Postgame notes and stats from Kentucky’s win over Yale

Kentucky obtained the job carried out after a irritating up-and-down first half, defeating Yale by a ultimate rating of 69-59. The Wildcats did so largely because of a dominant second-half explosion from Oscar Tshiebwe, who completed with one more double-double in a 28-point, 12-rebound effort.

How did UK earn its seventh win of the season? The postgame notes and stats inform a number of the story. Have a look, courtesy of UK Athletics.

Closing Rating: No. 16 Kentucky 69, Yale 59

Staff Data and Sequence Notes

• Kentucky is now 7-2 on the season and has gained 4 in a row. Yale is 8-3.
• Kentucky leads the collection, 2-0, with each video games performed in Lexington.
• Subsequent for UK: the Wildcats tackle ultimate exams this week, returning to the courtroom Saturday towards UCLA within the CBS Sports activities Traditional. The sport will likely be performed because the second half of the doubleheader and tip off roughly 5:15 p.m. in Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.

Staff Notes

• Kentucky restricted Yale to 59 factors.
  • UK is 208-9 (95.9%) beneath Calipari when conserving the opponent to 63 factors or much less, together with 6-0 this season.
• Kentucky shot 50% from the sector, 29 of 58, the third time this season the Wildcats have made at the very least half their photographs.
• Kentucky led by as many as 15 factors. UK is 316-13 (96.0%) beneath Calipari when main by as many as 10 factors at any time within the contest.

Participant Notes

• Oscar Tshiebwe collected his fifth double-double of the season with 28 factors and 12 rebounds.
  • He scored 22 of his 28 factors within the second half. Early in that half, he scored 12 straight UK factors to show a 35-33 deficit right into a 45-40 lead.
  • 28 factors is barely two shy of his profession excessive of 30.
  • He additionally had two assists, two steals and two blocked photographs.
• Antonio Reeves completed with 10 factors, his sixth straight double determine recreation.
  • He has made at the very least one 3-pointer in every recreation this season.
• Sahvir Wheeler tallied 10 factors, 4 rebounds and an help.
• Jacob Toppin had a game-high 4 assists to associate with 4 factors, 5 rebounds and a game-high +/- of +14.

Coach John Calipari

• Calipari is 2-0 vs. Yale.
• Calipari has an 817-243 all-time on-court file and a 372-103 mark in his 14^th season at UK.
• UK is 305-58 (84.0%) towards unranked competitors beneath Calipari.

Rupp Enviornment

• UK prolonged its dwelling win streak to 25 video games, relationship again to the 2020-21 season, and (as this was written) is the longest energetic dwelling win streak within the Southeastern Convention and the third-longest within the nation.
• Kentucky is 639-77 (89.2%) within the 47-year historical past of Rupp Enviornment.
• Kentucky is 212-17 (92.6%) in Rupp Enviornment beneath Calipari.

Within the First Half

• Kentucky began the mixture of Sahvir Wheeler, Cason Wallace, Antonio Reeves, Jacob Toppin and Oscar Tshiebwe for the fourth straight recreation. UK is 4-0 with this lineup.
• CJ Fredrick, Daimion Collins, and Chris Livingston had been UK’s first substitutes on the 14:37 mark.
• Tied at six, UK obtained consecutive threes from Wallace (twice) and Reeves to place the Cats up 15-6.
• UK stretched the result in 25-13 at 10:46 however the Cats went chilly, lacking 12 of their subsequent 13 photographs, and the Bulldogs reduce it to 28-25.
• The Kentucky protection held Yale to only one basket over the past 5 and a half minutes and the Wildcats went to halftime forward 33-27.
• Wallace had eight factors, Livingston seven, Reeves six and Tshiebwe six with eight boards to steer the Wildcat effort.

Within the Second Half

• Kentucky opened the second stanza with the beginning lineup.
• Yale rapidly tied the sport with a pair of 3-pointers, prompting a UK timeout with 18:34 left.
• The Bulldogs added one other basket, finishing a 10-0 run relationship again to the primary half, and notching their first lead of the sport at 35-33.
• Tshiebwe responded with all 12 factors on an 12-5 run because the Wildcats regained the lead, 45-40.
• A 6-0 spurt pushed the rating to 57-47 and an 8-0 chunk gave UK its largest lead at 67-52.
• Tshiebwe scored 22 of his game-high 28 factors within the second half.