Kentucky tops Louisville to stay perfect before SEC play originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Tonie Morgan scored 19 points as No. 20 Kentucky pulled away in the second half to beat No. 21 Louisville 72-62 on Saturday. Teonni Key and Clara Strack added 17 apiece in a winning effort.

No. 21 Louisville played four quarters against No. 20 Kentucky. Three were serviceable. The third was a disaster. And in that wreckage, a 72-62 loss took shape, not as a fluke, but as a flashing red warning light.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The No. 21/19 Louisville women's basketball team (4-2, 1-0 ACC) was done in by a poor third quarter and fell to No. 20/18 Kentucky (7-0, 0-0 SEC), 72-62, Saturday afternoon at the KFC Yum! Center. The Cards trailed by two at halftime but shot 3-for-20 (15%) in the third quarter and were unable to get back into the game.

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The Kentucky team was defeated by No. 14-ranked Vanderbilt Saturday, 45-17. “Really tough game, obviously. Very discouraging performance by us, and not very good,” Head Coach Mark Stoops said. “I have to credit them,

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It's Louisville vs Kentucky women's basketball in a top-20 battle. Follow Round 2 of Jeff Walz vs Kenny Brooks with updates from the KFC Yum! Center.