Game Notes: Kentucky 85, Georgia 71

Beneath are recreation notes from Kentucky’s 85-71 win over the Georgia Bulldogs on Tuesday evening inside Rupp Area: 

Workforce Information and Collection Notes

• Kentucky is now 12-6 on the season, 3-3 within the Southeastern Convention.
• Georgia is 13-5, 3-2 in league play.
• Kentucky holds a 131-27 benefit within the all-time sequence and has gained two in a row.
• UK leads 64-5 in video games performed in Lexington and has gained the final 11 in Rupp Area.
• Subsequent for UK: on Saturday, the Wildcats host Texas A&M in a 2 p.m. recreation that can be televised on ESPN.

Workforce Notes

• Kentucky’s 85 factors are probably the most towards an SEC opponent within the final 12 video games, for the reason that 90-81 win over Alabama on Feb. 19 of final season.
• UK tallied 51 factors within the second half, most in a half this season vs. an SEC foe.
• Kentucky gained the rebounding 44-31. UK is 8-0 this season when main the rebounding by double digits.
• Kentucky made 23 of 30 foul photographs, season highs in each classes.
• Kentucky’s last margin of 14 factors was the biggest lead of the sport. UK is 320-13 (96.1%) underneath Calipari when main by at the very least 10 factors at any time through the recreation.
• Kentucky trailed by as many as 11 factors on two events late within the first half. It’s the largest UK comeback win since rallying from an 11-point deficit vs. LSU on Feb. 23, 2022, with UK successful 71-66.
• Kentucky bought double-doubles from Oscar Tshiebwe and Jacob Toppin for the second time this season, additionally vs. North Florida on November 23.

Participant Notes

• Oscar Tshiebwe had a career-high 37 factors and yanked a season-best 24 rebounds, the primary 30-20 recreation of his profession.
• The final Wildcat with a 35-point, 20-rebound recreation was Mike Phillips, who had 35-20 vs. LSU on Feb. 2, 1976.
• That is the fifth 35-20 recreation in UK historical past, additionally Phillips (listed above), Dan Issel (36-29 vs. LSU on Feb. 22, 1969), Cotton Nash (34-20 vs. Tulane on Jan. 11, 1964) and Invoice Spivey (40-34 vs. Xavier on Feb. 13, 1951).
• Per ESPN, Tshiebwe’s 24 rebounds are probably the most for a Division I participant with a 35-point recreation within the final 25 seasons.
• It’s the fourth 30-point recreation of his profession.
• The 37-point recreation tied Malik Monk vs. Georgia (1/31/17) for many factors in an SEC recreation and the third-most level in any contest within the Calipari period.
• Tshiebwe’s points-rebounds-assists complete of 62 (37-24-1) was probably the most of any participant within the Calipari period, topping his personal earlier complete of fifty (30-18-2) at Arkansas on Feb. 26, 2022.
• Drawing 12 fouls through the recreation, he had profession highs by making 13 of 18 free throws.
• It’s his sixth 20-rebound recreation of his profession. All UK gamers mixed have totaled 5 20-rebound video games for the reason that 1973-74 season.
• He entered the sport main the nation in offensive rebounding with 5.6 per recreation and bought 11 ORBs tonight.
• He might have had a double-double with both offensive (11) or defensive rebounds (13). It’s the second time he’s achieved that feat with a 14-point, 10-ORB, 10-DRB efficiency vs. Robert Morris on Nov. 12, 2021.
• It’s his SEC-best eleventh double-double of the season.
• Tshiebwe has 39 double-doubles in 50 profession video games for UK.
• He additionally had a season-high-tying three steals.
• Jacob Toppin had 11 factors and a career-high-tying 11 rebounds, his third double-double of the season.
• He additionally had a game-high 4 assists, second time this season and fifth profession he has performed so.
• Cason Wallace tossed in 17 factors, his tenth double-figure scoring recreation of the season.
• He made 7 of 11 from the sphere, together with 2 of 4 on 3-pointers.
• Antonio Reeves got here off the bench to tally 11 factors, his thirteenth double-figure recreation of the season.

Coach John Calipari

• Calipari is 21-3 vs. Georgia, all coming at UK.
• Calipari has an 822-247 all-time on-court report and is 377-107 in 14 seasons at UK.
• UK is 309-60 (83.7%) towards unranked competitors underneath Calipari.

Rupp Area

• Kentucky is 643-78 (89.2%) within the 47-year historical past of Rupp Area, together with 348-47 (88.1%) vs. SEC foes.
• Kentucky is 216-18 (92.3%) in Rupp Area underneath Calipari.

Within the First Half

• Kentucky opened with a beginning lineup of CJ Fredrick, Cason Wallace, Chris Livingston, Jacob Toppin and Oscar Tshiebwe for the second recreation in a row.
• Antonio Reeves was the primary substitute on the 16:55 mark.
• Georgia opened an early 7-2 lead however the Wildcats bought their solely lead of the half (14-13) at 11:02 on a steal by Wheeler, adopted by a quick break dish to Toppin for a dunk.
• The Bulldogs regained the lead the rest of the half and took a 42-34 benefit into intermission.
• Tshiebwe led the Wildcat effort with 14 factors and 9 rebounds within the first half.

Within the Second Half

• Kentucky started the second half with Fredrick, Wallace, Livingston, Toppin and Tshiebwe.
• Tshiebwe scored 5 fast factors as UK pulled inside 42-39.
• Down 45-41, Tshiebwe scored and was fouled. He missed the free throw however tracked down the rebound and located Fredrick for a 3-pointer that gave UK a 46-45 lead, coaxing a Georgia timeout at 17:11.
• UK ultimately stretched the result in 53-49.
• Georgia rallied to tie at 55.
• Tied at 57, a Reeves basket put UK forward for good and the Wildcats step by step pulled away to win 85-71.

Extra on the massive win over the Bulldogs right here.

Extra on Ian Jackson’s dedication to North Carolina HERE.

Extra on how a players-only assembly shifted Kentucky’s momentum HERE.

John Calipari discovered vindication in Kentucky’s victory over the Volunteers. Extra HERE.

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