Kentucky’s energy was short. And so when he entered Wednesday night’s game at Rupp Arena, Trey Lyles was concerned primarily with providing a spark.
Trey Lyles’ ‘great motor’ sparks Wildcats


Kentucky’s energy was short. And so when he entered Wednesday night’s game at Rupp Arena, Trey Lyles was concerned primarily with providing a spark.
Kentucky’s 23 first-half points was lowest scoring half of the season.
Kentucky gave up the first 11 points, still trailed at halftime and finally shook off a slow start to beat pesky Columbia 56-46 on Wednesday night.

Karl Towns has been selected as the SEC Freshman of the Week in consecutive weeks.

Eastern Kentucky was limited to 26.1 percent from the field. Kentucky entered the game holding opponents to just 28.2 percent from the field.

Karl-Anthony Towns scored a career-high 19 points and top-ranked Kentucky rolled to an 82-49 victory over Eastern Kentucky on Sunday night.

Kentucky defeated an undefeated team for the second-consecutive game after knocking off Providence on Sunday.
Willie Cauley-Stein scored a season-high 21 points and made several key defensive plays to help the Wildcats pull out a 63-51 win over Texas.

Karl Towns has been named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week after guiding UK to a pair of home victories last week.

Kentucky has held all seven opponents this year under 40 percent shooting, including four games under 30 percent.