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HALF: Reed Sheppard’s mustache wants the Kentucky-Penn halftime score
Today’s halftime report is brought to you by Reed Sheppard‘s new mustache. At the Wells Fargo Center up in Philadelphia, Kentucky men’s basketball leads the Penn Quakers by a score of 39-29 at the intermission.
All eight Kentucky players found the bucket through the first half, led by nine points and seven rebounds from freshman center Aaron Bradshaw. Freshman guard Rob Dillingham wasn’t far behind with eight points but on 3-10 shooting. Veteran forward Tre Mitchell was stuffing the stat sheet with two points, five rebounds, and three assists.
Kentucky shot 47.2 percent overall from the floor and 4-9 from long range, compared to just 39.4 percent overall from Penn on a 2-12 clip from deep. Clark Slajchert fueled the Quakers with 12 points on 6-8 shooting. UK won the rebounding battle after 20 minutes, 23-17.
During pregame introductions, Wildcat freshmen DJ Wagner and Justin Edwards, who are from the Philadelphia area, received a nice pop from the mostly Kentucky crowd. It was the first game back for Wagner after he sat out UK’s previous game due to an ankle injury. Bradshaw, who is also from the surrounding area, made just his second appearance of the season for Kentucky, checking in after the first few minutes.
It was a slow start offensively for both squads, but Kentucky took the early lead and never trailed in the opening half. A layup from Edwards midway through the first 20 minutes of action gave the ‘Cats a seven-point advantage, 19-12. Penn would trim that lead down to two soon after, but a quick 7-0 run from Kentucky pushed the score to 30-21 at the final media timeout of the half.
Kentucky’s lead would balloon from there as “Go Big Blue” chants rained from down the crowd. A 16-2 run by the ‘Cats broke the game open before Penn hit back-to-back shots that made head coach John Calipari call a timeout with under 30 seconds left. Kentucky would fail to score out of the timeout though and Penn would hit a fastbreak layup right before the half to give us our halftime score of 39-29.
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Kentucky visits top OL target Adam Guthrie, a four-star 2026 prospect
Adam Guthrie is one of the nation’s best offensive linemen in the country — and Kentucky is firmly in the mix to land his talents.
Ranked by On3 as the No. 37 overall prospect from the 2026 class, Guthrie received a visit from a pair of Wildcat coaches on Monday: associate head coach Vince Marrow and offensive line coach Eric Wolford. The four-star offensive tackle out of Washington Court House (OH) Miami Trace has been recruited by Kentucky since he was extended a scholarship offer all the way back in Oct. 2023.
Guthrie, who doubles as a basketball player, clocks in at 6-foot-7, 300 pounds. He is considered the seventh-best offensive lineman in his cycle.
Guthrie is already up to 40-plus Division I offers, but Kentucky was actually the third school to reach out with a scholarship. He visited Lexington back in September when the Wildcats hosted top-ranked Georgia in a tight 13-12 loss. His stock began to blow up from there. Guthrie earned offers from the likes of Ohio State, Clemson, Georgia, Ole Miss, Michigan, and many more during his fall high school season. The Buckeyes and Tigers are schools to monitor.
While visiting Guthrie, Marrow also offered one of his high school teammates. 2027 running back Julian Baker announced a scholarship from the ‘Cats, his seventh from a DI school.
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Kentucky Derby standings after 14 points preps
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Ben Breland / Eclipse Sportswire
The winner and runner-up from Saturday’s Grade 3 Lecomte joined the top 10 in the points standings for Kentucky Derby 2025.
Disco Time brought his record to 3-for-3 with his win by a neck over Built over the muddy Fair Grounds track to earn 20 points and move into third place. Built, who already had earned 10 points for his win in the Gun Runner, picked up another 10 to move into fourth place.
The third-, fourth- and fifth-place finishers got their first qualifying points. Innovator earned 6 points, good for 18th place. Golden Afternoon is in 28th place with 4 points, and Maximus Promise earned 2 points, putting him at no. 44.
One points prep is on the calendar for this weekend. The Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn drew a field of 10, with Gaming, fifth on the leaderboard, drawing the rail.
The following weekend brings four preps, the Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream, the Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita and the Withers (G3) at Aqueduct. All three, along with the Southwest, offer 20-10-6-4-2 points to the top five finishers.
Horse | Points | Trainer | Last race | Earnings* |
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1. Citizen Bull | 40 | Bob Baffert | 1st, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $1,256,000 |
2. Coal Battle | 20 | Lonnie Briley | 1st, Smarty Jones | $434,500 |
3. Disco Time | 20 | Brad Cox | 1st, Lecomte | $150,000 |
4. Built | 20 | Wayne Catalano | 2md, Lecomte | $110,000 |
5. Gaming | 18 | Bob Baffert | 2nd, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $544,000 |
6. Getaway Car | 16 | Bob Baffert | 4th, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $308,000 |
7. Jonathan’s Way | 15 | Philip Bauer | 2nd, Kentucky Jockey Club | $213,530 |
8. Chancer McPatrick | 10 | Chad Brown | 6th, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $480,000 |
9. East Avenue | 10 | Brendan Walsh | 9th, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $368,750 |
10. First Resort | 10 | Eoin Harty | 1st, Kentucky Jockey Club | $296,776 |
11. Poster | 10 | Eoin Harty | 1st, Remsen | $137,500 |
12. Journalism | 10 | Michael McCarthy | 1st, Los Alamitos Futurity | $120,000 |
13. Sovereignty | 10 | Bill Mott | 1st, Street Sense | $119,280 |
14. Cyclone State | 10 | Chad Summers | 1st, Jerome | $82,500 |
15. Hill Road | 9 | Adrian Murray | 3rd, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $180,000 |
16. Tiztastic | 8 | Steve Asmussen | 3rd, Kentucky Jockey Club | $665,800 |
17. Ferocious | 8 | Gustavo Delgado | 5th, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $232,500 |
18. Innovator | 6 | D. Wayne Lukas | 3rd, Lecomte | $66,250 |
19. Dapper Moon | 6 | Dallas Stewart | 4th, Kentucky Jockey Club | $46,238 |
20. Owen Almighty | 5 | Brian Lynch | 2nd, Iroquois | $163,060 |
21. Tip Top Thomas | 5 | Todd Pletcher | 2nd, Champagne | $100,000 |
22. Speed King | 5 | Chad Brown | 2nd, Springboard Mile | $60,000 |
23. Aviator Gui | 5 | Chad Brown | 2nd, Remsen | $59,000 |
24. Mo Quality | 5 | Chris Davis | 2nd, Smarty Jones | $48,750 |
25. Omaha Omaha | 5 | Michael Gorham | 2nd, Jerome | $30,000 |
26. Magnitude | 5 | Steve Asmussen | 2nd, Gun Runner | $22,505 |
27. Studlydoright | 4 | Jerry Robb | 4th, Jerome | $256,250 |
28. Golden Afternoon | 4 | Nicholas Vaccarezza | 4th, Lecomte | $78,375 |
29. Sandman | 4 | Mark Casse | 3rd, Street Sense | $27,995 |
30. Render Judgment | 4 | Kenny McPeek | 3td, Gun Runner | $21,610 |
31. Mo Plex | 3 | Jeremiah Englehart | 2nd, Sleepy Hollow | $156,250 |
32. Kale’s Angel | 3 | Peter Miller | 3rd, Smarty Jones | $118,625 |
33. McKinzie Street | 3 | Tim Yakteen | 3rd, American Pharoah | $96,000 |
34. Filoso | 3 | Chad Summers | 3rd, Breeders’ Futurity | $59,875 |
35. Dominant Spirit | 3 | Bret Calhoun | 3rd, Springboard Mile | $48,000 |
36. Giocoso | 3 | Keith Desormeaux | 1st, CD allowance | $33,025 |
37. Mesero | 3 | Dale Romans | 3rd, CD allowance | $31,200 |
38. Tux | 3 | Bill Mott | 3rd, Street Sense | $30,000 |
39. Ican | 3 | Rick Dutrow | 3rd, Jerome | $18,000 |
40. Smoken Wicked | 2 | Dallas Stewart | 1st, CD allowance | $109,200 |
41. Dr Ruben M | 2 | Doug O’Neill | 4th, Springboard Mile | $18,000 |
42. Bon Temps | 2 | D. Wayne Lukas | 4th, Smarty Jones | $14,625 |
43. Rank | 2 | Doug O’Neill | 4th, Los Alamitos Futurity | $12,500 |
44. Maximus Promise | 2 | Kenny McPeek | 5th, Lecomte | $5,000 |
45. Admiral Dennis | 2 | Brad Cox | 4th, Gun Runner | $4,000 |
46. Jolly Samurai | 1 | Danny Pish | 5th, Springboard MIle | $99,000 |
47. Vekoma Rides | 1 | John Kimmel | 2nd, Nashua | $20,000 |
48. Keewaydin | 1 | Chad Brown | 5th Resen | $10,000 |
49. Hot Property | 1 | Brad Cox | 5th Smarty Jones | $9,750 |
50. Show of Force | 1 | Todd Fincher | 5th American Pharoah | $8,000 |
51. Mansetti | 1 | Kevin Attard | 5th, Jerome | $7,500 |
52. Bracket Buster | 1 | Vicki Oliver | 5th, Street Sense | $5,820 |
53. Mellencamp | 1 | Bob Baffert | 5th, Los Alamitos Futurity | $4,000 |
54. Chris’s Revenge | 1 | Brittany Russell | 5th, Gun Runner | $2,000 |
*Non-restricted stakes earnings |
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Bipartisan bill filed that would target violence committed by minors
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) – Kentucky’s general assembly is currently on a break after convening for four days to start 2025 legislative session.
However, hundreds of bills were filed in those four days.
“I feel like too many young people are committing act of violence with guns and we need to get it under control,” said Rep. Kim Banta (R-Ft. Mitchell).
Republican Rep. Banta said House Bill 55 does not just apply to guns.
“My party asked me they said, ‘look why pick on guns, why not any weapon?’,” she said. “And so, I changed it and so if you buy your child a machete and they choose to put it in their backpack and go to school and harm people, you’re going to be held accountable for it.”
The bill would make parents or guardians civilly liable for injury caused by a destructive device, explosive, firearm or other deadly weapon. The bill would apply to legal guardians who allow the minor to have the device, know that the minor has a delinquent history or knows that the intended use is to commit a crime.
“Anything that we can do that may deter a horrific crime would be something I’m all about,” said Rep. Tina Bojanowski (D-Louisville).
Democratic Rep. Bojanowski said she is cosponsoring House Bill 55 because as a teacher, she said it is important for parents or legal guardians to have a pulse on their child.
“You know maybe yeah your son really enjoys hunting and you gave them this knife, but you may want to think twice if he’s been accused and found guilty of a crime already,” said Rep. Bojanowski.
As the session continues, Rep. Banta said she hopes to convey that the bill is not about taking away guns or imposing restrictions.
Kentucky’s House of Representatives and Senate will meet for part II of the 2025 legislative session on Feb. 4.
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