Foul trouble plagued the UK women’s basketball team on Thursday night and caused them to fall to Baylor 63-90, taking their first loss of the season.

The Cats started off well in the first half until their post players began to get in foul trouble. Senior Alyssa Rice gained two quick fouls early in the first quarter, and shortly after, Tatyana Wyatt racked up two fouls herself.

Despite things looking down due to the foul trouble, the Cats started off the first quarter with an impressive field goal percentage. Maci Morris led the team in the first quarter with eight points.

As the second quarter began, Morris started the quarter off with two points but an intentional foul call wiped those points off the board. 

Baylor hiked its lead to 34-21 with about five minutes left in the second quarter after going on a 13-2 run.

Baylor outscored Kentucky 29-17 in the second quarter, ending the half on top of the Cats 50-34. Baylor was led by Kristy Wallace with 15 points.

During the third quarter, head coach Matthew Mitchell made the decision to put Wyatt and Rice back in the game regardless of foul trouble. Rice didn’t gain any more fouls, but Wyatt picked up two fouls midway through the third quarter, which tallied her total to four.

UK could not find its rhythm in the third quarter and was down by 33 points by the time the clock expired. The Cats missed all 14 attempted shots in the third quarter, at 0/13 from the field and 0/1 beyond the arc. The six points scored during the quarter were free throws. 

As the fourth quarter began, Morris answered Baylor by scoring back-to-back threes, making Kentucky’s first buckets of the half.

Morris would make another three later on in the quarter, tallying her points to 22 by the time the game ended.

Baylor ended the game with six players in double figures for scoring, while UK only had four players to do so – Morris, Jaida Roper, Makenzie Cann and Taylor Murray.

Wallace ended the game as the leading scorer for Baylor, racking up 20 points.

Two of the Bears almost had double-doubles tonight against the Cats – Lauren Cox with 13 points and nine rebounds, and Dekeiya Cohen with 10 points and nine rebounds. 

Kentucky’s record falls to 6-1 while Baylor advances to 6-1.