Land O’ Lakes High graduate and University of Central Florida (UCF) women’s basketball player Kayli Keough set a career-high in scoring by pouring in 23 points to help the Knights defeat Bethune-Cookman University 66-49 on Nov. 30.
“I was just getting in a rhythm as the game went along,” Keough said. “The coaches have been encouraging me to be aggressive and stay aggressive. I was able to find my spots.”
Keough, redshirt junior forward, went 10-of-16 shooting and hit all three of her free-throw attempts in the contest. She also added six rebounds in her 33 minutes on the court.
“We knew the middle of the zone would be open and Kayli would have to knock down shots. She does it every day in practice,” said UCF coach Joi Williams. “We have a lot of confidence with her shooting from that spot. She played without thinking a lot and that’s a good thing. We found her in the seam. … We didn’t do a good job in the first half of reversing the basketball and in the second half that was the difference. Then, we found her in the middle and she knocked down the shot.”
Keough is in her first season with the Knights. She spent her first two college years at Florida State University and had to sit out the 2010-11 campaign because of NCAA transfer rules.
Keough is averaging 9.7 points and 3.1 rebounds per contest through UCF’s first seven games. She has played in all of the Kinghts’ contests this season, including making four starts.
