Game Notes: Kansas 77, Kentucky 68

Beneath are recreation notes from Kentucky’s 77-68 defeat to No. 9 Kansas on Saturday evening inside Rupp Area: 

Workforce Information and Sequence Notes

• Kentucky ended a four-game win streak and is 14-7 general.
• Kansas ended a three-game dropping streak and improved to 17-4.
• Kentucky holds a 24-11 benefit within the all-time collection.
• UK leads 8-3 in video games performed in Lexington.
• Subsequent for UK: the Wildcats journey to Oxford to tackle Ole Miss on Tuesday. Recreation time is 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. CT in Oxford) and the sport might be televised by ESPN.

Workforce Notes

• The SEC/Large 12 Problem concludes this season. UK went 5-4 within the occasion, together with 2-3 vs. Kansas.
• One of many nation’s prime offensive rebounding groups, Kentucky was restricted to 4 offensive rebounds and the Wildcats have been outscored 11-0 on second-chance factors.

Participant Notes

• Oscar Tshiebwe paced the Wildcats with 18 factors and 9 rebounds.
• The massive man additionally has been an particularly adept passer lately as he continues to obtain additional consideration. He had 4 assists tonight, the fifth straight recreation with three or extra.
• Jacob Toppin had 14 factors, his fourth straight double-figure recreation and twelfth of the season.
• Cason Wallace had 14 factors, his twelfth double-figure scoring recreation of the season.
• He led the Wildcats with 5 assists, the seventh time this season he has paced the Cats in that class.
• Antonio Reeves got here off the bench to attain 10 factors, his seventh straight double-figure recreation and his sixteenth of the season.

Coach John Calipari

• Calipari is 5-8 vs. Kansas, together with 5-5 at UK.
• Calipari has an 824-248 all-time on-court file and is 379-108 in 14 seasons at UK.
• UK is 68-48 (58.6%) towards ranked competitors underneath Calipari.

Rupp Area

• Kentucky is 644-79 (89.1%) within the 47-year historical past of Rupp Area.
• Kentucky is 217-19 (91.9%) in Rupp Area underneath Calipari, together with 24-7 towards Related Press top-10 opponents.

Within the First Half

• Kentucky opened with a beginning lineup of Cason Wallace, CJ Fredrick, Chris Livingston, Jacob Toppin and Oscar Tshiebwe for the fifth recreation in a row.
• Antonio Reeves was the primary substitute on the 12:49 mark.
• Halfway by means of the primary half, Kansas was trailing 22-21, however the Jayhawks outscored UK 20-12 the remainder of the way in which and took a 41-34 benefit into halftime.
• Livingston and Toppin led Kentucky with eight factors every.

Within the Second Half

• Kentucky started the second half with the beginning lineup.
• UK edged inside 47-43 and Kansas known as timeout with 16:10 on the clock.
• UK pulled inside 51-50 however a Jayhawk 3-pointer, steal and layup rapidly restored a six-point lead.
• The Wildcats crept inside two factors on 4 events (58-56, 60-58, 62-60, 64-62) however Kansas replied with scores every time.
• Forward 64-62, Kansas hit three 3-pointers to stretch the result in 73-66 with three minutes remaining and the Jayhawks held on to win.

Extra on Kentucky’s loss to Kansas HERE.

Every little thing John Calipari stated after the defeat could be discovered HERE.

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