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Cason Wallace leads Kentucky in rebounding plus boxscore and other game notes

Boxscore and game notes from Kentucky’s first exhibition game of the season against Missouri Western State with a final score of 56-38.

 

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MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY.
OCT. 30, 2022
ATTENDANCE: 17,735

Final Score: No. 4/4 56, 38

 Team Records and Series Notes

  • UK improved to 145-12 all-time in exhibition games, including 1-0 vs. Missouri Western.
  • Kentucky has won its last 24 exhibition games dating back to Nov. 2, 2014, vs. Pikeville. The last loss was Aug. 17, 2014, vs. the Dominican Republic in the final game of the 2014 Big Blue Bahamas exhibition tour.
  • The Wildcats will play another exhibition game on Nov. 3 vs. Kentucky State at 7 p.m. on SEC Network+ before beginning regular-season play.
  • The Wildcats begin the 2022-23 regular season on Nov. 7, at home against Howard.

Team Notes

  • Kentucky limited Missouri Western to 38 points, fewest in an exhibition game since a 74-28 win over Transylvania on Nov. 5, 2012.
  • MWS shot only 30.8 percent (16 of 52) from the field, including 13.3 percent (2 of 13) from the 3-point line.
  • Much of the shooting defense was sparked by the Wildcats’ 11 blocked shots, led by five rejections from freshman forward Ugonna Onyenso.
  • UK won the turnover battle, 16-9, leading to a 17-6 advantage in points off turnovers.
  • UK also won fast break points, 20-4.

Player Notes  

  • led all scorers with 15 points, including 4 of 6 from 3-point shooting.
  • also landed in double figures with 10 points, and he added six rebounds.
  • Leading rebounder for Kentucky tonight was freshman guard , who came off the bench to score nine points, grab seven boards and add two assists, two steals and two blocks.
  • Freshman Ugonna Onyenso made an impact on the defensive end with five blocked shots.

Coach

  • UK is 42-1 in exhibition play under John Calipari.
  • Calipari will enter the season with an 810-241 all-time regular-season record and a 365-101 mark at Kentucky.

In the First Half

  • Kentucky started , CJ Fredrick, Antonio Reeves, and Jacob Toppin.
  • Fredrick opened the scoring with a jumper-and-one on UK’s second possession.
  • Lance Ware, Cason Wallace and were UK’s first substitutions at 15:03.
  • With Missouri Western leading 8-7, the Wildcats took control with a 9-0 run.
  • UK stretched the lead to 24-10 with 4:28 remaining but MWS closed with an 8-2 spurt to make the count 26-18 at halftime.
  • Toppin’s nine points and three rebounds led the UK offense while the Wildcats limited the Griffons to 31 percent from the field (9 of 29).

In the Second Half

  • Kentucky started the second half with Wheeler, Fredrick, Wallace, Toppin and Ware.
  • Both teams began the half cold. MWS got the first basket to narrow the count to 26-20 and UK’s drought continued until a Toppin steal and fastbreak assist to Fredrick for a 3-pointer with 16:57 remaining.
  • UK eased out to a 42-28 lead with 10 minutes remaining, but the pesky Griffons replied with five straight points.
  • UK stretched its largest lead to 20 points at 56-36.
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On March 22, 1958, UK wins its fourth NCAA title by defeating Seattle and Elgin Baylor, 84-72, in Louisville before a home-state crowd of 18,803 in Freedom Hall. The “Fiddlin’ Five” was led by Vernon Hatton’s 30 points.  This is the only NCAA championship Kentucky won within the commonwealth.  The win gave Rupp his most coveted title, the one he vowed to win after the NCAA had suspended UK’s 1953 season.

 

On March 22, 1975, UK upsets undefeated Indiana in the Mideast Regional semifinals to earn a trip to the Final Four. It was the Hoosier's first loss in 34 games.  Indiana was 31-0 and had obliterated Kentucky 98-74 in a December meeting remembered for Hoosiers Coach Bobby Knight slapping UK head man Joe B. Hall in the back of the head.  With the Final Four at stake, Kentucky senior guards Mike Flynn (22 points) and Jimmy Dan Conner (17, five rebounds) came up huge to lead the Cats to sweet payback.

 

On March 22, 1984, Winston Bennett's three-point play with 13 seconds left pushed the Wildcats past Louisville into the Mideast Regional final.

 

On March 22, 1985, Joe B. Hall announces his retirement after UK loses to St. John’s, 86-70, in the NCAA West Regional in Denver.

 

On March 22, 1998, in one of the most anticipated matchups of the NCAA Tournament, UK roars back from a 17-point deficit with 9:38 remaining to defeat Duke, 86-84. Kentucky uncorked an NCAA Tournament rally for the ages behind the relentless penetration of junior point guard Wayne Turner (16 points, eight assists) and clutch three-point shooting from Heshimu Evans, Allen Edwards, Cameron Mills and Scott Padgett.

 

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