Whereas the Razorbacks received out to a scorching begin of their collection opener with the No. 19 Wildcats, the visiting workforce fired again with three straight set wins and took a 3-1 victory on Friday night time.
Arkansas is now 11-4 on the season and 2-3 in SEC play. Kentucky strikes to 8-5 and is 4-1 within the league.
A shiny spot of the night time got here within the type of the Hog protection, which put up a season-high 17 blocks within the match, essentially the most as a workforce since 2015. Graduate center Tatum Shipes led the hassle and tallied two solos and two block assists for a brand new profession excessive of 14, which ties for third within the Arkansas single-match metric, and essentially the most blocks in a match for a Hog since 2005.
Set 1 Arkansas took the primary level of the opening set, and the Hogs by no means surrendered the lead from then on. The Hogs didn’t enable the Wildcats to attain greater than two factors at a time, whereas Arkansas strung collectively an enormous five-point run to take the result in eight at 18-10. The Razorbacks have been the primary to twenty off a block from Shipes and junior Taylor Head, which despatched Kentucky to a timeout. The Wildcats lower the result in 5, however two assault errors handed the set to the Hogs, 25-18.
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Set 2 The motion was tight within the begin of the second and the Razorbacks led early, however the Cats scored 4 unanswered factors and went up 6-3. The Hogs then went on a four-point run of their very own, which was capped off by back-to-back blocks by Shipes and Hailey Dirrigl for a 7-6 benefit. Kentucky started to settle in after that and scored six factors to Arkansas’ one for a 12-8 lead. Arkansas referred to as time, and whereas Arkansas got here inside three, Kentucky fired proper again and went up 22-14. The Hogs couldn’t swing the momentum again the way in which of the house workforce and a kill for Kentucky ended one other set 25-18, this time for the Wildcats, and tied the match at 1-1.
Set 3 The Wildcats wasted no time within the third, and rolled with a 10-2 lead. The Hogs continued to battle and got here inside two at 15-13, led by two kills from Maggie Cartwright. Kentucky then referred to as time and regrouped with a pair of factors, however Arkansas discovered a groove and rattled off 5, which included a solo block and two block assists from Shipes, and the Hogs took a 18-17 lead. Kentucky received proper again in it with 4 unanswered factors, and Arkansas couldn’t tally a couple of without delay after that. The Wildcats completed it off with a kill at 25-21 and took a 2-1 lead into the fourth.
Set 4 The Hogs had no reply for the Cats early once more, and Kentucky rapidly went up 10-4 within the fourth. The Razorbacks got here inside two due to a four-point streak capped off by an ace from Shipes, and pushed the deficit to at least one shortly after, however Kentucky regained a three-point cushion of 15-12 on the media timeout. Arkansas stored it shut from there and held the Cats to a one-point edge 3 times, and Kentucky huddled up 19-18. A ball dealing with error tied it at 19-all, however Kentucky added three fast factors for a 22-19 benefit. The Cats reached set level, however the Hogs spoiled it with a kill from Jill Gillen and a block from Shipes and Cartwright, and Kentucky referred to as time once more, forward 24-22. One other block from Shipes and Cartwright pushed it to 24-23, however Kentucky despatched down a kill for a 25-23 victory.
Up Subsequent Arkansas and Kentucky wrap up the season collection on Saturday at 5 p.m. at Barnhill Area. The match can be streamed dwell on SEC Community Plus. Tickets can be found on-line or in individual by the Razorback Ticket Middle. Grownup tickets are solely $5 and children 17 and underneath get in free.
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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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