KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY.
OCTOBER 23, 2024
ATTENDANCE: 18,522
Final Score: No. 23 Kentucky 123, Kentucky Wesleyan 52
Team Records and Series Notes
Team Notes
Player Notes
Coach Mark Pope
In the First Half
In the Second Half
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY.
OCTOBER 23, 2024
ATTENDANCE: 18,522
Final Score: No. 23 Kentucky 123, Kentucky Wesleyan 52
Team Records and Series Notes
- UK improved to 153-12 all-time in exhibition games, including 3-0 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan.
- UK led the series 8-2-1 when the teams played regular-season games.
- UK has won its last 32 exhibition games dating back to a win vs. Pikeville on Nov. 2, 2014.
- The Wildcats’ second and final exhibition is Tuesday, October 29, against Minnesota State Mankato. Game time is 7 p.m. and it will be televised on SEC Network+.
- The Wildcats open the regular season Monday, Nov. 4, at home vs. Wright State. Game time is 7 p.m. and it will be televised on ESPNU.
Team Notes
- Kentucky made 21 of 42 on three-point shots, 50 percent.
- Had this been a regular-season game, UK would have tied the school single-game record. The Wildcats made 21 of 48 against North Carolina on Dec. 27, 1989
- The Wildcats totaled 32 assists with only five turnovers.
- The 32 assists are only three short of the official school record of 35 vs. San Jose State on March 14, 1996.
- Eleven of the 12 players scored and 11 of the 12 had at least one assist.
Player Notes
- Eight Wildcats scored in double figures, led by Jaxson Robinson with 19 points.
- Lamont Butler had 11 points and led the Wildcats with six rebounds, six assists, six steals and two blocked shots.
- Amari Williams tied Butler for game-high honors in assists with six, also added 11 points.
Coach Mark Pope
- UK is 1-0 in exhibition play under Mark Pope.
- Pope will enter the regular season with a career record of 187-108.
In the First Half
- Kentucky started Lamont Butler, Jaxson Robinson, Otega Oweh, Andrew Carr and Amari Williams.
- Koby Brea and Brandon Garrison were UK’s first substitutions at the 14:40 mark.
- Kentucky never trailed in this game. Carr and Oweh tallied layups for a 4-0 lead.
- After Kentucky Wesleyan tied it at 4, the Wildcats scored the next nine points and led the remainder of the way.
- Kentucky had runs of 14-0, 13-0 and 10-0 en route to a 60-24 halftime lead.
- Robinson and Oweh led the way with 13 and 11 points, respectively.
In the Second Half
- Kentucky opened with the starting lineup.
- UK reached the century mark when Ansley Almonor hit a 3-pointer to make the score 100-44 with 6:25 remaining.