Gator women's basketball senior guard Sha Brooks scored a team-high 17 points and No. 12/16 Florida held off a stingy Kentucky team for a 74-59 victory on Thursday in the O'Connell Center. The Gators (19-2, 5-1 Southeastern Conference), who wrapped up their three-game homestand with their 13th consecutive home win, led by as many as 18 points in the game before the Wildcats (12-9, 2-4 SEC) trimmed their deficit down to five points, 55-50, with 8:45 remaining and then were within nine points, 65-56, with 3:31 on the clock. Freshman guard Trumae Lucas drained a deep basket from the left wing with 2:31 left and senior center Aneika Henry posted a key block at the other end to give the Gators a 67-56 lead that they would not relinquish. Florida won the rebound battle 42-36 and scored 25 points off of 23 Kentucky turnovers. The Gators shot 46.7 percent (28-of-60) from the floor for the game, while limiting the Wildcats to 31.6 percent (18-of-57) shooting from the floor.  Senior forward Marshae Dotson chipped in 13 points and a squad-best eight boards.  Junior guard Steffi Sorensen finished with nine points, including three 3-pointers, with nine rebounds. She extended her streak of consecutive games with a 3-pointer to 16, the fifth-longest streak in program history.