Kentucky’s loss to Alabama was unhealthy. It might get even uglier in SEC play subsequent Saturday.
The Wildcats will likely be on the street but once more, dealing with a high ten SEC opponent. Subsequent week will probably be towards rival Tennessee who has a knack for suffocating opponents. On the identical day Alabama put the cuffs on Oscar Tshiebwe, Tennessee utterly shut out South Carolina star G.G. Jackson. After scoring in double figures in each recreation this season, the freshman phenom put up an enormous goose-egg, lacking all eight discipline objectives and scoring zero factors within the Volunteers’ 85-42 victory over South Carolina.
Tennessee now has the No. 1 protection within the nation, in accordance with KenPom. They rank second nationally in scoring protection (53.2 ppg.), second in opponent discipline objective proportion (33.7%) and seventh in opponent turnovers per recreation (17.7). Rick Barnes has a profitable file over John Calipari since he arrived in Knoxville and is 6-3 over their final 9 head-to-head matchups. The Cats won’t rating 40 factors subsequent Saturday. This subsequent recreation is setting as much as be the BBN’s worst nightmare.
An LSU Loss Hurts Kentucky’s Resume
Contemporary off a loss in Lexington, LSU traveled to Faculty Station and Buzz Williams placed on a clinic. Texas A&M dealt with the Bayou Bengals in a 69-55 win. Why is that this unhealthy information for the Wildcats? The loss dropped LSU to No. 89 within the NET scores, making the UK mid-week win a Quad 3 win. Kentucky is 1-5 vs. Quad 1 and Quad 2 opponents.
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Despite the fact that these early standings are misleading, an influence rating of the convention wouldn’t look drastically totally different.
Mizzou Holds Off Vanderbilt
Profitable at Vanderbilt’s unorthodox fitness center by no means comes too simply for the Cats, however they sometimes discover a solution to win in equally unorthodox vogue. That could be a taller job this spring.
Jerry Stackhouse’s group confirmed loads of combat towards red-hot Missouri. After trailing by 11 halfway by means of the second half, Vanderbilt clawed again into the sport and tied it at 71 with lower than 5 minutes to play at Mizzou Area. A DeAndre Ghoulston layup gave the Tigers the lead they usually hit a dozen free throws within the closing minutes to place away the Commodores with an 85-82 victory.
Auburn Mollywhops Arkansas
One good comfort prize for Kentucky followers: We don’t must cope with an SEC street journey to see sweaty Bruce Pearl on the Plains. No. 13 Arkansas, nonetheless taking part in with out Nick Smith, let Auburn go on a late run to shut out the primary half with an 11-point lead. Regardless of the Razorbacks’ finest efforts, they might by no means get inside placing vary within the second half. Wendell Greene had 19 factors and Johni Broome had a 10-point, 10-rebound double-double in Auburn’s 72-59 victory.
Thanks to a dominant offensive performance from every position across the net, No. 12 Kentucky picked up a 3-1 victory over No. 24 Missouri Wednesday night in Columbia (25-19, 25-14, 23-25, 25-20) to capture the SEC Title outright for the second-consecutive season.
As they’ve done for much of the season, the Cats once again turned to their superstar sophomore to deliver under the brightest lights as DeLeye recorded a match-high 19 kills on an impressive .359 clip. She also picked up five service aces in the winning effort and rattled off a 5-0 service run to bring the Cats back within a point and kickstart a comeback after trailing by as many as six in the fourth and final set.
DeLeye wasn’t doing it by herself against the Tigers, however, as Megan Wilson (13) and Brooke Bultema (11) also eclipsed double figures in the match. Rounding out the scoring was Jordyn Dailey, who finished with nine kills on a .750 hitting percentage and Erin Lamb, who finished with eight terminations.
Kentucky was paced by senior setter Emma Grome who dished out a match-high 54 assists as the Cats hit .377 as a team.
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On the back line Eleanor Beavin led the way with 15 digs and a pair of service aces. Molly Tuozzo added 14 digs to go along with four assists and a service ace, Grome finished with eight digs, Wilson had six, and DeLeye had five.
Dailey led the defensive effort at the net with four rejections. Grome added three, Wilson had a pair, and Bultema and DeLeye each totaled one.
With the victory, Kentucky concludes the regular season with a 20-7 overall record and a 14-2 mark in the SEC and are currently riding an 11-match winning streak. With no matches left to play, the Cats claimed the SEC Title outright and the NCAA Tournament’s automatic qualifier over Texas, who currently sits in second place with three losses and a match still left to play. With the regular season concluded, Kentucky now awaits their NCAA Tournament berth as the 2024 NCAA Volleyball Selection Show airs Sunday evening at 6:00 pm ET. The top-16 seeded teams named by the committee will host the First and Second Rounds next weekend on campus.
Kentucky football lost a 2025 wide receiver when recruit Ja’kayden Ferguson re-opened his recruitment in mid-November. Now, they have gained a commitment from top 500 receiver Dejerrian Miller to take the open spot.
Miller is a 6’3″, 195 lb receiver out of Missouri. He is rated four stars, and is ranked as the number 379 overall player in the 2025 class in the 247sports composite rankings. He is the 53rd ranked receiver in the class.
Eight options to replace coach Mark Stoops
Coach Mark Stoops and his staff have put together a solid recruiting class for 2025 so far. It’s currently ranked 25th in the country, though it is the 13th best class of the 16 teams of the SEC.
Miller joins Quintin Simmons Jr., Preston Bowman, and Montavin Quisenberry as wide receivers who are committed to Kentucky for 2025. Miller’s size should be an advantage for him as he looks to find playing time. It’s good get for the Wildcats and Stoops, who continues to bring in quality players at the receiver position.
EASTERN KENTUCKY (WYMT) – On Wednesday, President Joe Biden declared that a major disaster exists in Kentucky.
As a result, President Biden ordered federal assistance to supplement recovery efforts. This is locally as well as statewide following the damage left behind by the remnants of Hurricane Helene.
In a news release, federal funding will be available to eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations. This will be on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the remnants of the hurricane.
This includes many counties in our area: Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Lee, Letcher, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Powell, Rockcastle, Rowan, and Wolfe.
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In the announcement, it said federal funding will also be available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures for the entire state of Kentucky.
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