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Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

Kentucky Wildcats guard Rhyne Howard (10) puts the ball up during the UK vs. Florida women’s SEC Tournament basketball game on Thursday, March 4, 2021, at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. UK won 73-63. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Takeaways from from WBB Blue-White Scrimmage

Barkley Truax October 24, 2021

The women’s basketball team hosted their Blue-White Scrimmage Sunday afternoon inside Memorial Coliseum. There were only a hundred or so spectators on hand to witness the start of the season for the...

Name, Face, Likeness, Talents: What if UK student-athletes could profit off their image?

Maggie Davis February 1, 2020

Makayla Epps is used to being recognized. It started when she was young and hanging out with her dad, Anthony Epps, a former UK basketball player from the mid-1990s.At the time, she didn’t know that...

Kentucky Wildcat guard Makayla Epps drives towards the basket during the third quarter of the game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, KY. Photo by Addison Coffey | Staff.

Cats finding new weapons amidst the graduation of Makayla Epps

Chase Campbell December 15, 2017

It’s now official: Cats basketball legend Makayla Epps is no longer a student at the University of Kentucky.Epps graduated on Friday after coming back to UK following the 2017 WNBA season. The four-year...

Kentucky Coach Matthew Mitchell yells from the sidelines during the first half of the Wildcats game against the Colorado Buffaloes at Memorial Coliseum on Sunday, November 22, 2015 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Taylor Pence

Mitchell thinks there is something special about UK players

November 21, 2017

Matthew Mitchell has one dream he wants fulfilled before his head coaching career at UK ends.It’s not to win a national championship or be named the NCAA’s Coach of the Year; it’s instead to have...

Kentucky Wildcat guard Makayla Epps directs the offense during the second quarter of the game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, KY. Photo by Addison Coffey | Staff.

Makayla Epps is finding her way

Curtis Franklin November 15, 2017

For Makayla Epps, life’s been different.She likes that word because she says it’s starting to explain everything that’s going on in her life right now.The former UK women’s basketball star and...

The Kentucky womens basketball team lines up on the blue carpet prior to Big Blue Madness on Friday, October 13, 2017 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Women’s basketball shows what they’ve got during Big Blue Madness

Brianna Dooley October 13, 2017

Big Blue Madness got the basketball season in Kentucky started, and it all began with the women’s basketball portion of the show.Last year, the women faced off against their practice team during the...

Kentucky Wildcat head coach Matthew Mitchell coaches up guard Maci Morris during the fourth quarter of the game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, KY. Photo by Addison Coffey | Staff.

Matthew Mitchell discovering team identity early

Brianna Dooley October 11, 2017

On Tuesday afternoon during the UK women’s basketball media day, head coach Matthew Mitchell spoke about the identity of the 2017-18 team. This year, the Cats will have six new faces: four freshmen,...

The womens basketball team on the blue carpet prior Big Blue Madness on Friday, October 14, 2016 in Lexington, Kentucky.

UK women have the tools to replace talent from last year

October 10, 2017

When the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament bracket was released last season, revealing that Kentucky was a four-seed in the Lexington region, the perfect storyline had been written.If the Cats kept...

Guard Makayla Epps and forward Evelyn Akhator laugh in the tunnel prior to the game against the Oklahoma Sooners on Monday, March 21, 2016 in Lexington, Ky. Photo by Hunter Mitchell | Staff

Akhator and Epps make history at WNBA draft

Chris Leach April 13, 2017

For the first time in school history, the UK women’s basketball team had two players picked in the same WNBA draft. Evelyn Akhator was selected third overall by the Dallas Wings, while Makayla Epps was...

Kentucky Wildcat seniors Makayla Epps and Evelyn Akhator share a moment after defeating the #3 Mississippi State Bulldogs on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, KY. Photo by Addison Coffey | Staff.

UK women end a successful season with a disappointing loss

Chris Leach March 19, 2017

Before the start of the 2016-2017 women’s college basketball season, no one expected UK to be the threat they were.After having many offseason departures from players and assistant coaches, the Cats...

Kentucky Wildcat guard Makayla Epps shoots a layup during the first quarter of the game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, KY. Photo by Addison Coffey | Staff.

Cats suffer early, unable to complete comeback over Ohio State

Chase Campbell March 19, 2017

The UK women's basketball team saw their season come to an abrupt end as they lost against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the second round of the NCAA tournament, 82-68.The Cats season ended on their home...

Kentucky Wildcat guard Makayla Epps shoots a jump shot during the third quarter of the game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, KY. Photo by Addison Coffey | Staff.

Epps scores 30 as UK advances past Belmont

Chase Campbell March 17, 2017

The luck of the Irish had no place in Memorial Coliseum Friday, as the No. 13 Belmont and No. 4 UK women's basketball fought tooth and nail on St. Patrick’s Day, hoping to advance to the second round...

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