Listed here are recreation notes from Kentucky’s 24-14 loss at dwelling to South Carolina:
Crew Notes
UK has allowed 24 or fewer factors in 10 straight video games, whereas the Cats have gone 8-2 throughout that span.
It’s the longest streak since a 12-game stretch of 24 or fewer within the 1979-80 seasons.
UK has allowed 30 or fewer factors in 52 of the final 58 video games.
UK has allowed 98 factors to this point this season, fewest within the first six video games since 2018 (83 within the first six video games).
UK has allowed fewer than 400 yards in 10 consecutive video games.
Kentucky had 11 gamers catch passes within the recreation towards South Carolina, probably the most since October 24, 2015 when 11 Wildcats had receptions at Mississippi State.
Participant Notes
Quarterback Kaiya Sheron had 15 completions, and only one interception, on 27 makes an attempt for 178 yards and two touchdowns in his first collegiate begin.
The redshirt freshman recorded the primary landing of his profession on a 16-yard move to tight finish Jordan Dingle within the second quarter. He later linked with operating again JuTahn McClain on a 10-yard landing throw.
Working again Chris Rodriguez Jr. rushed 22 instances for 126 yards.
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This was the sixteenth 100-yard dashing recreation of his profession, the third-most in program historical past.
He now has 2,938 profession dashing yards, serving to him enhance to fifth place on the varsity’s all-time checklist.
He’s the primary participant at school historical past to have no less than three 125-yard dashing video games towards the identical opponent. In 4 video games, he carried the ball 68 for 474 yards (7.0 per carry) and 4 touchdowns.
Tight finish Jordan Dingle hauled within the second rating of his profession on a 16-yard landing move from Kaiya Sheron for Kentucky’s first factors of the sport.
Dingle has scored touchdowns in back-to-back video games after he caught a 17-yard landing move at Ole Miss.
Working again JuTahn McClain had a 10-yard landing reception within the fourth quarter, his first rating of the season.
It marked his solely reception of the evening.
He additionally rushed 3 times for 19 yards.
Large receiver Chauncey Magwood led all wideouts with two receptions for 37 yards.
Large receiver Dane Key had two receptions for 22 yards
Large receiver Tayvion Robinson had one catch for 27 yards.
Linebacker DeAndre Sq. led Kentucky with 9 whole tackles on 1.5 TFL and tied linebacker Jordan Wright for the staff lead with six solo tackles.
Sq. tied defensive again Tyrell Ajian in sacks with one apiece.
Linebacker Jordan Wright had seven tackles, together with six solo tackles, for a team-best 2.0 TFL.
Linebacker Trevin Wallace had his first profession interception at Kentucky’s 13-yard line to kill a five-play drive stopping South Carolina from scoring earlier than halftime.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Rivalry week has finally arrived. The Louisville and Kentucky football program are set to do battle once again, facing off in Lexington for the annual Battle for the Governor’s Cup.
Here are the depth charts for both the Cardinals and Wildcats:
Changes from Louisville’s Depth Chart vs. Pitt:
Quarterback
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9 Tyler Shough (6-5, 230, Gr.) 10 Pierce Clarkson (6-1, 190, R-Fr.) OR 15 Harrison Bailey (6-5, 230, R-Sr.) OR 12 Brady Allen (6-6, 220, R-So)
Running Back
25 Isaac Brown (5-9, 190, Fr.) 21 Donald Chaney Jr. (5-10, 210, R-Jr.) 26 Duke Watson (6-0, 180, Fr.) 22 Keyjuan Brown (5-10, 210, R-Fr.)
Wide Receiver
0 Chris Bell (6-2, 220, Jr.) 81 Cataurus Hicks (5-10, 180, R-Fr.)
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (3-2) at Kentucky Wildcats (5-0)
Lexington, Kentucky; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. EST
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BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -22.5; over/under is 164
BOTTOM LINE: No. 8 Kentucky takes on Western Kentucky after Koby Brea scored 22 points in Kentucky’s 108-59 win over the Jackson State Tigers.
The Wildcats have gone 4-0 at home. Kentucky is 10th in college basketball averaging 12.6 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 42.3% from downtown. Brea leads the team averaging 4.0 makes while shooting 74.1% from 3-point range.
The Hilltoppers are 0-1 in road games. Western Kentucky ranks third in the CUSA shooting 37.4% from 3-point range.
Kentucky scores 97.0 points, 24.2 more per game than the 72.8 Western Kentucky allows. Western Kentucky averages 9.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.8 more made shots on average than the 6.0 per game Kentucky gives up.
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TOP PERFORMERS: Brea is shooting 74.1% from beyond the arc with 4.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Wildcats, while averaging 16 points.
Julius Thedford averages 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Hilltoppers, scoring 11.4 points while shooting 54.5% from beyond the arc.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Mark Stoops owns a five-game winning streak in the Governor’s Cup series. The Wildcats have won three games in a row at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium and have not lost to Louisville at Kroger Field since 2017 when Bobby Petrino was holding the call sheet and and Lamar Jackson was playing quarterback. The Wildcats have also covered a lot of spreads in this series.
Stoops is 7-2-1 against-the-spread (ATS) in this series with with covers as a double-digit dog in 2014 and 2016. Kentucky has beaten Louisville outright as a dog three times since 2016 and has covered five straight in this series. Those are not the only trends going in Kentucky’s direction heading into this Week 14 contest.
Louisville is 0-4-1 ATS as a road favorite under Jeff Brohm with outright losses to Pittsburgh and Stanford. Kentucky is 5-0-1 ATS as a dog in its last six outing including four games this season. Kentucky covered numbers as a double-digit dog against Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee, and Texas this season.
The visitor is 11-3-1 ATS (5-10 outright) in the last 14 meetings of this series with 10 outright wins but Kentucky has won the last two meetings at Kroger Field covering each times as a three-point favorite. In 2019, Kentucky ran away for a 45-13 victory and cruised to a 26-13 victory in 2022.
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Kentucky has consistently overachieved pregame expectations in this series. The Wildcats are currently a 3.5-point dog with a total of 48.5. That’s a projected final score of 26-22.5. Will UK exceed expectations again against Louisville? A win would equal four outright upsets for the Big Blue in the last eight meetings of the series.
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