Kentucky Wildcats vs Belmont Bruins
NCAA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP PRES. BY CAPITAL ONE - LEXINGTON REGION - 1st ROUND
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Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Makayla Epps made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Taylor Murray.
- Kylee Smith missed Layup.
- Taylor Murray made Layup.
- Lauren Thompson made Jumper.
- Maci Morris missed Three Point Jumper.
- Evelyn Akhator missed Jumper.
- Kylee Smith missed Layup.
- Kylee Smith made Layup.
- Alyssa Rice missed Layup.
- Jenny Roy missed Layup.
- Evelyn Akhator made Jumper. Assisted by Taylor Murray.
- Sally McCabe missed Three Point Jumper.
- Evelyn Akhator made Free Throw.
- Evelyn Akhator made Free Throw.
- Evelyn Akhator made Layup. Assisted by Maci Morris.
- Darby Maggard made Three Point Jumper.
- Evelyn Akhator made Layup. Assisted by Maci Morris.
- Darby Maggard missed Three Point Jumper.
- Lauren Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Frankie Joubran.
- Makayla Epps made Jumper.
- Kylee Smith missed Jumper.
- Makayla Epps made Three Point Jumper.
- Lauren Thompson made Jumper. Assisted by Kylee Smith.
- Makayla Epps made Jumper. Assisted by Jaida Roper.
- Makayla Epps missed Jumper.
- Sally McCabe missed Jumper.
- Darby Maggard missed Three Point Jumper.
- Sally McCabe missed Layup.
- Sally McCabe missed Free Throw.
- Sally McCabe missed Free Throw.
- Maci Morris made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Makayla Epps.
- Sally McCabe made Layup. Assisted by Kylee Smith.
- Sally McCabe missed Layup.
- Evelyn Akhator missed Jumper.
- Alyssa Rice missed Layup.
- Taylor Murray missed Three Point Jumper.
- Kylee Smith missed Layup.
- Sally McCabe missed Two Point Tip Shot.
- Kylee Smith made Layup.
- Alyssa Rice missed Jumper.
- Kylee Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
- Sally McCabe made Layup.
- Evelyn Akhator missed Layup.
- Makayla Epps made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Evelyn Akhator.
- Kylee Smith made Layup.
- Taylor Murray made Layup. Assisted by Maci Morris.
- Kylee Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jenny Roy.
- Evelyn Akhator missed Layup.
- Maci Morris made Layup.
- Lauren Thompson made Jumper. Assisted by Jenny Roy.
- Taylor Murray missed Layup.
- Darby Maggard missed Three Point Jumper.
- Kylee Smith made Layup.
- Evelyn Akhator made Jumper. Assisted by Maci Morris.
- Kylee Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Darby Maggard.
- Taylor Murray missed Jumper.
- Kylee Smith missed Jumper.
- Makayla Epps missed Free Throw.
- Makayla Epps made Free Throw.
- Darby Maggard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jenny Roy.
- Makenzie Cann missed Three Point Jumper.
- Evelyn Akhator made Jumper. Assisted by Makenzie Cann.
- Kylee Smith made Jumper.
- Makayla Epps missed Jumper.
- Kylee Smith made Free Throw.
- Kylee Smith made Free Throw.
- Makayla Epps missed Jumper.
- Makayla Epps made Jumper.
- Sally McCabe missed Jumper.
- Evelyn Akhator missed Jumper.
- Jenny Roy missed Jumper.
- Sally McCabe missed Layup.
- Maci Morris missed Layup.
- Lauren Thompson missed Jumper.
- Makayla Epps made Layup. Assisted by Taylor Murray.
- Evelyn Akhator made Jumper. Assisted by Makayla Epps.
- Darby Maggard missed Jumper.
- Alyssa Rice made Layup. Assisted by Taylor Murray.
- Darby Maggard missed Three Point Jumper.
- Kylee Smith missed Layup.
- Evelyn Akhator made Layup. Assisted by Alyssa Rice.
- Lauren Thompson missed Jumper.
- Makayla Epps made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Taylor Murray.
- Sally McCabe made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lauren Thompson.
- Makayla Epps made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Taylor Murray.
- Sally McCabe made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Darby Maggard.
- Evelyn Akhator made Jumper. Assisted by Alyssa Rice.
- Darby Maggard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sally McCabe.
- Sierra Jones made Layup.
- Frankie Joubran made Jumper. Assisted by Kylee Smith.
- Makayla Epps made Jumper. Assisted by Evelyn Akhator.
- Darby Maggard missed Three Point Jumper.
- Sally McCabe made Jumper. Assisted by Paris Lawson.
- Taylor Murray missed Layup.
- Evelyn Akhator made Free Throw.
- Evelyn Akhator missed Free Throw.
- Frankie Joubran missed Layup.
- Frankie Joubran missed Jumper.
- Evelyn Akhator missed Layup.
- Sierra Jones made Layup. Assisted by Kylee Smith.
- Makayla Epps missed Layup.
- Evelyn Akhator made Two Point Tip Shot.
- Evelyn Akhator made Free Throw.
- Sally McCabe made Free Throw.
- Sally McCabe made Free Throw.
- Taylor Murray missed Jumper.
- Jenny Roy missed Three Point Jumper.
- Maci Morris missed Jumper.
- Darby Maggard missed Three Point Jumper.
- Taylor Murray missed Layup.
- Makayla Epps missed Three Point Jumper.
- Makayla Epps missed Three Point Jumper.
- Maci Morris made Three Point Jumper.
- Sally McCabe missed Layup.
- Alyssa Rice missed Jumper.
- Sally McCabe missed Layup.
- Makayla Epps missed Three Point Jumper.
- Darby Maggard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jenny Roy.
- Maci Morris missed Layup.
- Jenny Roy missed Three Point Jumper.
- Makayla Epps made Layup.
- Kylee Smith made Free Throw.
- Kylee Smith missed Free Throw.
- Maci Morris missed Three Point Jumper.
- Maci Morris missed Three Point Jumper.
- Makayla Epps made Free Throw.
- Makayla Epps made Free Throw.
- Sierra Jones made Layup.
- Makayla Epps missed Free Throw.
- Makayla Epps missed Free Throw.
- Kylee Smith made Layup.
- Maci Morris made Free Throw.
- Maci Morris made Free Throw.
- Darby Maggard made Three Point Jumper.
- Maci Morris made Free Throw.
- Maci Morris missed Free Throw.
- Sally McCabe made Free Throw.
- Sally McCabe made Free Throw.
- Maci Morris made Free Throw.
- Maci Morris made Free Throw.
- Kylee Smith made Layup.
- Maci Morris made Free Throw.
- Maci Morris made Free Throw.
- Darby Maggard missed Three Point Jumper.
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
BEL vs UK Videos
Kentucky's Akhator gets rebound and makes and-1 shot
Kentucky head coach Matthew Mitchell happy to advance
Belmont's Maggard 3-pointer to tie game comes up short
Game Information
Lexington, KY
Referee:Felicia Grinter
Referee:Shandra Twine
2025-26 Standings
NCAA Division I
| Missouri Valley Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murray State | 19-1 | - | 31-4 |
| Belmont | 16-4 | 3 | 20-12 |
| Illinois State | 13-7 | 6 | 24-14 |
| Bradley | 13-7 | 6 | 20-13 |
| Northern Iowa | 13-7 | 6 | 18-14 |
| Drake | 10-10 | 9 | 12-20 |
| UIC | 9-11 | 10 | 14-18 |
| Southern Illinois | 7-13 | 12 | 10-20 |
| Indiana State | 5-15 | 14 | 10-22 |
| Evansville | 5-15 | 14 | 10-25 |
| Valparaiso | 0-20 | 19 | 0-32 |
| Southeastern Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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