Following a monster week for Kentucky Wildcats women’s basketball, espnW named Kyra Elzy the National Coach of the Week and Rhyne Howard the National Player of the Week on Monday.
In addition, Howard was named the SEC Player of the Week and Naismith Trophy National Player of the Week on Tuesday.
In her first season as a collegiate head coach, Elzy has already led UK to back-to-back wins over top-15 ranked opponents, the first time the school has accomplished this since December 2013 and the first time ever vs. SEC opponents.
After starting with a 75-64 win on Thursday vs.