Oklahoma might have knocked Otega Oweh down but they could not stop him from scoring 20 points again. (Vicky Graff Photo)
Team Notes
- Kentucky’s 94 points tonight is a season high against an SEC opponent.
- The Wildcats shot 50 percent from the field, 30 of 60. UK is 8-0 this season when shooting at least 50 percent.
- Kentucky made 12 3-pointers tonight, a season high against an SEC opponent.
- UK is 8-1 this season, 24-4 under Coach Pope, when hitting double-digits from long distance.
- UK won rebounding 41-25. The Wildcats are 13-2 this season when holding the advantage on the boards
- UK had 21 assists. The Wildcats are 9-0 this season when giving out 17 or more.
- Kentucky is 11-0 this season when leading at the half and 32-1 under Mark
- Brandon Garrison became Kentucky’s seventh player this season to score at least 20 points in a game this season, making this the first Kentucky team to have seven different players to score at least 20 points in a game in the same season since 2017-18
Player Notes
- For the second game in a row, Otega Oweh scored a season-high 24 points. It is his 10th 20-point game of the season, all coming in the last 14 games.
- He has tallied at least 20 in eight of 10 SEC games, including the last four in a row.
- He has scored in double figures in all 23 games this season. He has a total streak of 26 games dating back to last season. He also had a 26-game double-digit streak last season before his current streak began.
- This marks the 16th, 20-point game for Oweh at Kentucky against SEC opponents, the second-most at UK since 1996-97, trailing only Antonio Reeves (19).
- Oweh posted his 23rd, 20-point game for the Wildcats, passing Joe Crawford and Tayshaun Prince for the sixth-most at Kentucky since 1996-97.
- He is the first Wildcat since at least 2004-05 to score at least 24 points in three consecutive games against the same SEC opponent.
- This is the first time since at least 2004-05 that UK had six players with at least three assists against an SEC opponent.
- Brandon Garrison notched 20 points and 11 rebounds, his first double-double as a Wildcat and second of his career.
- 20 points is only one short of his career high of 21, coming his freshman season against BYU while at Oklahoma State.
- 11 rebounds tied his career high set earlier this season against Loyola.
- His 6-of-6 at the free throw line are season highs in both categories.
- Collin Chandler totaled a career-high-tying 18 points, also achieved earlier this season vs. Texas.
- He has scored in double figures 13 times this season, including five of the last six contests.
- It was also his 13th game this season – including six of the last seven – with multiple made 3s, going 4-of-8 from distance
- Denzel Aberdeen notched eight points and a game-high five assists.
3 Responses
This team has got it together. I think Oweh is about 15 points away from 1,000 points at Kentucky. Which he will easily get and probably end up scoring about 1,200 points here at Kentucky when it's all said and done. That's incredible for 2 seasons.
Saturday will be the big test to see if we have it together.
The next two game will show how far we have really come. Tennessee and Florida. We get Tennessee at home and Florida on the road. I think the Tennessee game we have about a 60% chance to win. The Florida game we have about a 40% chance to win. If we beat Tennessee we might have the momentum to also beat Florida. We usually of course play much better at home then on the road. We need to beat Florida at home because our last away game we was blown out the water. If we beat Tennessee we also should be in second or tied for first in the SEC. The Florida game will get everyone a good idea of how the SEC standing are going to play out.
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