Savvy Swords has been an offensive rebounding machine

Kentucky’s trio of McDonald’s All-American freshmen have all shown flashes of why they were ranked so highly out of high school, but Savvy Swords has arguably been the most notable standout of the group through the Wildcats’ first two games this season.

And it’s not because of high point totals or jaw-dropping highlights. It’s because of her seemingly endless efforts to relentlessly attack the offensive glass.

In game one of the 2026-27 season on Monday — an 85-42 victory for Kentucky — the 6-foot-2 Swords crashed the glass all night long. She grabbed 11 total rebounds, nine of them coming on the offensive side. A few nights later in a 51-point win over Northern Kentucky on Thursday, she…