Whereas we dissect Kentucky Basketball‘s win at Vanderbilt, a have a look at among the numbers that inform the story of the sport and a few larger image tales for the Wildcats. Listed below are 10 numbers that leap off the web page adopted by the precise web page on the backside.
2: Free throw makes an attempt in all the sport for Kentucky. Oscar Tshiebwe hit one in all two makes an attempt throughout one journey to the road within the first half. Vanderbilt dedicated 5 fouls all the sport.
2-for-5: Cason Wallace, CJ Fredrick, and Antonio Reeves every went 2-for-5 on 3-point tries, a collective 40 % (6-for-15) from outdoors. Sahvir Wheeler took and missed the workforce’s solely different outdoors shot.
2-for-12: Vanderbilt depends on the 3-ball and each Commodore not named Malik Dia mixed for 2 made 3s within the sport. Dia made 4 by himself, one shy of his complete on the season heading into the sport. Massive man was feeling it.
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10: Rebounds for Jacob Toppin, his second double-double within the final three video games. Toppin averages greater than eight rebounds per sport throughout Kentucky’s four-game win streak.
11: After a lot had been made about his plus/minus versus others in current video games, Sahvir Wheeler was a +11 whereas within the sport for Kentucky. If nothing else, it’s a confidence enhance for Wheeler that the workforce can nonetheless be productive when he’s on the court docket, regardless of his position.
16.25: Antonio Reeves’ points-per-game common over the past 4 video games. He’s 10-of-24 from 3 in that span.
20: Kentucky’s largest lead within the sport. The truth is, it’s Kentucky’s largest lead in convention play this season. Felt good to be up massive once more, proper?
40: With 15 factors and 13 rebounds, Oscar Tshiebwe recorded his fortieth double-double as a Wildcat. And in 52 video games performed!
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56.4: Kentucky’s subject purpose proportion in Nashville. The Wildcats made 31 of 55 pictures within the sport; 25 of 39 two-pointers. Corey Price notes it’s the second-best capturing proportion in a real street sport in the course of the Calipari period.
69: Kentucky scored 69 factors within the college’s 69th journey to Vanderbilt’s Memorial Health club. Good.
The Kentucky Wildcats are getting ready to take on Georgia State in Rupp Arena as Mark Pope’s squad will look to move to 7-0 on the season. In the Wildcat’s first game of the week, they took down WKU, but for the first team, all season looked vulnerable.
The Wildcats were able to win this game 87-68, but there were some things Coach Pope’s team could have done better. Defensively the Wildcats were solid in the win, but the threes weren’t falling in this ball game.
A game like this was good for Kentucky because they have looked unstoppable against every team this season aside from Duke, so a little bit of struggle is a good thing. The threes won’t always fall, so the Wildcats need to learn to win a game when this is happening.
Now the Wildcats will take on Georgia State who is 4-3 on the season. The Panthers played Mississippi State earlier in the season, and the Bulldogs blew them out 101-61 in Starkville.
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ESPN doesn’t seem to think the Wildcats will struggle in this ball game as they give Kentucky a 98.2% chance to win.
The goal in this game for the Wildcats should be to keep working on the rebounding and taking care of the ball but also the shots need to fall.
The matchup between the Kentucky Wildcats and Georgia State will be on Friday the 29th at 7:00 pm et. Kentucky fans can watch this game on the SEC Network. Coach Pope and his team shouldn’t have any issue blowing out the Panthers on Friday.
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.
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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.
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