Junior Derek Willis set new career highs in points (14), field goals (four), 3-pointers made (two), field-goal attempts (seven) and minutes played (28).
Derek Willis set a new career high in points plus boxscore and other game notes


Junior Derek Willis set new career highs in points (14), field goals (four), 3-pointers made (two), field-goal attempts (seven) and minutes played (28).
Jamal Murray scored 19 points, reserve Derek Willis got a career-high 14 and Kentucky outlasted Albany 78-65 in the season opener for both schools.

Tyler Ulis is one of 30 players on the 2015 Lute Olson Award preseason watch list.

Freshman Skal Labissiere scored 22 points to lead No. 2 Kentucky to a 111-58 victory over Kentucky State in an exhibition game on Friday night.

The Kentucky Wildcats kicked off their 2015-16 season in style with a 117-58 win over Ottawa in the first of two exhibition games.

Kentucky led by as many as 35 points at 55-20. The Wildcats settled for a 67-35 advantage at intermission.

Jamal Murray and Tyler Ulis each had double-doubles as six Kentucky players scored in double figures to help Kentucky cruise past Ottawa 117-58.

Kentucky’s backcourt hogged the spotlight during Tuesday’s annual Blue-White Scrimmage.

Kentucky freshman Skal Labissiere has been ruled eligible to play this season by the NCAA, reports Yahoo Sports’s Shams Charania.
Former Wildcat Nazr Mohammed has decided to retire from the NBA. Mohammed played 17 seasons and played on 8 different teams.