Kentucky
By the Numbers: UK 78, Tennessee 73
Kentucky notched yet another huge victory in Mark Pope’s first season on Tuesday night, going into Knoxville and knocking off the top-10 Tennessee Volunteers without Lamont Butler and with Andrew Carr only briefly appearing.
Here are some of the most interesting and telling stats from the Cats’ 78-73 win against the Volunteers, which snapped a two-game losing streak and put Kentucky at 4-3 in the nation’s toughest conference.
78 … Points scored by Kentucky. It was the most points Tennessee has given up this year. Earlier in the day Jon Rothstein pointed out that something had to give between the Cats’ offense and Vols’ defense. UK’s 48 points in the second half meant it broke in Kentucky’s favor.
50% … UK’s field goal percentage (25/50 FG) and also the Cats’ 3-point percentage (12/24). We knew that most recipes for an upset without Butler would include Kentucky shooting well from outside and that’s exactly what happened.
+20 … Amari Williams’ +/- for the game, easily the best for either team. Williams played 24 minutes and the Cats outscored the Vols by 20 points during that stretch of time. Williams was efficient (3/5 FG, 10 points) and active (15 rebounds, four assists).
This was also the number of points in the paint for Kentucky in the game. UK got a lot of points from the three-point arc and the free throw line. The Vols outscored the Cats 24-20 in the paint.
5:20 … Kentucky had no field goals in the final 5:20 of the game. There were opportunities for Kentucky to put the game away much sooner than it did. However, Tennessee only made 1/12 field goals to finish the game.
5 … The number of times Tennessee turned the ball over on Tuesday night. That compared to 13 turnovers for the Wildcats.
4 … Three pointers made by both Koby Brea (18 points) and Ansley Almonor (12 points). Those two accounted for two-thirds of Kentucky’s makes from outside the arc and combined to shoot 8/16 from outside.
1:22 … The amount of game time that elapsed while Tennessee was leading a game. This was a contest controlled by Kentucky from start to finish with the exception of the Vols’ run late in the first half.
1/11 … Zakai Zeigler’s three-point numbers for the game. The Tennessee point guard was 4/7 inside the arc. He did have six assists, two steals and only one turnover.
-16 … Brandon Garrison’s +/- for the game. The Oklahoma State transfer scored two points and had two rebounds, but in his 16 minutes the Vols outplayed the Cats by a significant margin.
GRAYSON, Ky. (WSAZ) – New information has been released in the search for a missing woman at Grayson Lake.
According to game wardens with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Marly Kinney, 19, of Ashland, was last seen at Grayson Lake on Wednesday afternoon.
They say search efforts are focused on the water at this time and include Kentucky State Police aerial support, drones, boats, and K9 assistance.
Crews suspend search for missing teen for the night
The search is now into its third day, with officials saying on and off rain has hindered their search and that a group of 50 volunteers are walking the banks of the lake to help in the search.
Search and rescue boats have been seen at the lake as well.
Officials say there are still many questions, including if Kinney is still alive and where exactly she went missing.
They also say they’ve been using a variety of equipment, including sonar and thermal detectors, as well as helicopters and underwater drones.
WSAZ received a statement from Kinney’s family Friday afternoon:
“We are very appreciative of the absolute surplus of support from law enforcement, search and rescue, 1st responders, and all of the community and its volunteers that are here with us and for us searching for Marly. We do not even know how to express our absolute gratitude to you all. We continue to have faith she will be found and brought back to us. We know we have the very best people doing all they can to bring her home.”
Anyone with information is asked to call 911.
We are still working to get more information.
Previous coverage can be found here.
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On Thursday, Kentucky’s home and away SEC opponents for the 2026-27 season were revealed and on top of learning the three opponents who they will play twice, there are some very intriguing matchups. In conference play, Kentucky will face six teams who are among the top 25 in many preseason rankings.
In SEC play, Kentucky will play Tennessee, Vandy and Ole Miss all both home and away. The home matchups include Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vandy. As for the road tilts, the Wildcats will face Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Texas, Tennessee and Vandy. Let’s take a look at some interesting developments from the schedule release.
John Calipari returns to Rupp Arena (again)
In Calipari’s first year with Arkansas, he got the best of Kentucky when he came into Rupp Arena and left with a 10-point victory, a game where you could really feel the tension all game long in the building from Kentucky fans, which translated onto the court with the players. Last season, it was Kentucky who shocked everyone when they stole one on the road against a top 20 Arkansas team after a rough up-and-down season up to that point. Now, the two will face off again as Kentucky will look to get the win in Rupp and make sure Calipari doesn’t get two in a row in the building. It’ll be another highly-anticipated showdown.
Kentucky hits the road at Texas
This is shaping up to be a major challenge for Kentucky next season and may even end up being one of the biggest games of the season. Texas is seen by many as a clear top 10 team, with some even having them within the top five and when you combine that with the fact that the game is on the road, the Wildcats will have their hands full. The Wildcats fell to the longhorns in the 2024-25 season, and it’ll be a much stiffer challenge this time.
Which game could be a trap?
We don’t have the game-by-game dates yet, so it’s hard to say with a lot of confidence, but opponent-wise, Georgia could really give Kentucky fits. In Pope’s first year, his team struggled handling the physicality of the Bulldogs and now, they’ve retained one of their best guards for another year and have added physicality through the portal. Mike White’s teams love to make opponents uncomfortable and they could do that once again down in Athens. Another sneaky team to watch is Oklahoma, who will have very good guard play. Kentucky will face both teams on the road.
Overall, it’s a pretty fair SEC schedule for a Kentucky team who has the capability of a return to being atop the conference once again. Mark Pope has such a system-fit squad and he can do some damage in the SEC.
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