Kentucky Wildcats libero Eleanor Beavin (6) celebrates after a play through the Kentucky vs. Marquette volleyball match on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky. Marquette gained 3-2. Picture by Jack Weaver | Employees
No. 19 Kentucky prolonged its SEC successful streak to 4 video games with a 3-1 win over the Arkansas Razorbacks on Friday.
The match was headlined by Reagan Rutherford, who recorded a career-high 26 kills towards Arkansas.
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The primary set was a back-and-forth battle between the 2 SEC opponents, however a 4-0 run in the midst of the set began to see the Razorbacks draw back and ultimately win. Again-to-Again assault errors by the Wildcats finally secured that set win to place Kentucky in a gap early.
The second set seemed to be one other tight battle earlier than Kentucky began to drag away on the finish with a 6-1 run to go up 22-14.
Arkansas’ try and crawl again was finally futile as a kill by Erin Lamb finalized set two as a win for the Wildcats to tie the general match.
Units three and 4 have been each hard-fought battles that turned outlined by early runs from the Wildcats, with a 9-0 run in set three and a 9-2 run in set 4 respectively.
Each runs occurred earlier than both group hit 11 factors within the set, placing Arkansas behind and leaving the Razorbacks making an attempt to struggle to return again in each units, however they have been unable to beat the early deficit both time, as Bella Bell’s kill within the fourth set would put the dagger within the Razorbacks and safe a win for Kentucky.
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Rutherford was the apparent star of the sport, recording 26 of the groups’ 55 complete kills and hitting 0.367.
Sophomore setter Emma Grome was additionally a standout, recording 50 assists to deliver her season common as much as 11.614 per set, considered one of solely seven setters within the NCAA with over 11 assists per set.
Lamb and Azhani Tealer additionally recorded 9 kills of their very own, with Tealer hitting 0.474.
With the win Kentucky now sits at 5-1 within the Southeastern Convention, together with a 4-0 report on the highway.
The Wildcats play yet one more in Fayetteville earlier than touring again to Memorial Coliseum this Wednesday, Oct. 12, to tackle the Ole Miss Rebels.
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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