Kentucky’s Alex Poythress, a 6-foot-7, 239-pound freshman forward from Clarksville, Tenn., was named SEC Freshman of the Week after scoring 21.0 points and 6.5 rebounds in games against 9th-ranked Duke and to Lafayette. Poythress had 20 points and added a team-high eight rebounds in a loss to No. 9 Duke. He then topped that performance with…
Alex Poythress named SEC Freshman of the Week
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Lafayette
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is 2-1 on the season and Lafayette is 1-2. This was the first meeting between the two schools. UK is now 9-1 all-time against teams from the current alignment of the Patriot League. Now in its 110th season of men’s basketball, Kentucky has a 94-16 record in home openers. UK…
Kyle Wiltjer’s long-range attack leads Kentucky past Lafayette
Kyle Wiltjer hit seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points, Alex Poythress added a career-high 22 and No. 3 Kentucky routed Lafayette 101-49 in its home opener Friday night. The Wildcats (2-1) shot 65 percent from the field, including 11-of-19 shooting from 3-point range, and Wiltjer set the tone by hitting his first two to open the game. He…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Duke
Go here for boxscore. Duke improves to 2-0 on the season following a 75-68 victory over Kentucky. The Wildcats fall to 1-1 on the year with the loss. Despite the loss, Kentucky still leads the overall series by an 11-9 mark. Duke has won seven of the last eight matchups. UK coach John Calipari is…
Three freshman Cats on early season Naismith watch list
Three Kentucky Wildcats — all freshmen — are on the early season watch list for the Naismith Trophy, given annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to the top player in college basketball. Freshmen Nerlens Noel, Archie Goodwin and Alex Poythress made the initial list of 50. Former Wildcat Anthony Davis, the No. 1 overall selection…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Maryland
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Maryland
Two Wildcats selected preseason All-SEC by coaches
In a vote by Southeastern Conference head coaches, Nerlens Noel and Alex Poythress were named to the preseason All-SEC teams as announced by the league office on Friday. Noel was voted to the first team, while Poythress was named to the second team. Noel averaged 16.0 points and 7.5 rebounds in UK‘s two-game exhibition schedule…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Transylvania (Ex.)
Go here for boxscore. This was Kentucky’s final exhibition game. This was the second-straight year that Kentucky and Transylvania played an exhibition. From 1903-11, the teams played 14 regular-season games and split seven each. Kentucky has won its last 20 exhibition games. UK opens the regular season Fri. Nov. 9 against Maryland in the Barclays…
Cats cruise past Transylvania in final exhibition
Julius Mays spurred a 19-4 second-half run with three 3-pointers before leaving with a leg strain, freshman Nerlens Noel scored 15 points and No. 3 Kentucky held Transylvania to 10 points after intermission for a 74-28 exhibition victory Monday night. The Wildcats’ high-profile freshmen combined for 42 points with Willie Cauley-Stein getting 12, Archie Goodwin 10 andAlex Poythress five. Sophomore Ryan Harrow added 12 points…
Kentucky rolls past Northwood in exhibition
Archie Goodwin scored 22 points, Nerlens Noel added 17 and Alex Poythress had 11 as No. 3 Kentucky’s highly touted freshman class led five Wildcats in double figures in a 93-61 exhibition victory over Northwood on Thursday night. Noel added 11 rebounds and four blocks for the Wildcats, who got 15 points from sophomore guard Ryan Harrow and 12 from sophomore forward Kyle…