Kentucky
KSR Today: Kentucky Keeps Rolling with a Big Win over Lipscomb
If you thought there might be a hangover from the Duke win, think again. Mark Pope’s Kentucky Wildcats were buzzing like a bee in a 97-68 victory over Lipscomb at Rupp Arena.
The Cats shot 54.8% from the field and sank a dozen three-pointers, becoming the first team in Kentucky basketball history to make 10+ three-pointers in the first four games of a season. Not too shabby.
Four Wildcats scored in double-figures. Lamont Butler and Koby Brea were each 3-3 from three-point land. Brea has only missed four of his 19 attempts this season, shooting a blistering 78.9% from behind the arc. Neither of those players was the biggest story of the game.
Jaxson Robinson Bounces Back
As great as the Duke win was, you couldn’t say that about Jaxson Robinson‘s performance. The only Kentucky Wildcat to earn preseason All-SEC honors did not make a field goal in Atlanta. He made quite a few against Lipscomb, knocking down three trey-balls and making 6-10 from the field to finish with a team-high 20 points for his highest-scoring game as a Wildcat.
“The Duke win was great,” Robinson said on the SECN+ broadcast after the win. “I felt like for me personally, I let my team down with my body language last game, so I felt like tonight, I just wanted to make sure I was aggressive and a great teammate and let everything else take care of itself.”
The Kentucky Defense was On Point
This probably won’t be the last you see from Lipscomb. They are potentially an NCAA Tournament team as one of the best in the ASUN and they love to shoot the long ball. Kentucky made it a point to give them nothing easy from behind the three-point line and executed that plan to perfection.
The Bisons were just 5-29 from three, eliminating any chance of pulling off an upset at Rupp Arena. Mark Pope had his eyes on another number. Kentucky’s goal is to hold opponents below 39% from the field and the Cats hit that mark with Lipscomb sinking 38.8% of their shots.
Links from the Kentucky Win
10 Things We Learned from the Kentucky Win
Kentucky off to historic start from three-point line, but Mark Pope wants more
Duke hangover? Pope doesn’t believe in trap games
Lamont Butler is an “elite-level” shooter
Robinson Bounced Back
Lipscomb coach blown away by Kentucky offense
PRESS CONFERENCES: Mark Pope, Koby Brea, Jaxson Robinson, Lamont Butler
RECAP: Jaxson Robinson goes for 20 as Kentucky Cruises
HIGHLIGHTS: You gotta see Collin Chandler’s swipe and dish
BOX SCORE: Robinson Fills It Up
Intro and Starting Lineups at Rupp Arena
She Said Yes!
It was a fun night at Rupp Arena. It was extra special for two Kentucky fans. During the under-12 media timeout in the first half, the Hunt Brothers Pizza “Hunk Cam” panned to Ryan, who got down on one knee and asked Adrianne, “Will you marry me?” After a pause, she said yes, sending Rupp Arena into an ovation for the happy couple.
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Trivia with Matt Jones at KSBar and Grille
Don’t have plans for your Hump Day? Join Matt Jones for a challenging night of trivia at KSBar and Grille. Not only will you give your brain some exercise, but you’ll also get to enjoy $1 traditional wings and .70 boneless for Wingsday. The action starts at 7 pm EST.
In addition to the trivia and wings, we’ll have all of the sports at KSBar and Grille, which means MACtion. Toledo is a 2-point favorite over Ohio and Eastern Michigan is a 1-point favorite at The Factory against Buffalo.
Q&A with a Texas Reporter
Three members of the KSR crew will be departing for Austin on Thursday. If you’re a part of the traveling caravan to watch Kentucky vs. Texas and have any questions, Joe Cook has the answers for you. The veteran Longhorns’ reporter from Inside Texas will be answering BBN’s questions on KSBoard starting around 11 am EST.
Not a KSR+ member? Now is the perfect time to give it a try. Join the chat while we’re having fun watching Mark Pope’s Cats and stay locked in with all of the impending football roster moves this December.
We’re back at it again with another big night on the KSR YouTube Channel. We’re talking Kentucky football, women’s, and men’s basketball with three LIVE shows, starting at 6 pm EST. Come join the fun.
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New CFB Playoff Rankings
If you enjoy getting involved in the most chaotic discourse in sports, then Tuesday nights are a blast online. The final games of the regular season will filter out most of the spiciest takes, but don’t let that get in the way of a little fun. Georgia fans are mad for not climbing higher and others can’t believe Boise State is seeded above BYU. It’s good old-fashioned fun.
The Enquirer’s Just Askin’ series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google.
Here in Cincinnati, we like to keep our talent local. Our athletes are no exception.
You’ve already heard the story of Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose, a West Sider who went on to become the all-time MLB hit king while playing for his hometown baseball team. Avondale native DeHart Hubbard became the first Black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal when he won the long jump in the 1924 games. More recently, former Moeller High School football star Sam Hubbard is hailed as a cornerstone of the Cincinnati Bengals’ defensive line, nabbing eight tackles in the nail-biting Super Bowl of 2022.
In honor of football season, The Enquirer is honing in on our local NFL team. Which Bengals are Tristate heroes?
Which Cincinnati Bengals players are from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana?
Six Bengals players were born in Ohio, including two from Greater Cincinnati. One is from Kentucky, and two are from Indiana.
Here are those players:
- Erick All Jr., No. 83 tight end, is from Fairfield, Ohio.
- Tycen Anderson, No. 26 safety, is from Toledo, Ohio.
- Joe Bachie, No. 49 linebacker, is from Brook Park, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb.
- Joe Burrow, No. 9 quarterback, is from Athens, Ohio.
- Chris Evans, No. 25 running back, is from Indianapolis, Indiana.
- Sam Hubbard, No. 94 defensive end, is from Blue Ash, Ohio.
- Ted Karras, No. 64 center, is from Indianapolis, Indiana.
- Isaiah Williams, No. 18 wide receiver, is from Cleveland, Ohio.
- Logan Woodside, No. 11 practice squad quarterback, is from Frankfort, Kentucky.
Do you have a question for Just Askin’? Send it to us at localnews@enquirer.com.
Noah Waterman’s driving layup with 1.2 seconds to play helped Louisville avoid what would have been a catastrophic loss to Eastern Kentucky Saturday afternoon inside the KFC Yum Center.
Trailing by one in the closing moments, U of L forced Colonels star Devontae Blanton into a missed jumper. Reyne Smith then took off up the left side of the floor, where he nearly lost the ball before finding Waterman, who nearly lost the ball as well. After regaining his footing, Waterman drove to the rim for a contested bucket that would give the Cardinals a 1-point lead.
A steal and a free-throw by Terrence Edwards would set the game’s score at its final margin.
The end-of-game sequence allowed the Cardinals to avoid what would have been a crippling defeat in game they were favored to win by 21.5 points. Instead, they’ll enter the New Year with an 8-5 record and only losses to quality opponents on their resume.
Still, the fact that Louisville couldn’t put away an EKU team that nearly knocked the Cardinals off for the first time since 1963 was more than a little unnerving.
After knocking down nine three-pointers in the first half, U of L could manage just two makes from deep in the second frame. The most important of those came from Smith, whose three with just under two minutes to play put the Cards ahead, 75-73. EKU’s George Kimble, who finished with a game-high 24 points, promptly answered with a three of his own to set up the game’s frantic final moments.
I don’t know if it was the holiday break or what, but the energy was down, the defense was downright bad, and the head-scratching unforced turnovers were back.
We are extremely fortunate that this wasn’t a Quad 4 loss that would have completely tanked our resume right before we begin our dive into the heart of conference play.
The most crucial two week stretch of the season — one which features games against North Carolina, Virginia, Pitt and Clemson — is now upon us. Handle it well, and we can dream March Madness dreams as we go deeper into January and February. Handle it the way we handled things today, and the season shifts to “keep fighting, see how many wins we can scrap together, and maybe we can pull off a crazy run in Charlotte” mode.
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Posted Dec 28, 2024
All eyes are now on Caleb Wilson, the top recruit from the state of Georgia and the No. 8 overall player in the Class of 2025, per 247 Sports. Wilson is considering Kentucky, and it appears that it could come down to the Cats or UNC. “According to a source, Kentucky has the highest NIL pledge for Wilson by a significant margin,” On3’s Joe Tipton wrote.
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