In a tense NCAA tournament match, Kentucky senior guard Georgia Amoore scored 34 points, helping her team secure a narrow 79-78 victory against 13-seed Liberty. With this performance, she tied the record for the most points scored by a Kentucky player in a tournament game. The Wildcats faced a significant challenge, nearly experiencing a historic collapse as Liberty closed in after trailing by 17 points in the fourth quarter. Ultimately, the team's late-game execution secured their first tournament win since 2021.
Amoore's 34 points also matched the most by a Kentucky player in a tourney game, tying A'dia Mathies' total in 2013 against Dayton.
Anything can happen. Amoore said after the game at Lexington's Memorial Coliseum.
With 9:36 left in the game, Liberty trailed by 17 points. Had the Flames overcome the deficit, it would have been the second-biggest fourth-quarter comeback in NCAA tournament history.
The Wildcats needed every point to avoid one of the biggest collapses in NCAA tournament history against 13-seed Liberty in the first round.
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