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Kentucky has made double-digit 3s in every game plus Boxscore and Other Lipscomb Game Notes

Kentucky is one of eight teams nationally to make double-digit 3s in every game this season plus boxscore and other Lipscomb notes

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MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY
NOV. 19, 2024
ATTENDANCE: 19,314

Final Score: No. 9/11 Kentucky 97, 68

Team Records and Series Notes

  • Kentucky is 4-0 and Lipscomb is 2-4.
  • Kentucky leads the series, 3-0, with all three games played in Lexington.
  • The Wildcats continue their four-game homestand Friday against Jackson State. The tip time is set for 7 p.m. on SEC Network+.

Team Notes

  • Kentucky has a 4-0 start for the first time since the 2016-17 team won its first seven.
  • Paced by ‘s 20 points tonight, has had a different leading scorer in all four games this season.
  • Good shooting night for the Wildcats made 54.8 percent from the field, 48 percent on 3-point shots and 81 percent at the free-throw line.
  • Making 12-of-25 on 3-point shots, this is the first team in UK history to make at least 10 3-pointers in each of its first four games.
  • Kentucky is one of eight teams nationally to make double-digit 3s in every game this season (one of seven teams that has played at least three games prior to tonight)
    • Akron
    • Louis
    • Kennesaw State
    • UIC
    • Tennessee Tech
    • Sam Houston State
    • Louisville
  • Kentucky won bench points 36-20.
    • Through four games, UK is averaging 36 bench points per game and is outscoring the opponent by 18.3 bench points per game.
  • Coach ‘s career record is now 191-108, with this being his first game vs. Lipscomb.

Player Notes 

  • Jaxson Robinson notched season highs with 20 points and seven rebounds.
  •  had a season-high 16 points.
  •  had 14 points and has scored double figures each game.
  •  narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
    • He has had at least eight rebounds every game this season.
  •  had 12 points, including 3-of-3 from 3-point range.
    • He has made 15 of 19 on 3-pointers this season (.789)

In the First Half

  • Kentucky’s starters were Lamont Butler, Otega Oweh, Jaxson Robinson,  andAmari Williams for the fourth consecutive game.
    • First substitution was Koby Breaat 16:04.
  • Oweh cashed a driving banker for the first basket of the game, and after Lipscomb tied, he swished a 3-pointer that put the Wildcats ahead to stay.
  • Lipscomb missed 10 consecutive field goal attempts as UK built a 15-4 lead.
  • UK led by as many as 21 points before taking a 43-26 advantage into halftime.
    • The Wildcats made 8 of 13 3-pointers, most threes in a half this season.
    • Robinson’s 13 points paced topped the UK scoring.

In the Second Half

  • Kentucky began the second half with the starting lineup.
  • The Wildcats led by as many as 40 points at 95-55.
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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On December 5, 1953, Cawood Ledford broadcasts his first game as the radio “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On December 5, 1953, Cliff Hagan scored 51 points against Temple.

 

On December 5, 2009, freshman John Wall bounced back from a bout with dehydration and a queasy encounter with an IV drip to finish with 16 points -- including the clinching free throws with 4.3 seconds left -- seven assists, five rebounds and three steals to lift the Wildcats to a 68-66 victory over the North Carolina Tar Heels.  This was the first signature win of Calipari's tenure and proved his rebuilding job was well ahead of schedule.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

December 5, 1949

50 Randy Noll

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