Mississippi State vs Kentucky

posted by
Walter Cornett
January 11, 2025

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
January 11, 2025	8:30 pm	NCAA	2024-25

Results

Team	1st Half	2nd Half	Final Score	Outcome
Mississippi State	44	46	90	Loss
Kentucky	49	46	95	Win

Recap

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Kentucky Men’s Basketball Postgame Notes
Humphrey Coliseum | Starkville, Miss.
Jan. 11, 2025
Attendance: 9,551

Final Score: #6/7 Kentucky 95, #14/13 Mississippi State 90

Team Records and Series Notes

Kentucky is now 13-3, 2-1 in the Southeastern Conference. Mississippi State is 14-2 overall, 2-1 in league play.
Kentucky leads the series 104-21, including 40-12 in Starkville
Mark Pope is 200-111 as head coach, including 13-3 at Kentucky.
Next for Kentucky: the Wildcats return home to face Texas A&M on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Game time is set for 7 p.m. and will air on ESPN2.

Team Notes

The Cats improve to 4-0 this season against AP Top-15 opponents. The four wins against teams ranked inside the top 15 are the most in the country
Kentucky scored at least 95 points for the seventh time this season and the second time in three games in conference play. UK is 7-0 in these games
The Wildcats were 16-of-32 from beyond the 3-point arc. The 16 made threes were the second most in a game this season for UK, and the most ever by the team against Mississippi State. It marks the second time this season that UK has shot at least 50 percent from deep (Louisville)
UK is 10-0 this season when making double-digit 3s
The Wildcats finished with 21 assists on 34 made field goals – an assist rate of 61.8 percent
Six players scored in double figures for the Wildcats for the fourth time this season. UK is 4-0 in these games.

Player Notes

Jaxson Robinson led all scorers with a season-high 27 points, including 16 in the first half. Robinson made 7-of-10 from 3-point range, a season-high in made 3s and tied for the most by a Kentucky player ever against Mississippi State (Dontaie Allen)
Otega Oweh had 15 points and has scored in double figures in every game this season. Oweh also added a season-high eight rebounds and led the team with two steals. He has multiple steals in nine games this season including four straight
Amari Williams posted his third double-double of the season with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Williams also dished out six assists, matching his career-high, and had two blocked shots
Andrew Carr finished with 13 points and six rebounds. He has scored in double figures in 12 of 16 games this season.
Ansley Almonor buried a season-high three triples, all in the second half, and finished with 11 points, his fourth game this season in double-figures
Lamont Butler tied his career high in assists with eight, which was set against Florida. Butler has 19 assists across the first three SEC games of the season. He also added 10 points on the night and went without a turnover.
Koby Brea has made a 3-pointer in every game this season and 31-straight contests overall
Travis Perry has made a 3-pointer in three straight games

In the First Half

Kentucky’s starters were Lamont Butler, Jaxson Robinson, Otega Oweh, Andrew Carr and Amari Williams. UK has a 11-3 record with this lineup
Ansley Almonor was the first substitutions at 16:42
After a quick start from the Bulldogs, Kentucky went on a 7-0 run for its first lead at 12-11 on a layup by Almonor
Jaxson Robinson scored 16 points in the first half to lead all scorers
It was a back-and-forth first half featuring six ties and 11 lead changes. Bulldogs led by as many as six points, UK’s largest lead was also six
Kentucky’s 49 points scored in the first half was the team’s most ever at Humphrey Coliseum

In the Second Half

Kentucky began the second half with the starters.
The Wildcats began the second half on a 5-0 run to open up a 10-point lead
A three from Brandon Garrison put Kentucky ahead by 14, 68-54, with 15:16 to go, matching UK’s largest lead
Mississippi State would go on a 12-0 run to cut the lead to two with 12:19 remaining, and eventually knotted the game at 71 with 10:46 on the clock
Bulldogs took their first lead of the second half with 8:17 to go on a 3-pointer from Claudell Harris Jr.
Two-straight 3s from Ansley Almonor and a basket by Otega Oweh put the Cats up 86-80
Mississippi State cut the lead to one with 2:00 minutes to go but could not overtake UK

Mississippi State

Player	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OR	DR	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
Claudell Harris Jr	30	4	11	3	9	2	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	13
Cameron Matthews	36	6	11	2	3	5	8	6	4	1	3	2	0	6	19
Josh Hubbard	29	5	16	3	11	2	2	1	2	4	2	2	0	0	15
RJ Melendez	25	4	10	1	5	5	6	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	14
Michael Nwoko	23	5	6	0	1	0	0	2	3	4	1	1	2	0	10
Riley Kugel	8	3	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	8
Keshawn Murphy	20	4	7	0	2	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	0	0	8
Shawn Jones Jr	25	1	5	1	5	0	0	2	1	0	5	0	3	2	3
Dellquan Warren	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	200	32	71	12	40	14	18	11	22	16	13	6	6	9	90

Kentucky

#	Player	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OR	DR	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
00	Otega Oweh	33	6	9	0	1	3	6	0	8	2	2	4	0	2	15
1	Lamont Butler	34	4	12	2	5	0	2	0	1	2	8	0	0	1	10
2	Jaxson Robinson	30	9	12	7	10	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	0	0	27
7	Andrew Carr	21	5	8	1	2	2	2	2	4	2	1	1	0	0	13
22	Amari Williams	30	3	4	0	1	4	5	1	11	3	6	5	2	0	10
4	Koby Brea	17	1	6	1	5	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	3
10	Brandon Garrison	10	1	2	1	1	0	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	3
11	Travis Perry	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
15	Ansley Almonor	19	4	7	3	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	11
	Team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	200	34	61	16	32	11	19	9	32	18	21	13	2	3	95

MIN

200		200

FGM

32		34

FGA

71		61

3PM

12		16

3PA

40		32

FTM

14		11

FTA

18		19

11		9

22		32

16		18

AST

13		21

6		13

BLK

6		2

STL

9		3

PTS

90		95

Court

Humphrey Coliseum

Humphrey Coliseum, 55, Coliseum Boulevard, College View, College Vista, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, 39762, United States of America

Past Meetings

Date	Home	Results	Away	Time	Court
2025-01-11 20:30:13January 11, 2025	Mississippi State	90 - 95	Kentucky	20:30:138:30 pm	N/A
2024-02-27 19:00:17February 27, 2024	Mississippi State	89 - 91	Kentucky	19:00:177:00 pm	N/A
2024-01-17 19:00:47January 17, 2024	Kentucky	90 - 77	Mississippi State	19:00:477:00 pm	N/A
2023-02-15 20:30:47February 15, 2023	Mississippi State	68 - 71	Kentucky	20:30:478:30 pm	N/A
2022-01-25 21:00:20January 25, 2022	Kentucky	82 - 74	Mississippi State	21:00:209:00 pm	N/A
2021-03-11 12:00:00March 11, 2021	Kentucky	73 - 74	Mississippi State	12:00:0012:00 pm	N/A
2021-01-02 18:00:36January 2, 2021	Kentucky	78 - 73	Mississippi State	18:00:366:00 pm	N/A
2020-02-04 21:00:00February 4, 2020	Kentucky	80 - 72	Mississippi State	21:00:009:00 pm	N/A
2019-02-09 13:00:00February 9, 2019	Mississippi State	67 - 71	Kentucky	13:00:001:00 pm	N/A
2019-01-22 19:00:00January 22, 2019	Kentucky	76 - 55	Mississippi State	19:00:007:00 pm	N/A
2018-01-23 21:00:00January 23, 2018	Kentucky	78 - 65	Mississippi State	21:00:009:00 pm	N/A
2017-01-17 19:00:00January 17, 2017	Mississippi State	81 - 88	Kentucky	19:00:007:00 pm	N/A
2016-01-12 19:00:00January 12, 2016	Kentucky	80 - 74	Mississippi State	19:00:007:00 pm	N/A
2015-02-25 19:00:00February 25, 2015	Mississippi State	56 - 74	Kentucky	19:00:007:00 pm	N/A
2014-02-08 13:30:00February 8, 2014	Mississippi State	59 - 69	Kentucky	13:30:001:30 pm	N/A
2014-01-08 20:00:00January 8, 2014	Kentucky	85 - 63	Mississippi State	20:00:008:00 pm	N/A
2013-02-27 20:00:00February 27, 2013	Kentucky	85 - 55	Mississippi State	20:00:008:00 pm	N/A
2012-02-21 21:00:00February 21, 2012	Mississippi State	64 - 73	Kentucky	21:00:009:00 pm	N/A
2011-02-15 19:00:00February 15, 2011	Kentucky	85 - 79	Mississippi State	19:00:007:00 pm	N/A
2010-03-14 13:00:00March 14, 2010	Kentucky	75 - 74	Mississippi State	13:00:001:00 pm	N/A
2010-02-16 21:00:00February 16, 2010	Mississippi State	75 - 81	Kentucky	21:00:009:00 pm	N/A
2009-02-03 19:00:00February 3, 2009	Kentucky	57 - 66	Mississippi State	19:00:007:00 pm	N/A
2008-01-15 21:00:00January 15, 2008	Mississippi State	69 - 64	Kentucky	21:00:009:00 pm	N/A
2007-03-09 13:30:00March 9, 2007	Mississippi State	84 - 82	Kentucky	13:30:001:30 pm	N/A
2007-01-13 19:00:00January 13, 2007	Kentucky	64 - 60	Mississippi State	19:00:007:00 pm	N/A
2006-02-01 20:00:00February 1, 2006	Mississippi State	66 - 81	Kentucky	20:00:008:00 pm	N/A
2005-02-19 21:00:00February 19, 2005	Kentucky	94 - 78	Mississippi State	21:00:009:00 pm	N/A
2004-01-13 21:00:00January 13, 2004	Mississippi State	66 - 67	Kentucky	21:00:009:00 pm	N/A
2003-03-16 13:00:00March 16, 2003	Kentucky	64 - 57	Mississippi State	13:00:001:00 pm	N/A
2003-02-23 14:00:00February 23, 2003	Kentucky	70 - 62	Mississippi State	14:00:002:00 pm	N/A
2002-01-05 14:00:00January 5, 2002	Mississippi State	74 - 69	Kentucky	14:00:002:00 pm	N/A
2001-02-10 13:00:00February 10, 2001	Kentucky	76 - 57	Mississippi State	13:00:001:00 pm	N/A
2000-02-29 21:00:00February 29, 2000	Mississippi State	61 - 73	Kentucky	21:00:009:00 pm	N/A
1999-01-23 13:00:00January 23, 1999	Kentucky	76 - 49	Mississippi State	13:00:001:00 pm	N/A
1998-01-10 16:00:00January 10, 1998	Mississippi State	71 - 77	Kentucky	16:00:004:00 pm	N/A
1997-01-07 00:00:00January 7, 1997	Kentucky	90 - 61	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1996-03-10 00:00:00March 10, 1996	Mississippi State	84 - 73	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1996-01-09 00:00:00January 9, 1996	Mississippi State	56 - 74	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1995-02-14 00:00:00February 14, 1995	Kentucky	71 - 76	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1994-03-11 00:00:00March 11, 1994	Mississippi State	76 - 95	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1994-01-22 00:00:00January 22, 1994	Mississippi State	70 - 86	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1993-02-03 00:00:00February 3, 1993	Kentucky	87 - 63	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1992-02-19 00:00:00February 19, 1992	Mississippi State	84 - 89	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1991-02-09 00:00:00February 9, 1991	Mississippi State	83 - 82	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1991-01-09 00:00:00January 9, 1991	Kentucky	89 - 70	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1990-01-31 00:00:00January 31, 1990	Mississippi State	87 - 86	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1989-12-04 00:00:00December 4, 1989	Kentucky	102 - 97	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1989-03-04 00:00:00March 4, 1989	Mississippi State	68 - 67	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1989-02-01 00:00:00February 1, 1989	Kentucky	73 - 61	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1988-02-06 00:00:00February 6, 1988	Mississippi State	59 - 83	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1988-01-06 00:00:00January 6, 1988	Kentucky	93 - 52	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1987-01-31 00:00:00January 31, 1987	Kentucky	50 - 36	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1987-01-12 00:00:00January 12, 1987	Mississippi State	49 - 57	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1986-02-15 00:00:00February 15, 1986	Kentucky	88 - 62	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1986-01-15 00:00:00January 15, 1986	Mississippi State	52 - 64	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1985-02-16 00:00:00February 16, 1985	Mississippi State	82 - 69	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1985-01-16 00:00:00January 16, 1985	Kentucky	58 - 57	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1984-02-06 00:00:00February 6, 1984	Mississippi State	58 - 77	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1984-01-11 00:00:00January 11, 1984	Kentucky	51 - 42	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1983-02-08 00:00:00February 8, 1983	Kentucky	88 - 67	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1983-01-10 00:00:00January 10, 1983	Mississippi State	53 - 59	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1982-02-24 00:00:00February 24, 1982	Kentucky	71 - 54	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1982-01-27 00:00:00January 27, 1982	Mississippi State	56 - 51	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1981-02-25 00:00:00February 25, 1981	Mississippi State	74 - 78	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1981-01-28 00:00:00January 28, 1981	Kentucky	71 - 64	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1980-02-20 00:00:00February 20, 1980	Kentucky	71 - 65	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1980-01-23 00:00:00January 23, 1980	Mississippi State	67 - 89	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1979-02-12 00:00:00February 12, 1979	Kentucky	80 - 65	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1979-01-15 00:00:00January 15, 1979	Mississippi State	63 - 61	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1978-02-18 00:00:00February 18, 1978	Kentucky	58 - 56	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1978-01-21 00:00:00January 21, 1978	Mississippi State	65 - 75	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1977-02-28 00:00:00February 28, 1977	Kentucky	77 - 64	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1977-01-31 00:00:00January 31, 1977	Mississippi State	85 - 92	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1976-03-08 00:00:00March 8, 1976	Kentucky	94 - 93	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1976-01-03 00:00:00January 3, 1976	Mississippi State	77 - 73	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1975-03-08 00:00:00March 8, 1975	Mississippi State	80 - 118	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1975-02-01 00:00:00February 1, 1975	Kentucky	112 - 79	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1974-03-04 00:00:00March 4, 1974	Kentucky	108 - 69	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1974-02-02 00:00:00February 2, 1974	Mississippi State	70 - 82	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1973-02-12 00:00:00February 12, 1973	Kentucky	100 - 87	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1973-01-08 00:00:00January 8, 1973	Mississippi State	81 - 90	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1972-02-14 00:00:00February 14, 1972	Mississippi State	55 - 63	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1972-01-10 00:00:00January 10, 1972	Kentucky	104 - 76	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1971-02-08 00:00:00February 8, 1971	Kentucky	102 - 83	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1971-01-04 00:00:00January 4, 1971	Mississippi State	71 - 79	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1970-02-09 00:00:00February 9, 1970	Mississippi State	57 - 86	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1970-01-05 00:00:00January 5, 1970	Kentucky	111 - 76	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A

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