Sooners Fall to No. 6 Wildcats in Lexington

Sunday, January 11

Memorial Coliseum • Lexington, Ky.

3 PM

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Sooners Fall to No. 6 Wildcats in Lexington

January 11, 2026 | Women's Basketball

Box Score OU 57, UK 63 Final Stats

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Tonie Morgan scored 21 points to lead No. 6 Kentucky to a 63-57 win over fifth-ranked Oklahoma on Sunday.

The Wildcats (15-2, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) rallied from a 13-point deficit in the second quarter for their second win over a top 10 opponent in two weeks. Kentucky opened conference play with an 80-78 win over 12th-ranked LSU on Jan. 1 in Baton Rouge. The Tigers were ranked No. 5 at the time.

Clara Strack followed Morgan with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Strack had three of Kentucky eight blocks in the contest. Jordan Obi added 11 points for the Wildcats. Morgan, the SEC Player of the Week, has scored 50 points in the past three games for the Wildcats. She connected on a nifty four-point play after banking in a 3-pointer in the second quarter

Coming off a 64-51 loss at Alabama, the Wildcats forced 18 turnovers and held the Sooners scoreless in the final four minutes and scored the final six points of the contest. Oklahoma built a 13-point lead at 24-11 with 7:17 remaining in the first half, but rallied and tied the score at 34-34 the half.

The Wildcats were without senior Teonni Key, the team's third leading scorer (11 points per game). Key is recovering from an elbow injury she suffered in a 74-52 win over Missouri on Jan. 4.

Aaliyah Chavez led Oklahoma (14-3, 2-2) with 18 points, followed by Raegan Beers with 14 and Payton Verhulst with 13. Beers was plagued by foul trouble and logged just 23 minutes and sat out most of the second half.

Oklahoma returns to the Lloyd Noble Center to face LSU on Sunday.

POSTGAME NOTES

• No. 5 Oklahoma (14-3, 2-2 SEC) was bested on the road Sunday, falling to No. 6 Kentucky, 63-57, at Historic Memorial Coliseum in Lexington. The Sooners have dropped back-to-back games for just the sixth time under fifth-year head coach Jennie Baranczyk.

• Despite holding Kentucky to 34% shooting, the Sooners scored a season-low 57 points on 35.7% shooting. The loss snapped OU's 23-game winning streak when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent.

• Aaliyah Chavez scored 18 points and extended her streak of games with a made 3-pointer to 17, extending the program record to open a season. The guard also added four rebounds and three assists, and turned it over just once while playing 40 minutes.

• Raegan Beers' streak of double-doubles came to an end at six on Sunday as the center finished with 14 points and nine rebounds.

• Without coming out of the game and tying her career high with 40 minutes played, Payton Verhulst added 13 points, nine rebounds and three assists – her 10^th double-digit scoring game of the season.

• OU's streak of wins when holding opponents under 70 points was snapped at 40 on Sunday. The Sooners' last loss when their opponent scored less than 70 was a 61-52 defeat to North Carolina on Dec. 19, 2023.

• Oklahoma returns to action on Jan. 18 when it hosts No. 12 LSU at Lloyd Noble Center. Tip is set for 2 p.m. on either ESPN or ESPN 2 and a limited number of tickets are available.

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