Kentucky women’s basketball has lost five-straight games. Kentucky has gotten substantially better during that stretch. These two sentences shouldn’t be able to co-exist, but they do.
In UK’s 95-66 loss to South Carolina on Thursday evening, the ‘Cats played the Gamecocks far closer than the final score indicates. At their best, Kentucky took a 29-21 lead over South Carolina in the second quarter, the biggest lead any SEC opponent has had on the Gamecocks this season. UK entered the fourth frame only down by eight points before its opponent slipped out of reach.