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Deadspin | No. 5 Kentucky aims to continue winning ways against Colgate
No. 5 Kentucky, after splitting games on a tough two-game trip last week, returns home to face Colgate on Wednesday in Lexington, Ky.
The Wildcats (8-1) took their first loss under new coach Mark Pope at Clemson on Dec. 3, then pulled out a come-from-behind overtime victory over Gonzaga on Saturday in Seattle.
In the 90-89 triumph over the Bulldogs, Kentucky tied the school record for the largest halftime deficit overcome en route to a win. The Wildcats trailed at intermission 50-34 but rallied to tie the game in the final minute before jumping to a seven-point overtime lead and then hanging on for their second top-10 win of the season.
Kentucky previously beat then-No. 6 Duke 77-72 on Nov. 12 in Atlanta.
On Saturday, the Wildcats got a team-high 19 points from Wake Forest transfer Andrew Carr. Four other Kentucky players reached double digits, including Jaxson Robinson, who not only scored 18 points but ended up having to play point guard down the game’s final stretch.
Kentucky’s starter at that position, Lamont Butler, missed the entire game with a minor ankle injury sustained against Clemson. Point guard Kerr Kriisa left the game in the middle of the second half against Gonzaga with a broken foot that will require surgical repair.
On Monday, Pope said of Butler, “It’s day-to-day right now, we’ll see. I’m hoping to see him on the court some (Tuesday), we’ll kind of see how that goes. He got some work done today away from the team. He was at practice kind of — his voice was there, but wasn’t doing anything active with us. We’re going to see how he responds (Tuesday) morning.”
Kentucky’s transfer-heavy squad is leading the nation in scoring, at 92.6 points per game. The Wildcats are averaging a plus-7.7 rebounding margin over opponents but have been tested on the backboard in their top recent road games. “We’re learning,” Pope said. “The process we’re in right now is we’re going to grow, we’re going to keep getting better and better and better. We had a couple really productive days in practice where we’re starting to understand how to be us against the best defenses in the country.”
The Wildcats’ next foe, Colgate, is offensively challenged.
The Raiders (2-8) are averaging just 67.1 points per game, around the 10th percentile mark of Division I offenses. Colgate is shooting only 43.7 percent as a team and is being outrebounded by 4.5 boards per game on average, also one of the worst marks in the nation.
Colgate has been without 6-foot-11 senior Jeff Woodward for the past three weeks, which leaves the Raiders with only one player seeing significant minutes who is taller than 6-foot-6.
The Raiders come to Rupp Arena off a 78-75 loss at Northeastern on Sunday. While five Raiders reached double-figure scoring totals, led by Brady Cummings with 15 points, Colgate was outrebounded 37-21. The Raiders did manage a season-high 14 steals in the contest. Coach Matt Langel, in his 14th season at Colgate, said after the defeat, “Winning on the road is extremely hard to do in college basketball. Our schedule has been challenging with the circumstances we’ve faced. Our guys stepped up and fought hard together to make some plays, but … ultimately we came up short.”
Langel has taken Colgate to the NCAA Tournament in each of the past four seasons and the Raiders have posted a 60-6 Patriot League record during that span.
–Field Level Media
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Fayette County school board chair, KEA sue to block Kentucky law that would oust current members
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — Fayette County Board of Education Chair Tyler Murphy and the Kentucky Education Association have filed a lawsuit challenging a newly enacted Kentucky law that would overhaul the governance structure of Fayette County Public Schools and force all current board members out of office at the end of 2026.
The lawsuit names the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Fayette County Board of Elections and Fayette County election officials as defendants.
At the center of the legal challenge is Senate Bill 4, which lawmakers passed over Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto earlier this year.
Under the law, the seven-member Fayette County Board of Education would be reduced to five district-based seats, the lawsuit reads. The terms of all current board members would end Dec. 31, 2026, and new elections would be held for the restructured board.
The lawsuit argues the law is unconstitutional and asks the court to block its implementation, including any election-related actions tied to the measure.
Court filings contend the legislation unlawfully targets a single school district and interferes with the terms of duly elected local officials. Plaintiffs also argue the law violates provisions of the Kentucky Constitution governing local elections and public officeholders.
Attorneys included exhibits detailing criticism of Murphy and Fayette County Public Schools leadership from state lawmakers, including a petition seeking Murphy’s removal and a letter from state Sen. Chris McDaniel calling for the resignations of Murphy and Superintendent Demetrus Liggins.
The lawsuit seeks a declaration that the law is invalid and requests expedited review from the court due to upcoming election deadlines.
No hearing date had been announced as of Wednesday.
The lawsuit comes as Fayette County Public Schools continues to face scrutiny over budgeting decisions, district spending and governance issues that have drawn attention from state lawmakers over the past year.
In a statement, Representative Matt Lockett criticized Murphy as he highlighted what he stated are district failures under Murphy.
“This lawsuit is nothing more than an attempt to distract from the disaster that Fayette County Public Schools is under Tyler Murphy’s leadership as board chair. Under his watch, the district has spiraled into a financial crisis so severe that it is now seeking to borrow up to $110 million simply to keep the lights on and make it through the school year. Students have been failed. Families have been failed. Teachers and staff have been failed. Taxpayers have been failed. And the Lexington community has been left paying the price for years of mismanagement and poor oversight.
Rather than taking responsibility for the district’s financial failures and focusing on what is best for students, he has chosen to file a lawsuit challenging a law that was duly passed by the General Assembly and enacted through the constitutional process. He may be emboldened by recent rulings by activist judges, but there are no legitimate grounds for overturning a duly enacted statute simply because you can’t do the right thing by this community. The General Assembly has both the authority and the responsibility to establish standards for public offices and governance structures across the Commonwealth.
At a time when Fayette County schools are facing unprecedented financial turmoil, the focus should be on accountability, transparency, and fixing the problems that have brought the district to this point. The only filing Fayette County taxpayers should be expecting from Mr. Murphy is his resignation.”
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has been causing fear around the world, and a Lexington doctor is preparing in the event a case is found in Kentucky.
According to the CDC, there have been 49 deaths and over 300 confirmed cases across the two countries, with more suspected cases still being investigated.
UK Healthcare is working to become a Level 2 Special Pathogen Treatment Center through the National Special Pathogen System, which would allow the facility to treat Ebola patients in-house.
Dr. Nicholas Van Sickels, an infectious disease physician at UK Healthcare, said the current outbreak is serious, but Kentucky residents are not at significant risk.
“Ebola scares people just because of the mortality, the death rate, associated with it and some of the long term consequences when you do survive. Fortunately, the strain that we’re seeing in Eastern (Democratic Republic of Congo) is thought to be not as deadly, but either way it’s a very serious disease. It carries a lot of stigma and fear,” Van Sickels said.
Here in Kentucky, however, is a very safe environment, Dr. Van Sickels said.
Currently, Dr. Van Sickels says UK Healthcare operates as an assessment hospital, meaning it can evaluate patients with symptoms who have traveled to regions with active outbreaks, coordinate testing with the state, and transfer patients to higher-level care centers if needed.
Once the Level 2 designation is complete, UK Healthcare will be the only facility in Kentucky with that capability.
“We’re the only facility in Kentucky that is able to have a level 2 designation once we finish this grant award and get approved,” Dr. Van Sickels said.
In January 2026, UK Healthcare received a grant from the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC), the governing body of the National Special Pathogen System.
“It’s approximately half a million dollars to transform our institution,” Van Sickels said.
The funding has been used to run simulation drills in coordination with Lexington Fire, EMS, and the state health department. The grant also enabled UK Healthcare to upgrade its protective outerwear, with all seam points covered to provide additional protection. Ebola is transmitted through bodily fluids.
During a recent site visit and simulation, evaluators identified vulnerabilities in the facility’s previous protective suits.
“When we had our site visit and had our stimulation, for example, they said that the seams that we had on our old suits, you could pull and stretch, and that they were rather porous,” Van Sickels said.
Van Sickels had been working on the preparedness project since the beginning of the year.
Citing lessons learned from the 2014 West Africa Ebola epidemic, which spread to the U.S. and resulted in 4 cases and 1 death.
“Ebola 2014 taught a lot of hospitals in the US about high consequence infections, established what is now NETEC, the educating body for our country, uh, about high consequence pathogens,” Van Sickels said.
“We’re constantly wanting to push preparedness, uh, because that is the key to success in evading further outbreaks,” Van Sickels said.
UK Healthcare expects to complete its Level 2 Special Pathogen Treatment Center designation by the end of summer.
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