Per UK: University of Kentucky men’s basketball freshman Nerlens Noel will be out for the remainder of the season with a torn ACL injury suffered during Tuesday night’s game at Florida. According to the UK medical staff, surgery should be expected in the next two to three weeks. The normal timetable for recovery is estimated…
Nerlens Noel out for the season with torn ACL
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Florida
Kentucky falls to 17-7 overall and 8-3 in Southeastern Conference action. Florida improves to 20-3 and 10-1 in league play. UK still leads the series 93-34 and 33-23 when the game is played in Gainesville. UK falls to 13-11 against opponents who are ranked No. 7 by the Associated Press. Kentucky owns an all-time 4-3 record as the 25th-ranked team as tabbed by the AP. Kentucky returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 16 when UK travels to Tennessee for a rematch with the Volunteers. Game time is set for 1 p.m. ET and will air live on CBS.
Nerlens Noel injures knee as Cats fall to Gators, 69-52
Scottie Wilbekin had 14 points and eight assists, Pat Young recorded his sixth double-double of the season and No. 7 Florida handled No. 25 Kentucky 69-52 on Tuesday night. The Gators (20-3, 10-1 Southeastern Conference) snapped a five-game losing streak in the series, and coach Billy Donovan improved to 2-7 against Kentucky’s John Calipari. This…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Auburn
Go here for boxscore. With the win, Kentucky improved to 17-7, 8-2 in the Southeastern Conference. Auburn falls to 9-14, 3-7 in SEC action. UK has won five consecutive games, its longest winning streak of the 2012-13 season. It marks UK’s longest winning streak since the Wildcats won six consecutive NCAA Tournament games in claiming…
Cats grind out 72-62 win against Auburn
Kyle Wiltjer‘s 14 points led five Kentucky players in double figures as the Wildcats outlasted Auburn 72-62 Saturday for their fifth straight win. Though tighter than the Wildcats’ 75-53 beating of the Tigers three weeks ago at Auburn, the victory provided their longest winning streak this season and some momentum before Tuesday’s Southeastern Conference showdown at…
Cauley-Stein ‘rusty,’ but doesn’t show as he sparks UK in win against Gamecocks
He wondered if everything had changed. Following minor surgery that caused him to miss four games, Willie Cauley-Stein couldn’t keep all the negativity out of his mind. Most of it, yes. But some still creeped in. “I didn’t feel like I was going to be the same player anymore,” Cauley-Stein said. Then he read a…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. South Carolina
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is 16-6 overall, 7-2 in the Southeastern Conference, and has won four in a row. South Carolina is 12-10 overall, 2-7 in the league. Kentucky leads the series 47-10 and has won the last six meetings. UK leads 25-2 in games played in Lexington. Kentucky plays host to Auburn on…
Balanced attack leads Cats over Gamecocks
Julius Mays‘ 15 points led five Kentucky players in double figures, and the Wildcats blew out South Carolina 77-55 Tuesday night to move within a game of first-place Florida in the Southeastern Conference. Kentucky (16-6, 7-2) began the night two games behind Florida before the No. 2 Gators suffered their first conference loss, 80-69 at…
Cats struggle to close, but Mays saves the day in UK’s overtime win
That magician Elston Turner had a shot in the air that could have forced a second overtime Saturday between his Texas A&M team and Kentucky at Reed Arena. It looked good as he rose up. It didn’t go down. Nerlens Noel had 19 points, 14 rebounds and two blocked shots Saturday. “It was real deep,…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Texas A&M
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky improves to 15-6 overall and 6-2 in Southeastern Conference action. Texas A&M drops to 13-8 and 3-5 in league play. UK now leads the series 3-2 and 1-0 when the game is played in College Station, Texas. Kentucky now owns a 7-4 record when games are played in the Lonestar…