averaging 15.8 turnovers per game and a plus-6.4 turnover margin, had a season-high 30 turnovers (16 at halftime) against the Wildcats' full-court press.
Auburn coach Terri Williams-Flournoy was not pleased after the game with Mitchell's insistence to run the full-court press during periods of 40-point leads all the way to the final buzzer. She voiced her opinion after the game to Mitchell, and she reiterated her point during a brief and disturbed appearance at the postgame news conference.
"I thought it was pretty un-classy to continue to press when you're up by 46 points," Williams-Flournoy said. "We're a pressing team also, and at some point, we do take the press off because that becomes not respectful of the other team."
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Statistics
 AUB |
UK |
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|---|---|---|
| 19-47 | FG | 34-72 |
| 40 | Field Goal % | 47 |
| 1-3 | 3PT | 12-28 |
| 33 | Three Point % | 43 |
| 14-18 | FT | 17-23 |
| 78 | Free Throw % | 74 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 5 | Offensive Rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Defensive Rebounds | 20 |
| 8 | Assists | 17 |
| 5 | Steals | 18 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
| 27 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 27 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Points Off Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 19 | Fouls | 15 |
| 1 | Largest Lead | 46 |
Game Information
Location: Katy, TX
Capacity:
2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 15-1 | - | 36-4 |
| Texas | 13-3 | 2 | 35-4 |
| Vanderbilt | 13-3 | 2 | 29-5 |
| LSU | 12-4 | 3 | 29-6 |
| Oklahoma | 11-5 | 4 | 26-8 |
| Kentucky | 8-8 | 7 | 25-11 |
| Georgia | 8-8 | 7 | 22-10 |
| Ole Miss | 8-8 | 7 | 24-12 |
| Tennessee | 8-8 | 7 | 16-14 |
| Alabama | 7-9 | 8 | 24-11 |
| Texas A&M | 7-9 | 8 | 14-13 |
| Mississippi State | 5-11 | 10 | 18-13 |
| Florida | 5-11 | 10 | 18-15 |
| Missouri | 4-12 | 11 | 17-17 |
| Auburn | 3-13 | 12 | 15-17 |
| Arkansas | 1-15 | 14 | 12-20 |