Ugonna Onyenso leads all rebounders against Kentucky State plus Boxscore and Other Game Notes

 

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KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY.
NOV. 3, 2022
ATTENDANCE: 18,413

 Final Score: No. 4/4 Kentucky 111, Kentucky State 53

 Team Records and Series Notes

• UK improved to 146-12 all-time in exhibition games, including 3-0 vs. Kentucky State.
• Kentucky has won its last 25 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 begin the 2022-23 regular season on Monday, at home against Howard. Game time is 6:30 p.m. and it will be televised on the SEC Network.

Team Notes

• Kentucky limited KSU to 53 points as the Thorobreds shot 28.2% from the field (20 of 71).
• After losing the battle of the boards in the first exhibition against Missouri Western, the Wildcats (literally) rebounded with a 57-38 margin on the glass tonight.
  • The rebounding advantage led to a 22-3 differential in second-chance points.
• UK‘s 20-10 advantage in turnovers led to a 26-2 advantage in points off turnovers.
• Had this been a regular-season game, UK’s 111 points were the most since a 115-69 win over Arizona State on Nov. 28, 2016.
• UK made half of its shots tonight, 38 of 76, and the Wildcats were 46.2 percent from long range (12 of 26).   
• Six Wildcats scored in double figures.

Player Notes  

• Antonio Reeves led the way with 23 points, including 5 of 10 from long range.
• Jacob Toppin tallied 21 points, including 7 of 7 at the charity stripe, and had six rebounds.
• Freshman Chris Livingston contributed 14 points, making 6 of 7 from the field.
• CJ Fredrick had 14 points and a game-high six assists.
• Freshman Cason Wallace had 12 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals.
• Lance Ware nearly had a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds, adding three steals and three blocked shots.
• Freshman Ugonna Onyenso led all rebounders with 11 boards while blocking four shots and scoring four points.

Coach John Calipari

• UK is 43-1 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 Cason Wallace, CJ Fredrick, Chris Livingston, Jacob Toppin and Lance Ware.  
• Ugonna Onyenso and Antonio Reeves were UK’s first substitutions at 13:35.
• Tied at five, UK took control with a 14-0 run, and after a KSU basket, an 11-0 spurt for a 30-7 lead.
• The largest run of the game, a 17-point outburst, extended the advantage to 49-14.
• Kentucky went to halftime with a 61-25 lead. Had this been a countable game, it would have been the most points for the Wildcats in a first half since opening with 63 at Vanderbilt on Feb. 7, 1996.

In the Second Half

• Kentucky began the second half with Wallace, Fredrick, Livingston, Toppin and Ware.
• A 9-0 start made the count 70-25.
• Kentucky hit the century mark on a Toppin free throw with 3:11 left.
• Kentucky marked its largest lead at 58 points at 110-52 and the final score of 111-53.