Kentucky seven-time All-American Isabella Magnelli competed at the national championship with sophomore teammate Creslyn Brose, who also earned All-American honors on floor exercise.

When Brose came on her visit to Kentucky, Magnelli pointed out the church she attended and Brose says that helped convince her to attend UK.

“When I first got here the one thing I cared about was the church. At first I didn’t get involved too much with that. I kind of lived for the world a little bit,” Magnelli admitted.  “Going into senior year when I hosted her (Brose), I was fired up about the Lord and the culture of the team starting to shift with more faithful girls,

“We were driving on the road and I mentioned to her that I remembered being a recruit and was scared to talk about life to girls already on the team. I wanted her to know girls on the team were faithful to God and go to church and belong to FCA. Creslyn comes from a Christian home and it was important for me to spread the gospel and share God’s love.”

Quotes of the Week

This is the most meaningful basketball I’ve played in my career. From how the organization has made me feel — the front office, and my teammates and playing with Ant (Anthony Edwards) as our leader. I love it. There’s a lot to be excited about. I haven’t really thought about (the player option) but having the ability to compete for a championship is everything I can ask for at this point in my career,” former UK star Julius Randle after his first season with Minnesota ended with Western Conference Finals loss.

“He wasn’t expected to be the first, second, or third best player on that roster a year ago today when we knew what Kentucky’s roster would look like, but he did become that. He was their leading scorer, had more 20-point games than anyone, hit a couple of game-winning shots, and now he gets to come back again and be projected to be the best and most important player,” CBS Sports analyst Matt Norlander on UK senior Otega Oweh.

“We’d like to preserve these games. That’s one of the problems we’re encountering right now. We’ve seen that. I’ve heard that. We’ve even had discussions with our ADs who are thinking maybe I shouldn’t play this game,” SEC commissioner Greg Sankey on keeping traditional non-conference football rivalry games.