Game Notes: Kentucky 76, Texas A&M 67

Beneath are sport notes from Kentucky’s 76-67 win over the Texas A&M Aggies: 

Workforce Data and Sequence Notes

• Kentucky gained its third in a row and is 13-6 total, 4-3 within the Southeastern Convention.
• Texas A&M is 13-6 total, ending a seven-game win streak, and is 5-1 in league play.
• Kentucky holds a 13-4 benefit within the all-time sequence and has gained the final 4.
• UK leads 7-2 in video games performed in Lexington and has gained the final 5 vs. the Aggies in Rupp Enviornment.
• Subsequent for UK: on Tuesday, the Wildcats journey to Nashville to tackle Vanderbilt. Sport time is 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. CT in Nashville) and the sport will probably be televised on SEC Community.

Workforce Notes

• In a sport that includes 10 ties and 11 lead adjustments, UK took the lead for good with 8:29 to go and gained 76-67.
• For the second sport in a row, Kentucky trailed at halftime however got here again to win.
• The final time that occurred was Jan. 2 and 5, 2021, when the Wildcats rallied from halftime deficits to win at Mississippi State and at residence vs. Vanderbilt.
• Kentucky made 11 of 32 on 3-point pictures. It’s probably the most threes tried for the reason that Wildcats launched 33 lengthy balls vs. Chattanooga on Dec. 17, 2011.
• Kentucky gained the rebounding 39-30, together with 23-10 within the decisive second half.
• UK gained offensive rebounding 18-4, resulting in a 16-2 benefit in second-chance factors.
• Kentucky gained regardless of Texas A&M going 16 of 16 on the foul line. The final time a Kentucky opponent went excellent on a minimum of 16 makes an attempt from the road in a single sport was Arkansas in a 71-67 Razorback extra time win Feb. 27, 2014.

Participant Notes

• Antonio Reeves got here off the bench to guide the Wildcats with a season-high 23 factors, his 14th double-figure sport of the season.
• He made 5 3-pointers, one shy of his profession finest. With 8:29 remaining, he hit the 3-pointer that broke a tie and put the Wildcats forward for good, 56-53.
• Jacob Toppin had 17 factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
• UK is 4-0 this season when Toppin scores a minimum of 17.

CJ Fredrick had 12 factors, his third time within the final 4 video games in double figures. 

• Cason Wallace had 11 factors, his eleventh double-figure scoring sport of the season.
• He led the Wildcats with 4 assists, the sixth time this season he has paced the Cats in that class.
• After scoring no factors and grabbing three rebounds within the first half whereas restricted by foul bother, Oscar Tshiebwe bounced again to complete with seven factors and 17 rebounds.
• It’s the fourth time this season he has garnered a minimum of 17 boards in a sport and thirteenth time in his two seasons as a Wildcat.

Coach John Calipari

• Calipari is 12-3 vs. Texas A&M, with all however one win coming at UK.
• Calipari has an 823-247 all-time on-court document and is 378-107 in 14 seasons at UK.
• UK is 310-60 (83.8%) in opposition to unranked competitors underneath Calipari.

Rupp Enviornment

• Kentucky is 644-78 (89.2%) within the 47-year historical past of Rupp Enviornment, together with 349-47 (88.1%) vs. SEC foes.
• Kentucky is 217-18 (92.3%) in Rupp Enviornment underneath Calipari.

Within the First Half

• Kentucky opened with a beginning lineup of Cason Wallace, CJ Fredrick, Chris Livingston, Jacob Toppin and Oscar Tshiebwe for the third sport in a row.
• Each groups struggled early with Texas A&M getting the primary basket on the 17:42 mark.
• UK trailed 4-0 when Fredrick obtained UK on the board with a 3-pointer at 16:35.
• Antonio Reeves was the primary substitute on the 15:56 mark and instantly hit a 3-pointer, tying the sport at 6.
• Trailing 13-12, UK obtained consecutive threes from Reeves, Livingston and Livingston once more to go up 21-15.
• TAMU replied with a 14-2 run to go up 29-23, coaxing UK’s second timeout at 4:09.
• TAMU went to halftime with a 31-29 lead (see observe above on UK trailing at halftime). Reeves led the Wildcats with 9 factors and Toppin added 9.

Within the Second Half

• Kentucky started the second half with the beginning lineup.
• Kentucky scored the primary 5 factors of the half, with a 3 by Fredrick placing the Cats up 34-31.
• With UK up 36-35 on the 17:00 mark, Tshiebwe was fouled on a shot try. After video evaluation, Tshiebwe was known as for a beforehand unviewed flagrant foul and Julius Marble of A&M was known as for a standard foul and technical foul.
• Marble made two free throws, Fredrick made two free throws; UK was given the ball out of bounds and Wallace made a jumper to make the rating 40-35.
• Tshiebwe scored on the 13:55 mark, his first factors of the sport, to make it 47-44.
• TAMU scored seven straight factors to make it 51-47.
• Trailing 53-51, UK obtained seven in a row to return forward 58-53 and the Wildcats by no means trailed once more.

Forward 59-57, Toppin made a free throw, missed the second, Wallace tracked down the rebound and located Reeves for his fifth 3-pointer of the sport (63-57).