Feb. 12, 2009
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Auburn starters: Whitney Boddie, DeWanna Bonner, Sherell Hobbs, Trevesha Jackson and Alli Smalley
Kentucky starters: Carly Ormerod, Eleia Roddy, Amber Smith, Amani Franklin and Victoria Dunlap
Auburn head football coach Gene Chizik spoke to the team in the locker room prior to the game
Thursday's attendance was 3,216
Auburn won the opening tip
Auburn is now 24-1 on the season, 9-1 in SEC play
The 24-1 start is tied for the fourth-best ever for Auburn while the 9-1 league start is tied for third
The win gives Auburn its 24th win of the season, the most for AU since the 1992-93 season
Auburn now has an all-time record of 759-326, and a 170-138 all-time record in the SEC
AU head coach Nell Fortner is now 112-65 in her career and 95-54 at Auburn
Auburn now leads the series with Kentucky, 34-11
Auburn is now 339-65 in its home facility and 124-5 since a loss to Virginia on Jan. 5, 1992
Auburn is 4-3 all-time when playing on Feb. 12
AU has a 142-78 all-time record in the month of February
Auburn is 67-1 when scoring 70 points or more in the Nell Fortner era
With her block at 14:03 in the second half, KeKe Carrier tied Lori Monroe (1979-83) for fourth all-time at Auburn in career blocks with 141, she took sole possession at 13:27 with her third block of the game
With her rebound with 3:51 left in the game, DeWanna Bonner moved into the top five all-time at Auburn in career rebounding, tying Marianne Merritt (1975-79) with 972, she took sole possession of fifth on the next possession
Whitney Boddie tallied her team-leading eighth double-double of the season, 11th of her career
It marks the second game in a row for Auburn to score 81 points and the 13th time this season to score more than 80 in a game
All five Auburn starters scored in double figures for the second time this season with the only other time coming on Jan. 22 against Alabama