No. 19 Kentucky goals to rebound from its lowest-scoring output of the season when it faces Florida A&M on Wednesday night time in Lexington, Ky.
The Wildcats (7-3) additionally will look to regain their taking pictures contact after making simply 32.8 p.c of their pictures on Saturday in a 63-53 loss to then-No. 16 UCLA in New York. Kentucky made simply 6 of 21 (28.6 p.c) from 3-point vary and 5 of 13 (38.5 p.c) from the free-throw line.
“We miss so many open pictures, it turns into demoralizing, and the loopy factor is we nonetheless may have received the sport,” Wildcats coach John Calipari stated afterward. “We now have good shooters. We’re one of many higher 3-point taking pictures groups, and we missed.”
Kentucky is taking pictures 45.4 p.c for the season, together with 38.1 p.c from behind the arc. Antonio Reeves has a team-high 29 3-pointers however was simply 2 of 8 towards UCLA.
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Reigning Nationwide Participant of the Yr Oscar Tshiebwe had simply eight factors on 4-of-12 taking pictures because the Bruins repeatedly used double and triple groups towards the massive man. He collected 16 rebounds however missed all 4 of his free-throw makes an attempt.
“They had been throwing guys at Oscar,” Calipari stated. “That is why I stated, once they do this, you’ve got to make pictures. …
“We performed quick. We did among the stuff that we wished to do. We nonetheless held the ball a little bit bit. However 18 turnovers, and most of it simply tough play that we could not bust by way of, get open on a display, on a dribble handoff.”
Tshiebwe averages team-best figures of 15.1 factors and 13.6 rebounds. Reeves is averaging 13.1 factors.
Wednesday’s contest is a part of the five-year Unity Sequence that Kentucky launched final season during which it performs an annual dwelling sport towards a crew from the Southwestern Athletic Convention that could be a traditionally black school or college.
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The Wildcats beat Southern 76-64 in final season’s sport.
Kentucky figures to have a simple time with the Rattlers (2-7), who started a two-game Kentucky highway journey with a 61-55 loss to Louisville on Saturday.
Jordan Tillmon scored 17 factors for Florida A&M. He averages a team-best 10 factors per sport.
The Rattlers compelled 22 turnovers, however they know the duty in Lexington is way taller than the one they confronted in Louisville.
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“To start with, it is a very tough place to play and a tough place to win,” Rattlers coach Robert McCullum stated of enjoying at Kentucky. “The problem might be huge. That is a part of life’s pleasure, to go in there realizing there isn’t a stress on us as a result of we’re not anticipated to win.”
Second-leading scorer Jaylen Bates (9.6 ppg) is trying ahead to competing at Rupp Area.
“To have the ability to play in it is sort of a dream come true, I bought to acknowledge that reality,” Bates stated. “However simply taking it as one other sport. We’re not going to deal with it as a giant occasion. We will take all the identical pictures we have been taken.”
Exterior of the shut name towards a down Louisville squad, the Rattlers have struggled towards main applications this season. They’ve dropped video games by margins of 40 factors to Florida, 35 to Oregon, 26 to Miami, 22 to Georgia and 17 to Oregon State.
Kentucky received the lone earlier assembly, which got here within the 2004 NCAA Match. The highest-seeded Wildcats beat the Sixteenth-seeded Rattlers 96-76.
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.
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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.
Now that the ink has dried and his signing with Kentucky has been made official, Jasper Johnson was finally able to be formally introduced to the Rupp Arena crowd during the Wildcats’ 87-68 win over Western Kentucky on Tuesday night.
Johnson, a class of 2025 five-star point guard born and raised in Lexington, sat courtside with his family to check out his future team in action against the Hilltoppers. During the second half, former Kentucky player Ravi Moss brought out the future Wildcat to midcourt where he was met with a chorus of cheers from the packed crowd of Big Blue Nationites.
After initially committing to Kentucky back in September, Johnson signed the necessary papers to play his college basketball at UK earlier this month. He’s been inside Rupp Arena plenty of times before over the years (and even played here with Woodford County as a sophomore), but never while wearing street clothes as the center of attention in front of over 20,000 screaming fans.
The smile says all you need to know.
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Johnson is one of three signees from Mark Pope‘s first recruiting class as Kentucky’s head coach, joining four-star center Malachi Moreno and four-star point guard Acaden Lewis. The 6-foot-4 guard is ranked No. 14 overall in the nation by the On3 Industry Ranking. He’s currently finishing up his high school career at Overtime Elite as a member of Rod Wave Elite (RWE).
Alongside Tay Kinney, a talented class of 2026 guard who is also from Kentucky and is being recruited by Pope, the two Bluegrass natives form arguably the deadliest backcourt duo in all of OTE. Through five games played this season, Johnson is averaging 19.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 5.4 assists per outing while shooting 47.9 percent from the floor and 42.9 percent from deep.
This time next year, we’ll hopefully see him do the same thing in Kentucky blue and white.
Johnson family – Dr. Michael Huang, Kentucky Sports Radio
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