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

Kentucky Freshman Ugonna Onyenso led all rebounders with 11 boards while blocking four shots and scoring four points.

 

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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, 53

 Team Records and Series Notes

  •  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  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  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  

  • led the way with 23 points, including 5 of 10 from long range.
  • tallied 21 points, including 7 of 7 at the charity stripe, and had six rebounds.
  • Freshman contributed 14 points, making 6 of 7 from the field.
  • had 14 points and a game-high six assists.
  • Freshman 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 led all rebounders with 11 boards while blocking four shots and scoring four points.

Coach

  • 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.

On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.

 

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